Li Yun's face was full of surprise.
There were supposed to be nine Undying Heavenly Wheels. Once all nine had gathered, an Undying Ancient God had reached the end of that path. Only by tempering the wheels could one further awaken their undying nature and bring about its ascension.
Only then could one make the leap from undying to Eternal Everlasting.
This was practically a consensus among Undying Ancient Gods. It was common knowledge.
So what was going on now?
He had clearly formed nine Undying Heavenly Wheels. They had even resonated perfectly, becoming an almost seamless whole.
Yet in his contemplation, he sensed something amiss.
His nine Undying Heavenly Wheels were incomplete.
It was not that any of the wheels themselves were flawed. On the contrary, each one could be called perfect.
What was incomplete was the whole built upon those nine wheels.
That whole was flawed. It was not perfect.
"Could nine Undying Heavenly Wheels be insufficient? Could I go on to form a tenth?"
After thinking it over, Li Yun startled himself with the idea.
Nine wheels were not enough, and he needed to form a tenth?
Did a tenth Undying Heavenly Wheel really exist?
Why had he never heard of it?
Even among the Sages of the Dreadbound Sea of Realms who had achieved Eternal Everlasting, he had never heard of anyone forming a tenth wheel. They had all spent long years tempering their nine wheels before achieving Nine-Wheel Unity and ascending to become Sages.
Why would he be different?
Li Yun could not make sense of it.
But he was cautious, and he pursued perfection.
He did not believe his insight was wrong. If he sensed a flaw, then a flaw existed. It was no illusion.
And if a flaw existed, he could not pretend