On the wooden box, tender green and withered yellow form a cycle.
Spring goes and autumn comes; these are the traces etched between heaven and earth as time flows.
Within Lin Yi's ancestral aperture at the center of his forehead, the Star River Scripture shimmered with light, flowing with the profound mysteries of the fleeting moment and eternity.
This supreme Daoist scripture points directly to the two innate Daoist paths of sainthood and time.
After obtaining this "Cosmic Light Crystal", Lin Yi was confident that he could directly condense the most mysterious and unpredictable Cosmic Light True Water among the seven innate true waters.
Next, all he needs to do is find a corresponding True Fire, and the path to the Jade Liquid Three Revolutions will be paved.
Thinking of this, Lin Yi was in a great mood and asked directly, "Among the orthodox sects of Taoism, the Quanzhen Sect, Longhu Mountain, and Kunlun Sect are the foremost. May I ask which one you would choose?"
After a moment's thought, the old man said, "Kunlun Sect."
"Alright." Lin Yi nodded and continued, "I can recommend you for the basics, but whether you can learn the true immortal techniques depends on your grandson's own efforts."
The old man rubbed his hands together and said, "The master leads you through the door, but the cultivation is up to you. I understand this principle."
After finding out the old man's grandson's name, Lin Yi left the village. The light drizzle continued to fall.
After returning to Chang Le Prefecture, Lin Yi handed over the instructions.
If you take something from someone else, you should naturally help them solve their problems.
He still has that much integrity.
Back in his meditation room, Lin Yi closed the door, set up the warning spell, then sat cross-legged on the cloud bed and opened the wooden box in his hand again.
The power of time, invisible and intangible yet palpable, was once again revealed to him.
"Isn't this a bit too hasty?" Lin Yi asked himself.
The next second, he shook his head firmly.
Condensing the True Water of the Universe is merely a change inherent in the Star River True Qi. It's not an opportunity to break through to a higher realm, and it doesn't affect the overall situation.
As the true energy of the galaxy was injected, countless incomplete talismanic runes appeared on the cosmic light crystal in the two-phase wooden box containing the cycle of life and death. These talismanic runes merged into a long river of time that had no beginning and no end and flowed endlessly.
Lin Yi seemed to see a firefly floating in the night, twinkling and sparkling.
The shimmering light represents the passage of time.
Time flies like water, flowing eastward and never to return.
Time is like a knife, each cut aging us.
Countless images flashed before Lin Yi's eyes. He seemed to see himself struggling to cultivate, yet ultimately failing to achieve the elixir; he saw himself relentlessly pursuing the path, only to perish and his cultivation vanish; he saw himself attaining the Great Dao, with all the celestial beings and gods offering their congratulations...
"Is this some kind of possibility for the future?" Just as Lin Yi was about to observe more closely, the scene in front of him suddenly changed.
A blue planet came into view, and he saw himself on Earth, suffering from a serious illness; he saw himself traversing the Great Xia world, silently cultivating in the Dayan Temple; he saw himself descending upon this world, appearing as stars in broad daylight…
“Looking back at the past and peering into the future. The mystery of the Way of Time is indeed breathtaking.” Lin Yi said leisurely, but his voice grew colder and colder. “A mere lingering remnant has dared to be so audacious. The past should be completely buried by history, and eternal slumber is your best destiny.”
As soon as he finished speaking, a phantom figure appeared in Lin Yi's sea of consciousness, seemingly walking from the distant past, traversing the river of time.
Lin Yi's mind focused, and it also transformed into a figure in his sea of consciousness. The two faced each other from afar, with a shimmering, seven-colored ocean beneath their feet.
At the deepest part of this ocean lies a profound and unfathomable depth, much like the human heart, which is as deep and unfathomable as the sea itself.
The "Gate to the Other Shore" is hidden in the deepest part of the sea of consciousness.
Lin Yi didn't rush to activate this supreme treasure, nor did he use the "Star River True Scripture" that was hanging high in the sky.
The talisman seed composed of 365 true characters appeared in Lin Yi's hand, shimmering with starlight, and eventually transformed into a long sword with seven stars arranged on it, governing Yin and Yang and the Five Elements.
The Seven Star Sword cleaved through the sky, its blade ablaze with the flames of humanity, carrying a grand vision of annihilating the universe and ushering in a new era, firmly locking onto its target.
The lingering resentment of Yin Lingzi manifested as a human figure, which raised its palm as a blade and slashed out. The sun rose and set, day and night alternated; spring, summer, autumn, and winter cycled; the constellations were arrayed, and the stars shifted and the Big Dipper moved…
This is the grand trend of humanity, a clash with the boundless universe.
The universe has no limits, but human power has its limits.
Starlight flowed across the longsword in Lin Yi's hand. He lowered his eyes and softly recited, "If Heaven had feelings, it too would grow old; the vicissitudes of life are the true path of humanity."
The Great Dao is vast and the road ahead is long. Yet we cultivators, with our limited lives, pursue those infinite possibilities, and what we need is precisely this kind of Daoist heart.
At this moment, Lin Yi had an extremely clear grasp of that wisp of innate spiritual light in his sea of consciousness.
The pure, clear, and unadulterated innate spiritual light descended, instantly dissolving Yin Lingzi's lingering resentment without leaving a trace.
In the quiet room, Lin Yi opened his eyes and looked at the Divine Crystal of Time in the wooden box in his palm. He saw that the fragments, which were originally as bright as stars, had now lost all their luster.
He blew on it, and the fragments turned into powder and vanished.
Lin Yi shook his head, then closed the wooden box containing the two phases of life and death and placed it aside.
He stretched out his hand, and as the true energy of the Milky Way changed, a drop of true water that seemed to be constantly disappearing appeared at his fingertips.
"This is the True Water of the Universe." Lin Yi said, flicking his finger, and the True Water of the Universe flew to the floor.
Time flies, and years leave no trace.
Lin Yi observed carefully and then noticed the change in the floor.
The place where the True Water of the Universe disappears gives people a feeling of "aging".