The Mountain Character Art had now completely sealed off the substitute perceptions granted by the six desires. Li Bufan saw nothing but murky gray, unable to make out either his direction or the terrain.
He could only let He Wanxing lead him. The ground beneath his feet shifted constantly, sometimes soft as sand, sometimes hard as stone, and sometimes like a thick carpet.
Neither knew how long they had walked. The vision of blossoming flowers in He Wanxing's eyes grew ever more vivid, their colors ever brighter, until they seemed almost unreal.
The white jade pavilion in the distance drew closer as well. Gentle lights shone on every floor, and the seven-colored radiance above its roof grew increasingly brilliant, as though welcoming their arrival.
Meanwhile, a glimmer of light began to appear in Li Bufan's gray field of vision.
At first, it was only a faint white speck, like the most distant star in the night sky. But as they continued southeast, it drew closer and grew larger, gradually becoming shafts of white light roaming through the air.
The power of the six desires suppressed by the Mountain Character Art also began to stir, like a beast long held captive slowly awakening in its cage, tentatively battering the barrier that restrained it.
Li Bufan knew—they had arrived.
He turned his head to glance at He Wanxing. Her gaze was completely captured by the white jade pavilion, its seven-colored radiance reflected in her pupils. An intoxicated smile lingered on her lips, while the power of the six desires surged wildly within her, almost bursting out of her body.
Li Bufan acted without hesitation, abruptly pouring the Mountain Character Art's full suppressive power into her Spirit Sea.
The phantom Divine Mountain instantly soared higher within her Sea of Consciousness. Like an impassable