Reflection

Li Shiwei is currently deep in thought with her eyes closed.

The world, in fact, also calls itself civilization.

At the same time, the world also acknowledges that other worlds are civilizations.

This can be clearly seen from Li Qi. In the Sacred Flame Realm, Li Qi never ignored the civilization of the Sacred Flame Realm. He even frankly acknowledged their 'Dao'. Moreover, in all his choices, Li Qi never thought of destroying and replacing the Dao of the Sacred Flame Realm, but chose to cooperate.

Now, as a Sixth-Rank World, the Sacred Flame Realm has become a hub for merchants in that world group. In addition, with the special products of the Holy Flame, life is much better than before. They still maintain their own 'tradition,' which is their own way.

The death of the ancient Sacred King still secured a promising future for the Sacred Flame Realm. The Sacred Flame Tribe remained the Sacred Flame Tribe, without pursuing the Dao of the world.

The world never forces other worlds to change their Dao Lineage. All forced rule is actually an individual act. Even the Human Path will not force these worlds to change their Dao Lineage. There is no need to force them. After all, they either join voluntarily or become resources.

Of course, from Human Path perspective, if you have nothing to offer, then these civilizations are generally treated as 'natural resources' that I can simply harvest when I need them, without even being eligible to join them.

This feeling is somewhat similar to that of Li Shiwei.

Oh, Li Shiwei isn't qualified; you should say she's like Human Path.

However, broadly speaking, aside from Human Path, in the eyes of the many Dao Lineage of the world, their own civilization is not fundamentally different from other civilizations, even though the world is generally much stronger.

Only a few First Rank World can rival the second-tier Dao Lineage in strength.

As for the Dao Lineage of the Nine Lands of the World, it has never had an opponent. No one can contend with the Nine Lands of the World, not even First Rank World.

The most elite First Rank Worlds, stronger than the Reason Way and the Dao of Martial Arts, but still not as good as the Nine Lands of the World. However, the Nine Lands of the World treat everyone equally and call them all civilizations.

In other words, Li Shiwei... is at least more arrogant than anyone else in the world.

All the eight realms under heaven regard these worlds as equal existences, but Li Shiwei, like Human Path, sees them as insignificant things, merely materials and resources for her advancement.

Li Shiwei never truly looked at civilization, nor did she ever value the true Civilization History.

She calls those things the Civilization History, but... does she really consider them civilization?

The title does not necessarily reflect the essence.

If we can't even face up to and understand the Civilization History, how can we talk about understanding and discovering its commonalities as the foundation of our own path?

Thinking of this, Li Shiwei couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat.

She opened her eyes and recalled the Civilization History she had read, the Civilization History that countless worlds had offered up when she was working in the Chamber of Commerce.

She devoured these Civilization History, believing she understood them completely, having witnessed all their history, conflicts, developments, and progress.

But... did she really see it?

Was she just imagining things? She didn't even know if any of these investigation results were fabricated.

If such a thing were truly used as the foundation of one's Dao, then... how fragile would that foundation be? Would it collapse the moment one saw a real civilization?

Is there any point in having such a fragile foundation? Is there any point in digging deeper into it? What kind of Dao is she cultivating? What Dao is her current cultivation level revolving around?

Upon closer examination, the Dao surrounding her cultivation was actually the Dao essence she was born with. She absorbed the Dao Lineage of her father and mother, was born at the ninth rank, and reached the eighth rank in just a few years of cultivation.

Up to now, all the power in her body comes from the Dao she was born with. These Daos, like those Savage Beast born from the Dao, are her instincts. She doesn't need to understand them; she will naturally act in accordance with these Daos, including her style of doing things, her temperament, her preferences, and even her physical condition.

For example, her eyes change color from birth according to the phase of the moon. This is because the eyes themselves are the sun and moon of the microcosm of the human body, and her microcosm naturally carries the yin energy of the moon, so it will change accordingly.

Thinking of this, Li Shiwei opened her eyes, just like when Li Qi saw her when she was six months old, and fell into deep thought.

"Um... Lu De, right? "Li Shiwei knew him because Shi Tou had mentioned his name.

