Everyone says Shen Pingyu has gone mad. Otherwise, he wouldn't willingly abandon the Ruthless Dao to cultivate the Sentimental Dao.
Everyone in the Taixu Sect cultivates the Ruthless Dao. They consider themselves the children of Heaven's Dao, impartial and without selfishness toward all things.
Only Shen Pingyu knows this path leads nowhere.
In his past life, he devoted himself to cultivation, only to discover at the very end that Heaven's Dao is cruel. So when he was reborn, he resolutely chose the Sentimental Dao.
The Sentimental Dao has three trials of love: the first, fading beauty; the second, the bones of a beloved; the third, the path of reincarnation.
And all of this has one prerequisite: first, he needs someone to love.
Shen Pingyu had high standards and a discerning eye. After much searching, he chose his little disciple, He Fengjin, who had chosen the Sentimental Dao in his past life and been expelled from the sect.
So he fussed over him every day, taught him to cultivate, and helped him form his core. Just when everything seemed to be going smoothly, with no trouble in sight, his little disciple suddenly spoke.
"Master, I'm cultivating the Ruthless Dao."
Shen Pingyu: ??? You weren't like this in your past life!
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In his past life, He Fengjin knew he couldn't become detached from worldly desires, so he left the sect and cultivated the Sentimental Dao in seclusion.
Because he was devoted to his beloved, he passed through all three trials at once. But just as he was about to attain the Dao, he heard that his beloved had died suddenly, her soul utterly destroyed.
Only then did He Fengjin understand that Heaven's Dao is cruel.
He gave up resisting Heaven's Dao, and the ninth thunderbolt sent him tumbling into the mortal world to live anew.
When he opened his eyes, he had returned to his youth, when he had been determined to cultivate the Sentimental Dao.
Now reborn, he changed his mind.
Rather than be expelled from the sect and die alone and forlorn, he would accompany his beloved on the long road to immortality.
And so...
He Fengjin looked at the beloved before him, took a deep breath, and said, "Master, I'm cultivating the Ruthless Dao."
Shen Pingyu: "That's fine. Your master will cultivate the Sentimental Dao."
He Fengjin: ??? Why didn't you tell me sooner!
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Both are reborn
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Theme: Hold the world in awe.