"What was that aura? Why did it stir such a heartfelt longing within me?"
"It did not feel like a breath of the mortal world. Could it be that the Immortal Realm had descended once more?"
One stone stirred up a thousand waves. Across the four seas and eight wildernesses, powerful streams of consciousness were roused. Every one of them stood at the peak of the Heavenly Phenomenon realm, already at the summit of the mortal world. All were seeking the immortal realm of longevity; some had even taken half a step beyond it.
"Was that aura truly immortal? But how could that be? Something had clearly gone wrong with the Immortal Realm."
In an immensely distant, shattered world, a pair of illusory dharma eyes opened after catching the aura of an immortal.
Here, baleful currents ran rampant, yin and yang were inverted, the void had collapsed, and destructive auras filled every corner.
"Something is strange, but it is indeed the aura of the Immortal Realm. Still, something feels off."
Gazing into the distance, a warped shadow quietly manifested. It resembled both dragon and serpent, its entire body suffused with a forbidden aura that none dared look upon directly.
"Both alike and unlike. The descending aura is indeed immortal qi, but other things are mixed within it as well. Interesting. This Spirit-Void Realm is becoming more and more interesting."
Communing with heaven and earth, the dragon-serpent phantom discerned some things. Yet at that very moment, a hair-raising chill surged into its heart, as though some great fiend had fixed its gaze upon it. The dragon-serpent phantom hurriedly withdrew its gaze, but it was already too late.
"Not good. Something else is hidden behind this. It is no mortal being, but a true immortal—" His expression changed drastically. Sensing that bizarre