Above the thirteenth realm, the Divine Soul Realm, was the fourteenth realm, the Out-of-Body Realm.
In the Out-of-Body Realm, the divine soul left the body and endured forever.
This realm meant that even if a cultivator lost their physical body, their divine soul could still exist independently, undying and undispersed.
Heaven could not cover it, earth could not bear it, and ten thousand tribulations could not grind it away.
Even more terrifying was that the Out-of-Body Realm brought a fundamental change to one's understanding of the entire world.
After the divine soul left the body, cultivators no longer perceived the world through their eyes, ears, and skin, but directly touched the rules through the divine soul itself.
That feeling was like walking out of a sealed room and truly seeing the sky outside.
The Tree God was drawing closer to that realm.
His divine soul grew more and more solid, more and more powerful, approaching the critical threshold of "leaving the body."
He could feel his divine soul shedding the shackles of his flesh bit by bit, gradually gaining the power to exist independently.
"Soon... soon..." he murmured, emerald-green light flickering uncertainly around him. "Fourteenth realm... Out-of-Body Realm... I'm coming..."
While everyone was breaking through, there was one person who remained silent the entire time.
Lu Jun sat cross-legged on a branch at the very top of the World Tree, looking down over the bustling Divine Wood Forest below.
The beams of light constantly shooting into the sky were reflected in his pupils, yet they did not stir the slightest ripple on his face.
He had not eaten a Human-Body Fruit. Nor had he asked the Tree God for any soul power.
The Tree God had once taken the initiative to ask him, "Fellow Daoist Lu Jun, do you want