Heaven's light had yet to brighten; the gathered murk had yet to clear.
The boundless void stretched into the distance, its mysterious radiance without end-
At that moment, Chen Heng felt as though he stood before the birth of form, at the origin of primordial simplicity, able to behold the undivided whole and glimpse the turbid and clear before they parted.
With his mind immersed within it, he could hardly avoid merging into that vast, boundless expanse.
It was as though he would forget everything around him, no longer aware of passing time or the turning of day and night...
And just as Chen Heng closed his eyes and entered meditation.
Sinking his entire mind into the profound principles of the scripture.
The old man across the table watched him, slowly stroking his long beard, a trace of contemplation faintly crossing the depths of his eyes.
Three Scriptures, Five Canons, Eight Merits, Nine Books.
Among Jadechen's Twenty-Five Orthodox Methods.
Only the "Scripture and Register of the Natural Opening of the Origin in the Supreme Void Within Mystery."
Yet although disciples who could cultivate abridged versions of the Five Canons, such as the "Scripture of Preserving Light and Revealing the Profound" and the "Verses on Illuminating Truth and Discussing Mystery," were not numerous within the Jadechen Four Academies.
They chose instead to cultivate abridged versions of the Three Scriptures!
And there was no shortage of people choosing the abridged versions of the "Mysterious Scripture of the Nine Spirits' Utmost Cavern and Universal Illumination" and the "Essential Secrets of the Lofty Void."
And as these thoughts turned through his mind.
Only by advancing step by step, first establishing their Dao Foundation with an abridged version.
Instead, he had gone to the cultivation grounds of his master, Gu Zhao, to cultivate on Shoude