Lu Fan took a deep breath, then suddenly knelt down: "Master! This Disciple... wants to become stronger!"
"Please impart the Great Dao to me."
He felt that if things continued like this, the gap between him and his Senior Brothers would only grow larger.
"Become stronger?"
Han Xuanji nodded slightly and said indifferently:
"Good. Since that is the case, I shall impart to you the Cultivation Technique I created. This technique is called the Xuantian Chaos Primordial Scripture. You must not mention it to anyone else, including your Senior Brothers."
Upon hearing this, Lu Fan was overjoyed. This meant he was the first person to inherit Han Xuanji's Legacy. How could such treatment not move him?
Han Xuanji imparted the Xuantian Chaos Primordial Scripture to him, which was sufficient for Cultivating up to the Taiyi Golden Immortal Realm.
This was a Cultivation Technique he had created himself, so there were actually no taboos.
It wasn't like in Wuxia novels where teaching an apprentice meant starving the Master; on the contrary, true powerhouses needed to spread the Dao, allowing more people to Cultivate in this Dao. Only by spreading the method across all Major Thousand Worlds could one become a "Dao Ancestor."
He did not actively impart it to his other Disciples because his Dao was not suitable for everyone.
After receiving the Legacy, Lu Fan began to comprehend it. Han Xuanji did not disturb him but continued to Cultivate.
The Ancient Emperor's Lamp of Inheritance quietly burned, its flickering flame illuminating their two figures.
Several months passed, and Lu Fan awoke as if from a dream.
He opened his eyes and saw Han Xuanji's unfathomable figure, his heart filled with awe.
What a profound Cultivation Technique!
This Xuantian Chaos Primordial Scripture was arguably the most profound Cultivation Technique he had ever seen. The Cultivation Techniques he had learned before were vastly inferior to it, not only in power but also in difficulty.
"Thank you, Master, for imparting the Dao."
Lu Fan was moved to tears of gratitude.
"Go out and Cultivate."
Han Xuanji still had some expectations for the several Sons of Luck, and Lu Fan's ability to catch up from the Lower Realm also moved him somewhat.
Leaving Han Xuanji's secluded Cultivation place, Lu Fan was immediately surrounded by everyone.
"You stayed for so long; did you secretly get special lessons from Master?"
"Brother Lu is still so bold..."
Facing the barrage of questions from the crowd, Lu Fan said with a grin:
"As long as you're bold, you can also go ask Master."
As everyone laughed, Nangong Wenjian breathed a sigh of relief, seeing that Lu Fan's emotional knot seemed to have unraveled.
While Li Taiqing was happy for Lu Fan, he also felt considerable pressure.
The talents of his Junior Brothers were extraordinary, and their Dao Hearts were firm. As the Senior Brother, he couldn't fall behind.
"All of you, Cultivate diligently. I will reward you according to your performance."
Han Xuanji's voice drifted out, startling everyone, who then dispersed in a hurry.
They quickly began to Cultivate. Although Han Xuanji hadn't said he would punish the worst performers, none of them wanted to fall behind others... After imparting the Cultivation Technique to Lu Fan, Han Xuanji began his seclusion and, for the first time in a while, once again went to the River of Destiny.
The path to Grand Unity Golden Immortal, like before, was also a path of comprehending the Great Dao.
However, it was about pursuing the Origin of the Great Dao. If one could fully Master a Great Dao, only then would they be considered to have transcended the Heavenly Dao, to be above all living beings, and to control the universe.
Han Xuanji intended to start with the simplest Daos of Destiny and Sword, simply because, for him, these two Great Daos were the easiest to comprehend.
As for cultivating his own Great Dao, that still required careful long-term planning.
Arriving at the River of Destiny, after becoming a Grand Unity Golden Immortal, Han Xuanji's Eyes of Destiny also quietly transformed. Now, as he observed the River of Destiny, he couldn't help but gain many insights.
Following the fluctuations of the River of Destiny's aura, his consciousness entered an ineffable place along with the long river.
A hint of clarity arose in Han Xuanji's heart. This was the true River of Destiny, the River of Destiny belonging to all the Major Thousand Worlds.
The Immortal Realm was merely one Major Thousand Worlds among countless worlds.
Within the Chaos, there were not a few Realms like the Immortal Realm, and the Immortal Realm was likely not even among the strongest tier.
The true River of Destiny permeated all heavens, omnipresent, and only beings who reached a certain Realm could perceive its existence.
This was the reality of the world. Here, Han Xuanji's perception of time became blurred.
He stood upon this River of Destiny that traversed all Major Thousand Worlds, his figure seemingly merging with endless time.
If the River of Destiny of the Immortal Realm's Heavenly Dao saw the destinies of all beings rise and fall, and entering the Grand Unity Golden Immortal Realm or having special encounters allowed one to escape it, then in this surging river, the destinies of countless worlds ebbed and flowed, and the Reincarnation of worlds rose and fell like waves.
Every minute, every second, was the destruction and rebirth of worlds.
Han Xuanji resonated mysteriously with this vast river. Each resonance made his perception of the Origin of the Great Dao a little clearer.
Just as he was immersed in this comprehension, an abnormal ripple suddenly surged from the depths of the long river.
That ripple carried a heart-palpitating dark aura, and wherever it passed, the destiny trajectories of thousands of worlds began to twist and collapse.
"This is..."
Han Xuanji's Eyes of Destiny constricted. At the source of that dark ripple, he glimpsed a colossal figure spanning countless worlds, its face an indescribable Chaos.
Ancient and powerful wills, one by one, seemed to coldly gaze upon this heaven and earth.
As if discovering Han Xuanji, gazes locked onto him, frightening him into withdrawing his gaze, and his consciousness quickly detached from the River of Destiny.
"So dangerous."
Han Xuanji was startled.
He hadn't expected the outside world to be so dangerous. Those figures, he didn't know who they were, but merely looking at them caused him to be noticed.
They were definitely beings above the Grand Unity Golden Immortal Realm.
"No wonder many Grand Unity Golden Immortal powerhouses prefer to slowly develop in the Immortal Realm rather than venture outside the heavens."
Han Xuanji finally understood.
For Grand Unity Golden Immortal powerhouses, death in the Immortal Realm wasn't truly death, but going to the chaotic places outside the heavens, losing the Heavenly Dao's protection, if they fell into the hands of such terrifying beings, death would be true death, and it was very likely to be worse than death.
With the System concealing his aura, even beings above the Primordial Unity Grand Unity Golden Immortal should not be able to track him.
And the Immortal Realm had the Heavenly Dao's protection, so these beings couldn't invade, which was quite good.
"This trip took ten years, but the harvest is quite substantial."
Han Xuanji nodded.
He had gained many new insights into Destiny and even the Dao of Reincarnation.
In a blink of an eye.
Another twenty years passed.
Han Xuanji finished digesting his insights and also consumed the remaining huangji dao pills, finally reaching the Realm of Six-Revolutions Grand Unity Golden Immortal.
While he was in seclusion, many major events also occurred in the Immortal Realm.
Nine Human Emperor Candidates, eight had already appeared, with only the last one remaining.
The Human Emperor Palace was also anxious about this, feeling that this last one must have a great background. Some even speculated whether this ninth Human Emperor was imprisoned by powerhouses of other races...