"Even he has been stirred..."
Ye Tianji withdrew his gaze, his eyes flashing. He suddenly felt that the Heavenly Spirit Great World's waters were far deeper than he had imagined.
Whether it was searching for the Heavenly Dao Golden Core or hunting down the descendants of the Dragon Clan, everything had become difficult.
Could it be that the descendants of the Dragon Clan fleeing to this realm wasn't a coincidence?
Was that mysterious figure, the Sword Master of the Dao, merely a harbinger?
What dark forces were hidden behind all of this?
Ye Tianji once again gazed at the twisted void, feeling as though a mysterious and supremely powerful existence was manipulating everything from the shadows.
If he, at his level, could feel such an influence, one could imagine how much more the beings from various realms across the heavens and earth were affected.
In a mountain forest within the Heavenly Spirit Great World.
Zhu Xi stood on a tree branch, gazing at the twisted sky. Her brows furrowed deeply.
"The chaos of reincarnation... could this be the hidden danger brought on by that entrance?"
The Yuanxu Immortal Ancestor of the Immortal Dynasty had opened a reincarnation vortex, allowing the Heavenly Spirit Great World to connect directly to the Reincarnation realm. Many cultivators had used the vortex to undergo reincarnation trials or to escape to other realms.
In Zhu Xi's view, this was an act that disrupted the order of reincarnation.
Sure enough, chaotic and anomalous phenomena had now emerged.
Zhu Xi suddenly felt a desire to flee from the Heavenly Spirit Great World, but her cultivation wasn't strong enough to break free from the Heavenly Dao's constraints.
"It seems my only choice is to head to that place and fight for a sliver of hope..."
With that thought, Zhu Xi jumped down from the tree branch and made her way deeper into the mountain forest.
On the other side of the world, on a throne made of embedded swords, the Jue Luo Sword Master gazed upward at the sky.
Around him stood a grand hall without a ceiling, with towering swords placed along the edges, their tips facing the sky, radiating a sharp brilliance.
Staring at the constantly warping sky, the Jue Luo Sword Master also sensed the disturbance of the Reincarnation rules, and his gaze fell on the reincarnation vortex.
"What exactly is happening there?"
The Jue Luo Sword Master felt puzzled, lowering his head to glance at the eight volumes of Heavenly dao Discourse Scriptures floating before him.
With just one more volume, he would finally gain the inheritance of a True Immortal!
Originally, he had no urgency and intended to enjoy himself, but now, with the appearance of such oddities in reincarnation, he feared his cultivation might not be enough to withstand the upcoming crisis. After all, he had also heard that the Sword Master of the Dao had been away from Tai Xuan Sect for over a century.
If the Sword Master of the Dao had indeed fled from the Heavenly Spirit Great World, then he certainly couldn't afford to be careless.
The Jue Luo Sword Master thought for a moment before standing up. With a sweep of his right hand, he stored the eight volumes of Daoist Scriptures into his sleeve, and in an instant, his figure vanished.
While the common folk across the world were on edge about the cosmic anomaly, this was just the beginning.
When the spiritual energy of the heavens and earth began to descend, the masses would soon be met with true fear.
In the Land of Reincarnation, amidst the Sea of Gray Lotuses.
Gu An sat cross-legged atop a lotus flower, surrounded by swirling gray mist. Glimmers of golden light emerged from the mist, as he kept his eyes closed, immersed in the process of evolving into a True Immortal.
At the top of his Dao fruit, cracks had appeared, and flower buds were sprouting. The golden light surrounding him represented the light of a Golden Immortal, while the gray mist was the congenital qi formed by the convergence of spiritual energy and the Great Dao's rules.
Upon closer inspection, it could be seen that his body was slowly shrinking.
This was an indescribable and mysterious state. His cultivation was rising steadily, as he continued to surge toward even higher realms.
Above his head, a vast sea of energy appeared, continuously expanding and fading away, resembling the appearance of the Vast Heaven.
Breaking through the Vast Heaven, returning to the innate state, and shaping the body of a Golden Immortal!
