Ning Cheng followed after Jin Moltaki, it seemed that after only a few steps Jin Moltaki stopped, Ning Cheng looked around again, the huge square had long disappeared and he was standing on a verdant patch of turf. A few dozen metres further on was a huge tree that reached the sky.
Ning Cheng stared blankly at the big tree in front of him and a strange feeling rose up in his heart.
Since becoming a starry sky cultivator, Ning Cheng had seen countless strange things. To be honest, this was the first time he had seen a transparent tree.
Ning Cheng did not know how thick the tree was, he only knew that he could not see the opposite side of the tree, he could not see the left or right, he could only see a slight arc in front of him, this was only a small side of the big transparent tree.
It was said that the tree was transparent because Ning Cheng could clearly see what was inside the tree. The things that Ning Cheng could see were actually just a circle of wheel-shaped areas.
In his heart, Ning Cheng thought to himself, “I wonder if the annual rings of the tree on Earth were passed on because of this tree. This was because the circles and circles in this transparent tree were almost identical to the tree’s annual rings. He could see the few circles of the annual rings on the outside, and further inside, he was just as invisible.
Looking further upwards, he could vaguely see some transparent branches that extended out, and further up, again, he could not see the top.
The annual rings, this tree was called the annual rings, and it was indeed more than appropriate. What puzzled Ning Cheng was that when his gaze landed on this tree, he could not feel half of the Dao rhythm aura. As for the divine sense, it disappeared after sweeping onto this transparent tree, not playing any role at all.
“This is the Yearning Tree, go in and cultivate, remember that you must come out after three months have passed outside. As for the time. You can calculate it yourself.” Jin Moltaki spoke in a very crisp manner. After saying these words. He turned around and left, not even giving Ning Cheng the chance to ask a single question.
Ning Cheng did not care as he walked to the edge of one of the outermost wheel marks of the Yearly Wheel Tree. Although his Xuanhuang Pearl had not been completely perfected, he could mobilise his Origin Breath to cultivate. Now that he was using the Year Wheel plus Origin Breath to cultivate, just how far could he go in three months?
No matter how far he could go, this opportunity was something Ning Cheng would not miss, and he lifted his foot and stepped into the first wheel mark of the Wheel of the Year.
A powerful force impacted over, a force that could clearly be felt. Yet it was shadowless and invisible. Ning Cheng felt that the Dao Dao rhythm in his body was about to dissipate once this aura washed over him, and then followed it into the wheel marks of the Year Wheel.
The old age aura also swept over, and Ning Cheng’s entire body shook as he stopped in his tracks, and an enlightenment suddenly rose up in his heart. It was not an enlightenment of the Great Dao, but an enlightenment of the laws of time.
He also finally understood the danger in the Wheel of the Year, once he was unable to bind his own Dao Dao Rhythm, then his Dao Dao Rhythm would flow into the Wheel of the Year along with the Dao Rhythm it brought with it. In the end. His entire physical body and soul would dissipate into thin air.
The Xuanhuang Imperfection Technique quickly adapted to the changes in the Dao rhyme rules around him, allowing Ning Cheng’s Dao Dao rhyme to stabilise. It no longer changed with the changes in the Dao rhyme in the Wheel of the Year.
While Ning Cheng was stabilising his own Dao, the endlessly dense divine Spirit Qi and the perfect and flawless Dao Rhythm of Heaven and Earth were felt by him. Not only were the Heaven and Earth Dao Rhyme rules perfect, but even the surrounding vitality was also dense to the extreme.
It was indeed a tree, if it wasn’t a tree, where could there be such dense dao rhythm vitality?
Ning Cheng stood in the first circle of wheel marks for a full hour before he slowly turned back. All the scenery behind him had long since been invisible, and the grass he had just come from had also disappeared without a trace.
An hour later, Ning Cheng slowly walked past the first circle of wheel marks and stepped into the second circle of wheel marks.
The divine Spirit Qi was even more dense, the vitality was even stronger, the Dao rhythm flowed even more furiously, and the rules of heaven and earth were even more perfect.
