You don't want your secret to be revealed by others, right?

He saw that Baili Fengzhi was still worried, and he couldn't help but smile and say, "Don't worry, I've got this under control."

Baili Fengzhi shook her head helplessly and stopped trying to persuade him.

"Let's not talk about that." Lin Yue changed the subject, "How has everything been at home lately? How are Ning'er and Chen'er?"

Baili Fengzhi glanced at him, slightly at a loss, and said, "Chen'er has been cultivating for less than a year, probably will break through the Four Symbols Heaven Barrier in a few months. As for Ning'er... she's not far from the peak of the Four Symbols Heaven Barrier."

"Ning'er is progressing quite fast in her cultivation." Lin Yue nodded.

His pair of children, Xiahong Ning, the elder sister, was not yet thirteen years old this year, just one or two years older than her brother, Xiahong Chen.

Xiahong Ning was already nearly at the peak of the Four Symbols Heaven Barrier and likely to achieve it by thirteen.

From a young age, she consumed a large amount of Heaven and Earth Treasures to build her foundation, coupled with an excellent environment and resources for cultivation, she started cultivating at eleven, reached the peak of the Four Symbols Heaven Barrier in two years, which was very fast.

"The madam said she plans to let Ning'er also practice the Heart Phase Cultivation Method in the coming years."

Baili Fengzhi said, "Now Ning'er is solely walking the Divine Thought path of the Ancient God's Way, her combat power is still average, and she is far from entering the Tianxia Building."

"That's normal." Lin Yue nodded slightly.

The Ancient God's Way, walking solely on the Divine Thought path, inherently had average combat power, at most controlling objects with Divine Thought or launching attacks with Divine Sense, making it easily targeted.

But once she practiced the Heart Phase Cultivation Method concurrently, it would be completely different.

The Heart Phase Cultivation Method pursued truth within the void, with inherently high cultivation conditions, and the higher the cultivation, the more terrifying the strength.

Any Great Cultivator in the Heart Palace was at least the best in the fifth layer of the Tianxia Building.

The proportion of Great Cultivators from the Heart Palace reaching the seventh layer of the Tianxia Building also far surpassed that of cultivators from other paths.

However...

The Heart Phase Cultivation Method placed significant emphasis on spirituality and mental thought, making cultivation very troublesome.

"Ning'er has been intelligent from a young age and is relatively mature."

Lin Yue nodded slightly, saying, "It's indeed not bad for her to take the path of the Heart Phase."

"As for Chen'er, he still decided to follow your path." Baili Fengzhi said, "Combining Primordial Power with the physical body, choosing Wind Phase for Primordial Power and Earth Phase for the physical body, cultivating both Martial Arts and the Body Refining Cultivation Method concurrently."

Lin Yue laughed and said, "Chen'er doesn't overthink like his sister, he's relatively pure, and his will can be considered firm. If he perseveres on this path, he can be allowed to learn the Three Thousand Hell Body in the future."

"Didn't Your Highness say before that there was no need for the children to be talented, and growing up safely was enough?" Baili Fengzhi asked puzzledly, "Now it seems..."

Lin Yue shook his head and said, "Now I also wish for them to grow up safely, but before, I more or less held a fluke mindset, thinking as long as I kept moving forward, having the ability to protect them was enough. However... after traveling the mortal world these past years, I've seen many people and gradually affirmed one thing."

"One thing?"

Baili Fengzhi vaguely felt that Your Highness seemed to have changed more than before.

"A prison."

Lin Yue said softly, "This world is a prison, whether for those at the bottom of the mortal world, or Princes sitting high above, even the God Emperor... ultimately are in the prison, they always face threats, oppression... there is no one truly free, nor anyone who can genuinely protect another."

It's a simple truth.

But knowing and truly understanding are two different things.

Many people know that hard work can bring them closer to success, but those who can achieve it are very few.

These years, he wandered the human world, became a beggar, an old man near death, a wealthy landowner... but whether in poverty or wealth, ultimately constrained by others, by the environment.

Mortals, no matter how rich or hardworking, ultimately found it difficult to reach the level of cultivators.

Yet when he looked back at those standing at the pinnacle of Great Yong, he discovered... even among those seemingly high-above individuals, it didn't appear all that different.

