The Intent Root's Endless Abyss of Knowing
The fifth root Sea of Touch and completely receded.
The last Touch Emanation Beast's touch sank into nothingness, and the world fell silent. Qin Yu stood alone at the border between the two realms, the bloodstains on his clothes dark and solidified, and the crisscrossing cracks deep within his Fate Soul constantly surged with excruciating pain that tore at his spirit. The past and future that had been largely erased by the "Wanyan Return to Stillness Touch" had not been immediately restored, and the incomplete Evolution Name had only barely stopped fading, the remnants still remaining.
In the fierce battle just now, he finally used the Nine-Wheel True Evolution Dharma Wheel to receive the Great Dao Origin of "Touch and Evolution," used "Fate Cause Sealing Mirror - Logic Abyss Core" to reverse the fatal path of touch, and then used "Star Structure Returning Ring - Source Cause Severance" to cut off the fundamental Dao cause that allowed the Touch Emanation Beast to control the boundary and stabilize its form.
Finally, with the "No-Thought Absolute Silence Sword," the original concept of "the one who touches and the one who is touched must first be separated" was severed, and the Ultimate guardian of the Dao, who carried the boundary with his body and guarded the fifth root, was completely destroyed.
At this moment, all his supernatural powers had returned to their source, but Qin Yu was not in a hurry to calm his mind and rest. He lowered his eyes to look at his palm, his five fingers slowly closing and then slowly opening. His brows were filled with the deep fatigue after the fierce battle, but his mind was more calm, clear, stable and profound than before he stepped into the fifth root.
In the void before him, the barrier of the sixth root had fully manifested. There was no light gate, no crack, Wheel-less, and no indistinguishable edge. Qin Yu couldn't even say with certainty, "It's right in front of me." This was because the moment this thought arose, the word "in front of me" itself was a kind of knowledge, a kind of definition, a kind of evolution.
He stood silently for a moment, then finally took a step, crossing the boundary and entering. Intentless Root, in the Wanyan Dao Path, there was only one Ultimate root domain that could not generate any laws or principles. Qin Yu originally thought that after crossing the boundary, he would step into a completely new world, a predetermined territory. But the moment he truly crossed the barrier, his figure suddenly stopped.
Boundless and Boundless Realm, Does Not Exist any concept that could be called "whole" or "total," Ultimate and solemn look appeared in Qin Yu's eyes for the first time.
The first five domains of the Dao—the eye domain (form and color), the ear Sea of Sound), the nose domain (Sea of Taste), and the body domain (Sea of Touch) —though they may have mysterious constraints and perilous situations, can ultimately be described and interpreted through words, Daoist thoughts, and mental methods after they have been explored and broken through.
This place, however, is completely different.
The moment he has a question about "what exactly is this place", the word "this place" is already perceived by his mind and Thought Realm, becoming a wisp of knowledge and a layer of evolution within the Intent Root Emanation Domain.
Whenever he explores the overall outline of this Emanation Domain, the "whole" itself is known in a single thought; seeking the edge, the "edge" is knowledge; seeking the center, the "center" is knowledge.
Even though he felt a sense of "boundlessness," these four words were still a product of knowledge. Qin Yu's brows furrowed slowly, and he suddenly understood. The reason why the sixth root had no overall picture, no complete picture, and no fixed shape was precisely because of this.
Wherever there is a totality, that totality is awareness; wherever there is a whole picture, that whole picture is evolution. As soon as a thought of awareness arises, the things perceived and the states experienced become derivative products within the mind.
He can never stand outside of it and look down on the whole picture, just as all living beings and myriad paths can never escape the origin of "knowledge" and look back at "knowledge" itself.
Qin Yu stopped forcibly exploring the boundaries and outlining the contours. He restrained his desire to search outwards and allowed his mind, foundation, and existence to completely sink into this mysterious realm. In the next instant, a vast existence that was indescribable, difficult to define, and difficult to describe slowly manifested in his perception.
The Endless Abyss of Knowing was beyond his sight; he had never seen it with his eyes, heard it with his ears, smelled it with his nose, tasted it with his tongue, or touched it with his body. His eyes remained open, but the basic instinct of "seeing" had lost all priority and fundamental meaning here.
The ability of the eyes to see is not fundamentally due to any supernatural power of sight, but rather to the knowledge within the mind, which enables one to distinguish light from darkness, distance from near, and shape from color. Similarly, the ability of the ears to hear sounds requires recognizing them as sounds in order to distinguish between hearing and hearing.
To distinguish smell by smelling air, one must know that it is air; to taste flavor by tasting it, one must know that it is flavor; to feel touch by touching something, one must know that it is touch.
The five great paths we've followed are now all connected, revealing an ancient and ancient Daoist system. The five supernatural powers of sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch, and the five realms of evolution, are all extensions of "knowledge" and externalizations of awareness.
Only the sixth root of consciousness reaches the source directly, confronting the essence of "knowledge." It cannot see, hear, smell, taste, or touch. The only thing it can do is know. And the moment it becomes aware of the Endless Abyss of Knowing, its soul, its Dao heart, and its entire being are completely submerged within it, becoming one with it.
There is no sense of falling because "up" and "down" have not yet taken shape; there is no sense of moving forward because "front" and "back" have no evolutionary meaning; there is no left, no right, no up, no down, no front, and no back.
Qin Yu couldn't even define his own current state of being, his location, center, boundary, distance—all the measurable, definable, and describable laws of the world were derivatives of "knowledge."
