"It seemed that locating him through the power of Underlying Logic alone was nearly impossible."
"Almost every spell and technique he used was built from a different Underlying Logic."
"What on earth was that treasure of his? It had such astonishing power. He used the Smelting of Hundred Schools to deduce all these things; even Underlying Logic seemed to hold no secrets before that treasure."
"Truly fearsome!"
"Once I complete Heavenly Dao Reincarnation and establish its rules across the Nine Provinces Four Regions, I'll be able to raise my Dao to a level comparable to the Heavenly Dao."
"Cultivate the self, bring order to the household, govern the state, bring peace to all under Heaven, establish the Dao Lineage, establish the Heavenly Dao—this is the true path of my Confucian Sect!"
Haoran Sage had his own plans.
He had been the first to receive news of the Investiture of Gods, and he had worked hard to bring it about.
The Heavenly Dao described in that information had opened a door to a higher realm for him.
Although this world also had mythical beings like the Spacetime Heavenly Dao, they were fundamentally different from the Heavenly Dao of the Investiture of Gods.
The Heavenly Dao governed everything in a world. It held sway over all its futures, presents, and pasts.
Thus, though the Heavenly Dao was without feeling, it was the ultimate existence of a world.
And when Haoran Sage saw that Heavenly Dao, he saw in it the pinnacle of his own Confucian Dao!
That state fit his Dao perfectly!
Establish the Heavenly Dao, then become supreme above all!
The Heavenly Dao would be the ultimate form of the Confucian Dao!
When Li Qing had asked him for Essence Stones, he had secretly left a trace of his Dao inside