Chapter 62

Inside the Cuivei Immortal Mansion.

Chen Daoxuan's figure, clad in a cyan Daoist robe, appeared out of thin air.

Sitting cross-legged, through the subtle change that occurred in the Kunlun Mirror after his breakthrough to the Returning to Void Stage, Chen Daoxuan clearly sensed the Void True Realm and the Innate Gourd located in the True Spirit Great Realm.

Upon this, a hint of joy appeared on Chen Daoxuan's face.

After he achieved the Returning to Void Stage, the Kunlun Mirror not only, as when he attained the Soul Egress (Divine Transformation) Stage, gained a new coordinate of a spacetime domain, but also a new profundity subtly emerged.

That is, to link several spacetime domains with the Kunlun Mirror as the center.

However, after achieving the Returning to Void Stage, Chen Daoxuan several times attempted to use the Kunlun Mirror alone to transmit his Return to Void Dharma Body, but each attempt completely failed.

At that time, Chen Daoxuan still thought that the new profundity of the Kunlun Mirror linking several spacetime domains was merely his own illusion.

But now it seems that this profundity of the Kunlun Mirror linking several spacetime domains is not an illusion; the conditions are simply very stringent.

The Void True Realm is the foundation of his Return to Void, the Innate Gourd is two sides of the same entity with his Primordial Destruction Heavy Pupils, and it also pertains to the Immortal Technique Innate Calamity-Destroying Immortal Thunder.

It can be said that without these two, his foundation would be compromised; it is precisely this tight connection that allows him, via the Kunlun Mirror, to sense across spacetime domains.

Moreover, even the Xuanhuang Shanhai Diagram that he refined, which is closely tied to the Mountain-Sea Immortal Scripture he cultivates, cannot be sensed.

He also somewhat understood why his previous attempts to transmit the Return to Void Dharma Body alone had failed.

First, the Dharma Body can recover even after loss, it is not irrecoverable; second, although the connection of the Dharma Body is extremely tight, it relies on the Great Dao, crossing spacetime domains, and changes in the Great Dao could lead to accidents.

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After sensing the Void True Realm and the Innate Gourd across spacetime domains for a moment, Chen Daoxuan slightly focused his mind.

Primordial Spirit emerged.

Flesh Dharma Body and Great Dao Primordial Spirit separated.

Thereafter, Chen Daoxuan linked the Kunlun Mirror, attempting to have his Great Dao Primordial Spirit alone return to the True Spirit Great Realm.

In an instant, Chen Daoxuan, who had braced himself for failure, discovered that he had succeeded.

The Great Dao Primordial Spirit alone returned to the Yuanling Realm.

Furthermore, despite being separated across spacetime domains, the connection between the Flesh Dharma Body and the Great Dao Primordial Spirit, via the Kunlun Mirror as a hub, remained undiminished.

In response, sensing his return, the Yuanling Realm's Heavenly Heart Consciousness instinctively rejoiced, and Chen Daoxuan was also filled with excitement.

At his current realm, as long as either the Flesh Dharma Body or the Great Dao Primordial Spirit remains, both can be regenerated and restored.

Thus, by placing the Flesh Dharma Body and the Great Dao Primordial Spirit in different spacetime domains, unless there exists a force capable of crossing spacetime domains and even breaking the Kunlun Mirror, he can thoroughly guarantee his own safety.

His survivability directly rose to an unimaginable, transcendent level.

After a brief moment of joy in his heart, Chen Daoxuan gradually calmed his mind.

The Great Dao Primordial Spirit returned to the Great Universe, re-entering the body.

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Thereafter, Chen Daoxuan prepared to spend some time taking the Law Imprints he had comprehended and refined over the past sixty-plus years in the Yuanling Realm Dao place, and have them mutually reflect with the Great Universe's Great Dao, thereby discarding the false and retaining the true, and cultivating them all into Great Dao True Talismans.

But as he began cultivation, through the Four Symbols Great Dao of the three hundred strands of Law Imprint levels, Chen Daoxuan sensed within his body a faint emergence of the Vermilion Bird's cry, extremely weak and on the level of the Great Dao.

A kind of 'line' seemingly formed by countless Vermilion Birds linked head to tail connected him, in the dark, with a certain living being.

In that instant, a trace of Chen Daoxuan's mind and will crossed spacetime, and he saw, atop a colossal wutong tree, the stunning figure whose entire body was ablaze with Vermilion Bird fire.

"Wu Fengling!"

"What is going on?"

In the blink of a thought, that image vanished.

Regarding this situation, although sensing that 'line' he did not feel any bad feeling arise, and even faintly seemed to have a special perception of the other end of that connection, Wu Fengling.

But after pondering for a few breaths, Chen Daoxuan focused his mind and calmed his breath, and began to perceive through that 'line' in minute detail.

To specifically understand its influence on him.

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Within the Wu Tong Realm.

On a vast wutong tree.

Wu Fengling, who had reached the Nascent Soul Peak and could at any moment break through to the Soul Egress Stage, suddenly opened her eyes, fully sensing the subtle yet fundamental change occurring in the Vermilion Bird Mingfu Curse.

Sensing the change in the Vermilion Bird Mingfu Curse, the endless profound feedback converged, her Vermilion Bird bloodline again began to boil and sublimate, and on her formerly proud, beautiful visage, her expression became exceedingly complex.

Surprise, joy, helplessness, and bashfulness… various expressions intermingled.

"How could Senior Disciple Chen possibly break through to the Divine Transformation Stage so quickly?"

"What should be done!"

Thinking about the various information regarding the Vermilion Bird Mingfu Curse, sensing deep in her heart, for the other end of the curse's connection, Senior Disciple Chen, that involuntary reliance thought, Wu Fengling's mind became slightly confused.

The Vermilion Bird Mingfu Curse originally is a method that binds the fates of two parties, sharing honor and loss alike, a special Great Dao approach near immortality.

She also, relying on her family's countless years of cultivating the Vermilion Bird True Method, which gave rise to her Vermilion Bird bloodline, was able to form this curse with Chen Daoxuan.

Although there can be initiative or passivity, only when both parties are in the same major realm can this Vermilion Bird Mingfu Curse be successfully established.

And after establishment, the two parties are in an equal relationship; it is a Great Dao method beneficial to both.

Their fates complement each other, and when one side achieves a major realm advancement, the other can also gain some reciprocal feedback.

However, the Vermilion Bird Mingfu Curse also harbors an extremely hidden piece of information, a problem that does not arise under normal circumstances.

That is, if after successfully forming the curse, a huge disparity arises between the two parties, equality could be broken.

It could then happen that one party's fate becomes dependent on the other's fate.

Especially for her, as the initiator of the Vermilion Bird Mingfu Curse, if the cultivation realm gap with the one who received the curse becomes too great, a master-subordinate distinction will appear.

The fate will then become attached to the other.

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And although she greatly likes Senior Disciple Chen Daoxuan, she absolutely does not wish to become dependent on him.

But now the situation is obvious: because the cultivation realm gap is too great, the Vermilion Bird Mingfu Curse balance is broken, and her dark fate begins to fall into a state of dependence.

Without waiting for her to think further, as the Vermilion Bird's blood boiled and sublimated, with the increase in cultivation realm and countless insights into the fire Great Dao arising in the dark, she was involuntarily immersed in cultivation.

Only a trace of shy thought lingered and then dissipated.

"If Senior Disciple notices the Mingfu Curse, how will I face Senior Disciple in the future!"

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