Eternal Will, the Dao of Souls!
Heading north, countless celestial palaces await.
Looking back, one sees the mountains and seas of Gonghai.
Mieyang as commanded, for when Yang reaches its extreme, it will perish.
Desires are boundless; they reach their peak and then decline.
Along the way, desires are as vast as mountains and seas; human greed Endless...
The sun shines brightly overhead, its golden rays spreading across countless palaces. I wonder what year it is in those celestial palaces, and how the world, like Qiangu in the vast ocean, ultimately amounts to nothingness...
Qin Lu in its pursuit of justice, was as precious as gold, stone, and jade.
What is desire? It is what the heart desires. Humans have seven emotions and six desires. Only by facing one's true self can one find one's true self. One who is undaunted by all desires...
The true solution can be glimpsed within!
I wonder if I've traveled Ten Thousand Li miles, or seen countless sights...
Qin Lu stopped in his tracks, for he knew that desire Endless, and this celestial palace, like desire itself, had no end...
If the celestial palace has an end, then why bother setting up countless fortuitous opportunity to bind cultivators?
Although few enter this place, there are naturally quite a few with unwavering resolve; even the most venerable predecessors and sages have not found the end of this realm...
How could someone as Nascent Soul Early Stage cultivator possibly measure the limits of this world?
Perhaps exploration itself is a form of desire, or it can be understood as a manifestation of pursuing desire...
At this very moment--
Qin Lu sat cross-legged in the sky, deep in thought. He believed that his success today was due not only to his unwavering Daoist resolve but also to his transcendent understanding of his time...
After pondering for a long time, Qin Lu unconsciously looked up at the sky!
Facing the sun is light, the palace is desire and shadow; light comes out and shadow follows...
Is it higher up?
Qin Lu pondered in his heart, then activated the Ten Thousand Souls Banner: Heaven Burial, mobilize the power of the Soul Frost Ghost King, and cover my body with the Soul Frost Dao Principles...
Then, face the heavens above!
The sun blazed overhead, warm from afar, scorching hot up close; the closer one got to the zenith, the more intense the sun's flames became, enough to incinerate even a Nascent Soul Cultivator...
Like a true Grand Yang, one can only revere its benevolence, but cannot directly gaze upon its majestic power...
Nascent Soul, borrowing the power of the Great Dao!
To expand one's power through the Great Dao and strengthen one's own foundation—but what about the Spirit Transformation stage? What kind of being is it, to merge with the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth...?
Hold fast to one principle and use it for your own benefit!
Therefore, the Venerable Mieyang, whose title is Mieyang, can only exist within this Great Sun...
Or perhaps--
This great sun is the result of its fall, and it is a new great sun!
Although these were all conjectures, Qin Lu seemed certain of it, charging straight into the blazing sun, just as his physical body was about to be consumed by flames...
Just as the Nascent Soul was about to disintegrate!
A passage suddenly appeared before them; the next moment, the world spun, and all things fell silent. When they opened their eyes again...
Qin Lu had already arrived at a special space!
The space seemed small, yet it stretched as far as the eye could see, with Void beneath one's feet, except for a great sun suspended in the center of the space...
Qin Lu was all too familiar with this aura!
It's practically identical to the Profound Water Grotto-Heaven, except that the Profound Water Grotto-Heaven is based on the Great Dao of Profound Water, and contains many other Great Dao of Water...
Fang Grotto-Heaven, however, primarily follows the Great Dao of Profound Yang, supplemented by numerous fire-related Daos and Great Dao of Yang. In essence...
They're all Grotto-Heaven!
Qin Lu looked around, his heart filled with turbulent emotions...
In the center of the Grotto-Heaven, the afterglow of the great sun spread around him, instantly healing Qin Lu's injuries, allowing him to grow new flesh and bones, and warm his soul!
And there stood a figure, silently watching Qin Lu...
His gaze was gentle, like the Grand Yang, warming everything; it was a mother's tenderness, like the soft touch of sunlight on the body...
