Chapter 153: To Seek the Void Self Realm, You Must Step into the Jade Purity Sect
“Someone who looks seven-tenths like me?”
Zhou Tong frowned, his voice filled with confusion.
He knew what this meant; this Li family could very well be his own family.
Parents, brothers and sisters, blood relatives…
These unfamiliar words flashed in his mind, emitting a thunderous roar.
“Kid.”
Mu Ran Ya’s voice sounded beside him, pulling him back.
“I’m here.”
Zhou Tong subconsciously responded, his spiritual power like a heavy cauldron falling, smoothing out all his thoughts.
“I will go to that Li family.”
He said indifferently.
Without anticipation, without cowardice, sustaining him was only a thin sense of responsibility.
Regardless of his past and present life, he has endured many hardships.
Even without his parents by his side, without elders to protect him, he could still move forward bravely.
But now that he knows the whereabouts of his family, it’s necessary to go and confirm it.
“Kid, you’re amazing!”
You Jingfeng, seeing Zhou Tong calm down instantly, couldn’t help but admire him in his heart.
“There is one more thing I have to remind you…”
“After the head of the Li family and his wife lost their child, to compensate for their sorrow, they adopted a godson and showed him great favor, treating him like their own.”
“This godson is also very ambitious, with remarkable talent. His cultivation has improved rapidly, and he has already brought a lot of fame to the Li family.”
“You know, these big families value benefits the most…”
The old man wanted to say but stopped, the unspoken meaning already apparent.
Even if the Li couple are Zhou Tong’s biological parents, when they meet him, they might not place his position above that of their godson.
Survival of the fittest, the strong live and the weak perish—everywhere, this remains an unchanging rule.
“I understand.”
Zhou Tong smiled brightly, not taking it to heart at all.
Since his rebirth, he had made up his mind.
For those who love me, I will repay them in full.
For those who abandon or humiliate me, I will strike them down with thunder and repay them a hundredfold!
“That’s it, old man, I bid you farewell!”
After saying those final words, You Jingfeng disappeared completely in the wind.
“Say goodbye to the Empress, we should go back.”
Zhou Tong turned around and said, then two caring gazes met his eyes.
“Kid…”
“Little junior apprentice brother…”
Mu Ran Ya and Zhang Chuqiao were extremely gentle, their gazes soft as they looked at him.
“We will always stand by your side.”
“I understand.”
The three of them smiled at each other, everything unspoken yet understood.
At this moment, the presence of a semi-sage in the sky passed by as the Empress quickly approached.
“Guest Senior, are you really leaving?”
She said with affection, ignoring anyone else except Zhou Tong.
“There will always be a parting.”
Zhou Tong nodded slightly.
“If you stay, I am willing to share my kingdom with you, wouldn’t that be beautiful?”
The Empress said sincerely, as if moved by true feelings.
Facing such a beautiful companion, anyone would feel pity and be tempted to waver, but Zhou Tong still shook his head.
“A Heavenly Dao Domain is still too small!”
As soon as these words were spoken, Qian Miaoyu’s whole body trembled, tears welling up instantly.
She understood, the youth before her was like the nine-heaven roc, only the boundless vastness of the sky was his place to dwell. The royal power and wealth before him were but fleeting clouds, not worth a mention.
“Very well…”
The Empress turned away, seemingly sobbing uncontrollably.
“Go ahead! We will meet again, when we meet at the peak, I hope you don’t regret it.”
“Alas… until we meet again.”
The sound of Zhou Tong’s voice made the Empress even angrier, she abruptly turned and grabbed his arm then bit down.
“Four handprints already…”
Zhou Tong helplessly accepted her tantrum.
“Rudeness!”
Mu Ran Ya couldn’t tolerate this and was about to wield saintly might to teach the overstepping Empress a lesson.
What she didn’t expect was that the other had already anticipated her move and stepped back beforehand, watching from afar.
“Boom… Boom…”
A tremendous roar sounded, Zhou Tong, Mu Ran Ya, Zhang Chuqiao, Sheng Xin, and Lian Hanxing boarded the Red Dust Chariot. As the airship started, they instantly disappeared at the horizon.
“What the emperor looks upon, belongs to the emperor!”
The Empress said resolutely, clenching her hand towards the horizon.
…
Heading north, the journey was swift like the wind.
They came with high spirits, and went back with pressing hearts.
Zhou Tong stood on the ship’s prow, having removed the energy shield, breaking through the violent winds with his body, yet his true self stood firm.
“What’s wrong with him? Why does he seem worried?”
Lian Hanxing asked quietly, not daring to speak loudly.
“You’ve misunderstood him there.”
Zhang Chuqiao smiled and said, “My ideal partner doesn’t get lost in such trivial mental struggles. He’s meditating, seeking a breakthrough!”
After hearing this, Lian Hanxing was dumbfounded, unable to believe her ears.
Had Zhou Tong already reached such an extraordinary level? Was he still unsatisfied?
She remembered vividly the first time they met, Zhou Tong was merely at the Turning Soul realm.
After subduing her, he transcended an entire great realm right in front of her eyes, stepping into the Unity Heart-Mind realm.
But that was just the beginning.
During the Heavenly Dao Domain journey, Zhou Tong continuously broke his limits, creating one miracle after another.
Later, in the Holy War, he surpassed the Transcendent Divide, and shockingly advanced by nine levels, reaching the peak of this realm.
Just one more step, and he would step into the Life-Death realm.
This speed of advancement was enough to make those so-called geniuses of Central Continent ashamed and angry to death, yet Zhou Tong was still not content!
He was truly greedy to the extreme!
As Zhang Chuqiao said, Zhou Tong was now seeking a breakthrough opportunity.
Although his cultivation increased extremely fast, his spiritual power stabilized him firmly, ensuring that each step he took was solid and immovable.
In truth, he had long stopped being confined to mere cultivation breakthroughs.
From now until nearing the Daoist’s realm, he wouldn’t encounter any significant bottleneck obstacles.
What was urgent now was further exploring his own potential, then stepping into the next six emperor realms…the Void Self realm!
This realm was extremely mysterious, talking about being ‘void of self,’ but in reality, it’s ‘I am nowhere not myself!’
I am heaven and earth, I am yin and yang, I am mountains, rivers, grass, and trees, I am the river of time, I am you, and I am me!
Once near-Daoists stepped into this realm, they could be called semi-emperors, and if nothing unexpected happened, advancing to Great Emperor was a certainty.
However, wanting to step into the Void Self realm was unimaginably difficult.
To achieve ‘no self,’ one must first know oneself. He had to figure out his own background.
Thus, returning to the Li family of Central Continent and visiting the Jade Purity Sect was absolutely necessary.
There was another critical point: You Jingfeng had said that the Li family had lost the child at four years old.
Yet when he was found by Mo Liushu, he was already eight and had no memory of his life before turning eight.
If the two were indeed the same person, what happened during the missing four years?
Without understanding these things, he couldn’t truly step into the Void Self realm.
Unconsciously, the airship had already entered the Three Pure Realms.
Suddenly, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth violently fluctuated, the four directions simultaneously brightened, the aura of killing intent spread, sweeping towards the Red Dust Chariot!
“Zhou Tong, young brat, today is your death day!”
A familiar voice and a familiar face broke Zhou Tong’s meditation.
The Jade Purity Sect had actually come knocking on their own!
