In the time that followed, those who needed to heal focused on healing their injuries.
Lin Heng, meanwhile, drank tea with Master and discussed the Dao.
This period of recuperation lasted two months.
An eerie peace settled between the Central Domain and the Northern Domain. Neither side's people even made any underhanded moves.
Under Lin Heng's meticulous care and attention, Little Cabbage's leg finally recovered as well.
At last, she no longer had to endure her stinky old brother taking advantage of her every day, and she got out of the rocking chair.
But when Little Li slipped away, she took the chair with her.
On this day, Lin Heng, who had been tempering the King Path, suddenly opened his eyes.
His aura swelled to its absolute peak, and the sixteen wheels of Great Dao outside his body all withdrew into his dantian.
"Success—the King Path!"
"This is a Dao of unrivaled dominance."
"According to the mythological system of the Hidden Immortal Star, things are generally divided into Heaven, Earth, and Man: the Heavenly Dao, Earth Dao, and Human Path."
"But measured by the standards of the Immortal Realm, these three Daos simply cannot encompass all things beneath heaven."
"From the way it appears, the Heavenly Dao ought to be the strongest. After all, the Heavenly Dao is the manifestation of the Mandate of Heaven!"
"Nothing can stand above the Mandate of Heaven."
"But then again, does the Heavenly Dao count as a kind of Great Dao? If so, shouldn't the Great Dao stand above the Heavenly Dao?"
Lin Heng sank into thought over this question.
There was no real need to split hairs over words, but why had the Mandate of Heaven tried to stop him from Dao Integration?
Was it because the Dao Source within him was too