Time slipped quietly by.
Hu Yanbo rarely ventured out, cultivating in seclusion within his palace in the Eastern Polar Region. He took no part in any conflicts on the Origin Continent, treasuring every day sustained by the Karmic Affinity Treasure Medicine.
After cultivating in seclusion in Fengdu until he became an Eternal True God, Luo Feng also began venturing out with Mohe, experiencing the wonders and dangers of this vast world.
In the blink of an eye, six eras had passed.
Hum-
Inside the quiet chamber, the peculiar fluctuations that had persisted for so long finally reached a critical point. Like a flame burning out, they flickered gently, then died away completely.
The mysterious network of karmic pathways within Hu Yanbo's Perfect Divine Body and the fate brand deep within his soul also collapsed like bubbles, dissolving without a trace.
One moment, he had still been karma's favorite, able to see the myriad karmic threads between heaven and earth clearly and pluck them at will.
The next, that "window" through which he could look directly into the origin, almost becoming one with the Dao, slammed shut.
Hu Yanbo's body trembled slightly, and he slowly opened his eyes.
A sense of sluggishness washed over him.
His perception of the Karma Origin instantly fell from crystal clarity back to its normal state, where comprehension required painstaking effort.
That wonderful state of being wholly one with the Great Dao, with inspiration readily at hand, had vanished.
"Gone?" Hu Yanbo murmured, a barely perceptible trace of wistfulness rising within him.
It was easy to go from frugality to luxury, but difficult to go from luxury to frugality.
After tasting the ultimate experience of being the "Great Dao's favorite," returning to the ordinary state of relying on his own painstaking comprehension was indeed a jarring