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    Divine Emperor Island wasn’t very large, only a few dozen kilometers in diameter. But for Li Yuan, who couldn’t activate Source Power and couldn’t use his Divine Consciousness to explore, it was already quite large.

    After leaving the divine temple where the woman in white resided, Li Yuan strolled around the island.

    “Senior Xing is such an extraordinary being. Since she said there are some chances on Divine Emperor Island, comparable to the headquarters of the Divine Court, she surely wouldn’t lie to me.” Li Yuan thought to himself.

    He searched randomly.

    But Li Yuan no longer entered other palaces. This was a specific instruction from Senior Xing.

    He had already encountered the corpse of the “Azure Sky Divine King” in one palace. While there wasn’t any danger to his life, who knew if other palaces would be even more dangerous?

    After all, this island belonged to the Divine Emperor.

    Following the winding paths, clear streams flowed, incredibly beautiful, resembling a fairyland. With Li Yuan’s eyesight, he could see that many seemingly ordinary plants on the roadside would likely have magical properties in the outside world.

    But Li Yuan dared not pick them.

    Suddenly, Li Yuan stopped in his tracks. He saw a red wall corridor, with stone walls embedded on one side, filled with a large amount of text.

    These characters seemed to be left behind by different strong individuals, emitting different auras.

    On the first stone wall, the writing was clear: “The path of the Divine King, even I, Ji Fu, must try it. The road ahead is long and uncertain, but we must always strive for a chance of survival…”

    Through the writing, Li Yuan seemed to see a proud god, struggling forward against countless hardships, determined to break through all obstacles…

    “Ji Fu Divine King?” Li Yuan thought to himself.

    He had never heard of him.

    But to dare to speak of challenging the Divine King, he must have been a very strong existence among the gods, perhaps even a Divine King.

    “This willpower, truly powerful.” Li Yuan sighed.

    He looked at the second stone wall.

    “I, Tie Mo Xin, have dominated the Divine Realm for hundreds of thousands of years without a single defeat. I wonder if this path of the Divine King can stop me.” It was as if the voice of a domineering man echoed in Li Yuan’s mind.

    “Holding a sword, I traverse the Nine Thousand Realms. Nothing can stop me.” In the writing, a female warrior seemed to rush towards Li Yuan, the soaring aura making his heart tremble.

    “Many of my senior brothers and sisters have grand ambitions. Haha, I don’t have such high aspirations. I just want to become a Divine King, and enjoy nine million seven hundred thousand years of carefree life.” It was as if a carefree god was singing joyfully.

    Each stone monument.

    All were left behind by gods, with auras that were either domineering, proud, indifferent, open, or sharp.

    Their intentions were all preserved in the writing on the stone walls.

    Under the influence of an invisible force, Li Yuan felt as if he was undergoing a series of mental cleansings.

    “Gods!”

    “These are all left behind by gods.”

    “It seems they are all my senior brothers and sisters whom I’ve never met. They seem to have reached the peak of godhood, all attempting to break through to the Divine King realm.” Li Yuan muttered to himself.

    Li Yuan had started to understand that gods faced great danger when trying to break through to the Divine King realm.

    One stone wall after another.

    “Willpower!”

    “Powerful willpower! Every one of these senior brothers and sisters has extremely strong mental willpower. Even through the writing, they give me a suffocating feeling.” Li Yuan marveled in his heart.

    He considered himself to have strong mental willpower.

    Compared to these senior brothers and sisters, he was far behind…

    Whoa!

    The slower Li Yuan read, the slower he read. Suddenly, he froze.

    “I, Gu Yun, haha, I simply can’t stand what the Three Great Starry Sky Ancient Cities are doing. Why do they stand so high, dominating the world for hundreds of millions of years? I’ll fight them! Senior Xing doesn’t allow me to destroy them, then I’ll wait until I become a Divine King and become a disciple of Master’s inner circle, and then I’ll change everything…”

    “My lifespan is still ten thousand years, but I have a feeling that the path to becoming a Divine King is right now. I don’t want to wait any longer. When I become a Divine King, I will personally destroy this stone wall.” This was Gu Yun Divine King’s inscription.

    Li Yuan sighed in his heart.

    He could feel Gu Yun Divine King’s pride and his sharp personality… but it was clear that Gu Yun Divine King ultimately failed.

    He continued to observe for a long time.

    Only then did Li Yuan finish reading the last stone wall.

    “There are two hundred and nineteen in total.” Li Yuan stood in place, silently pondering.

    “Based on the over a hundred stone walls I’ve seen, these stone walls in this red wall corridor are probably all left behind by the disciples of Star King Divine Emperor, those who failed to break through to the Divine King realm.”

    That’s right!

    From the messages on many stone walls.

    Li Yuan could tell… these powerful gods from history had all failed.

    If they had succeeded, they should have come back to destroy these stone walls.

    “Willpower!” Li Yuan silently muttered.

