"This..."

Wang Yuyan mused with a puzzled expression, looking at Guang Chengzi’s body, regrettably shaking her head, "Regarding this, I indeed feel perplexed. Theoretically, if the Broken Vajra Path really succeeds, Elder Guang Chengzi should have shattered his physical body into the void and gone to another world. But why does his body remain in this world?

Yet, observe the expression on the Immortal Master’s face, it clearly carries a satisfied, tranquil smile, he must have succeeded..."

Everyone turned their gaze to Guang Chengzi, whose peaceful smile at the corner of his mouth seemed alive, smiling at everyone, indeed, it should have succeeded.

"If the Immortal Master succeeded, why does this body still linger in the world? You should know that whether it was Hero Chuan Ying in the past or Supreme Master Ling Donglai within the Ten Extremes Pass, when they shattered the void, their physical bodies disappeared along with them."

The Mongolian Emperor recollected and said solemnly, "Recall back then, Hero Chuan Ying leaped mounted on a white horse at Nine Ridge Mountain, the white horse transformed into a white dragon, carrying his figure as it shattered the void, afterward disappearing without news, his physical body never left behind. He might have taken his body away too. And even though no one witnessed it, when Supreme Master Ling Donglai shattered the void inside the Ten Extremes Pass, Yin Gui Sect’s expert Blood Hand Li Gong had entered the Ten Extremes Pass following Ling Donglai’s path, seeking the way to shatter the void.

The Ten Extremes Pass had no exit, once inside, it was impossible to come out again, and no information within could be brought out.

Yet back then, Hero Chuan Ying also went together with Li Gong, although Hero Chuan Ying did not enter, he spiritually sensed the inside of the Ten Extremes Pass, and found no physical form of Elder Ling Donglai. Consequently one can judge, when Elder Ling Donglai shattered the void, his physical form left simultaneously, does this indicate that shattering the void is not necessarily bound by whether physical or spiritual shatter the void...?"

This discourse evidently shows that the Mongolian Emperor had considerable research on the legendary Realm of ’Shattering Void’, not entirely ignorant.

Jiang Dali observed his Heavenly Human 1 Realm’s power, not deemed strong in his eyes, yet in the Martial World, he was considered a top-notch expert with exceptional understanding of Martial Arts.

At this moment everyone was utterly ignorant of the legendary Realm of ’Shattering Void’, no matter the discussion, just like blind men feeling an elephant, how could they utter much reason.

Jiang Dali immediately ceased discussing with the crowd, clasped his fist respectfully towards Guang Chengzi’s remnant shell, said "Forgive my offense, elder," then strode forward, and under the Mongolian Emperor’s slightly changed gaze, boldly extended his palm, pressing it upon Guang Chengzi’s chest.

At that moment, a prompt swiftly popped up from his panel.

"You have touched Immortal Master Guang Chengzi’s remnant shell, completed Class A Task "Origin of the War God Temple" requirement 1 (see Chapter 981), gained part of Guang Chengzi’s Qi Fortune. You seemed to sense happenings from an ancient era through this aura..."

Almost instantly, Jiang Dali felt his entire body tremble, as if a unique aura similar to Dragon Energy surged from Guang Chengzi’s remnant shell into his palm, streaming into his body, then rushing into his mind.

His mind jolted, a blurry scene gradually cleared within his mind.

His spirit and soul seemed to have entered another vast realm resembling a spirit world, like when he fell into Mrs. Wushuang’s Spirit Realm in Unrivaled City.

At that moment, suddenly he found himself within a gigantic hall, the expansive and tall space of the giant hall awed him, like a person from a small nation entering a giant’s realm, everything familiar, the hall’s walls at least forty yards from the ground, and the relief illustrations around made it clear he had arrived at the "War God Temple!"

"War God Temple! War God Temple! War God, I, Guang Chengzi, finally found the War God Temple you left behind years ago, alas..."

Right then, an aged yet vigorous voice of an old man suddenly echoed within the vast hall.