The fact that Lu De could bring up these things, yet he himself didn't see them, is enough to explain a lot.

In the more than ten years she's been abroad, has she really made any progress?

Has your cultivation level improved?

No, the methods, skills, and level of expertise she uses now were all taught by her parents.

Has her thinking progressed? She thought she had, but Shi Tou's blunt rebuke made her suddenly realize that her thoughts... seemed to be inferior to those of a native, a native she had completely ignored.

She didn't despise the natives, but rather... ignored them. She didn't think there was anything about the natives that was worthy of contempt, but Li Shiwei didn't think there was anything about the natives that was worthy of attention either. Her attitude was one of complete indifference.

For her, it was a game.

And she actually had the audacity to think that she could use something from the game as her Dao foundation?

That's right, this is it.

The foundation of one's path is something extremely important, a crucial decision in life that is almost impossible to change. She actually knew this and remembered it very clearly because her parents had told her about these things.

Therefore, back in the Sea Hunting Realm, after receiving the reverence of the entire world, she could have directly used faith to condense a golden body and step into the seventh rank, but instead, she directly extinguished her choice of the divine path.

Because she knew that the path of the gods was incompatible with her personality. If she were to follow the path of the gods, her Dao heart unstable, conflicts would be constant, and a whole host of troubles would arise.

But what about now?

Now... even knowing that such a thing might happen, she still chose to use the commonalities of the Civilization History as the foundation of her path.

She treats civilization and the Civilization History as a game, which is tantamount to using toys to build the foundation of the Way!

It's absurd! If anyone else had done this, she would have laughed at them mercilessly, but now she had unknowingly done something so stupid!

After some self-reflection, the little rascal finally realized what he was doing.

Then, she reached out and slapped herself across the face.

You can look down on the indigenous world, but you can't look down on them while simultaneously depending on them.

Foolish, so incredibly foolish.

If you truly intend to take this as the foundation of your Tao, then you must face these worlds squarely and treat them with a serious attitude, because you are not facing natives, but rather the manifestation of the Tao in these native worlds.

Since these indigenous worlds can be seen as manifestations of the 'Dao', it means that they share commonalities with my cultivation and future Dao foundation!

How you treat them reflects how you treat your own Dao Path.

It's just like what the stone said.

If I switched places with that native named Lu De, would I be as good as him?

If you can't, then why look down on others? Just because of the Daoist aura you inherited from your parents?

Li Shiwei suddenly woke up and slapped herself several more times.

She immediately got up and prepared to go out.

She planned to dismantle her unrealistic Triangle Eye organization and destroy all the unpublished relics, forged records, documents, and the like.

There has never been Triangle Eye in this world.

Creating this kind of thing is deceiving both the locals and oneself.

You can fool the natives, but if you fool yourself, then it's no fun.

With that thought in mind, she quickly left her hiding place and rushed towards the place where she had set up the ruins.

The location for setting up the ruins is four days' journey from her hiding place. If you speed up your journey, you can get there in just two days. The place is located in the middle of two countries, a no-man's-land, which is very suitable for setting up such a hidden ruin.

Along the way, she was so anxious that she even forgot to reply to Stone.

However, upon arriving at that place, they discovered that what had previously been a peaceful area was now heavily fortified with troops.

This made Li Shiwei frown. She constructed Technique Method to notify the stone, but saw that the stone had already sent several messages within the Technique Method.

Those messages were all urging Li Shiwei to hurry up.

So, Li Shiwei stood outside the heavily guarded area and began to send messages to Shi Tou.

"I understand what you mean. I've decided to destroy the Triangle Eye. But now the ruins are surrounded by soldiers. Do you have any news about why?"

After a while, Stone sent a message: "Huh? No way? Boss, you arranged the ruins at the border? That looks like a battlefield. Oh no, it seems like this conflict was proposed by Lu De!"

"Since no one is supervising me at the border, I'm obviously doing it here. Also, was it his suggestion?" Li Shiwei asked anxiously.

"It's a long story. You should find a chance to leave. Don't worry about the Triangle Eye; it's useless anyway," Stone sent a message.

