After Mo Shen revealed his identity to Mo Tianxing, they parted ways. She went back to her room to go into seclusion to digest all the information Mo Shen revealed and comprehend the painting.
It was already a new day by the time they parted, so Mo Shen went to start his classes for the day. His first class was the formation class.
Unfortunately, since his last 2 weeks of coming for the class, he hadn't seen noticed anyone with the Myriad Formations Dao physique. Unlike other classes, he specifically checked through all the students and the instructor, but he didn't find anyone with the physique. Not even one with spiritual affinity for the dao. Although he also checked in other classes, but it wasn't so thorough as the Formation class due to the importance of the Dao to him at this moment.
As he was entering the class, he wasn't expecting to comprehend anything, he just wanted to learn more on the basics of formations. But the moment he entered the class hall, he felt it. The Myriad Formation Dao physique.
He looked around and saw the instructor in front of the class. He sat in a lotus position with his eyes closed. There was still an hour before the class officially begins, and since this was the first class of the day, there were only less than 20 students in the hall.
The person with the dao physique was the instructor. It was a man Mo Shen had never seen before. He had deep red hair showing he was from the royal family. He looked like a young man in his early 30s. His bone age was a little less than 20,000 years.
What shocked Mo Shen was that the man had already entered the dao, and he was in the 9th stage of the Empyrean realm. He had not just entered the dao, he had already created his dao in the Myriad Formation Dao.
In fact Mo Shen could see that the aura of the man was quite strong in the Empyrean realm. Very few people in the Origin Dao realm could defeat him. He was already in the 2nd level of the Dao, equivalent to the Universe Lord realm. He was already the strongest person in the Dao Universe, not counting Mo Shen himself, unless other empires and powerhouses also have such surprises for him.
"This is indeed a surprise." Mo Shen commented to himself.
The instructor had already opened his eyes the moment Mo Shen stepped into the hall. He looked at the white-haired student in front of him who looked like a handsome devil. He stood up from his meditation state and walked towards him.
"Good morning instructor." Mo Shen greeted, cupping his fist with a light smile. He didn't bow like how other students were supposed to greet their instructors. In fact this was actually the first instructor he had greeted since the lectures started.
It wasn't like he puprosefully looked down on them, they just never deserved his respect. For someone like him who saw strength as supreme, those instructors were at most average. Even Mo Xuan, the empire ancestor, who had reached the 9th stage of the Empyrean realm was not much different. After all he was already over 100,000 years old, if he hadn't even reached such cultivation within this time, he could only be seen as useless.
But now he had seen such an instructor. One whose strength was worthy of his respect. Reaching the 2nd stage of the dao within 20,000 years only seemed possible for top geniuses in the 9th Heaven.
Those with a dao physique like Mo Tianxing could create their own dao early enough. Without external assistance, they should create it at most before they are 5,000 years of age. But creating the dao didn't mean entering the first stage of the dao. They can enter the dao before 2,000 years of age, but before they enter the 1st stage, it will hardly take them less than 10,000 years old.
This was mainly because of 2 reasons. The first was that you can't reach the first stage of the dao before entering the Origin Dao realm. It was like a heavenly dao limit placed on all cultivators in the 9 heavens to prevent those with the dao physique from having too much advantage in their lower cultivationn realms.
The second reason was the difficulty in comprehending the dao. Not everyone was like Mo Shen with unprecedented ability to comprehend the dao. Comprehending the dao when one had already started cultivating was very difficult.
Such difficulty would have looked normal to the ignorant, which included almost everybody in the 9 heavens, but to Mo Shen who was in the know, it was anything but normal.
Although Mo Shen was a terrifying genius, it seemed a bit far-fetched that he was the only one throughout the history of the 9 Heavens to comprehend the dao at such speed and at such a low age. He of course never believed in luck, or that he was born to rule the universe, so he naturally tried to find the reason. And find he did.
When Mo Fan and the 'mysterious' woman he met in the void were trying to enter the dao, he enveloped them in his dao aura for them to feel it. The first time with the woman, he already had his suspicions, wondering why it was so difficult for them to comprehend the dao. But when he now did the same with Mo Fan, he found out the reason.
Their natural cultivation energy interferred with the dao. It was like both sides couldn't be together and to get them all one had to try very hard, a process that couldn't be done without thousands of years of accumulation.
The solution for that was very simple and at the same time, very difficult. The solution was to start comprehending the dao before you start cultivating. Very simple right? But why had the 0.000000000001% of the 9 Heavens who had comprehended such a truth not done so, or made their descendants do so?
There came the difficulty. Although it was far easier comprehending the dao before cultivating, still the average wouldn't be able to enter the 1st stage of the dao in less than 1,000 years. No mortal could live past 200 years. Some might argue that there are mild fruits that could extend a mortal's lifespan.
Leaving out the fact that no matter the external assistance, a mortal's limit is 500 years, once such energy is introduced to a mortal's body it can lead them to unintentionally start cultivating if they don't have excess soul power and mental strength.
Mo Shen had first developed his soul power and mental strength through hard battles with his sheer willpower. He had never cultivated. And when he was transforming his body, it had already broken the rules of cultivation. And with such a physical body, he could easily live over a million years without cultivation.
Now one can understand why Mo Shen felt such respect for this instructor, who was still in the Empyrean realm, to add to it, was also in the Dao Universe where the Dao aura was sealed.
Even with all his inherited knowledge, Mo Shen could not comprehend this man and how he had reached such strength in such conditions.
"You seem to be accessing me." The instructor said to Mo Shen. "Normally such is done when one sees himself to be significantly superior to the other party and looks down on them."
Hearing such assessment, Mo Shen couldn't help but smile wryly. This time, he was truly innocent of such accusation. Just when there was someone whose strength he respects, the man felt he was looking down on him.
"I'm not looking down on you instructor." Mo Shen said truthfully. "With such strength, who can look down on you?"
Hearing that his student could see through his strength, the instructor remained unfazed and decided to retort with his own. "Does that mean you admit to feeling superior in strength?"
"There's no denying such fact. I am superior." Mo Shen shrugged.
"Interesting. Hahaha." The instructor laughed. "My name is Mo Wuyou, Mo Fan's grandfather. Greetings your highness."
"Oh?" Could things get any more surprising today? Looking at the man, he indeed resembled Mo Fan just a little bit.
"When my grandson got home, he had talked so much about you, while at the same time hidden so much. The summary of what he said was 'He is amazing'." Mo Wuyou said with a smile on his face as he thought about his grandson he was enstranged from for almost all his life.
"When I told him I would come to the academy to meet you, do you know what he said?" Mo Wuyou asked with a pause.
"Grandfather, although his highness might not kill you if he knows our relationship, he will definitely put you down if you find trouble with him."
Hearing this, Mo Shen wasn't much surprised. If there was someone who knew him so well, it was Mo Fan, his first companion, subordinate and friend.
"And so, driven by my curious and competitive nature, I couldn't help but come meet you." Mo Wuyou said with a savage smile.
Seeing his smile, Mo Shen could more or less guess his purpose. "Mo Fan once mentioned you, but it seems he didn't realizee your strength in the past. But I'm sure this time he had seen through your strength. It seems he still has confidence in this young lord of his." Mo Shen said with a rare-seen smile on his face. Such an expression was reserved for his family, and Mo Fan was definitely a part of it.
"And so your highness, I want to fight you." Mo Wuyou knelt down for the first time. Who knew if it was because of Mo Shen's position or his request.