Chapter 757: Where the Gaze Falls, a Single Thought Originates

"Isn't that even less worth wondering about?"

"After all, you said it yourself, that was just a persona; he can change it whenever he wants. Perhaps for him, the situation is no longer ordinary? Furthermore, you also said that the current him is not the him from before. Is there anything strange about such a change appearing?"

Li Heng shook his head, understanding this statement even less.

"No, it's not the same."

"In the Great Void, no one can force a Dao Lord to do anything. This means that whatever Dao a Dao Lord wishes to walk, it is entirely up to their own heart. Since it is entirely up to their own intent, they will certainly choose what they like and would never force themselves."

"Take the freedom of the past, for example. That temperament was truly free, and his own personality also favored freedom, but he simply wouldn't be absolutely bound by the concept of freedom."

Changqing continued to explain.

"That is why I use the opposite of the Way of Freedom to describe him now. After all, going from liking freedom to liking fate—the personality in between is a polar reversal; he simply doesn't seem like the same person."

"And it is quite obvious that the current him, who goes by the name of Fate, although he is not a proper Dao Lord either, basically has no power that can constrain his actions. If he likes fate, then why bother running around and traveling everywhere like this?"

"Unless he's gone crazy!"

"As for the personality of seeking amusement, well, I think neither freedom nor fate could stop him from seeking amusement."

Facing Li Heng's question, he asserted this and gave a sharp critique.

"Fine, anyway, you understand him better than I do."

Li Heng shook his head and sighed.

He always felt that Changqing's words were not based on logic, but on an emotional perception of that person. However, if that were the case, it would mean that Changqing and that person from before were more than just ordinarily close, only for things to have turned out like this now.

"I understand the him of the past, but I do not understand the him of the present."

Changqing corrected Li Heng's statement.

"Then do you have a way to contact him?"

"No. We are about to have a fight now; do you think he would give me his contact information?" Changqing said helplessly.

"That is truly a pity."

Li Heng responded calmly, showing no disappointment.

Because even if Changqing had no way, he had his own methods, such as using the causal connection of this Ultimate Book to drag out the Dao Lord who was once named Freedom and is now named Fate.

As for his reason for doing so, it was also very simple.

It was also to seek amusement.

And the essence of seeking amusement is to find other things that can allow him to obtain Source Power Authority again. If the Zhongjie Daozhu died to a monster, then other Dao Lords must also have died to things of the same level as the monster.

At least there is a high probability that this is the case.

However, it is a pity that the causality on this Ultimate Book is pitifully little, and even if there is causality, it is not the causality leading to that Fate Dao Lord. If he wants to forcibly trace it, he must obtain more things related to that Fate Dao Lord.

And that Fate Dao Lord once said that he left some things at the Shikong Qiyuan and the end; the Ultimate Book is clear proof of this. Then, if there are no accidents, there should be corresponding things at the place of Shikong Qiyuan.

"Are you really sure you want to find him?"

"When you first mentioned him to me, I answered that I didn't know; that was because your cultivation at the time truly could not withstand his personality of seeking amusement. But now, I am actually afraid that he will be killed by you, Fellow Daoist Li, in the process of seeking amusement."

Changqing said with a wry smile.

"Fellow Daoist Changqing doesn't want that Fate to have an accident?"

Li Heng laughed.

"Rather than saying I don't want an accident to happen, it's better to say I don't want you, Fellow Daoist, to form a bad impression of other Dao Lords because of Fate," Changqing explained, though it was unclear if it was true or false.

"And for him, as long as he finds amusement, it is Victory, it is winning. As for whether he dies or not, it is not that important. For example, when I fought him back then, he truly didn't care about his life."

"Otherwise, if we really fought, I might not be inferior to him."

Speaking of this, Changqing became a bit unwilling to admit defeat again.

"The more you say that, the more curious I am. What kind of person is he? It seems I really must go find him and see."

Li Heng said.

"Fine, with your current means and strength, Fellow Daoist, I cannot stop you. I only hope you will not develop a grudge against other Dao Lords because of that guy. Of course, the most important thing is not to listen to the slander of those ingrates of the Transcendence Path."

Changqing spoke helplessly, and could only offer this reminder.

Before, he had been indifferent toward Li Heng.

But until Li Heng displayed strength Above Dao Lord and killed a monster with one sword, he knew that Li Heng was an existence he must win over and absolutely must not make an enemy of.

"Fellow Daoist Changqing, don't forget that I also walk the Transcendence Path."

Li Heng wore a look that was not quite a smile.

Changqing waved his hand, not caring.

"I know you are different, Fellow Daoist; you are very special, having transcended the Transcendence Path, and are not one of those ingrates." He was trying to flatter Li Heng while attempting not to lose the demeanor of a Dao Lord.

"Perhaps so."

Since it had been said this way, Li Heng couldn't be bothered to dwell on this point.

He was not the type of personality to kill someone's entire family because of a single sentence. He, Li, was very magnanimous; at most, he would just observe the future as an observer.

"Then, now that matters here are settled, will you depart immediately, Fellow Daoist?"

Changqing asked tentatively.

He indeed needed this great Buddha, Li Heng, to leave for a short while. For instance, he wanted to try to mobilize the power of a true Dao Lord from the past to analyze the power Li Heng had handed to him at that time.

But that kind of method could not be known to others.

Therefore, it would be best if Li Heng could leave his side.

Furthermore, Li Heng's methods were so mysterious; just now he was even able to jump to Above Dao Lord, directly shattering his worldview, and he felt not a shred of security.

Li Heng feigned a strange expression.

"Fellow Daoist Changqing, why do you say that? You and I both know that for existences like us, unless we are crossing Duochong Xianshi, how can it be called departing? It is but a distance reachable in a single thought."

Changqing appeared somewhat bewildered.

"Aren't you crossing Duochong Xianshi to find him, Fellow Daoist?"

"This is a matter for the second step. Perhaps I do not need to carry out the second step, going to great lengths to cross Duochong Xianshi, bumping into fate like a headless fly to find someone; I only need to use a specific method."

Li Heng revealed a mysterious smile and said.

It is just a pity that his previous strength of Above Dao Lord was limited to this place, and it was time-limited as well; otherwise, he might not have needed to do this. With a single thought, he could have shaped Duochong Xianshi, or perhaps made all Reality converge into one—where would the need to search have been?

But it does not matter.

In any case, it was all a buff added by the Great Void, all power given by others, and it did not belong to him. Losing this power was, to him, merely the removal of impurities.

This situation is even more helpful for the manifestation of Daluo Heaven.

By relying on external force, how could one be qualified to ascend to Daluo Heaven?

At the very least, he felt it was not possible.

His gaze followed the Time-Space Mother River upstream, truly piercing through infinite eras, and arrived at that true basin of Shikong Qiyuan.

Wherever his gaze reached, it was equivalent to where he was.

And as it happens, the Great Dao Ark carrying the Multiverse Alliance is about to arrive at that basin, and the avatar he refined within it can serve as the vessel for his descent...