Now, standing at the edge of the Three Thousand Immortal Domains was no more than standing at the edge of a fallen leaf, gazing out at the world beyond it.
"Without becoming a Daluo Golden Immortal, one would ultimately never leap beyond this leaf, nor glimpse the vastness of this boundless chaos."
At last, Chen Nianzhi murmured slowly to himself. He had a feeling that this chaos, though seemingly perilous and unfathomable, was also endlessly flourishing.
Perhaps chaos itself was not dangerous. Perhaps they were simply too weak.
Like an ant—when even a single drop of water could drown you, how could you possibly cross the Canghai and witness the splendor of the far shore?
"Before the myriad heavens and worlds, I may be something. But before this boundless Chaos Sea, how tiny and insignificant am I?"
"So this... was what it meant for the Dao to have no end..."
Chen Nianzhi gathered his thoughts and emerged from seclusion.
After leaving seclusion, he calculated with his fingers and discovered that twenty thousand years had passed during this retreat.
"You've emerged from seclusion."
Seeing Chen Nianzhi come out, the Heavenly Maiden could not help asking eagerly, "How did it go?"
"I did not fail your expectations. The breakthrough succeeded."
Chen Nianzhi spoke softly, answering with a smile.
The Heavenly Maiden rejoiced at once and let out a long breath. "That's good."
Chen Nianzhi smiled faintly and said nothing more. He merely looked toward the place where Heaven's Edge Ancestor was in seclusion and asked, "How is the situation?"
"Not good."
The Heavenly Maiden shook her head and said gravely, "Fellow Daoist Heaven's Edge emerged from seclusion not long ago. He asked me to tell you to see him once you came out."
Chen Nianzhi frowned and immediately entered the temporary