High Martial World: I Gain Passive Skills Daily-Chapter 129 - 103: Life-flame’s Quest for Vengeance, Upheaval in the Illusory Realm (Triple Combo)
"Cross?"
Chen Kuang was taken aback.
This senior brother of his is a Grandmaster Realm great demon. At this stage, he naturally has his own "Dao" to pursue.
For example, Shen Xingzhu’s seemingly neutral yet secretly perilous Mercy Persuasion Dao.
At the highest level of Dao, one gains the strengths of each school, extends a grand vow across all rivers, and establishes their own Dao as a teacher, becoming a attained Grandmaster of Dao.
Only when the embryonic form of a "Dao" is created can one be called a "Grandmaster" and enter the Grandmaster Realm.
Among the Middle Three Grades, there are many Sea-Breaking Moon Embracers. Most high-level cultivators from sects reach this stage, but few achieve the Grandmaster Realm.
Just like the three experts from the Martial Saint Pavilion who surrounded Chen Kuang, they were all at the Moon Embrace Realm. In fact, the entire Martial Saint Pavilion mostly consists of members at this level, unable to advance further.
This is also why Shen Xingzhu has such a high status.
To have achieved Grandmastery at such a young age, his future is limitless...
Unfortunately, he has now been intercepted midway by Chen Kuang.
Chen Kuang does not yet have a deep understanding of "Dao." His ability to see through Shen Xingzhu was more a matter of cunning, passively catching Shen Xingzhu’s lies.
Plus, the "transmission of power" from Huo Hengxuan included some of his conventional knowledge.
This included the understanding that a cultivator’s "Dao" must be recognized by the Celestial Dao.
In fact, Chen Kuang always found this point very interesting, even deeply intriguing.
The method of attesting one’s Dao in this world prioritizes ensuring one’s "knowing and doing in unity," with "doing" coming even before "knowing," more than one’s state of mind and comprehension.
In other words, even if you mentally have different views on this "Dao," or if you’re utterly deceitful and only fooled yourself during the initial "grand vow and establishing Dao" phase, not honestly agreeing with this "Dao."
As long as your actions consistently align with your "Dao," then this "Dao" can always be recognized by the Celestial Dao.
Conversely, even if you mentally agree with the "Dao," if your actions deviate and do things not in line with your "Dao," the Celestial Dao immediately turns against you, and a sudden decline in cultivation is a common occurrence.
From a certain perspective, this Celestial Dao seems quite materialistic...
For this reason, Shen Xingzhu was able to perform manipulative and lethal acts under the guise of a "Mercy Dao."
Chen Kuang managed to deceive Shen Xingzhu into a breakdown, causing his Mercy Dao Heart to shatter.
It is not hard to understand Wen Si’s path of "Crossing."
Firstly, he has ferried countless souls on that River of Death over the years... naturally, he has also taken many lives.
But who can say this isn’t another kind of crossing...
Secondly, he awaited Chen Kuang for ten years under the guidance of Xi Mengquan, ferrying Chen Kuang and delivering him a Qingyun creation, while finally freeing himself from his Heart Demon and escaping the sea of suffering.
In this way, he ferries others and ferries himself.
The two aspects reflect each other... and thus he can attain Dao!
Wait, doesn’t that mean...?
Chen Kuang blinked and looked at Wen Si in front of him, who gave him a slight smile and nodded.
Chen Kuang took a deep breath, respectfully cupping his hands, saying:
"Congratulations on attaining the Great Dao, advancing to the Profound Profound Realm!"
On the surface, he was very calm, but inside, he couldn’t help but exclaim "My God."
Aside from the two Saints who fought each other over the Imperial City, plus a false Saint Huo Hengxuan, this was his first time seeing an alive Upper Three Grades!
The Profound Profound Realm is almost the ceiling level of existence in this world.
If Chen Kuang hadn’t already shown some face here today, making quite a display, now being somewhat a person of stature and unable to cling to anyone in public...
He definitely would’ve showered some loud flattery...
"Junior brother, no need to be so courteous; like I said, you helped me a great deal."
Wen Si sighed, "If it weren’t for you, junior brother, I might have lingered in the Grandmaster Realm for many more years."
Chen Kuang said, "It wasn’t my merit either. If one were to say who exerted the most effort... it would still be the teacher."
The Wen Si in front of him didn’t appear to have changed much in aura, except transitioning from the somewhat eerie, outright demonic old-fisherman image to the presently elegant and mature man, appearing the same as before.
However, Chen Kuang knew it was likely due to his current low cultivation, unable to perceive these intricate internal changes, and because Wen Si wasn’t deliberately showing off, thus seeming low profile.
Unlike before when Huo Hengxuan forcibly advanced to become a Saint, battling Donghuang with extraordinary momentum.
But subtly, traces could be glimpsed, for instance, the recent command to halt the wind and rain, incomparable to Chen Kuang’s earlier exposure of his zither intent.
This heavy downpour nearly covered the entire region of Jishao County.
With a word from Wen Si, the storm was dispersed.
It indeed embodied the true style of the Dragon King.
Wen Si, upon hearing, shook his head: "As you said, junior brother, if someone was willing to point their blade at the instigator, the truth would have been immediately clear, preventing a tragedy from occurring."
"What I wish to see is precisely such a scene, not a divine weapon descending to instantly save people from the sea of suffering."
He looked towards the bustling households, where dots of starlight seemed to flicker, and turned his hand, releasing a pigeon tied with a message on its leg, muttering: "I saw resistance, saw questioning, and no longer what it once was... taking pride in it, unable to distinguish between man and demon." 𝗳𝐫𝚎𝗲𝚠𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝘃𝚎𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝗺
"I saw it, understood it, and could walk out."
He chuckled, unapologetic: "Had that old bastard intervened, I wouldn’t have seen a damn thing."
