Shi Qingyun slowly rose to his feet. Behind him, a Divine Ring shone forth, with what seemed to be the true meaning of the Great Dao surging upon it.
"Breaking into True One, beholding my true self. Good."
"The art of Yin-Yang creation has risen another step."
"To behold heaven and earth, all living beings, and one's true self-this is the Dao!"
With a sweep of his sleeve, a wisp of clear, ethereal energy drifted out, stirring the laws of heaven and earth into a surge.
It directly erased the formations laid out around him, leaving not the slightest trace.
As Shi Qingyun opened and closed his eyes, various Dao laws collided within them.
After breaking into the True One realm, his aura had grown increasingly ethereal. His heart was as clear as a mirror, and his connection to this world had deepened further.
The chilly aura around him resembled solid ice in the depths of the netherworld that had not melted in the slightest for tens of millions of years, but after he sensed a certain presence...
That icy aura swiftly dissipated, and a warm smile slowly appeared on his previously unruffled face.
He took a gentle step forward. Ripples immediately spread through the space beneath his feet, and his figure flickered slightly in midair before vanishing from the spot.
Above, clouds rolled and unfurled as they wandered aimlessly across the sky, casting patches of shadow that imprinted their shapes upon the earth.
A graceful figure, like a fairy descending from the Nine Heavens into the mortal world, stood on the Star Plucking Platform.
Wisps of breeze tousled her stray hair, and her gauzy robes, like smoke and mist, fluttered softly around her.
The Demoness gazed at the winding, unending mountains and rivers beneath her feet, her heart