The gateway to Heaven Beyond Heaven swung open!
Endless radiance surged forth from within, embracing Myriad Forms and spanning Void Darkness like a vast galactic river beyond measure, beyond comprehension.
No one could see the scene within.
Even the Dao Lords could only see blazing, dazzling fire at this moment, obscuring everyone's vision, while only an indescribable aura flowed forth.
That was [Transcendence].
"It really is..."
For a moment, even Chu Sheng stood frozen in place. He had clearly attained [Supreme Forgetfulness], clearly severed everything, yet his heart still wavered.
Because the aura of [Transcendence] was unmistakably real. The [Divine Fortune Book of Fate] within his sleeve trembled violently in response, and a powerful consciousness revealed an impatient urgency, seemingly wanting to manifest in the Real World at once and rush like a moth into flame toward the towering secret realm suspended above Void Darkness.
At the same time, the Dao Lords were plunged into profound shock.
Sword Lord, Cang Hao, Wan Fa, and Du Xuan—the four Other Shore Dao Lords who had long since extinguished their humanity and placed their own interests above all else—were likewise stunned in place.
They had not been this way from birth.
Rather, they had endured countless hardships, encountered countless fortuitous opportunities, suffered countless partings, and experienced countless reunions over the long years before finally becoming who they were today.
They had shaped their own [selves].
But after one hundred thousand years, after several hundred thousand years, were they still that original [self]? Could they still recall who they had been when they first embarked upon cultivation?
"The Sea of Suffering is boundless; turn back, and there is the shore."
At once, the Primordial Spirits of all the Dao Lords stood beneath the radiance of Heaven Beyond Heaven. From some higher dimension, they turned