At that moment, Lu Yang felt as though he were extending.
His flesh had vanished, and his intangible consciousness had thus lost all restraint, continuously swelling and stretching until it encompassed the entire scene of Karma.
Omniscient and omnipotent.
Though those four words were somewhat ill-fitting, Lu Yang truly felt, at that moment, a kind of omnipotence that stood above all things.
Every living being—whether human, Yao, or plant; whether their lifespan was brief or long—from the moment of their birth, Lu Yang seemed to stand at their side, following them through their lengthy lives until he watched them die and be laid to rest, like a silent observer.
He observed every life.
In this state of observation, Lu Yang's thoughts grew increasingly detached, his gaze turning icy. Only a trace of reason remained in the depths of his eyes:
Something's not right.
Before his reason could finish considering it, an endless stream of thoughts flooded further into his mind. His consciousness was still expanding, observing more and more lives.
He was both the ten thousand and the one.
He knew every being's thoughts, experiences, and emotions inside and out. There was nothing he did not know—thus, he was every living being in the world.
Unity of Ten Thousand Hearts.
"Fuck your mother!"
Rumble!
That furious roar instantly shattered the indescribable perspective of observation. Like a beam of light tearing through a dark abyss, Lu Yang opened his eyes.
What met his gaze was the boundless Void Darkness Light Sea. At its center stood a monk in golden robes, his face filled with compassion, Buddha Light flowing over his entire body, Buddhist chants permeating the air around him. At that very moment, he stared straight at Lu Yang, his eyes full of irrepressible regret.
"Young friend... your Dao Heart cultivation