Dusk Returns to the Ruined Building

Chapter 1098 All Paths Return to One, That's Me

My feet traverse thousands of mountains and rivers, my heart holds the Way and my body.

Shen Yichen returned to the Emperor Tree, where he sat cross-legged in the dappled shadows.

"Can we talk?"

Shen Yichen also came to the Emperor Tree, leaned against it, and looked up at the lush green leaves.

"Your body is having problems, and your cultivation method is having problems too. Have you figured it out?"

"I think I understand something now. My mother once said that I should start cultivating the Holy Emperor's Technique at the age of eight. She probably didn't mean any harm, did she?"

Shen Yichen closed his eyes. He really didn't want to think about the problem this way, or rather, he really didn't want it to be the right answer.

"The path of the Holy Emperor's Technique lies in enlightenment, not in cultivation. I cannot judge anything other than you; I only care about ourselves!"

"Do you mean my mother means well? She wants me to comprehend the Holy Emperor's Technique as soon as possible, but what is her purpose? Does she know that my life path will be difficult?"

"I'm sorry, you should ask her, or ask your own heart!"

Shen Yichen suddenly roared:

"What can I ask you? What the hell can you tell me? You've done this to me, and you expect me to figure it out myself? You're not me, what right do you have to touch my body?"

Shen Yichen was truly enraged. He might not be able to take it out on others, but surely he could take it out on himself!

Beneath the Emperor Tree, Shen Yichen was once again punched out of the mysterious space.

In a mountain cave, Shen Yichen suddenly opened his eyes, looking astonished. Why was that punch so powerful?

Shen Yichen looked at his hand, secretly channeled the Saint Emperor Technique, and punched into the void.

"I rely on!"

Shen Yichen tried to leap out while holding Mu Qingxue, but he was too slow and the two of them were buried in the cave.

Shen Yichen's true energy surged, protecting him and Mu Qingxue.

Mu Qingxue was awake, of course.

"Are they chasing us? What are you doing?"

Shen Yichen's seemingly ordinary punch actually possessed the power of wind, rain, thunder, and lightning, and instantly shattered the entire space.

Shen Yichen did not respond to Mu Qingxue, but threw another punch, the enormous force of which exploded instantly.

Shen Yichen carried Mu Qingxue out of the ruins and crashed directly to the ground.

Mu Qingxue supported Shen Yichen, whose face was pale, her expression one of horror.

"Yichen, what are you doing? Self-harm or just trying to release your lust? If I can't satisfy you, you can go find other women, I don't mind!"

Mu Qingxue was telling the truth. If she would have minded before, she wouldn't care at all now. She really couldn't stand it!

Shen Yichen still did not respond. He could only throw one punch at the moment, so these two punches counted as two and a half punches.

Shen Yichen murmured to himself:

"Is this my power? Qingxue, find a place to put me down, I want to go ask him again!"

Mu Qingxue was stunned when she heard this!

"Who are you asking? You filthy scoundrel, you don't have another man inside you, do you? You bastard, I have my limits!"

Mu Qingxue was really angry. She could let Jian Chenqing appreciate their lovemaking, but she absolutely wouldn't allow other men to see it.

"My queen, can you be a little more innocent?"

Mu Qingxue blushed deeply; she had misunderstood!

Mu Qingxue led Shen Yichen to a stream in a deep valley, where she went to wash up.

Shen Yichen returned to the Emperor Tree using the Zen Meditation Technique, and he was shocked to find that the version of himself under the Emperor Tree also seemed to have become weak.

Are we truly born of the same body?

"Go away. You still don't understand what I mean to you!"

Tragically, Shen Yichen was punched out of the mysterious space again. The person looked weak, but the power of that punch had not diminished.

Shen Yichen, standing beneath the Emperor Tree, gazed at the dappled shadows of the leaves and sighed softly:

"Actually, I'm also very confused. He cultivates many different methods at the same time. What am I? Emperor Tree, can you tell me whether this is a blessing or a curse for you?"

Beside the stream, Shen Yichen looked bewildered. He really couldn't figure it out. He could only wait until his body recovered before trying the Heaven and Earth Unity Saint Emperor Technique again.

Shen Yichen had a suspicion that he might never be able to use the Heaven and Earth Unity Holy Emperor Technique again.

The Heaven and Earth Unity Holy Emperor Technique was like a tall building without foundation to him; he could occasionally climb it, but now the tall building had collapsed with a crash.

The saying that the Holy Emperor's Secret lies in enlightenment rather than practice is correct, but it has a prerequisite: the foundation of the Holy Emperor's Secret must be solid.

Shen Yichen's Heaven and Earth Unity Saint Emperor Technique had absolutely no foundation. The four types of celestial power in the Heavenly Tribulation Valley, while seemingly enhancing the power of the Heaven and Earth Unity Saint Emperor Technique, also destroyed Shen Yichen's foundationless foundation.

