madnovel Chapter 610 - 480: Revisiting Old Haunts
Chapter 610 - 480: Revisiting Old Haunts
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In the blink of an eye.
Taichi Realm, Western Desolate Region, Fulong Saint City!
Above the heavens, the void rippled, and a figure in a profound robe stepped out, his garments fluttering, ink hair gently swaying.
It was Chen Sheng!
He stood with his hands behind his back, suspended above the heavens, his gaze indifferent as he scanned the vast, majestic city in the distance.
Within the city walls, palaces stretched endlessly, with countless cultivators coming and going, their auras mixed yet not lacking in powerful beings, a scene of flourishing prosperity.
"It’s a return to an old place."
Chen Sheng murmured in his heart, his voice calm, yet tinged with the melancholy of crossing through the ages.
In his past life, he had once stepped upon this land.
At that time, he was the heavenly emperor of the Heart Image Realm, commanding the great tide, traversing Chongli Heaven, confident in his Void Refining invincibility.
In pursuit of the Great Dao of End, he carefully selected and finally chose the master of this city—the Hidden Dragon Saint!
With the aid of the "Heart Sutra of the Other Shore," he maneuvered through cycles, only to be killed with a single finger strike!
"Ha..."
Chen Sheng gently shook his head, a trace of lament flashing in his eyes.
That battle made him fully aware of the vastness of heaven and earth, the difference between the Void Refining Realm and the Integration Realm was as vast as heaven and earth!
"Nearly three hundred thousand years have passed, and the changes in this city are not small."
His gaze swept over the newly added several defensive grand arrays on the city walls, feeling the more prosperous atmosphere within the city compared to three hundred thousand years ago, his heart clear.
Three hundred thousand years, for mortals, is an era of great change, and for most cultivators, it is the same.
For Fulong Saint City to have its current scale, it is clearly due to the Hidden Dragon Saint’s effective management.
However, Chen Sheng’s visit this time is not for revenge nor for a visit, but to turn towards the Spirit Realm.
Cultivators at the Void Refining Realm and below wishing to shuttle between the two grand worlds of Taichi Realm and Spirit Realm can only rely on special areas where spaces overlap like Chongli Heaven.
But now, having reached the Integration Realm, Chen Sheng naturally doesn’t need such hassle, and such special areas cannot accommodate an Integration Dharma Master.
Chen Sheng slowly closed his eyes, and at the center of his brow, a simple Dharma Seed slowly rotated.
Buzz——
The world power of the Panwu Realm surged forth like a tide, circulating throughout his body along the Dharma Seed.
His will suddenly elevated, resplendent like the sun in the sky, penetrating layers of void, and extending towards the depths of Taichi Realm’s spaces.
In an instant, the surrounding space trembled slightly, and countless space nodes became apparent under the sensing of his will.
Vaguely, he felt the aura of the neighboring grand world—it was the aura of the Spirit Realm!
"Found it."
Chen Sheng did not hesitate any longer, slowly raised his right hand, and lightly pointed his index finger!
"Boom——!!!"
A deafening roar like the creation of heaven and earth exploded between heaven and earth.
A golden light column of hundreds of millions of lengths burst forth from Chen Sheng’s fingertip, like a pillar supporting the sky, directly piercing the depths of the void!
Where the light column passed, the void shattered like glazed glass, countless space fragments crushed into primordial qi, flying in the sky.
This light column not only broke endless space but directly collided with the barrier of the grand world!
"Boom——!!!"
With a deafening explosion, the chaotic void shook violently, and the light column forcibly tore open a crack in the grand barrier!
Immediately, Chen Sheng’s will, like a rushing river, poured through the crack and vanished from Taichi Realm.
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One breath later.
A mighty and incomparable will descended like Mount Tai, it was the Hidden Dragon Saint!
He had just finished his seclusion and sensed the fluctuations of the broken grand barrier, the position of Chen Sheng.
The Hidden Dragon Saint wore a golden dragon robe, his face stern, dragon majesty swirling around him, instantly locking onto a trace of faint Creation Dao Principle.
The Hidden Dragon Saint murmured to himself in his heart:
"That’s unfamiliar."
"I don’t know which Daoist friend this is? Coming to this place without greeting me."
This place was originally the border area between two realms, often there were saints opening up here using space nodes to head to the Spirit Realm on the opposite side.
Over time, he became accustomed to this situation.
As long as the other party did not actively provoke Fulong Saint City, he would not easily become enemies with such levels of existence.
