"According to the restraints the Heavenly Dao imposes on cultivators during the Great Void Calamity."
"Even if cultivators attain heaven-penetrating cultivation, their interference with the karma of this world ultimately comes to nothing."
"At most, it merely slows the extinction of their consciousness a little."
"But beneath this Heavenly Dao, the lifespan cultivators gain is no different from a fleeting instant for ordinary beings."
"If so, this longevity we cultivators seek, this Immortal Dao we pursue."
"What meaning do they truly hold?"
Five Elders Pool, in Qingxuan's ancestral grounds.
Xu Taiping, Lin Buyu, Xu Chengling, and Liang Zhu stood beneath an enormous willow tree.
At that moment, Xu Chengling carefully repeated his earlier questions to Xu Taiping once more.
After meeting them at Green Bamboo Abode earlier, Xu Taiping had not immediately resolved Xu Chengling's doubts, but had first brought them to Five Elders Pool.
"Taiping, the questions asked today are also what perplex your master at this moment."
Just then, the enormous willow behind them suddenly swayed in the wind, and Lü Daoxuan's voice came from within it.
Because of the battle in the Heaven-Treading Contest all those years ago, Lü Daoxuan had nearly suffered Body Death, Dao Dissipation.
With Fairy Lingyue's help, Xu Taiping had spent nearly eight hundred years gradually restoring Lü Daoxuan's remnant soul to this state using earth fruit.
"Taiping, since you brought him here to see us, you must already have an answer in mind?"
Just then, Chu Lingyue's voice suddenly came from overhead.
Whoosh! Whoosh, whoosh...!
Immediately afterward, amid a rush of sounds cleaving the air, Fairy Lingyue, Dugu Qingxiao, Ping'an, Bai Yu, and the other old friends and fellow disciples of the Azure Profound Sect flew down one after another beside Five Elders Pool.
They came forward in turn to greet Xu