Chapter 601: Gather All Selves, the Sole One of All Realms

Two days ago, Ming Yu had settled all her affairs with the Alliance of the Righteous and arrived at Lingyin Workshop.

These two days were spent familiarizing herself with all the functions of the Taixuan Immortal Web.

Now that the third batch of Ascension Envoys has been deployed, she and Ning Wanzhu must also depart as the original Immortal Web deployment envoys to establish channels beyond the Taiping Realm.

Of course, another purpose is to search for Yuan.

“Since you’re ready, then go find him.”

Ning Ruo gave only a brief warning and said no more.

Though this matter concerns her disciple Ning Wanzhu, she had no intention of interfering.

Just as she had never interfered in Ning Wanzhu’s affairs with Yuan back then.

She lightly tapped her fingertips twice on the armrest of the chair.

Without sound or sign, strands of the Immortal Web descended from the ceiling, surrounding the two.

“Don’t forget what needs to be done.”

With this final reminder, the Immortal Web strands fully descended, covering them completely.

In but a billionth-billionth of an instant, the Immortal Web strands glowed, and the “Cross-Domain” program, powered by secondary immortal energy, instantly transported them out of the Taixuan Realm.

The mountain laboratory was left once more with only Ning Ruo and Ning Wanyin.

Silence lingered for a while…

“Master, my sister and the others are only Tongxuan—how long will it take them to get there?”

Traveling through the Chaos Sea in a Tongxuan body is no easy feat.

Ning Ruo did not turn around: “With the Dao anchors we left behind and the cross-domain assistance of the Taixuan Immortal Web, it won’t take long.”

“Oh.”

Ning Wanyin nodded, lost in thought.

She wondered whether her sister’s Immortal Web deployment would go smoothly, and whether she’d succeed in finding Yuan…

She still remembered returning from the frontlines of the Starry Battlefield, only to suddenly hear that her sister had taken a consort far younger than herself.

Back then, many in the sect held a poor opinion of Yuan, believing him to be a gold-digger who had merely tricked her with cunning.

But later, as Yuan grew stronger, such voices gradually faded.

emm…

Hey!

Come to think of it, Master never once voiced an opinion about her sister and Yuan back then.

The thought stirred a quiet curiosity within her.

“Master, what did you think about my sister and Yuan back then?”

“I had no opinion.”

“Huh?”

No opinion…?

Her master rose from the chair and looked at her.

“As long as she’s satisfied with the choice she made,” she said, then turned forward, picked up her phone, and walked past the silver-gray table toward the exit.

Only one phrase drifted softly behind her.

“You’re all the same.”

…

…

Outside the Taixuan Realm.

Boundless, endless radiance illuminated all realms, its Dao principles interwoven, piercing past and present, cause and effect, fate, and all things.

Without warning, two specks—tiny in comparison, utterly insignificant—“fell” from within.

Once they reached a certain height, they streaked across the boundless Chaos Sea, hurtling straight toward the distant realm.

[Cross-Domain Assistance Program Loaded]

[Reserved Ascension Platform Dao Anchor (Taiping Realm) Marked, Pulling Program Activated, Estimated Arrival at Unknown Realm: 34 Standard Hours]

One standard hour equals one hour in the central continent of the Taixuan Realm.

The true identities of these two specks were Ning Wanzhu and Ming Yu, just sent beyond the Taixuan Realm by Ning Ruo.

At this moment, the “secondary immortal energy” of the Taixuan Immortal Web formed a strange barrier, completely enveloping and protecting them from the Chaos Sea’s effects.

After all, at this terrifying cross-domain speed, even as Tongxuan cultivators, they could never withstand it by their own power.

Within the barrier of secondary immortal energy, Ning Wanzhu strained to perceive the outside world, yet could still see only blurred, indistinct shadows.

“Have we reached the outside of the Taixuan Realm?”

Ming Yu’s voice, transmitted through the Taixuan Immortal Web’s communication function, rang crystal-clear within her soul.

Ning Wanzhu glanced beside her.

Ming Yu should be right beside her, but all she could see were shifting lines of color.

“Yes, I think so.”

“… ” Ming Yu fell silent for a moment before speaking again. “The Taixuan Immortal Web is truly extraordinary.”

Though she had already roughly understood the content of the “Ascension Plan” and grasped the nature of the Taixuan Immortal Web during these two days of adaptation,

actually experiencing and witnessing it firsthand still shook her deeply.

The higher one’s realm, the deeper the understanding.

As Tongxuan Lords, what they perceived far surpassed what the earlier Ascension Envoys had felt.

After calming her emotions for a moment,

Ning Wanzhu pursed her lips: “Do you think… we’ll find Yuan this time?”

“We definitely will!”

Ming Yu replied without hesitation.

But in the next second, her tone grew considerably darker.

“I only worry that if we find him before he returns to the homeland he’s long sought…”

Ning Wanzhu fell silent as well.

The best outcome would be that when they found Yuan, he had already returned to his homeland, made peace with his regrets, and was on his way back to the Taixuan Realm.

If, as Ming Yu feared, they found him before he ever reached his homeland, then…

The worst possibility was that they failed to find him—or that he met with misfortune…

For a moment, both fell into silence.

Until new text began appearing on the Taixuan Immortal Web’s control interface—

[Secondary Immortal Energy Usage Permission Approved, Auxiliary Observation Function Activating]

[Loading…]

[Perception Ascension Beginning…]

Just as the first batch of Ascension Envoys had received their rewards after completing their missions.

Hum~

In an instant, the swirling colors around them vanished.

Perception stretched and lifted infinitely.

The flowing lines of color slowed bit by bit; the vast, boundless Chaos Sea gradually unfolded before their eyes.

Not long after,

All that met their gaze was endless Chaos energy, countless worlds—large and small—floating and sinking.

Witnessing this, both women could not help but feel a flicker of daze.

But as Tongxuan Lords, their cultivation far surpassed the first batch of Ascension Envoys, so they adapted to the “Perception Ascension” state within moments.

At that very moment, they could finally see each other clearly.

Yet after merely locking eyes, both lowered their heads instinctively, observing the floating and sinking worlds within the Chaos Sea.

They both understood: this was a rare opportunity.

Thus, aided by a “Perception Ascension” state far more stable and powerful than that of the first batch of Ascension Envoys, they took in the inner scenes of countless worlds.

First were the many worlds halted by Xu Xing’s single finger.

Within, still and frozen; without, Chaos flowed around them.

Next was the Fuliu Realm, the origin of the first Ascender, Li Ming.