The Great Void

In the Great Void, there was nothingness, no distinction between up and down, east and west, left and right, and darkness as black as ink, except for five points of starlight twinkling in the far distance.

Fang Yu, holding Wondrous Goodness in his arms, carefully wandered through the Great Void. After walking for an unknown amount of time, a silver streak of light flashed in front of him, transforming into countless starlight that scattered in all directions.

"Get out of the way! This is Great Void Storm!"

Wondrous Goodness seemed frightened, and as she spoke, she tightened her grip on Fang Yu's neck.

' Great Void Storm!'

Upon hearing this, Fang Yu transformed into a swimming fish, quickly avoiding the starlight, and then stood in the void, observing his surroundings.

"Fated one, is this your first time traversing the Great Void?" Wondrous Goodness seemed to have noticed something and looked at Fang Yu's profile.

"That's right!" Fang Yu nodded. "I read in a travelogue that the Purple Mansion can travel through the Great Void. Now that I've achieved the Purple Mansion, I'd like to try it out. However, the travelogue didn't specify how to travel through the Great Void."

"Hehehe!" Wondrous Goodness laughed, "Indeed, you are my destined one. This Great Void is boundless and corresponds to the present world. If you wish to travel within it, the first thing you should look at is the Five Directions Dao Markers."

' Five Directions Dao Markers!'

Fang Yu subconsciously looked at the starlight twinkling in different directions.

Wondrous Goodness Shan pointed to the nearest starlight, "That's Thunderclap Monastery, located in the west!"

Fang Yu followed the finger's direction, immediately correcting his course, and looked at the starlight opposite, "Is that the east represented by Mount Longhu?"

Wondrous Goodness smiled and said, "That is indeed a landmark of Mount Longhu, but it represents the Central Lands. Keep looking ahead, connect Thunderclap Monastery, Mount Longhu, and the Dragon Palace in front of you in a line; this is east and west."

Zhang Yang looked at the three stars, connecting them in a line. Then he looked at the remaining two stars, similarly connecting them with Mount Longhu in the middle as the core.

"The Thunderclap Monastery in the Western Desert, the Mount Longhu in the Central Lands, the Dragon Palace in the Eastern Sea, the Ten Thousand Immortals Valley in the Southern Borderlands, and the Eternal Heaven in the Northern Plains?"

Wondrous Goodness nodded and said, "That's right, these are the five great Dao lineages of the Taiyi Profound Gate. With them as Dao markers, one need not fear getting lost in the Great Void, and can also use the Five Directions Dao Markers to correspond one by one between the present world and the Great Void."

Fang Yu seemed to be deep in thought, and continued to ask, "As far as I know, there are more than just these five Golden Core sects, right? For example, Mount Longmen, why haven't I seen its Dao sign?"

"Hehe!" Wondrous Goodness laughed, "Although Mount Longmen is also Golden Core sect, how can it compare to these five? If it dares to expose its own Great Void Dao Beacon, it would be tantamount to exposing the location of its own cave heaven."

Fang Yu, undaunted, asked, "Then why do these five lineages dare to..."

Wondrous Goodness smiled and said, "Naturally, it's because these five families are the strongest."

Fang Yu seemed to be deep in thought upon hearing this. He looked at the Five Directions Dao Markers and then approached the Mount Longhu marker. After traveling for about an hour, he Divine Thought to perceive the outside world.

Dotted lines outlined the mountains, rivers, cities, and countryside of a hundred-mile stretch within his mind, as detailed as a real-time 3D model.

The next moment, his Divine Thought landed on a single point, breaking through the void and returning to the present world, where he stood atop a mountain peak.

'The wondrous power of the Purple Mansion is indeed beyond what Golden Core Dao of Qi Refining can achieve. Its Divine Ability to roam the Great Void alone is unmatched by any Golden Core cultivator. Although the numerical values may be similar, its mobility is truly extraordinary. By escaping the Great Void and into the mortal world a few times, it can easily shake off other Purple Mansion.'

Fang Yu's thoughts raced, he looked down at the Wondrous Goodness Heavenly Maiden in his arms, pushed her away abruptly, and said in an icy voice, "Tell me, who transmitted the scriptures you preach?"

