Chapter 1569: Three Heads and Six Arms
The Truth Divine Temple, located at the center of the Truth Heaven Domain, sank deep into the earth yet soared toward the clouds, majestic and awe-inspiring, a masterpiece of divine craftsmanship. It did not resemble a temple but rather… the edge of heaven and earth.
That was right.
It was the edge of heaven and earth.
The Truth Divine Temple stood several thousand miles tall, pure white all over, as if forged from silver. Cultivators standing on the ground, looking forward, found all their vision blocked, feeling as if it were a silver wall at the sky’s edge propping up heaven and earth.
The Merit Divine Temple was also several thousand miles tall, but it was located in the universe, with the even more magnificent and grand Heavenly River beside it. Thus, compared to the Truth Divine Temple standing on the earth, it lacked some of the shock.
“Such a temple truly could only be built by gods,” Zhang Ruochen remarked with a sigh.
Around the Truth Divine Temple, many sacred halls were built, some on the ground, some floating in midair, all grand and imposing, housing extraordinary figures. Yet, compared to the Truth Divine Temple, those halls seemed only the size of a fist, unable to display any presence.
Before entering the Truth Divine Temple, Zhang Ruochen said to the other five, “One month of cultivation time is quite short. I think we should divide the time into three segments, cultivating three times, each time for ten days.”
Mu Lingxi agreed with Zhang Ruochen’s approach, saying, “Cultivating for a whole month straight makes the probability of comprehending Truth Rules too low. But if we divide it into three sessions, after each session of comprehension, we can return to the dojo, discuss with each other, and study the Truth Dao diagrams left by the Tree God to identify shortcomings. Then, when we enter the Truth Divine Temple for the next cultivation session, we are much more likely to comprehend the Truth Rules.”
The others all nodded in agreement.
Arriving at the base of the Truth Divine Temple, nearly a thousand Saint Realm cultivators had already gathered. They came from various worlds, each a dragon among men, possessing powerful physiques and fortunes.
Standing among the crowd, Zhang Ruochen and his group did not stand out too much. However, Mu Lingxi, Ling Feiyu, and the other women did attract some burning gazes.
This showed that stunning beauties were the most eye-catching anywhere.
Yet, the crowd’s desire for the Truth Dao was evidently greater, so those proud sons of heaven did not approach to strike up conversations. They quickly averted their gazes and looked toward the temple.
Ten first-class disciples of the Truth Divine Temple, wearing robes embroidered with unicorns and azure clouds, descended the steps made of sacred jade. All were at the Half-Saint King realm. The sacred Dao aura emanating from them made even the proud sons of heaven below feel somewhat inferior.
“To become a first-class disciple of the Truth Divine Temple, every single one is truly extraordinary.”
“They have far more opportunities to cultivate inside the Truth Divine Temple than we do, and often they can go listen to gods lecture on the Dao.”
“When they were accepted into the Truth Divine Temple, they had already been through rigorous selection.”
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The Saint Realm cultivators below were all discussing among themselves.
Zhang Ruochen swept his gaze over the ten, sighing inwardly, “As expected of the Truth Divine Temple. Not one of these ten is weaker than Wu Hao or Bai Ran. In some weaker worlds, they would be enough to become the number one powerhouse of an era.”
Just then, a proud daughter of heaven from the Peacock Clan beside Zhang Ruochen let out a startled cry, “He has three heads and six arms! Could he be Feng Yan, ranked seventeenth on the Sacred Merit Ranking?”
Immediately, a stir of commotion arose around them.
Among the ten first-class disciples of the Truth Divine Temple, the one standing at the center indeed had three heads and six arms. Every inch of his skin flowed with sacred light, as if he stood at the center of the universe, making people feel more and more that he was extraordinary.
As Zhang Ruochen fixed his gaze on him, the man also stared back at Zhang Ruochen and gave him a nod and a smile.
“One pair of eyes is staring at me, while the other two pairs are tightly shut, clearly in cultivation. This person’s cultivation speed is probably three times that of an ordinary person, or even more,” Zhang Ruochen thought to himself.
“Whoosh—”
A circle of pure white sacred light surged from within that first-class disciple with three heads and six arms. Instantly, all the proud sons of heaven present felt an invisible pressure bearing down on them.
For a moment, the crowd fell silent.
“I am Feng Yan, a first-class disciple of the Truth Divine Temple. Many cultivators are entering the Truth Divine Temple to cultivate for the first time and surely have many unclear points. Now, I will explain them one by one.”
“The first level of the Truth Divine Temple has a total of eighty-eight thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight cultivation chambers, serving as the entry-level cultivation ground for the Truth Dao.”
“The second level of the Truth Divine Temple has a total of eight thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight cultivation grotto-heavens, serving as the refined cultivation ground for the Truth Dao.”
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After the explanation, the ten first-class disciples of the Truth Divine Temple began to inspect the token seals in everyone’s hands, confirming their identities before allowing them to enter the temple to cultivate.
Feng Yan walked over to Zhang Ruochen’s side, personally inspected his token seal, and then said, “I look forward to seeing, after one month, what level of attainment you will have reached in the Truth Dao.”
Clearly, the other party had already recognized his identity.
Without saying a word, Zhang Ruochen took his token seal from Feng Yan’s hand, then ascended the steps and headed toward the Truth Divine Temple.
Feng Yan stared at Zhang Ruochen’s back, a contemplative expression on his face.
