"Yun Chenzi?"
Within the Shangqing Lingbao Daoist Field, Yu Chen softly repeated Yun Chenzi's name, unable to make heads or tails of that man's attitude.
As an Immortal Dao cultivator who had successfully ascended to the third rank through the Way of the Five Elements, Yun Chenzi had, in his early years, been hailed alongside another, Sun True Lord, as one of the Immortal Dao's two great prodigies. His third-rank titles were True Lord Fuli Duming, Golden Palace Five Extremes Celestial Master, and Grand Mysterious True One.
Among them, True Lord Fuli Duming corresponded to the Pure Clarity Immortal Way he had chosen and represented his Immortal Dao rank. Golden Palace Five Extremes Celestial Master and Grand Mysterious True One, meanwhile, were the results of his two explorations into the Way of the Five Elements.
However, in order to delve still deeper into the Way of the Five Elements, Yun Chenzi later intended to merge the five elements into one, return to the Primordial One, reverse pure origin, blend the Five Elements Grand Mysterious into the Pure Clarity Immortal Way, transform it into the Profound Clear Heavenly Realm, and ascend to the second rank.
Yet this path was extraordinarily difficult. It was practically equivalent to shattering the original foundation of the five elements, merging it into the Pure Clarity Immortal Way, and opening an entirely new lineage. Should he fail, the origins under his control would inevitably collapse and scatter.
This was also why Yun Chenzi's current titles included only True Lord Fuli Duming and Golden Palace Five Extremes Celestial Master, without Grand Mysterious True One.
To put it bluntly, Yun Chenzi had played away the origin he had used to construct the title Grand Mysterious True One while exploring the second-rank position.
Moreover, that exploration seemed to have affected