"Ouch!" The Wondrous Goodness Heavenly Maiden staggered, as if about to fall to the ground. Seeing that Fang Yu hadn't come to help her, she stopped, looking at Fang Yu with a mournful expression. "I helped you achieve your Purple Mansion, how can you treat me like this? Don't you have any gratitude at all?"

"Enough with the nonsense!" Fang Yu sneered. "I've shielded this place from all celestial secrets. No one can predict your location. You'd better satisfy me, or this will be your final resting place."

The smile on the face of the Wondrous Goodness Heavenly Maiden gradually faded, as if she realized that Fang Yu was not joking with her. She pursed her lips and said:

"I am the abbot of Sweet Dew Monastery. A year ago, I received a decree from the Bodhisattva, saying that my destined person was about to arrive. He transmitted to me the ' Flame-Transformed Sweet Dew Sutra ' and instructed me to open the altar and preach the Dharma a year later. I waited patiently for my destined person, and now it has come to you."

"That Bodhisattva?" Fang Yu continued to ask.

Wondrous Goodness clasped her hands together and said, "Naturally, it is the Namo Medicine Tree Lapis Lazuli Bodhisattva."

Fang Yu fell silent, his heart churning like a stormy sea.

He received the revelation of destiny in the West during his inquiry to the heavens, but now it seems as if someone foresaw it, directly delivering the Cultivation Method needed for "Phoenix Sets the Plains Ablaze" to advance to the Purple Mansion to his doorstep.

He had the Yuanchen Pearl protecting him, yet he was still detected by the ' Golden Core ' cultivator. This is quite thought-provoking. Was the Yuanchen Pearl ineffective?

It shouldn't be. The Yuanchen Pearl can certainly conceal one's own heavenly secrets, but sometimes failing to foresee them is also a clear signal.

Moreover, my previous inquiry into the Dao was completely exposed to the secrets of Heaven, and the required Cultivation Method was not difficult to deduce. Since I can inquire about the Dao from Heaven, then the Golden Core Bodhisattva can certainly do the same, perhaps even more easily than I can.

Therefore, the most likely explanation is that the other party deduced my next move through the Heavenly Dao or other means unknown to me, and thus offered me the Cultivation Method.

Although his advancement to the Purple Mansion did not entirely follow the content of the * Flame-Transformed Sweet Dew Sutra *, but rather used it as a reference to independently comprehend the * Treatise on the Bright Flame of Great Nirvana *, he still forged a connection with Buddhist Dao, and was even a Bodhisattva.

Buddhist Dao value 'karma' most; they certainly wouldn't help someone achieve the Purple Mansion for nothing, and who knows what they'd have to repay in the future.

Suddenly, he looked at Wondrous Goodness in front of him, seemingly lost in thought.

You say I'm your destined one, so how will you and I end this bond?

Wondrous Goodness smiled and said, "This celestial maiden is willing to offer herself in alms to end this karmic bond?"

Upon hearing this, Fang Yu's breathing quickened slightly. "Offering myself as a sacrifice? You're not going to drain me dry, are you? Tell me, what kind of Dao Foundation do you cultivate?"

"How could that be!" Wondrous Goodness exclaimed urgently, "I am of the ' Room Sun ' destiny, Dao Foundation is the ' Qi Yang Embryo '."

"What's so mysterious about it?" Fang Yu had never heard of this Dao Foundation before. There was no such Dao Foundation among the Qi Cultivation Techniques he had collected before, so he figured it must be from the Leiyin Temple lineage.

Wondrous Goodness immediately replied, "I can guarantee that believers will definitely have sons."

"Uh!" Fang Yu was speechless for a moment, staring intently at Wondrous Goodness, "Really?"

"Of course!" Wondrous Goodness nodded and said, "The reason why my Sweet Dew Monastery is so popular is precisely because of this wondrous method."

Upon hearing this, Fang Yu still felt that things might not be that simple, but he decided to quickly resolve this karmic conflict.

He was already at the Purple Mansion, while Wondrous Goodness was only at the Dao Foundation. Even if there were some evil or wondrous Dao Foundation Establishment techniques, they shouldn't be able to harm him. Besides, Wondrous Goodness Shan was really beautiful, so he didn't mind accepting her alms.

"If that's the case, then let's do it here!"

Fang Yu spoke, he waved his hand, and clouds and mist rose from the mountaintop, engulfing the two of them.

Then, the clouds and mist churned, like dragons and phoenixes turning upside down, lingering for a long time.