"My lord! I wish to report someone."
In the Void Darkness Light Sea, chaotic storms had replaced the Two Extremes Life-Death Profound Light, roaring between Jietians with an intensity far surpassing the latter.
Only a single figure stood tall.
His body was shrouded in haze. Only his narrow eyes remained visible; he looked as though he might scatter with the wind at any moment, yet he was rooted stubbornly in place like a Stubborn Stone.
It was Sky Soaring.
At that moment, he raised his head to the sky, standing openly in the Real World as Quzhi and the Five Elements Perfection Grotto-Heaven intertwined around him.
Endless layers of radiance emerged, like flights of stairs, lifting him step by step until he stood firmly at a threshold and beheld a sight ordinary people could scarcely glimpse—a black dot, hanging high like a star, neither crooked nor askew, pressing down upon the Light Sea.
Other Shore.
He had now regained control of Quzhi, raising his status to the very limit of Late Golden Core. He had reached the edge of a cliff; beyond it lay only the abyss.
Yet he savored it willingly.
Because only from this position could he see the light and shadow of the Other Shore. Though it was merely a tiny black dot, he could not tear his gaze away.
Nascent Soul Dao Lord.
Burning desire, the pursuit of a lifetime, a resolve to never regret even after ten thousand deaths—countless emotions intertwined within Sky Soaring's heart, becoming a radiant light.
Amid the chaotic dark-side storm, that radiant light was like a beacon, illuminating a patch of Pure Land. Yet it did not spread outward. Instead, it climbed to the utmost, striving to shine upon the Other Shore located in that infinitely lofty place, like a child