Chapter 1628: The Mountain and Sea Dies and is Reborn
As the Immeasurable Wall continued its manipulations, a strange sight suddenly materialized on the walls of the great cylindrical hall within the Rotten Axe Dojo.
Innumerable segmented squares appeared side by side, existing simultaneously in three states: complete darkness, faint light, and flickering luminescence.
After only a moment, the Immeasurable Wall had already deciphered the meaning behind these different squares.
“Just as I suspected! There are still so many star seas teeming with life! I can just find one, lie low, and wait for this whole mess to blow over.”
The azure light of the Immeasurable Wall swept across the hall's walls as it sifted through the potential candidates.
Naturally, it also noticed the exceptionally conspicuous large, empty white circle.
“Cordoning off an area. It must be for the purpose of demarcation and selection. This dojo was abandoned for some unknown reason. Could it be that they already found their target?”
“In any case, the star seas within the white circle are superior in every way to those outside it. They should be my primary focus.”
It was a boundless, azure ocean. Seawater spilled out in every direction, occupying the entire expanse of the starry sky. And its source, astonishingly, was a mountain peak no larger than the palm of a hand.
Spring water trickled from the mountaintop, flowing day and night without cease, transforming into a star sea!
“This mountain and sea may not be *the* Mountain and Sea, but for its form, image, and intent to align so perfectly, there must be an ineffable mystery to it.”
“Besides, this spring of life on the mountaintop might just be able to bring the little lady back from the dead!”
The Immeasurable Wall transformed into a streak of azure light and plunged into the world.
It headed straight for the summit.
Viewed from the outside, the mountain within the Mountain Sea Star Realm appeared to be a rather low peak. But upon actually entering the realm, one would discover that this mountain was, in fact, over tens of thousands of kilometers tall.
It only seemed small because, aside from the vast azure ocean that filled the starry sky, there were no other points of reference.
The mountain was no low peak, and the water was certainly no simple stream.
It was a torrential current, like a great river or a raging sea, crashing and roaring with a deafening sound like thunder.
This was no mere noise; it was accompanied by the rhythmic pulse of this star sea's Great Dao.
Even as the Immeasurable Wall traversed the space, it was inevitably affected. The rhythm of the sound and water was like a thousand carving knives, seeking to etch their marks upon its surface.
A profound light flickered, and the Immeasurable Wall blocked all external disturbances, continuing its flight toward the summit.
“Strange. I was clearly flying directly toward the mountaintop, yet I landed halfway up the slope...”
“Could it be that I'm so damaged I can't even manage that much precision anymore?”
As it slowly ascended, the Immeasurable Wall was plunged into a brief moment of self-doubt.
However, after flying toward the peak for a while longer, it finally came to a realization: “This mountain peak has an owner?!”
The Immeasurable Wall’s flight came to an abrupt halt. Amid the thunderous roar of the cascading spring water, it hesitated for a long time. In the end, the Immeasurable Wall gritted its teeth and decided to press on.
“I, who served at a Sage Lord's gate, am merely borrowing this treasured land for a moment. I trust its master will not hold it against me.”
The Immeasurable Wall’s insight was extraordinary. It could naturally perceive the advanced nature of the restriction that had silently deflected it from the mountaintop.
“Though not a Transcendent, this being is at the very least a powerhouse among the hidden masters. What in the hells is going on? Even when the Immortal Realm still stood, experts of this caliber were few and far between. How is it that after the Immortal Realm’s collapse, this remote corner of the lower realms is suddenly crawling with them!” the Immeasurable Wall grumbled internally.
“Still... there shouldn't be much risk.”
As it flew and observed, the Immeasurable Wall ultimately came to a conclusion.
Its intuition, as it turned out, was exceptionally accurate.
Nine times in a row, the restriction repelled the Immeasurable Wall. Yet, it remained undeterred, continuing its ascent.
On the tenth attempt, the restriction finally ceased to activate.
