Seeking an Immortal Master

In the span of a single breath, the immortal abode that had just been suffused with Dao Rhyme had completely turned into absolute nothingness.

It was neither ruins nor wasteland. It was as though nothing had ever existed there at all. Even the faintest traces of spiritual energy and Brands of Causality had been thoroughly smoothed away and reduced to zero, perfectly blending into the surrounding ordinary mountains and forests without the slightest distinction.

It had appeared abruptly, and vanished just as completely.

The stone monkey knew nothing of this.

He merely continued deeper into the mountains.

He visited one lineage after another.

Yet strangely, just as with the Cave of the Slanting Moon and Three Stars—

The moment he laid eyes on those lineages, the same thought that had arisen at the Cave of the Slanting Moon and Three Stars surfaced in his heart.

This place did not suit him!

Even the Water-Moon Grotto-Heaven mentioned by the woman he had encountered earlier was no exception.

It failed to stir even the slightest desire in the stone monkey.

All he felt was deep resistance.

In response, those lineages merely sighed.

Then, just like the Cave of the Slanting Moon and Three Stars, they slowly faded from the world.

They had come to this small world for the sake of this monkey.

Since there was no destiny between them, there was naturally no reason to remain.

The stone monkey also noticed that those lineages had departed. After all, he had wandered through the mountains for so long that he had returned to places he had already passed through.

But he was not overly worried.

After all, there was still one final lineage.

He refused to believe that among so many lineages in the mountains, not a single one suited him.

But