Destruction or Rebirth, It Matters Not

On the 2,001st floor of the Heaven-Piercing Pagoda.

The Boundary-Breaking Boat appeared over a stretch of sea. Thunderclouds densely filled the sky here, blotting out its light like a black curtain draped across the entire sea.

Lightning flashed and thunder roared, tearing through the dark canopy like arrows of divine wrath piercing the firmament, unleashing deafening booms.

The waves rose high and savage, transforming into enormous white breakers that surged into the heavens like colossal axes of destruction splitting the sky.

Thunder rumbled like war drums, shaking the entire sea. Every crash was accompanied by howling winds that churned the ocean into a thousand towering waves.

Lightning and thunder wove together into a terrifying yet magnificent scene, like a battlefield between heaven and earth. The powers of calamity and destruction ravaged all things, leaving not the slightest trace of life.

Chen Xun and Black Bull drew a deep breath. Over the years in the Heaven-Piercing Pagoda, they had long grown accustomed to such scenes of heaven and earth's destruction and rebirth. Their eyes held nothing but reverence. Immortal cultivators truly were far too insignificant.

From initially thinking only of fleecing heaven and earth, to this change in mentality now, the shift could not have been greater. Their hearts were filled with a heavy weight.

"Old Bull, look at the sea." Chen Xun's gaze had grown much deeper as he sat atop the crane's head. "I'm not so impatient for quick success anymore. Perhaps the point of this Immortal Realm's existence isn't merely the gifts it bestows."

"Moo~" Black Bull sat down beside Chen Xun. Though monstrous waves soared around them and thunder crashed without end, its heart was extraordinarily tranquil.

Chen Xun smiled and held Black Bull with one arm as he looked into the distance. "There's no need to