"Union with the Dao?!"
You Gaomin seemed somewhat at a loss at those words, a trace of bewilderment showing in his eyes. But the old Daoist quickly recovered, steadied himself, and said,
"Although Azure Dragon Cave has withdrawn from the world, we haven't completely severed contact with the outside. Unless someone deliberately deceived this old Daoist, Master Guangfa achieved fetal formation and entered the Fourth Realm in Yuyang five years ago. The whole world knows it. Now you're talking about union with the Dao-are you making sport of me?"
Cheng Xinzhan said nothing more. With a mere thought, three bright mirror wheels naturally appeared behind his head.
The three mirror wheels shared the same center and plane, differing only in diameter and color. The innermost was azure, spinning so rapidly that, at first glance, it almost seemed to be turning slowly. The middle wheel was crimson, its rim displaying burning patterns of flame that slowly surged, scorching ripples into the void. The outermost wheel was purple, with lightning arising and perishing within it. From time to time, silver bolts darted out and whipped the void apart, exposing pitch-black spatial fissures as fine as ox hairs.
Cheng Xinzhan raised his eyes toward You Gaomin. At that moment, boundless nothingness filled his gaze, like the desolate vault of the cosmos, while the three-colored mirror wheels behind his head shone so brilliantly, like the sole light at the first creation of heaven and earth. Illuminated by the wheels, the young azure-robed Daoist seemed transformed into a divine being of heaven and earth from ancient times, possessed of boundless magical power and such majesty, ever-present and omnipotent.
You Gaomin stared in horror at the sight before him. He felt as though his soul was about to be seized by that nothingness, while the three