Clang!
A long, lingering cauldron chime rang through the endless void.
Yu Ke watched the destiny talent [Cicadas Sing for a Lifetime] vanish completely.
The words on the Great Cauldron slowly settled into place.
``` [You finally awakened completely and remembered everything. Over ten years, you deduced the Heavenly Emperor's Heart Sutra to the perfected ninth level.]
[This was a realm even the Ancient Heavenly Emperor had never reached: the pinnacle of the Dao Heart Divine Treasury, the source of the power of the heart.]
[Perhaps the Heavenly Emperor had failed to break through precisely because he had never truly experienced "breaking before rebuilding"—losing everything, then walking the path of cultivation anew among mortals.]
[Your once-depleted meridians and blood qi began to surge. Your body, formerly incapable of cultivation, now greedily absorbed the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.]
[With one step, you reached the sea and stood upon its surging waves.]
[Every treasure you had obtained in the Heavenly Emperor's Treasury had shattered and vanished. Only the Eastern Pole Divine Stele, given to you by the Emperor of Longevity and hidden deep within your Heart Sea, remained.]
[And there was the young Diwu Tree Elixir of Immortality rooted in your Heart Sea—or rather, the Elixir of Immortality itself.]
[After absorbing spiritual energy in the Heavenly Emperor's Treasury for untold years, it released it all in a thunderous rush.]
[Your cultivation surged like a tide through the Body Sculpting Realm, Spirit Stabilization, Dao Embryo, and Dragon Court Realm, returning you to your peak in an instant.]
[You stood just one step from the Great Dao Golden Core. You had broken through that barrier several times before without advancing, all because the time had not yet come.]
[This time, you understood your own Dao Path. Without hesitation, you drew upon the