Without stepping into the Divine Nether Realm and accumulating one's own foundation, reaching the Other Shore is nothing but a pipe dream. It is not a realm that can be reached by merely strengthening the physical body.
It was like a mortal climbing a mountain. To cross the rugged mountain paths along the way and reach the summit, one could already know the outcome without giving it any thought.
"The path you must walk now has already abandoned the aid of Heaven and Earth. It is destined to be extremely difficult, and there is only so much help I can give you."
The God King's gaze was deep, and a faint glimmer flashed in his eyes. "However, this also means you have severed your karma with the Origin Heaven. It may well be a path of stealing from Heaven."
"Origin Heaven?" Shi Lan was slightly puzzled. "Wasn't the Origin Continent shattered long ago?"
"The great universe was transformed from the Origin Continent. All living beings, no matter which vast realm they cultivate in, are bound to Origin Heaven by a connection that cannot be severed."
At those words, Shi Lan froze. She was just about to press him further when the God King did not elaborate. Instead, he suddenly turned and asked her a question that left her utterly astonished:
"What was your original purpose in cultivating?"
Shi Lan pondered for a moment before answering, "Self-preservation."
At the beginning of her cultivation, the system had constantly forced her forward. After that, cultivation seemed to become a habit. With life and death hanging by a thread, she could only seize every opportunity to become stronger and keep climbing upward.
"Self-preservation..."
The God King's gaze drifted as he leafed through memories from an extremely distant past. In a low voice, he said,