The Eye of Heaven! Wandering in a Desperate Land

In the Longevity Sect, a place of Daoist tradition, the incense burner in the Heavenly Immortal Hall, a stick of Longevity Incense lit for Chen Dengming, now has dimmed, with only a few wisps of fragrance escaping, seemingly about to go out.

The Third Ancestor, Su Yanyan, stared solemnly at the Longevity Incense, then looked towards the Heavenly Immortal Palace and respectfully said.

"Master, how can we resolve Nephew Disciple Chen's current situation? According to intelligence from the Border Town, Nephew Disciple Chen is likely being pursued by the Soul Devouring Ancestor and is in danger."

However, intelligence indicates that the Soul Devouring Ancestor may have also clashed with Na Senluo; it remains to be seen whether Nephew Disciple Chen will be involved.

Heavenly Immortal Hall, a wisp of azure-blue Immortal Celestial Dao Power descended from the ceiling, gradually condensing into a male face that shimmered with azure-blue light.

His gaze surged with blue beams, enveloping the Longevity Incense in the incense burner.

Judging from the trace of Chen Dengming's Soul Power within the incense, one can determine Chen Dengming's current state.

A vast and boundless wave of power, like the boundless Sky Dome, brewed within him and swept across his hawk-like eyes.

Beneath the vast Sky Dome, it seemed that nothing could escape the lock of his eyes.

This was none other than the next level of the Heavenly Eye – the Eye of the Heavens!

At this moment, under the watchful Eye of the Heavens, the First Ancestor, using the fragmented Soul Power left by Chen Dengming within the Longevity Incense as a medium, quickly located Chen Dengming's position.

A scene resembling clouds and mist appeared above the incense Longevity Incense, reflecting the image of the Fallen Forbidden Zone in the far east of the Eastern Region.

The scene continued to extend, directly into patches of black mist, revealing the enormous, eerie creature deep within the mist, resembling a floating island.

The creature's body was covered with pits and craters resembling rings.

Its body surface is like some kind of gelatinous substance, with pits and depressions covered with fine, long black hairs, and its whole body exudes a cold and sinister evil light.

Even from the perspective of the Eye of the Heavens, only a portion of the strange creature's body could be seen in the image, making it appear as if it were a section of a vast black landmass.

"The body of the Senluo True Body!?"

Su Yan Yan's pretty face changed slightly.

"The Dao Child's divided Soul Power was directed here, but here, his Soul Power aura disappeared, and even the divided Soul Power within the Longevity Incense showed signs of gradually weakening and fading, inexplicably dissipating."

The First Ancestor's tone carried a hint of strangeness.

He had never encountered such a strange situation in thousands of years. Even with his rich experience, he was momentarily at a loss as to what had happened to Chen Dengming and was unable to prescribe a remedy.

However, based on his thousands of years of wisdom and analysis, there are as many as a dozen ways that might solve the current situation.

Even if it's not correct, in the current situation, we can still try them one by one, and maybe we'll get lucky.

"His divided Soul Power is also dissipating, so his condition may be worse. Perhaps he has been devoured by Senluo, or perhaps he has fallen into a coma due to Mental Strength. But since he did not die immediately, there is still a chance to save him."

The First Ancestor pondered deeply and said, "The only solution now is to first stabilize the Soul Power and then use it to nourish the original Soul Power soul."

Secondly, by remotely sensing his mind and communicating with him spiritually, he was awakened.

The last and worst solution would be to extract his Soul Body using the Immortal Celestial Dao Power through the Longevity Incense.

Upon hearing this, Su Yan Yan frowned. Retracting Chen Dengming's Soul Power meant abandoning his Physical Body.

That would be the worst option.

Even if a suitable Physical Body is found for Chen Dengming in the future, his potential will be greatly diminished.

This is because a person's Physical Body is the most important and fundamental part of their Essence, Qi, and Spirit, energy, and spirit—the "essence."

Even ordinary mortals would experience a strong rejection reaction if they exchanged blood or organs, let alone if they were to change bodies.

That's right, changing bodies might actually prevent life-threatening situations.

However, the imbalance in the three elements of Essence, Qi, and Spirit, and spirit will limit future achievements, or even halt progress altogether.

Therefore, a single stick of Longevity Incense can only save a life in a critical moment, giving someone a chance to live again, but it will also shorten their future.

"Yan Yan, go and bring He Yingyu in. If there are any other people in this world who are related to the Dao Child's bloodline, that would be best; bring them along as well."

Afterwards, you should also prepare yourself and go to the Border Town."

At this moment, the voice of the First Ancestor interrupted Su Yan Yan's thoughts.

Su Yan Yan exclaimed in surprise, "Master, so fast?"

The First Ancestor said calmly, "The highest mystery of the Immortal Celestial Lineage is the Heaven's Will. The Heaven's Will is unpredictable and difficult Heaven's Will defy."

To understand the Heaven's Will and act in accordance with it is the ultimate pursuit of those who have attained the Daoist tradition.

I have foreseen some Heaven's Will of the future; the Tiandao Sect will face a great calamity. We must prepare early."

