However...
The sky-shrouding phenomenon of the Divine Mountain of Eternal Antiquity still persisted in the deepest reaches of the Immortal Realm. It could be seen but never touched, inspiring both terror and reverence.
The phenomenon continued to spread.
Starting from the Shadow Immortal Realm and the Eternal Immortal Frontier, it spread into every corner of the true immortal realm, from flourishing immortal cities to desolate forbidden lands, from the vast Star Sea to the fathomless Abyss, from the highest Nine Heavens to the deepest Nine Netherworlds.
Everywhere, Ox Shadow could be seen.
It stretched across the skies of the true immortal realm, its sheer size beyond description. If it had previously shrouded only the Shadow Immortal Realm and the Eternal Immortal Frontier, it now shrouded the entire true immortal realm.
The phenomena of heaven and earth bowed as one.
The heaven and earth rules of countless vast Immortal Domains gazed upward together.
The Myriad Heavens and Worlds bore witness without cease.
Ox Shadow opened its eyes and swept its gaze across every corner of the true immortal realm. There was no majesty in that gaze, no killing intent, only serenity and calm.
Yet that very calm made the Dao hearts of every living being who felt its gaze tremble.
It was the supreme oppressive presence of a peerless being.
It was not a deliberately exerted aura, but the suppression wrought by the realm itself, like a towering mountain looking down upon a plain, like the ocean looking down upon a stream. It was natural, irresistible suppression, as though innate from birth.
Countless cultivators of the true immortal realm bowed in reverence at that moment.
They were not forced. Their awe came from the depths of their hearts. They felt that being's towering greatness, felt that realm beyond the ten thousand