"No, I've prepared all the propaganda materials inside. If I don't destroy them, it will backfire if they're exposed on the battlefield. Oh well, I'll deal with it when I get back. These are just ordinary soldiers; they might not be able to spot me. I should be able to sneak in without any problem." Li Shiwei said, extinguishing the communication Technique Method.

Then, Li Shiwei wrote an invisibility talisman, stuck it on her chest, and vanished into the light and shadow in an instant, leaving no trace.

Ordinary soldiers, and even those so-called high-ranking instructors, could not possibly see her.

After all, under normal circumstances, high-level mentors are already the most powerful combat force in this world, but they are only at the ninth or eighth rank, far inferior to Li Shiwei.

After making this judgment, Li Shiwei used an Earth Manipulation Spell to travel underground.

The combination of stealth and earth element makes it extremely safe and secretive.

Sure enough, everything went smoothly, and she easily arrived at the ruins she had set up.

These relics are located inside the mountain of an inconspicuous hill, created by Li Shiwei in the cavity after she hollowed out the mountain.

"It must be destroyed quickly." She began to use her Technique Method.

But at this very moment—

With a loud bang!

A tremendous force burst forth from the outside, and a powerful shockwave swept around, blowing the entire mountaintop away!

Li Shiwei was also thrown out. She was startled and barely managed to steady herself, floating in mid-air as she looked towards the source of the attack.

A burly man clad in armor stood on the ruins and said calmly, "Ah, so that explains the unusual energy fluctuations. It turns out there was a rat... A high-level mentor? You can't be nameless. Tell me, who are you, and why are you at the border between our two countries?"

Li Shiwei's pupils dilated.

Martial Arts Rank 7!

Oh no! She had previously guessed that none of the detection methods in this world could detect her.

But she forgot about the martial artist's intuition! These muscle gorillas can think purely from their muscles!

However, even if her martial Divine Ability weren't enough, she could still run!

She tossed out a stack of talismans and vanished in a flash of light, taking advantage of the martial artist's disadvantage in ranged combat and running away!

Li Shiwei fled quickly, and the martial artist did not give chase, because he knew that it would be difficult to pursue a high-level instructor who was desperately running away, and he could not fly.

However, the martial artist glanced at the surrounding ruins—

"This place... is the Triangle Eye? What is the Triangle Eye?" He picked up a document from the ruins and shouted outside, "Send word to find out what this group of ruins is!"

That's just a coincidence.

She asked Stone to find someone to represent the Triangle Eye, and Stone chose Lu De.

Because of Lu De's suggestion, she decided to destroy those relics and re-examine the Dao Path.

However, it was also because of Lu De's suggestion that the Royal Guard decided to go to war, and the battlefield... happened to be in the area where the ruins were located.

Then, thinking that the high-level mentors wouldn't be able to find her, she stubbornly went outside the ruins, only to be met by a seventh-rank martial artist who relied on his intuition.

If she hadn't come in the first place, she might not have been exposed; if she hadn't sought out Lu De, things might not be in this state now.

However, everything she did inadvertently led her to her current predicament.

What a coincidence!

Now, these ruins have been discovered.

The Triangle Eye revealed that her planned publicity campaign was forced to begin amidst a series of coincidences.

Five days have passed.

The existence of the Triangle Eye spread to every corner of the world in an instant.

The reason is simple: this organization is simply too horrifying.

According to numerous historical records, this organization has infiltrated many countries, with an astonishing proportion of its members serving in high-ranking positions in various nations. It is a behind-the-scenes manipulator of these countries and their leaders.

According to their own claims, they are the organization that first mastered the 'techniques' and is closest to the truth. Many of the legendary high-ranking mentors who have passed away were their members.

Their long-term strategic goal is to establish a unified force that will control the world. They believe that the division between nations is abnormal. The names of their contemporary members are not recorded in the annals, but the names of their ancient members show that their influence extends quite far.

If what is said is true, then... this 'Triangle Eye' is an indescribable monster organization.

As we all know, this world is divided into seven parts by the World Barrier, which are called seven levels. They call each level a 'kingdom'.

