Boom!
A powerful surge of energy erupted, its dazzling light shooting into the heavens and dimming all the stars. It was as though ten suns had appeared there at once, shining in every direction.
Within the Taixuan Sect, cultivators on all 108 main peaks were alarmed. Blazing light flooded the site of the Domain Gate, like dozens of volcanoes erupting at once, and everyone's expression changed.
"This is... the Domain Gate has been opened, space has been pierced, and the attempt to cross the void has failed!"
"Could one of our sect's great figures have met with an accident while crossing the void?" Many elders rose into the air, gazing toward the Domain Gate.
At the same time, the Taixuan Sect's leader and its many venerable experts were even more shocked. Those vast, oceanic fluctuations of energy left even them uneasy.
"Who is opening the Domain Gate?" a Supreme Elder asked.
"The void has collapsed. If anyone was inside, I'm afraid their chances of survival are slim."
Another Supreme Elder looked startled and uncertain.
The collapse of the passage through the void drew the attention of the Taixuan Sect's senior figures. Soon, someone discovered the old man who had fallen out of it.
The old man had landed among a range of mountains. His entire body was wrapped in a cocoon, and he lay asleep, utterly motionless.
"What sort of figure is he? He is truly unfathomable. Even the shattering of the void couldn't harm him." The sect leader and several Supreme Elders gathered around the cocooned Old Lunatic.
Someone probed him with divine sense, only for their Dao heart to falter immediately. Their body felt as though it were about to tear apart, and the circulation of their own Dao became sluggish. The cocoon before them seemed like a