[Qianyu Cup] Surveying the Human World, Exploring Deeply, Looking Toward the Spirit World (Part 2)

Author: Lotus Heart Mortal

III. Setbacks—State of Mind

Do my fellow Daoists share Lotus Heart's feeling? Lin Xuan seemed to have had things far too smooth, never encountering a truly fatal setback. Tempering one's state of mind amid setbacks and adversity gave people a more tangible feeling~~his depth, his success, his intellect.

I think it was precisely because Marquis Zhuge Liang had made the mistake of misjudging Ma Su that his reputation for being "so wise he was almost a demon" sank so deeply into people's hearts.

With Lin Xuan's depth, he should not simply be invincible in everything he did. What harm was there in failing once? A valiant man who rose heroically again from where he had fallen was the true man who could shake one's very soul!!

Phantom Rain had also shown many times the awkward mismatch between Lin Xuan's state-of-mind cultivation and his cultivation level. He had repeatedly come close to suffering the calamities of Illusion Realms and Inner Demons. Meanwhile, Meng Ruyan's entering the world as a Qi Refinement cultivator to temper her state of mind also seemed to hint at how Lin Xuan could solve the problem of his insufficient state of mind.

Encountering setbacks and adversity—such as being hunted down by Taowu's true body seeking vengeance—having his cultivation knocked back to the low tiers or even becoming a mortal, was not a bad choice.

A phoenix bathed in fire, reborn through nirvana. If Lin Xuan, who cultivated the Phoenix Dance Nine Heavens Art, did not undergo "nirvana," how could he "soar and dance above the nine heavens"?

IV. Races and Factions of the Spirit World

Lotus Heart would just casually mention a few things he had imagined.

1. The Human Race and Demon Race that often appeared in the Human World needed no