Li Dao felt as though lightning had struck his mind, followed by a cool, refreshing sensation.
I am a seed between heaven and earth. This world needs a towering tree to hold it up.
What I do is for heaven and earth, and for my own transcendence.
As soon as that thought settled, his white hair turned black once more. His decaying body seemed to have been infused with fresh vitality, his flesh glimmering with a mysterious light as it grew ever more crystalline.
Brilliant golden Dao patterns coiled around the bones within his body, becoming ever more complete and harmonious.
Li Dao firmly planted the foot that had hung suspended in midair. The next instant, the scene before him changed. Before he knew it, he had reached the far shore.
Outside, when everyone saw divine light blaze from Li Dao, his white hair turn black, and the flame of his life burn even fiercer, they all held their breath.
And when they saw the stone stele before Li Dao change to "three," the crowd erupted.
"He really passed?!"
"Isn't he clearing these trials far too quickly?!"
"Could he become the next person to attain immortality?!"
"An Immortal King's bearing! An Immortal King's bearing!"
At the sight, Gong He's anxious heart eased a little.
But it was not over yet. Li Dao's body shuddered, and nine Cave Heavens emerged behind him at once, merging into a divine halo.
With a faint tremor, a tenth Cave Heaven appeared above his head, considerably larger than the other nine.
The light within that Cave Heaven was deeper, with brilliant streaks of starlight flashing through it from time to time.
The rootlike Dao patterns on the ten Cave Heavens shone, forming an undying divine halo behind him.
Gong He saw none of this. All