Lin Yi studied the "Gate to the Other Shore" in the room for a while, then went to the bow of the boat to look at the scenery on both sides of the Cangjiang River.
The large ship sailed with the wind and current at high speed. Before they knew it, they had passed through thousands of mountains.
As Lin Yi admired the beautiful scenery along the way, he pondered to himself, "The Star River True Scripture has opened a path for me that leads directly to the Way of Sainthood. It's just a pity that with the Great Xia Human Emperor still alive, the Way of Sainthood is impassable in this world. Only by traveling to other worlds can I have a future."
Lin Yi has never had a strong desire to travel to other worlds.
The key to spiritual practice and seeking the Tao lies in perseverance, taking one step at a time.
What good would going to other worlds do? As long as we can continue to advance in the Great Xia World, we should cultivate diligently and solidify our foundation. That is the true path.
Lin Yi shook his head slightly. So be it! He had originally come from Earth, so he wasn't against it. He just didn't want to take unnecessary risks if circumstances allowed.
After the gate to the other shore opened, the world that kept calling out to Lin Yi was a world where immortals and Buddhas had disappeared, demons roamed freely, humanity was in decline, and the people were living in misery.
The vast world offers boundless opportunities. The path to sagehood begins here.
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Chapter Ten: The Eternal Night, A Sage Descends from Heaven
March 15th, the weather was sunny.
Moyun Ridge is located west of Dingyang City, the capital of Lingzhou.
This mountain range is extremely high, piercing the clouds. It is full of trees, rocks, streams and creeks, which complement each other and make it a famous scenic spot near Dingyang City.
Legend has it that deep within Moyun Ridge lies a place called Ziyun Valley. This place is shrouded in purple mist all year round, with the fog only dissipating at noon each day. The scenery is unique and secluded, making it a highly recommended destination.
However, due to its geographical location and the numerous dangers in the deep mountains, not many people actually get to visit Ziyun Valley.
At this moment, Lin Yi was strolling along the mountain path in Moyun Ridge, admiring the rare and beautiful scenery around him. Looking down, the mountains, large and small, rose high and surrounded him. The Moyun and Jianzi peaks, some like eagle wings soaring through the clouds, others like strange kisses piercing the sky, displayed their most exquisite forms.
The scenery in the mountains is breathtaking.
After a brief exploration, Lin Yi did not linger. His purpose in venturing into Moyun Ridge was not for sightseeing, but to find a suitable place and reason to embark on his first time-traveling journey.
Lin Yi didn't know how long this journey would take.
If the departure is prolonged, how can this be reasonably explained upon returning to the Great Xia world?
Some might say that these are all seemingly insignificant little problems.
However, even a thousand-mile dike can be destroyed by an ant hole.
The best approach is to nip problems in the bud and eliminate them before they arise.
Lin Yi did not want to one day be discovered by some "malicious people" because of his carelessness, and end up being hunted down all over the world.
They live a life of killing disciples and masters, killing masters and grandmasters every day. Today they wipe out a sect, and the next day another large family comes to the rescue...
Perhaps along the way, he might encounter a beautiful woman while injured, only to discover that she is his own enemy. The two become entangled in love and hate, unable to extricate themselves from their complicated relationship, a love-hate relationship that seems endless.
If that's really the case, then why bother cultivating immortality or seeking the Dao?
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After Lin Yi ventured deeper into Moyun Ridge, he hadn't gone far when he looked up and saw a patch of low shrubs not far ahead, and at the end of the shrubs was a sloping stone slope.
This stone slope is about a hundred feet high and connects to a giant peak. Above the hundred feet, it forms a right angle, making it difficult for humans and animals to climb.
On the rocky slope, there are many stone caves and grottoes, some large, some small, some deep, some shallow.
Lin Yi's eyes lit up, and he lightly moved his feet up the stone slope.
There are many cave entrances on the rocky slope, but most of them are occupied, or were once occupied. Some of them have a fishy or pungent smell as soon as you enter, clearly indicating that they are the dens of wild animals in the mountains.
After searching for a while, Lin Yi found a cave deep inside the mountain.
This cave is winding and has several exits.
After making some minor modifications to the cave, Lin Yi created a simple maze. This would ensure that any wild animals or people who accidentally entered the cave would leave through another entrance after getting disoriented.
After everything was settled, deep in the cave, in the darkness, Lin Yi focused all his mental energy on the "Gate to the Other Shore" in his ancestral aperture between his eyebrows. A faint light flickered on the gate, the coordinates of a world were locked, and then he crossed over.
Silent and formless.
Lin Yi then disappeared from the Great Xia world.
A divine light carrying the meaning of transcending all calamities and eternal immutability flew through the endless, nameless, and lightless chaos.
Lin Yi's spirit continued to ascend "upwards," and time, space, matter, and energy all lost their meaning.
Only a sliver of spiritual will, under the protection of the "Gate to the Other Shore," allows one to fully experience the wonder and mystery of traversing time and space and exploring the chaos.
In the vast and boundless chaos, countless worlds, large and small, rise and fall, are born and die, all following a certain great law of circulation.
Each world has its own unique fluctuations, constantly spreading outwards into endless chaos from its own center.
The more powerful a world is, the stronger the fluctuations it transmits; conversely, the more complex the spacetime through which these fluctuations occur, the weaker they become…
Just as there are forces such as attraction and repulsion between two objects, similar forces will also be generated between the two worlds when the fluctuations of two worlds overlap.
However, this force is extremely mysterious, formless and intangible, and very difficult to perceive, let alone capture or even detect in reverse.
Vast and indistinct, vague and indistinct.
It seems like ten thousand years have passed, yet it also feels like just a moment.
Lin Yi's mind returned to its place, and a real and authentic world appeared in his spiritual perception.