The Dao of Dao

At the bottom of the Misty Abyss, Li Meijiu, who has transmigrated into his own novel, awakens on a floating jade platform inscribed with the eighty-one spiral Dao patterns—the foundation of the Taiping Dao Ancestor's enlightenment. As he recites a fragment of the Dao De Jing, the patterns transform into flowing light, entwining him and the unconscious female lead Jiang Ning'er. She awakens with jade-green eyes reflecting the Dao patterns, realizing this is no mere dungeon but true Dao.