    He immediately sat down cross-legged, lost in thought.

    Strong willpower requires something to hold onto, something to pursue, something to remember… after years of tempering, it finally forms the foundation of a practitioner’s willpower.

    “According to legends.”

    “Even after death, the willpower of some powerful individuals can still exist for countless years.” Li Yuan thought to himself: “The willpower of these senior brothers and sisters has transcended time.”

    Many senior brothers and sisters, though far from the end of their lifespans, felt the call and decided to challenge the Divine King realm.

    “What is it that I strive for?” Li Yuan silently repeated in his mind.

    For my family?

    For the civilization of my hometown? Or for myself?

    “My heart is not strong enough.”

    “When I was young, I longed to escape my sick body. I hoped not to disappoint my uncle and aunt. I longed to kill the alien race and defend my home.” Li Yuan silently repeated in his mind: “This made me progress very quickly, allowing me to endure what ordinary people could not. Coupled with numerous opportunities, I became the strongest genius of the Seven-Star civilization… Coming to Star King Continent, I longed to return to the Seven-Star civilization with a large enough harvest. I never slacked off, step by step surpassing countless geniuses, becoming the strongest, until I was accepted as a disciple by the Divine Emperor.”

    “But what next?”

    “After returning to Seven-Star, the civilization crisis will be resolved… I will have the ability to resolve many of the problems that Eastern Alliance Leader failed to solve in the past.”

    “What about myself?” Li Yuan silently reflected on himself, honing the heart of his willpower.

    “Where are the roots of my willpower?”

    “My heart is not strong enough!”

    Buzz~ Invisible power gathered, and the woman in white appeared, silently observing Li Yuan.

    With her observational abilities, she could sense the changes in Li Yuan’s mental aura.

    After a long time.

    Whoa! Li Yuan finally opened his eyes. His eyes seemed to be sharper.

    “Hm?”

    “Senior Xing?” Li Yuan only then noticed the woman in white beside him and bowed respectfully.

    “It seems these stone walls have had a great impact on you. Your willpower should have undergone some transformation.” The woman in white smiled slightly.

    “I have gained some insights.” Li Yuan said solemnly: “The heart must have something to strive for! The heart must have something to protect.”

    The woman in white nodded slightly.

    She didn’t comment on whether Li Yuan’s words were correct or not.

    “Follow me again.” The woman in white said: “Let’s see some other stone walls.”

    The woman in white walked forward.

    Li Yuan immediately followed.

    Soon, the two of them rounded a row of walls and reached another red stone corridor.

    The walls here were still decorated with stone carvings and murals, but there were far fewer stone walls.

    “These?” Li Yuan was stunned.

    “Go and take a look.” The woman in white said softly: “You’ll understand after you’ve seen them.”

    Li Yuan silently looked.

    The first stone wall: “It was all in vain. Haha, the Dao has come to nothing. It seems I was wrong, wrong!”

    “How pitiful, how tragic. Fate plays tricks on people. Everything I strived for over millions of years was but a dream.”

    “I was wrong from the beginning. The Emperor Path is so arduous and treacherous, eternal like a fleeting mirage.”

    “Where is the path, after all?”

    “It’s okay. I’ve enjoyed millions of years of carefree life. I can still enjoy a long time. It’s not a waste of my life.”

    The inscriptions on the stone walls, those powerful and pessimistic wills, even the seemingly carefree words carried a sense of helplessness… like waves of thoughts, continuously impacting Li Yuan.

    They almost completely annihilated his spiritual consciousness.

    Too intense!

    While these twenty-odd stone walls were far fewer in number than the previous corridor… the willpower contained in each stone wall was much stronger. Li Yuan felt as if he was seeing countless powerful individuals approaching their end with endless regret.

    After a long time, Li Yuan finally regained his composure and fell into deep thought.

    “Senior Xing.”

    “Were these inscriptions on the stone walls left by Divine Kings?” Li Yuan asked softly.

    “Yes! You’re right.” The woman in white nodded: “They were all Master’s direct disciples and inner disciples, all once Divine Kings who ruled their own regions… These were all left behind by them after they failed to break through to the Divine Emperor realm.”

    “Challenging the Divine Emperor, and failing?” Li Yuan fell silent.

    He thought of the two red wall corridors, the completely different intentions of the words inscribed on the stone walls.

    In the former, the wills were weaker, but they were mostly full of fighting spirit, vigorous, with determination and endless longing.

    In the latter, the wills were clearly stronger, but they were filled with pessimism and despair.

    “Willpower, success, and failure…” Li Yuan pondered quietly.

    These two rows of stone walls had a great impact on Li Yuan’s mind.

    “Come, I’ll take you to see the last stone wall left behind by Master.” The woman in white said.

    “Master left behind?” Li Yuan’s eyes lit up.

    Whoa!

    They passed through another area that Li Yuan had never been to, and amidst the endless flowers, Li Yuan saw another inconspicuous stone wall.

