Tai Zhen stood upon the broad, level sea, a faint ripple passing through his gaze.
This place was a fragment of information left behind after the death of the Dragon Ancestor, the Heavenly Venerable of All-Existence. He had discovered its existence long ago and left himself a means of entering and leaving.
Whenever a cultivator underwent the mahayana calamity, this place would send down a projection to become the final ordeal of their tribulation. Once the cultivator completed the tribulation, they would also leave certain traces within this original body.
"Let me see just how you passed this final ordeal."
Tai Zhen murmured softly, a faint light appearing in his eyes as he prepared to trace Chu Mo's experience of the tribulation. Just then, a true dragon suddenly leaped out of the sea.
The moment the true dragon appeared, the light in its eyes abruptly dimmed. A graceful figure woven from rosy light emerged from its mind. Upon seeing Tai Zhen, the woman asked displeasedly:
"Tai Zhen, what are you doing here?"
Tai Zhen stopped what he was doing, not at all offended. Smiling at her, he said, "Third Sister, you've been staying here all this time. You probably haven't heard that something momentous just happened."
"Hmm?" Tai Shao cast him a sidelong glance. "Something momentous? What have you done now? Don't tell me you've schemed against another Mahayana cultivator and come looking for my help?"
"How could you think of me that way, Third Sister? You shouldn't cling to stereotypes." Tai Zhen shook his head. "This time, it really had nothing to do with me."
Without waiting for her to ask, he said directly, "Just now, Fuli gained a newly ascended Mahayana cultivator."
"What?" The words Tai Shao had been about to say caught in her mouth. Traces of