After all the Saint Realm cultivators had ascended the steps, a female first-class disciple with a clear and beautiful appearance walked over to Feng Yan. A hint of shyness flickered in her eyes as she said, “Senior Brother Feng, matters like receiving cultivators are trivial. Why did you bother to appear in person?”
Feng Yan said, “Because my elder sister told me that among this batch of cultivators, there is a very extraordinary figure who might interest me. So, I came to see him for myself.”
“An extraordinary figure? Was it that person just now?”
The female first-class disciple knew that Feng Yan had only one elder sister, a divine disciple of the Truth Divine Temple, of high status, authorized to patrol the Truth Heaven Domain.
Even a divine disciple found him extraordinary. Who exactly was that person just now?
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First level of the Truth Divine Temple.
As Zhang Ruochen searched for an empty cultivation chamber, he pondered inwardly, “Those who can rank among the top of the Sacred Merit Ranking are indeed all extraordinary. I must comprehend the Truth Rules as quickly as possible. Otherwise, in a confrontation with them, I will be at a considerable disadvantage.”
The reason Zhang Ruochen had been able to defeat Wang Xu was that Wang Xu’s greatest strength was speed.
And Zhang Ruochen’s Space Dao and Time Dao happened to be able to counter his speed. If he encountered another proud son of heaven, Zhang Ruochen might not have such an advantage.
In particular, some powers could even suppress space and time to a certain extent.
Arriving outside an empty cultivation chamber, Zhang Ruochen inserted his token seal into the groove on the door. Immediately, the chamber door opened.
The chamber was extremely dark and rather stifling, but Zhang Ruochen could clearly feel that the heaven and earth rules here were exceptionally active. Cultivating the Dao here would surely be ten times faster than outside.
Moreover, wisps of Truth Dao flowed through the air, like wind swirling around the cultivator’s body, as if eager to burrow directly into it.
It was because Zhang Ruochen had studied the Truth Dao diagrams left by the Tree God and gained some understanding of Truth Rules that he realized the wind currents swirling around his body were formed by the convergence of Truth Rules.
“If one wants to comprehend Truth Rules, there is probably no second place in the world as perfect for Dao comprehension as this,” Zhang Ruochen sighed inwardly.
The chamber was long and narrow, with three visualization diagrams carved into the walls.
The first diagram contained only a single point.
The second diagram contained two points.
The third diagram contained three points.
From within Zhang Ruochen’s body came the playful laughter of the Devouring Saint Flower: “With only these three simple diagrams, no wonder the first level of the Truth Divine Temple is called the entry level of the Truth Dao.”
“Whoosh—”
From Zhang Ruochen’s back, green vines sprouted. With a burst of dazzling sacred light, Mo Yin’s graceful figure appeared beside Zhang Ruochen.
The Devouring Saint Flower was Zhang Ruochen’s parasitic plant, so naturally, it could follow him into the Truth Divine Temple.
“Simple?”
Zhang Ruochen shook his head. “If one comprehends the first visualization diagram, the power of a cultivator’s sacred art can be doubled.”
“If one comprehends the second visualization diagram, the power can be increased by two times.”
“If one comprehends the third visualization diagram, the power can be increased by three times.”
“If it were truly simple, there wouldn’t be so many talented individuals who leave the Truth Divine Temple empty-handed, having gained nothing. At the very least, one must comprehend the first visualization diagram to be able to mobilize Truth Rules.”
Mo Yin’s smile faded, and she became serious. “Just the entry level of the Truth Dao can triple the power of a sacred art. Then, the second level, the third level… once fully comprehended, wouldn’t it be even more terrifying? Could it increase the power by ten times, a hundred times?”
Zhang Ruochen shook his head again. “It’s not that simple. There are bound to be bottlenecks. Cultivators have their own bottlenecks, and the Truth Dao has its own bottlenecks. Why think so much? As long as we can comprehend the three entry-level visualization diagrams, that will already be a remarkable achievement.”
Lighting a stick of Rainbow Transformation Vine, Zhang Ruochen sat cross-legged beneath the first visualization diagram.
“Zhang Ruochen, I want to comprehend the Truth Dao too.”
The sword spirit of the Abyssal Ancient Sword transmitted a voice.
Zhang Ruochen took out the Abyssal Ancient Sword, and the sword spirit, with a pair of black wings, emerged from within the blade.
“Are Truth Rules useful to you as well?” Zhang Ruochen asked, somewhat surprised.
The sword spirit said, “Truth Rules are immensely useful to all beings in heaven and earth. If I can comprehend Truth Rules, the power of the Abyssal Ancient Sword will be even greater in the future. Moreover, it will be of great benefit to me in condensing a sword spirit physical body later on.”
Zhang Ruochen nodded, asked no further questions, and immersed his entire spirit into the first visualization diagram.
The diagram had only a single point, but when he fully immersed his spirit into it, he discovered it was actually a storm vortex, composed of nine Truth Rules.
To be precise, the nine Truth Rules were bound within the vortex, spinning continuously, offered for cultivators to observe and comprehend.
“Indeed, the visualization diagrams of the Truth Divine Temple are more straightforward than the Truth Dao diagrams left by the Tree God, making them easier to contemplate.” Zhang Ruochen’s confidence grew.
Before long, Zhang Ruochen had comprehended the first Truth Rule, manifesting it in his palm.
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