"If I am not mistaken, this is Refine the Self, Seek the True Self."
The moment Lu Qing grasped this profundity, he immediately understood why, when he had first looked at the flowing water beneath his feet, he had never seen this layer of its essence. It was because that flowing water was itself a manifestation of the Dao resonance of a part of his cultivation.
Anyone in the world could deceive him, but his Dao heart could not be deceived. In essence, this stream also represented a choice made by a part of his own Dao heart. Like being caught within the game, how could one notice that one also bore the identity of a chess piece?
At its root, it was because the flowing water was not some external thing, nor was it an external Dao demon or heart demon that emerged during cultivation.
It was himself from the start. No matter how he looked at it, all he saw was himself. Thus, there was nothing strange about failing to recognize it from the very beginning.
Lu Qing had suddenly thought of this because he had previously immersed himself in gathering knowledge and experience, browsing countless jade slips and ancient texts. Among them had been mentions of Refine the Self, Seek the True Self.
"This is a mental barrier for breaking through to the Primordial Spirit realm. I did not expect to encounter it ahead of time." There was some surprise deep in Lu Qing's eyes.
Dao Sect cultivators all cultivated the Golden Core of essence and life. This path itself was a great path of cultivation that seized yin and yang, wrested fortune from creation, twisted the currents of qi, and comprehended supreme mysteries. Every breakthrough in the cultivation of one's state of mind corresponded to a