Once Ye Li stepped onto the Heavenly Road, a vast, hazy expanse stretched around him, empty of all human presence.
This was a world created by a Martial Saint, complete with its own laws.
Threads of invisible power descended from the sky, trying to reduce Ye Li to two dimensions and draw him into a book.
But under the effect of One Attainment, Everlasting Attainment, every negative effect was swiftly removed.
That, too, relied on the absolute power of [World-Shocking Wisdom].
Without the trait's protection, even someone in the Grandmaster Completion Realm, capable of creating and destroying boundless universes with a thought, would undoubtedly be reduced in dimension by the Martial Saint's power and taken into the book.
A radiant book appeared before Ye Li: Myriad Forms of the Forest.
The moment he saw it, countless earlier memories fell into place.
Back then, he had merely wondered why the book was only half-written, with everything after that missing.
Yun Huanzi had explained, "The founder still hasn't finished Myriad Forms of the Forest. The founder planned one hundred and eight installments, but stopped writing at the eightieth."
Ye Li had thought the Martial Saint founder had abandoned it. Now, it seemed the book was still being updated.
Standing before it, Ye Li slowly turned to the first page.
Installment One: The Dao of Luo, Desire to Behold Its Wonders!
The first installment was nothing more than an ordinary slice-of-life story about little girls.
It simply described the daily lives of several twelve- or thirteen-year-old girls. There was nothing strange about it.
Ye Li remained calm and kept turning the pages. Up through the eightieth installment, everything matched the sect's copied edition, though this version contained far more detail.
Through the book, Ye Li could view the world it depicted from a