    It was also carved with text, but it emitted a very weak aura, perhaps even weaker than Li Yuan’s.

    The content of the inscription was also very simple.

    “Why strive, so that one can have no regrets until death!”

    The woman in white waited quietly beside him, as Li Yuan once again sat down cross-legged and closed his eyes.

    This time, Li Yuan pondered for even longer.

    He only opened his eyes again after ten whole days. His eyes had become much clearer.

    “How is it? Have you thought it through?” The woman in white smiled.

    “No.” Li Yuan shook his head directly.

    The woman in white was taken aback.

    “I once watched as one of my teachers died. At that time, I desperately wanted to bring him back!” Li Yuan said softly: “At that time, I was not afraid of death.”

    “I also once ventured with a senior, saving his life regardless of my own.”

    “I have strived for my family.”

    “I have fought for civilization!”

    “But I know that the momentary感動 (emotion, touch) of life cannot become the permanent drive for my heart.” Li Yuan said in a low voice: “Therefore, I haven’t figured out Master’s words yet.”

    “I still don’t know what to strive for that will make me have no regrets until death in my long life, something that will never shake my heart.” Li Yuan said.

    The woman in white actually smiled.

    “But I’m still very young.”

    “I think I’ll figure it out sooner or later on my path of cultivation.” Li Yuan said softly.

    These gods and Divine Kings had all tempered their powerful wills over tens of thousands of years, millions of years.

    The Divine Emperor was even more so.

    And Li Yuan was still young.

    “Well, I hope I can see the day when you figure it out.” The woman in white smiled: “Continue to explore on your own.”

    Whoa!

    Her ethereal figure dissipated.

    “Why strive?” Li Yuan silently repeated in his mind: “At least, right now, I hope to return to the civilization of my hometown and make it even stronger.”

    Li Yuan looked at his Divine Palace Panel:

    ——

    【Life Level: 49.9 (Fourth Tier)】

    Soul: 59

    Willpower: 65

    Spiritual Awakening Degree: 95% (Current Upper Limit 95%)

    Even though he hadn’t thought it through completely, this deep thinking and mental cleansing had actually made Li Yuan’s mental willpower even stronger, unknowingly reaching level 65.

    “Let’s continue exploring.” Li Yuan continued walking towards other areas of Divine Emperor Island.

    Not long after.

    Li Yuan found another area, a large square.

    As soon as he stepped into it, he felt a difference.

    “Can I feel the seven fundamental law origins again? My Divine Consciousness has recovered? I can even mobilize a bit of Source Power?” Li Yuan was confused in his heart.

    This place was clearly special.

    As far as Li Yuan’s eyes could see, the edges of the square were also surrounded by stone walls.

    “Secret Techniques Area?” Li Yuan’s eyes lit up, and he carefully observed the stone walls.

    Different stone walls were engraved with different texts.

    Some were like scribbled characters, some were simple figures, and some patterns seemed to be multiple celestial bodies… but these were just appearances.

    With Li Yuan’s current realm, he could easily sense the profound laws contained in the stone walls.

    “These stone walls contain the secrets of techniques left behind by gods.”

    “Most of them are incomplete, as if they were casual works.”

    “But it’s enough.” Li Yuan smiled. He remembered what Senior Xing had said.

    One should learn from the heavens and earth, and be guided by the fundamental laws and Dao.

    “Try not to use the Law Mirror, Law River, or other spiritual imprints of gods.” Li Yuan thought to himself: “But some of the techniques left behind by gods can still be referenced.”

    One cannot fully trust books.

    But one cannot be without books!

    Of course, the techniques and secrets left behind on these stone walls were not as good as the methods and secrets contained in the *Miscellaneous Learning of Ten Thousand Paths*. But they were two different approaches.

    One was a complete inheritance, relatively rigid, like a framework.

    The other was the actual execution of the techniques, more detailed.

    Time passed.

    After Li Yuan toured the entire Divine Emperor Island, he found no other discoveries and returned to the Secret Techniques Stone Wall Area.

    This place was the best for cultivation.

    As he cultivated, he noticed the specialness of the “Secret Techniques Stone Wall Area.”

    “So comfortable.”

    “My soul consciousness seems to operate faster here.” Li Yuan was surprised: “My soul feels even more comfortable, as if an invisible force is seeping in, assisting my cultivation and making my understanding of the seven fundamental laws clearer.”

    Li Yuan didn’t know that this Secret Techniques Stone Wall Area was actually a cultivation holy ground on Divine Emperor Island, built specifically by Star King Divine Emperor.

    In the past.

    When Star King Divine Emperor was still alive, this place attracted countless gods to cultivate… now there was only Li Yuan.

    Time flowed like water.

    Li Yuan cultivated alone on Divine Emperor Island, and in the blink of an eye, more than two years had passed.

    (End of Chapter)

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