Chapter 301 A Page of Scripture (1/2)

Demons were demons because of their inherently many and messy thoughts.

A cultivator once said that all sentient beings were demons.

As all sentient beings had these inherently messy thoughts which were hard to manage, all sentient beings were bound to these thoughts and would never be free.

Demons did not need to be set free. The world was the joyful land on the other side despite it being full of sufferings.

With Shen Lian's methods, it was not difficult to overcome the Sky Demon who once swallowed all former elder teachers in Qing Xuan, including his master, Biyun who he had no chance to ever meet. It would be difficult to be able to catch her.

It was because her existence was seemingly uncertain. She could go through the void of the boundless universe and had no fundamentals. She was a collection of thoughts and hence could not be harmed or eliminated by any techniques.

Shen Lian once found out that Tai Wei, an instrument while not having special powers, could calm the soul.

It could calm the soul, and also the thoughts.

There were a lot of instruments in the world which shared the same function, but Tai Wei was fundamentally different.

It used to be something a Daoist Master carried. While it had never undergone ceremonial cultivating, it had listened to lectures that could even make someone who was as stubborn as a rock to comply. It followed the Daoist Master for a long period of time.

Under the influence of the Daoist Master, even though it was just an instrument, the pounding sound it made could even influence the master of Sky Demon, not to mention that this Sky Demon had not reached the state of celestials and Buddha.

When he found Tai Wei, it was already too late. While he went through the memories of many people in Qing Xuan, nobody had any knowledge about Tai Wei.

Even within Qing Xuan when it was still around, not a lot of people knew about it. When it was lost, nobody had any idea anymore.

When Kuhui passed it to Shen Lian, it was then when the item was returned to Qing Xuan. Shen Lian recently was approaching the state of celestials, hence he managed to discover some of Tai Wei's history through its aura.

The crisp sound coming from Tai Wei was heard throughout Taiwei Pavilion, and it created a peaceful atmosphere. Shen Lian gazed at the Sky Demon coldly as she moaned in great pain and begged for forgiveness. Her begging sound could have melted any stone-cold heart in the world.

He was not affected as he continued to pound on Tai Wei. The rhythm, strength, and mana were not even slightly disturbed.

Her shriek became even more piercing, and it went straight through Shen Lian's bier. It then dispersed like dust, in an attempt to spot any opening in Shen Lian's mind.

Shen Lian sighed. He then activated the Mastery of Senses and he visualized the image of the deity. Even with Sky Demon's pervasive peep, when she saw the deity, the groaning body in Taiwei Pavilion was lit and clouds of black smokes came out. Her long black hair, her delicate face and snow-like skin all seemed as if they were burnt.

It got easier for Shen Lian to visualized the deity - it was as easy as breathing. His spirit was growing continuously. As the spirit dispersed, it was not that much different from immortal Zhenren.

With his tyrannical strength, it would be appropriate to describe him as having half of his foot into the path of celestial.

As his spiritual opportunity circulated, he could feel that it was not as smooth as he wanted it to be. It was because after he understood the Dao of the five elements, he still lacked some divine essence which prevented him from achieving success. He could not make full use of the Qi of Dan of the five elements.

If this was not successful, even if he could break away from whims and cultivate the Primordial Spirits, his Dao foundation would be lacking. As such, it would be an obstacle to his supreme Daoist result. Because of that, he would rather stop here and not move forward in order to wait for the opportunity to make it happen at one go.

It was possible. Since ancient times, there was nobody that could be in such a flexible state before achieving Daoist immortality. If others knew that he could break away from the whims, cultivate his Primordial Spirit and achieve immortality anytime but he did not, they probably would wish that a lightning could strike him to death.

The Sky Demon in front of him was begging him with a sad and moving voice, ”Please let me go. Can you please just let me go? I will do everything you want me to as long as you stop.”

Shen Lian indeed stopped the pounding and visualization.