The Might of Empty Attainment
The tombstones of hundreds of True Lord are gathered together----
What a terrifying, oppressive, and heavy scene this is!
Each tombstone represents a supreme being who once stood at the pinnacle of the Xuanhuang, and a once glorious and magnificent road that dominated an era!
Now, they have all been transformed into these cold stone tablets before us, silently recounting their death and end.
A terrifying atmosphere, a mixture of tragedy, resentment, anger, despair, and an eternal, impenetrable death aura, permeated every inch of the void in the entire stone forest, like a tangible swamp.
Even with Qi Yun's current State of Mind and cultivation, he felt an inexplicable heaviness and chill.
"Hundreds of True Lord ----" Qi Yun's gaze slowly swept over the towering, dark red stone tablets before him, his eyes sparkling with interest.
"Who could possibly have such a grand gesture as to erect monuments for over a hundred True Lord?"
"Who is it again—"
His voice turned low, carrying a chilling undertone.
"Able to kill these True Lord?"
Killing True Lord is as difficult as ascending to heaven.
The True Lord has entrusted his true spirit to the Dao Fruit. As long as the Dao Fruit is undying, even if the Dao itself is destroyed, there is still a chance for rebirth.
The aura emanating from these tombstones clearly signifies a complete and utter annihilation, severing all possibility of resurrection!
What's more, there are over a hundred of them!
This cannot be explained by an ordinary fight or accident!
"It seems I'll have to find the answer myself."
Qi Yun stopped thinking about it and slowly closed his eyes.
The next instant, a dazzling, chaotic light suddenly shone from between his brows!
Immediately afterwards, endless colorful divine light, like a bursting dam of a galaxy, surged out from between his brows, intertwining and flowing in the void in front of him, transforming into a colorful star map that was constantly evolving and contained supreme Daoist principles!
Qi Yun will use his own Dao of Primordial Unity to forcefully deduce the origin of this strange stele forest and trace the truth buried in the ages!
Tracing back to the source, cause and effect become clear!
He gave a low shout, extended his right index finger, and gently tapped the colorful star map in front of him!
"Buzz"
The star chart trembled violently, and countless stars and Dao patterns within it began to swirl, combine, and deduce at an inconceivable speed!
Blurry, illusory threads, representing different timelines and causal connections, extend from the star map like living tentacles, slowly and tentatively reaching out to the vast forest of steles ahead, attempting to "grasp" the threads of truth hidden beneath the dust of eternity.
"Laugh!"
Just as those threads of cause and effect were about to touch the Stele Forest, about to begin flowing upstream and tracing back to the source!
A jet-black "crack" appeared out of nowhere on the "level" of cause and effect!
It lies before all attempts to trace the threads of cause and effect!
Every thread of cause and effect that touched the pitch-black crack emitted a soft "hiss" sound before snapping and vanishing into nothingness!
The colorful star chart in front of Qi Yun suddenly dimmed, shook violently, and almost collapsed!
"Huh?" Qi Yun suddenly opened his eyes, his eyes flashing with surprise!
"What a domineering method!"
To sever cause and effect, to cut off the secrets of heaven—this is something no ordinary True Lord can accomplish!
"It seems the water here is deeper than I imagined."
Since we can't deduce it, let's go in and check it out ourselves!
Qi Yun withdrew his gaze and glanced at the [Westward Journey Displacement Map] in his hand, which was still emitting a faint glow.
The illusory arrow of light pointed to in the scroll is located deep in the center of this forest of steles.
"Let's go in and take a look," he said to Cai Shen beside him, then stepped into the vast forest of steles, which was filled with endless deathly aura and tragic will.
Cai Shen quickly transformed into a golden light and disappeared back into the ancient bronze coin ornament at Qi Yun's waist, leaving only a wisp of divine thought connected to the outside world.
One person and one spirit walked slowly through this vast forest of tombstones.
The surrounding atmosphere was one of indescribable oppression and heaviness.
Each tombstone is like a dormant volcano, sealing within it the Daoist essence, memories, emotions, and the resentment and obsession of a True Lord at the moment of his fall.
These chaotic yet powerful remnants of will, even after countless years, still intertwine and collide here, forming an extremely strange and dangerous force field.
Walking through it, one can almost hear countless faint murmurs, roars, sobs, and sighs.
Fragmented images of battle and destruction flashed before my eyes from time to time.
"No----"
Cai Shen's voice came through divine sense, carrying a hint of solemnity.
"The Daoist principles here are too complex and chaotic!"
"The remaining Dao will of hundreds of True Lord is mixed together, conflicting and interfering with each other, forming a chaotic swamp of Dao intent!"
"I can't calm my mind, let alone sense the aura of other Imperial Weapon!"
Upon hearing this, Qi Yun paused slightly.
He raised his head, his gaze sweeping over the massive stone tablets around him, each radiating a different Daoist aura and intertwined with the others, a hint of understanding flashing in his eyes.
"That's easy."
He spoke softly, his voice calm, yet it carried an undeniable air of dominance.
The next moment -
"Boom!"
Qi Yun's figure suddenly soared into the air!
