"Sorry, did I go off on too many tangents?"
Lu Yin said, "If you had the chance, you'd really like to go back and see it again, wouldn't you, senior?"
Chang Chuan smiled ruefully. "Who wouldn't want to return to the past? Even setting everything else aside, knowing the future would change your state of mind."
"Some people worry about whether certain things will succeed or fail. If you knew the outcome in advance and watched it all unfold with a calm mind, it would be an entirely different experience."
Lu Yin himself wanted to go back to the past. The days of the Seven Heroes had been so carefree.
"Senior, have you heard of Life Without Limits?" Lu Yin asked.
Chang Chuan was surprised. "Did you encounter it?"
Lu Yin told him about his battles with Bu Qing and Shi Buzhan, along with some of his conjectures about Life Without Limits.
Chang Chuan's expression grew grave. "Of course I know about it. Not only that, I could cultivate it, but Lord Mi forcibly stopped me. Otherwise, the Nine Fortresses might not have suffered such a crushing defeat."
Lu Yin was puzzled. "What do you mean?"
Chang Chuan said solemnly, "Life Without Limits is a path by which those who have mastered the Three Dao Laws break their own restrictions in an attempt to completely transform their lives."
"In theory, this path is right, because the goal of cultivation is the transformation of life. Many people believe the Eternal Life Realm represents such a transformation. In reality, that's wrong. As long as a person still has desires, their life has not transformed. Every species has instincts that limit its development. Those limits come from the universe."
"Even those who have mastered the Three Dao Laws are restricted."
"But if they