At this very moment, in the border region between the three kingdoms, those truly ancient beings, those great seventh-rank beings, have gathered together because of this event.

"This Triangle Eye is absolutely a lie. I have lived for a thousand years and have never heard of any Triangle Eye. Moreover... he said that Chifen was also a member of the Triangle Eye, but I watched him grow up and then die. There is no way he could have joined this organization," said the reclusive sage.

"Perhaps, but there are people in that ruin, and the fact that a legendary hero who has already broken through the shackles of mortal body couldn't stop that person means that the other party is at least a high-level mentor or above," another person added.

However, another hero, who had long since disappeared, spoke with a troubled expression, "Moreover, as you all have seen these spells, these are... spells that point directly to the source. Have any of you ever seen anything like this? Look at the arrangement of these runes, look at this extremely concise arrangement. Who among you could create something like this?"

These words caused the atmosphere around them to freeze.

Yes, no one could do it. The techniques discovered in that ruin completely surpassed the level that this world should have, just like digging out a working blueprint for a controlled nuclear fusion power plant from the earth.

You're saying the other person is fake?

How do you explain this controlled nuclear fusion generator?

At this moment, a simply dressed martial artist who looked like a villager said, "The other party may be some kind of strange organization, but it has absolutely nothing to do with history. You and I both come from history, especially the Divine Emperor. You have lived for 12,000 years and have been watching over our three kingdoms since the beginning of civilization. Do you think... the traces of this Triangle Eye in history are reliable?"

The man known as the Divine Emperor, dressed in magnificent robes, rested his chin on one hand, his eyes deep, and said in a low voice, "I have never seen such an organization in history. It must be fabricated. But those ruins and the documents within them are certainly not fake. They are indeed technology that surpasses ours. So, I think there are two possibilities."

"First, we discovered what the 'Beasts' were trying to do, but there's a problem: the Beasts... they couldn't possibly have any high-level mentors, and no high-level mentor would ever side with the Beasts."

"Secondly, do you remember, about a year ago, the sky collapsed once?"

Upon hearing this, all the immortal legends present were horrified.

Yes, I almost forgot about that.

It wasn't that they had bad memories, but rather that since that sky-falling incident, there had been no further news, and even the vague sense of the Unseen had vanished.

Even the Heavenly Dao itself stopped reacting to this matter.

After all, the Heavenly Dao is knowledgeable but not sentient. Although it has instinctive reactions, it does not possess any thinking ability. After the barrier of the world was broken through, it no longer felt threatened, and thus gradually calmed down.

With the pacification of the Heavenly Dao, the feeling of unease in the hearts of these native seventh-rank beings will also disappear.

When the Heavenly Dao is in chaos, they can feel the unease of the world's will. As part of the world, they have all sorts of ominous premonitions. But almost a year has passed, and there have been no natural disasters, no wars, and no real invasions. So when they encounter such things within the world, they subconsciously ignore this possibility.

But at this moment, the ancient being known as the Divine Emperor raised this possibility.

This is really...

"Could it be that there really is an eighth kingdom?" others asked.

The Divine Emperor shook his head and looked up at the sky.

Are there really only... eight countries?

But on the other side, where Li Shiwei was.

The little brat completely lost his spirit.

With the Triangle Eye exposed, the reason why her cultivation had not progressed at all for more than ten years was also found.

But this blow made her suddenly feel like... a piece of trash.

Li Shiwei wandered aimlessly through this world. The invisibility talisman made her invisible to everyone around her, so she was like a ghost, drifting around everywhere.

Her mind was racing, a kind of thinking that made her completely forget about the outside world, much like the deep contemplation that Li Qi often found himself in.

When Li Qi is deep in thought, he subconsciously activates True Knowledge Dao Charm to scan his surroundings, but Li Shiwei doesn't have that luxury or that ability.

As she pondered, she reflected on everything that had happened during the more than ten years she had been away from home.

She became a hero in the Sea Hunting Realm, she upheld justice for various civilizations, she became a mid-level manager in the Chamber of Commerce, and she easily read thousands of Civilization History.

