When a Supreme fell, heaven and earth naturally mourned together, and the myriad Daos sank in unison.
Heart Venerable's "passing" marked the complete end of this era, and also signaled that an age of Dao hardship lasting tens of thousands of years was about to descend upon the mortal world once again.
The starry sky grew desolate, great sects withdrew into hiding, and the Saint Dao vanished without a trace.
The flourishing age dissipated once more. Everything seemed no more than passing clouds and smoke; only the universe's deathly stillness and darkness were truly eternal.
Meanwhile, deep within the chaos, in the Undying Mountain.
Wenxin had struggled to live out his third life, then withdrawn into seclusion. He, too, opened a cave abode within this Universe Origin Divine Mountain to serve as his cultivation grounds.
Since he had retired into seclusion, Wenxin naturally no longer needed to concern himself with the many trivial affairs of the world. He only needed to devote himself to cultivation and seek to attain the Immortal Dao.
However, in the eyes of He Mu and Heavenly Venerable Lingbao, Wenxin's chances of becoming an immortal amid the mortal dust were truly not great.
After all, although he had already lived out his third life, Wenxin still had not the slightest idea how to pursue his own road to immortality. He merely circled before the threshold of near-immortality, never managing to enter.
One had to understand that living out a third life was a true heavenly chasm for many Dao Attainers.
Looking across all of history, more than ninety-nine percent of Extreme Dao Supremes had actually met their end after only two lives. Even their second lives had only been possible through the power of Immortal Divine Medicine.
Thus, a third life could be called a threshold