At the same time, Chu Luohen opened his eyes as well. He let out a heavy breath of stale air and looked toward Su Jiu.
The celestial phenomena overhead were about to disperse. She should be nearly finished too.
Chu Luohen did not get up immediately. Instead, he remained seated, recalling everything that had happened during his advancement.
He did not know whether it was his imagination, but he kept feeling that advancing in this world was an entirely different experience from before. Perhaps reaching the Spirit Severing Stage had deepened his understanding of the laws of the Heavenly Dao, giving him the impression that the Heavenly Dao of these two worlds were completely different existences. Or perhaps it really was nothing more than an illusion.
Aside from that, his mind had wandered during his tribulation...
Su Jiu's face had kept appearing before him, over and over, seemingly without end. There had even been a voice in the darkness constantly reminding him of the Dao he cultivated.
Although he had successfully reached Out-of-Body, he still felt that something had gone wrong with his Dao heart...
Since no one had ever asked, he had never told anyone other than Chu Mojin that what he cultivated was Huo Chan?Sheng Dalükui?
It was also because of his Dao heart that he treated outsiders with greater coldness.
Chu Luohen never deliberately dug into questions that yielded no answers. He had never been particularly curious.
As the celestial phenomena gradually dispersed, he rose to his feet.
The Ice-Melting Cave was as bitterly cold as ever. Sealed by a barrier, it still barred cultivators below the Nascent Soul level from freely entering or leaving.
Yet on the very day Su Jiu reached Out-of-Body, a slight change occurred inside the Ice-Melting Cave.
On the cave's Second