Breaking Through into Profound Insight

Li Shun naturally wanted far more than merely becoming the Confucian Sage.

To the countless living beings of this world, a sage of the Confucian School might be a supreme existence found only in myths and legends, something visible yet forever beyond reach. But in Li Shun's eyes, that so-called Confucian Sage was ultimately no more than a puppet within his Square Inch space, to be controlled at his will.

"Will this help shape the Confucian Sage...?"

Li Shun's heart stirred. With a turn of thought, he directly tossed the Sage's Staff into the Square Inch space, where it landed precisely beside the incomplete Threefold Self-Reflection Stone Statue.

The next instant, as though some missing piece in the laws of fate had been restored, the broken staff moved like a living thing. It flew up on its own and settled firmly into the statue's cold, rigid palm.

The Threefold Self-Reflection Stone Statue had originally been severed at the waist, leaving only the ruined remains of its upper body. Now, bolstered by this fragment of the Sage's old staff, the statue's aura seemed to have been completed in some unseen way, becoming far more stable than before.

As the master of the Square Inch, Li Shun could perceive every minute change within it with utmost clarity.

He knew this stability was no illusion.

"Every time I activated Threefold Self-Reflection in the past, cracks would appear on the statue, and I had to repair it with Cold Mountain Grass each time."

"Though the Cold Mountain Grass in the Square Inch is fairly abundant, such repairs only treat the symptoms, not the root cause. Their effects have been weakening with every use."

"Now that it has the Sage's Staff bolstering it, the statue's stability has greatly improved. Not only have the cracks produced