Chapter 177 - Cultivate The Stars Part Two

Ah Chun spent another day and night pondering over the meaning of the words in front of her. She was hoping to get a bit more insight into what "cultivate the stars" actually meant.  She wondered if it had something to do with the slow progression she had while cultivating Qi Universe normally. Since this cultivation path was outside of Heavens will but also had to coincide with it there might be a faster way to cultivate it. After a few more hours Ah Chun finally got up from where she was sitting. She was not able to gain anything else from the words. 

Ah Chun finally continued around the corner as she once again went back to scanning the black monolith for any signs of any more writings. Time passed and she had reached the end of the second side. At the bottom corner of the monolith, Ah Chun's eyes sparkled as she saw that there was more writing. 

'Those that cultivate the stars must understand the Dao of Space…. Space is dark, cold, empty and is filled with death… But at the same time, Space is bright, warm, not empty and is filled with life…. '

Ah Chun was once again stunned by the words she read. From the words she was reading she immediately thought of the Dao of Chaos! The Dao of Chaos was the beginning and end of all things. While from what she was reading the Dao of Space was the in-between! If this was the case the Dao of Chaos and the Dao of Space are both Dao's that run along the same path!

Ah Chun quickly sat down in a lotus position in front of this new set of words as she kept repeating the lines over and over in her head imprinting them into her mind. "Space is dark, cold, empty and is filled with death… If Space is dark, cold, empty and filled with death that would mean that space represents everything that is bad. But… If space is also bright, warm, not empty, and is filled with life… That would mean that space also represents everything that is good." Ah Chun furrowed her brow as she closed her eyes and continued to ponder over the words. She sat in the same position as days passed turning into months.  

Three months passed before Ah Chun finally opened her eyes again. Her eyes were clear as if she had understood everything that she saw. "Space is both bad and good… But yet space is also in perfect harmony… It represents two sides but is also considered to be one. Which means that you can not have good without the bad and the bad without the good. They sit side by side in perfect harmony taking and giving all at the same time!" 

At that moment Ah Chun felt a tremor as her spirit power surged! She quickly sent her divine sense down to her dantian to see the giant lotus floating within her universe was sprouting a new leaf! It was a black and white leaf that was seamlessly lined up next to each other. Neither color taking up any more space than the other! She had reached the first level of the Dao of Space! 

Ah Chun was overly excited she did not expect to actually form her eight dao leaf! Any new dao she gained insight on would automatically turn into a new leaf instead of forming a new root! Ah Chun could feel the power in her growing stronger with the new dao leaf. So far she had gained so much from this trip to this mystic realm and she had just started searching it!  Ah Chun cupped her hands and gave a small bow to the writing on the wall. The person who had written this had helped her greatly. After which she took out her tracking token She knew a lot of time has passed so she wanted to check on Ning Shen's position. She let a sigh of relief when she saw his dot that indicated his position was moving normally and not in a manner that would make it seem as if he was in trouble. 

Ah Chun traced her finger over Ning Shen's dot on the token and a gentle smile appeared on her face. Although they were still very far apart and she could not leave this place just yet, Ah Chun really wanted to race to him right now. No matter how much time passes whether it was seconds, minutes, or even years she would always want to be right next to him if she could. But they both knew that as cultivators this was not always possible. She knew that the day that she exceeds the realms of the heavens, she might need to separate from him for a long time. But no matter what she would find a way to be with him once more. So all she could do now was cherish the time they had now together until that time comes.

Luckily her path of cultivation was still a very long path and would take a very long time to reach the peak of heavens path. Ah Chun once again rubbed her finger on Ning Shen's dot before putting the token away. She gathered her thoughts and continued to scan the monolith on its third side. She already scanned two sides and got so much just from that. She was hopeful that there might be more.

At the time that Ah Chun was looking at her tracking token, Ning Shen was doing the same. He was getting worried because Ah Chun had not moved from the same spot for a few months. He had no idea if she was trapped in some way or not. The tracking tokens in Ning Shen's and Ah Chun's hands are one item split into two. Before splitting the token into two parts each person will pour their spirit power into it. After which when split apart they will be able to track each other's moments. It also worked in a way of telling each other if one of them had died or not. So as long as they could see the others dot they would know that they were still alive. As Ning Shen was staring at the token, he finally saw Ah Chun's dot move which he then let out a sigh of relief. A smile appeared on Ning Shen's face as he put the token away and shot off in the direction Ah Chun was in.

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