In Central Province on Big Dipper, within the dragon lair's immortal cavern.
A terrifying aura reverberated throughout the immortal cavern, pressing the myriad daos into mournful cries. Time and space trembled, and even the Wuliang Dao Wheel, which had become an Immortal Artifact, radiated light to resist the anger spilling unintentionally from its master.
This was the wrath of a true near-immortal. Although He Mu's level of life still fell short of a genuine Immortal Dao existence, his strength had drawn infinitely close to that level, almost matching an expert who had just entered the True Immortal realm.
Looking across the present world, He Mu had long since truly stood at the pinnacle of cultivation. Throughout this universe, there could not possibly be anyone whose strength truly surpassed his. Even Heavenly Venerable Lingbao, likewise in his fourth life, remained clearly beneath him.
Back in He Mu's second lifetime, he had already been able to join forces with Heavenly Venerable Lingbao and slay a former Immortal Dao existence through their combined strength.
Moreover, He Mu had now begun his fourth life, and both his strength and cultivation realm far surpassed what they had once been. Even if a flawless True Immortal suddenly appeared in the present universe, He Mu would not fear him and would dare to fight him.
It was not as though He Mu's journey had been free of hardship and obstruction. Quite the opposite: he, too, had hovered between life and death. Which of his transformations from one lifetime to the next had not been perilous? And which of his previous foes, such as the Immortal Corpse and the Black Qi Aberration, had not been terrifying?
Yet none of those people or events had aroused He Mu's anger. He could face them calmly and lay his plans at