Shen Changchuan passed through the village streets, and arrived at the foot of the steps leading up the rear mountain.
He stepped forward, climbing one step at a time.
At this very moment, Shen Changchuan emptied his mind of every thought, caring about nothing, thinking about nothing.
He simply kept walking, ascending from low to high, his position continually rising.
Just like the road he had taken to get here, like how, all those years ago, he had left one footprint after another as he gradually climbed toward the towering heights of the Cultivation World!
For some reason, although he had walked this path hundreds or even thousands of times before, never had it felt quite like this time, with such a different sensation!
That feeling
was as though his mind, will, Dao heart, thoughts—all of it—had undergone a cleansing.
Like a diamond wiped clean of dust, revealing a brilliance unlike any before!
The lingering aftertaste that had wound around the depths of Shen Changchuan's soul after he drank Enlightenment Tea also spread out at this moment, as though accompanying the circulation of his mana through its cycle and melding into every corner of his body.
In the unseen currents of fate, Shen Changchuan faintly felt
that somewhere beyond his notice, some transformation beyond even his perception had taken place.
At the same time, it seemed he could stand at some higher vantage point and, from another direction, experience the profound mysteries of that ineffable True Intent of Time!
True Intent: Time (4.8%)
Accompanying that unseen ascension and transformation, as well as the insight that lingered and flowed deep within his heart, the progress of the True Intent of Time on the panel Shen Changchuan had failed to notice quietly rose.
But at this moment, Shen Changchuan had no mind