Are these so-called achievements... truly necessary for Li Shiwei to achieve them?

It doesn't seem so. Even if it wasn't Li Shiwei, but one of Li Qi's other children, even if that child was incredibly stupid, they could still accomplish these things, because these things were actually done with the help of Li Qi.

After realizing this, she found a deserted spot and sat down.

Aside from relying on her parents' legacy, she had accomplished nothing on her own, and was even inferior to that native named Lu De. At least Lu De got into the research institute on his own, and although he was bullied there, it was still a kind of upward social mobility.

Everything she did in the past ten years or so outside the realm was as superficial and unreal as the lie she created, the Triangle Eye.

It is said to be the foundation of the Way, but the word 'foundation' must be solid.

Was what she did solid?

At this thought, she covered her head.

Am I really worthless?

But at that moment, a wind began to blow from all around.

Li Shiwei immediately snapped to attention!

These winds are unnatural; they are winds created by Technique Method!

She immediately stood up, without any hesitation, and directly Hand Seals, pulled out a talisman, and threw it in one direction.

Then the talisman ignited in the air, followed by a bird's cry, and a golden crow's phantom flashed by. Suddenly, a divine light shone forth, half gold and half white, rising slowly, round like the midday sun.

In an instant, the wind and thunder roared! The phantom crashed down in front of the newcomer, and with a loud bang, a figure was sent flying backward. The protective Technique Method on his body shattered layer by layer. He flew in the air for a while before crashing to the ground, his Essence, Qi, and Spirit completely depleted.

However, he did not die.

Li Shiwei was also taken aback and stood there stunned, not giving chase.

Based on her training in extraterrestrial civilizations, she should have immediately finished him off.

Because she realized that this attack would have been enough to instantly kill the opponent and turn them to ashes, but the opponent was covered by a layer of defensive Technique Method.

It's the Heavenly Mountain-Condensing Curse. She knows this move. Are there other people in this world who can do this?

Li Shiwei stopped and cautiously approached that direction.

But then a streak of light shot out, hurtling toward Li Shiwei!

Seeing this, Li Shiwei breathed a sigh of relief and let the stream of light fly towards her.

Sure enough, it was a stone.

"Boss, that was a bit too harsh. Do you have any Dew Charms? I need to use them to save people," Stone said.

Li Shiwei relaxed, found a wooden stake to sit on, then took out a stack of talismans and searched through them. She found the Sweet Dew Talisman, tossed it to Shi Tou, and then asked, "That... is the Lu De you mentioned?"

The stone floated in mid-air, vibrating the air as it said, "Yes, that's Lu De. I couldn't contact you these past few days, so I asked Lu De to come find you. Luckily, I found you. We'll talk later. I need to go rescue people first."

The stone flew over again and stuck the nectar talisman on Lu De's body, and Lu De's injuries began to heal.

Upon seeing this, the stone flew up and headed towards Li Shiwei.

There's no need to worry about Lu De anymore, because for someone who hasn't reached the rank of immortality, as long as they're not dead and their physical essence isn't too severely depleted, the Sweet Dew Talisman can revive them; it just takes one or two Chen to take effect.

And at this time, I can have a good talk with the boss.

Shi Tou flew up to Li Shiwei and said, "I haven't been able to reach you these past few days. Knowing your personality, boss, you're probably assessing the situation, right?"

Upon hearing this, Li Shiwei nodded, then sighed, "Yes... but upon closer examination, it seems absurd."

Stone sighed and said, "Well... when you were born, you were with me. I could say we grew up together, so I think I know you pretty well."

"Hmm? What do you want to say?" Li Shiwei asked.

"What I'm trying to say is that you took yourself too seriously at first, and now you're definitely underestimating yourself. Your best friend, Zhang You, I think she's a great person. Why don't you... think about her?" Shi Tou said.

"Too light? Is it too light? But look, if I swapped places with anyone else, they could achieve everything I have today. Is that light?" Li Shiwei raised her head and asked.

"Yes, that's true. If you trade places with anyone, they could do what you're doing now. But the question is, would they do it?" Stone countered.

