"Rumble, rumble, rumble…"
The split eye quickly closed, and the thunderous clouds drifted to obscure it.
It whispered in the resonant thunder, tempting Bai Shengyi forward.
As its voice faded, all the scenes of swords drawn and tension high before Bai Shengyi vanished, replaced by a cave dwelling immortal realm, ethereal and rich with spiritual essence. Simultaneously, a long ladder, winding into the clouds, emitted a sacred radiance that was unattainable.
"Quick, don't waste time. Ascend the Immortal Ascension Ladder, and you can achieve ascension!"
A催促 voice echoed in Bai Shengyi's mind.
Bai Shengyi's eyes gently closed, as if lost in this enormous windfall from heaven. Her red robes floated, and one foot slowly stepped out…
Then she stopped abruptly!
She looked up and opened her eyes.
Clarity!
Bai Shengyi's face, pale from the exhaustion of most of her spiritual energy, held a playful smile. She uttered a few words leisurely, "Why should I listen to you?"
"Boom!"
Thunder exploded!
"Because you want my body?"
"Boom!"
Terrifying lightning struck!
"Or, unless I agree, you can't obtain my body?"
"Rumble, shut… up!"
The severed eye was quite furious, making even louder noises. The lightning in the sky was like dense arrow rain, as if it were free, all striking towards Bai Shengyi!
The commotion was earth-shattering, causing even Qinglan and Liu Tianyun, who were locked in a struggle on the other side of the river of time, to pause for a moment!
However, the eye's reaction only made Bai Shengyi feel a sense of "as expected," a settling of dust.
She glanced indifferently at it, then at the restless gray clouds beside it, and suddenly asked, "These years, people couldn't ascend, was it truly because the Immortal Ascension Ladder was broken? Or was it just because the Heavenly Way was incomplete?"
The answer was even more ferocious attacks!
Bai Shengyi narrowed her eyes slightly.
"Shengyi, Pen Pen, come! You take a rest."
The Samsara Brush "Whoosh" flew out, not forgetting to bring the Dream Holding Vine. One brush and one vine, they blocked all the lightning.
Bai Shengyi, however, did not rest.
Her gaze coldly swept towards the eye hidden deep within the lightning.
If her deductions were correct, this eye was the incarnation of the Heavenly Way's will in the Divine Revelation world, and the gray clouds were the incarnation of the Heavenly Way's will of the Divine Revelation Continent!
The Heavenly Way was divided into two. Even the Heavenly Way mountain ravine was so desolate. How could the cultivators of the Divine Revelation world ascend?
"So, the rules and order of the Divine Revelation world are incomplete, and the barrier of the Divine Revelation Continent is also unstable," Bai Shengyi gripped the Heavenly Mandate Sword, her spiritual power surging forth. "Therefore, I think you don't need to exist anymore."
As her words fell, the Heavenly Mandate Sword erupted with a brilliant blue light.
That light seemed to surge forward like the tide of time, endless and unceasing, like the boundless starry river that understood the cosmos from creation to the present. With one sword strike, it was unstoppable!
"Spring Egret Fourth Sword, Heaven Sever!"
Rumble!
The lightning was severed! The gray clouds were annihilated!
Time ruthlessly broke through everything, directly severing the eye in the depths of the lightning again!
This time, its size was reduced by more than half!
Before it could close, Bai Shengyi sternly said to the gray clouds, "Heavenly Way of the Divine Revelation Continent, what are you still hesitating for? Do you truly wish to become the 'Forsaken Continent'?"
Thunder rumbled, and lightning flashed!
"Rumble, you… rumble, damned… to death…"
The eye gnashed its teeth in anger, but the gray clouds, already watching greedily from the side, lunged forward!
Crackling!
"Ah!"
Bai Shengyi faintly heard a scream and saw that half of the eye was missing a piece. She wasn't mistaken; soon, the gap continued to widen, and in just a moment, that half was gone!
"Hiccup…"
She even heard the gray clouds burping.
The Samsara Brush had retreated.
"Shengyi, the intelligence of this Heavenly Way consciousness is equivalent to a human child, right?"
The Samsara Brush floated in mid-air, the words "Nine Revolutions Samsara Brush" on its body refracting dazzling golden light, like a natural barrier, firmly protecting it and Bai Shengyi within.
"I'm not sure," Bai Shengyi shook her head, "but it's definitely not to be underestimated."
"What about Little Vine Leaf?"
Only then did she realize that the Dream Holding Vine, which had gone out with the Samsara Brush, had not returned, and she anxiously looked around for it.
The Samsara Brush hurriedly said, "Shengyi, it's fine. Look there."
The brush tip pointed to the depths of the thunderclouds where the eye and gray clouds were entangled. A vine, so tiny that it seemed it would fall to the ground with just a gust of wind, trembled and moved its tip, extending out, coiling around a corner of the eye, then retracting. It extended again, then retracted again…
In a short while, a section was missing from that spot.
Bai Shengyi: …
She said with a complex and worried tone, "Is it really okay for Little Vine Leaf to eat like this?" That was the Heavenly Way!
What if it caused problems!
"What does the Heavenly Way matter?"
Unknowingly, Bai Shengyi had spoken her thoughts aloud.
The Samsara Brush's tone held a hint of disdain, "Shengyi, you already know. The Divine Revelation world is just a small world, and you've even created your own sword techniques. Do you still think the Heavenly Way is invincible?"
The Spring Egret Sword Technique only had "three swords," it was incomplete.
The "fourth sword" that Bai Shengyi had just used was something she comprehended from the rules of heaven and earth, equivalent to her own sword technique. Therefore, the Samsara Brush's words were not wrong.
"Pen Pen has also remembered many things recently," the Samsara Brush paused. "Dream Holding Vine is not an ordinary vine. It is a Spirit Eating Wood. The world it comes from is of a higher level than the small Divine Revelation world…"
As the Samsara Brush finished speaking, Bai Shengyi heard the gray clouds burp again, and the eye completely disappeared into the vast expanse of clouds.
Clouds rolled! Winds surged! Thunder roared!
However, soon, the clouds parted, the lightning and thunder suddenly vanished, and the wind subsided…
In the blink of an eye, the sky was high and the clouds were thin, and the world was peaceful.
A sacred, vast, and boundless aura spread out, crossing the Heavenly Way mountain ravine and flying out beyond the芥子 (Jiezi) layer…
On this day, all cultivators in the Divine Revelation world and the Divine Revelation Continent seemed to sense something and couldn't help but look up at the sky.
The sky was clearer than ever, the rules of heaven and earth were more distinct and complete than ever, and the spiritual energy was sweeter and richer than ever.
Beneath the bright sun that supported the sky, spiritual rain suddenly descended, falling everywhere. Wherever it passed, withered trees sprouted new buds, and dry fields gained spiritual moisture.
"A miracle! This is a miracle! Heaven is showing its power!"
"Old woman! Hurry! Come out and collect the spiritual water!"
The common people of the Divine Revelation Continent rushed to spread the news.
They couldn't distinguish whether the spiritual energy was abundant, but they knew that by bathing in the spiritual rain, their ailments seemed to disappear!
Outside the continent, cultivators who had not advanced for many years suddenly stood up in surprise.
"I've touched the threshold of advancing to Nascent Soul!"
"My heavens! Two more spiritual springs have appeared in the barren mountains behind the sect!"
"What on earth happened?"
And the two parties standing at the boundary between the Divine Revelation world and the Divine Revelation Continent faced the changes brought by the complete Heavenly Way even more directly.
Especially as they watched, with their own eyes, the originally narrow gaps in the boundary wall slowly widen, slowly disappear…