Qin Lu sensed no malice from him whatsoever...
It was an existence of utmost purity, without a single flaw, like the clearest lake water, the most exquisite work of art...
It possesses an indescribable holiness!
This person's appearance is constantly changing, formless and shapeless...
But it brings an indescribable sense of peace!
This is the first Spirit Transformation Human Race the Northern Nether Domain, the sage who led Human Race to resist demons and evil spirits, and ultimately to dominate the Northern Nether Domain...
Like the blazing sun, he led Human Race to break through the darkness!
They were the sages who, amidst endless nightmares, ignited a spark of hope and led Human Race to rise again...
As the ancients said, before dawn arrives, someone must bring a glimmer of light, and the Venerable Mieyang, the first Venerable of the Human Race...
That is the kind of being he is!
Those who can cultivate to the level of Yang and reach the Spirit Transformation have already attained a heart as pure as Yang. If they were truly wicked, how could they possibly gain the favor of the Great Dao...?
Thus, by grasping one path, one can attain Spirit Transformation?!
Transforming into a god, becoming a deity, though not a true god...
But it is also the first step in completely transcending the mortal realm and gradually detaching oneself from human nature. The highest level of cultivation is not about being heartless and ruthless, but about gradually perfecting oneself...
It is a process from human to immortal, and then from immortal to god!
The higher one's spiritual level, the weaker one's humanity becomes.
Everything we cultivate is a reflection of ourselves!
Just like Qin Lu, he cultivated the King Wood and then switched to soul cultivation...
Although it was done under duress, it wasn't that he couldn't rebuild King Wood; rather, his mindset and beliefs were more aligned with the Soul Dao...
This is the real reason why he is getting closer and closer to the Soul Dao!
He instinctively accepted, and naturally resisted, other Dao Law as well; all because of himself, not because of any other reason...
Even if everything remains the same.
In the future, he will still, driven by instinct, gradually step into the Soul Dao...
And right now--
Venerable Mieyang smiled and beckoned to Qin Lu...
"Come, have a seat."
"Over all these years, you are the first person to dare to venture into the Grand Yang, and the first to enter this Profound Yang Grotto-Heaven..."
"I can sense that you are not fearless of death."
"He probably has some powerful backup plan, but what I'm curious about is, what kind of backup plan could possibly bring you back from the dead?"
"Once someone enters the Mieyang Immortal Palace, upon their death, their Great Dao will be interrupted and used to nourish the Immortal Palace. The methods you left behind outside..."
"It will lose its anchor point and will be impossible to activate."
"I truly cannot understand what other means you possess to come back to life."
Upon hearing this—
Qin Lu showed no fear, but instead calmly approached Venerable Mieyang, sat down on the ground, and then, without any attempt to conceal himself, said:
"Death is merely the beginning of new life; the cycle of birth and death continues endlessly..."
"Death is not the end; the continuation of will is the beginning of Eternity. If I die, then I am truly dead..."
"However, there will be a new life modeled after me, which will be reincarnated."
"He will inherit everything from me, becoming the new me, and he will also inherit my will, ensuring its Eternity existence in the world..."
While speaking--
Qin Lu changed to a different tea set and slowly brewed two cups of tea. Clearly, even Qin Lu had become something he had come to terms with...
How could someone who toys with souls and disregards life fear death?
When willpower endures Eternity, isn't that another form of achieving immortality, living as long as heaven and earth, and conversing with mountains and seas about eternal life...?
Qin Lu began his quest to comprehend the Dao of the Soul from the Nascent Soul!
He then saw everything clearly, understood everything, and at the same time let go of everything...
With a steadfast Dao heart like Eternity blooming flower, Qin Lu saw all things as merely the beginning and end of another cycle. He stood atop the mountain...
Silently overlooking the world!
Like heaven and earth, we sit and wait for the seas to dry up and the rocks to crumble, for the cycle of heaven and earth to repeat itself...