Apart from the momentary discomfort when he had just entered, Ning Cheng’s Xuanhuang Wufang quickly fused with the surrounding Dao rhyme rules. The aura that struck Ning Cheng’s Dao rhythm roots was once again adapted to by Ning Cheng.
An indescribable surprise flashed in Ning Cheng’s eyes, this cultivation feeling he had once felt in the Dragon Cleansing Pond. But what was completely different from in the Dragon Washing Pond was that the Dragon Washing Pond was aimed at his physical body, while here it was aimed at the perfection and perception of his Dao.
The heavens and the earth were indeed too big for him to think about. He thought that his possession of the Xuanhuang Pearl was already considered the luck of all luck. But who could have known that there were many things in this world that, although not as good as the Xuanhuang Pearl, were equally wondrous treasures of heaven and earth.
He knew about the Dragon Washing Pond, he knew about the Wheel of the Year, he knew about the Nine Revolutions of the Sacred Dao Pond of Transmigration, but how much more did he not know?
The more time passed, Ning Cheng felt his sense of the rules of time becoming clearer and clearer. Even though he could not leave the second circle of the Wheel of the Year, he walked out of this second circle of wheel marks and crossed into the third circle.
He only had three months, and every time he advanced one circle, he would have another three months, and the aura of the Dao of Time in the Year Wheel would become clearer. Unknowingly, Ning Cheng had cast aside what Si Chuan Qiu Tian had said about his feet stopping at the heart of the Dao. Even for himself, he was only thinking about entering one more round, and he would have another three months of time.
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In a humble cave in the holy land of the Du Xuan Ancient Clan, a white-haired old man was sitting cross-legged on top of an ancient futon, his upper body likewise showing half of his chest. However, the half of his chest that was exposed only had a layer of brown skin apart from his ribs.
“He’s entered the Wheel of the Year?” This old man suddenly spoke out and asked.
Jin Moltaki’s voice and his figure appeared in the cave at the same time, “Yes Clan Chief, he is already in the Wheel of the Year. I estimate that in three months’ time, he should barely be able to enter the sixth circle of the Yearly Wheel.”
Like Ning Cheng, Si Chuan Qiu Tian was equally unaware of the Yearly Wheel. Si Chuan Qiu Tian thought that as long as he reached the strength to cultivate in the eighth circle of the Yearly Wheel, then he could just enter the eighth circle of the Yearly Wheel directly and close down to cultivate.
In fact, every time the Wheel of the Year advanced, it was extremely time consuming. In order to enter the next round of the Wheel of the Year, one must perfectly match one’s Dao rules with the surrounding Dao rhythm of the Wheel of the Year in this round, and only then can one enter the next round of the Wheel marks. Otherwise that change in the passage of time, the change in the dao rhythm of the rules of the Wheel of the Year, could tear one to pieces.
The old man nodded, “Dao-shaping realm. Three months to enter the sixth circle is not bad. Alas ……”
The old man said at the end. Instead, he let out a long sigh.
Jin Moltaki naturally understood what the clan leader meant, since the great change back then, the Du Xuan Ancient Clan had simply gone into seclusion. The purpose of the Du Xuan Ancient Clan’s seclusion was not to be afraid of trouble, but to build up strength. After all, the attrition of the Du Xuan Ancient Clan’s strength at the time was too great.
But after so many years had passed, the Du Xuan Ancient Clan had not become strong because of its seclusion, and not even a few geniuses had appeared. Occasionally, there were some geniuses who either fell in the Wheel of the Year or died out for other reasons. Or the Great Dao had collapsed.
And now Si Chuan Qiu Tian had brought a Saint Emperor who was only at the Dao-shaping realm to the Du Xuan Ancient Clan, requesting for a yearly cycle of cultivation. One must know that although the Du Xuan Ancient Clan was secluded, there were still very few disciples who walked around in hiding. With a mere Dao-shaping cultivation level, that was simply not allowed to go out of the Du Xuan Ancient Clan.
