[Purple Cloud True Lord Attains a Fruit Position, and a Conversation with [Heavenly Will]]

[Under your control, "Number Three Other-Self" landed in the center of the ruins.]

[As his foot touched down, dust stirred faintly.]

[At that moment, [I Am the Chess Player] in your Sea of Consciousness abruptly activated.]

[You knew that [Future Chess Player] had made a move.]

[Another crack appeared.]

[—Counting the previous use, [I Am the Chess Player] could serve as a bridge between [Future Chess Player] and you for one more move.]

[At the very instant this crack appeared, a doorway materialized before your "Number Three Other-Self."]

[You controlled "Number Three Other-Self," pushed it open, and stepped inside.]

[What greeted your eyes was—the [Ten Thousand Beasts Secret Realm]!]

[Yes.]

[That was right.]

[At this moment, Karma formed a complete loop.]

[The [Eastern Domain] and the [Ten Thousand Beasts Secret Realm] had both severed themselves from the [Supreme True Realm] a thousand years ago and vanished.]

[The [Eastern Domain] was a contingency "Old Self" had left for you. Was the [Ten Thousand Beasts Secret Realm] any different?!]

[You did not hesitate at all.]

[Everything became clear once it was revealed.]

[You headed straight north.]

[In an instant, you reached the northernmost part of the [Ten Thousand Beasts Secret Realm].]

[There lay that unfinished [Dao-Burying Fruit Position].]

[It was the key to everything.]

[It was the contingency for Senior Lin Feng's return.]

[It was... where an old friend had waited a thousand years for you!]

[Clad in the Blue Robe, his eyes filled with smiles when he saw you.]

["I've waited for you... for far too long!"]

[There was that incomplete Void-Proven Fruit Position, there was Chen Qingyan, and there was everything those thousand years had held.]

[After that, the two of you exchanged no more words.]

[He simply continued forward, revealing his realm of [Golden Core Perfection Limit-Breaking].]

[He had