Boom...
Chen Xun's steps were ordinary, yet it was as if he trod upon the pulse of heaven and earth within the Grand Void Realm. Even the Heavenly Dao Immortal Mountain behind him trembled and rang out, while an unspoken, defeated, terrifying aura slowly wreathed the space between heaven and earth.
Around him stretched a magnificent yet silent phenomenon.
Ten thousand bolts of lightning gathered, yet made no sound. The thunder was like ministers, welcoming their sovereign.
The Great Dao circled him, laws submitted, and invisible Dao patterns wove a heavenly robe.
The cosmos flowed, the river of stars hung upside down, the sun and moon shone together, clearing a path for him.
Heaven and earth inverted, yin and yang reversed, the Five Elements gave rise to one another, and all things bowed their heads.
The Grand Void trembled, yet without a sound. With each step Chen Xun took, patterns of the Great Dao bloomed beneath his feet.
He stood between heaven and earth without speaking, and all his eyes could see was boundless desolation.
With one step, he crossed billions upon billions of star rivers.
A wind rose between heaven and earth.
The cosmos was reflected in Chen Xun's eyes, and the boundaries of time and space had already vanished.
Ever since climbing the mountain, he had forgotten the passing years. He only knew that he had been blocking the Heavenly Dao Slaughter Tribulation of the Tai Yi Immortal Court all this way, sensing one old friend after another pass away as he waited for Emperor Gu Shenyu's return.
"Did you... fail?"
Chen Xun's expression was as deep as an ancient well, calm and unruffled. He quietly asked himself, "Why?"
The space between his brows grew somewhat more solemn.
This mountain carried the aura of the Heavenly Dao Mirror.