Zhu Jie's Death (End)

For Cihang Monastery, intervening in the great tides of the world was one of their goals. But they had an even more important goal: pursuing what they called the Heavenly Dao—Shattering the Void.

Strictly speaking, Cihang Monastery's meddling in the affairs of the world, supposedly for the common people and out of benevolent compassion, accounted for only a tiny part of their motives. The vast majority was for their own interests and Shattering the Void.

It was rather laughable. If someone had reached the Grandmaster realm and made Shattering the Void their lifelong goal, that was perfectly normal. Take the Three Grandmasters of the present age—Ning Daoqi, Bi Xuan, and Fu Cailin. In their hearts, Shattering the Void was their foremost objective.

For that goal, the three of them could abandon everything. Why had Ning Daoqi willingly borne the infamy of betraying the Daoist sects just to read Cihang Monastery's Cihang Sword Canon? It was for Shattering the Void. He had hoped to use the sword canon to achieve his aim. Yet laughably, after reading it, not only had his strength failed to advance, he had even been injured.

The same was true of Bi Xuan and Fu Cailin. Though they had always guarded their respective nations, should an opportunity to Shatter the Void arise, they would leave without hesitation.

In comparison, Song Que also sought Shattering the Void, but he still had his own bottom line. He would not be as utterly unscrupulous as Ning Daoqi. Back then, Fan Qinghui had likewise tried to tempt Song Que with the Cihang Sword Canon, but Song Que had not fallen for it. Only Ning Daoqi, too desperate to Shatter the Void, had walked into the trap.

"Pursuing the Heavenly Dao? What a joke. You have even cut off your path to