There were no talismans in the world of the Azure Sky Mirror. If Yunqi had not come here, the Talisman Dao would not have appeared even after tens of thousands more years.
He had forgotten everything about his past, and naturally had also forgotten what he had learned at One-Thatch Studio. Yet in the course of reading and cultivating, he had actually created the Talisman Dao himself.
The so-called Great Dao could be different paths reaching the same destination, or a mirror giving rise to myriad images. The mysteries within were truly cause for wonder.
In the real world, Yunqi's achievement would have amounted to truly founding his own school. Even if he could not ascend to immortality, he would surely have become a sage on the spot.
Of course, he might have been influenced by his former life deep within his Dao Heart, enabling him to create the Talisman Dao here, but it could still be called an achievement that shook the world.
Looking at the scholar in the pool of blood, the Qin Emperor suddenly felt that even becoming the ruler of all under heaven would not seem particularly meaningful.
Such a thought was extremely improper for a Daoist cultivator. He quickly recovered himself and said in a slightly deeper voice, "What of it? I am still alive, after all!"
Yunqi raised his broken sword, pointed it at him, and said, "You should have died."
"If saying someone ought to die would truly make them die, this world would become much simpler. Unfortunately, things never work that way."
The Qin Emperor said impassively, "You did nearly kill me, just like Zhuo Rusui all those years ago. You are both highly talented, with formidable means, but far too foolish. You do not understand that one man's wrath means nothing