"I simply never imagined these few runes would be so mysterious. They actually work even in an environment like this," the Reincarnation Disk said in wonder.
At that moment, a mysterious aura enveloped Shi Yi, as though he stood transcendent above all things, beyond all worlds and the five elements.
The cursed power afflicting him diminished dramatically, visibly so. This meant he could venture higher to gather medicinal plants.
"It seems I still underestimated that sea of bitterness above your cave heavens. If you someday cultivate a raft to cross the world, traverse that boundless sea of bitterness, and find the supreme other shore, the dao fruit you attain will be unimaginable," the Reincarnation Disk mused.
Hearing this, Shi Yi also felt a yearning. What secrets did that mysterious ocean hold? Was it the key to the past, present, and future, and to the supreme other shore?
All of those questions would have to wait until the Immortal Ancient Bud opened and he ignited his divine flame.
He steadied his emotions and began climbing the great grave.
When his first step landed, only a few tiny arcs of electricity burst beneath his foot, and they quickly subsided.
The sight gave Shi Yi considerably more confidence. He headed straight toward the mountainside, though he did not move quickly. Even with a method to conceal himself from heavenly secrets, he still needed to act cautiously.
Before long, he reached the mountainside. The lightning and curses here were terrifying beyond imagination, and there was another force as well-chaos qi. Without the four runes, Shi Yi would probably have been reduced to tribulation ash in an instant.
He carefully skirted the wisps of chaos qi drifting through the void. Immeasurably heavy and imbued with an immortal dao aura, they seeped from inside the Yellow-Earth