When Li Shun borrowed longevity from Heaven, he had once come into close contact with Great Qian Heaven.
But perhaps he had been sheltered by the Twelve Longevity Method. Though he was only a mortal then, he had kept his mind clear within Great Qian Heaven and succeeded in borrowing longevity.
But now...
Every speck of light in the vast vortex before him unleashed its pressure without restraint.
The vortex was as deep as an abyss, as boundless as the sea.
Li Shun stood before it, no different from an ant.
Moments later, that pressure spread from his body into every corner of his soul.
Beneath the vast, looming Dao, Li Shun felt as though his entire being were being reshaped and recast.
He was losing what made him himself, becoming a shadow cast by the Dao's radiance.
Even as his will faded bit by bit, Li Shun felt not the slightest sense of danger.
Or rather, he had no other thoughts at all.
He had become nothing more than an appendage of the vortex before him.
Just then, a figure stepped between Li Shun and the vortex.
The figure cut off the dazzling vortex's influence.
Li Shun jolted awake.
He glanced to either side. Gu and Cao looked just as shaken as he was, like people who had barely escaped death.
Without the Grand Libationer, they might have been assimilated by the Dao the instant they saw the Outer Heavenly Dao Marks, becoming part of the vortex forever.
The Dao is like an Outer God. Ordinary mortals must neither look upon it nor know it.
The thought suddenly surfaced in Li Shun's mind, though he did not know why.
Unlike the three of them, the Grand Libationer remained utterly composed.
He stood with his back to them and his