Eternal Grand Dream, Interplay of Illusion and Reality

Outside the Undying Mountain.

Powerful cultivators of every race crowded the area as far as the eye could see.

Even the weakest among them had reached the realm of Dao-Slaying Kings.

Saints, Great Saints, and even Quasi-Emperors stood there obediently.

All of them gazed up at that supreme figure.

Li Ming sat cross-legged, wreathed in chaotic energy and radiating dazzling Immortal Ascension Light.

The Grand Dao Heavenly Sound thundered.

As he received their homage, Li Ming expounded the Grand Dao.

Countless astonishing phenomena appeared: showers of light drifted down, Divine Springs burst from the earth, and Grand Dao Divine Lotuses bloomed.

Everyone who had come to pay homage felt as though they had received sudden enlightenment. They benefited immensely.

Li Ming expounded the Grand Dao for over a month, and the Grand Dao Heavenly Sound continued to thunder.

The assembled experts sank into deep enlightenment.

Only when his lecture ended did they awaken, each feeling they had gained a great deal.

It was as though everything had suddenly fallen into place.

They bowed once more, their eyes filled with reverence.

"May the Demon Venerable live forever!"

"May his boundless lifespan endure for ten thousand times ten thousand years!"

Their roaring voices shook the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands.

Endless Faith Power surged toward the Undying Mountain and gathered there.

As Li Ming watched it gather, he once again felt something unusual.

Faith Power truly had its own unique properties.

He quietly contemplated its uses.

Just then.

Extreme Dao Divine Might suddenly erupted from the depths of the universe.

A golden radiance streaked across the void, reaching out from the universe's depths.

That terrifying aura made the gathered experts' faces change.

It was the aura of the Six-Eared Macaque.

Since attaining Emperor Enlightenment, the Six-Eared Macaque's aura had become overwhelmingly domineering,