An exquisitely profound aura ignited around Su Mo, and myriad stars appeared in his eyes, brilliant and unfathomably deep.
Su Mo stood among the stars, yet the myriad stars in his eyes could not align with the starry sky around him.
"No heaven, no self, no meaning."
"This is not the Heavenly Mystery Dao..."
Su Mo raised his head and gazed at the distant stars. A tearing sensation began to rise in his heart.
One side made him feel that the world held no meaning, that only truth was eternal.
The other was attachment, the bonds he shared with the living beings of the Mortal World.
Eternity made him "forget himself," while the Mortal World made him "forget eternity."
The myriad stars in Su Mo's eyes shone. A Divine Race sigil awakened on his forehead, and he raised a hand to gently touch the Divine Rune there.
"Truth is heartless. It is not what I desire."
"Since all things hold meaning for me only because 'I exist,' I shall be like a great river..."
"Carrying the Mortal World as I seek eternity."
Divine radiance flashed in Su Mo's eyes. Several auras merged into one ethereal, elusive aura, strange and inscrutable.
Within this aura were the living beings of the Mortal World, as well as the eternity of the stars.
As a shackle within his heart shattered, his Core Formation cultivation surged explosively.
Su Mo's aura climbed without pause, reaching the brink of breaking through Core Formation in the blink of an eye. A serene aura emerged around him...
Crack.
From the Unseen came the sound of a barrier shattering. A strange phenomenon slowly appeared within Su Mo, transforming into a strand of vitality that emerged inside him.
It was a tiny figure identical to Su Mo. As its eyes opened,