Published at 8th of February 2026 7:13 am

Chapter 4227: Remembering Oneself 3

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The Cloud Sea still couldn’t understand, and said loudly, "But Master Ping, figures like Saint Xin and Divine Farmer Hundred Grass, each of them is second to none on the Ancestral God Ranking, either their combat strength is extraordinary, or their tactics surpass others. They are far from being as ephemeral as the Hua Ancestor or Li Ancestor. How could they tolerate the third generation Dao Qiongcang slowly achieving the final-stage return to zero?"

"Great question!" Master Ping’s beautiful eyes lit up, throwing him an appreciative glance, and explained:

"This again brings us to the Dao Ancestor Yi Ji’s steps to enlightenment."

"If we compare ’strength’ to ’appetite,’ then Yi Ji divides the entire path of memory into slices... like apples."

With a wave of her hand, a huge white apple appeared in the Cloud Sea, looking more like a cocoon, seemingly with a Raging Giant inside.

Swish, swish, with her hands rising and the knife cutting down, the white apple turned into slices. She delicately picked up a thin slice with her jade-like fingers, gently saying:

"When the third generation is in a period of weak strength, their appetite is small, and they can only eat this first slice of apple."

"At that time, their awakening, or the memories inherited from the first generation, are also quite limited, not enough to attract the attention of the Ancestral God."

"As the third generation continues to grow, their appetite gradually increases, allowing them to consume the second slice, the third slice, and many more slices, correlating with the gradual awakening of memory path’s power, beginning to reach the Ancestral God Realm."

"This will reach a ’critical period,’ a stage between being ’discovered’ and being ’hidden.’ This awkward period is approximately at the demi-saint realm. Going further up, they either get discovered by the Ancestral God for Yi Ji’s layout, or completely transcend."

"We’ve said there are many ’third generations,’ so why did all the previous ’third generations’ die?"

"Because of the ’second generation,’ the second generation holds the power, residing within the third generation. Besides being able to lend power in critical moments, their main duty is, when the third generation is at the critical period but exceeding in any way, before they are ’discovered,’ the second generation will step in, kill the third generation, and reset the ’memory,’ allowing the path of Dao Ancestor’s return to zero to start anew."

I understand!

Tong Sheng’s eyes widened, understanding Master Ping’s meaning.

The existence of the second generation, this design is too ingenious. No matter what, they can detect whether the ’third generation’ exceeds before the Ancestral God, and they are the closest to the third generation for immediate action.

If the third generation exceeds, then before the Ancestral Gods like Saint Xin and Divine Farmer Hundred Grass notice and intervene, the second generation has already killed the third generation, leaving no one with access to the path of memory.

Then, the clues of the memory path break off, becoming undetectable again from the initial anchor point of ’Yi Ji’s’ layout.

What remains, however, is a wealth of failed experiences available for the next third generation, ultimately enabling the final, wisest third generation to know how to better control and not exceed the power, thus smoothly passing through that awkward critical period.

"So strong..."

"Yet so complex..."

With dark circles under his eyes, Li Yun murmured silently.

This is truly using one’s brain for cultivation, clearly possessing the strongest power, yet being so cautious.

If the Dao Ancestor isn’t successful, who can be?

In comparison, the calculations of all previous ancestors for enlightenment don’t even count as calculations, just lucky coincidences with no one in that era strong enough to challenge their radiance.

The Dao Ancestor’s layout, even in an era where various Dao talents bloom and ancestors took turns establishing the Spiritual Cultivation Era, could ’inevitably’ achieve the marvelous success of becoming the return-to-zero Ancestral God.

"But didn’t the Dao Ancestor fail?"

In the Cloud Sea, an exceptional senior brought up another question, "In the end, didn’t the Dao Ancestor’s enlightenment transform from ’Yi Ji’ to ’Dao Qiongcang,’ right?"

