After saying this, Dongxu Zi slowly lowered the jade ruler in his hand and released his grip on Hu Yun's collar.
"The karmic cycle, Heaven and Earth's ultimate principles. Senior Brother, haven't we spent so long plotting precisely to fulfill Master's last wish? To let this world break free of its shackles and continue to exist!" Hu Yun said softly.
"So what if he came from the same world as you? With such poor aptitude, what could he possibly do?" Dongxu Zi forced himself to argue.
But Hu Yun smiled and said, "Senior Brother, of all of us, I alone completed the cultivation of the Great Heavenly Derivation Technique. Do you know why? You don't understand our world, nor do you understand what an information explosion is. To us, this world is a little too pure!"
The ordinary creatures of this world worked at sunrise and rested at sunset.
Cultivators sought only to comprehend the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth. Even at the very pinnacle, they merely merged with Heaven and Earth, lodging their Dao within it to become immortals!
"But where we come from, immortals themselves are meant to be defied. We even split Heaven and Earth open with an axe in our own hands!" Hu Yun declared with ironclad certainty.
"Could he really be that capable?" Dongxu Zi had heard Hu Yun tell countless myths unlike those of this world, yet he still asked half-dubiously.
"I don't know either, but he's different from me. Senior Brother, did you notice that boy's eyes?" Hu Yun asked.
At this, Dongxu Zi once again recalled the indifference in Ouyang's eyes, hidden beneath his cheeky grin, as though he were coldly watching this world from the sidelines.
Like an observer rather than a participant.
"So you noticed, Senior Brother. Whether in