Clear light shone bright, purple qi billowed.
Standing within it, Lu Yang felt all the dharma power he had previously expended, the injuries he had suffered, and every other loss being cast away into his battered remnant body.
At this moment, he had actually returned to his peak!
Even he had not expected such a change. It was more like the Great Dao had responded; because he happened to align with a certain Image, this mystical transformation had arisen.
Was it [Heavenly Calendar Number], or something else?
Lu Yang was still pondering when he saw Chu Sheng not far away staring at him with an unprecedented look. His eyes brimmed with tangled, complex emotions.
Then he spoke:
".[Transcendence]."
His voice was grim and carried indescribable emotion. "If one had to put it into words, Fellow Daoist's Great Dao is a side path of [Transcendence]."
"I never expected that what the Ancestral Dragon failed to accomplish after devouring the five great Heavenly Calendar Numbers with [Five Elements]—falling short at the final hurdle—would now be achieved by Fellow Daoist. Unfortunately, Fellow Daoist does not command [Five Elements], lacking a foundation, and your cultivation is insufficient as well. Otherwise, you would not merely have escaped alive just now."
"You would have transcended directly."
At this point, a trace of anticipation appeared in Chu Sheng's voice. "Leaping beyond the Light Sea, existing outside the Void Darkness, attaining great freedom and great ease from then on."
So-called [Transcendence] was not a Great Dao.
It was a [Great Achievement].
It came from the Ancient Era, which no longer existed—a [Great Achievement] rarely seen throughout all ages. Because of this achievement, the Light Sea gave birth to its corresponding Image.
Because of this achievement, the Light Sea became the foremost [Variable].
The next moment, Chu Sheng gathered