Xuanming looked at the countless Youxuans and sneered. "Throughout my life, fortune has never favored me. Of everything I sought, eight or nine times out of ten ended in failure. But precisely because of that, I understand how to deal with failure better than anyone."
Humm-
The Dragon Venerable's Remnant Husk abruptly trembled. Clear water resonance rippled outward in every direction. Wherever it passed, heaven and earth sprang from the void, followed by the sun, moon, and stars, mountains and rivers.
A world domain was taking shape.
"This is...?"
Chu Mo's gaze sharpened slightly. He sensed some profound change occurring in the grotto-heaven's very essence. Originally cut off from the world, it now seemed to have formed some connection with Fuli.
No, not a connection-the same underlying principles!
That thread of Dao profundity on the Dragon Venerable's Remnant Husk was forcibly drawing the grotto-heaven's laws toward those of Fuli. As the water resonance turned, the laws of heaven and earth changed one by one, becoming identical to Fuli's.
"You intend to integrate with the Dao?" Chu Mo's gaze hardened.
"Indeed."
Xuanming's voice came from behind the dragon's body. "I know that with the origin of [netherworld] alone, even after Dao integration, mine will be no more than a branch Dao, far inferior to the netherworld great Dao formed by life, death, and netherworld mutually supporting one another. But... a branch Dao is still a Dao."
"Once I succeed in Dao integration, I will be a Dao Venerable. Even if you establish your great Dao anew, you will still have to stand beneath the underworld bureaucracy." Before his words had faded, he began to act.
A deep, dark point of light flew out from between his brows and hovered above the Dragon Venerable's Remnant Husk. Profound and mysterious, it drew in