novelraw Chapter 728 43: Three Corpses Manifest, the Great Dao Proclaimed! Breakthrough Failure_3
Chapter 728 43: Three Corpses Manifest, the Great Dao Proclaimed! Breakthrough Failure_3
The Heavenly Dao is devoid of emotions yet it nurtures all things. The heart of a Saint forgets emotion and thus communicates with the profound and reaches the truth. Emotions are threads that bind the spirit, dust that disrupts the mind; if clung to, obstacles are born; forget, and one enters the Dao.
The first sword upon reaching the shore!
First, slay the one in your heart!
Lady Jade Face seemed to awaken suddenly, hesitating no more, swinging her sword directly to cut off the threads of emotion the young man's image left in her heart.
Upon their first meeting, the young man was fearless and sharp-tongued, making her love and hate him—a physiological fondness. In the manor, the young man's unparalleled talent, open-heartedness, and generosity, unlike ordinary people, made one admire and harbor affection—this was emotional attachment. In the Grotto Heaven Blessed Land, the youth was like a Heavenly God Descending, blocking the Five Thunder Palms with his body, further giving her a sense of lifelong reliance—thus the threads of emotion had been planted.
The Treatise on Forgetting Emotions of the Supreme.
Wield the sword to cut emotional threads!
Lady Jade Face gathered her essence, spirit, and energy, using her heart as a sword to cut all the young man's illusions and sever countless threads of emotion. From being captivated, initiating desire, to admiration, like finding a fundamental reliance, the Dao she pursued could absolutely depend on no one.
In the red dust, temper the heart, using the world as a furnace, oneself as an instrument, without resorting to external objects, cutting off all delusional thoughts.
The appearance of emotion.
First as physiological instinct, second as emotional attachment.
The water reflects the moon yet leaves no trace, the wind passes through the bamboo with no mark.
Emotions passing and not dwelling; love, hatred, choices made without attachment.
The heart calm as a cold pond, reflecting all conditions, the spirit like a great void, birthing not a single thought.
A tear slowly slid down.
All of Lady Jade Face's demon aura dissipated, profound yin transformed into ultimate yin, True Qi and mana merged into one, breaking through to the Dao Entrance Realm, condensing True Yuan within her body.
These emotions were severed, hence they were illusions, why cling to them?
"That's more like it!"
"Not wasting my efforts at all."
Duncan's consciousness was above the Dimension Space, leveraging the mental resonance as Lady Jade Face breaks through to the Dao Entrance Realm, he was also seeking a chance for his own breakthrough. His consciousness gradually quieted, seeking great joy and freedom in true void and existence, breaking free from all inherent bindings of the human form.
—— True Void and Existence (Great Joy and Freedom).
The moment for Duncan to break through to the Dao Entrance Realm was also here, yet for some unknown reason, though he clearly sensed a shred of the realm of great joy and freedom, he couldn't break through.
His internal True Qi, evil energy, and mana gradually merged into one, strand by strand of True Yuan gathering within.
This was something only achievable in the Dao Entrance Realm.
He already possessed the cultivation of the Dao Entrance Realm.
But he still couldn't cross that threshold, even though he had refined True Yuan, possessing the power of the Dao Entrance Realm, yet he couldn't truly enter the Dao.
"What is going on?"
Duncan's consciousness returned to the Human Form, and at some unknown point, Lady Jade Face's figure drifted away.
Forget emotions to enter the Dao, everything past like clouds and smoke.
The emotional threads she tied must be cut by herself.
Illusions sprouted.
Clearly relying on numerous techniques to gain insight into a shred of great joy and freedom's mystery, yet upon Duncan's consciousness return, he immediately fell into endless illusions.
.........
The world was spinning dizzyingly.
Duncan seemed to smell a faint scent of blood and the stench of manure like that of cow dung; he slowly opened his eyes, seeing a Manure Fork in his hand, hearing the distant sounds of slaughter and wailing, an unprecedented sense of weakness overwhelmed his heart.
The smell of cow dung filled his nostrils.
Duncan's brain buzzed, his right face felt like it had taken a heavy punch, his cheek swollen, and a tang of blood was in his mouth.
