Chapter 1160: Peak of the Cloud Sea, Dao Disperses (First Update)

Dao, what is Dao?

Wang Lin's Reincarnation of Life and Death, Karma Cycle, and the Transformation of Truth and Illusion—each was a Dao he comprehended on his own, or rather, a shift in his thinking. From a small, unknown Cultivator, he walked all the way to the present. Now, he can stand among the strong. This change is also the growth of Wang Lin's life.

From the Reincarnation of Life and Death, he saw through life and death, thus he could struggle through crises again and again, seeking life in death, eventually giving rise to a Heaven-Defying intent in his heart, daring to go against the Heavens and becoming a Heaven-Defying Cultivator.

Cutting through stars and moons, stepping on the Heavens with bowed head—that is the Heaven-Defying cultivation path. Seeing through life and death, there is no longer any fear! All of this was the obsession and thought brought to Wang Lin by the Concept of the Reincarnation of Life and Death.

It is precisely because of thought that one becomes strong! However, Heaven and Earth are unkind, harming the emotions of all spirits! And because of the thoughts of all spirits, they spontaneously form boundaries, creating countless Dao for people to comprehend. This is the Heavenly Dao bestowing upon all spirits, allowing all beings to cultivate according to its will. This is the path of conformity, the path of顺修 (Shùnxiū)!

Wang Lin does not enter this path!

After life and death comes Karma. After Wang Lin's Concept underwent its first transformation, he was like a great Confucian in the Mortal Realm, his thoughts experiencing an Epiphany. He no longer feared life and death, pursuing the true meaning of the Dao on a deeper level.

The Karma Cycle is precisely this. Seeing through cause, discerning effect, comprehending that all things between Heaven and Earth have their Karma. In the pursuit of Karma's Perfection, Wang Lin's life reached a Peak, ascending with his thoughts. In one Karma after another, he solidified his Dao Heart, condensed a deeper Dao Concept, and to him, this Heaven and Earth were already different.

Their Heaven is not my Heaven! In the eyes of others, Heaven and Earth are vast, with no discernible end, searching aimlessly. But in Wang Lin's view, the end of Heaven and Earth is no longer the point; Heaven is the cause, Earth is the effect. This Heaven and Earth are actually a single Karma. What he wants to do is step out of this Karma furnace. What he wants to know is what kind of world lies beyond this Heaven.

Having reached this point, Wang Lin's Concept had already reached its limit, just like the circles he drew around Li Qianmei and Lu Yuncong; in reality, he himself was also within the circle.

However, the appearance of Qing Lin and the possession of the Heaven Defying Bead caused Wang Lin to undergo another transformation after reaching the limit of Karma's Perfection. His Concept ascended, and he began to explore the Origin of truth and illusion.

The Dao of Truth and Illusion is a deeper level of comprehension, one that ordinary people simply do not have the qualifications or opportunity to explore. This has already touched the edge of the Heavenly Dao; one more step, and it points directly to the core!

Throughout countless years, Cultivators who could reach this stage in terms of Concept were not nonexistent, just too few… Concept determines cultivation, and different depths of Concept will also bring earth-shattering differences to cultivation.

What Wang Lin pursues is the Great Dao. Although his goal seems consistent with others, in reality, due to his comprehension of Concept, the end he sees has already surpassed the goals of others.

The medicinal liquid formed from three eleventh-grade Medicinal Pills was completely drunk by Wang Lin. His comprehension did not end; it continued. Before him, the Storage Rift moved with his thoughts, and bottles of Medicinal Pills flew out from within. These Medicinal Pills were obtained from Penglai, containing grades eight, nine, and ten.

Forgetting time, in one Epiphany after another, Wang Lin picked up Medicinal Pills one by one. He did not swallow them; as soon as they approached Wang Lin, they immediately collapsed, and the beast souls within were instantly swept into the Vortex formed by countless Dao Concepts around him, verified by Wang Lin.

The mixed Dao Concepts grew more and more numerous, spreading outwards again.

The lost ones outside the valley gradually showed a hint of vitality in their bewildered eyes. The inscribed ones floating in mid-air gradually gained a sense of substance in their ethereal bodies.

The twelve-grade Vicious Beasts no longer had their fierce flames while listening to the Dao.

Cang Songzi struggled desperately, guarding his mind, as if he could be overturned at any moment in this storm of Dao Concepts. The Dao Concepts outside the valley grew more and more.

The entire Seven-Colored Realm seemed to be filled with the Dao Concepts discarded by Wang Lin, twisting along with them, as if countless thoughts were colliding within this Seven-Colored Realm.

As it spread, even the deepest part of this Seven-Colored Realm was like this.

Furthermore, in his continuous Epiphanies, Wang Lin's mind gradually drifted out of his body. He saw the valley he was in, saw himself sitting cross-legged in the valley, and saw Medicinal Pills flying towards him, collapsing one by one.

His mind slowly spread out, taking the valley as its center and extending outwards. The closest inscribed ones all trembled the moment Wang Lin's mind swept past them.

The lost ones and Vicious Beasts were all the same. Even Cang Songzi's Dao Heart collapsed with a rumble, his face pale, his eyes filled with confusion.