Like a colorful Flowing Light of light shooting against the heavens, it rushed straight to the top of this vast forest of steles, at the very highest point in the void!
He sat cross-legged, like a chaotic god descending to this place.
At the same time, the brilliant chaotic light between Qi Yun's brows shone brightly once more!
This time, it's even more intense and magnificent than before!
"Buzz--!!!"
Endless colorful divine light, like a supernova erupting, surged wildly from every pore of Qi Yun's body!
In an instant, he was illuminated as if he were a chaotic Great Sun hanging in the void!
In an instant!
"Boom boom boom boom!" 7
Two enormous, chaotic, colorful hands, whose immense power defies description, slowly emerged from the void behind Qi Yun!
These two large hands were enormous.
With palms outstretched, one can easily caress the lifeless stars floating in the void!
With a slight bend of the five fingers, one can grasp the Great Sun directly in the palm of their hand!
The lines on your palm are like rushing galaxies!
The vibrant colors flowing from your fingertips are the primordial light that created the world!
The moment they appeared, the entire void groaned and trembled!
Those gales capable of tearing apart True Person vanished instantly, and the massive debris of nearby floating stars silently turned into dust!
"Town!"
Qi Yun uttered a single syllable.
The next moment, those two enormous hands, which had caressed the stars and grasped the sun and moon, slowly closed towards the vast and boundless forest of steles below!
"Boom!"
The palms of two giant hands steadily supported the entire forest of steles!
It completely enveloped and contained within the chaotic world formed in the palm of his hand!
Within his palm, the Primordial Unity energy began to flow, permeate, and spread wildly!
All the chaotic and disordered True Lord intents, residual wills, and deathly auras instantly became docile and stable before this absolute Primordial Unity power.
Rule over all paths!
All laws submit!
Above the void, Qi Yun sat cross-legged, his eyes slightly closed, his entire being entering a profound state of refining.
Above the void, the Primordial Unity Hand held up the Forest of Steles.
Cai Shen, "looking" at the terrifying scene outside that would silence any True Lord, couldn't help but grin slightly. Even as Imperial Weapon Spirit who had seen the Great Tang, his heart was filled with turmoil.
"Empty Attainment True Lord ----"
He murmured softly, his voice filled with undisguised amazement and a hint of complexity.
"As expected—absolutely unreasonable and domineering!"
As a former Imperial Weapon who served the Great Tang, he had seen too many exceptionally talented individuals and knew many secrets of the True Lord's Way.
For an ordinary True Lord to refine their Fruition Status, each step is a step towards Heavenly Tribulation. The time and hardships involved are so great that even three lifetimes might not be enough to complete the process.
Qi Yun, with his "Empty Attainment" attitude, embarked on an unprecedented path of [Attaining the Dao through the Golden Core].
Transform fruit into elixir, and the Great Dao will follow you!
This achievement means that from the moment he stepped into the realm of True Lord, he had naturally traversed the long ladder that ordinary True Lord would have to climb for countless years.
Upon standing still, one becomes Great Perfection True Lord!
"Moreover—" Cai Shen's gaze was fixed on the two chaotic giant hands.
"His [Dao of Primordial Unity] is truly—outrageously powerful!"
"Ruling all paths----"
The potential and terror represented by just these four words alone, if Qi Yun were to truly grow up----
Cai Kun had no doubt that he would become an unparalleled being capable of overwhelming all the heavens and causing all paths to tremble!
"Fortunately—they're friends, not enemies," Cai Shen thought to himself, while also feeling a touch of pride in his foresight in "investing" in Qi Yun.
Just as Cai Kun's thoughts were churning, outside, the refining process of the two Primordial Unity Chaos Hands had already produced significant results.
In the world within the palm of his hand, the chaotic and conflicting Dao intent and the lingering will of the True Lord, which were originally like a boiling oil pot, filled with countless shrieks and cries, have been mostly refined.
It was like a raging sea ravaged by a violent storm, suddenly smoothed out by an invisible giant hand, becoming calm and peaceful.
Although the sea remains deep beneath the surface, its surface has returned to clarity, reflecting the sunlight.
"Now!"
Freed from the interference of those chaotic and conflicting Daoist intentions, Cai Shen's spirits lifted. He immediately focused all his attention, maximizing his perception to carefully discern the much "clearer" environment around him.
Auras, some strong, some weak, some bright, some dim, flowed by.
Most of them were unfamiliar, carrying an air of antiquity and death.
Just as his senses came into contact with a relatively "short" giant stele in the northwest direction of the stele forest, its body displaying strange dark gold patterns—
"Um?"
Cai Shen's divine sense suddenly trembled!
He suddenly caught a faint, yet strangely familiar, fluctuation of energy, like a glimmer of light piercing through the ancient mists!
That aura—grand and righteous yet imbued with a strict sense of law, and also possessing a military flavor that shared the same origin as him, stemming from the Great Tang national fortune and supreme imperial power of the Tang Dynasty!
However, this aura has now become extremely obscure, and is enveloped and suppressed by a thick layer of sorrow, resentment, and a profound sense of "sealing".
"This is----"
Cai Shen's expression brightened. "Tenth... Fourteenth Brother?"