Amid the shock, Shi Xuan still instinctively resisted the head-on shout from Daoist Yujing.
This resistance stemmed from every insight he had gained over more than twenty thousand years of cultivation; from steadfastly following his path, from Dragon-Tiger Convergence; from cutting through delusions, illuminating his heart and seeing his nature, and achieving Primordial Spirit; from holding fast to his nature and guarding his original heart, thereby surviving the Four-Nine Tribulation and the Heavenly Human Five Decays to prove the Dao of Great Luo.
If he acted as Daoist Yujing said, then all those experiences would become delusions, utterly meaningless. If one had to kill one's nature in order to achieve Dao Integration, what was the use of steadfastly following one's path? What was the use of illuminating one's heart and seeing one's nature? What was the use of holding fast to one's nature?!
As though he had seen Shi Xuan's resistance and hesitation, Daoist Yujing turned sideways, looked at Shi Xuan, and walked toward him step by step:
"If you do not steadfastly follow your path, how can you illuminate your heart and see your nature?"
"If you do not illuminate your heart, see your nature, and hold fast to it, how can you truly kill that nature?"
"The Daoist Sect followed nature's course, cultivating in tandem with the Dao heart and stripping away every acquired taint, all so one could reach the point of truly killing one's nature, returning to the Innate Realm, and joining the Dao through emptiness."
"Whether cultivation methods or Dao-heart cultivation, everything in the past laid the foundation for this step. They were means, not ends."
"You cling to the past because you have confused means with ends. You have taken the means for the end and been beguiled by delusion."
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