It was unavoidable. For cultivators at the Taiyi realm, even listening to content meant for the Grand Luo realm was obscure and difficult to grasp. Some parts could only be vaguely remembered without true understanding, requiring them to ponder it later. This was especially true for anything beyond the Grand Luo realm, which would be useless and only cause them distress.
As for the few Grand Luo realm cultivators who hadn't come to Heaven.
She had been lecturing for thirty thousand years, and they still hadn't shown up. It was clear they didn't value her teachings, so why should she continue to lecture for them? Ding Yun wasn't someone who would offer herself so cheaply.
Consequently, the total number of cultivators who could enter the Heavenly Dao Palace to listen to Ding Yun's lectures on the Grand Luo realm, including those who had already attained Dao, was less than ten thousand. Nearly a fifth of these were innate divine-demons of the stars.
Ding Yun had established too many important base stations among the stars. These base stations had been of great help when she was resisting the impact of the world's law sea, aiding inShouldering much of the law impact over many epochs. It was precisely because of this that these stars could so quickly nurture many innate divine-demons with profound foundations, becoming the backbone of the Grand Luo realm.
"You, along with myself, should represent the strength of the entire Eternal World. When the world faces a crisis, only we can stand at the forefront. What I said earlier was not in vain; indeed, a large number of chaotic ferocious beasts are heading our way. This is also the main reason why I was so eager to begin lecturing early.
The strength of these chaotic ferocious beasts should not be underestimated; some can even rival those who have attained Dao. You will be able to see the specifics in a few years, so I will not dwell on them for now.
Next, I will demonstrate the three thousand laws for you.
How much you can comprehend depends on yourselves."
In reality, cultivators could begin to touch upon laws as early as the Golden Immortal realm, but the laws they involved at that stage were merely superficial. The laws required at the Taiyi and Grand Luo realms were not particularly profound, and at least they could comprehend them on their own.
However, from the Grand Luo realm onwards, the laws involved became extremely deep. Some were even hidden by the world consciousness, likely because the world consciousness instinctively felt that the stronger the life forms, the greater the destruction they could inflict on the world.
Having one Grand Luo realm cultivator capable of helping the world continue to evolve its laws was sufficient. Any stronger was unnecessary.
In the absence of external invasion, the world consciousness's plan was, of course, not problematic and indeed aligned with the world's own interests. After all, the destructive power of the Primordial Chaos realm was immense; if they truly fought with their lives on the line or went mad, they could even possess the ability to destroy the world.
But now, the situation was clearly different!
Now, they were indeed facing an imminent external invasion.
Fortunately, Ding Yun had by then basically brought the world's law sea under control. So, after speaking these words, she directly used the Jade of Creation, which was suppressing the world's law sea, to open it. Then, with the Jade of Creation and herself as the nexus, she clearly and completely displayed the three thousand laws within the world's law sea, one by one, for all the innate divine-demons and Daoists present to observe and comprehend.
Ding Yun's operation not only made their speed of comprehending laws faster than obtaining the authority of the Lord of Three Thousand Laws, but also, because she and the Jade of Creation were acting as intermediaries, suppressing it, they did not need to worry about the problem of Dao assimilation and falling. It could be said that the law comprehension of all the divine-demons and Daoists present was rapidly improving.
At a speed they had never dared to imagine.
Soaring rapidly.
No one had the time to consider whether what Ding Yun said was true or false, nor to entertain various other worries and concerns. They only wanted to do their utmost to seize all the benefits before them, comprehending as many laws as they could.
The entire Heavenly Dao Palace almost became a second law sea in the world, a law sea that was incredibly safe, where one didn't have to worry about being assimilated by the laws. In less than ten thousand years, the gains in law comprehension of those innate divine-demons and Daoists far surpassed their gains from the past ten million, or even one hundred million years. Many who had only just entered the Grand Luo realm, in particular, saw their cultivation rapidly advance to the peak of Grand Luo.
This was likely the speed of using a cheat.
Ding Yun herself had not comprehended laws as quickly or as easily back then. If it was said that Patriarch Hongjun had held back some of his knowledge and even secretly plotted against his disciples when he passed down the Dao, then Ding Yun's current dissemination of the Dao was truly a complete handover, as if she were revealing her entire arsenal to them.
Another thirty thousand years passed like this.
Considering that it was not beneficial for the world itself to keep the world's law sea continuously open, and that the Grand Luo cultivators who had been desperately comprehending and memorizing laws for over thirty thousand years also needed some time to slow down and digest.
Therefore, Ding Yun appropriately ended the display of laws.
And closed the passage to the world's law sea.
She then waited for a while longer, until the divine-demons and Daoists had recovered from their state of law comprehension, before Ding Yun said:
"The laws just presented should be enough for you to digest for some time. Next, I will lecture on the methods of attaining Dao. However, before I lecture on the methods of attaining Dao.
I intend to take a few disciples.
Although I will only take a few disciples, do not worry that I will be overly biased. At least in the explanation of the methods of attaining Dao, I will absolutely not conceal anything.
Taiqing, Yuqing, Shangqing.
Will you be my disciples?"
Although Ding Yun explicitly stated that she would not be overly biased, having witnessed her terrifying power to freely open the world's law sea, allow everyone to directly comprehend laws without being assimilated by the Dao, no one felt that Ding Yun was unworthy to be a master.
Nor did anyone believe that Ding Yun would truly treat everyone equally.
There was a difference between disciples and those who merely listened to the lectures.
Therefore, Taiqing, Yuqing, and Shangqing, almost without hesitation, stood up, bowed, and called out, "Greetings, Master."
Following this, Ding Yun successively accepted Zaohua, Panpiao, and Lunhui as her disciples, for a total of six disciples, and then ceased taking any more. She then moved these six disciples to her side, that is, to the closest proximity to her, and began to lecture on the methods of attaining Dao:
"There are thousands upon thousands of methods to attain Dao, but in summary, there are only three paths to Dao: first, attaining Dao through laws; second, attaining Dao through strength; and third, attaining Dao through merit. Attaining Dao through laws and attaining Dao through strength are not significantly different; both are considered paths of freedom.
Attaining Dao through merit is slightly inferior.
It involves certain constraints and responsibilities, and one cannot be as free.
Next, I will begin by explaining the method of attaining Dao through merit. As the name suggests, this method involves forcibly knocking open the door to attain Dao by accumulating immeasurable merit.
Those who attain Dao by this method can be called Saints.
Their Dao fruit is entrusted to the world, making them virtually immortal and indestructible within the world. They also possess a certain degree of world authority and can borrow the power of the world. In the same realm and within the world, their strength will be slightly superior to cultivators who attain Dao through the other two methods. The drawback is that once they leave the world, their strength will be weakened, and if they are too far from the world, they may even fall from their attained realm.
However, if the merit is sufficient, one can first attain Dao through merit and then proceed to walk the path of attaining Dao through laws or strength. There is no need to worry that attaining Dao through merit will become a constraint; it can even be considered a shortcut. After all, if one attains Dao first and then finds a way to attain Dao through laws,
it will definitely be much easier than directly attaining Dao through laws.
But you must note that the current world origin and world status authority are only sufficient to support nine Saints. Therefore, those who have the idea of attaining Dao through merit must hurry.
Accumulate merit as soon as possible and attain Dao soon.
I will provide you with a backdoor. As long as your merit is sufficient, the world will absolutely not make things difficult for you, nor will there be any calamities. This is a privilege granted due to the impending attack of chaotic ferocious beasts. Once the crisis of the chaotic ferocious beasts is over,
it will not be so easy to attain Dao, even if your merit is sufficient!"