Before all awareness has solidified, the Endless Abyss of Knowing is without structure, form, standard, or constraint; it is vast and boundless, encompassing the root of all knowledge. This place is more dangerous than the Ultimate Emptiness Touch Abyss before.
The Touch Abyss can still be perceived as emptiness; the nothingness of the world can still be defined as nothingness; the stillness of the Great Dao can still be comprehended as stillness. Only the Endless Abyss of Knowing sits at the source of all awareness.
It is the origin of all knowledge Unborn, all thoughts before they arise, and all arguments before they are established. All laws and principles, the rules of heaven and earth, the meaning of existence, the definition of concepts, worldly questions, Ultimate answers all originate from this place and return to this place of Annihilation.
Qin Yu's mind tightened slightly. This domain had no oppressive aura, no restrictive power, and no murderous intent, yet it was more alarming than any desperate situation.
The moment he develops even a sliver of understanding, insight, or awareness, that insight or awareness instantly takes shape, becoming part of the Endless Abyss of Knowing, and is contained, evolved, and constrained by this place.
A fleeting thought, a slight stirring in his mind, and Qin Yu suddenly perceived a mysterious phenomenon—colorless, soundless, odorless, tasteless, touchless, and formless. It was utterly pure, possessing only awareness.
The surface of Knowing Surface, the origin of the Endless Abyss of Knowing abyss, is without water, so there are no ripples; No Mirror, so there are no reflections; without sound, so there are no vibrations; without air, so there are no traces; without taste or form, without a tactile membrane, it discards all external evolution, leaving only pure awareness.
The instant he became Knowing Surface —boom—
A silent roar reverberated through his mind. Five completely opposite and opposing Ultimate perceptions simultaneously pierced through Qin Yu's Dao Heart, without any order, hierarchy, repulsion, or conflict, seamlessly overlapping.
Omniscient, ignorant, clinging, doubting, empty—at this moment, he understands all laws, comprehends all principles, and knows all results, almost omniscient and omnipotent; in an instant, he is completely ignorant, bewildered Space Silence, and unaware of the beginning and the end. He can grasp all laws and principles and uphold all true meanings, and he can also doubt all established conclusions and overturn all results. In the end, everything returns to emptiness, and all laws are still.
Five extreme states coexisted simultaneously, intertwined and merged into a single thought. Qin Yu's face suddenly turned pale, and his brow throbbed violently. If he had not yet stepped on the five roots and his Dao heart was not yet perfected, this instant of five thoughts intertwining and five knowledges clashing would have been enough to tear apart his Dao heart, confuse his soul, and lead him to a state of madness and Annihilation.
Having undergone the trials of the five senses and penetrated the true meaning of stillness and delusion, he no longer clings to any state or dwells on any thought. When all knowledge manifests, he lets it pass by; when ignorance manifests, he lets it pass by. When attachment arises, he lets it pass by; when doubt arises, he lets it pass by; when emptiness returns, he lets it pass by again. He does not distinguish between truth and falsehood, judge right and wrong, or choose between gain and loss.
Because "distinguishing truth from falsehood and determining right from wrong" itself is a single thought of awareness, a single evolution, the Knowing Surface begins to surge silently. Without waves or ripples, without form or trace, only Knowledge Abyss is reborn Knowing Layer by layer, progressing layer by layer. The first surge is the abyss of knowledge aware of its own surface; the second surge is the abyss of Knowledge Abyss aware of its own depth; the third surge is the abyss of Knowledge Abyss aware of its own boundless and Boundless Realm.
But the moment the awareness of "boundless and Boundless Realm" takes shape, a new thought immediately arises: boundless and Boundless Realm is also a definition and cognition of "boundary". The Knowing Surface flips again, I know that I am Boundless Realm, I know that I know that I am Boundless Realm, I know that I know that I am Boundless Realm... one thought on top of another, one knowledge on top of another, infinitely progressive, endlessly derived, without end, Endless or end.
Qin Yu's pupils suddenly contracted as he saw through this fundamental cycle of reincarnation: knowledge lies in self-knowledge, knowledge lies in self-evolution. Each time one becomes aware of "knowledge" itself, a completely new level of knowledge is born—an Endless Abyss of Knowing knowledge, eternally self-knowing, eternally self-evolving, eternally being known, with Endless.
Qin Yu's thoughts sank down, penetrating the Knowing Surface and entering the inner layer. The first layer of knowledge suddenly unfolded, without brilliance or light, yet boundless clarity enveloped the origin. This was the Clear Knowing Layer. Upon touching it, the Wanyan, the rules of heaven and earth, the cause and effect of the Great Dao, the possibility of existence, the branches of time, the birth and death of the universe, and the return of all things to stillness were all laid out in his mind.
Why does a legal principle stand? Why does a rule collapse? Why is an existence born? Why does a possibility Annihilation? A question holds countless answers, and an answer gives rise to countless new bewilderments.
The boundless truths of the Great Dao surged into awareness in an instant, their vastness far exceeding the Limit that the physical body and soul could normally bear, yet without the slightest chaos, completely transparent, completely clear, and completely perfect.
This is the golden age of the Myriad Wanyan Ones, where the perfect truth accumulated over countless ages has solidified here, existing eternally. Qin Yu's eyes slightly lost focus. At this moment, he almost understood all laws, comprehended all paths, and knew all results, touching upon the omniscient realm that all beings dream of.