Asura Emperor Venerable-Chapter 685: Comprehension

"What Primordial Scripture?" Shi Hao looked at the Purple Gold Rat, feeling a bit excited himself.

For the Purple Gold Rat to be so excited, this treasure must be extraordinary.

"The Primordial Scripture, oh, to elaborate on the essence of the world’s foundation in the Taoist Scriptures!" jumped the Purple Gold Rat excitedly, "This is obviously the Mortal Realm’s Primordial Scripture, which cannot compare to that of the Immortal Realm, but, if you fully comprehend the essence of the Mortal Realm, how solid a foundation could you build for yourself?"

"I’ve finally understood why this Heavenly Palace is so formidable—it’s the Primordial Scripture!"

"Having grasped the essence of the world, isn’t that enough for you to boast?"

Shi Hao also responded cheerfully, saying, "Well, what are we waiting for? Let’s start studying it immediately!"

"That’s exactly what I was thinking!"

Together, the man and the rat began to ponder, and this Primordial Scripture was truly miraculous. Not a single character was recognizable to Shi Hao, as it was written in the language of a bygone era, yet upon closer look, each character’s meaning slowly emerged, as if they were not words, but rather segments of philosophy.

"How could ordinary text possibly elaborate on the essence of heaven and earth?" said the Purple Gold Rat with an air of certainty, "Therefore, it must use this kind of text that transcends races and even eras, and I suspect, it isn’t text at all, but rather the martial will left by the almighty."

"That’s really awesome, to pass down the martial will through the form of text, enduring through countless generations."

This rat had never admired anyone so much before, but now it was ready to kneel in reverence.

Shi Hao nodded slowly, he was indeed in awe; just compressing the Dwarf Star into this tiny Stone Book was stunning enough.

"Having mastered the essence of heaven and earth, no wonder it’s possible to compress the Dwarf Star once more," said the Purple Gold Rat, "Little Stone, if we master the Primordial Scripture, we can do the same."

"Yeah."

Both Shi Hao and the Purple Gold Rat were bursting with excitement, yet they still suppressed their eagerness, continually pondering the Primordial Scripture.

Actually, this wasn’t any cultivation technique or even remotely related to "martial arts." It didn’t involve realms, so even though it was from another era, where the cultivation systems might have been entirely different, it didn’t matter at all.

The Primordial Scripture spoke only of philosophy.

But this philosophy was of utmost importance.

What is the essence of martial arts?

To seize the Power of Heaven and Earth for oneself, to take the rules of the world as weapons.

Where do the Power of Heaven and Earth and these rules come from?

Aren’t they all from heaven and earth?

So, if I clearly understand the essence of heaven and earth, how much easier would it be to draw from the Power of Heaven and Earth and these rules?

Thus, this is not a martial arts Cultivation Technique, not even remotely related, yet it is immensely precious, and could even be called the foundation and core of all Cultivation Techniques in the world.

Let the methods vary by thousands and tens of thousands, but the essence remains the same and unchanging. Mastering the essence is like mastering everything, allowing endless extrapolation.

However, before they could fully grasp the content of the first page, the text on it started to fade!

Oh no... it was going to disappear.

After all, it had existed for far too many years and was finally starting to collapse.

What to do, should they immediately turn to the next page?

But, they hadn’t yet fully grasped this page.

"Little Stone, take this!" Just as the Purple Gold Rat showed a pained expression, it raised its tiny paw, and a burst of liquid enveloped Shi Hao.

This was... the Time Liquid.

Huh, wasn’t it used up already?

Shi Hao realized in a flash, this dead rat was greedy, hoarding it!

Damn, what a scammer.

However, at this moment, Shi Hao was not in the mood to blame it, and even had to thank it. If it weren’t for the Purple Gold Rat withholding secrets, he could only have watched as the characters on the Stone Page disappeared.

"I only hid that tiny bit." the Purple Gold Rat seemed to know Shi Hao would blame it and hurriedly explained.

"Knowing your wretched tendencies, I can’t be bothered to talk about it." Shi Hao reached out the hand control, causing a portion of the Time Liquid to sprinkle on the head while most of it was gathered up, "Since there’s only so little, use it sparingly."

"Hiss, aren’t you afraid that your head and body being in different time flows will cause your neck to snap with a slight twist?" the Purple Gold Rat hissed, handling time required extreme caution since this power could easily destroy everything.

"Then you must maintain absolute stability." Shi Hao said solemnly.

With only such a tiny bit of Time Liquid, they must save it to the utmost.

The Purple Gold Rat was afraid of dying, but still gritted its teeth and only splashed the Time Liquid on the top of the head.

Suddenly, their head region entered a sped-up time flow, and thoughts ran at a thousandfold speed.

When the text on this page completely disappeared, Shi Hao and the Purple Gold Rat each sighed in relief.

They had just in time imprinted the characters into their Soul Sea.

Not memorized, but imprinted.

For these were not real characters, how could they memorize them?

And, they couldn’t understand them yet, let alone master them; they could only imprint them for now and gradually ponder them later.

"Are you ready?" After resting for a while, Shi Hao asked the Purple Gold Rat.

"Ready." the Purple Gold Rat rubbed its little paws.

Shi Hao began turning the pages of the Stone Book, excruciatingly flipping past one page.

With the help of Time Liquid, they swiftly imprinted the characters from the top.

Page after page, when the Time Liquid was about to run out, Shi Hao had completely turned the pages of the Stone Book.

Primordial Scripture, obtained!

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Both man and rat laughed heartily, overjoyed.

"Rat, you laugh somewhat arrogantly."

"As if you weren’t losing your composure."

Primordial Scripture, oh, so precious, so precious.

"Xiao Shi, you cannot tell anyone about the Primordial Scripture," the Purple Gold Rat said solemnly, "For this thing, the Immortal Realm’s Almightys would capture us, cut open our heads, and study our Soul Sea."

Shi Hao nodded; what mattered was that the Primordial Scripture elucidated the essence of Heaven and Earth, which cannot be expressed in language or text, only manifested through martial arts intent, and their current level of cultivation was too low, leaving them unqualified to describe the essence of Heaven and Earth.

So, for others to acquire the Primordial Scripture, there was only one way: to cut open their heads and directly read the Soul Sea.

Would they still be alive if that happened?

Even if not dead, breaking the Soul Sea would render them akin to cripples.

"Let’s go, it’s time to leave this place," Shi Hao said.

The Purple Gold Rat nodded and then said, "The creator of the Heavenly Palace, with a mastery in Creation, probably entered the Immortal Realm even if this world had perished. Such a genius has likely already become one of the Immortal Realm’s Almightys."

"Thus, we might still have a chance to witness the grandeur of this Almighty," Shi Hao said sincerely, "We should also express our gratitude."

One thing is mastering the essence of Heaven and Earth, but purposely sealing it within the Stone Book using martial arts intent to pass it down to posterity shows immense magnanimity.

Shi Hao now truly held immense admiration for this Almighty.