Celestial Pivot Divine Palace

When Xi Yue returned to Celestial Pivot Divine Palace, she discovered that He Dao had already emerged from seclusion.

He stood within Purple Micro Hall, staring at the stone stool without a word.

He Dao had not used the stone stool in a very long time, because it was of almost no use to him anymore. What he most hoped for was to obtain another new stone stool and fuse them into a great pillar, perhaps gaining some benefit from it. Before that, this stone stool had been awarded to the sect's core members for their own enlightenment. Xi Yue had comprehended it back then, He Ming had comprehended it, and later Minghe had as well.

Some of the other core higher-ups had also comprehended it.

He had never treated it like a worn broom to be treasured; his bearing was quite commendable.

In truth, Xi Yue felt that even with a great pillar, reaching Taiqing might not necessarily be possible.

Xi Yue did not dare say what effect a complete Door of Myriad Mysteries would have, but with fragments this incomplete, even doubling their effect would be limited. In the end, they were merely an aid. To prove the Dao, the key still lay in "proving." Merely relying on help to gain insight, guiding oneself toward "perfection," would most likely not be the final broad road.

In ancient times, it was said that when the Door of Myriad Mysteries was whole, one did not even need to be near it—everyone beneath heaven could gain some insight. Yet were there not still only a handful of Taiqing cultivators then? Could everyone possibly have become Taiqing?

Assistance truly helped; that could not be denied. But in the end, people still had to rely on themselves. Their own talent, their own effort,