"What is self-severing? To illuminate the heart and see one's true nature, must something always be severed?"
"Not necessarily. All things are part of me-obsessions, attachments... I don't want to sever any of them."
"Besides, with body-as-a-seed, I walk an unconventional path. What I need to do is open the gates within my body and stand shoulder to shoulder with the great universe. There's no need for any of that."
Lin Fan murmured, questioning his heart and comprehending the deeper trajectories of the Dao laws.
Boom!
Suddenly, his body shone, his bearing solemn and majestic. Divine halos appeared around him one after another, as though a True Immortal had descended into the world.
Seen from afar, he possessed a sacred, transcendent air, an immense and inviolable majesty.
Neither elated by material things nor daunted by the hardships of the Dao, he saw an endless expanse of heaven and earth before him. He himself could swallow mountains and rivers with his spirit and encompass everything!
Layer upon layer of chains coiled around Lin Fan's body, resembling shackles that held him captive.
In truth, those were not ordinary chains, but Order Divine Chains-the rules through which the outer heaven and earth restrained him, only now beginning to manifest.
This was the consequence of body-as-a-seed and attempting to defy heaven. He would inevitably suffer the ruthless suppression of the greater heaven and earth.
"Break!"
Lin Fan roared. Radiant light swirled in his eyes, and countless sword gleams burst from within his body, severing those shackles.
At this moment, the heaven and earth within the human body clashed with the heaven and earth outside!
Crack!
A deafening metallic clang rang out. Brilliant light streamed through the void-the shattered Order Divine Chains, the very rules that bound him.
Now that they had all been severed,