Era Blacklisted? No, Beyond the Three Realms!

Stars shimmered like a dream.

Under the night sky, Yuan Tianzong sat quietly beside the fire, its glow illuminating his "corpse-like face," shriveled to the extreme over countless Years.

Not far away, the bloodstained fur and white bones of a mountain bear lay piled carelessly together, while its nutrient-rich meat had already been devoured clean by him.

His depleted body responded, like a riverbed parched for years finally receiving long-awaited sweet rain!

Splash, splash~

His body, beyond that of ordinary people, erupted with astonishing vitality the instant it received nourishment.

Nutrients were rapidly broken down. His limbs, bones, organs, and entrails all worked madly, producing faint yet surging tremors.

His nearly exhausted blood and qi swiftly revived, and the sound of rushing rivers flowed through his veins.

His skin, once as withered as that of a dried corpse, was replenished with life in an instant, becoming full and rosy.

After an unknown amount of time, Yuan Tianzong suddenly opened his eyes. A sharp gleam flashed through them as he looked up at the star-filled sky, an uncontrollable smile blooming across his face.

"Ha ha! I did it! I finally did it!"

"This era..."

He drew a deep breath. The Origin Energy in the air was so dense it was nearly tangible, and every pore on his body relaxed as if he were about to float away.

"This era... is truly wonderful!"

Amid his laughter, the spine behind Yuan Tianzong's back stirred like a sleeping giant dragon awakening, crackling and shaking as an unimaginable suction force burst forth from within him!

Boom—!

In an instant, a powerful current swept out from his body, whirling madly around him.

Visible white mist gathered around him. It was a dense cloud formed from converging Heaven and Earth Origin Energy, so vast in scope that it enveloped the entire forest!

At close range, the Origin Energy even formed a thick tornado, pouring endlessly into Yuan Tianzong's mouth!

If other cultivators had witnessed this scene, their eyes would have popped out.

The speed at which he absorbed Origin Energy was simply absurd, like a white whale in the deep sea swallowing tens of thousands of tons of seawater, fish, and shrimp in one gulp—overbearing, brutal, and utterly unreasonable!

If anyone could see the distribution of Origin Energy throughout heaven and earth, they would discover that under Yuan Tianzong's suction, the entire void seemed to have been torn into a massive depression, forming a brief vacuum of Origin Energy!

"Ha ha! Compared to the Dharma-ending era, this Origin Energy is worlds apart! Being able to devour it so freely feels amazing! Absolutely amazing!"

During the Dharma-ending era, he could not even get a piece of bread to eat.

But now, he could open his mouth to a feast of fish and meat, with Origin Energy flowing like a river.

Perhaps only Yuan Tianzong could truly understand such an immense contrast between hell and heaven!

Perhaps it was precisely because his body came from the ruined Dharma-ending era, tempered into one adapted to deprivation, that his ability to absorb external power from heaven and earth was so extraordinary.

At that moment, Yuan Tianzong realized something else. His laughter was bold and soared into the sky.

"Ha ha, the Shackles are gone!"

"Ha ha!"

The Life Shackles were black chains that existed between illusion and reality, hidden deep within flesh and blood. They were difficult to detect with senses or instruments. Only when one's cultivation reached a particular bottleneck and one tried to break through would they reveal themselves, displaying their suppressive power and obstructing the path ahead!

They had been the ferocious tiger blocking Yuan Tianzong from entering the Grandmaster Forbidden Zone. He had once gone through untold hardship and nearly lost his life before successfully breaking through, entering the forbidden zone, becoming a Grandmaster, and completing his first Life Transcendence!

Yet he had never imagined that there was more than one such Shackle.

When he sought to advance further, an even stronger Shackle emerged from within his body. It was more powerful and more mysterious than the last, refusing to allow him to continue onward.

And now, the Shackles were gone!

They had vanished along with his "death" in the Dharma-ending era!

