People are in reality, transcending the other side

Chapter 388 Time Flies (Seventh Update! 9800 Monthly Tickets Added! Please Vote!)

Li Qi returned home. It was already quite late, but instead of practicing his swordsmanship, he lay down on the bed and fell asleep fully clothed.

When he closed his eyes, a wonderful feeling immediately flowed out of him, a feeling of a grand dream in the mortal world. In that instant, he seemed to transform into a person in a dream.

In his spiritual world, something seemed to be forming, coalescing, undergoing nirvana, being reborn from annihilation, and being destroyed in rebirth...

At this moment, time seems to have lost its meaning; everything feels like a dream.

About twenty minutes later, Li Qi suddenly opened his eyes, exhaled a long breath, and his eyes shone with a warm and pure light, like a newborn baby. But if you looked closely, you would feel that they contained the grandeur and complexity of a world.

"My mental state is still a bit short of reaching the Oneness realm. My current state isn't infinitely close, but rather I've taken halfway in, yet I'm somewhat lacking in momentum, so much so that the other half is still outside..."

At this moment, such a thought arose in Li Qi's mind.

"This Yuan's mental state is truly extraordinary!"

"That's true. It's something that a Great Master can achieve by constantly tempering himself in the furnace of heaven and earth. It's extremely difficult for me to achieve this level at this stage. Even if I keep using cheat codes and stack up all the buffs, I can only take half a step now, which is my limit."

"But once I fill in the last few points of proficiency, and achieve the second transformation of the Cicada Heart, then it will be absolutely guaranteed..."

Thoughts, like sparkling diamonds, arose and vanished in Li Qi's heart. Though many thoughts swirled, they did not diminish the tranquility and light within him.

Just as the four elements are all empty, what is empty is the material world, but the mind is always there, always pure and clear.

Ordinary people simply cannot see through the difference between illusory appearances and their own minds; they instinctively believe that the two are one, which is why they cannot find peace and tranquility.

Then, Li Qi stood up straight, exhaled a long breath, his breath gentle and soothing, giving off an ethereal, otherworldly quality.

At the same time, his muscles and bones vibrated slightly with each exhale, producing a subtle ringing sound, like the clashing of gold and jade or the trembling of an ancient bell, all intertwined as if he were reciting some mysterious scripture.

Undoubtedly, his martial arts skills are becoming increasingly extraordinary. Now, every move he makes, if not concealed, reveals something mysterious.

The whole process lasted for more than a minute before all the noise finally subsided. Then, Li Qi quietly went out the door and came outside.

It was past 1 a.m., the dead of night, but when Li Qi arrived in the bustling area, there were still a few people enjoying a drunken and decadent nightlife. Groups of two or three young people, reeking of alcohol, had either just come from bars or had been out in the cold wind for a while and were still not sober.

Some people even vomited on the roadside, laughing as they did so, seemingly completely unable to control their emotions...

Li Qi simply watched quietly, like a ghost, unnoticed by anyone.

However, he also felt a sense of disparity between the young man's state and that of the five Heavenly Star Destiny Masters of Ziyang City under the night sky.

They are all about the same age, but their lifestyles are completely different.

However, at this moment, Li Qi did not feel that there was any difference between the two states; they were just different circumstances that created different people's hearts.

Enjoy life to the fullest when you're successful, for time is fleeting. Choose to enjoy life, and as long as you have peace of mind, then the world before you is still the best you can do.

The truly lowly state is not about indulging in pleasure, but about indulging in pleasure and then feeling dissatisfied, believing that one's life shouldn't be this way, yet continuing to indulge in pleasure. A lack of clarity of mind is worse than being single-minded; this is the lowest and most degraded level.

Li Qi's trip was also driven by a sense of unease. Now, seeing this scene, he was indeed filled with insights. From the heavens to the earth, from the clouds to the mud, from past lives to this one... many fragments of the world's landscapes ultimately shaped his understanding of it.

"Indeed, the Dao is within it..."

"I just don't know how far I can go!"

"Everyone will eventually die..."

"But what I seek is beyond life itself, and even beyond the concept of humanity..."

"For me, the process itself is where my joy lies!"

"If there is another shore in this world, can I transcend that shore and reach something higher?!"

"Omniscient and omnipotent..."

Thoughts arose and faded, and before he knew it, Li Qi found himself once again on the walkway along the Tiancang River.

Confucius said, standing by a river, “It flows on like this, never ceasing day or night.”

"Life is indeed short, but it is also glorious in its brevity!"

"And true invincibility is probably when I stand downstream on the river, watching the enemy's corpses float down from morning till night..."

"To kill enemies thousands of miles away, transcending the boundaries of time and space, perhaps the sages of yesteryear did not lack such thoughts when they said these words."

Afterwards, Li Qi gazed at the surging river, but this time, there were no experts boating on the water. He was alone, facing the night river, which added a touch of loneliness to his situation.

In fact, Li Qi's mind is now so sharp that he can sense the end of his life. It's a feeling of life counting down, with each tick ticking away. Although the countdown number is still huge, and as he continues to increase his martial arts skills and become stronger, sometimes the countdown meter even reverses, and the number not only doesn't decrease but actually increases suddenly.

But the end of life is inevitable. Although Li Qi was confident that he could become a saint in three years after forging the Demon God form, the thought of the end of life still gave him an indescribable feeling.

It wasn't out of fear of death; his heart had transcended life and death. But not being afraid didn't mean not resisting; if he didn't resist, then he was numb.

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Gazing at the river, lost in inexplicable thoughts, Li Qi suddenly drew his sword. The long blade, reflecting the river and moonlight, created a scene that seemed to convey the passage of time.

Then Li Qi stood still, motionless, until a few seconds later, he suddenly swung his sword and slashed out, as if he had condensed thousands of years of time into a single moment.

As soon as the sword was drawn, Li Qi immediately knew that his sword technique was now complete. After slaying demons to prove himself, killing to achieve enlightenment, establishing the Dao to seek truth, and proving his invincibility, he had now added another strike. Time flies!

This strike represents his understanding of time, his resistance to death, his utmost sincerity in seeking the truth, and his measurement of the vastness of time...

Time flows on like a river, slaying countless heroes and valiant warriors...

(End of this chapter)