Legend of the Great Sage Chapter 1680 - Untainted

Li Liehuo and Chao Tianjiao both listened closely.

The Elder of Heavenly Tomes took a moment to think before waving his hand and speaking.

“True Immortals are those who have Forged their Soul back into the Void. There’s no need to elaborate on that, but so-called “back into the void” also refers to turning something into the void, turning something that exists into nothingness, becoming the representative of the Dao.”

“That doesn’t seem particularly inappropriate. Please elaborate further, old bro.”

Li Qingshan clasped his hands. His hostility had vanished, replaced by some respect.

Looking at it now, the Elder of Heavenly Tomes had not let him down in any way. Instead, he had told him many secrets and even gifted him the Myriad Heavenly Tome.

Meanwhile, he had wrecked his sect and killed his disciples. The Elder of Heavenly Tomes did not seem particularly concerned by that, but he was still somewhat in the wrong.

At the same time, the Five Absolutes Immortal had gained a bit of the halo of an idol in his eyes.

The Elder of Heavenly Tomes sighed. “Sigh, the people of the world only praise the good of gods and immortals! Yet, just how vast is the Dao? Just how insignificant is the will of man? Yet the likes of us try to control the Dao with our human wills, which is just as dangerous as a toddler trying to control a tiger. As time goes on, who knows who is controlling who.”

Li Qingshan immediately understood what he meant. There was a saying, where man triumphed over the heavens. The Dao was unfeeling and unknowing, so it could be controlled by the will of man. However, just like how water could wear through rock, even extremely tiny influences would form permanent marks with the passage of time.

Whenever the will of man and the Dao conflicted, it would require the will of man to hold its ground, yet the Dao knew no exhaustion.

That was called the heavens triumphing over man.

He practised the Nine Transformations of the Demonic and Divine, so he understood best how a path chosen could influence the will

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