Molten Void Realm, Ninth Heaven, Golden Ridge Hall.
"How is it? Have those four gone to the Eighth Heaven?" Several Golden Immortals in the great hall looked toward one of their number.
Zhong Tongxuan, master of Golden Ridge Hall, possessed peak Golden Immortal cultivation. He stood at the same cultivation level as Ink Rhyme Golden Immortal, who had sought to break through by relying on his own strength.
Ink Rhyme Golden Immortal had never given up on advancing to the Daluo Golden Immortal realm. Zhong Tongxuan, the master of Golden Ridge Hall, was the same. As the oldest of the Golden Immortals, Zhong Tongxuan's obsession with Daluo Golden Immortals ran even deeper.
At first, Zhong Tongxuan had been like Ink Rhyme Golden Immortal, wishing to shatter the boundary through his own power. But after trying for several years, he had never found the door to that path.
Later, Zhong Tongxuan realized that the level of the Molten Void Realm limited the highest realm cultivators could attain. Unless the Molten Void Realm itself rose, Golden Immortals would remain the strongest realm.
Zhong Tongxuan had also wondered whether a broader world existed beyond the Molten Void Realm. Yet just as he could not break through his realm, he could find no method of leaving the Molten Void Realm.
Afterward, Zhong Tongxuan attempted to merge with the Molten Void Realm Heavenly Dao. Perhaps he could use this to break through his shackles. Even if he failed, he might be able to see whether he could help the Molten Void Realm rise in level while united with the Heavenly Dao.
But at the instant he truly merged with the Heavenly Dao, Zhong Tongxuan's divine soul had nearly been destroyed by the frenzied power of the Molten Void Realm.
Secret realms were Mutated Planes. The