None of this piqued Wang Lin's interest. His mind continued to spread, and he saw a burly man sitting cross-legged in an Immortal Cave on a mountain Peak in the outer perimeter. This burly man's eyes were now filled with terror, staring blankly ahead, mouth agape, unable to speak.

The burly man did not recover from his shock until Wang Lin's mind left.

Wang Lin's mind circled the entire outer perimeter, passing through various Immortal Caves, heading towards the ring-shaped mountain range that resembled a wall. However, along the way, he saw the Formation at the foot of the mountain range, outside the valley, where the Life and Death Restriction and Destruction Restriction were fused together.

He saw the Old Woman in Green Robes sitting cross-legged within the Formation, her face pale. At this moment, the Old Woman in Green Robes' Dao Heart was chaotic, showing faint signs of splitting, and her appearance changed rapidly, sometimes withered and old, sometimes ancient, sometimes middle-aged.

The old woman did not cause Wang Lin's mind to pause; it continued to spread, entering the mist within the ring-shaped mountain range. The dense mist could not stop his mind's diffusion in the slightest. He saw two Peaks wrapped in a forbidden curtain within the mist.

The Restriction of Time likewise could not stop Wang Lin's mind, allowing it to extend inside. The first Peak was empty, containing only a stone tablet. There were no words on the stone tablet, but an ancient aura permeated it.

However, in Wang Lin's eyes, that ancient aura gradually dissipated, and the entire stone tablet seemed to be a Magical Artifact.

As Wang Lin's mind spread, he went to the second Peak wrapped in the Restriction of Time. He saw the giant stone statue standing outside the Peak, and he saw a huge stone gate in the middle section of the Peak. On the stone gate was a lightning mark.

His mind passed through the stone gate and saw numerous seven-colored light clusters floating within. Each seven-colored light cluster contained a sealed beast soul, ranging from seventh-grade all the way to thirteenth-grade… He also saw a young girl within this Immortal Cave, whose appearance was extremely similar to the old woman's, sitting cross-legged with a ashen face, as if in meditation, but her body was constantly trembling.

Wang Lin also saw a hidden space within this Peak. There, he discovered another stone tablet, and beneath it, half a skeleton pinned down by two seven-colored nails.

His mind, at this instant, was completely drawn to the skeleton, focusing on the dense characters carved upon it.

It was as if thunder boomed in his mind; Wang Lin's originally calm state was instantly and violently disturbed, undergoing drastic changes. His mind condensed on the skeleton, those characters seemingly deeply carved into his heart, and those passages of words were precisely the voice that had echoed in his mind earlier.

"…Respectfully cultivate the path of cultivation…"

Wang Lin's mind fluctuated for an unknown period, containing bewilderment, then left this place, spreading further away, passing through this mist-shrouded area, and for the first time entered the deepest part of this Seven-Colored Realm.

Here, too, there was mist, only denser, but it still could not stop Wang Lin's mind. He saw three strangely dressed youths in the mist, especially the one with a crescent moon totem on his brow; he had seen him before… "This place is very mysterious. What I find most peculiar is that here, I can sense the aura of my Flashing Thunder Clan ancestors." The youth with the lightning mark between his brows said slowly as he walked.

The youth behind him, with a flame mark between his brows, rubbed his forehead, his expression very gloomy. He said calmly, "It is indeed strange. After entering here, I always feel a summons arising in my heart, especially my totem, which even gives me the illusion that it wants to leave my body."

The last youth, with the crescent moon mark, cautiously looked around, his eyes flickering. He was about to speak, but at that very instant, his expression suddenly changed.

Wang Lin's mind swept past the three youths. At this moment, the youth with the lightning mark between his brows trembled abruptly, his mind rumbling like thunder, and the mark between his brows flickered violently in an instant.

The youth next to him, with the crescent moon mark between his brows, trembled as if recalling something, but he dared not confirm it. His face was devoid of color, and great waves surged in his mind.

The most shocked was the youth with the Fire Totem between his brows. The moment Wang Lin's mind swept past him, his entire body instantly seemed to lose all strength. An indescribable reverence wildly permeated his whole body, and the Fire Totem between his brows immediately ignited, as if it wanted to burn his body to ashes.

Fortunately, this feeling dissipated in an instant, and as Wang Lin's mind departed, the pain ceased.

After a long while, the three looked at each other, seeing the shock in each other's eyes.

"What powerful mind!" The youth with the lightning mark between his brows gasped.

"There must be an ancestor of my Fire Sparrow Clan here. That mental power just now must have been an ancestor, otherwise, my totem wouldn't have changed like this!" The youth with the Fire Totem between his brows said with a pale face, but his eyes revealed greed, his voice deep.

Only the last person, the youth with the crescent moon mark between his brows, remained silent. His eyes held a hidden fear; the moment Wang Lin's mind swept past, a nightmare-like scene he was unwilling to recall resurfaced in his memory.

"Could it be… him… Impossible, how could he appear here…" The youth trembled.

"Although this person's mind is strong, if the three of us open the Seal and join forces, we might not be without a chance. I hope the two of you will lend me a hand!" The youth with the Fire Totem between his brows licked his lips and said slowly.