Atop Mount Shu, Ji Ren stood lost in a daze!
The more he thought about it, the more he felt something stir within him.
Gu Changqing's words had laid bare the very essence of cultivating the Dao.
Ji Ren could not help murmuring to himself:
"For endless ages, we cultivators have cultivated tirelessly, revering the Heavenly Dao as supreme."
"Could... could we have been wrong?!"
Thus he murmured to himself.
Even he was startled the moment the words left his mouth.
Defying heaven!
Utterly defying heaven!
You should know that, throughout the history of the Primordial World Heaven and Earth, every cultivator has revered the Heavenly Dao and cultivated the myriad profound truths of the Great Dao.
How many had ever dared question the Heavenly Dao's authority?!
Even beings as mighty as the Three Pure Ones, born from Pangu's Primordial Spirit, had attained the Dao as Heavenly Dao Sages, had they not?
Yet today, after witnessing Houtu decisively defeat Hongjun and hearing Gu Changqing's words, Ji Ren could not help thinking this way.
Hearing him, Gu Changqing seemed merely to take another great swig of fine wine beside him.
Yet a hint of gratification shone in his eyes.
"Heh heh..."
"Uh, what people call cultivating the Dao is merely cultivating the body."
"Not... uh... cultivating fate!"
"To cultivate fate, one must transcend!"
Those few words sent an even greater tremor through Ji Ren's heart.
But with his current understanding, he could not yet grasp their meaning.
Thus, Ji Ren could only stare in mingled shock and awe.
Little did he know that these words reflected Gu Changqing's own thoughts.
Cultivating the body meant nothing more than borrowing the Heavenly Dao's blessings to imprint various laws and order upon oneself, strengthening one's cultivation and combat prowess.
Ultimately, however, it could not