The Dao-shaping realm, which the Du Xuan Ancient Clan did not allow to go outside, came to the Du Xuan Ancient Clan to request to enter the Yearly Wheel for cultivation.
Jin Moltaki also did not know how to comfort the clan leader and fell silent in the same way.
Time passed slowly like this, not knowing how long had passed, the white-haired patriarch suddenly asked, “Moltaki, is it inappropriate for my Du Xuan Ancient Clan to go into seclusion?”
Jin Moltaki hesitated for a moment before he said. “To be able to walk out of the Du Xuan Ancient Clan, one must at least be at the Dao Yuan realm. This makes it so that not many of my Du Xuan Ancient Clan can walk out. On the contrary many outstanding disciples have fallen in the Yearly Wheel. The Wheel of the Year is the greatest treasure of my Du Xuan Ancient Clan, and the root of my Du Xuan Ancient Clan’s strength. However, I feel as if it has now become a shackle for my Du Xuan Ancient Clan. It has made my Du Xuan Ancient Clan fearful of the future, and the strongest people are withering away day by day.”
Clearly, he was not in favour of seclusion.
The white-haired patriarch was silent again, and after half a column of incense, he suddenly raised his head and looked beyond the cave with a shocked look on his face, and then he suddenly stood up.
“Patriarch, what’s going on?” Seeing this look on the patriarch’s face, Jin Moltaki asked in amazement.
“What is that man’s name? It’s that Shapedao that you just brought into the Yearning Wheel.” The white-haired patriarch’s voice even trembled a little.
Jin Moltaki hurriedly said, “I didn’t ask, I heard Si Chen Qiu Tian call him Ning Cheng.”
“Ning Cheng, Ning Cheng ……” The white-haired patriarch muttered twice before saying, “You hurry up and call Sichun Qiu Tian who brought Ning Cheng here, no, I’ll go over there myself… …”
“Clan Chief?” Jin Moltaki was even more puzzled.
The white-haired patriarch pointed tremblingly outside the cave, “How much time has passed since then, that Ning Cheng is about to cross out of the range I can see.”
“Ah ……” This time it was Jin Moltaki’s turn to be appalled, he knew the range that the patriarch could see. The patriarch had been cultivating in the Yearly Wheel for years and could see the first eight circles of the Wheel marks of the Yearly Wheel. Once he crossed into the ninth wheel mark, even the patriarch could not see it from outside, and could only enter the Year Wheel tree to find out what was going on.
The white-haired patriarch’s tone calmed down a little, “From the time that Ning Cheng entered the Wheel of the Year until now, it’s not even two hours. The time Ning Cheng spent in the Year Wheel might be a little more, any more should only be a day. Dao-shaping realm, one day to enter from the first wheel mark to the eighth wheel mark, does my Du Xuan Ancient Clan have one?”
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Ning Cheng had indeed gone to the eighth circle wheel mark, and every time he entered a deeper layer of the yearly wheel, Ning Cheng felt more and more that he had gained more. It was because of this that he could not wait to enter a deeper layer of the Wheel of the Year.
He had just stepped into the eighth wheel mark when he felt his entire being being absorbed by the passing dao rhythm around him. He could even clearly feel the passing of the years and feel life being absorbed away by the Wheel of the Year. He seemed to be squeezed into pieces by the changes in the seventh and eighth circle wheel marks, and this extreme change in the Dao rhythm rules was extremely unbearable for him.
However, his Xuanhuang Wufang technique was originally invisible and formless, and when he cultivated anywhere, Xuanhuang Wufang could follow the changes in the surrounding divine spiritual qi, the rules of heaven and earth, and the passage of time whenever and wherever he wanted. Problems that were incredibly difficult for others in fact did not exist for Ning Cheng. Any time he entered any circle of the Wheel of the Year, he was able to stabilise his Dao rhythm and become one with his surroundings in the shortest possible time.
Ning Cheng had not entered the Yearly Wheel before, and now he did not feel the limit of his own Dao rhythm fading after the eighth circle of the wheel marks had stabilised. At this moment, he did not make any hesitation and directly stepped into the ninth circle of the Wheel Mark.