System: After the fortune telling, my cultivation level skyrocketed.

Chen Xuan's gaze was so earnest that Zhan Xin dared not look him in the eye. Her face flushed, and she nodded gently, her voice so soft it was as if she were afraid of disturbing something, "So, to love someone, one glance is enough."

Recalling her time with Chen Xuan, Zhan Xin vaguely felt that she might have had strange feelings for him all along. However, she had always stayed in Taiqing Palace since she was a child and had never been in contact with a man. Even saying a few words to him had become a luxury.

"It seems that even a genius like you has a major flaw in your personality." Chen Xuan looked at Zhan Xin and shook his head slightly, as if lamenting the helplessness of time. "Legend has it that the founding ancestors of your Heavenly Taiqing Palace were a pair of cultivation partners who established their sect in a hidden space 100,000 years ago. At that time, their sect was on par with my Xuanqing Palace in strength and enjoyed boundless glory."

Zhanxin did not deny it, but simply nodded slightly, a hint of nostalgia for the past glory flashing in his eyes.

"It's a pity that the foundation of your sect's founding ancestor is still no match for that of my Xuanqing Ancestor. When my Xuanqing Ancestor was planning the future direction of the sect, he probably started to put his mind to it while traveling through various worlds."

Some of these secrets about the Heavenly Taiqing Palace were learned by Chen Xuan from the Daoist scriptures under the Qingtian Marquis's mansion, while others were learned by browsing through the classics in the sect's Daoist scripture hall.

"With the fall of your male ancestor, your sect lost the most important Taiqing Jue Heavenly Scroll inheritance, and had to find another way out, which led to an extreme imbalance of Yin and Yang. Your master taught you this way probably because he didn't want you to repeat the mistakes of those who lost their disciples."

“Taking an unconventional approach may indeed lead to faster progress in cultivation, but when people cultivate immortality, they are cultivating the Dao, and the Dao follows nature. The key lies in the human heart.” Chen Xuan had experienced three lifetimes of transmigration. In the first two lifetimes, he lived in modern society and, with the help of the internet, studied many classic texts of sages.

With broader horizons comes a greater understanding of principles. Chen Xuan then explained the reasons behind Zhan Xin's personality flaws and the situation at the Heavenly Taiqing Palace.

"If the human heart is flawed, how can the Dao heart be perfect? ​​If the Dao heart is not perfect, how can one face the Heavenly Immortal Tribulation and the Tribulation of Inner Demons, which are fraught with peril?"

In reality, whether in legends or in the real Xuanxiao Great World, most of the Earth Immortals who have reached the Great Perfection of the Void-Reversing Realm have fallen victim to the tribulation of inner demons.

The existence of those rogue cultivators is not because they are more powerful than the deceased Earth Immortals. On the contrary, it is because they do not even have the foundation to survive the tribulation of lightning. They can only disintegrate their physical bodies early and let their primordial spirit escape the range of the tribulation clouds to be reincarnated and start cultivating again.

"The Way follows nature, and its essence resides in the human heart?"

"Without a perfect Dao heart, one cannot become a Celestial Immortal?"

Zhan Xin was deeply shaken by Chen Xuan's profound insights and hurriedly asked, "Chen Xuan, what should I do?"

Chen Xuan shook his head with a wry smile and said helplessly, "Refine your heart in the mortal world, find the missing parts, and fill them in."

Although Zhan Xin received somewhat extreme upbringing, she was intelligent and quick-witted; otherwise, she wouldn't have achieved such astonishing strength in less than two hundred years of cultivation. She understood the meaning behind Chen Xuan's words as soon as they were spoken.

However, knowing and doing are two completely different things.

"Could it be that I really have to become your Daoist partner to mend the missing part of my Dao heart?" Zhan Xin blushed, her heart filled with conflict. Her cultivation method had a flaw; once she was with a man, her cultivation would suffer. But if she didn't face this problem squarely, her Dao heart would be clouded, and her mental state would stagnate.

Upon hearing this, Chen Xuan couldn't help but roll his eyes. "Who said that becoming a Daoist couple means you have to sleep together and cultivate together?"

Chen Xuan succinctly pointed out the key point: "To temper your heart in the mortal world, you must truly accept or truly let go of emotions, and have a complete experience. Only then can you achieve the effect of tempering your heart."

Chen Xuan's words were simple: be able to take a relationship seriously and also be able to truly let it go. Only those who have truly been in love and broken up for various reasons can understand the meaning of this statement and how difficult it is.

"So that's how it is?" Zhan Xin suddenly realized, looked at Chen Xuan, and said firmly, "Then from now on, you will be my Daoist partner."

"Uh..." Chen Xuan seemed to be startled, abruptly releasing Zhanxin, rubbing his throbbing temples, and transmitted his voice: "Go back, wait until you understand what a Dao Companion is and what a Dao Companion means, and then we can talk about becoming Dao Companions after you have carefully considered it."

Since coming into this world, first there was Qing Tian Yu'er, then Zi Mo and Tian Xing, then Qing Lian, and now there's Zhan Xin, not to mention Lu Xueqi, with whom I've already established a relationship.

Chen Xuan used to be troubled by this, but he always followed his heart when making decisions. Now, however, he felt like he had given up.

“Alright, I will find out what a Daoist partner is.” Zhan Xin looked at Chen Xuan and nodded seriously. “When the time comes, I will go to the Nine Heavens Profound Purity Palace to find you and become your Daoist partner.”

"A newborn calf is not afraid of a tiger," he bluntly stated. If Chen Xuan's intentions were not pure, the Heart-Slaying Technique, coveted by countless young cultivators, would likely become nothing more than a plaything.

Looking at Zhan Xin's shy expression, Chen Xuan said worriedly, "I'm afraid your master will find out about this and hunt me down. He stole his precious disciple's heart during the God-Slaying Guard assessment."

"I will tell my master about this and ask him to agree." Zhanxin was raised by her master and has great respect for him. She certainly wouldn't hide such an important matter.

"No, you'd better not say that. Judging from how your master raised you, I bet he's never experienced anything like this before. If he confines you and then causes trouble at my Xuanqing Palace, I'll be in big trouble." Chen Xuan hurriedly stopped him.

“Since you say so, you must have your reasons. Let’s not tell Master for now.” Zhanxin nodded obediently in agreement after hearing Chen Xuan’s words.

"Tsk——"

When Chen Xuan first met Zhan Xin, he thought she was on the path of ruthlessness or heartlessness. But seeing her like this today, he realized how unpredictable life is, and how fate can always be so enigmatic.

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