Living in the deep palace

"Cang Daoren!"

"Are you here too?"

"You also want to usurp my Taiyi Golden Immortal Dao Fruit?"

Su Chen looked at the mysterious Taoist whose aura was still unfathomable, a hint of fear and wariness flashing in his eyes.

It strolls leisurely across the sea of ​​time.

What kind of strength is this?

You should know that even if he is powerful enough to fight against the giants of immortals, he still has to come to the Mountain and Sea Realm to find a tributary if he wants to set foot in this land of time.

A giant among immortals?

How could Cang Daoren be merely a Golden Immortal at the peak of his cultivation?

It seems we underestimated him.

Da Luo?

Su Chen narrowed his eyes.

In response, Daoist Cang stopped, shook his head with his hands behind his back, and slowly said, "No."

"I have no interest in usurping the Dao Fruit."

"This land of time might be able to tear apart ordinary immortal giants, but it's useless against me. I am a special being..."

"That's all."

Even if I told you, you wouldn't understand.

"In short, I have no ill intentions in coming here! Now that 'that person' is gone, I can naturally come here. It's that simple."

After speaking, Cang Daoren fell silent, only gazing at Su Chen with his deep, melancholic eyes, admiring the mess on the battlefield.

Having just become a Golden Immortal, he easily crushed two giant immortals, making them tremble with fear.

How powerful!

Truly worthy of being called a Taiyi Golden Immortal, a realm only mentioned in legends! A Xuan Yu Immortal among Golden Immortals! Terrifyingly powerful.

For a while.

Neither of them spoke; they simply stood facing each other from a distance.

After a long time.

Su Chen broke the silence.

After all, he was able to become a Taiyi Golden Immortal thanks to the guidance of this Cang Daoist.

Although he didn't know what the other party was up to, he had to do them this favor.

immediately.

Su Chen then respectfully bowed to the other party.

"Junior Su Chen thanks senior for your guidance that day."

If it weren't for Cang Daoren, he would never have been able to find the correct path to becoming a Taiyi Golden Immortal so easily!
"Hehe, no need for such formalities."

Cang Daoren waved his hand, his deep eyes, which seemed to contain an independent universe, were looking Su Chen up and down with surprise and admiration.

“Fellow Daoist, you are now within the ‘Third Realm’ just like us. We can treat each other as equals.”

He paused, his admiration growing even stronger, and his tone filled with heartfelt emotion!
"Congratulations, fellow Daoist, on achieving the Taiyi Golden Immortal realm!"

"It has fulfilled the greatest regret of countless immortals since the collapse of the ancient Heavenly Court!"

"I never expected it! I never expected that what Zuo Qingcang, who possessed all the fortune of the immortal path, could not accomplish, you, fellow Daoist, have actually done!"

Just as Su Chen and Cang Daoren met and talked at the "end of time".

They didn't know.

Outside, the vast and boundless starry sea has been completely transformed because of Su Chen's attainment of enlightenment!

……

……

The vast starry sea, the three major star regions of the Protoss.

That patch of filthy sun, which had shrouded the entire universe since the ancient era and seemed to be an indelible "haze" in the hearts of all cultivators, began to tremble violently without warning at this moment!
Subsequently.

It's fading at a speed visible to the naked eye!
*Snap!*

A crisp sound, like glass shattering, resounded throughout the entire universe!

"What...what's going on?!"

"Is the polluted sun about to shatter?!"

"My God! What on earth happened?! Which supreme being is attacking that ominous source?!"

At this moment, throughout the vast starry sea, all beings whose cultivation had reached the "immortal" level, whether they were ancient immortals of the Golden Immortal Alliance, supreme gods of the three great divine races, or ancient monsters hidden in unknown dimensions who had slumbered for countless epochs...

They all suddenly raised their heads, their faces filled with horror as they turned their gazes toward the starry sky atop where a dramatic change was taking place!
They could clearly sense that the "shackles" that had suppressed all the "Great Daos" since ancient times, making the path to Golden Immortals incomplete, were loosening!
"Ugh!"

"Taiyi...?"

"No wonder."

"I never imagined that someone could actually do what I couldn't back then. Is it that kid?"

"I never imagined that after just one meeting, he would accomplish something I couldn't even do!"

"Pity."

"I didn't see the vast view outside the door..."