Yuan Tianzong clearly realized that he had now disappeared from "between heaven and earth." He did not belong to this era, and his name did not exist in the heavenly book where fate was woven.

He was an illegal stowaway who had crossed from the Dharma-ending era into this one... no, he was a Nameless Person beyond the Three Realms!

"Ha ha!"

"Ha ha ha!!!"

The disappearance of the Shackles was definitely an unexpected delight. Yuan Tianzong himself had never anticipated it; his original intention had merely been to endure the Years and stow away into a new era!

Crack. Crack.

Yuan Tianzong calmed his excitement and fell silent. For a time, only the crackling charcoal in the fire echoed around him.

Throughout it all, Yuan Tianzong kept his head raised, gazing at the star-studded sky above as if trying to see through that vast expanse and discern the figures beyond the clouds.

Not until dawn did he rise, stretch lazily, and set off into an era that had never belonged to him.

"Careful! Don't let its venomous fangs bite you!"

In the mountain forest, Yuan Tianzong silently landed on a tree branch and looked down at two men and one woman hunting a massive python below.

With a single glance, he saw that all three were in the Muscle Refining Realm, each capable of exerting a thousand jin of force.

Yuan Tianzong had intended to leave, but his brows rose slightly when he saw one of the young men seize an opportunity, dart behind the python, and thrust out a palm, releasing a wave of frigid energy!

In an instant, frost formed over the part of the python struck by the cold energy. Its speed plummeted, and when a blade came down, the frost shattered, directly severing its body into two halves.

True qi?

Someone in the Muscle Refining Realm could use true qi?

Of the Nine Realms of Martial Arts, only upon reaching the Acupoint Burning Realm could one initially grasp the methods of using true qi.

Yuan Tianzong knew this better than anyone after walking that path himself.

Yet now, someone clearly in the Muscle Refining Realm had unleashed extremely cold true qi, overturning his understanding.

The question in Yuan Tianzong's heart was answered after he entered a city.

After stealthily taking a hoodie and loose-fitting pants from a clothing store, Yuan Tianzong stood at a bustling intersection.

On the giant screen mounted on the outer wall of the mall to his left, an advertisement about a "Martial Arts Core" played on repeat.

This core could be implanted into the human body through surgery, allowing the buyer to instantly master a martial art and gain the ability to project true qi outward.

An era in which martial arts flourished.

The streetscape of a pharmacy every ten steps had long vanished, replaced by cultivation dojos.

Martial Arts Core stores and gene serum stores—such shops were like the technology stores of the past. Not only were their storefronts lavishly decorated, but they also occupied the best locations among all the businesses.

It was easy to see that they were the most well-funded and closely watched industries of this era.

"You can master martial arts by spending money. You can rapidly improve your cultivation by spending money... Now that's an eye-opener."

As he strolled through the streets of the New Era, Yuan Tianzong's thoughts churned.

How should he proceed along the path of cultivation after becoming a Grandmaster?

Just then, a voice reached his ears.

Yuan Tianzong stopped walking, focused his hearing, turned where he stood, and looked across the street at the ultra-thin television inside a barbershop. Well, it should have been a television; it looked more or less the same.

At that moment, the distant image magnified again and again in his vision. The picture became clear, and the sound distinct.

[An anomaly has appeared in the Tibetan area. A mysterious mirage has emerged somewhere.]

[Some Tibetans claimed they heard mysterious chanting, became mentally invigorated, and broke through overnight.]

The barber chatted with his customer as he cut hair.

"There's more and more news like this these days."

"What anomaly? It's probably like that Yang Lake cultural tourism stunt last time, using an anomaly to attract tourists. Heh."

"Exactly. How can there be so much supernatural nonsense in this world? Still, the scenery in the Tibetan area is pretty good. I heard the number of Molting Beasts there has increased dramatically, which has indeed attracted many martial artists to hunt them."

"The Tibetan area..."

Yuan Tianzong withdrew his gaze, turned, and vanished into the bustling streets.

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