Chen Xun watched the young spirit trying to crawl forward again and frowned slightly. "Enough."
Whoosh!
As those two words fell, a vast gale swept across tens of thousands of miles, blowing through the entire World Severing Mountain Range.
Countless cultivators of the Monument Guardian Clan seemed to awaken from a dream. They stared in disbelief at everything they had done, their bodies trembling as they nearly went mad. Miserable howls, like mountains roaring and seas crashing, echoed throughout every corner of the mountain range.
"Ah!!!"
Terrifying bloodshot veins burst across the young spirit's eye sockets as he let out a beastlike roar from the ground, unable to distinguish illusion from reality.
At this moment, he even suspected that Chen Xun was false, that everything was a lie—even now...
Chen Xun's gaze flickered.
A faint immortal radiance emerged from his body. It was rare for him to reveal such radiance before living beings. When its glow shone forth, all the anguished wails vanished. Immortal radiance possessed a tremendous calming effect; it was itself one of the world's creations.
"Thank you, Immortal Venerable..." The young spirit still trembled all over as he prostrated himself before Chen Xun, before the most towering man between Heaven and Earth. He could only keep mumbling, "Thank you, Immortal Venerable... thank you, Immortal Venerable!!"
Tears poured down like rain.
Yun Ying gradually cast down.
Beams of heaven-piercing light slowly illuminated the World Severing Mountain Range, as though heralding something. The myriad beings of the Monument Guardian Clan stared blankly at the boundless Immortal Firmament—some lost, some helpless, some despairing.
"Shou Wang." Chen Xun suddenly called the young spirit by name. "To crawl here with your bare hands, you are quite extraordinary."
Shou Wang slowly raised his head. His features had long since twisted out of shape,