Under the vast starry sky, in that black pavilion, a figure within let out a murmured sigh.

There was no resentment, only a sigh.

Subsequently.

A sigh fell.

No more traces of Zuo Qingcang's filthy and lingering thoughts remain in this world.

boom--!!!!!!!!

Under the gaze of countless eyes filled with shock and disbelief!
The murky sun, which represents the "tragic song of the immortal path," has more and more cracks on it, and they are becoming denser and denser!
It finally shattered with a deafening roar!
However, after the shattering, the expected cataclysmic energy storm did not materialize.

That endless "filth" and "ominousness," like ice and snow encountering the scorching sun, silently... melted away and were purified the moment they came into contact with a brand-new, supreme "New Heavenly Way" will filled with "order" and "vitality"!

It's as if they shouldn't have existed in this universe in the first place!
And after all the "filth" has vanished.

At the core of that sun, a cluster of nine-colored celestial light was revealed—pure to the extreme, yet utterly weary and dim.

That was the last trace of the original Daoist essence left behind by Zuo Qingcang, unpolluted.

That celestial light lingered quietly in the void for a moment.

Then, it transformed into specks of light rain and completely dissipated between heaven and earth.

Thus, the “Age of Dharma Decline” that began with Zuo Qingcang’s failure and lasted for millions of years came to a complete end!
At this moment, the immortal laws of the entire universe became clearer and more complete than ever before! Countless cultivators who were in seclusion and stuck at a bottleneck felt as if the "ceiling" above their heads had been suddenly ripped off!

The bottleneck was instantly broken!
His cultivation level began to increase wildly!
"I...I broke through! Hahahaha! The True Immortal barrier that has troubled me for 100,000 years has actually...broken just like that!"

"Golden Immortal! The path to becoming a Golden Immortal is complete! We can finally see the complete path to becoming a Golden Immortal again!"

At this moment, the entire vast starry sea was plunged into an unprecedented frenzy!
Countless living beings are cheering and rejoicing for the arrival of this "new era"!
however!
Just when everyone thought that an unprecedented "golden age" was about to begin!
Another anomaly has occurred!
All that could be seen was the spot where that "polluted sun" had shattered and dissipated!
The space there looked as if an invisible blade had slashed open a hideous wound!

A pitch-black hole, hundreds of millions of miles long and unfathomably deep, seemingly capable of swallowing the entire universe, slowly emerged!

Behind that hole, the familiar, dazzling starry sky was no longer visible.

Instead, it is an alternate dimension filled with the aura of "unknown", "chaos", "rage" and even higher "laws"!

A terrifying aura, completely foreign to this universe and filled with a desire for "aggression" and "destruction," continuously seeped in from behind that hole!

"The door...the door...is open..."

Among the Golden Immortals Alliance, there was one, the oldest, a "living fossil" who was said to have witnessed the collapse of the "Ancient Heavenly Court." Looking at that terrifying hole that stretched across the entire starry sky, his aged body trembled violently with extreme fear!

His voice was hoarse and filled with despair!
"The barrier of 'Heavenly Dao' has disappeared!"

"That 'door' that has protected us for countless eras is about to be opened! Damn it, the corrupt sun has disappeared, but it has left behind a portal!"

"The true catastrophe, the world-ending catastrophe, is about to arrive!"

In an instant!
The entire vast starry sea, which was still immersed in the ecstasy of the arrival of the "new era," instantly froze.

Instead, there was a deathly silence!

And, an uncontrollable fear originating from the depths of the soul!
At the end of hope lies despair.

A brand new era, full of vitality, has arrived.

But at the same time, an unprecedented catastrophe, enough to completely bury this new era and everything in this universe, has quietly begun!
……

……

At this moment, Su Chen, the "instigator" of all this, is completely unaware of what is happening in the outside world.

He still stands quietly at the "end of time," calmly gazing at the mysterious Cang Daoist.

"Fellow Daoist, you are too kind." Su Chen smiled slightly and accepted the other party's suggestion to "treat each other as equals". "If it weren't for your guidance, I would probably have died and perished under the backlash of the 'Old Heavenly Dao' long ago."

"Hehe, that's just an external factor." Daoist Cang shook his head, his deep eyes filled with genuine appreciation.

