Three Body Integration Paths seemed like a series of weighty choices, but for Chu Mu, there was no choice to be made at all.
Only I Am The Rule could fulfill his wish.
The others all carried too many restrictions and drawbacks.
As for the Thousand-Year Tribulation...
Chu Mu raised his head to the sky. Under a trace of Spirit Radiance Blessing, an indescribable lingering glow of spiritual radiance flowed and swirled.
From these Three Body Integration Paths, it seemed that the Heaven and Earth Will of this Spirit Realm... was unwilling—or perhaps did not permit—a true Rule Controller to emerge? Was ascension... also an illusion?
"Buzz... buzzbuzz..."
At that moment, the courtyard's Water Mist Array Restriction suddenly surged like a tide. Accompanied by a faint humming, a streak of spiritual light swept through the mist and, in the blink of an eye, hovered before Chu Mu.
Chu Mu raised a finger and tapped it lightly. A voice transmission sounded by his ear.
He looked beyond the courtyard and saw a man walking over the lake's waves.
A Golden Core Realm cultivator—his nominal "junior brother" under his current identity.
Chu Mu frowned, half-inclined to ignore him.
After all, ever since he had joined the Thousand Left Alliance, his deliberately displayed solitary disposition had naturally kept him from forming any deep friendships with the alliance's disciples.
They were, at most, acquaintances who nodded in passing. There was no friendship to speak of.
After pondering for a while, he still dispersed the Array Restriction and allowed this nominal junior brother of his into the courtyard.
"Senior Brother Chu."
The man smiled gently and cupped his hands in greeting.
"Junior Brother, you have come from afar. What important matter brings you here?"
Chu Mu's tone was stiff. Every word matched the aloof nature