Boundless Mid-Stage, Changes in the Dao Stele

According to that Dao Fruit realm cultivator above the clouds, cultivators who entered the mist—from Heavenly Venerables down to Immortal Lords—were not cultivators of Ashen Mountain. Therefore, even if they completed their missions and gained battle merits, they could not pass through.

In Han Yi's understanding, it was like a program getting stuck. Under normal operation, one would complete a mission, gain one point of battle merit, and then pass the assessment upon reaching a certain amount. After passing, whether or not one obtained the inheritance, one should not have begun the cycle anew.

But now, after a mission was completed and battle merits obtained, those merits should have been added to the mission-taker. Yet the entity supporting this inheritance found that it could not locate the mission-taker, because the mission-taker was not on Ashen Mountain's list of cultivators. Then a "bug" appeared in the program, resetting them to the initial stage.

That was why the reincarnation world had come into being, and why cultivators above the clouds were continuously thrown into it.

It was also why this place was called the Death Realm of Reincarnation by Dao Fruit realm cultivators.

And now, Han Yi had an idea for breaking the deadlock: add his name to the Heavy Profound Dao Stele, thereby obtaining the identity of an Ashen Mountain cultivator.

This method seemed like cheating, but it did have a certain logic to it.

Within the Central Mansion Divine Aperture World, his Dao thought incarnation stretched out a hand. Divine power from every corner of that world began gathering toward his palm, eventually condensing into a palm-sized carving knife.

Grasping the carving knife, Han Yi prepared to carve at the very bottom of the Dao stele.

The bottom of the stele was a blur, making it just right for adding