This kind of insight was not a flash of inspiration, some sudden thought seized out of nowhere. It was more like, after seeing through something, looking again and discovering that it shared the same subtle harmony with the Dao.
Once the hidden mechanism within it was connected in thought, it became easy to shatter that layer of cognitive obstruction veiling one's cultivation heart.
Lu Qing was in precisely such a state.
Strands of feeling flowed through his mind, like clouds parting to reveal the sun. The various ideas he had once prepared to begin with had previously seemed difficult to grasp.
Yet now, a single thought was like a bright lamp, illuminating a road ahead. Though he could not directly see its end, it pointed Lu Qing toward a direction.
His gaze grew ever clearer as he thought to himself, If this is the direction, then if Five-Element cultivation truly seeks to be as complete, flawless, and without defect or leakage as Golden Core Realm cultivation, its difficulty will be far from low. The Nine Golden Core Realms are a phantom road of Heaven and Earth giving birth, yin and yang, and the Five Elements creating one another. Once one enters the Primordial Spirit, another road lies ahead for continued cultivation.
A sense of sudden understanding arose within Lu Qing. When he had previously read Dongyang's Travelogue, he had also carefully remembered the experiences and words recorded within by that cultivator who seemed to possess great Providence.
At first glance, he had felt the words made sense. Yet where exactly that truth was to be experienced, he had not yet reached the threshold, and his insight had not been profound.
Only at this moment, as Lu Qing recalled those travel accounts one by one, did he truly feel the words