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The slight unpleasantness did nothing to dampen the nine Dao Children's enthusiasm. They discussed profound principles and exchanged insights from their cultivation, and each gained a great deal.

Jiang Ding deeply admired the Azurewood Daoist Heir's mastery of wood-attribute spells and cultivation methods, the Myriad Beasts Daoist Heir's skill in raising, nurturing, and controlling spirit beasts, and the Supreme Clarity Spiritual Treasure Sect's Dao Child's expertise in artifact refinement. He learned much from them all.

For more than ten days, the discussion of the Dao continued with fiery intensity.

"Jiang Dingzi,"

Ji Liuyue, the Azurewood Daoist Heir, posed a question during the gathering.

"Do you believe there is truth in the saying, 'Only eternal life and the Great Dao matter; everything else can be cast aside'?"

"There is, but it doesn't tell the whole story."

After a moment's thought, Jiang Ding said, "Eternal life matters, but the 'true self' matters just as much."

"And the true self consists of a cultivator's ideals, convictions, and emotions. That is what distinguishes a person from a lifeless thing."

"Take that rock, for instance."

Jiang Ding pointed to a meteor passing beyond the immortal garden. "It has existed since time immemorial and will continue to exist. It may become powder or soil, changing form, but it will still be there. Isn't that eternal life?"

"Yet what good is the eternal life of a lifeless thing?"

His words moved the other Dao Children. They felt their weight and sank into deep thought.

"That makes sense."

Liu Kuang, the habitually taciturn Myriad Beasts Daoist Heir, agreed. "The immortality of a lifeless thing is not what we cultivators seek. Severing all feelings and desires, forgetting all emotion to attain the supreme state—that is not the true path."

"No."

"You two have gone too far, imagining an absolute