Morning the next day.

Su Yi was practicing the Great Emptiness Origin-Calming Sutra in a courtyard. 

This was a method of guiding the breath. It was based on a fist technique and supplemented with specialized breathing. In his past life, after reaching the pinnacle of his Grand Dao, he had spent a thousand years researching the mysterious truths of numerous unparalleled Daoist scriptures before authoring this legacy.

It merged Buddhist methods of contemplation, demonic body refining arts, Confucian incantations for tempering the soul, and Daoist methods of guiding energy.

Yet at the same time, it was starkly different from any of the four practices it drew on.

In his past life, Su Yi had once showed this scripture to his friend, the Peerless Martial Emperor.

After reading through it, the Peerless Martial Emperor sighed. “This scripture is neither Buddhist nor demonic, neither Confucian nor Daoist. It uses the void as a guide and origin power as its root. Throughout the world and throughout history, of all the foundational techniques of the Three Realms of the Origin Dao, this is likely the greatest.”

In other words, in the Peerless Martial Emperor’s eyes, the...