It was just that, that feeling had only appeared once, and could never be found again.

He never expected that here, upon seeing the Dao Origin True Explanation once more, that feeling would return!

“What exactly is this...”

Henry Carter wanted to lift his head, to savor whether this feeling was real or just his own illusion.

But to his shock, when he lifted his head, all he saw were those familiar scriptures...

Yet, without realizing it, he seemed to have entered an incredibly mysterious world—a world belonging to the Dao Origin True Explanation.

Countless scriptures floated around him, all content from the Dao Origin True Explanation!

And behind these scriptures, faintly, Henry Carter seemed to see countless vague and silent figures.

“Where exactly is this place?”

Henry Carter wanted to figure this out, but found himself unable to move—or rather, he couldn’t find his own body.

“The blind can see, the lame can walk, treading on a tiger’s tail—what does it mean?”

At that moment, a voice rang out, coming from nowhere, yet echoing around Henry Carter.

Henry Carter almost instinctively answered, “A person, danger.”

The voice immediately followed up, “And what else does it mean?”

Henry Carter replied without a moment’s thought, “A warrior acts for the great lord!”

Another voice sounded right after, “What allows heaven and earth to endure and last long?”

Henry Carter again answered without hesitation, “Because they do not live for themselves, thus they can endure.”

“And what else does it mean?”

“Heaven and earth are whole and long-lived; the human heart is flawed, thus it perishes early!”

“What do you cultivate? What heart do you hold?”

“The will of heaven and earth, the heart of mortals!”

“What should be done?”

“Heaven and earth are effortless, so emulate heaven and earth and act; the human heart is flawed, so follow the human heart and refrain from certain actions!”

“……”

“……”

In an instant, it seemed countless voices rang out, asking Henry Carter countless questions.

The number and complexity of these questions far surpassed the great ascension exam by countless times, and were countless times more difficult and profound.

Yet Henry Carter answered all of them instantly, without a moment’s thought.

These questions were all from the Dao Origin True Explanation. They seemed chaotic, disjointed, even ambiguous, but Henry Carter was so familiar with the Dao Origin True Explanation that no matter how the questions were asked, the answers immediately surfaced in his mind!

Or, to put it more mysteriously, these questions were not asked by the other party, nor were the answers given by Henry Carter; rather, some existence in the unseen extracted them directly from Henry Carter’s heart, using great supernatural power to peer into Henry Carter’s soul!

After countless questions, those voices fell silent.

All the questions had ended, and that unseen existence seemed to be considering something.

After a long time, the voice sounded again: “Young man, why do you cultivate?”

Henry Carter was taken aback, as if countless answers welled up in his heart, but just as he was about to speak, all those answers suddenly became unimportant. Only the truest thought in his heart came out: “Because I want to become stronger. I want to walk above the nine heavens. I want to master the power to change the world. I want the world to see me. I want the world to sing my name, for thousands and thousands of years!”

As soon as these words were spoken, the surroundings suddenly fell silent, and an extremely oppressive atmosphere appeared.

Even Henry Carter himself was slightly startled after answering, not expecting to say such words.

In this space, every question went straight to the heart—there was no way to lie!

After a long while, that unseen voice slowly spoke again: “Why?”

Since he had already answered this way, Henry Carter calmed down, gave a wry smile, and simply answered from his heart: “There is no why! I think this way simply because I am this kind of person. I was born wanting to become stronger, and to become stronger...”

He paused, then repeated, “...to want to become stronger needs no reason!”

Chapter 8: One Art, Myriad Methods

Boom! Boom! Boom!

It’s hard to describe that instant’s feeling. After answering all the questions and speaking his truest thoughts, Henry Carter felt the surrounding void shift, divine thunder rumbling. In that instant, it felt as if an eternity had passed. During this process, he vaguely sensed some will’s approval, and then, it seemed that some strange thing entered his soul. It was excruciatingly painful, as if his soul was being torn apart, yet he also felt an extraordinary satisfaction, as if experiencing a wondrous dream!

“What is this?”

After a long time, he finally regained his senses, finding himself seemingly in a mysterious space.

Vaguely, he could see that all around him were golden scriptures floating in midair.

These scriptures felt extremely familiar to him—they were all content from the Dao Origin True Explanation.

He knew these scriptures better than the lines on his own palm, but at this moment, amidst the familiarity, there was something more mysterious. The scriptures were constantly leaping and changing; their order, even the strokes of each character, were undergoing a profound and unfathomable transformation, yet hidden within was the principle of the Great Dao. As they evolved, something both familiar and strange appeared...

The Great Dao is supremely simple!