"Unfortunately, I'm still only in the Inner Landscape Realm. My essence, qi, and spirit have yet to reach perfection, so my efficiency in comprehending the Dao is much lower."
Chen Jichuan felt some regret.
If he still had the cultivation of his previous life, he might have had a chance to attain True Immortalhood in one stroke this time.
But eight or nine things out of ten in life never went as one wished.
He was already fortunate to catch the Great Expansion Tournament, held once every 490,000 years. He could hardly ask for too much more.
"The Great Expansion Go Board."
"The Harmony-Through Immortal Fruit."
"This is already excellent."
Chen Jichuan stopped dwelling on it.
The bestowed Harmony-Through Immortal Fruit lingered for only a moment before turning into a stream of clear qi with the four participants' breaths and entering their mouths and noses. Immediately, their hearing and vision cleared, heaven and earth turned upside down, and the four appeared within a realm of chaos.
There was no above or below.
Only formless chaos.
Within that chaos where nothing existed, a sudden explosion shook their souls. Chen Jichuan struggled to open his eyes. He saw a point of chaos split open, the Great Dao born within it. Everything revealed itself; every principle and secret lay bare before his eyes. His soul was lucid, and he stared, utterly entranced.
Hum!
Hum!
Hum!
It seemed to be the humming of the Great Dao.
Chaos split open, and the clear and turbid separated.
A newborn world appeared, passing from primordial wilderness into flourishing splendor.
The Primordial World.
The Cosmic Starfield.
Everything evolved at breathtaking speed.
Chen Jichuan immersed himself in it, as though he had traveled through countless expanses of space and time.
He saw the Primordial World open up, saw living