After the golden light descended.
Zhang Yuan did not know what had happened, nor how much time had passed. It felt like an instant, yet also like an eternity. When he opened his eyes again, he had already left Sky Mountain and arrived in the Outer Chaos.
Countless dust motes drifted beyond the heavens. With the Five Realms Unification, the myriad heavens had merged into the Five Great Realms, but not every world could join them. Only worlds whose status reached a certain level had a chance of merging into the Five Realms.
As for the microcosms of lower status, they still drifted through the Outer Chaos.
"Chaos..."
Zhang Yuan took stock of his situation and looked toward the Five Great Realms, now joined together. He tried to steer his body back toward the Five Realms, but his injuries were too severe. He no longer had the strength to control his body.
"[Ninefold Harmonizing Qi]."
Exhausted in both body and mind, Zhang Yuan wanted nothing more than to close his eyes and sleep as he drifted through the Outer Chaos. Before his eyes shut completely, however, he unleashed one final divine ability, exhausting all the conceptual images remaining in his Dharma Body.
Chaos astral wind and divine fire roamed nearby. With his body still gravely wounded, lingering in the Outer Chaos would inevitably put him in danger. His most pressing task was to return to the Five Realms as quickly as possible.
Anywhere will do, as long as I don't land right outside the Wen River Deng Clan's gates.
Zhang Yuan breathed out, thinking this to himself, then closed his eyes and went to sleep.
Clear qi enveloped his body, protecting his Dharma Body. With a gentle push, Zhang Yuan shattered countless microcosms drifting through the chaos and began falling