Another five thousand years passed in the flick of a finger.
Over those five thousand years, Lin Tian and Houtu rode the golden eagle formed by the Chaos Dao Scripture and crossed a full seventy-nine Chaos Heavenly Rivers.
And on this day...
Only one final river-the eighty-first Chaos Heavenly River-remained between them and the summit of the All-Heaven Divine Peak.
Once they crossed this Chaos Heavenly River, Lin Tian and his companions could reach the summit of the All-Heaven Divine Peak directly.
Along the way...
Lin Tian had already gathered a considerable amount of Heaven and Earth Xuanhuang Qi and Great Dao Merit.
Meanwhile, whenever the companions climbing the All-Heaven Divine Peak with Lin Tian crossed a Chaos Heavenly River on its slopes, the moment they reached its far shore, everyone-Lin Tian, Houtu, and all those following them-received a certain quantity of Heaven and Earth Xuanhuang Qi.
As for Lin Tian...
Each time he reached the far shore of a Chaos Heavenly River, a thread of mystery, profound beyond profundity, brewed within his sea of consciousness as he contemplated it.
The term "far shore" was actually an expression of enlightenment that would only emerge in later ages, after karma and annihilation-the two origin laws ranked foremost among the unorthodox paths-became Great Daos of the Primordial World. Only then would the myriad Primordial World creatures speak of it with relish.
In the Primordial World of the Wild Era, however, there was no such concept as the far shore.
Yet as Lin Tian crossed the full eighty-one Chaos Heavenly Rivers, the process of reaching the far shore each time had indeed stirred a mystery he had never comprehended before, leaving it brewing ceaselessly within his sea of consciousness.
That day...
The Clear-Handsome Daoist, Lin Tian, and the slender young maiden, Houtu, stood