On the barren earth stood a bronze giant gate like a mountain peak, with the starry sky above it. The stars were sparse, and the universe's gloom made the land seem desolate.
Li Ya sat meditating on a ridge, with other Merit Immortals visible to his left and right. At this moment, all of them were looking around in every direction.
"What aura is this?"
"There's no way to trace it, but I can feel its vast aura. Even my Dao Fruit is out of control—it's actually circulating on its own."
"Me too. And I'm actually seeing some images. They feel familiar, as if I've seen them before, yet they also seem strange."
"Could there be an anomaly in Chaos?"
"Hard to say. Perhaps it comes from the Heavenly Dao, because this vast aura doesn't feel threatening to me."
The Merit Immortals discussed among themselves. Some wore worried frowns, while others looked curious and excited. Li Ya was one of those frowning.
Li Ya had gone through countless hardships. When faced with such an anomaly of heaven and earth, the first thing he thought of was calamity.
For such an aura to be sensed even in Chaos, it was hard to imagine how terrifying the true body directly facing that aura must be.
Anything that came from Chaos only made Li Ya hold vigilance and grim predictions, because Chaos and the Heavenly Dao were like water and fire.
Just then, a Merit Immortal cried out in alarm, "I actually saw the scene of my breakthrough—and it came from the future!"
As soon as he spoke, other Merit Immortals cried out after him. They had seen similar scenes—breakthroughs, cultivation—all things they longed for.
Those images were so real, as if they were memories hidden deep within their minds, constantly surfacing and