Chapter 2846: Chapter 2821: Seekers of the Dao, Born in the Morning and Dead by Dusk

Lin Bai left the Creation Jade Slip to the Ed Clan. On the Barbaric Ancient Continent, this jade slip was considered a treasure. However, in Lin Bai’s eyes, it was worthless.

After all, Lin Bai has now obtained a Dao fruit that is more important than that jade slip.

On the jade slip, there is only the Daoist Rhyme.

But the Dao fruit is a treasure left by a strong one in the Dao realm!

Compared to the Dao fruit, the jade slip is simply worthless.

If Lin Bai were to walk down from Sword God Mountain without giving anything to the Ed Clan, not even the jade slip, the Ed Clan would likely not let it rest and would surely not hand over the Water Mirror Sword to Lin Bai.

Since Lin Bai had already obtained the Dao fruit, he simply gave the jade slip to the Ed Clan in return for their favor of borrowing the sword. Moreover, Lin Bai was able to enter the Sword God Path because of the Edsword Lord’s support behind the scenes.

So, in terms of both emotion and reason, Lin Bai should hand over the jade slip to the Ed Clan.

Returning to the Flying Dragon Forest, Lin Chen and Yu Yu came to congratulate him. After chatting with them for a while, Lin Bai bade them farewell and secluded himself in his wooden house.

At this time, Lin Bai took out the Dao fruit from his Storage Bag.

This faint red dried fruit, about the size of a fist, had no mysteries on it.

It was just like a rotten wild fruit in the Mortal World.

Lin Bai held the Dao fruit in his hand, examining it closely, sometimes channeling Spiritual Power to probe, sometimes approaching with Sword Intention, but regardless of Lin Bai’s methods, it seemed he could not uncover the mysteries within the Dao fruit.

"Rise!" Instantly, Lin Bai’s whole body surged with Spiritual Power, operating the spell, slowly approaching the Dao fruit, and devouring the sparse spiritual aura within it.

When the "Scripture of Five Elements" gradually refined the Dao fruit, Lin Bai sensed a mysterious aura entering his body. Although faint, this aura really existed.

At the moment this aura entered Lin Bai’s body, he had an epiphany-like feeling, as if he had achieved a new height.

Lin Bai opened his eyes in shock, as if seeing a whole new world.

The wind in this world was no longer wind, yet it was still wind.

The water in this world was no longer water, yet it was still water.

The distant mountains were no longer mountains, yet they were still mountains...

Flowers and grass were no longer flowers and grass, yet they were still flowers and grass.

Living beings were no longer living beings, yet they were still living beings.

This was a very wonderful state.

This state gave Lin Bai the feeling of...

Lin Bai murmured, "Transcending the cycle of reincarnation, not within the heaven and earth, not within the Five Elements, seeing mountains as not mountains, seeing waters as not waters, with a single thought all beings rise, with a single thought all things perish..."

"Is this the Taoist realm?"

Lin Bai was in awe at this moment. In this state, he felt he had transcended the shackles of life and death, achieving a form of ascension.

In this state, Lin Bai felt that everything on the Barbaric Ancient Continent could be annihilated with a single thought and could also be reborn with a single thought!

With a single thought all beings rise, with a single thought all things perish!

This is the Taoist realm!

Beyond the Spirit Realm lies the Taoist realm!

Once, when Lin Bai was breaking through the Divine Elixir realm, he knew this.

In the Martial Arts World, cultivation is divided into several steps.

And the first step is the Mortal Realm!

The Mortal Realm refers to warriors under the Divine Elixir realm.

Warriors in the Mortal Realm are just beginning to glimpse Martial Arts, being able to sense the existence of spiritual power and thus absorbing it, gaining strength.

Upon breaking through the Divine Elixir realm, this realm is called the Spirit Realm.

The Spirit Realm refers to warriors under the Dao realm.

The Wending Realm is the peak of the Spirit Realm!

Warriors who break through the Spirit Realm transform their mortal bodies into spiritual bodies, and their true Qi also transforms into Spiritual Power.

Lin Bai currently resides within the Spirit Realm.

The third step of cultivation is the Dao realm.

Lin Bai pondered while holding the Dao fruit: "Martial arts, martial arts... martial arts, martial arts... First cultivate martial arts, then cultivate the Dao!"

"In martial arts, the Wending Realm is the limit!"

"In the Dao, it’s the beginning!"

"Entering the Taoist realm represents a warrior truly shedding their mortal shell, transcending heaven and earth, not within reincarnation, capable of controlling life and death, reversing the heavens..."

Holding the Dao fruit, Lin Bai thought, "Devouring Sword Spirit!"

Swish...

The Devouring Sword Spirit condensed, appearing at Lin Bai’s fingertip. Lin Bai deliberately controlled its power, so this time the Devouring Sword Spirit appeared without widespread destruction.

Since descending from Sword God Mountain and obtaining insights from the Dao fruit, Lin Bai felt increasingly at ease in controlling the Devouring Sword Spirit.

"You seem very interested in this Dao fruit, so I’ll give it to you."

Lin Bai smiled slightly and tossed the Dao fruit toward the Devouring Sword Spirit.

Just before the Dao fruit reached the Devouring Sword Spirit, the spirit suddenly trembled, and a gravitational force absorbed the limited power within the Dao fruit, injecting it into Lin Bai’s body.

After the Devouring Sword Spirit absorbed the power from the Dao fruit, the fruit turned to ashes and vanished in front of Lin Bai.

The power from the Dao fruit was injected into Lin Bai’s body, transforming into Daoist Rhyme.

At that moment, around Lin Bai, a colorful glow suddenly spread.

Within the glow, there seemed to be enlightened demons, a Buddhist lord attaining enlightenment, and warriors who had reached the Dao, chanting strange scriptures.

"As the heavens move, a gentleman should constantly strive for self-improvement..."

"Heaven and earth are unkind, treating all things as straw dogs..."

"..."

"All beings often drown in the sea of suffering, unable to find the true Dao, instructed to obtain the true scripture..."

"..."

"What is a demon? Anything abnormal is a demon!"

"..."

"To go against the heavens is to be a demon..."

"..."

Lin Bai sat in the wooden house, his ears filled with enigmatic and mysterious sacred sounds.

Each seemed to be discussing their own Dao, sounding like many voices, but Lin Bai heard each word clearly without any confusion.

This state lasted for a full half an hour before gradually fading from Lin Bai’s ears.

Lin Bai listened to the Daoist sound by his ear, slowly closing his eyes, and began to comprehend!

...

Two days later, at dusk, Lin Bai stood by the creek in front of his wooden house, watching the water flow joyfully downstream.

Lin Ye sat by the creek, happily eating grilled fish.

Lin Bai smiled, "Lin Ye, where do you think this creek ultimately ends?"

Hearing Lin Bai’s words, Lin Ye paused, looking at Lin Bai in puzzled innocence.

Lin Bai shook his head with a smile, "Yes, you don’t know, I don’t know, perhaps even this creek doesn’t know where it’ll flow, yet it continues forward!"

"Just like us seekers of the Dao, knowing it’s elusive yet moving forward without hesitation!"

"To hear the Dao in the morning is worth dying in the evening!"

Lin Bai sighed deeply, and when he looked at the world again, he seemed to see sights that he couldn’t before.

"It’s time to leave the Sword God Family!"

"Let’s go to Mu Mountain!"

Lin Bai glanced at his residence in the Flying Dragon Forest, shook his head slightly, and after bidding farewell to the Ed Clan, warriors of the Ed Clan escorted them out of Mirror Lake, heading straight for Mu Mountain.