"This … This is … the heaven defying bead's space!" Wang Lin's eyes narrowed as he immediately recognized this place.
He was too familiar with this place. The surroundings were filled with chaos and there were some glowing objects that would occasionally appear and disappear.
Under Wang Lin's gaze, the glowing objects immediately began to change. It was as if Wang Lin's gaze was a catalyst. The glowing object he was looking at suddenly began to expand.
The speed at which it expanded was too fast. In the blink of an eye, it became infinitely large. Finally, to Wang Lin's astonishment, it turned into a ball of light the size of a planet.
A vast aura came from the ball of light. This aura was filled with vitality. This vitality was extremely pure without any impurities. It was like a newborn baby.
Shortly after, pieces of gray dust appeared around the ball of light. It was as if they were being sucked into the ball of light. Soon, the dust gathered together and formed a continent.
Some of the dust formed rivers and seas … Wang Lin sucked in a breath of cold air. This was a planet!
The spiritual energy on this planet was very dense. Aside from the fact that there were no mortals, this planet was no different from a cultivation planet in the outside world!
While he was still in shock, the planet suddenly changed and began to degenerate at an even faster speed. It was as if time was flowing backward. In the blink of an eye, it turned back into a glowing object. It became smaller and smaller until it was only faintly discernible.
Wang Lin's mind gradually lost consciousness as the glowing object changed. His entire person was immersed in this both familiar and strange space.
Time slowly passed as if there was no end. Wang Lin had already forgotten everything. He was in a strange state as he floated in this endless space.
Every time he looked into the distance, he would see the strange scene of the glowing object. As he looked at it more and more, Wang Lin slowly felt a mysterious power.
This power was everywhere. He subconsciously wanted to find the source of this power.
At this moment, he didn't even notice that the scene in front of him was very similar to how he had comprehended the Heavenly Dao when he had become a mortal, and how he had searched for the cycle of life and death. Subconsciously, he began to search for the source of this power. Time passed, but he didn't care. He didn't stop. It was as if he had become a wandering soul in this illusory world, constantly searching.
Wang Lin was searching for dao!
He was searching for the end of dao.
It was as if everything in this world had become the distant past. It was like a shattered void that could no longer cause any ripples in his heart.
Those who seek dao live in the morning and die in the evening, that's enough … Those who seek dao forget life and death, that's enough … The search has no end, no end. Wang Lin didn't know how many planets of light he had seen turn into and then turn back into the void. Every time, he wanted to catch that trace of dao.
But every time, he didn't succeed. Gradually, he understood that he was getting closer and closer to the trace of dao … The arrival of dao only took an instant before it turned into nothingness again. Wang Lin's search for dao, in his confusion, seemed to have grasped a thread.
The mysterious power he was searching for seemed to be an existence that surpassed natural laws. This kind of understanding was very faint, but very profound.
There was no beginning and no end. He searched and searched.
Where his gaze was, it was as if the dao was there, but when he looked away, the dao was no longer there.
This was a very vague feeling, but it was like flowing water that slowly flowed into Wang Lin's mind. Gradually, he felt like he was about to catch the trace of dao and find the source of that mysterious power.
In this process that he didn't know how many years had passed, he saw a planet. This planet wasn't formed by glowing objects, but was a natural existence. The life force on this planet was very weak, but it was filled with warmth and gentleness.
Next to this planet were two slightly smaller planets. They were very close to each other, and they exuded an aura of attachment.
As Wang Lin approached, one of the smaller planets immediately stirred. It was filled with joy and a strong sense of adoration … The moment he saw these three planets, Wang Lin was shocked as if he had discovered something. He subconsciously wanted to raise his hand, but he didn't notice at all that in his current state, he didn't have a body at all.
However, his hand still appeared. It was as if he could manifest it with just a thought in his mind.
His hand gently stroked the air, and faint ripples appeared in the air. Because of these ripples, the three planets immediately dissipated and turned into three rays of light that fused into Wang Lin's hand.
Wang Lin stopped searching for the dao. In his daze, he could sense that the dao was right here … As he stopped moving, his mind slowly calmed down. His entire body unconsciously turned into a glowing object.
As time passed, the glowing object he had turned into gradually expanded, absorbing the surrounding dust. A planet appeared … The mountains on this planet were spectacular, the rivers were beautiful, and the land was heavy. Even the sea was as blue as the sky, as if it could contain the heavens and earth.
In the northern part of the planet, there was a family with two people living there. One was a man, the other was a woman. Their lives were peaceful, without any disturbances.
It was as if they could have anything they wanted, including the countless mortals in the surrounding villages …. On this day, in the southern part of the planet, a beam of light pierced through the sky. Within the beam of light was a woman wearing a white robe. She was beautiful, and as gentle as water. Her long, black hair floated about her face, and she gently tucked it behind her ear.
As she flew, her eyes filled with confusion. She looked down at the land, pursed her lips, and softly said, "Why does this Heaven and Earth give me such a familiar feeling …?"
She was silent for a long time. Finally, she shook her head and disappeared like a beam of light.
"I want to find the answer!" The woman's determined voice echoed in the wind.
Time passed slowly, as if it would last forever. Over the course of countless years, this planet gradually changed. The only things that didn't change were three people.
Two of them lived peaceful lives, and the last one continued to search for the answer … all the way until the end of the day, when the Dao arrived!
The land dissipated, and the planet no longer existed. The three people turned into three sources of light that floated off into the distance within a giant palm.
The palm dissipated, and along with it, Wang Lin's will.
"Is this the Dao …?" Wang Lin's voice echoed throughout the land of nothingness. Everything he had been searching for, the end of it all, was himself …
I'm in a good state today, so I'll write four more chapters (total word count: 11,000). Great Fellow Daoists, do you welcome me?