The Southern Ranges.
The sun had only recently risen.
Jiang Ning swept his gaze across heaven and earth, taking everything into his eyes.
At that moment, he understood how the Martial Saint had surveyed the world before.
Once the shackles on the eyes were severed, a single glance could encompass the world.
At that moment, he also understood why Miaoguan had said that the immortals of the Primordial Era were like prisoners in a cage.
At the Martial Saint realm, one could sever the human body's shackles and survey the world at a glance, yet above immortals lay three further realms.
Heavenly Immortal, True Immortal, and Heavenly Venerable.
How could such powerful beings fail to do the same?
Heaven and earth lay exposed in a single glance, with no secrets left.
At such a realm, vast though heaven and earth were, to those powerful beings they were a cage mere inches across, with nothing that could not be known.
Anything novel, once viewed a thousand times, ten thousand times, hundreds of millions of times... would eventually become tiresome.
This was unavoidable.
At this moment, Jiang Ning stood atop the dead leaves. His left eye was as calm as ever, but scene after scene was reflected within its pupil.
Now, if he wished, he could see young children running through the streets and alleys of Luoshui County.
He could see laborers unloading cargo at Dongling City's docks.
He could see figures leaning against railings deep within the Royal Capital, gazing into the distance.
He could see the surging tides along the shores of the East Sea.
One glance encompassed the world.
The world held no more secrets in his eyes.
This was the realm attained after severing the shackles.
Having only just entered this realm, he still found it novel. But