Xu Yuan drew all the Destruction Divine Light back into his body and waited quietly.
It did not take long.
There was not even a warning.
The entire Thirty-Three Heavens began to tremble.
"Come on. Let me see what this second Dimensional Ascension is really like."
As Xu Yuan spoke, he suddenly sensed that something was wrong.
Heaven and earth turned black.
That was not all.
Every trace of Spiritual Power within him began to surge and boil.
Power—
The Spiritual Power of the cultivation world was changing its very nature.
Suddenly, a hand reached out of the Void and beckoned gently to him.
"Come."
Someone had spoken.
"Who are you?" Xu Yuan asked.
"There is no need for me to say more, and no need for you to ask," someone in the Void replied.
Xu Yuan fell silent for a moment.
Invisible light gathered above his head and became a Crown.
Faceless Lord, Cycle Field!
Countless images flashed wildly through Xu Yuan's mind, revealing the hand's origins and what lay behind it.
A thought stirred in Xu Yuan's mind. He sighed and said:
"I never imagined something like this would happen. Very well. I'll try."
He stepped forward and took the hand.
In an instant.
Everything around him became utterly dark.
Endless time flowed past him like running water.
At last.
Everything stopped.
Beyond the darkness around him, there was only more darkness.
Xu Yuan knew he had arrived. He gave his whole body a powerful shake and sprang out of a pile of rocks.
Daylight stretched vast above him, and the Sea of Clouds drifted like smoke. With Xu Yuan's abilities, one upward glance was enough to see the Jade Palaces atop the Thirty-Three Heavens, with carved beams, painted rafters, green tiles, and red walls—an immortal realm beyond