Chapter 654: 135, The Only Way
"Second Brother, can you tell?"
Lin Yue couldn't help but look at the Second Prince with some surprise.
"The heart is filled with infinite light, the will influences the void, naturally it's different from the past." The Second Prince spoke softly, "I have a stronger understanding of the mind than others, so I could see it."
Lin Yue was suddenly enlightened.
The Second Prince sized up Lin Yue, uttering in admiration, "Without even having developed an Inner Heaven and Earth, your Dao Heart is already perfect, truly extraordinary."
He then pondered with doubt, "However, since your Dao Heart is perfect, why haven't you harmonized with the Dao?"
Harmonization with the Dao, as long as the Dao Heart was sufficient to bear the Dao within, developing an Inner Heaven and Earth is just a thought away.
By rights, there shouldn't be this issue of being unable to harmonize with the Dao.
At most, it would be wanting to grasp more of the Dao, deliberately stalling at the peak of a Great Cultivator's path.
But Lin Yue had grasped the Ultimate Dao, so why would there be a need to deliberately hold back?
"...Second Brother."
Lin Yue sighed helplessly and said, "I do want to harmonize with the Dao, but I've discovered... even a perfect Dao Heart can't bear the Ultimate Dao. If I were to try and harmonize now, my divine soul would certainly collapse and die."
"A perfect Dao Heart can't bear it?" The Second Prince couldn't help but look at him in astonishment.
Lin Yue gently shook his head and said, "I thought that the Ultimate Dao needing a perfect Dao Heart was already outrageous, but I didn't expect that even a perfect Dao Heart couldn't bear this Ultimate Dao."
"It's somewhat unbelievable."
The Second Prince nodded slightly and commented, "However, aside from the Ancient Human Clan, which became extinct in myths and legends, no one has ever grasped the Ultimate Dao since the Eternal Night descended. Indeed, no one knows what the situation of the Ultimate Dao truly is."
The Eternal Night Clan, or the Demon Clan, simply couldn't receive the guidance of the Ultimate Dao.
Grasping a part of the Ultimate Dao was already the limit.
"Throughout history, even those who have grasped part of the Ultimate Dao are very few."
The Second Prince sighed, "Even partial harmonization with the Ultimate Dao demands so much of the Dao Heart, and without great fortune, it is quite difficult. I didn't expect the requirements of the Ultimate Dao to be so unbelievable."
"Since this Ultimate Dao exists, it should be possible to harmonize with it. Second Brother, do you have any ideas?" Lin Yue asked.
"You've already grasped its rudiments, you should see it more clearly than I do."
The Second Prince shook his head slightly, asking in return, "Do you have any thoughts?"
"The Bloodline Path."
Lin Yue furrowed his brows slightly and said, "This should be the only method left. The Bloodline Path is Spirit and Flesh Unification. After scattering and integrating the soul into the physical body, both the soul and body bear the Inner Heaven and Earth together. A simple Dao Heart cannot bear the Inner Heaven and Earth developed by the Ultimate Dao, so the body must help share the burden."
The Saintly Heart Path is where a pure Dao Heart and divine soul bear the Inner Heaven and Earth.
The Bloodline Path, however, is an unconventional approach, intending for the soul and body to bear the Inner Heaven and Earth together, which is much more dangerous.
Just the dispersal and Spirit and Flesh Unification is quite perilous, and when the body and soul bear and develop the Inner Heaven and Earth, it's even more dangerous.
Even for the Demon Clan born with a bloodline containing the Dao, harmonizing with the Bloodline Path is considerably risky.
Not to mention the Human Clan.
"Indeed, only the Bloodline Path remains."
The Second Prince spoke slowly, "In the Ancient Era, there existed a great nation called 'Jing.' The King of Jing was among the greatest prodigies in Human history, and during his Great Cultivator period, he grasped part of the Ultimate Dao. But due to the high requirements for the Dao Heart, he could only take the perilous Bloodline Path, succeeding only after surviving many deadly trials."
Lin Yue nodded slightly.
Jing Country was a great nation in the thousands of years of Human history, precisely because of the existence of such a prodigy as the King of Jing.
In the Ancient Times, the number of Human proof-of-Dao experts was pitifully small, only the Human Ancestor and the Human Emperor, but these two vanished without a trace. The King of Jing was nearly invincible in that era.
Grasping part of the Ultimate Dao, he indeed achieved such levels.
Such a powerful figure emerged in history, their name passed down to be used as a title in later generations.
Like the title of Prince Jing for the Third Prince, derived from Jing Country's Jing.
"It's a pity that the King of Jing, though he successfully harmonized with the Bloodline Path, even pushing part of the Ultimate Dao to perfection, and perfecting his Cultivation Technique, ultimately couldn't prove the Dao due to an incomplete Dao Heart."
The Second Prince sighed, "Had he lived until a millennium ago, he certainly could have become a Prince."
Lin Yue understood what the Second Prince meant.
A strong figure with such potential would certainly be chosen as a Prince by the Divine Emperor.
After all, in that era, the entire Human Clan only had two people who grasped part of the Ultimate Dao, and judging by strength, those two should be the Crown Prince and the Second Prince.
"If you wish to harmonize with the Dao, you likely can only follow the King of Jing's example."
The Second Prince said, "This Bloodline Path Harmonization indeed still values the Dao Heart. The stronger the Dao Heart, the greater the chance of success. Your Dao Heart is perfect, so your chance of success shouldn't be that dim."
"It's just not easy to decide." Lin Yue shook his head slightly. Check My Virtual Library Empire (MV1LEMP1YR) for the latest updates.
The Second Prince said, "When you achieve Spirit and Flesh Unification and your soul and body integrate, you'll naturally know whether you can bear the Inner Heaven and Earth."
Lin Yue nodded.
"However, before Spirit and Flesh Unification, your body must first be made compatible with the Ultimate Dao." The Second Prince said, "Are you confident?"
"That shouldn't be difficult." Lin Yue shook his head slightly and said, "Thanks to the Primordial Divine Power obtained from the Empress, modifying my constitution is more than enough. The difficulty lies in the Spirit and Body Unity Cultivation Method, and ultimately the cultivation method to develop the Inner Heaven and Earth internally."
After harmonizing with the Dao, one can begin creating a Cultivation Technique suitable for the Inner Heaven and Earth until both the Cultivation Technique and Dao are perfect, and the Dao Heart is perfect, to attempt proving and transcending the Dao.
Harmonizing with the Bloodline Path necessitates creating a suitable Cultivation Technique for the Inner Heaven and Earth in advance.