Just as Chen Chuan was about to seize the Immortal Seed, the lotus petals outside the lotus seat suddenly swayed and stretched upward, as if to enclose him within.
Chen Chuan's expression remained calm, and his movements did not change. A phantom of the Aspect of Man emerged around him, its two hands pushing outward. At the same time, the Great Azure Void Style around him expanded, and a resilient force field blocked the enormous lotus leaves outside, preventing them from closing.
By then, he had already grasped the Immortal Seed. The moment it settled into his palm, the enormous Demon God Aspect beneath his feet suddenly cracked apart and collapsed layer by layer. His body fell with it, finally crashing onto the ground with a boom.
The fragments also poured down like rain, clattering for quite some time before finally stopping.
For a moment, the surroundings were filled with drifting dust and smoke. Fortunately, it was no longer as dim and lightless as before. Instead, it seemed like dawn was breaking, with faint white gleams flickering amid the dust.
At that moment, he felt the Immortal Seed in his hand tremble slightly. When he opened his five fingers, a beam of golden light shot out from it. Light suddenly appeared in the empty space ahead, and luminous mist seemed to emerge from nothing, gently surging and rolling as though brushed aside by an invisible hand, revealing a narrow slit.
His gaze sharpened when he saw it, and he walked toward it. As his toes crossed into the opening, his vision turned white, as if light were reflecting off thick snow. Then the light and shadows shifted, and he found himself standing within a mountain valley.
He first heard the clear sound of water dripping down through cracks in the