"What can truly enable you to traverse this 'dead end' is your own Great Dao, which is unprecedented, perfectly harmonious, and without flaws."

"I have been cultivating for seven eras, and I have seen countless geniuses and prodigies, like fish crossing a river."

"But, to be like you, Fellow Daoist, who, based on 'creation' and 'ending,' and supplemented by 'order' and 'chaos,' ultimately forge such a perfect, self-contained 'Heavenly Dao Universe'..."

"Fellow Daoist, you're the first one!"

The Taoist Cang's tone was full of admiration!

Immediately, a soaring fighting spirit burst forth from his deep eyes!

"Fellow Daoist Su!"

"You and I have both stood at the pinnacle of the 'Tao' in this universe!"

Verbal communication has become ineffective.

"How about we use the 'Tao' as our seal here and learn from each other?"

He actually invited Su Chen to discuss the Dao!
"Fellow Daoist, you have just attained the Great Dao, and your foundation is probably not yet completely stable."

"How about I become your whetstone?"

Cang Daoren's voice was bold and direct!
He was a pure seeker of the truth!
Now, finally, I have met a fellow Daoist who can have an equal dialogue with me on the level of the "Great Dao".

His warlike spirit, which had been dormant for centuries, was now burning with thirst!
"it is good!"

Upon hearing this, Su Chen's eyes flashed with a sharp light, and without the slightest hesitation, he responded loudly!

"It is my honor to be able to discuss the Dao with such a supreme being as senior, who has cultivated the Dao of 'self' to its ultimate limit!"

He also wanted to see which was stronger, his newly created "Taiyi Heavenly Dao" or Cang Daoren's domineering "Great Dao of Cang"!
A battle for the pinnacle of the Great Dao, destined to shake the ages, has begun!
This is not a battle in the traditional sense.

There was no earth-shattering clash of supernatural powers, nor any devastating energy storm.

Su Chen and Cang Daoren simply sat cross-legged on the mirror surface of the eternally still Sea of ​​Time, thousands of feet apart, facing each other from afar.

They hadn't even opened their eyes.

However, a battle for the Great Dao that is more dangerous and fundamental than any physical battle has already begun on a conceptual level between "reality" and "illusion"!

Buzz—! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

Daoist Cang was the first to move.

Behind him, a slender yet dazzlingly brighter than any starry river and sharper than any law slowly emerged!

That was not a real "sword".

Rather, it is the manifestation of the "Dao" that Cang Daoren has brought to its ultimate level after condensing the "Great Dao of Cang" he has cultivated throughout his life!

"My way is 'Azure'."

“‘Azure’ refers to the color of the sky, and is also the origin of all things and the dome of the universe.”

"Therefore, my way transcends all other ways, taking 'self' as its core, annihilating everything, and assimilating everything!"

"Fellow Daoist Su, be careful!"

As Cang Daoren's grand will resounded, the supreme azure sword energy representing "absolute self" suddenly trembled!
Immediately, it slashed down at Su Chen's head!

This sword strike, seemingly slow, appears to disregard the distance of time and space!

It appeared directly at the origin of Su Chen's "Dao"!

It wanted to use its invincible sharpness to forcibly cleave open the membrane of Su Chen's newly born "Taiyi Universe"!

It wanted to use its "I am the only one" will to forcibly replace Su Chen's core belief that "my way is the way of heaven"!

If those two immortal giants had been the ones to receive this sword strike, their "Golden Immortal Domain" would probably have been completely split in two in an instant!
The fruits of the path will all be covered with indelible cracks as a result!

however!
Faced with this domineering sword strike that could annihilate countless ages!
Su Chen remained seated and motionless.

The chaotic-colored "universe" behind him, representing his "Taiyi Golden Immortal" realm, finally began to operate!

"My Way is the beginning."

“‘The beginning’ is the beginning of existence and non-existence, and also the end of existence and non-existence.”

"If it exists, then it will create all things and encompass everything."

"When there is nothing, all things come to an end, and all paths return to nothingness."

"Although your 'self' is strong, it is only one of the myriad 'Great Daos' in my 'Primordial' cycle of reincarnation."

As Su Chen's calm voice rang out, the chaotic "Taiyi Universe" behind him suddenly expanded!
It did not confront the sharp, cyan sword energy head-on.

Instead, they chose to be tolerant! (End of Chapter)