Walking the Great Dao Alone, Supreme in One Lifetime

Is it destiny?

Although he has gradually accepted his identity as the "Cause of All Effects".

However, when Li Xuandu heard Dayi say this, he couldn't help but feel a little helpless.

By now, Li Xuandu had a general understanding of his own uniqueness and why Li Boyang had taught him the special Divine Ability of [Reverse Heaven and Return the Sun].

The [Dao of Cause and Effect] that I have realized is different from other Dao Path.

The Dao of Cause and Effect emphasizes that everything has a cause and an effect, and that all things have a beginning and an end.

To attain this [the Dao of Cause and Effect], one must gather infinite causes and effects within oneself, ultimately becoming the beginning or end of cause and effect.

In other words, if one truly wants to achieve something in the Dao of Cause and Effect, then traveling through time and space is both a shortcut and an inevitable path.

Not to mention, Li Xuandu has been burdened with enormous karma since the day he was born.

He was a bet, a game, between Li Boyang and Wu Jun, born with a unique causal nature.

Li Boyang represents the "present," Wu Jun represents the "past," while Li Xuandu symbolizes the "future."

If Li Boyang wins this contest, then Li Xuandu will become the Primordial Beginning Heavenly King.

If Wu Jun wins this contest, then Li Xuandu will be the incarnation of the Heavenly Emperor.

Of course, the outcomes of becoming the Primordial Beginning Heavenly King and becoming an incarnation of the Heavenly Emperor are completely different.

If Li Xuandu becomes the Primordial Beginning Heavenly King, then Li Boyang will entrust the Six Desire Heavens to him in the future, and the Primordial Beginning Heavenly Demon will disappear. If Li Xuandu becomes the incarnation of the Heavenly Emperor, then Hao Jun will be reborn in the future in his identity, completely escaping the fate of death. It would be impossible for Li Xuandu be dejected when he first realized this truth.

However, as he travels through time and space time and space, and in each time and space he has a perfectly appropriate identity and a cause and effect that happens at just the right time.

Li Xuandu gradually realized that his future path was in his own hands.

Whether it's the Primordial Beginning Heavenly King or an incarnation of the Heavenly Emperor...

Those were all paths that were decided by others before I was born.

The Primordial Beginning Heavenly King was merely a backup plan for his master, not his only option for the future.

At that moment, Li Xuandu realized the truth.

I will walk my own path. In the future, I will neither become the Primordial Beginning Heavenly King nor the incarnation of the Heavenly Emperor.

I will spread wisdom and Divine Ability to all beings, just like my master, and become the challenger that my master has always hoped for.

However, before that, Li Xuandu's first task was to sever the karmic ties between himself and Wu Jun, refusing to become Chi's incarnation in the future, just like the [Dao of Time] that his master had attained.

The Dao of Cause and Effect will become the only way that spans the past, present, and future.

This method of Dao Proving has both advantages and disadvantages.

The advantage is that no one can monopolize a Dao Path like Li Xuandu; he is the embodiment and manifestation of the Great Dao of Cause and Effect. The disadvantage is that once he succeeds in Dao Proving, there will only ever be one Li Xuandu in this world. There will be no other time-space counterpart, nor will there be any past or future Li Xuandu.

He walks the great path alone, a supreme being for all time.

This unconventional method of Dao Proving aligned with Li Boyang's ideals and incorporated Wu Jun's long-cherished wish; it was a unique path belonging solely to Li Xuandu. So the question arises: how did Dayi, who hadn't yet Dao Proving, know Li Xuandu's identity?

Thinking of this, Li Xuandu's gaze towards Dayi became strange.

"Why do I feel like you're even more of a... charlatan than the teacher?"

Unable to find the right adjective, Li Xuandu finally used the word "charlatan" to describe his current understanding of Dayi. "If the Dao Ancestor knew your assessment of him, I think your childhood would be quite miserable."

With a slight smile playing on his lips, Dayi appeared wise and kind, like a true old man.

If Li Xuandu hadn't known in advance that the opponent would fire the "Shot of No Shooting" that would end Wu Jun two years later, he would have found it difficult to associate the opponent with the former hero who shot down the sun.

Don't change the subject!

"You still haven't told me how you recognized me!"

The Heavenly Eye between Li Xuandu's brows suddenly opened, and his perspective jumped out of this dimension and out of this space-time.

But regardless of whether Li Xuandu standing on the dimensional level or the spacetime level, Dayi in front of him looked like just an ordinary person.

My body was already exhausted, and my energy was completely depleted.

The reason why Dayi is still alive is simply because he believes that his time to die has not yet come.

Although it sounds incredible, this is the power of the Heart Dao— a kind of Mind Alone, Self Alone, a capacity to alter objective reality through one's own perception. "Because... the path you are walking now is the path I want to walk."

Unfortunately, I lack your perseverance and determination, and I am also unable to give up everything I have now.

Finally, he stopped keeping everyone in suspense and a nostalgic smile appeared on Dayi's face.

Ever since the War of Shooting the Suns... no, to be precise, ever since he learned of Heng'e's identity, Dayi hadn't smiled in a long time. To this day, Dayi couldn't even tell whether he loved Chang'e or Heng'e.

I hate those parallel universe versions of myself.

Even if they represent another possibility for me, I still hate them.

"I am who I am, I am Dayi, the son of the Eastern Yi, and the husband of Chang'e..."

"My life trajectory is the journey of my heart and mind along the way. If there were even the slightest deviation, I wouldn't be who I am today." Seeing the astonished look on Li Xuandu's face, Dayi's smile became even brighter.

"Just like you took a place in a part of my life, completing a part of my past..."

"In some unknown parallel universe, you might even be Dayi, the hero who shot down the suns."

But would you consider yourself to be me?

Having vaguely understood Dayi's meaning, Li Xuandu silently shook his head.

As the "Cause of All Effects," he can be anyone in the world, and he can bear the cause and effect of any segment of the world.

But he remained vigilant about one thing: he was always Li Xuandu— he was not the incarnation of the Heavenly Emperor, nor could he be a substitute for anyone else.

"See, I think so too."

"Those parallel universe versions of me, though they encountered people similar to me..."

"But there is only one true me, and that is the me standing in front of you right now."

As he said this, the smile on Dayi's face gradually disappeared, replaced by a sense of melancholy mixed with contradiction.

"No one can replace another person, even if they have the same appearance, the same life, or even the same thoughts..." (Monthly ticket lost/Female C recommendation ticket heart lost)