Yu Xiu didn't dwell on the question.
Even someone as powerful as Ancestor Linyuan couldn't understand Yu Xiu's current state. "I've come to ask you for guidance on the path of cultivation."
Ancestor Linyuan's sharp, sword-like gaze fell on Yu Xiu. He studied him for a long while, then remained silent for a long while more.
After quite some time, he finally spoke. "Your state seems a little strange!
"On you, I seem to see...
"The sun and moon?!
"Yin and yang?!"
The ancestor himself seemed unsure, and furrowed his brow. "What are you cultivating?"
Even he couldn't quite make sense of it.
Yu Xiu replied, "I observed how the sun and moon differ, how day and night alternate, and how yin and yang divide. From that, I had some insights."
As for what exactly he was cultivating, of course he couldn't tell Ancestor Linyuan.
A dignified disciple of the Sword Sect, telling the ancestor he planned to abandon Martial Dao sword cultivation and seek the Immortal Dao—wouldn't that be betraying his master?
The sun and moon differ? Day and night alternate? Yin and yang divide? Ancestor Linyuan looked up at the bright moon, which had existed since time immemorial.
He gazed at it for a long time, yet saw nothing unusual. It was just a moon.
"Do you know that in the vast Starry Sky and universe, there isn't just this one moon, nor is there only a single sun?" The ancestor looked back at Yu Xiu. "Perhaps you can't understand it yet, and you may not believe it, but when you reach the Universe Realm and can set foot in the Starry Sky with your physical body, you'll know..."
He pointed at the moon overhead. "That moon is as tiny as a speck of dust."
Then he pointed