Zhang Yu entered the inner hall and sat down upon a meditation cushion.
When Guo Zhen had spoken with Daoist Yu Hang earlier, Yu Hang's words had been veiled away on their own, but Guo Zhen had made no attempt to avoid him.
This was not because Guo Zhen was flaunting his openness and had nothing to hide. Rather, he had deliberately meant for Zhang Yu to hear it.
Guo Zhen had said quite a lot, but the crux of it lay in "Dao intent." Dao intent had also been mentioned many times in the higher-level Dao texts Zhang Yu had read.
If a cultivator's attainment of the Profound Venerable realm represented the completion of their own transformation and metamorphosis, then what they pursued thereafter was the cultivation of their own heart.
The so-called own heart referred to the integration of all a cultivator's will, spirit, mind, and inner self.
There were many methods of cultivation here, and Dao intent was included among the cultivation of one's own heart.
Dao intent was a cultivator's affirmation of their past understanding and experiences. It could also be called an attachment to remaining in the world.
Though reaching the higher realm did not necessarily require one to fulfill this attachment, being able to achieve it was undoubtedly a form of perfection in cultivation.
In other words, cultivators who reached a higher realm might not necessarily have resolved their Dao intent, but resolving Dao intent helped one advance to the higher realm.
After a cultivator attained the Profound Venerable realm, the transformation of their body gave rise to profound anomalies. In the process of pursuing Dao intent, their heart and body resonated with one another, potentially giving birth to even more profound anomalies. This was precisely why he had gained profound anomalies around the