Zhong Shan and Blue walked onto a patch of level ground.
Blue was a remarkable, gifted man. When he was born, flowers bloomed, grass flourished, and orioles flitted through the air, as though nature itself were singing for him. He was also a born prodigy on the Way of Nature, the kind who appeared only once among thousands of clusters.
His eyes could even perceive the existence of "worlds," so he traveled from world to world, leaving traces of wisdom, enlightening civilizations, and leaving laughter in his wake.
He was gentle and kind. Even when he encountered treasure, he took only a single ladle from an ocean of riches.
Yet one day, he encountered a bottleneck.
That was normal. Even the most brilliant geniuses encountered bottlenecks.
His ego-awareness was slowly fading, and he spent more and more time asleep.
Nor was the Way of Nature as gentle as he had imagined. Nature had a gentle, benevolent side, but also a savage, merciless one. In other words, however great his talent, he had only traveled half the Way of Nature...
But precisely because his talent was so great, even half the Way of Nature had been enough for him to undergo "conception reversal."
"Zhong Shan, long time no see! Have you got any good wine to treat me to?" Blue laughed after coming to his senses.
Zhong Shan drew a deep breath. Seeing his friend return to the right path, he burst out laughing. "No, all I've got is a fart!"
Zhong Shan said, "Today, I'm going to challenge an Immortal. This day next year will be the anniversary of my death. What path ahead could I possibly have?"
Outside, night had fallen, and dark clouds pressed down on the city. Apart from the local Wanhai people holding their ground, most