The Strong Observer, Fasting of the Mind and Sitting in Forgetfulness

The Hundred Lands Grand Canal, with Thread of Sky.

This is the only passage connecting the Hundred Lands Mountain Range to the outside world.

Even the [Mystic Garden Gate] facing outwards was deliberately placed at the ferry crossing of the Grand Canal.

Every day, a huge number of ships come and go on this canal, and the steel aircraft carriers and Heaven-Escaping Boat of the Mountain Folk have become a unique sight here. Even more audacious, some Mountain Folk dare to fly in and out of this airspace in their gliders.

This is always when Lord Yanyao makes his move.

As the mountain god of River Pillow Peak and the guardian of the Hundred Lands Grand Canal, Lord Yanyao's seniority can be traced back to before the birth of the Dao Ancestor. Not to mention the Mountain Folk, even the ghosts and Ghost God of his time would never dare to be presumptuous in front of him.

After all, Lord Yanyao was somewhat restrained when dealing with those Mountain Folk, treating them more like unruly juniors.

But for those Ghost God who dare to defy his authority and taboos, Lord Yanyao will definitely remind people of the fierceness he showed when he dared to disobey the Dao Ancestor's discipline, "You're leaving anyway, why don't you say goodbye to your old friend?"

Suddenly, Lord Yanyao, who was playing with the God-Hunting Bow, raised his head, and the pupils in his eyes quickly split into double pupils.

The Thirty-Six Heavenly Gang Divine Ability: Foreknowledge of the Future!

At this moment, Lord Yanyao sees not only the present, but also the past and the future.

Among these, the future timelines are the most outstanding, their intricate complexity enough to dazzle the eye.

However, no matter how the timelines changed, Lord Yanyao's gaze remained fixed on that figure that transcended time and space, with his back to all living beings. It was not a complete "person", but an individual composed of countless beings.

If it weren't for Lord Yanyao's cultivation of the [Foreknowledge of the Future] Divine Ability, he probably wouldn't have been able to piece together that shattered silhouette. He dispersed his karma and existence among countless people, even across countless timelines.

"No wonder Xiluo reacted so strongly, even going so far as to spread the ' Dao of Immortals ' to prevent you from attaining enlightenment."

As Lord Yanyao teased him, a wisp of breeze transformed into the image of Li Boyang and landed in front of him.

"Old friend? I think you're more like a troublemaker!"

Li Boyang stared at Lord Yanyao with slight surprise for a long time, not wanting to show himself in front of him.

It was only because the other party predicted countless timelines and forcibly brought together the scattered causes and effects from those timelines to the present that they were able to observe Li Boyang's whereabouts.

To use a perhaps inappropriate analogy.

Li Boyang has already preliminarily grasped the cause and effect of the Hundred Lands Mountain Range, is like the cat in Schrödinger's box, existing between existence and non-existence. Only a "strong observer" can perceive time and cause and effect and pinpoint Li Boyang's existence.

It is obvious that Lord Yanyao, who has cultivated the Divine Ability of [Foreknowledge of the Future], is an extremely rare "strong observer" in this world. Even Li Boyang did not expect that this seemingly rough and brute would have such a delicate mind.

However, upon closer examination, it's not actually that surprising.

After all, it's impossible to cultivate the Divine Ability of [Foreknowledge of the Future] to this level without having a strong heart and a delicate mind.

"Heh, if I were a troublemaker, it would be even more outrageous of you to leave this eye to me, wouldn't it?"

With a light, indifferent laugh, a vertical eye suddenly opened between Lord Yanyao's brows.

Those were Li Boyang's eyes, eyes that could see into the heavens and the netherworld, observing everything within the Three Realms.

"If I had known earlier that your ' Foreknowledge of the Future ' could already capture cause and effect, I probably wouldn't have left that eye with you."

In response to Li Boyang's remarks, Lord Yanyao simply smiled dismissively.

"You think you can settle our score with just one eye?"

"I'm not like those Ghost God and spirits inside..."

"If I wanted to, becoming the ' Great Luo Golden Immortal ' you all talk about in the future wouldn't be impossible."

"As the guide of a Great Luo Golden Immortal, do you think one eye can erase your influence on future generations?"

Seeing Lord Yanyao's confident demeanor, Li Boyang merely raised an eyebrow without batting an eye.

"You want my eyes back?"

"You want to preserve this memory and the cause and effect?"

Having stated Lord Yanyao's purpose directly, Li Boyang immediately shook his head.

"That's impossible, let alone if you're not Great Luo Golden Immortal anymore..."

Even if you become Great Luo Golden Immortal, I cannot allow you to retain this memory and karmic connection.

Before Lord Yanyao could even speak, Li Boyang nipped his intentions in the bud.

"This has nothing to do with your identity; it's simply that if I want to increase my chances of succeeding in Dao Merging, I must eliminate all causal relationships that could pull me back."

Although he had expected it, Lord Yanyao still couldn't help but purse his lips when Li Boyang actually said those words.

Xiluo was right when she said you "committed suicide".

"For that elusive Dao Merging, you're leaving yourself absolutely no room for maneuver!"

Lord Yanyao was telling the truth. If Li Boyang hadn't taken such a desperate gamble, he might have been able to pull them back to the present at some point in the future. Although that day was so far away that it was almost impossible to describe with normal time perception, it wasn't entirely without hope.

"Haven't you always championed the idea of 'the heavens evolve into forty-nine, with one being omitted'?"

"Always leave yourself room to maneuver in everything you do, and don't push yourself or others to the brink of ruin. This is something you often emphasized when you were preaching."

Li Boyang never imagined that one day he would be lectured by someone using the very words he himself had once said.

"But I've also mentioned the principle that after the worst comes the best, and that yin gives rise to yang, haven't I?"

"I just don't advocate for a do-or-die mentality, but some things are destined to fail without a desperate, all-or-nothing approach." Li Boyang paused slightly at this point.

"Since you still remember what I said when I preached, then I'll give you one last lesson today!"

"Leaving room for maneuver in one's actions is for the sake of survival, and it is also the instinct of all living beings."

But there are always things in this world that are more important than life, and that's when you have to make a choice.

"Only when there is no way out, and internal friction is reduced to the extreme..."

"Only when you completely let go of life and death, gain and loss, and even forget yourself, can you create miracles that even you yourself cannot believe." Listening to Li Boyang's story, Lord Yanyao recalled a state of being that the other party had once mentioned.

"Forgetting Both Self and Things?"

Upon hearing this, Li Boyang first nodded, then shook his head.

"Forgetting Both Self and Things is just 'forgetting,' but what I'm trying to do now is to go even further than 'forgetting.'"

I call this state of mind "cutting off external things and Fasting of the Mind and Sitting in Forgetfulness worldly concerns."

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