The years flew like a shuttle.
Ten years passed in a blink. Within the domain, the All Heavens Star Meridian connected from every direction, converging on Li Hao.
He sat cross-legged. Before him stood a divine tree mottled with five colors, its branches and leaves luxuriant, divine light threading through every leaf like veins.
The young man's gaze rested on the little figure in his hands. With the years as his blade, he carved its brows and eyes stroke by stroke.
Soon, an old man with an aged face, gentle eyes, a faint smile, and a touch of unbridled spirit emerged vividly in his hands. The light in those eyes seemed to move, as though they held life.
"Old Feng..."
Li Hao murmured softly.
The years had flowed on, and several centuries had passed since their parting. Yet their faces remained clear in Li Hao's heart, familiar and dear.
He wondered where Old Feng and the Yu Emperor were now. Among the Li Family, Second Madam had treated him well. He did not know where she was now, either.
"Wait for me..."
Li Hao said softly.
A panel notification sprang up before his eyes.
[Carving experience has reached its limit. Please comprehend a mindstate as soon as possible.]
After ten years of carving, using the Five Dao Divine Tree as his divine material, Li Hao had finally accumulated the maximum experience for the Path of Carving.
Now, all he lacked was comprehension of the mindstate.
Yet throughout those ten years, besides accumulating experience through carving, he had long been exploring that mindstate. The thirteenth segment carving mindstate remained like mist and clouds, without a trace—impossible to see or touch.
"The years are the blade's edge. The essence of carving is the passage of years..."
"Where, then, lies the