This was the place where everything began.
The starting point of the dream.
A haystack, cow dung, a Manure Fork, and a group of imperial deserters like wolves and tigers; it was the weakest moment in history for him.
This time, he had no cheats, nor the God perspective of Dimension Space.
After an unknown amount of time.
Duncan's breakthrough halted abruptly, a strand of blood oozed out, he relied on combat experience to slaughter all the deserters, yet somehow, he still couldn't enter the Dao.
—— The True Self Heart Demon.
—— A Test in the Mundane World (Bloody Mark).
Duncan already had the cultivation of the Dao Entrance Realm, capable of training all the way to shattering the void and Ascension, but he still couldn't truly break through.
No outer heart demons dared approach him.
And the only one who dared approach him was himself.
The authority of Dimension Space was too high.
Only he himself had the qualification to become his own heart demon; this world's limitations couldn't stop his breakthrough, but to enter the Dao, he must transcend himself.
In layers of illusions.
The remote mountain village set aflame, a weary young man with a Manure Fork, blood covering him, scarred all over, corpses lying at his feet, he looked up at the sky, as if gazing at some distant, unattainable True God, with an expression of extreme envy, gazing at Duncan above the Dimension.
I am you.
You are me.
But I have no Dimension Space, no God perspective, no authority comparable to a creator, only myself, that's it.
I truly envy you!
Endless power, supreme authority, enjoying endless human beauty.
In the illusion shaped by the True Self Heart Demon, the two youths with drastically different appearances looked at each other, both were Duncan, yet their fates were worlds apart. The severely injured youth hunched over, holding his Manure Fork, picked up some dried meat, chewing hard while bandaging his wounds.
One of his legs, injured, slightly lame.
Clearly weak beyond measure, yet his gaze remained steadfast, looking at the high heavens, piercing through all barriers, transcending time and space.
At that time and moment, just like now.
His gaze silently met Duncan's.
Can you, now, face the former me?
I am your Three Corpses.
Also your heart demon.
Come!
Face me!
King of Kings - Duncan - Caesar - Augustus!!!
Inside the waterfall.
Duncan was silent for a long time, finally sighing lightly, slowly standing up and leaving.
He failed to break through to the Dao Entrance Realm.
Although he had the cultivation of the Dao Entrance Realm and condensed True Yuan, he still failed, because that was truly him, without the Dimension Space cheat, without the God perspective, nor the authority to seize abilities from others.
The Dao of this world was making it difficult for him; in what realm does one need to face the True Self Heart Demon, confront the Three Corpses of the self to break into the Dao Entrance Realm?
He was the weakest of heart demons.
But to Duncan, he was the strongest enemy.
The breakthrough failed.
Duncan wants to attain the office of great joy and freedom, but the Heavenly Dao of this world has already matched him with an opponent of equal caliber.
It's himself.
Outside the waterfall.
Everyone watched as a youth, soaked by the flow of water like a drenched rat, slowly walked out, not far off was Lady Jade Face, her long sleeves fluttering, appearing as a celestial being, adorned in radiant light, with celestial grace and beauty.
Even Lu Shanjun looked surprised, he did not expect Duncan to fail to break through to the Dao Entrance Realm, while Lady Jade Face succeeded instead.
Originally, Lady Jade Face's expression was as calm as an ancient well, seemingly emotionless and desireless, but looking at the desolate youth in front of her, for some reason, an emotional ripple appeared in her eyes.
The truth and falsehood are not that easy to distinguish.
The young man is a peerless genius!
How could he possibly fail to break through?
Lu Shanjun quietly stepped forward, patting the youth's shoulder, comforting: "It's alright."
"Rest for a while."
"I'll tell you about the time I broke through to the Dao Entrance Realm; maybe you'll succeed next time."
The youth remained silent, only letting out a soft sigh.
That was himself.
The Three Corpses formed from his old self; breaking through is not that easy.
Why the situation occurred, Duncan had yet to have a clue, but he faintly felt as if he was being targeted by the Heavenly Dao; the mental bottleneck for breaking into the Dao Entrance Realm prematurely forced out his Three Corpses Heart Demon.
This is definitely a problem!
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