Dream Picking Records

"There is God's will in all things. What is God's will? Is it the will that controls rise and fall and monitors everything?" Wang Xiao muttered to himself as his spiritual consciousness spread.

"The primordial spirit is in charge of a person's thoughts and behaviors, and controls the functioning of the body. If we regard the primordial spirit as God's will, it seems to be a good metaphor."

"In this way, I am 'Heaven'. Without intention, Heaven is meaningless. But without Heaven, how can intention exist? Which comes first, Heaven or Heaven's will? This is a question."

For a long time, people tend to pay more attention to the soul. Because even if the physical body is destroyed, as long as the soul is still there, it can be reborn in the body. However, once the soul is destroyed, it is the true death of the body and the disappearance of the soul.

Therefore, in a fight between monks, usually they would end with a blow to the head, and once their souls were destroyed, they would be dead beyond death.

The body seemed to be just a carrier, or even worse, just a passer-by, just a tool for them to use. The so-called body refining technique was just a means of polishing the tool.

The soul is the dominant one.

What is the truth? Perhaps everyone has his or her own answer in his or her heart.

When he was confused, he remembered an idea he had realized with the help of the old man in the Illusionary Saint Realm - the soul and the physical body should be one and there is no need to separate them.

The soul cannot be separated from the body, and the body cannot be separated from the soul. What he wants to do is to unify them together!

The body is immortal, the soul is indestructible, and as long as the soul exists, the body can be regenerated!

Wang Xiao opened his eyes, and the divine light in them surged. He saw clearly the path he was going to take.

The soul resides in Shangyuan all year round, and is seemingly independent of the physical body. How can it be integrated with the physical body?

He wanted to shed his primordial spirit, return to the state of spiritual filaments, and try to integrate them into every part of his body.

Doing so may be risky. Once the physical body is injured, will the soul be damaged as well?

But that was all for the future. He was already having a headache because he had run into trouble at the first step. His soul had been burning in the Pure Heavenly Flame for a long time, becoming extremely pure, with almost no impurities to be found, so that it was difficult for him to find a starting point.

He racked his brains and thought hard but could not come up with a solution. He even fell into paranoia and wanted to smash him to pieces.

As Wang Xiao was murmuring, a voice came to his ears.

"Unification may not mean complete integration..."

Lao Gu’s words were like enlightenment to Wang Xiao, and the clouds and mist were cleared away, allowing him to see the bright future.

"Thank you!"

Lao Gu said nothing more, leaving him alone with his thoughts.

Wang Xiao sat cross-legged alone, speechless for a long time, wandering along that line of clarity, his mind drifting.

"To cultivate the Dao, one must temper the body, harness the spiritual energy, strengthen the spirit, and borrow the ways of heaven and earth. In the end, it is all to serve me. I am the only one on this path."

"My body is me, my soul is me; I am heaven, I am heaven's will."

"So, since they are all one and the same, and are all me, why do I need to come again and do the unification that I understand!"

Wang Xiao figured out one thing, but it seemed like he didn't figure out anything.

Simplifying a complex problem is like a one plus one problem. Some people know that it equals two, but Wang Xiao figured out why it equals two.

He successfully took a step on the path he wanted to take. At the same time, he also avoided stepping into a deep pit, which he dug himself. To be more precise, it was the paranoia and pride in his heart. He wanted to rely on himself to walk out a completely new path, a path different from the path of the Yuanshen, and wanted to compete with the predecessors.

Wang Xiao reflected that people can see farther by standing on the shoulders of giants, so why doesn’t he appreciate the scenery carefully from there first?

Of course, if he wants to go to the next level, he needs to rely on himself to move forward.

He recalled what Old Xia said before he left, that the sage wanted to take a step further but failed and eventually died. Perhaps the sage saw something and worked hard in that direction, but unfortunately no one knew the result.

"What is there above the soul that could make that senior so eager for it?"

“On a road, the first person who ventures through it knows the dangers best. It is safer for those who follow in his footsteps, but they tend to ignore everything around them. Perhaps only the first person can discover the most beautiful scenery.”

Gradually, Wang Xiao let go of his obsession and practiced while thinking.

"Primordial spirit... Yuan means the head, so primordial spirit means the spirit of the head. This seems to be the way to understand it. But if we extend it a little, it means the beginning, referring to the origin of all things in the world. Doesn't that mean the god of origin?"

"Return to the origin!"

Wang Xiao also discovered that "yuqi" does not mean to control, but should be an adjective, indicating its nobility.

"It turns out that the clues left by our ancestors are all in the literal meaning! It's just that some of them have been misunderstood over a long period of time."

Of course, returning to the roots does not mean that their series of actions are wrong, but rather a further sublimation.

He was surprised to find that the ideas of the predecessors coincided with his own. The unity of spirit and body he wanted was only the first step, and the ultimate goal was to become the original one and achieve endless life. Of course, this was a path that he could not accomplish right now.

"After all this time, we still have to solve this problem!"

Wang Xiao was in a daze about his own soul. How could he make the ultimate leap and return to his original nature?

"Year after year, spring goes and autumn comes, flowers bloom and fade, leaves fall and return to their roots. Life goes round and round. Perhaps I am in the blooming season, and it is not time yet?"

"Or maybe I should try to add some fuel to the fire and speed up his process."

The person who tied the bell must be the one to untie it. He made up his mind and separated a small part of his soul to enter the fourth layer of flame in the refining gate for the first time.

He endured the excruciating pain and felt like his head was going to explode. After a while, the Yuan Shen nerves could no longer withstand the burning of the flames and became free. They could not be seen or touched, but he could sense them. Wang Xiao collected them and placed them in Shangyuan Palace.

Wang Xiao "touched" it and found that the connection between the two had been lost and could no longer be integrated.

"If I become like this, will I be able to develop consciousness in the future? Even if I do, will it still be me?"

After some thought, he was about to give up on external intervention. When he looked inside himself, he suddenly saw a little man. The little man was sitting cross-legged on the "star", concentrating on receiving the starlight. If you look closely, you can find that his spiritual energy fluctuations are not weaker than Wang Xiao's own.

That was a spirit body that he created through his essence and blood combined with the Soul Summoning Technique when he was in the Qi Controlling Realm. It had been silently drawing starlight into his Qi sea.

"As a last resort, you can use it as a one-time attack method."

Wang Xiao pondered. He had tried to separate part of his soul and enter it before, but failed. There was a vague sense of separation. Now, he suddenly decided to try again.

Unexpectedly, the spirit merged with him without any obstacles. In an instant, the blank spirit body was connected with him again.

At the same time, he seemed to have opened a window to a new world. The body formed by spiritual energy was truly miraculous. He felt one with the world and he felt a comfort he had never felt before.

In his spirit state, he carried part of his spirit around in his body, inspecting every corner. In the past, he used his soul to explore, but now it was like his spirit was there in person.