Three days later, blue waves rippled across an enormous lake hundreds of kilometers west of Fuyuki City.
Lu You stood calmly on the surface of this lake that could be called an inland sea, his feet resting on the crests of the waves. Nothing surrounded him but boundless blue water and the vault of the sky.
"With the heavens high and the earth vast, I sensed the infinity of the universe.
As joy faded and sorrow came, I understood that rise and decline had their allotted course."
This was Lu You's deepest impression after returning to the Main World. Those vast heavens and broad lands were enough to let supernatural beings roam without restraint.
It was unlike The Outcast, where countless chains of rules restricted supernatural beings' destructive power, yet special cultivation methods could touch those rules, creating a sort of bug: some abilities were in a league of their own.
He closed his eyes and began regulating his breathing.
His blood surged like rivers, Psychic Energy circulated ceaselessly through his meridians, and the radiant Golden Core in his dantian pulsed faintly.
He could clearly sense that barrier, the threshold of the third tier. It was right there, within reach.
These were the accumulated gains of three worlds and the combined gifts of three supremely talented individuals. Only now could he say he had integrated them into a coherent whole.
"Come!"
His eyes snapped open. All the Psychic Energy in his body, all his blood, and every insight he had gained erupted at the same instant.
He reached out and pushed open that faintly visible doorway! Instantly, the rippling lake sank inward around him, its waters compressed into an enormous bowl-shaped crater thousands of meters across.
A towering wall of water surged skyward, surrounding him like a vast transparent ring.