At the highest reaches of the cosmos, the Deep Space Layer.
A vast, independent Vacuum Dao Field, like another world in the depths of the cosmos.
At the center of the vacuum world, a yellow-robed Daoist figure lay reclining as if dozing. Layer upon layer of mysterious divine radiance flowed around him, like tangible jade pendants draped across the void, while three long strands of beard grew beneath his chin.
"Whoosh, whoosh..." He breathed like a mortal, yet with every breath, profound qi surged forth. As it dispersed through this independent Vacuum Dao Field, it reinforced his Hua Xuan domain by a little.
Abruptly, rhythmic knocking sounded beyond the "solid wall" of the Vacuum Dao Field.
A voice came from outside. "My name is Yuan Chengjun. I heard that the Yellow Tower Heaven Master has encountered difficulties in cultivation, so I have come to pay a visit!"
Whoosh, whoosh...
Yet the yellow-robed, long-bearded Daoist reclining within seemed not to hear. He continued sleeping, exhaling clouds and rosy mists.
Outside the wall, Yuan Chengjun waited for a while. Seemingly deep in thought, he smiled faintly and knocked again. "I wish to make a deal with you. Kill someone for me, and I shall offer five million Spirit Seeds to help you surge into the mysteries..."
Before he had finished speaking, a door-shaped crack immediately opened in the vacuum "world wall."
A trace of smugness appeared on the visitor's face as he strode inside.
"The distinguished guest of the Yuan Household is certainly generous! Speak—what exactly do you want me to do?"
The long-bearded Daoist did not change his reclining posture in the slightest. Only his divine thought voice spoke, asking Yuan Chengjun's purpose.
It was not that he did not wish to sit up. His body was simply in a state