He already knew about the death of the Divine Emperor and heard of the Crown Prince's secrets, had even personally seen his Master self-imprisoned in the deepest part of the Ancestor Hall, and he himself was the Prince deeply trapped in the vortex...

Proving and Transcending powerhouses, seemingly eternal and immortal, also faced calamities imposed by the heaven and earth, all the same...

Even those who became Supreme Powers, who conquered these lands, still couldn't explain the origin of the transmigrators...

The entire world looked like an infinite prison.

Freed from the prison of wealth disparity, there was still the prison of power, and freed from the prison of power, there was still the prison of life and death...

The heavens and the earth seemed finite, yet infinite.

Only by constantly moving forward, striving to break out of this cage from which it seems impossible to escape.

—This was the direction of his Dao Heart.

"Your Highness, your Dao Heart..."

Baili Fengzhi suddenly said joyfully, "Has your Sacred Heart been formed?"

The Sacred Heart, that heart capable of carrying the Dao.

With the help of the Sacred Heart, one could open their own Inner Heaven and Earth in their heart.

"It should be considered formed." Lin Yue nodded slightly.

Although he hadn't gone to the Sacred Heart Road, being at the peak of a Great Cultivator and condensing a prototype of the Dao after that, he could unite with Dao at any time and also perceive whether his Dao Heart could bear his Dao.

He already felt that if he united with Dao through the Sun Chasing Path, his Dao Heart was already sufficient to bear the Sun Chasing Path!

His Dao Heart had clearly reached the standard of the Sacred Heart Dao.

However...

The Second Prince had said that the Dao Heart required for the Ultimate Path was much higher, and now he had only comprehended the four phases of earth, wind, water, and fire and was far from the Ultimate Path.

Even if he comprehended the Ultimate Path now, his current Dao Heart wouldn't be able to unite with the Dao.

Even for a Saint-tier figure, there were levels of Dao Heart.

He had only just passed that line.

It was said that one of the requirements for proving and transcending was a perfect and flawless Dao Heart, which was the highest level of the Sacred Heart.

Unless he gave up the Ultimate Path, the road to Harmonization was still a long way.

"It's truly remarkable that Your Highness quickly achieved the Sacred Heart." Baili Fengzhi couldn't help but sigh.

She had lived longer than Lin Yue, but the Sacred Heart Road had only reached eight hundred feet.

There was still a long way to go to achieve the Sacred Heart.

Some people are born with an insightful heart that perceives the world, which is indeed true.

Lin Yue shook his head slightly.

The so-called Sacred Heart, once achieved, was merely what it was.

It's just a summary of understanding regarding life, others, the world, etc.

Over the years, he had learned too many secrets, from the mundane to the Divine Emperor, personally experiencing all kinds of strange events, leading to this level of perception.

However...

This Sacred Heart was not enough to harmonize with the Dao, he still needed to keep moving forward.

"By the way, Your Highness."

Baili Fengzhi said, "The madam, using the gold coin Your Highness left, after returning from the Inheritance Land, already condensed a prototype of the Dao. Moreover, it's a heavenly defying path, and her strength is probably close to the seventh layer of Tianxia Building."

"Wanqiu being chosen by the Heart Palace is indeed not ordinary." Lin Yue wasn't surprised.

He received two tokens of core inheritance in the Inheritance Land, one was given to Baili Fengzhi, and the other was left for the eldest daughter of the Qi Family.

Under the guidance of the inheritance, as long as one was compatible enough, there was considerable potential to grasp a prototype of the Dao.

Therefore, the existence of Harmonization to Saint in Great Yong far exceeded that of previous dynasties.

Even heaven-defying Harmonization existences surpassed the ordinary Harmonization existences of previous dynasties, showing how remarkable the assistance from the Inheritance Land was.

"The madam takes the Path of Absolute Passion and is also expected to unite with the Dao in the future."

Baili Fengzhi said with some anticipation, "In the future, I can unite with the Dao as Saint through the Bloodline Path, and the Second Madam can also unite with the Dao as Saint after inheriting Duke Heng's bloodline, and all are heaven-defying paths, combined with Your Highness, you..."

Lin Yue couldn't help but smile.

Among the princes, having such strength beside him was extremely rare.

If he harmonized with the Dao through the Ultimate Path and had several heaven-defying Saint existences around him, he would probably only be inferior to those few princes and princesses who had proved and transcended.

Of course, this would still take some time.