The First Generation Monster-Rearing Peak Master's suicide completely changed the situation.
Sky Soaring reacted the fastest: the Netherworld now stood vacant, one fatal obstacle had been removed from his path, and the opportunity to attain enlightenment had appeared out of nowhere!
What was there to hesitate over?
In an instant, the five Fruit Positions—Great Forest Wood, Covered Lamp Fire, White Wax Metal, Earth in the Sand, and Long Flowing Water—appeared beside Sky Soaring.
Immediately afterward, a great path leading into the depths also manifested in a shimmer of light. It was Sky Soaring's Empty Attainment Great Dao, Quzhi. Compared with Immortal Venerable Greater Yin's Gathering of All Gold, Quzhi was undoubtedly far more complete. Sky Soaring had long pushed it as far as it could go, to the very threshold.
"Rumble!"
The next second, Sky Soaring unhesitatingly threw the five Fruit Positions into Quzhi, causing that Great Dao to erupt with dazzling Radiance.
Strike the Netherworld, attain the Dao!
At that moment, Sky Soaring used Quzhi as a springboard and shot forward at incredible speed, charging straight toward the empty Netherworld Lord Hall.
Almost simultaneously, the Fixed Number hanging above his head erupted with a thunderous roar.
Under the Fixed Number, effect came before cause. Sky Soaring, who had just neared the Netherworld Lord Hall, immediately felt a force of annihilation bearing down on him.
Within the Karmic Net, countless causes emerged in order to accommodate the Fixed Number. Some were that Sky Soaring's Quzhi Great Dao still contained subtle flaws; some were that, because Quzhi had devoured Great Forest Wood, Sky Soaring lost the Perception Barrier's protection; some were that the Netherworld discovered the presence of this living man and ran wild.
There were causes like these, great and small.
Originally, these causes would have combined with one another