The Immeasurable Wall was thus able to bring Rinsing Moon Bai to the top of the mountain.
“Such vibrant life force...” The Immeasurable Wall gazed at the tiny spring before it, the source of this world’s vast ocean, and was shaken by the immense vitality contained within.
Without forgetting its purpose, it tossed Rinsing Moon Bai’s body onto the spring.
The body blocked the spring’s opening. The gushing water gradually weakened, and the roar of the current subsided.
When the Mountain Sea Star Realm fell completely silent, no more water flowed from the mountaintop.
The self-contained cycle of the mountain and sea was broken. The immense life force that had been concentrated between them now slowly began to converge upon the corpse of Rinsing Moon Bai.
Ordinarily, the body of a mere mortal should have been incapable of suppressing the main spring of the Mountain Sea Star Realm.
Seeing Rinsing Moon Bai's body on the verge of being washed away again by the spring water at any moment, the Immeasurable Wall revealed its original form.
It gently pressed down upon her.
A divine stone descended, suppressing the mountain and sea.
With Rinsing Moon Bai’s body as the new core of the cycle, the Mountain Sea Star Realm settled into a new equilibrium.
“Sigh, I hope this works.”
The Immeasurable Wall felt the changes in Rinsing Moon Bai’s body as the immense life force washed over it.
“Hmm, good thing I got here in time. She wasn't completely dead yet.”
“In a hundred years, she should be alive again.”
“It’s just a pity that I won’t get a single drop of the benefits from this life spring’s cleansing. When you make it big, little lady, don’t you dare forget me!” the Immeasurable Wall muttered incessantly.
The Immeasurable Wall did not notice that the instant it and Rinsing Moon Bai occupied the spring on the mountaintop, a divine consciousness had already turned its attention toward them.
It was, naturally, the master of this Mountain Sea Star Realm—Cheng Dao, the disciple enlightened by Shou Qiu Gong.
However, Cheng Dao had already left the Mountain Sea Star Sea and was now beyond the High Wall. He had no intention of monopolizing this treasured land that had helped nurture his consciousness. Since someone else with a karmic link had found it, and for the purpose of saving a life, Cheng Dao did not drive them away.
Of course, had it been an ordinary being, Cheng Dao would certainly not have been so courteous.
The most crucial factor was that Cheng Dao sensed the aura of a Sage Lord of the Immortal Realm upon the Immeasurable Wall.
Cheng Dao was the disciple of Shou Qiu. The other was one who served at a Sage Lord's gate.
Naturally, some face had to be given.
Those words, "one who served at a Sage Lord's gate," were sometimes worthless, and at other times, worth more than a thousand pieces of gold!
Beyond considering the other party's origins, as the power sitting behind the Shuo Xinghai Dao Net, Cheng Dao had also recognized that the Immeasurable Wall appearing in the Mountain Sea Star Realm was the very same immortal artifact that had suddenly materialized in the Dao Net not long ago, only to vanish just as abruptly after being captured.
Based on the residual fluctuations in the Dao Net at the time, Cheng Dao discovered that the person who had helped the Immeasurable Wall escape was no weaker than himself.
With such power in the picture, it was better to resolve enmity than to create it.
Cheng Dao had always been a man of principle.
...
Rinsing Moon Bai lay quietly in the Mountain Sea Star Realm for more than fifty years, her life force gradually stirring anew.
But the Immeasurable Wall, which had witnessed the entirety of her transformation from death to life, discovered something strange.
“Her vitality has recovered slightly, and her consciousness is being nurtured once more from the brink of annihilation.”
“But...”
“After experiencing such a life-and-death calamity, how is it that her fledgling consciousness shows not the slightest trace of fear?”
The Immeasurable Wall drew in a sharp breath.
One must understand that those who have personally experienced death and yet remain fearless of it are truly a rarity in all of history.
“And then there’s her heaven-defying aptitude...”
“My premonition was right, after all!”
“There is hope for Transcendence!”
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