"Another variable has arisen."
Above the Azure Cloud Ninefold Heaven, around the Heavenly Net Chessboard.
The gazes of the present-day Dao seekers of the Nine Heavens turned toward the white jade platform that had just formed at the very front.
Clouds and mist curled about it, serene and unmoving.
A newcomer to the Dao-seeking realm had entered and gone straight to the front ranks.
Such a foundation in comprehending the Great Dao made countless onlookers green with envy.
His cultivation had always ranked first.
Even among those seeking the Dao, there were gaps in cultivation.
"Greetings, Fellow Daoist."
"Fellow Daoist, since you have just arrived at this level of the Azure Cloud Ninefold Heaven, why not first find a place to establish your Dao field?"
"May I ask how Fellow Daoist is addressed?"
"Fellow Daoist..."
Lu Qing had just manifested a figure here.
After returning from the river of time and making his breakthrough, he had sensed that faint connection between himself and the Nine Heavens.
He had not personally descended upon the Dao Sect.
Because that feeling had indeed become different.
After attaining the Dao-seeking realm, Lu Qing could now sense that the world of the Nine Heavens was truly incomplete.
Though its rank still remained, it was like a house leaking wind from every direction. Its original framework was still there, but everywhere needed patching and repair.
Spatial fissures were the most numerous among them.
Those spatial fissures connected to beyond the heavens, and also to the ruins where time returned. They were troublesome enough to cause a headache.
Thus, he had entered this level of heaven first.
Yet he had not expected that, though these Fellow Daoists had never met him before, they would all be so warm.
Lu Qing greeted them in return.
After all, this