When Zhang Chen and the other three chose the wooden doors they would each enter first, every living creature throughout Ling turned its gaze toward the center. Four beams of light shot straight into the sky, reaching for the edge of Ling's heavens. The four beams transcended Ling's rules; no environment or substance could obstruct them.
As Bodhi Patriarch drank rice wine from his gourd atop Mount Fangcun and looked toward the four pillars of light piercing the heavens, the fingers of his right hand toyed with the prayer beads around his neck. Yet a frown gradually formed between his brows, until one bead shattered in his palm and turned to dust.
"Four people undergoing the Apostle Assessment at once—such a situation has never occurred in this new era. Yet I cannot deduce the future situation or its course through divination. The variables within this assessment have already exceeded the limits of my deductions. And Azathoth can actually interfere with matters on this level from the void. Truly terrifying."
"Interfering with the Apostles has already gone against our original intentions. It has been a long time since I left the mountain to see the outside world. Jia Xin's condition is relatively stable. If this continues, a perfect wall of the heart will surely form within him. A true genius."
A fierce wind swept across the mountaintop. A massive Great Roc flew past from somewhere unknown, and Bodhi Patriarch, who had been seated on the peak, was suddenly sitting atop its back as it swiftly broke free from the entire self-created space.
After leaving, the Great Roc appeared above a tiny island. Deep within the island stood a stone monument engraved with the words "Xiniu Hezhou," and this island was located at a set coordinate somewhere within Ling's forbidden region, the