As their souls rose with the spirit pods from underground, the clan members' eyes remained clouded with confusion.
Looking down, the underground truly resembled the veins of a human body. The "contractors," "scientists," and "miners" beneath the earth—the same as their ancestors—grew smaller and smaller in their eyes, until they became black dots invisible to the naked eye. Beneath the land... there lay what seemed to be a sleeping giant, while the soil of the mortal world was like the hard skin covering its body.
Those "workers" transformed from the ancestors continued the "great project" the contractors had spoken of—a project that had begun when the ancestors ascended to Heaven and became the Heavenly Dao.
In other words, the ancestors had been waiting for the present world since the beginning of heaven and earth, preparing for its arrival.
The souls of the Azure Cloud Li Family continued rising. As they left the underground faster and faster, they could even sense their bodies undergoing some transformation bestowed by the Heavenly Dao. Yet their expressions remained complicated.
The panels before their eyes kept flashing.
[Congratulations. Your family has received a gift from the Heavenly Dao. You have become part of the world and gained the family trait—Supreme Immortal Clan!]
[You possess the Heavenly Dao bloodline and share authority with the Heavenly Dao. Cultivation speed increased by 1000%. Comprehension speed toward the Great Dao and laws increased by 1000%. You are protected by heaven and earth.]
[Trait obtained: Coexisting with the World]
[You will replace the immortals and become maintainers of the world's Order. The Heavenly Dao's fortune shall coexist with you. After death, you may sink into the world and await the day your soul and body are reborn. If faith and flesh-and-blood replenishment exist in the world, the rebirth process may