A hundred years later.
Beyond an out-of-the-way frontier of the Five Elements Immortal Domain, a great host of cultivators arrived from who knew which forgotten corner of Heaven and Earth. They formed a dark, teeming mass, arrayed to the east, south, west, and north.
"This is the wild immortal land."
"Fellow Daoists, this primeval immortal land looks immeasurable. It may well hold peerless opportunities beyond imagining."
The speaker's eyes shone, his greed already overpowering his fear. "If there is a Dao flame here, then each of us will have to rely on our own abilities..."
At the mention of a Dao flame.
The atmosphere around them instantly froze.
The Heaven and Earth Great Dao had taken tangible form, no longer ethereal and elusive. Dao seeds had appeared, encompassing myriad phenomena and existing in forms akin to flames. Legend held that obtaining one could let a person attain the Dao on the spot-a supreme opportunity to reach the heavens.
After countless trillions of years of immortal cultivation.
Heavenly materials and earthly treasures abounded. Even the Great Dao itself had become one of them, an utterly heaven-defying development.
Yet no one knew that these so-called Dao seeds were merely fragments of the Great Dao immortal veins of the former Eternal Ancient Immortal Realm, scattered throughout Heaven and Earth. They were also the ultimate immortal treasures nurtured by those veins, but far too many Eternal Cultivators had been unable to wait any longer. Heaven and Earth had been unable to wait, too.
Obtaining and refining such a Dao flame truly could allow someone to enter the Dao-or even become an immortal directly!
An immortal who obtained one could cultivate multiple Daos!
Rulers across the world sought these treasures without end. Those who laid plans spanning ages or waged wars over them were likewise