Crescent Seat Shatters, a Broken Moon Appears in the Sea of Ruins

The boundless Sea of Ruins.

Chen Yuan sat cross-legged in this land beyond the realm, his eyes slightly closed. His Spiritual Sense spread slowly from the depths of his Spirit Terrace, fine as silken threads. The lingering shock of having escaped certain death had long since been reined in.

The young man's Dao Heart had always been steady. He neither grew rash from surviving by chance nor panicked over the perilous road ahead. Slowly, he turned his gaze inward, examining his Dao Foundation, Sea of Qi, Spirit Terrace, and Purple Mansion, assessing his reserves and shortcomings.

Deep within his Sea of Consciousness, the Sunlight Heavenly Palace still hung at the center of his inner realm, with its four halls arrayed around it as before.

The Order-Setting Hall, Warm Radiance Pavilion, and Dawn Dust Hall were all completely intact. The half-waning icy moon atop the fourth hall still revolved slowly, frost patterns spreading like spiderwebs over the entire roof.

The dual forms of Pleiades Sun and Net Moon operated without obstruction. His Dao Foundation was stable, his divine abilities undamaged. The Tidal Stele's Ebbing Tide power had "moved" his entire body here without so much as a scratch.

A golden-red hue slowly surfaced from the depths of the [Pleiades Sun] Dao Foundation. After shedding the [Net Moon] form, all frost-white moonlight had withdrawn, leaving only an exceedingly faint chill coiled around the ends of his meridians.

His Divine Soul had suffered no damage either; if anything, it had become more solid than before. In his battle with Qi Baiyu, while the Tidal Stele had crushed Dream Dao obsessions on the level of the Divine Soul, it had also tempered and purified those shattered dream fragments, turning them into nourishment for his Divine Soul.

Chen Yuan could feel that his divine consciousness