Jiang Dali’s "gaze" turned, seeing a tall and majestic elderly figure with hands clasped behind, striding in from the grand giant hall entrance amidst an ethereal and unworldly aura, undoubtedly Guang Chengzi.

As soon as Guang Chengzi laughed heartily and entered the War God Temple instantly, the aura he deliberately released seemed to startle the entire temple, the center of the temple ceiling with a round gemstone emitting cyan-yellow light like the sun immediately emitted fiery red radiance.

Meanwhile, the entire War God Temple trembled and shook, a shivering creature akin to a small dark green snake instantly fell out from Guang Chengzi’s sleeve, hopelessly rigid upon landing, unable to move.

"Hmm? What’s this..."

Jiang Dali saw the small dark green snake, alarmed, with a peculiar expression.

Seeing Guang Chengzi suddenly lower his head, staring at the small dark green snake and chuckling, "This Jiao Snake somewhat possesses the True Dragon Bloodline, and yet upon sensing the War God’s aura, it falters so miserably? Back then your ancestor Ying Long dared to confront the War God head-on, got a hefty lesson, hahaha! Go, go!"

He flicked his large sleeve, a gentle Qi Force immediately swept the small dark green snake outside the temple.

"So this is the origin of the Demon Dragon, was it brought by Guang Chengzi into this subterranean world within the War God Temple? Why has the Demon Dragon never revealed this connection to me? Or is it too long ago for this muddle-headed dragon to remember? I’ll have to ask later."

As Jiang Dali pondered, observing continuously, he saw Guang Chengzi walking within the War God Temple, studying the various relief illustrations within the temple, sometimes marveling or shaking his head silently, until he gazed upon the big characters on the temple ceiling "Heaven and Earth are not benevolent, treating all things as straw dogs", his eyes filled with tears, muttering with a smile.

"Indeed, indeed... Heavens view all things equally, neither treating any specially good nor terribly bad, letting everything develop naturally. This is heaven, indeed heaven, alas we realize too late, those warriors who defied heaven like Chi You have suffered Heaven’s Punishment.

War God, War God, you realized intensely, you transcended all things, transcended heaven and earth, completely transcended, yet left only me behind, I, too, do not wish to lag behind..."

With that, Guang Chengzi sat himself cross-legged, left hand touching the ground, his middle finger began carving words into the hard ground of the War God Temple, as he carved his countenance became more tranquil, his aura more intense, producing resonant sound like a metallic chime, surprisingly the surrounding began blurring, collapsing, as if this entire spirit world was under certain Mysterious Power’s influence.

Suddenly, this blurring and collapsing intensified, Jiang Dali suddenly felt hair-raising fright, as if an icy and indifferent eye suddenly fixed upon him, staring him down.

At the moment this sensation just emerged, the scene in his mind abruptly collapsed, he vaguely heard faint laughter, but the subsequent words had become completely unclear.

"What happened?"

With this immense question, Jiang Dali shook all over, instantly his spirit and consciousness returned to his body, awakening, looking perplexed and confused towards Guang Chengzi before him, still wearing a peaceful smile at the corners of his mouth, a chill surged from the tailbone straight to the neck.

"Village Chief!"

From behind, Wang Yuyan and others noticed, flocking beside Jiang Dali, watching his perplexed expression with wonder.

Jiang Dali gathered his brow, expression concentrating, ruminating on what he saw of Guang Chengzi’s actions in his mind, particularly his explanation on "Heaven and Earth are not benevolent, treating all things as straw dogs."

Initially, upon first seeing these words, he thought them words defying heaven, thinking the War God was a Heaven-defying person.

But after hearing Guang Chengzi’s explanation, he realized the sentence meant Heaven views all things equally, neither specially good nor terribly bad, letting everything develop naturally.

Thus, the War God wasn’t a Heaven-defying person, but a Transcendent.

And the mythological Demon God Chi You was the Heaven-defying person Guang Chengzi referred to.

But what do these concepts of transcendence and defying heaven, along with heaven, have to do with Shattering Void?

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(The New Year is almost here! Wishing everyone a prosperous New Year)