Su Yan Yan's delicate body trembled slightly, her heart filled with shock.

The Tiandao Sect is even more powerful than the Longevity Sect, especially the person in the Qu Shenzong, who possesses the Heavenly Spiritual Root and the Fate Dao of the Immortal Celestial Lineage, making him almost a chosen Child of Heaven's Mandate.

As long as Qu Shenzong doesn't encounter any major problems, Tiandao Sect will be fine. Could it be that Qu Shenzong, the number one sect in the Four Regions, is in danger?

Vague and powerless in the darkness.

A cold, sinister, and oppressive atmosphere pervaded the area.

Chen Dengming had lost track of how long he had been drifting in this state of 'nothingness' in this environment.

He himself doesn't remember, or rather, he has lost the need to remember.

After transforming into 'nothingness', everything becomes meaningless, including his own existence, let alone the many things outside of himself.

In a state of utter chaos, without outside or inside, without self or others, all forms are discarded, all thoughts are transformed into one thought, and one thought is transformed into no thought.

This feeling of 'emptiness' lasted for an unknown amount of time; time itself seemed to lose its meaning and become part of 'nothingness'.

Suddenly, a spark of inspiration and a ripple seemed to emerge from the darkness.

It was like a ripple spreading across a long-calm lake of the heart.

Time, which was originally meaningless, is given new meaning with the ripples on this lake of the heart, transforming from nothing into something.

This means that the lake of the heart, which had lost its ripples and become nothingness, suddenly regained its meaning of existence with this ripple.

When the lake of the heart ripples, the power of the soul will be reborn.

"Who I am"

A thought was born from the lake of my heart.

A handsome face gradually emerged from the ripples on the lake, with white hair at the temples and eyes like morning stars, just as it had been when they first met.

"Longevity Dao Child... Chen Baimao... I am Chen Dengming."

Where am I?

More questions gradually arose from the lake of my heart, rippling outwards. No thought transformed into a single thought, and a single thought transformed into a multitude of thoughts.

Chen Dengming gradually pulled his mind out of the state of 'nothingness'.

At that moment, he felt that the meaningless dark space had suddenly become radiant.

Some images emerge in the darkness: He Yingyu's slender and graceful figure, with a straight waist and impeccable elegance. A gentle smile as she turns her head, her hair cascading down like a small waterfall, seems to bring light to the dark world.

"Junior Brother, wake up quickly!"

"Senior sister."

More ripples spread across Chen Dengming's heart, all reflecting the loving scenes he shared with He Yingyu.

At this moment, his heart was like a lake filled with a large amount of New Life water, Life Force and surging.

At the same time, a series of calls, seemingly originating from the depths of the heart, resounded.

"Father. Father."

"Father, you've gone to cultivate immortality, don't you want us anymore?"

"Father! Take us to the Cultivation World! Your son wants to cultivate immortality!"

Within the ripples of the lake of the heart, the figures of Chen Yiran and Chen Jing appeared.

"Yiran, Jing'er?"

Chen Dengming was deeply shaken, and his heart was instantly filled with turbulent waves.

"Dao, fellow Daoist"

The Little Array Spirit's call, seemingly so close, instantly pulled his mind from the boundless darkness...

"Ling'er!"

Chen Dengming suddenly woke up and felt an extremely cold and chilling aura emanating from all over his body, as if he were in an icy ocean, the cold penetrating to his very bones.

He felt stiff and weak all over, and his spirit was slightly tired. Only his Mental Strength seemed to have recovered somewhat. His Heavenly Immortal Celestial Dao Power was depleted, but his Human Immortal Way Power still remained.

Where is this?

Chen Dengming opened his eyes.

He felt as if all he could see was a hazy, cold black mist, as if he were lying in a viscous, cold liquid.

The liquid felt somewhat similar to the Yin Spring to him, chilling him to the bone, as if it would freeze his spirit and soul.

Countless thoughts raced through Chen Dengming's mind. He finally remembered that he had entered the Seven Absolute Realms state before the attack of the many Senluo Offspring. After that, he had no recollection of anything.

"Daoist, fellow Daoist, where are we?"

At this moment, a voice came from the Little Array Spirit Soul House on the chest.

Chen Dengming forced himself to stay alert, unaware of the danger around him. He temporarily composed himself and responded quietly.

"I don't know where we are, but seeing the black mist all around, perhaps we're in the black mist above the Fallen Forbidden Zone. Could there be some floating island above the Fallen Forbidden Zone?"

Do you remember how we got here?

"No, I don't remember. I only know that after being enveloped by your Divine Sense, I suddenly lost my memory."

Chen Dengming frowned upon hearing this. It seemed that the Little Array Spirit had also entered the state of 'nothingness' as he had wished, and therefore did not remember what had happened before.

He immediately stopped asking questions and tried to get out of the viscous liquid.

Because at this moment, lying in this liquid, his body was gradually sinking in, as if he was about to be swallowed up, and his Divine Sense was rapidly dissipating.

This strange situation made him realize that if he were to fall into the liquid, the outcome would likely be dire.

