A faint smile appeared on Fang Yun's face as he sensed his transformed divine sense.
After grasping the Star Shepherd Clan's core philosophy, "Heaven gave birth to the Myriad Worlds, for me to shepherd," Fang Yun integrated everything he had learned, recalling his past from the perspective of the Confucian School and comprehending his Star Herding experience with the outlook of the Human Race.
"Set body and mind in order, and be your own master."
One worked from outside inward, the other from inside outward, yet their different paths led wondrously to the same destination.
Although the Confucian saying lacked such grandeur, it embodied a fundamental principle of the Confucian School.
Man can broaden the Way; the Way cannot broaden man.
The Star Shepherd Clan was more direct, while the learning of the Human Race was more subtle.
From that moment, Fang Yun understood that his "My Heart Knows Itself" had reached its limit. Next, he would have to open a new path.
Fang Yun sat motionless on the Myriad-Star Throne, his mind utterly blank, without a single thought.
By the time Fang Yun noticed this strange state, an entire day had passed.
No matter how he pondered it, Fang Yun could not understand. A day of emptiness had greatly benefited his mind by allowing it to rest, but it also revealed an unmistakable problem.
There was no road ahead.
Most human scholars pursuing the Sacred Way followed the ancient worthies step for step.
Even some Half-Sages had never ventured beyond those bounds before their Saint Enfeoffment, only breaking new ground afterward.
Yet the most celebrated figures in history were still those who had expanded the Sacred Way or even opened Sacred Ways of their own.
Fang Yun realized that he had spent a day without thought because his Sacred