Lu Qing had originally been in seclusion.
The experiences and insights he had gained from his travels abroad had all transformed into wisps of Great Dao enlightenment.
These accumulated foundations of cultivation slowly dispersed the mist ahead.
Lu Qing already had some thoughts about what his next step would be.
From Manifesting Three Thousand to Dao Thought.
To Lu Qing, Dongzhen Realm cultivation's third step was a path from the unreal to the real, from stillness to motion.
Yet that alone could not encompass it completely.
Motion and stillness, yin and yang; the Two Principles gave birth to radiance.
Lu Qing thought of his own Inner World. An Inner World was an Inner World, but if it manifested across many Great Eras, it would become something quite different.
However, Lu Qing would not take that step for now. Grotto-Heavens and Blessed Lands were, to a certain extent, the Dao Fruits of cultivation. Though as long as the Great Dao remained, destroying one's Dao Fruit did not necessarily mean there would be no chance to rise again and cultivate anew.
But suffering grave damage was inevitable, and there was no need for such an action at present.
Some Minor Realms or worlds suspended high beyond the heavens had naturally formed within the chaos outside the heavens. Others had belonged to those who had fallen; their Dao Fruits should originally have been destroyed, yet as days and months passed, their Blessed Lands had formed a faint connection with the world.
After Dao Fruit cultivators fell, their cultivation returned to heaven and earth. Dao Fruits of cultivation such as Grotto-Heavens and Blessed Lands naturally returned to heaven and earth as well, only without transforming into Dao Rhymes that filled the skies or spiritual opportunities that reached the heavens.
Lu Qing's current plan was