Although Spiritual Qi still exists around us, Spiritual Qi is extremely thin, much thinner than Spiritual Qi was in the Fallen Forbidden Zone and the black mist above.

Chen Dengming speculated that if they were still within the range of the black mist, there might be Senluo Offspring nearby.

He dared not rashly activate the Technique Method, lest the large-scale attraction of Spiritual Qi from the surroundings disturb the Senluo Offspring.

Fortunately, the lightness skills he had learned in the mortal world were all quite good. At this moment, he slightly mobilized a trace of Spiritual Qi and leaped out of the sinking liquid.

With a burst of energy, he walked on water, displaying the lightness skill of floating on water. Sometimes he would somersault and leap far away, quickly moving away and leaving ripples on the water's surface.

As he ran, Chen Dengming felt his depressed mood inexplicably improve, finding amusement in his predicament.

He, a dignified Golden Core Cultivator, now travels like a martial Martial Artist from the old days, relying on lightness skills and internal energy to move forward. Is this considered pathetic or a testament to his unwavering commitment to his original aspirations?

Seeing the black fog dissipate and the black ground vaguely visible ahead, Chen Dengming immediately leaped ashore with lightning speed.

He breathed a sigh of relief the moment his foot touched solid ground.

Yet, the ground beneath my feet still emanated a bone-chilling cold, and it wasn't made of stone, but rather of a soft, sticky, gelatinous substance.

"What kind of place is this? How can there be such a place above the Fallen Forbidden Zone? Could it be related to the Senluo True Body?"

Chen Dengming looked ahead at the dark passage that led to an unknown destination.

A Yin Wind seemed to rush out of the passage, bringing with it a black mist that sounded sinister and eerie, like the howling of ghosts, making people feel uneasy and giving rise to all sorts of negative emotions.

Although the black mist here is thin, it still possesses the eerie power that twists the human mind found in the black mist above the Fallen Forbidden Zone.

A silver glint flashed in Chen Dengming's eyes as his mind gradually reached a state of Unity of Heaven and Man, calming his State of Mind.

Learning from past mistakes, in order to conserve his Mental Strength and physical energy, he did not directly enter the state of the Heavenly Heart Realm, but instead used his most proficient State of Mind Unity of Heaven and Man to resist the invasion of malevolent and remnant thoughts.

He checked his belongings and found nothing missing.

He immediately took out the Heart Mending Pill and the Zhuang Shen Dan from his Storage Bag, poured out a few pills and took them, then sat cross-legged to refine them and quickly recovered.

Fifteen minutes later, Chen Dengming felt that his Mental Strength had recovered by about 60%, and he felt much more relaxed. A thought flashed through his mind.

"It must have been my senior sister, along with Yiran and Jing'er, who connected with me on a spiritual level and awakened me from my state of apathy."

Thinking about this, he felt both warmth and lingering fear.

The Seven Absolute Realms are truly too dangerous.

It's alright to briefly enter this state; if I can have the Little Array Spirit awaken me while I'm still in the state of non-thought, I might be able to escape danger.

Once you remain in a state of no-thought for even a little longer, you will enter a state of no-mind, and it will be very difficult to regain consciousness.

Fortunately, it was He Yingyu and his two mortal offspring who were involved; otherwise, he would have been in dire straits, and would have also implicated the Little Array Spirit and Zhu Xun.

"This grudge should be settled with that old bastard, the Soul Devouring Ancestor. Let's get out of here first. If I ever Nascent Soul, I will definitely seek revenge."

Chen Dengming thought to himself, then got up to leave.

Suddenly, he stopped in his tracks, his eyes widening with wariness as he looked at the surging, cold liquid behind him, sensing that it seemed to be carrying a shadow radiating spiritual power as it approached.

"Senluo Offspring?"

His heart leaped into his throat, realizing he was in trouble, and he prepared to cast a spell to activate the Hurricane Battle Saber.

"Whoosh--"

The shadow did not rise to the surface, but instead crashed against the rocky wall at the bottom of the water, drifting with the current like an inanimate object, making a soft sound as it struck the rock.

Chen Dengming was greatly surprised and cautiously extended a wisp of his Divine Sense to investigate.

The next instant, his eyes narrowed, and disbelief filled his gaze. He was immediately jolted out of his state of Unity of Heaven and Man.

Within the cold liquid, the figure of an old man dressed in a black robe floated silently, emanating a faint spiritual aura, yet he was Life Force.

The other person's eyes remained fixed on a look of anger and regret, while their hand gripped an ebony staff tightly.

This was actually the corpse of the Soul Devouring Ancestor.

Chen Dengming was somewhat bewildered.

He had just been thinking that if he had the chance and the power in the future, he would take revenge on the Soul Devouring Ancestor, but now he had to avenge this great grudge?

Even those who have received the Blessing Path inheritance from the Immortal Celestial Lineage might not have such good fortune as to have their wishes fulfilled.

At this moment, he felt little surprise, only a chill ran down his spine. His Divine Sense suddenly detected that something was wrong with the corpse of the Soul Devouring Ancestor.

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