Chapter: 5733

Ye Chen lightly nodded his head and said: "That is to say, even if people break free from the constraints of the heavenly way, they are still human beings - only living longer and having greater abilities."

"That's right." Lin Wen'er said with a smile: "This is the true meaning of the I Ching, where human potential can transcend the heavenly way, but even if it does, it remains human and not divine."

"If the limit of its cultivation is one million years like that of Pu Tea Mother, then by the time it reaches one million years, it will inevitably face a calamity from heaven;"

"If it cannot overcome the calamity, it will vanish into thin air;"

"If it overcomes the calamity, it will still be Pu Tea Mother, and it will continue to stand tall at the edge of the heavenly pool, just like that tree;"

Lin Wen'er said, "As for the heavenly way, its height is far beyond human comprehension. To say something outrageous, even if the Master has a predetermined fate to live only to one thousand years, if he can break through the limitations of his life span or maybe live up to two thousand years. But if he wants to live until the day heaven descends, it might take five thousand years, or even ten thousand years, which means that by the time he ascends to immortality, there will still be eighty-eight thousand miles between him and the heavenly way."

Ye Chen asked her, "Do you know how high the heavenly way is?"

Lin Wen'er shook her head, saying, "I've only lived for less than four hundred years. How could I possibly probe into the height of the heavenly way?"

As she spoke, she suddenly thought of something and turned to Ye Chen, saying, "Ah, yes, Prince! The Pu Tea Mother's cultivation is one million years, and by the time it faces the calamity from heaven, it will have already lived for one million years. This is what I deduced through its numerical calculations."

Ye Chen lightly nodded his head and asked, "If the Pu Tea Mother breaks through the heavenly way, what will happen then?"

Lin Wen'er said, "Once it overcomes the calamity and breaks through the heavenly way, it can draw spiritual energy from between heaven and earth, continue its cultivation, and let its cultivation yield twice the results. Maybe one day, a leaf of its tree will be like a Revival Pill, allowing people to add twenty years to their lifespan."

As she spoke, she smiled playfully and said, "So, according to legend, the Queen Mother's peach can make people ascend to immortality. In this world, it's not necessarily impossible if a certain tree has already broken through the heavenly way and has accumulated several thousand years' worth of cultivation."

Ye Chen asked curiously, "But isn't there no spiritual energy between heaven and earth anymore?"

Lin Wen'er nodded slightly and said, "According to the Book of Changes, for lives that haven't passed the heavenly calamity, spiritual energy indeed doesn't exist. But after passing the calamity, spiritual energy will appear."

Ye Chen looked puzzled and asked, "This sounds a bit unrealistic..."

Lin Wen'er laughed and said, "I thought it was unrealistic at first too, and I even wondered if I had misinterpreted the Book of Changes. But after I touched modern technology and wireless communication, my understanding suddenly became clear. Spiritual energy might be like radio waves - people can't sense them with their physical bodies, but once they have the conditions to receive radio signals, they can continuously tap into the content. Spiritual energy might be similar."

Ye Chen's eyes widened in surprise and he exclaimed, "So, in the end times, it's not necessarily true that it's the end of the world?"

Lin Wen'er said, "The end times are just a term used by later generations to describe their own situation. They have obtained the ancient cultivation methods and experiences but can't achieve the same effects as the ancients. So they conclude that there is no more spiritual energy between heaven and earth, and the world has entered the end times. But who knows for sure? I don't dare guarantee it. My understanding of the Book of Changes is not absolute, so everything is just for Prince's reference."

Ye Chen nodded slightly to himself, having already half-believed Lin Wen'er's words.

He thought that Lin Wen'er's explanation was more convincing, and those kinds of stories about levitating into immortality were more like myths.

So he brought the topic back to the discussion of the Dragon Ascension grade and asked her, "Miss Lin, how does one determine this Dragon Ascension grade? If I give you my father's birth date and time, can you calculate whether he is a Dragon Ascension person or not?"

Ye Chen shook his head, saying "I can't calculate the Dragon Ascension grade. I just have a feeling about it from my study of the I Ching, but I don't know how to determine whether someone is or isn't a Dragon Ascension person. This has been a problem I've researched for many years without being able to break through, as if stuck in some kind of thoughtless loop."

Ye Chen asked curiously, "What's the part that you're having trouble with?"

Lin Wen'er said, "According to my calculations based on the I Ching, the Dragon Ascension grade does exist, but it is not innate. It can be cultivated later on."

Ye Chen was astonished and asked, "Not innate?! Can destiny still be cultivated later on?" JrNovels.com