The Divine Continent's landmass was vast and boundless.
Looking down from the firmament, the entire Divine Continent looked like a coiled strand of hair. The mountains and rivers stretched endlessly, one end hidden within, the other jutting outward.
The jutting corner plunged straight into the vast sea.
It was a towering cliff, standing tall against the sky. Standing at the top of the cliff, one could watch the clouds roll and unroll above, and the tide rise and fall below. The sea and sky merged into a single color.
"Incredible..."
Lu Yang stood atop the cliff, gazing at this world where heaven was round and the earth was square. Its scale was equivalent to the vast Light Sea, and it could no longer be described merely as a World Realm.
Only then did he spread his five fingers, releasing the hand tightly clutched onto the [The Book of a Hundred Lifetimes]'s interface. When Sisui activated the [Heavenly Scripture], if he hadn't suppressed the [The Book of a Hundred Lifetimes]'s riot with all his might, that single page would inevitably have been reclaimed by it.
This is an unexpected pleasant surprise.
Lu Yang clicked his tongue in wonder, looking at the [The Book of a Hundred Lifetimes] interface before him. After forging his Primordial Spirit, his connection with this wondrous treasure seemed even more profound.
He could actually grab the interface now.
In the past, he couldn't have stopped the [The Book of a Hundred Lifetimes]'s riot at all, and the Primordial Saint would inevitably have noticed the clues. But not this time.
For a moment, inspiration struck Lu Yang:
As my stature increases, my authority over the [The Book of a Hundred Lifetimes] is also growing higher and higher. Given time, this wondrous treasure will have no more secrets from me.
Right at this moment, a light chuckle came:
"What is Fellow Daoist thinking about?"
Hearing this, Lu Yang wasn't surprised. He turned around and looked at the somewhat illusory figure. Exhaling a long breath, he replied, "I was pondering Senior's safety."
"Since Senior is fine, this junior can rest assured."
The newcomer was precisely Sisui.
However, unlike before, although the current Sisui looked unharmed, he had already abandoned his physical body, leaving only a single thought of his Primordial Spirit.
Despite this, his Primordial Spirit and stature were simply too high. So much so that even with only a single thought here, it still brought immense coercive pressure upon Lu Yang. Lu Yang even suspected that even with just this single thought, the current Sisui could probably easily suppress him.
"Hahaha."
Hearing this, Sisui laughed loudly, then pointed at Lu Yang. "The Primordial Saint was indeed right. You really know how to pick words that make people feel comfortable."
"You flatter me, you flatter me."
Lu Yang scratched his head, pretending to be honest and straightforward. But he quickly regained his seriousness and asked solemnly, "May I ask Senior, what exactly did you do just now?"
He was somewhat perplexed.
At first glance, Sisui seemed to have merely used the missing page of the [The Book of a Hundred Lifetimes] to open up a brand new heaven and earth. Yet, it seemed there was more to it than that.
Because the Dao Lords led by the Primordial Saint vanished without a trace after the new world was opened. He waited patiently for quite a while, but didn't see them attack again. This was undoubtedly a bit strange. Everything seemed so calm and breezy, as if the calamity had already passed.
"It's nothing, really."
Sisui shook his head upon hearing this. "I haven't resolved everything. The Primordial Saint's momentum is already set. Even giving it my all, I only managed a draw."
Yes, a draw.
He didn't win because the Primordial Saint was still intact, and the Dao Lords still existed. Except for Du Xuan, no one died, and they still held an absolute advantage.
But he didn't lose either, because he successfully broke the Primordial Saint's [Inevitable Fate] and flipped the chessboard he had set up for 129,600 years.
"Come, Fellow Daoist, take a look."
Sisui walked to Lu Yang's side and gently tapped Lu Yang's forehead with his ruler. Then he pointed outward. Following his gaze, Lu Yang suddenly felt enlightened.
Entering his sight, on the outside of the new world, was surprisingly an undulating, blazing white color like surging waves. It was the appearance of the Light Sea, which had turned into an empty shell. Having lost its World Realms, life, matter, and spirit, the current Light Sea only had the eternally burning Two Polarities Creation and Destruction Profound Light left.
"This is..."
Lu Yang's gaze focused. In his eyes, the new world and the surging Light Sea seemed to form an extremely delicate yet incredibly fragile balance.
"I have already attained a body of transcendence."
Sisui explained, "Using my body, the new world I ultimately opened up naturally possesses the essence of [Transcendence] as well. It's not something just anyone can charge into."
"According to my original idea, it was to take this new world and use my [Transcendence] essence to thoroughly escape into the Dark Void, far away from the Light Sea, leaving the Primordial Saint to hug the empty shell of the Light Sea and regret it. However, the Primordial Saint's reaction was also quick. He used the Light Sea to trap the new world I opened right here."
"Both the new world and I have transcended the Light Sea."
"And the Primordial Saint constraining me with the Light Sea is to weaken my [Transcendence] essence and drag the new world I opened back under the Light Sea's rule bit by bit."
This was what led to the current situation.
"Right now, because the new world has just been opened, the [Transcendence] essence is intact. Therefore, they can only watch; they cannot truly reach this place."
"However, as time passes, when this inherently fragile balance is broken by someone, the situation will favor the side with higher methods and stronger power."
"Of course, that won't be now. It will be at least thousands, or even tens of thousands of years later... After all, the Light Sea was emptied by me, the chessboard was flipped by me, and the Primordial Saint himself was heavily injured. The concept of [Inevitable Fate] is severely damaged, and he might not even be able to maintain the stature of a Nascent Soul Dao Lord anymore."
"Really!?"
As soon as these words were spoken, Lu Yang immediately understood.
The Primordial Saint could reclaim the Dao Lord stature, on the one hand, by relying on the Refining Arts Secret Realm to fill the [Paramita] fragments, and on the other hand, because he was already heavily injured.
[Inevitable Fate] has flaws, thus yielding changes.
Lu Yang had long deduced that this method of "the lower the HP, the stronger the power" had a limit. And now, he seemed to have reached that limit.
Once this limit is broken, the profound wonder of [Inevitable Fate has flaws, thus yielding changes] immediately collapses. And merely relying on the [Paramita] fragments that absorbed the Refining Arts Secret Realm is not enough for him to continue maintaining the stature of a Nascent Soul Dao Lord. In other words, isn't this an excellent opportunity to beat a drowning dog?
For a moment, Lu Yang's heart grew somewhat heated.
But soon, when he looked at Sisui, he calmed down again.
Even having fallen from the stature of a Nascent Soul Dao Lord, the current Primordial Saint wasn't someone their side could handle. Only if Sisui struck would they have an overwhelming advantage.
However, having heavily injured the Primordial Saint to this extent, what about Sisui?
How much better could he be?
"Don't worry."
Seemingly seeing through Lu Yang's thoughts, Sisui smiled. "It's just the nirvana of my Dharma body. I still have a thought of my Primordial Spirit, and my stature hasn't changed."
"After all, I cultivated on my own, which is slightly different from others."
"So if I have to fight, I still can."
Speaking of this, Sisui also felt somewhat helpless.
"But once I fight, the Primordial Saint will fall into a fatal situation... And you should also know that within the Light Sea, everything has a sliver of vitality."
[Variable]!
Hearing this, Lu Yang was instantly dumbfounded. After a good while, he asked in a deep voice, "Senior means... if we strike now, [Variable] will help the Primordial Saint?"
"Yes."
Isn't this just a spoiler!
Lu Yang was completely speechless. He suddenly felt that the previously amiable and approachable [Variable] wasn't so appetizing anymore; instead, it became hateful and disgusting.