Only by stepping outside the game could one truly grow stronger

"Moo~" A low bovine bellow resounded through the depths of space. It gently rubbed against the man beside it, wearing an honest, guileless smile.

"Hehe, Old Ox."

Chen Xun smiled faintly and stroked Big Black Ox's head. "Are you alright?"

Big Black Ox shook its head, then handed the Nourishing Life Tea Bucket hanging from its neck to Chen Xun. The man and ox were still as they had been in the beginning. Though great waves surged through the outside world, they still relied on one another, unshaken by the waves.

They leaned against each other in the boundless depths of space. There was no response from Third Sister or Little Crimson—only those two lonely figures.

Buzz—

Above them, two black-and-white Essence Qi Flowers hung down through the vastness. Intertwining with one another, they formed a magnificent sight in the depths of space.

They were tied to their Immortal Dao Sources and Five Elements Immortal Bodies. They had already used the ultimate life-preserving method they had cultivated in the Heaven and Earth Immortal Realm... two Immortal Dao Sources!

By the common knowledge of the current Immortal Dao, it was entirely a fantastical notion.

One could have countless clones and incarnations, but for one person to possess two Immortal Dao Sources was equivalent to being two separate individuals. Nothing would have any meaning anymore. One could never become another person, and so it was with the Immortal Dao.

Yet their Five Elements Nascent Souls had all undergone Great Silent Extinction, and even their main bodies had been destroyed. They had no more contingencies. They could only rely on the Essence Qi Flowers to reconstruct their Primordial Spirits, giving rise to Attribute-less Nascent Souls.

However, their realm, cultivation, and everything else had suffered no backlash whatsoever. They were exactly as they had