"Time to go. I should seek the karmic opportunity for my Golden Core."
This tribulation's main event had naturally been the strand of qi Lu Qing sought.
After debating with the restless monkey and galloping horse in his heart, those lingering thoughts and stray notions from the past had been swept away as well, allowing a cultivator to face the heavenly tribulation in a flawless state.
That was why the restless monkey and galloping horse of the heart could only be understood, never spoken of.
Not every cultivator's inner monkey was like his own—merely talking things through. Though there had been a fight afterward, it had only been a debate upon the spiritual dais.
"What is seen may not be true; what is gained may not be false." Lu Qing recited the words, thoughts flowing through his mind.
"So far, I have yet to encounter anything on that level. But..." Lu Qing raised his eyes and glanced at the sky, blue as though freshly washed. In the distance, the mountain ranges were dark as painted brows, serene and pleasing.
"When falsehood is treated as truth, truth too becomes false; where nothing is made into something, something returns to nothing." The flying vessel leaped through the sky, leaving behind a faint trail.
Behind him, weapons clashed and blade-light flashed.
"Report! The capital has fallen!"
"Wonderful! This campaign truly has Heaven's aid behind it! We actually captured the capital so easily!"
The force that had raised the banner of rebellion had already entered this capital of the Liang Kingdom. A strategist whose plans could overturn the realm spoke with great delight.
The army swept onward.
No one had expected the capital to fall so easily.
"It seems the Liang Kingdom's fortune has run out."
Those voices behind him gradually faded from Lu