He was in the Four Directions Era, not far removed from later generations. Deducing heavenly secrets was somewhat easier than it was for powerful figures from earlier eras.
Yet the sword light, Buddha shadows, Azure Lotus Jade-White Platform, and other phenomena stretching across that span of time likewise obstructed the calculation of heavenly secrets.
The figure lowered its sleeves and made no further movements.
"A variable..."
Naturally, Lu Qing had no way of knowing these thoughts.
Yet the ripples stirred in the Long River of Time by the Dao-Seeking Hall were plain for all to see.
Standing within a tributary of time,
Lu Qing was now capable of dissolving the heavenly secrets of his own fate.
Thus, he had no need to worry about any other accidents arising.
Even though the clear light had manifested, while Lu Qing sensed those prying gazes, they could no longer stir much emotion in him.
After taking that step into the heaven and earth of questioning the Dao,
Lu Qing had already gone beyond the consummation of the Five Steps of Dongzhen.
The Great Dao returned to one. Every path, all ten thousand paths—
He could see those shadowy figures.
He saw the countless, boundless seekers of the Dao throughout ancient and modern times.
Those figures were endless and immeasurable, spanning from antiquity to the present.
They continued without end.
Wherever the Dao existed, so too did these figures.
The Dao was eternal; therefore, these seekers were eternal as well.
"Eternal, unchanging."
"Longevity, transcendence."
Lu Qing wore a contemplative expression.
He already possessed Longevity. Having reached this step, he could also sense the faint feeling of heaven-granted lifespan.
Yet that heaven-granted lifespan did not make Lu Qing feel as though a sword hung over his head.
Instead, it allowed him to sense that his