In his eyes, everything he had done was for the Ancestral Star.
Yet Wang Yang’s words shook his resolve.
"Whether it’s right or wrong is for future generations to judge, but blindly restricting the cultivation of mortals is truly not something the Heavenly Dao should do."
"As the Heavenly Dao, you govern all things, and all souls on the continent are your children. Isn’t it good for children to grow up?"
Wang Yang was persuading him, and he felt there was a great chance of success this time.
"You’re right, all on the continent are my subjects."
"It’s their due for the subjects to cultivate and attain the Dao."
The incarnation of the Heavenly Dao also came to realize that he had never quite put himself in the right position before.
But for the Heavenly Dao, there were no positions to speak of, and no one to remind him of it, either.
"Send Xiao Qian into Reincarnation, then when the time comes, you should also release the Power of the Great Dao, encouraging all people to cultivate."
Wang Yang spoke with heartfelt earnestness, as if he had already convinced the incarnation of the Heavenly Dao.
In expectation of the Heavenly Dao incarnation saying something more, he was instead taken aback when the incarnation simply nodded silently, and at the same time, they exited the mental space of the Heavenly Dao and found themselves back in Nine Nether City.
When the two reappeared, Yan Chixia and Xiao Qian didn’t react at all, for time had stood still, preserving them in that moment.
And when the spiritual space of the Heavenly Dao incarnation withdrew, Wang Yang realized that this Samsara Mirror was identical to the one conjured by the incarnation of the Heavenly Dao just moments before.
The only difference was that the wandering souls and ghosts didn’t fear the monk at all and continued to fall into the cycle of reincarnation ceaselessly.
"Xiao Qian, go once more, you can definitely do it!"
Wang Yang said to the hesitant Xiao Qian.
Xiao Qian nodded and again walked towards the Samsara Mirror.
Standing before the Samsara Mirror, Xiao Qian took a deep breath and then lifted her leg to step into it.
This time, she entered.
Yan Chixia seemed to have resolved a matter weighing on his heart, feeling much lighter, and his energy began to increase soon on the verge of a breakthrough.
Wang Yang glanced at the incarnation of the Heavenly Dao, knowing that this was a sign that the Will of the Heavenly Dao was starting to change.
Xiao Qian had passed through the Samsara Mirror, and the incarnation of the Heavenly Dao had left.
In the heart of Nine Nether City, only Wang Yang and Yan Chixia, the two unrelated individuals, remained.
"Yan Chixia, Xiao Qian has been reincarnated. Let’s head back too!"
Wang Yang said, looking at Yan Chixia. Although Wang Yang had influenced them to a certain extent, he still needed to wrap things up well.
Yan Chixia was eager to leave, needing to find a place to seclude himself for his breakthrough.
Wang Yang could not help but smile faintly, as Yan Chixia’s thoughts were within his expectations.
In this world now, the Heavenly Dao had already loosened its hold on people’s comprehension of the Power of the Great Dao.
For this world, the greatest benefit of comprehending the Great Dao afterward was that everyone would have at least some insight.
It was for this reason that Yan Chixia’s comprehension of the Power of the Great Dao would also accelerate, turning into his Cultivation Level. He was now more eager than ever to enhance his own power.
Afterward, the two left Nine Nether City.
Just like when they arrived, the entire Nine Nether City was still devoid of people and ghosts.
Upon arriving, Yan Chixia had been puzzled, but upon departing, he was too preoccupied to care.
They returned directly to the original temple.
"Cai Chen, I’m leaving first. Will you be waiting here?"
Yan Chixia said to Wang Yang.
The reason he came back with Wang Yang was only to make sure Wang Yang returned safely.
After all, in Yan Chixia’s mind, Wang Cai Chen was just a defenseless scholar.
"In Nine Nether City, the monk gave me a Turtle Breath Pill that allows me to sleep for twenty years."
"I’ll wait here for Xiao Qian’s return."
Wang Yang said with a smile to Yan Chixia.
"Alright then, you wait here."
"After this breakthrough, I reckon I’ll be wandering the world. Cai Chen, I shall take my leave now!"
Yan Chixia’s eyes showed a hint of eager anticipation as he clasped his fists towards Wang Yang, ready to depart.
Wang Yang did not stop him. Once he saw that Yan Chixia had genuinely gone far away within the range of his Primordial Spirit,
"Ding, congratulations to the host for altering Xiao Qian’s trajectory, earning an augmentation from the Heavenly Dao!"
It was then that the system’s prompt finally sounded.
Wang Yang was taken aback, having thought that changing someone’s fate this time might bring him some benefit, but instead, he got nothing—not even a Heavenly Dao augmentation.
Just when Wang Yang felt it was nothing much, a strange energy began to converge around him.
And this powerful energy accumulated within his body.
Then, suddenly dispersing, it fell around the temple, enabling the plants to grow faster and completely concealing the temple in the mountains.
His sliver of Primordial Spirit continued to float upward, rising again and again.
Finally, it arrived by the side of the world’s protective veil.
When Wang Yang had dispatched a sliver of his Primordial Spirit into the world, it had effectively cut off contact with the rest.
There would only be communication when necessary.
Thus, when that sliver of Wang Yang’s Primordial Spirit beheld the full picture of his Primordial Spirit for the first time, his eyes showed nothing but astonishment and other emotions.
Massive, incredibly massive.
Unlike when it first wrapped around the protective veil, Wang Yang’s Primordial Spirit had now completely detached from the veil, reverting to his original form.
But now, his Primordial Spirit had grown several times bigger than when he had first arrived.
At that moment, a gap opened in the protective veil, and Wang Yang took the opportunity to reclaim the sliver of his Primordial Spirit.
With that, Wang Yang’s Primordial Spirit was completely whole again.
And after Wang Yang’s Primordial Spirit was made whole, the once mammoth spiritual form gradually began to shrink.