Thump!
A dull heartbeat reverberated, shaking the stars beyond the heavens until they trembled, dared not compete in radiance, and exploded together.
Having just become a Celestial Immortal, he now equaled a star system composed of dozens or even a hundred stars. His might could not be compared with that of an ordinary Celestial Immortal.
Even between stars, the difference could be as vast as heaven and earth. This was an immensely broad range, with disparities great enough to drive one to despair.
Some stars were merely stars; others were hypergiants.
Just as the Overlord and ordinary Celestial Immortals differed like clouds and mud.
Upon first entering the Celestial Immortal realm, he had already reached its pinnacle, with no rival here.
At that instant, he resembled the true Heavenly Venerable Lingbao descending into the world. His boundless Dharma Body abruptly expanded into a towering Daoist who upheld heaven and stood upon earth. The Thirty-Three Heavens flickered into view; his left hand nurtured energy, while his right generated matter. He seemed the very symbol of all that "existed" between heaven and earth.
Four divine lights circled him. Blades of duckweed drifted away on the wind, annihilating universe after universe, moving from "existence" toward "nonexistence."
They unfolded a "vision of the end."
Buzzz...
Heaven and earth responded, seemingly in congratulation and reverence. A pillar of light descended into Ji Hao, with strand after strand of karma clinging to it. Within his Niwan Palace, his Dharma Body grew increasingly solid and its principles clearer, breaking through barriers and striding toward the Celestial Immortal realm, seeking to enter an even more profound domain.
Seeming to grasp something, he murmured, "The primal aura of All Things' End... come to think of it, doesn't the Golden Emperor bear part of Lingbao's and Yuanshi's karma?"
"So this