Gu An had not completely broken through yet, but he had already gained substantial insights into the state of the innate Golden Immortal.
Upon reaching the state of the innate Golden Immortal, his Dao fruit transformed, and both his physical body and soul were reshaped. From then on, the laws of the universe could no longer confine him, and the cycle of Yin and Yang could be traversed freely.
As an Immortal, the Golden Immortal was stronger than the Free Immortal. Once the Dao fruit of a Golden Immortal bloomed, it could even create a world of its own, formulating its own set of laws. The world would give birth to life, which would continuously undergo reincarnation, allowing the Dao fruit itself to grow endlessly.
Countless wonders and profound truths were brought forth by the Golden Immortal's Dao fruit, helping Gu An better understand the Three Thousand Great Dao.
During this process, Gu An truly felt the vastness and unfathomable depth of the Great Dao.
The Great Dao was everywhere, and once one stepped into the Immortal Dao realm, it became evident. The Great Dao existed silently, giving cultivators the illusion that it posed no threat. However, the higher the cultivation realm, the greater the gap felt between oneself and the Great Dao.
The eternal, indestructible Great Dao was even more stable than the heavens, the earth, and the universe.
The so-called rules of heaven and earth were merely the laws of the heavens evolving based on the Great Dao. The gap between the rules and the Great Dao was immense. For example, the fire rule and the Great Dao of fire seemed to be the same, but in truth, they were worlds apart.
While Gu An immersed himself in his transformation, a pair of dark red eyes appeared from the swirling reincarnation mist in the dark void. Shortly after, an enormous dragon head emerged.
The dragon head was jet black, with blood-red horns and floating dragon whiskers, swirling the spiritual mist around. Just the emergence of its head covered millions of gray lotuses.
The hundred-zhang lotus beneath Gu An seemed so insignificant before this dragon head.
He sensed the appearance of the dragon head and opened his eyes. Golden light shot from his pupils, but no energy escaped the lifespan barrier.
The dragon head passed over Gu An's head, and soon after, an extraordinary dragon body appeared.
This dragon body was unlike anything imaginable. It was a muddy Yellow River, thousands of miles wide and unfathomably long.
Looking at this Yellow River, Gu An couldn't help but think of the Yellow Springs from Chinese mythology.
"The Vast Heaven Free Immortal…" Gu An thought silently to himself. He felt that the cultivation of this dragon was comparable to that of a Vast Heaven Free Immortal, but its aura was different.
When he used his lifespan to investigate, there was no prompt.
This meant that the dragon was not a living creature, and it probably didn't even have its own will. It was merely an aura of great power.
Ultimately, the Yellow River black dragon vanished at the other end of the lotus sea.
Gu An didn't think much of it and continued to feel the mysteries of the innate Golden Immortal state.
As he absorbed more reincarnation spiritual energy and reincarnation laws, the anomalies in the Land of Reincarnation began to intensify.
Gradually, Gu An shrank into a Golden Core. The innate aura surrounding him dissipated, leaving only the light of a Golden Immortal.
The Golden Core he had formed was not large, only trembling slightly.
Boom——
Suddenly, a massive rumbling sound erupted. The spiritual mist surged violently, flowing endlessly, unstoppable.
Within that mist were countless souls—some human, some demonic. Their speed was so fast that without careful observation, one could hardly distinguish the souls within.
The endless souls gathered into a vast ocean, sweeping everything away as if they were about to split the entire Land of Reincarnation apart.
A golden light pierced through the darkness, revealing a golden Buddha who sat atop a golden lotus, moving forward on the sea of souls.
The Buddha's presence was so majestic that even the previously observed Yellow River black dragon could not compare. His aura was not only overpowering but also carried a holy and solemn aura.
The golden Buddha did not stop, continuing forward with the sea of souls and disappearing into the darkness.
After that, more powerful beings passed over the lotus sea, but fortunately, none of them made a move against the lotus sea.
Time passed swiftly.
The Golden Core formed by Gu An trembled more violently, until cracks appeared at its top. A new sprout emerged, growing rapidly, causing the cracks to expand.