Zhang Xiaofan looked at the woman who had believed in him no matter what, and hope rekindled in his heart, once consumed by pain.
"I understand."
Zhang Xiaofan looked at her and nodded heavily.
The confusion and pain had vanished from his eyes, leaving only determination.
As his Dao heart transformed, the blood-red world within his sea of consciousness, formed from pain and despair, rapidly dissolved.
A peaceful Golden Space appeared.
At the center of the space, an ancient mark composed of five-colored runes slowly revolved.
It was the all-encompassing primordial Dao mark formed after the Heavenly Tome had become one.
It represented the most fundamental Dao of this world.
It also represented how Zhang Xiaofan, tormented by fate for centuries, had finally seen through his inner demons and reached the realm of perfection.
Inside the Rebirth Pagoda.
The five forces of law, which should have clashed with one another, had now reached harmony.
They no longer repelled one another or collided.
Instead, they fused together perfectly.
In the end, they transformed into a five-colored pillar of light that shot into the sky.
The pillar pierced through the roof of the Rebirth Pagoda, through the sea of clouds surrounding Mount Sumeru, and soared straight into the heavens.
The entire Divine Land trembled violently beneath the pillar's radiance.
After an unknown amount of time, the towering pillar of light slowly dissipated.
The world became clear once more.
Inside the Rebirth Pagoda, the black-robed young man seated cross-legged slowly opened his eyes.
What kind of eyes were they?
They were no longer cold and stern, but as vast as the starry sky and as boundless as the universe.
It was as though they contained every mystery of the world.
He had succeeded.
He had finally fused the five volumes of the Heavenly