First Arrival in the Vast Universe

At the bottom of the Return to Void Abyss, waves of Return to Void energy churned like inky tides. Xuan Qing sat cross-legged atop a Dao platform with his eyes closed, the dual Dao auras of Creation and Infinite intertwining and circulating around him.

Suddenly, a force of temporal-spatial attraction originating from the Chaos Depths pierced through the Origin of the Return to Void and reached his Indestructible Primordial Spirit.

That pull was familiar and vast, as though it resonated with the Law of Time and Space within him.

Xuan Qing's eyelashes trembled sharply. His eyes, aglow with the clear light of Chaos, flew open, and his gaze pierced through layer upon layer of black Return to Void waves toward the far end of Chaos.

He raised a hand and lightly pinched his fingers together. The Law of Time and Space around him erupted instantly, pale gray Dao Patterns spreading like a stellar web. The temporal-spatial barrier of the Return to Void was effortlessly crushed, while a vast temporal-spatial power attuned to that pull flowed from his body, crossing the Star Sea and Chaos in distant response.

The instant his response arose, the Dao Coffin of Time and Space floating within Xuan Qing's sea of consciousness began to shake violently.

Every ancient temporal-spatial pattern carved upon the coffin lit up, flowing and shifting like living things. Boundless temporal-spatial radiance burst from the gap in its lid, directly stirring up layer upon layer of spatial ripples.

The black waves of the Return to Void Abyss were crushed aside by the ripples, and the entire Return to Void hummed from the tremors.

As the ripples surged to their limit, the temporal-spatial radiance around the Dao Coffin suddenly solidified. An ancient passageway that pierced Heaven and Earth slowly emerged from the light.

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