"The strength of the Primordial Spirit can bear mountains; how can it be stabilized?"
"The Nine Peaks Rock is specifically effective against Divine Perception, sufficient to stabilize it."
"In the great destruction lies rebirth. How should this be understood?"
"Understand it as Nirvana!"
"Nirvana?"
"In the face of death, there is life, or by distancing from delusions, reaching a wonderful agreement, based on the oneness with the mysterious, not differing between self and things, a profound unity between self and objects, returning to Wuji... All such things are Nirvana."
"You seem to have deep insight into this Dao?"
"I've explored it during cultivation; in the Dao of Alchemy, it's the same direction by different means."
"Hmm, what do you think of this place?"
...
In the Side Hall of the Alchemy Saint Hall, two figures sat opposite each other cross-legged, with a large pile of papers recording various theoretical details before them.
These two were Luo Chen and Chu Yan.
