In a place whose origin and whereabouts were unknown.
Ji Zhao slept quietly here. There was no up or down, left or right; time never flowed, and all rules lay in chaos.
Ji Zhao slept, and the entire world slept with him.
Then he awoke.
Light came into this world, and chaos became order. He opened his eyes to fragrant peach blossoms covering the mountains and fields, with a wooden house beneath the Peach Grove.
"Laozi? A man close to the Dao!"
This was the first time Ji Zhao had awakened because of someone outside the Luo Clan. He had never imagined that his existence could be observed. It defied reason, but perhaps Laozi himself was reason.
Ji Zhao looked at the immense fortune accumulated over more than two hundred years. Apart from bestowing Ancestors' Blessing, he had not touched it in a long time. Meeting Laozi today made it well worth using.
"Luo Yan," Ji Zhao called softly.
Suddenly hearing that voice, Luo Yan fell straight to his knees and bowed his head. "Ancestor."
Li Er trembled, endless waves surging in his heart. He felt that the truth of the world was about to unfold before him.
O Sage King!
Are you truly an immortal deity, whose life endures as long as Heaven?
If you truly exist, can Heaven still be without feeling or desire?
Even if Heaven truly is nothing more than the laws of nature, what of you? How many times have you intervened in human affairs?
"Heaven and Earth Are Not Benevolent, treating all things as straw dogs; the sage is without benevolence, treating the people as straw dogs."
Li Er raised his head and murmured.
Heaven and earth were impartial and favored no one. The Way of Heaven acted without striving; only by following its