Beside the corpse remained a densely packed row of tiny words. Chen Luo recognized the handwriting; it belonged to the Immortal Emperor Changqing. The content was extremely chaotic and inconsistent from beginning to end, and the traces differed as well. They should have been written at different times, with intervals of at least centuries between them.
'If I merge with the Boundless, I will surely be able to step out of the Three Realms and beyond the Five Elements.'
'Why did it fail? Could it be that this "Boundless" possesses consciousness?'
'Mortal Dust Qi is missing. I must return to the Immortal Realm and merge with it. Just how am I supposed to take the "Boundless" back?'
'My Immortal Soul is incomplete? Why is this happening?'
'So that's how it is.'
The writing stopped abruptly there. Chen Luo withdrew his gaze, walked over, and pressed his hand against the withered corpse's brain.
'Dead Person's Brainwaves detected. Read?'
The familiar interface emerged once more.
'Read.'
Gray Qi flowed from Chen Luo's palm into his brow. The final missing portion of the Immortal Emperor Changqing's brain within his consciousness was completely filled in, and the corresponding memories awakened along with it. Memory after memory emerged in his mind, all of them concerning this starry sky.
Countless ages ago, the Immortal Emperor Changqing had pushed open that gate.
He saw the starry sky beyond it, a system of laws entirely different from the Immortal Cultivation World. Most importantly, there was no erosion from the Karmic Tribulation here. To the Immortal Emperor Changqing, this was the Longevity Land he had dreamed of.
As long as he could reach this place, he would no longer be bound by the Karmic Tribulation and could attain great freedom.
But unfortunately, he had come