When system cheat becomes rampant!-Chapter 1289 - 834: Which Clan Shall Rise?

Present were all masters of the Heavenly Ranking. Each had understood the meaning of every Dao Stone in their own way, but when combined, they could not determine the greater meaning without exchanging and contemplating ideas with each other.

"The senior who left such Dao embryos should be a person of open mind, carefree and natural. Heaven and earth allow nature to take its course, doing nothing and creating nothing, letting all things govern themselves, thus they are not benevolent. Benevolent people must create and transform, bestowing grace and action. Creation and transformation cause things to lose their essence. Bestowing grace and action cause things to not exist. So I think the true Dao intent left by that senior should be, ’Heaven and earth are not benevolent, all Dao flourish.’"

A man with a cold and indifferent face spoke slowly.

The man was not particularly handsome, but he had a very solid build, giving a feeling of great reliability.

Genius of the Black Tortoise Dao, Gui Zhishui, ranked nineteenth on the Heavenly Ranking, is said to possess extremely pure Black Tortoise bloodline.

The Black Tortoise Dao, along with the Divine Dragon Dao and the Phoenix Dao, are considered powerful Dao embryos.

Upon hearing Gui Zhishui’s understanding of the Dao, everyone turned slightly, considering that these words were quite profound—better combining the concept of ’Heavenly non-benevolence, the Dao flourish’, there seemed a certain rationale in his interpretation.

"I believe that to fully comprehend these five Dao Stones, we first need to understand the quantity; it is clear that the Dao Stones are not complete, yet there are five of them, and the meaning is roughly expressed."

Offering a different perspective was Long Zaitian, genius of the Dragon Dao Race, ranked fifty-first on the Heavenly Ranking!

Long Zaitian, genius of the Dragon Dao Race, aged three hundred for immortality, nine hundred for Inquiring Dao, and now under a thousand, already a master in the late stage of Inquiring Dao, rumored to be most likely to shed the Flood Dragon form and revert to an ancestral dragon!

The Divine Dragon Dao, the chief among a myriad of beasts, is, along with the Divine Phoenix Dao, a legendary ancient power.

The Azure Phoenix Saintess glanced at Long Zaitian and nodded slightly, "Daoist Long speaks rightly. So what order do you believe these five characters might take, or in what sentence do you think they are likely to form?"

Long Zaitian said, "In my view, these five characters should ideally combine into the sequence: ’Non-benevolence, heavenly Dao flourish’, which is to say that the senior who created this Dao Stone was likely enlightened regarding the principle of the flourishing Heavenly Dao. For instance, ’All things are non-benevolent, heavenly Dao flourishes’, interpreted from this angle, is also conceivable."

Everyone savored Long Zaitian’s words, lost in thought.

Soon, however, someone else sneered, "In my opinion, the appearance of the characters ’heaven’ and ’Dao’ does not necessarily refer to the Heavenly Dao; perhaps they can be separated. For instance, ’Flood Dragon Dao non-benevolence does not exist, the world flourishes’ is also possible."

The speaker was a genius of the Serpent Dao Race, She Kui, the thirty-ninth-ranked master on the Heavenly Ranking, and the Serpent Dao Race and Dragon Dao Race are mortal enemies, each claiming to be closer to the Dragon Dao.

The thing the Serpent Dao Race despises most is that although the Dragon Dao Race is clearly not dragons, they take on the dragon surname, which is utterly shameless.

The two races frequently engage in open and secret struggles, continuously clashing over whose Dragon Dao bloodline is more pure.

"Are you courting death?"

Long Zaitian hadn’t spoken, but a younger man by his side with a more condensed aura opened his mouth.

This man’s reputation was even more illustrious, none other than Long Zaitian’s brother!

Long Aotian!

Long Aotian, with even more terrifying talent, ranking eleventh on the Heavenly Ranking, speaks volumes!

The brothers are the unrivaled duo of the Edge Corner Airspace!

The atmosphere grew murderous, as the Azure Phoenix Saintess spoke in an ethereal voice, "This is the Dao Discussion Conference, everyone should pursue peaceful contemplation. If there’s conflict, you may leave to resolve it yourself."

Long Aotian and his brother coldly stared at She Kui, eyes filled with killing intent, but did not take action nor did they leave.

The Dao Discussion Conference, despite discordant voices, often brought insights through exchange, much like Gui Zhishui’s earlier explanation, which indeed had some rationale.

Subsequently, another person suggested that the five characters might come from a certain saying, such as ’Heaven is not benevolent and does not unite with the earth, Dao differs not to collaborate’, implying there might be another seven Dao Stones besides these five.

Everyone was exchanging different opinions, each person’s perspective providing a deeper insight into the Dao Stones; the most peculiar thing was, regardless of how everyone expanded on these five characters, it all seemed to make sense!

"Clearly only five characters, yet perfectly encapsulates so many meanings. The person who could pen such Dao embryos is truly a genius far beyond us!" The crowd marveled collectively.

But at this moment, the Dao Discussion Conference was interrupted as a middle-aged man approached the Azure Phoenix Saintess and spoke to her.

The Azure Phoenix Saintess’s beautiful countenance paused briefly, and she asked, "Is this true?"

"Yes, absolutely true," the middle-aged man replied respectfully.

"I understand. You may go," the Azure Phoenix Saintess said.

The man left quickly, and everyone frowned, looking at the Azure Phoenix Saintess.

"Did something happen?" Long Aotian lifted his head, asking coolly.

The Azure Phoenix Saintess said, "Ladies and gentlemen, news has just arrived that outside the City of No Pretense, two more Dao Stones have appeared!"

"What? Two more Dao Stones!"

Everyone became excited; they had been pondering the meaning of Dao Stones through various perspectives and holding diverse Dao Discussion Conferences, mainly because there hadn’t been any new Dao Stones appearing in nearly three years.

No matter how thoroughly everyone searched the Edge Corner Airspace, they couldn’t find the sixth Dao Stone, and without it, there was no way to comprehend the Dao, leaving many eager and impatient, hence the collective exchanges.