A tremendous roar came from Cang Xuan's side.
The azure Withered and Flourishing Vine wove into a vast net that blotted out the sky, forcibly holding back Blood Butcher's descending crimson saber.
The shock wave from the collision tore countless pitch-black fissures through the chaos.
"Fellow Daoist Zhou Ming, you only recently entered the Great Dao Realm. There are some things you still cannot see clearly."
Cang Xuan's voice transmission reached him steadily as he controlled the vines, counterattacking relentlessly and forcing Blood Butcher back.
"What do you think this boundless Chaos Sea truly is to those of us in the Great Dao Realm?"
Cang Xuan's voice rang out in Zhou Ming's mind, steeped in profound weariness and helplessness.
"An endless land for cultivation," Zhou Ming answered through voice transmission without hesitation.
"Wrong." Cang Xuan gave a bitter chuckle, his voice turning unbearably heavy.
"It is a cage."
Zhou Ming's hands abruptly paused.
"A cage?" Zhou Ming asked in confusion.
"Yes. An enormous cage from which we can never escape."
Cang Xuan's voice was calm, yet filled with the weariness of endless ages.
"The Extreme Dao Period, the Fusion Dao Period, the Unity Realm."
"The Unity Realm is the limit: the perfection of the Three Thousand Great Daos, ten thousand Daos as one."
"Once you reach that point, there is no road ahead."
"Fellow Daoist Pangu, Fellow Daoist Taiyi, Fellow Daoist Taichu—they are among the Five Primordial States, the oldest beings in this Chaos Sea."
"They are the most gifted and powerful beings to have existed since the Chaos Sea was born."
"They refused to remain trapped at this realm forever. They wanted to break that limit and reach a realm beyond the Unity Realm."
"So they chose to force a breakthrough."
"You already know the result."
"All Three Thousand