I broke free of the shackles of the past; only today did I know that I was myself.
Bai Feiyu lowered his head and chuckled. "The Dao enlightenment cultivators pursue all their lives amounts to nothing more than recognizing themselves."
Now he was neither Li Taibai nor the Sword Immortal who had once swung his sword to slay immortals. He was only Bai Feiyu, no one else, only himself!
The reshaping of his Dao Foundation also meant that Bai Feiyu could cultivate the Dao anew.
The very next second after his Dao Foundation was reshaped, Bai Feiyu's realm began to soar, yet its ascent stirred not the slightest disturbance in the Heaven and Earth Essence.
Nor was there any True Essence converted from Heaven and Earth Essence within his Dantian or meridians.
Had anyone else seen this, they would surely have thought Bai Feiyu had gone mad!
Realm and cultivation complemented each other. However high his realm, without a trace of True Essence, how was he any different from someone who did not cultivate?
If realm distinguished whether the person standing before you was a handgun or a howitzer, then True Essence was the ammunition inside the weapon.
If you had a Gatling gun but no bullets, it might look intimidating, but it was bloody useless. Someone else could still shoot you dead with a handgun!
Simply cultivating the mind and nurturing one's character could not send a flying sword a thousand miles to take someone's head!
Yet Bai Feiyu seemed wholly unaware. Feeling his rapidly rising realm, he reached the Nascent Soul Realm in the blink of an eye.
Though he was in the Nascent Soul Realm, there was not a trace of True Essence formed from Heaven and Earth Essence within him, not even any true qi.
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