Paragon of Sin

r and Fire into one, Water and Earth into one.
Like this, then merge three into one, four into one, until they merge nine into one.
This forms Elemental Origin Energy.
But that doesn ’t give one ’Elemental Origin Intent ’.

”To achieve that, one doesn ’t just have to merge nine into one, but return them to their origin, requiring a unique material called Genesis Essence, something that only the Tokens of Elementus contains within the current starfield.
A resource that can only be extracted by the Ascended, held in objects beyond the Mortal Limits.
Without the Tokens of Elementus, any mortal lifeform that came into contact with it would dissipate into nothing—there are no exceptions to this. ”

His words prompted Wei Wuyin to furrow his brows in thought for a long moment.
Genesis Essence…

That particular name felt familiar yet also distant.
He faintly recalled hearing about something extremely similar to this somewhere.
He just couldn ’t pinpoint where or when.

”The Divine King had left behind these tokens for that reason, to allow those fated to them to obtain the chance to birth Elemental Origin Intent.
If they are unable in the end, then the tokens would relocate after the obtainer ’s death, searching for another fated one.
This is why unless you obtained a token, you can ’t birth Elemental Origin Intent.
It would be going against the heavens. ” The old man finished his words, explaining why he reacted so violently and mentioned Wei Wuyin ’s low cultivation base.

Wei Wuyin was confused for a while until that last sentence.
The old man was assuming heaven ’s will, but the Mortal Star Formation Tribulation, the very first Tribulation of a cultivator ’s life, instructed them in forming Intent suitable to their cultivation base.
He could only assume that the method to form Elemental Origin Intent listed in the tokens of Elementus was an incomplete and flawed version of what Ori had obtained fully from the very heavens themselves.

This so-called Genesis Essence must be a forceful way to establish Elemental Origin Intent if one lacked the extremely high-level of comprehension required to grasp the fullest opportunities from the tribulation itself.
It was another ’door ’ but not the perfect one.
As they say, there was never one path to achieve anything. 

While he couldn ’t be certain if the Astral Tribulations were regulated by the Heavenly Daos, the ’heavens ’ mentioned were simply the laws by which everything ran by. 

He shook his head, turning to the old man with a look of a senior instructing a junior.
”One must never believe only one path exists on the difficult journey of cultivation.
Doing so will only narrow the mind, limiting one ’s view of the world.
A frog in the well, so to speak.
To say something is going against the heavens is the words of a fool, as the heaven ’s designs isn ’t something we as mortals can comprehend.
When we can, when we can understand it, we ’ll be its equal. ”

”…! ” The old man ’s eyes widened as he started to intensely tremble.
As if Wei Wuyin ’s words had triggered something, he felt his mind explode.
He felt a path opening in his mind, revealing his past assumptions and thoughts to be inherently flawed, limited in view, and extremely arrogant with the presumptions of his truths.

After a long moment, he looked at Wei Wuyin deeply.
Then, his legs became clear as he stepped on the ground, clasped his hands, and bowed slightly.
”Thank you. ”

Wei Wuyin casually nodded in acceptance, forming an assumption as to why the Tokens of Elementus might be flawed.
He felt it was likely due to the Divine King Han Xei forming Elemental Origin Energy and challenging the tribulation, but he couldn ’t comprehend all of the information, forcefully devising another way to overcome this obstacle.
He felt his guess was likely 90% correct, likely missing a small portion of the truth.

”Now, are you going to answer my questions? ” Wei Wuyin asked, still curious about the connections of this place to the other palaces, who devised it, and why.

The old man felt shocked that such a young man could say such profound words yet be entirely unaffected.
What type of heaven-defying experiences has this young man gone through? In the end, he decided to speak the truth. 

As he spoke, Wei Wuyin ’s eyes grew wider and wider!