People are in reality, transcending the other side

Chapter 396 Wake up
"found it!"

Li Qi nodded gently, his eyes very clear, without the cloudiness that a normal elderly person would have.

Anyone who looks into those eyes will feel a deep determination and wisdom within them!

Li Qi suddenly awakened at the age of thirty-six, and now he is eighty-two, nearly fifty years have passed.

Fifty years to search for something that never existed. As time etched its mark, as the soul was questioned step by step, fifty years passed like a single day. When life came to an end, the process itself became the result, the answer, and the very thing that Li Qi had yearned for at the age of thirty-six, yet did not know what it was.

This process of seeking truth, seeking knowledge, and seeking the Way is itself the Way!

"It's good that we found it!"

"It's good that we found it..."

Sun Guang murmured, seemingly happy for Li Qi, yet seemingly completely unable to understand, nor wanting to understand.

Then, Sun Guang wept again: "I've heard that those who have attained enlightenment know their own lifespan. Your visit to me is probably because..."

"Everyone dies eventually; it's the law of nature. I have now obtained the most precious treasure, so I have no regrets about dying."

Sun Guang was crying, but Li Qi was laughing.

It wasn't that they were laughing at Sun Guang's weakness, but rather that they were happy for themselves.

Li Qi chatted with Sun Guang for a long time before leaving. He first visited his parents' graves and then visited Li Si's grave.

Li Si was very intelligent, but he didn't live long; he died at the age of sixty. Perhaps this was the price of being too smart.

"Grandpa, I heard from Dad and the others that you've attained enlightenment. What exactly is enlightenment, and what's the use of attaining it?!"

"Can it be exchanged for lots and lots of money, or can it make you incredibly powerful?!"

At Li Si's house, Li Si's little granddaughter tugged at Li Qi's clothes and asked a question.

She was only eight years old. Looking at the thin Li Qi, she only felt that this unfamiliar great-grandfather had very bright eyes. Other than that, she did not feel that he was powerful. She did not understand why the adults felt that her great-grandfather was very powerful.

"The Tao is nothing, and it is inherently useless. They think I'm powerful, not because I've attained the Tao, but because they think I'm different, that I'm a powerful person..."

Li Qi gently stroked the child's head.

His current achievements are unlike those of many saints in this world who leave behind their own doctrines. These doctrines are all false; what truly matters is his heart, a heart forged step by step.

The writings of sages are all nonsense, mere ramblings of sages.

Afterwards, Li Qi went to see Ling Fuyao, who was now almost ninety years old, but her energy and spirit were remarkably good.

She never married, which was the price of female power. It was impossible to use her for political marriages, nor could it be allowed to marry anyone casually, lest the family fortune be lost. Generally, she could only marry into the family.

But how could a truly capable person become a live-in son-in-law?!
How could an ordinary mortal like me possibly be interested in a woman named Fuyao, who is as proud as a phoenix?!

Many of Li Qi's contemporaries have already passed away, and this woman, in a sense, occupied a long period of Li Qi's life. Li Qi's feelings towards Ling Fuyao were very complicated.

On one hand, he was grateful for the other party's recognition and promotion, but on the other hand, he hated this troublesome woman with a vengeance.

"Li Qi, I never thought I would see you again in this lifetime..."

Upon seeing Li Qi, Fuyao's eyes flickered.

Although she is very old, she still has the air of a very elegant old lady and has not degenerated into a rustic country woman.

"You look somewhat like the you I once dreamed of..."

"That person..."

Ling Fuyao murmured, as if she were talking in her sleep.

She subconsciously reached out her hand to Li Qi, but stopped halfway through, as if afraid that if she touched him, the person in front of her would turn into a dream.

"So, you succeeded?!"

"What you're pursuing..." Ling Fuyao asked.

"It's done!"

Li Qi nodded.

"It's done, it's done, that's great..."

Ling Fuyao said something similar to what Sun Guang said.

Li Qi did not stay for long. After chatting for a while, he left. Afterwards, Li Qi returned to Tiannan Li Family Village once again. He crossed the ancestral graves, climbed to the top of the mountain, and looked out at the distant, continuous Qishan Mountains.

In his mind, a countdown was constantly decreasing; with each passing second, the countdown number would decrease by one.

At this moment, the countdown has reached 9.
"For the first thirty-six years, I lived in a daze, doing nothing but mediocrity; for the next fifty years, I was busy and striving, searching desperately..."

Was it all worth it?!

Do I regret it?!

Li Qi looked at Qishan and muttered to himself.

"Of course it's worth it!"

"I have no regrets!"

Life has an end, but the Way has no end...

At the same time, as the last second passed, Li Qi lost consciousness and fell into darkness and silence, his body also becoming still.

But the next second, he suddenly opened his eyes, and he was completely different.

"Who awakens first from the great dream? I myself know my own life best..."

Looking at the world before him, Li Qi felt the vicissitudes of decades condensed into a single moment. The wondrous sensation transported his soul to an incredible realm. This was no longer just experiencing the vicissitudes of life, but rather forging his Dao heart through a lifetime of reincarnation!

Even Li Qi himself did not expect that he could spend his entire life questioning his own heart and forging his own Dao heart!

And it is in a world so ordinary that it is the heart that is forged into the extraordinary.

And this is just the beginning. At this moment, the status of Dream Reincarnation is once again displayed on Li Qi's panel.

Log: Temporarily activating the Dao Dream Mode, merging with the Dao, releasing the shackles of the mind... releasing the shackles of will... releasing the shackles of wisdom...

The feeling of omnipotence reappeared, and the mystery of emptiness emerged in Li Qi's mind. In that instant, his life level skyrocketed, and he became infinitely stronger.

"What is the true nature of this world...?"

Li Qi's eyes flickered, and a large portion of Qishan disappeared, its immense mass transforming into the foundational material for constructing his demon god body.

In faraway places, many people who saw the mountain peaks vanish into thin air were horrified and wondered if they were dreaming.

"This time, I seem to be even stronger!"

Li Qi glanced at the past of the world and saw the evolution of human civilization, a fascinating and diverse process.

Then Li Qi looked toward the future of the world. In an instant, countless possibilities for the future arose and vanished, endlessly and without end.

"This is indeed an ordinary world, without any extraordinary elements..."

"Therefore, even if I have been seeking the Dao for fifty years, I have only attained spiritual fulfillment!"

Li Qi suddenly exerted his power, which accelerated the Earth's rotation. The earth was plunged into darkness, and the moon appeared. Then, to the incomprehension of countless people, a black character "启" appeared out of thin air on the moon.

Everyone was shocked!

(End of this chapter)