Master Ping smiled gently, "But before I mentioned the name ’Dao Qiongcang,’ who knew of ’Dao Qiongcang’ in this era, wasn’t the Dao Ancestor still considered ’Yi Ji’ by all?"

The senior who spoke was stunned, scratching his head, was that really the case?

Master Ping continued, "From ’he’ discussing ’me,’ we, the ’he,’ still consider the Dao Ancestor as ’Yi Ji,’ and so the Dao Ancestor’s Dao was achieved."

"From ’me’ discussing ’me,’ in the era where Dao Qiongcang resides, no one knew ’Yi Ji,’ only ’Dao Qiongcang,’ his ’self’ Dao was also achieved by power."

"And if you discuss ’Dao Qiongcang’ from ’Yi Ji,’ or ’Yi Ji’ from ’Dao Qiongcang,’ then ’he’ and ’I’ mutually relying on each other have also proved the ’Yin and Yang balance of Sword Me’ path of the Eight Ancestors, the Dao Ancestor was still achieved."

"You only debate over names, not essence, while the Dao Ancestor only looks at the essence, not the names. This is the difference between you and the Dao Ancestor, the difference between the path of ’he relying on me’ and the traditional path of distinguishing self... explained this way, do you understand?"

I get it!

Tong Sheng’s eyes lit up again.

Whether the Dao Ancestor was called ’Yi Ji’ or ’Dao Qiongcang,’ they only cared about whether they could return to zero, even transcend.

After returning to zero, every ’he’ would be ’me.’ Naturally, the Dao Ancestor of ten thousand paths could have more than ten thousand names.

"But how do you maintain ’the self’?" Cloud Sea raised another doubt.

"This is indeed what most people would think," Master Ping smiled, "But it’s like a fly trying to understand the moon; it’s looking at the impossible."

"At the level of the Dao Ancestor, what you perceive as ’his chaos,’ is indeed his ’perfect me’ in understanding. What you view as ’chaos’ is the ’balance’ he painstakingly constructed through cultivation. How can you, with your current insight, judge His existence as being in a state of ’lostness’?"

Upon this explanation, even Li Yun understood.

A glance at the side showed Tong Sheng also understood but hesitated, somewhat uncertain about speaking.

Understanding his friend’s shy and reserved nature, Tong Sheng loudly asked, "Master Ping, Master Ping, between the Cursed Technique and Daoist Techniques, which one is the orthodox?"

This was exactly what confused Tong Sheng.

Today, it was for this reason that he came.

With a smile, Master Ping cast a look of appreciation, clearly this was also a good question, and said:

"No technique surpasses the Cursed, no calculation higher than the Dao. I believe everyone has heard this saying."

"But the Daoist Techniques and the Cursed Techniques both transform stellar energy into the Way of the Heavens’ energy movement and the Cursed Yin Technique, respectively, distinct from each other, yet with mutual points of intersection, making them equally matched."

"To determine which is stronger between Daoist Techniques and Cursed Techniques is essentially to track the precedence of Dao and Cursed, which is also a historical inquiry."

Master Ping paused, gently moving her hand again.

The Cloud Sea surged, transforming into various bright and dark timelines of the Shengshen Continent era.

"From the bright timeline, the Phantom Swords Technique was established by the Ancestor of Sorcery, culminating in the Cursed Yin."

"From the dark timeline, the Dao Ancestor preceded the Ancestor of Sorcery, even before all ancestors following the Holy Ancestor were born."

"But after the Time Ancestor got lost, the river of time divided into countless branches, following parallel and chaotic paths, yet each Ancestral God could be considered to have emerged simultaneously, side by side."

"So, which came first?"

Master Ping’s lips curved, teasing the appetites of tens of thousands of listeners in the Cloud Sea before softly smiling and saying:

"Either could come first, and either could come last."

What did she mean by this?

This made everyone confused.

Luckily, Master Ping did not stop there and continued to explain.

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