Lu Qing was not speaking without proof.
After entering the Purple Mansion Realm, he gained access to some more jade slips and books.
"Behold Heaven and Earth" was the three-word essence left behind by predecessors regarding the realms of cultivation to come.
Yet everyone walked a different road. No one knew how another person ought to walk, nor what another person would comprehend. The Great Dao was a solitary path—such was the meaning behind it.
On his way here, Lu Qing had crossed mountains and rivers, passed through bustling cities filled with people, and watched the crowds surge through streets and alleys, the breath of mortal life plain before his eyes.
But none of that had allowed him to break through.
Not until today, when he chose this plot of land and happened upon the sight of the bright moon in the heavens, did he suddenly seize upon the thread of thought that would lead to his breakthrough.
After breaking through, his thoughts became clearer. More precisely, the thin mist had dispersed, and the road ahead had become visible.
"So that was how it was. If one speaks of laws, then all living things and all things beneath heaven possess countless laws. Yet the path of cultivation is not about chasing laws, but about the Dao Heart."
"After taking the next step, one can touch upon laws and further evolve divine abilities. But that is what one may do after breaking through—it is not about burying oneself in the natural laws of heaven and earth merely to break through a realm."
The more Lu Qing pondered, the more thoroughly his thoughts opened up.
There was nothing mystical about it. To behold heaven and earth was to behold one's own heart, to behold one's own Dao.
To part the clouds and