The Way of the Sage

When these words rang out, everyone was startled.

Then they came to their senses and knelt as one. "Sacred Sovereign!!!"

There were quite a few people capable of transmitting their voices like this, but speaking in such a tone to affirm Ning Ye's words was something even the Empress might not be able to do.

Only the Langya Sacred Sovereign himself could.

He had indeed appeared.

Who would not be awestruck before the progenitor of Seven-Realm Saints?

Only Ning Ye was wholly unconcerned. He was the sole person who did not kneel, merely calling out loudly, "Ning Ye pays respects to the Patriarch!"

The Langya Sacred Sovereign's voice came from the heavens. "Why do you not kneel?"

Ning Ye shook his head. "Does it matter whether I kneel or not? The proof of the Dao lies in the heart. What matters most is comprehending the Sacred Sovereign's spirit. The Dao of Langya overturns heaven and earth, shifts the cosmos from its place, follows neither old rules nor old principles. As a Saint, you would long since have ceased to care about such cumbersome formalities."

"Heh heh. Then what do you think I ought to care about?" the Langya Sacred Sovereign countered.

Ning Ye considered it before replying, "Below the Myriad Laws Realm, one values laws. With immortal arts at one's side, they are like one's strength. Below the Nirvana Realm, one values the Dao—cultivation, divine abilities, and superior comprehension. But above Nirvana, what one should value, I do not know or understand. Yet these past years, I have asked myself whether I have made some breakthroughs as well. The Sacred Sovereign has never descended to instruct me. Either Ning Ye's comprehension remains insufficient, and my breakthroughs have not reached a level worthy of your notice, or else... there is a