“The soul of heaven and earth, born as a human…”
“The soul of heaven and earth, born as a human…”
The elderly Xu Ke stood there in disbelief, stunned. He murmured the words repeatedly under his breath.
“There exist powerful beings who leave traces of themselves between heaven and earth. If these imprints are deep enough, even after their fall, they can be reconstructed based on these remnants.”
“Their actions and demeanor, exactly as they once were.”
“But in the end, they are merely a mold.”
“Mr. Bai” spoke calmly, recounting the truth of his existence without a hint of frustration over being merely a shadow of another.
“Then… how can he truly be resurrected?” Xu Ke unconsciously touched the black coffin strapped to his back, his voice urgent.
Mr. Bai shook his head with a faint smile. “Perhaps you should ask someone fated to know the answer. After all, even he himself never entertained the thought of resurrection.”
“Enough. It’s time for you to leave.” He lifted his head, gazing at the sky with an expression more solemn than ever before.
A gentle breeze swept past Xu Ke.
Moments later, he vanished from the world, his whereabouts unknown.
At the same time…
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The transparent crystal encasing the Xuanhuang Realm began shattering, piece by piece.
Above the heavens, a face suddenly appeared—one that every cultivator of the Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance was intimately familiar with!
It gazed down from beyond the world, overlooking the countless beings of the Xuanhuang Realm.
In that instant, the entire world seemed to freeze over.
All living creatures, even their very thoughts, appeared frozen in place.
At this moment, the Xuanhuang Realm…
Fell into utter silence!
From beyond the sky, several dark-golden chains shot forth, binding Mr. Bai’s limbs in midair.
Mr. Bai seemed to have anticipated this and did not struggle much.
Instead, he cast a final glance toward the Xuanhuang Realm below.
The oppressive presence of the Dharma-Transmitting Immortal Ancestor reverberated across the land, and a deep humming sound arose from the depths of the earth.
Cracks and fissures split open across the surface, spreading in all directions.
The entire world trembled at the revelation of the Immortal Ancestor’s visage!
Under such overwhelming might, no being below the realm of Longevity Immortal Heavenly Sovereign had any ability to resist.
In fact, the vast majority of them couldn’t even comprehend what was happening.
Their consciousness remained frozen at the moment when the Immortal Ancestor appeared!
The tremors intensified—mountains collapsed, rivers surged chaotically.
Plains turned into mountain ranges, and highlands became level ground.
Transformations that should have taken thousands of years for the Xuanhuang Realm to undergo now occurred in mere moments.
But these changes were not the result of natural evolution.
They were the consequences of brutal external destruction!
As even worse calamities loomed…
Five distinct forces suddenly surged from within the Xuanhuang Realm!
In the blink of an eye, they swept across the land, desperately attempting to stabilize the collapsing world.
The Dharma-Transmitting Immortal Ancestor, high in the sky, seemed to take notice.
His once-clear visage became slightly blurred.
The chaos showed faint signs of subsiding.
However, the chains binding Mr. Bai showed no sign of loosening.
Instead, they tightened even further!
Seeing this, Mr. Bai let out a soft sigh.
“The Xuanhuang Realm of today…”
“Is no longer mine.”
“…”
“Then I shall return it to you.”
With those final words, Mr. Bai took one last look at the Xuanhuang Realm.
A complex emotion flickered in his eyes.
Then, endless white light burst forth from his body.
At that moment, his entire being transformed into light!
Countless specks of white radiance rose toward the sky, like a reversed Milky Way flowing back to the heavens.
Like countless stars, returning home.
In the end, it was like a fleeting dream.
The light dimmed and vanished into the vast expanse of the world.
With the target gone, the dark-golden chains retracted back into the void beyond the heavens.
Yet, the Dharma-Transmitting Immortal Ancestor did not stop his movements.
His vast face still loomed over most of the sky.
The rest of his features gradually faded, merging into the heavens.
Only his eyes remained, growing ever deeper.
Like two black suns, suspended in the celestial dome!
Because of this, the entire Xuanhuang Realm…
Was swiftly plunged into darkness.
The countless sentient beings, whose thoughts had fallen into stagnation, were unknowingly guided by an unseen force. Without realizing it, they all lifted their heads and gazed toward the sky.
They met the eyes of the Dharma-Transmitting Immortal Ancestor.
The vast majority of living beings in the world experienced this moment.
Only a few exceptional existences instinctively lowered their heads, avoiding the gaze of the Dharma-Transmitting Immortal Ancestor.
Under the Immortal Ancestor’s watchful eyes, the Xuanhuang Realm fell into a brief moment of absolute stillness.
And then…
Just as silently as it had appeared, the face of the Dharma-Transmitting Immortal Ancestor faded from the heavens, disappearing without a trace.
Moments later, the sentient beings of the Xuanhuang Realm gradually regained awareness.
At first, they were bewildered, standing in a slight daze.
Then, they resumed their cultivation as if nothing had happened.
Everything continued as before.
However, all memories of the towering, heaven-reaching figure—”Mr. Bai”, who had transmitted the Dao—were completely erased.
The “Foundation Establishment through Oneself” method, the great upheaval, and every trace of what had occurred vanished from their minds.
It was as if nothing had ever happened.
In the Valley of Longevity.
As the members of the Medicine King Sect gradually regained consciousness, they looked at the somewhat disordered surroundings, their expressions filled with confusion.
They vaguely remembered that something had to do with a peerless being.
But upon trying to recall, they found that they couldn’t remember anything at all.
It was as if they had forgotten something incredibly important, leaving them with an inexplicable sense of unease.
Among them, several children suddenly burst into tears for no apparent reason.
The three Dao Integration cultivators of the Medicine King Sect exchanged glances.
A trace of fear flickered in their eyes.
Liu San was the first to regain composure, taking charge and instructing the disciples to restore order.
Jiang Yushan looked down at her own hands, her eyes filled with doubt.
Fang Zaiji went to comfort the crying children.
Suddenly, as if struck by a realization, he quickly retrieved a Recording Stone from his storage ring.
This stone should have recorded the events just before the anomaly occurred.
However, as he examined the recorded images, his confusion only deepened.
The footage showed dozens of children sitting on the ground, chattering excitedly as if they were talking to someone.
Yet the person they were facing… was completely absent.
There was no sound from their mouths, either.
It was as if they had been conversing with an “unexistent” figure.
This eerie and unsettling scene sent a chill through Fang Zaiji’s heart.
Instinctively, he put away the Memory Recording Stone, gripping it tightly.
“Existence… has been erased.”
The thought flashed through his mind.
Recalling the strange phenomena that had just occurred across the entire Medicine King Sect, an overwhelming sense of dread filled his heart.
He made a decision—to bury this secret deep within himself.
Never to mention it again.
For seven days, the Longevity Valley remained in disarray before gradually returning to normal.
During the cleanup of the ruins, a child named Gu Xinghan stumbled upon something buried beneath the rubble and sand—
A crystal-clear jade disc.