"Moo?! Moo moo?"
"Old Ox, no."
Chen Xun shook his head solemnly. "The Gu Family's fondness for risk-taking is renowned in immortal history. If there is anything wrong with the Rules they control, Heaven and Earth will collapse, destroying the Heaven and Earth Rules. That would be no less than a Common People Tribulation. We of Eternal Antiquity will not touch it."
"Yes. Only in an expanding region of the Immortal Realm where the Heaven and Earth Rules are incomplete can such a thing be attempted." Song Heng nodded in agreement. Only after truly experiencing it did one understand how terrifying it was—it simply did not abide by reason at all.
Big Black Ox pondered for a moment and nodded lightly, merely recalling Chen Xun's deductions about the True Immortal Realm back then.
Stabilize the Myriad Phenomena of Heaven and Earth, grant living beings their allotted lifespans.
It did resemble the present Tai Yi Heavenly Court somewhat. The latter still had to follow the Heaven and Earth Rules and could not act recklessly, but it seemed the True Immortal Realm could act recklessly... No, not recklessly—it simply allowed one to become a true Heaven oneself.
Three days later.
At the end of the Heavenly River lay a vast, silent, boundless starry sky. Hundreds of millions of stars poured down like a waterfall, as though the Great Luo Heavenly River were hanging over the desolate void.
The starlight here was already unlike that of the Mortal World, all of it carrying an archaic, primordial charm. It seemed to be the first ray of light left behind when the Primordial Beginning opened up the world, illuminating the void until it resembled glazed crystal. This truly was the frontier-opening region of the Immortal Realm, the farthest end of its endless expanse.
And