In other words, Shen Yichen will have to cultivate and comprehend the Holy Emperor's Technique on his own, and the result may still be the Holy Emperor's Technique of Unity of Heaven and Earth.

No, no!

Shen Yichen suddenly stood up. He understood. The "he" under the Emperor Tree was his own path, the path of his own cultivation of the Saint Emperor Technique!

"A thousand mountains, a thousand Buddhas, a thousand worlds; a river, a path, a mortal realm!"

Shen Yichen is now absolutely certain that the words outside the thousand temples were written by the Ji family, and those words ignited his passion for cultivating the Holy Emperor Technique.

His Holy Emperor Technique is above thousands of mountains and rivers, which means that his Holy Emperor Technique is above all the myriad paths of the Ji family's Holy Emperor Technique.

Shen Yichen's expression changed from confusion to excitement; he wanted to return to the Emperor Tree.

"You shouldn't be so excited!"

A bucket of cold water extinguished Shen Yichen's excitement.

Shen Yichen's smile vanished.

"What do you mean? This is the world I've entered into enlightenment, isn't it?"

"Yes, to be precise, it is my enlightenment space. If you hadn't left the Ji family, this would have been your enlightenment space. But you left, leaving me here!"

Beneath the Emperor Tree, Shen Yichen, clad in dark yellow true essence, spoke with genuine sadness and wore a solemn expression. He had always hoped that Shen Yichen would know who he was and understand where he was, but now that Shen Yichen understood everything, his heart felt even heavier.

"Make this clear. Since I opened this space myself, it means I can comprehend my own Holy Emperor's Path. No, I have already comprehended it. You are the Path I have comprehended, you are my Dao Heart, right?"

"That's one way to understand it, but it's not entirely accurate. When we acknowledge each other and know everything about each other, then your path to the Holy Emperor's Technique will be complete!"

As Shen Yichen walked across the mountains and rivers, he asked softly:

"Are all those in the Ji family who have attained enlightenment the same as us? Do they all see another version of themselves?"

"No, the reason you and I became physical is because of the Emperor Tree. Others are simply finding their own paths amidst countless mountains and rivers!"

Shen Yichen lay on the ground, carefully observing the thousands of mountains and rivers.

"Is the 'Unity of Heaven and Earth Holy Emperor Technique' one of them?"

"Those are three of them: the Way of Heaven, the Way of Earth, and the Way of Humanity. The three Ways of Heaven, Earth, and Humanity are united, but what you cultivate is the return of all Ways to oneness!"

Shen Yichen looked slightly startled, stood up, and looked seriously at himself under the Emperor Tree, asking in confusion:

What is meant by "all paths lead to oneness"?

A wicked smile appeared on Shen Yichen's lips as he stood beneath the Emperor Tree.

"All paths lead to one, and that is me!"

Another punch sent Shen Yichen blasted out of the mysterious space.

Shen Yichen slowly opened his eyes. He understood why the Holy Emperor Technique of Unity of Heaven and Earth could no longer be used. When the three paths of Heaven, Earth and Man are united, the power of the Heavenly Path and the Earthly Path dissipates, leaving only the power of the Human Path.

Shen Yichen revealed a smile. His power in that area was probably the power of humanity. Now that he had embarked on his own path, and had just unleashed another punch, his body should have returned to normal.

"Yichen, what's wrong with you?"

Mu Qingxue wiped the water droplets from her face, looking charming in the sunlight.

Shen Yichen suddenly stood up, put his arm around Mu Qingxue, and the two of them fell into the grass by the stream.

"What are you going to do? Weren't you just exhausted?"

"I need to know the answer, and only you can help me!"

Mu Qingxue knew what Shen Yichen was going to do, because Shen Yichen had already made his move.

"Here, is it here? What if there are people nearby?"

"This is called being in harmony with heaven and earth, this is called merging into the universe. You will find that this is the ultimate in the mortal world!"

Harmony with heaven and earth is the foundation of all things in the world, and the harmony between fish and water is one of them.

Mu Qingxue finally experienced the beauty of natural human love.

It's so beautiful to be in harmony with heaven and earth, to be in harmony with nature!

Mu Qingxue is truly Shen Yichen's queen.

"Yichen, how come you're suddenly back to normal?"

"I only wish to bow down to my queen for all eternity!"

"Ugh, so you're saying your body and consciousness are unrelated?"

"It has nothing to do with divine sense, but everything to do with the Holy Emperor's Art of Unity of Heaven and Earth. From now on, the Holy Emperor's Art of Unity of Heaven and Earth is no longer relevant to me. The Holy Emperor's Art of Unity of Heaven and Earth protected me all the way. Now that I'm entering Yanquan, I will walk my own path. I can only rely on myself. I want to prove to the world that I am not Ji Xuanfeng's disciple, and I don't need to use the name of Ji Xuanfeng's disciple to make my way in the world. I am who I am, Shen Yichen!"

A gentle breeze stirs the grass, and the stream murmurs softly!

"Yichen, you are my god!"