Centipede Daoist went on by himself, "We Puppet Masters use the false to cultivate the true, beginning with investigating things and extending knowledge, and comprehending the truths of nature."
"Our ultimate goal, of course, is to enjoy immortality and freedom like those Outer Dao Great Powers, or even surpass them and lead the tide of an entire age."
"Yet over millions upon millions of years, the more we cultivate, the more questions arise."
"Even though Grandmasters now possess world-shaking Divine Abilities and sweep all before them, we still scarcely see anyone like the ancient immortals who claimed to be everlasting and undying."
"Even the Divine Artisan Yan Shi has vanished without a trace. Who knows whether he truly ascended, as the rumors claim?"
"This inevitably makes one question whether everlasting immortality is real, and whether beings who transcend the mortal world and reach the far shore truly exist."
"The heavens and myriad worlds are too vast, their secrets too numerous. Yet we Puppet Masters and Outer Dao practitioners alike are insignificant. The more we cultivate, the more we feel our own ignorance..."
Li Chen frowned. "And what of it?"
Centipede Daoist said coldly, "It means that all living beings are but a grain in the vast ocean of heaven and earth, utterly insignificant."
"The moral principles and worldly codes we mortals recognize are merely an order established to benefit the development of our kind. In essence, they are shackles we impose upon our own minds."
"Moral principles change continually. Today differs from the past, and the future will differ from today."
"Yet cultivating truth and seeking the Dao is an undertaking beyond the common herd. All the more reason to transcend our age and look far into the future!"
"One walks the Great Dao alone. How could one be constrained