Out of fear of death, Invest Everything into Health-Chapter 343 - 164: For Whom the Bell Tolls, Knocking on the Door of Desire! (End of Volume)

Chapter 343: Chapter 164: For Whom the Bell Tolls, Knocking on the Door of Desire! (End of Volume)

Fan Wubing sighed, "Before I embarked on this trial path, I was already at the Peak of Nascent Soul. Along the way, every enemy told me, ’You’re just a Nascent Soul at its peak.’ I initially thought you would be different, after all, you are the Emperor, with great foresight. But now it seems you aren’t special, just like them. In your eyes, is the only immortal path that of Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment?"

Ye Chuxuan didn’t want to continue, summoning great powers of the circulation again and again.

But Fan Wubing stood there all along. This time, he was the one who remained unwavering.

Fan Wubing’s gaze was fierce, "Do you know why I’ve remained at the Peak of Nascent Soul? Because I’ve been waiting for the perfect moment of enlightenment. And now, this is that moment!"

He boldly stepped forward, silently chanting in his heart,

"My path is all mine!"

At last, he understood the grand path he was meant to take.

It was not the Five Elements Earth Phenomenon Dao, nor the Path of All Things Decay, and certainly not the All Things Law Dao.

He would not choose any of the innate or acquired paths of others.

The path he wanted to walk was his own!

All this time, he had been pondering this question. In what state should he step into which grand path?

The state, he understood.

It is a state of "a heart free of distractions, a heart clear and bright. A path unbounded, a path wholly mine."

After completing the Dragon-Soothing Sound, he understood "a heart free of distractions";

After purifying Sickness City, he understood "a heart clear and bright";

Upon riding the Dragon of Destiny and returning to Great Li from the stars, he understood "a path unbounded";

And now, facing Ye Chuxuan, "a path wholly mine" had its answer.

He sought to enter the grand path with his being, with that trembling, wavering blood bar.

To let the blood bar become more than a cold number, but a path unique to him.

The name "Blood Bar Dao" was not pleasant, so he changed it to "My Path." Though the new name wasn’t grand, perhaps its simplicity was a fitting companion to the blood bar that’s been long by his side.

Fan Wubing’s aura rose continuously until it enveloped Celestial Balance Upper City, completely swallowing Ye Chuxuan’s Circulation Domain. Then, he silently chanted in his heart,

"The acquired is on the right, the innate on the left, my path in the middle!"

With a step forward,

This step directly crossed the chasm between him and Ye Chuxuan, reaching directly before him.

Likewise, this step also surpassed the Peak of Nascent Soul, crossing the threshold of the grand path, allowing him to reach the peak of fetal movement.

Why only fetal movement?

Because his spiritual soul was insufficient, far from the level of division, let alone unity.

But,

This was already enough.

Fan Wubing looked at Ye Chuxuan, asking, "Do you want to see what a true Circulation Dao is?"

Ye Chuxuan, too shocked, even forgot what it felt like to be shocked, staring blankly at Fan Wubing, then nodding.

Fan Wubing extended a finger, pointing to the night sky.

In an instant, the stars aligned, the great power of the circulation descending from the sky. The great power he summoned didn’t fall directly like that of Ye Chuxuan, but instead, it obeyed his every command, hovering in the air of Celestial Balance Upper City until everything around began to revolve around him, akin to stars rotating around the center of the circulation.

This was the true Circulation Dao.

"All things can become stars, and I am the only center!" Fan Wubing looked at Ye Chuxuan.

After speaking, Fan Wubing stepped past Ye Chuxuan, ascending the golden long steps.

Ye Chuxuan turned to look, the youth’s silhouette becoming more distant, beyond reach.

His immortal aura, once ethereal and transcendent, completely shattered, along with his unyielding imperial aura.

The grand path he laboriously sought was nothing more than what others obtained with ease.

When Celestial Balance Upper City ceased to center around him, when Great Li no longer revolved around him, this emperor lost all sense of self.

He smiled wryly, his cultivation dissipating like dust, his grand path withering like a river under the blazing sun, and the youth in front was that blazing sun.

In the span of a few breaths, the Dao heart of this emperor, a fortress built over a millennium, crumbled to dust.

He became an ordinary mortal.

Then, he began to walk forward as well, but not onto the golden long steps, instead towards the edge of the high platform.

When Fan Wubing stood on the final long step, knocking on the gates of the Great Li Imperial Dynasty, knocking on the door of his own desires, the emperor chose to leap, falling into the abyss of eternal damnation.

Dong!

Dong!

Dong!

In the depths of darkness, the Dragon-Touching Immortal Bell tolled the sound of the imperial dynasty, announcing to all of Great Li. The Great Li Dynasty is gone forever; the splendor of the Great Li Imperial Dynasty has arrived grandly.

Simultaneously, it also announced the passing of the eleventh Emperor of Great Li, Ye Chuxuan.

This is a bell of celebration, and also a funeral bell.

(End of the volume)