Then, before Li Shiwei could react, Shi Tou continued, "If it were someone else, would they go to the Chamber of Commerce? Would they become heroes? Would they uphold justice for thousands of civilizations? They might benefit from the legacy of the Shaman, but they might not necessarily do what you did."

"You are able to do these things because of Shaman Ren's influence, that's undeniable, but... you didn't choose to do these things because of Shaman's influence. All of these things were your own choices, didn't they, Boss? I think the choice and the process are equally important."

Stone was talking about these things, which were also views he himself agreed with.

Admittedly, almost all of Li Shiwei's abilities to date come from her parents, but what she does with these abilities is her own business, and no one forces her to do so.

Therefore, whether it's the 'hero' on the giant ship or the fool who concocted the Triangle Eye at this moment, it's all something she did using these abilities.

Even if a different person has the same abilities, they won't do the same thing.

Therefore, Li Shiwei is not without anything; her experience was not given to her by her parents, but rather something she earned through her own efforts.

Upon hearing Shi Tou's words, Li Shiwei was stunned.

Then, she fell into deep thought again.

This time, however, she seemed to sense something... real.

Yes, for the first time, she felt a sense of 'participation'.

Looking back, those hero games no longer seem like hero games; the world seems to have become more real.

Although not solid, it is genuine.

Meanwhile, Shi Tou saw Li Shiwei, who was deep in thought, set up a force field, just like Li Qi had done before, to isolate the surrounding noise and disturbances.

Let her think about it herself.

As for myself, I need to go check on Lu De. The effects of the Sweet Dew Talisman should be quite good, right? After all, the talismans on the boss's body were all personally written by the Moonlit Lady, stroke by stroke.

Although they are all low-level talismans, they are fifth-grade handwritten talismans, which are considered treasures even in the heavens and are quite valuable in the world. They were given to the eldest brother by the Moonlit Lady for protection and self-defense, and they are not consumables, so they can be used repeatedly.

Thinking this, the stone drifted to the other side.

And so, time continued to move forward.

After a day of contemplation, Li Shiwei finally understood. Her Dao heart was clear, and her experiences over the past ten years had finally undergone a transformation.

She... wanted to witness true civilization, not in a game, but to come to this world herself, to see every aspect of a civilization, to witness how a race shines with the light of its civilization in this endless outer realm, and to see how they use their own way to make the 'world' willing to share the same name with them.

Li Shiwei left, but Shi Tou continued to follow Lu De.

Lu De was completely healthy and energetic, and his Primal Qi had even been replenished. The fifth-grade handwritten talisman had greatly improved his aptitude.

He didn't ask who Li Shiwei was, because he was almost convinced of the Triangle Eye.

The reason is... quite simple.

News of the Triangle Eye has spread far and wide; a legendary hero has indeed found the ruins of the Triangle Eye.

It's clear to the naked eye that this world... is about to descend into chaos.

Because of the technologies and advanced techniques from the Triangle Eye ruins, they have already been disseminated.

Lu De felt that he needed to make preparations quickly, otherwise he might fall behind the times.

This world is about to progress because of this unexpected event and coincidence.

In any case, Li Shiwei's 'publicity' had an effect that she herself was unaware of.

Perhaps this is just a coincidence.

However, regardless of what those things actually were like, Li Shiwei no longer thought about them.

She intends to examine a true civilization from the perspective of a real, vivid, and living person, to see firsthand how a civilization stands tall in the starry sky, develops its own knowledge system in the wilderness, and how countless people jointly create a brand new 'Tao'.

Their way of civilization.

This is actually what Li Qi did in the early days of that ninth-grade resource world, in the Earth Oil Realm.

In the Earth Oil Realm, Li Qi carefully observed the civilization of that world.

This is the way of observing the Dao.

To understand the Dao, one does not necessarily need to observe great masters.

How many so-called great beings can rival the wisdom of an entire civilization and countless people?

Li Shiwei had previously believed that the most powerful beings were stronger than the world itself.

But Lu De's existence proved her wrong.

The natives saw what she couldn't see.

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