Even Shen Bai was horrified by the scenes Niu Ba described within the True Knowledge Secret Realm.
The hallmark of reaching the Emptiness Realm was stepping beyond heaven and earth, escaping reincarnation, severing the shackles of time, and making all one's power one's own.
Yet the True Knowledge Secret Realm could forcibly draw out the past and future that had been severed. It was so uncanny that it was no wonder his teacher had said he would not support Shen Bai entering unless he became a sage.
As the Heaven-United One chosen by the Eternal Heavenly Dao, Shen Bai was confident, but not arrogant. Besides, he had plenty of time and many ways to validate his own Dao. The True Knowledge Secret Realm was not his only option. At the very least, he would not go now.
Though he was riding on Niu Ba's back, Shen Bai still bowed his head slightly toward the bull's black head, just as he had as a child, and said,
"Thank you, Uncle Bull. I'll be careful about going to the True Knowledge Secret Realm."
Niu Ba said nothing. He did not want to dwell on the past, especially anything concerning Yunyangzi.
What he had told Shen Bai today was something he had never even told Shen Tian.
Shen Bai also understood his mentor's temperament well. He rarely mentioned that young Daoist of Humankind, and even when he did, he glossed over him in a few words.
Niu Ba had once told him frankly that the experiences of that time had made him who he was, but had also trapped him.
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