He Mu sat upright atop the Lingbao Immortal Platform, his hands forming seals.
Vast divine power surged from him, gradually merging with the lofty platform beneath him to resonate with the Dao aura the Heavenly Venerable Lingbao had left behind long ago.
Hum-
In an instant, the Lingbao Immortal Platform blazed with light. Its near-immortal Dao aura manifested in full, and the sounds of the Dao rang out without end, as though the Heavenly Venerable Lingbao himself had descended to expound the supreme Great Dao.
The next moment, at the center of the Divine Spring, the crimson Immortal Cocoon that had remained suspended there was fully awakened by the constant resonance of the platform's immortal light.
A tremendous surge of vital essence erupted from the Immortal Cocoon, forming a phantom that manifested in the void.
It was a hazy figure, as though he had walked out of time itself. Dense chaos qi wreathed him, obscuring his face.
Though his features were indistinct, He Mu could still sense his towering, majestic presence.
An intricate, ancient formation diagram hovered above his head, while four blood-red supreme Killing Swords rested on his back. He resembled a world-destroying true god from myth.
Blood seemed to drip from those four Killing Swords, radiating sacred, boundless splendor that made the myriad Daos bow low. It was like blood shed by a True Immortal, exuding an undying aura.
Then the formation diagram trembled, bursting with dazzling rays as though it had opened up three thousand worlds. The life-source essence erupting from the crimson Immortal Cocoon was drawn into motion as well, merging with the diagram.
Once the two radiances joined, they became endless primordial light, enveloping both the lofty platform and He Mu upon it.
The next moment, beneath the primordial light, the figure's face began to grow clear. He had sword-like brows and star-bright eyes, and a quiet authority shone in every glance. His majestic bearing was that of one who ruled the heavens and received the homage of ten thousand immortals.
As he walked, he strode like a dragon and paced like a tiger, his steps swift as shooting stars, making his bearing all the more imposing and extraordinary.
This man was none other than the Heavenly Venerable Lingbao!
He turned toward He Mu and fixed his gaze upon him, as though he had seen this man of a later age across the span of countless ancient years.
The next moment, the Four Immortal-Slaying Swords surrounding the Heavenly Venerable Lingbao soared into the air and formed a sword wheel. Terrifying visions of mountains of corpses and seas of blood, fallen immortals and weeping gods manifested around it. With overwhelming momentum and peerless immortal might, it slashed straight down at He Mu.
At the sight, He Mu neither dodged nor evaded. Boundless immortal light merely surged around him, then converged before him, ultimately becoming the weapon with which he had attained the Dao-the Wuliang Dao Wheel.
The moment the Wuliang Dao Wheel manifested, it too rose into the air. It set earth, water, fire, and wind in motion, unfolding a vision of heaven's creation and becoming an infinitely vast universe that drew in the Four Immortal-Slaying Swords.
At this moment, there was a sword wheel and a Dao wheel: one sought to destroy the world, the other to open the heavens.
Two equally powerful, equally supreme yet opposing forces collided head-on.
They seemed to be fighting fiercely, crushing against one another, yet they also seemed to coexist in harmony without becoming alike, united in opposition, blending together and validating each other.
As the two intertwined, they radiated endless heavenly might of the Great Dao. Even space and time churned beneath that power, as though they could no longer bear such tremendous force.
Boom-
The vast, sacred power of the Great Dao spread through the air. It was as though the end had descended and ten thousand ages had come to nothing; yet it was also as though the Great Dao had first opened and all things had been born anew.
From Lingbao destroying the world to Wuliang opening the heavens, from all things returning to oblivion to the birth of the Heavenly Dao, from ten thousand immortals paying homage to all living beings singing praises... vision after vision unfolded in succession.
These visions seemed inexhaustible, appearing and vanishing without cease, unfolding wondrous scenes that would never be forgotten.
At last, as though the Great Dao had returned to unity, the two equally supreme Dao Fruits dissolved together, becoming a single primordial Dao Fruit. It then shattered in an instant and vanished amid the ripples of space and time.
At the same time, the entire world at the planet's core finally fell quiet once more.
Almost everything had returned to how it had been when He Mu first arrived. Only the phantom of the Heavenly Venerable Lingbao still stood alone in the void, proving that everything before had truly happened and had not been an illusory dream.
As though dissatisfied with this outcome, the Heavenly Venerable Lingbao sat cross-legged where he was in the void, forming Dao Seals with both hands.
Immediately afterward, heavenly sounds of the Great Dao rang out again. They resembled scripture recitation and came from the Heavenly Venerable Lingbao's Sea of Bitterness. This was likely the supreme scripture that the Heavenly Venerable Lingbao had created all those years ago.
For a time, celestial blossoms rained down, golden springs welled up from the earth, ten thousand rays of immortal light shone, and purple qi came from the east. Countless visions manifested, and all the myriad Daos of heaven and earth seemed ready to bow beneath Lingbao's Great Dao.
On the other side, He Mu was equally unwilling to fall behind. Heavenly sounds of the Great Dao resounded around him as well, and scripture recitation rang out from his Four Extremes Secret Realm. All manner of visions appeared once more-it was his Wuliang Immortal Scripture.
At this moment, the Wuliang Immortal Scripture He Mu had created and the Heavenly Venerable Lingbao's Lingbao Immortal Scripture seemed to carry on their earlier demonstration of the Dao, beginning another confrontation in a different form.
An unknown amount of time passed before the sounds of recitation finally faded, and this unconventional discourse on the Dao at last drew to a close.
Through this discourse, He Mu had not only validated his own Great Dao but also obtained the Sea of Bitterness and Immortal Platform volumes of the Lingbao Immortal Scripture, along with most of the true essence of Nine Secrets: Zu.
On the other side, the Heavenly Venerable Lingbao's phantom slowly receded, returning to nothingness. The crimson Immortal Cocoon also began to dissolve, becoming specks of starlight that drifted away through the world at the planet's core.
Only a speck of golden light remained, swaying above the pool of the Divine Spring formed from the Lingbao Immortal Platform's divine liquid, faintly exuding an undying quality.
With a sweep of his hand, He Mu drew that speck of golden light to him. As his divine sense surged, he read all the information it contained.
It turned out to be a speck of origin immortal light formed when the Heavenly Venerable Lingbao had relinquished his physical body long ago, merging the power of his primordial spirit with his origin essence.
With this, He Mu was now confident that he could find the Heavenly Venerable Lingbao's true body. He had achieved the goal he had set at the outset of this journey, bringing it to a satisfactory conclusion.
Having obtained the information he wanted, He Mu lingered no longer. He merged the pool of the Divine Spring into the core of the lofty platform, then turned and left the world at the planet's core.
He Mu did not take that pool of precious Heavenly Venerable Immortal Platform Divine Liquid. In his view, he had already gained a great deal from this journey. He would leave such a treasure for someone fated to find it in a later age.
With a single step, the Golden Light Avenue unfurled once more. He Mu soared away across the heavens, and the planet fell quiet again.
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