Zhang Yu had already deduced that the reason the Seal of Holding the Self could not be attained in the Inner Layer was because this realm of heaven and earth was unsuitable.
What all selves sought was not the self of one realm, but the selves of all realms.
The Seal of Rectifying the Self sought the self of the Inner Layer, while only in the Outer Layer could the Seal of Holding the Self possibly be completed in full.
He had already inferred these principles through his own cultivation of the Dao, and after obtaining the Seal of Rectifying the Self, he became even more certain of them.
Now that he had arrived in the Outer Layer, it was time to take this step.
With a turn of his will, he sent divine essence into it.
Only the final thread of the Seal of Holding the Self remained unfilled. No matter how hard he had tried in the Inner Layer, he had been unable to complete it. Yet now, divine essence flowed into it with incomparable ease, filling the entire seal.
At the instant the seal was completed, light blossomed from above and enveloped him. At that moment, the surroundings darkened once more.
It was as though the scene from last time had reappeared. Looking up, he saw another self walking toward him and merging with him as one.
In that instant, he felt incomparably light, as though he could transcend from this place with a single thought.
Yet it was only a feeling. He knew something was still lacking here. Turning his gaze back to the Great Dao Unified Text, he saw another seal emerge upon the Seal of Holding the Self.
He had expected this. He continued pouring divine essence into it, and as the seal gradually