Within his eyes, a vision of all things in the universe being born and perishing seemed to flash past.
Then all the light turned golden. Finally, even that golden light grew fainter and fainter, until everything returned to the ordinary.
Gu Yuanqing exhaled a long breath. As it drifted into the distance, it suddenly twisted, seemingly about to become a living creature in the void, but ultimately dissolved into nothing.
Turning his awareness inward again, he found that as his immortal essence circulated, it expelled the old and drew in the new at every moment.
His divine soul and physical body both harbored boundless vitality. The flaws left by the scouring of time quietly vanished before they could have any effect.
A Golden Immortal was Indestructibility, his Dao body evergreen, his lifespan forever secure.
When he raised his eyes to look at the world again, it was entirely different from before.
The mountain was still the same mountain, the water still the same water, yet without his needing to contemplate anything deliberately, all the principles governing Heaven and Earth lay before his eyes.
With a thought, the North Spring Realm quietly began to change.
Every discordant aspect of its workings changed one by one, nourishing all things without a sound, unnoticed by anyone.
A faint joy spread throughout the North Spring Realm along with Gu Yuanqing's thoughts.
Only the cultivators immersed in quiet cultivation suddenly felt that the Dao of Heaven and Earth had become clearer and the Great Dao more active, as though their own senses had abruptly grown more refined.
At that moment, the North Spring Realm became more suited to cultivation.
Previously, it had merely been abundant in spiritual qi, with immortal spiritual qi as its foundation. Although its Great Dao was complete, it could ultimately only