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In the chaotic void, the astral wind howled like blades.
Countless spatial turbulences surged like poisonous snakes, with fragments of shattered time and space faintly visible.
"Swoosh——"
A brilliant streak of light shot out from the spatial rift of the Taiyi Realm, and it was precisely Chen Sheng!
His entire body was surrounded by a faint Creation radiance, the chaotic astral wind collapsing upon touch, and the spatial turbulences disintegrating into nothingness under the pressure of invisible Dao Power.
In the vast chaotic void, nothing could block his path.
He hovered in the void, gazing indifferently at the expansive boundless world not far away—the Spirit Realm!
Outside that world, a layer of warm rainbow-colored halo lingered,
This time, there was no need to break through the Grand Thousand barriers.
For a cultivator at the Integration Dharma Master level, the Grand Thousand World was not repulsive and continued to emit a Dao Rhyme that embraced all things.
With a slight movement, Chen Sheng turned into a streak of light traversing the void, directly entering the Spirit Realm.
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Three Extremes Domain, Yun State.
Chen Sheng’s figure quietly appeared in the heart of Yun State, lifting his eyes, an ancient city sprawled between heaven and earth, extending infinitely!
Above the sky of the ancient city, 365 ancient stars hung high, their radiant beams falling like silver threads.
It was precisely the Great Circulation Star Shaking Immortal Array!
"Buzz——"
The immortal array operated, radiance circulating, Dao Principles roaring, with countless stellar runes faintly visible, exuding a majestic aura that suppressed eternity.
Chen Sheng looked at this familiar array, a trace of nostalgia flashing in his eyes, his thoughts involuntarily drifting back to the past.
A thought arose in his heart:
"Old friends scattered, time flies, yet this city remains almost unchanged through the ages!"
This ancient city has existed since ancient times, weathering millions of years and still standing majestically on the land of Yun State, like an immortal giant beast.
Chen Sheng withdrew his thoughts and walked towards the ancient city; his pace seemed slow, yet each step spanned a thousand feet.
Upon entering the city, the streets crisscrossed before him.
Buildings and pavilions lined both sides, all cast from white jade and glazed materials, enveloped in immortal aura.
Cultivators wearing Daoist Robes occasionally brushed past, their auras strong or weak, yet all orderly.
Chen Sheng’s consciousness swept over the street, finally fixing on a towering pavilion that soared into the clouds.
This pavilion was made entirely of black jade, with a golden plaque hanging at the top inscribed with the words "Sky Pavilion," a place for selling intelligence.
With a slight movement, Chen Sheng appeared in front of the Sky Pavilion; he wanted to know the changes over the past three hundred thousand years.
"Cre-eak—"
The pavilion’s gate opened automatically, and a rich sandalwood fragrance hit him; inside, dozens of jade tables and chairs were arranged, with several attendants in blue robes standing silently by.
Chen Sheng went straight to a private room on the second floor, waving away the attendants with a flick, casting a soundproof barrier with a wisp of Dao Power from his fingertip.
Not long after, an elder in a purple robe bowed and entered the room, the master of the Sky Pavilion, a mid-stage Void Refining Realm cultivator.
He sensed the unfathomable aura around Chen Sheng, feeling deeply shocked and extremely respectful.
After a moment, Chen Sheng gently shook his head, rose, and left.
Outside the Sky Pavilion, the elder in the purple robe bowed at the entrance, only straightening up slowly after Chen Sheng’s figure disappeared, with lingering alarm in his heart:
"Could it be a Dharma Master playing among mortals?"
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Walking down the street, Chen Sheng thought to himself:
"Even if invincible in the Void Refinement, dominating one side, it is only a lifespan of 120,000 years."
"This building has existed for less than a hundred thousand years, how could it know the changes spanning hundreds of thousands of years."
Of course, Chen Sheng did not come away empty-handed.
Through the intelligence from the Sky Pavilion, he roughly sorted out the situation in the Three Extremes Domain over the past tens of thousands of years.
"Most of my old friends have passed away, dissolved into the long river of time, with only my mentor remaining!"
[Dharma Master Hong Jue, a Great Power at the Integration Realm, master of the Yunlu Daoist Palace, also an elder of the Antarctic Immortal Mansion, with two direct disciples, fifty inner disciples, and three thousand outer disciples]
A piece of clear information flashed through his mind.
Chen Sheng’s lips curled into a gentle smile, mumbling to himself:
"The teacher still strives for perfection."
"Over the years, the teacher’s cultivation must have improved significantly, right?"