Ten Thousand Paths' Long Journey was finally finished.
I had to say, writing this book had truly been exhausting. It even felt like a thankless task that took more effort than it was worth.
Many people said I was stuffing in my own personal agenda. But if they finished reading it, they would find that, if it truly counted as personal agenda, then it was a collection of many people's personal agendas. After all, everyone's world was different, and what each person saw and felt was different too.
So their Dao was different as well.
That was "Dao contention."
Let me give an example.
For instance, during the Human-Shaman War, Li Qi chose Blood Sacrifice. In the Sacred Flame Realm, Li Qi provoked a civil war.
Some people felt that Li Qi had acted out of character, that he would never do such things.
In truth, Blood Sacrifice indeed should not have been used. If Blood Sacrifice were something that should be used, wouldn't that be disastrous?
But it was precisely because it should not have been used that "what should be" could be revealed.
Blood Sacrifice was, in fact, a kind of "martyrdom for the Dao"—that is, for a loftier goal, I was willing to sacrifice my own purity.
It was obvious that this had an enormous impact on Li Qi.
It concerned an important transformation Li Qi underwent later on.
Was the Dao a restraint upon oneself, or the sum total of one's actions?
This was also what Li Qi and Liu Junyi used to set each other off.
Liu Junyi strictly held himself to the standards of a gentleman. Everything he did met a gentleman's requirements. He would absolutely never do something like the Human Path's wicked arts—not even if it meant death.
Yet Li Qi defied