Chapter 750: Cang Tian, The Three Teachings

"Hum—"

Plummeting at extreme speed, as though falling into an abyss.

In that instant, Li Yuan pushed his perception to its absolute limit, and only then, beyond the violently streaming light on either side, did he glimpse that vast, boundless darkness of the Void, along with streaks of light just like it.

But it lasted only an instant before his perception snapped, and a violent wave of dizziness surged into his heart.

'The speed is too fast…'

Li Yuan gathered his perception, and all manner of auras withdrew into his Ru Shen Jing; then the Ru Shen Jing returned to his Niwan Palace, and he activated every concealment art at his disposal, including the Turtle Breath Concealment and the Qing Di Yan.

He also switched to the 'Concealment Set' palm-control combination, hiding himself to the utmost.

"Hum—"

As though only an instant, yet also as though an incomparably long time had passed, Li Yuan's spirit wavered, and beyond the ever-shifting light, he saw a nameless divine tree.

It was precisely the Xuanhuang World Tree he had once glimpsed through Lord Lord Tianyu's gaze and seared into the sea of his heart.

"Xuanhuang…"

Li Yuan strained his eyes into the distance, and amid his extreme-speed fall, he etched this scene deep into his heart.

The Xuanhuang World Tree bears ten thousand worlds, its Dao-contained mysteries are inexhaustible; if one of extraordinary talent were to behold this tree, they might even comprehend all manner of spells and divine abilities from it.

When he had first glimpsed it last time, he had already gained some insight—only the time had been too short, so for the moment he had yet to obtain anything.

But now, with the two verifications together, he faintly sensed something.

"Whoosh!"

The next instant, darkness flooded Li Yuan's vision.

……

"Hum—"

Within the Void, thunderous booms shook and trembled; every great cultivator who had already reflected the Dao felt something in their heart, gazing into the void, sensing only the seemingly present yet absent ripples surging and spreading, reaching everywhere without limit, arriving at every profound place.

For a time, in the present world's Void and all manner of dimensional voids, the aura of the Da Luo Catalog drifted and spread, reaching everywhere, present everywhere.

"Weitian's martial exhibition…"

"Damnable Dao Sect, another fellow Daoist about to suffer—wonder which world it'll be?"

"Last time it was Yong Ye Fa Jie, which falls under the jurisdiction of Wu Shen Da Fa Jie; this time, I'm afraid it's Tian Mo Fa Jie's turn…"

"Tian Mo Fa Jie, huh… When the Mu Xiantian Demon Emperor returns, he will surely settle today's disgrace!"

Beyond the void, within the dimensions hidden in the depths of space-time, one will after another rose up, sweeping their gaze across the layers of the Void, trying to locate the Dao Sect's martial exhibition ground.

But the aura of the Da Luo Catalog reached everywhere; every capital-dimensional had been stirred, the workings of heaven were muddled to the extreme—how could anyone divine it out?

But very soon, a piece of news that no one knew where it came from reached the ears of many powerful cultivators of the Void at extreme speed.

"Martial exhibition at Xuanhuang?!"

"Where did this news come from? It's a bit too fake—Xuanhuang's Three Sages haven't perished, so how would the Weitian Dao Sect dare hold a martial exhibition at Xuanhuang?"

"Speaking of which, the Xuanhuang Great World has been sealed for many years and only recently opened—I wonder how it compares to the old days?"

The divine interfaces wove their spirit thoughts together, buzzing with discussion, among them no few great cultivators from the Xuanhuang World itself.

"Yu Yi Xian."

In a hidden place, the Yanbo Diaosou's eyes rippled with waves—he had recognized an old friend—and then, feeling something in his heart, a spirit thought surfaced from within his mind.

The figure was extremely tall, with deep-set eyes and a cold, fierce aura—it was indeed Yu Yi Xian.

In the years before he left the Xuanhuang Great World, he had been Yu Yi Xian's peer, both ranked among the 'Twelve Immortals.'

"Yanbo."

Yu Yi Xian stepped out from within his mind, draped in immortal light, and looked at the Yanbo Diaosou, whose body was steeped in the aura of decay:

"The Sage summons you."

"Mm?"

The Yanbo Diaosou's expression turned solemn: "Which Sage?"

"The Hongmeng Sage."

Yu Yi Xian bowed slightly, in a show of respect.

"The Hongmeng Sage?"

The Yanbo Diaosou was startled in his heart.

Among Xuanhuang's Three Sages, the Hongmeng Sage had attained the Dao earliest; legend had it he had achieved the Dao even before the Primeval Era, and the Sages of Fate and Calamity had once listened to his teachings in years past.

Yet many epochs ago, this Sage had fled far into the Sea of Chaos, seeking a method to transcend the Other Shore; even the war of opening had not drawn his participation—how then could…

"Why does the Sage summon me?"

The Yanbo Diaosou's heart was filled with doubt and alarm: "Could it be that the Weitian Dao Sect truly intends to hold a martial exhibition at Xuanhuang?"

"The Sage roams through the Sea of Chaos and has not returned—he only sent down a single decree…"

Yu Yi Xian weighed his words, yet still let slip a bit:

"In the decree, 【Cang Tian】 was mentioned…"

"Mm?!"

……

……

The sky was high, the clouds pale, a gentle breeze blew.

The instant his perception returned, Li Yuan had already suppressed the urge to release his spirit sense; he opened his eyes and saw a stretch of azure sky, along with three great suns hanging high upon the firmament.

"The Xuanhuang Realm…"

"Is this the Xuanhuang Great World, or one of the three thousand worlds under its jurisdiction?"