Upon hearing the word "Resurrected," the three men from the Mount Shu Sect were stunned.0

After a long pause, Wang Xuanling said, "An individual at the seventh realm would be borrowing the power of the Great Dao while an individual at the eighth realm would take control of that Great Dao. However, an individual at the ninth realm would merge with the Great Dao… If someone was able to reform the Great Dao again, then it is theoretically possible to resurrect the ninth-realm existence within that Great Dao… I just have never heard of such rumors. It is truly astonishing."0

"Merge?" Xu Ziyang asked. "With so many Great Daos in existence, why can there only be one cultivator at the Profound Realm at any given time?"0

As young cultivators, they naturally didn't have the same deep understanding of the Great Dao as Wang Xuanling, who had spent many years studying it.0

"It's likely because the world lacks enough spiritual energy..." Wang Xuanling explained. "To merge with the Great Dao, a cultivator must elevate the Great Dao of the Profound above all the other Great Daos and complete the act of 'proving their understanding of the Dao.' Only then can one stand at the pinnacle of heaven and earth. Reaching the ninth realm demands an immense amount of spiritual energy from the world itself..."1

Chu Liang remained silent.0

Upon hearing this, a spark of realization flickered in Chu Liang's mind. Questions he had long pondered now seemed to have answers.0

Was this why all traces of the ninth-realm existence would always be erased after their fall?0

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