89: Chapter 89 The Sudden Enlightenment of Ancestor Kuru!

Su Changge slammed the window shut.

His back was pressed tightly against the cold door panel, his heart pounding wildly, almost leaping out of his throat.

"Should... should have fooled him, right?"

He held his breath, pressed his ear against the door, and carefully listened to the movements outside.

The commotion outside the courtyard had not ceased; instead, it became even noisier, as if they were arguing intensely about something.

But at least, that old Devil Head was no longer shouting about killing him.

Su Changge finally let out a long breath, his strength instantly drained, and he slumped down, sliding along the door panel to the floor.

It was too thrilling.

This feeling of walking a tightrope over a bottomless abyss was more terrifying than anything he had experienced in both his lifetimes combined.

He didn't want to do anything now; he just wanted to dig a pit, bury himself, erect a tombstone, and write, "This person is dead, burn paper money if you have business."

However, Su Changge did not know.

What a terrifying storm the few words he had casually spouted to save his life had stirred up outside the courtyard.

Especially for Old Ancestor Kurong.

"What you do not see is all because you are obsessed with what you see..."

You cannot see because you want to see too much...

This sentence, like a heaven-splitting divine thunderbolt, crashed through the three thousand years of Chaos and fog in his mind.

What did he want to see?

He wanted to see those ethereal Space Law! He wanted to see the threshold of the Void Refining Realm! He wanted to see the hope of Immortal Ascension!

For the sake of "seeing," he had undergone secluded cultivation, ventured into forbidden lands, and even resorted to unscrupulous means, his hands stained with blood.

That obsession had long since turned into the deepest Heart Demon, blinding his eyes and imprisoning his Dao Heart.

He wanted to see too much.

So much so that in his eyes, apart from that goal hanging high in the sky, he could no longer contain anything else.

Just like a persistent climber, with eyes only for that unreachable mountain peak, completely ignoring every step under their feet and missing every inch of scenery beside them.

"So that's how it is... So that's how it is!"

Old Ancestor Kurong's body began to tremble, from a slight quiver to violent shaking.

"I was wrong... I was terribly wrong!"

"I was single-mindedly seeking 'Void,' but forgot that the true meaning of 'Void' is 'Nothingness'!"

"With nothing sought, nothing thought, and nowhere located, only then can one be everywhere!"

"Let go! Only by letting go can one see the truth! I cannot see precisely because I want to see too much!"

Old Ancestor Kurong acted like a madman, sometimes laughing up at the sky and sometimes weeping uncontrollably at the foot of the mountain.

The Bottleneck that had trapped him for a full three thousand years, that indestructible barrier that filled him with despair, at this moment, actually let out a crisp "crack" and split open a gap!

Qin Wudao and the others watched him in terror, not even daring to breathe.

They could clearly feel that the Qi on Old Ancestor Kurong was undergoing an earth-shattering transformation.

Was this... a sign of a Breakthrough?

Enlightened by a single word from the Dao Ancestor, and he was about to break through the Realm on the spot?

This thought exploded in everyone's heart, making their hair stand on end and their scalps almost burst.

Time, in this eerily extreme silence, passed bit by bit.

One day.

Two days.

Three days.

Old Ancestor Kurong stood under Changge Peak, not eating or drinking, not sleeping or resting, like a statue, for three whole days and nights.

And Su Changge, also in the small courtyard, had been a coward, trembling with fear for three days and nights.

He had eaten all the last bits of food his Senior Sister had left behind, starving until his stomach was stuck to his back.

By the evening of the third day, he really couldn't hold on anymore, his eyes glowing green as he hugged a table leg and took a fierce bite.

Crack!

His mouth was full of wood splinters, and his teeth almost shattered.

"It's too hard for me..."

Su Changge wanted to cry but had no tears.

Just when he was so hungry he saw stars and started seriously considering whether to dismantle the bed frame to use as dry rations.

Outside the courtyard, a wild laugh that shook the skies suddenly rang out.

"Hahahaha—! I have achieved enlightenment! I have finally achieved enlightenment!"

The laughter was filled with endless joy and liberation, shaking the entire mountain peak until it hummed.

Immediately after, a terrifying aura, more than ten times stronger than three days ago, surged into the sky from Old Ancestor Kurong's body!

The clouds in the sky rolled backward, forming a huge Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi vortex that blotted out the sun and sky!

The Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi within a hundred miles was crazily swallowed by an irresistible force and poured into his body.

His withered, bark-like old face became ruddy and full at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The aura on his body also broke through the final shackles of Soul Transformation Great Perfection with a bang, steadily stepping into a brand new, legendary Realm!

Void Refining Realm!

The nightmare that had plagued him for three thousand years vanished into thin air at this moment!

"Heavens! He... he really achieved a Breakthrough!"

"Enlightened by a single word, achieving Void Refining on the spot! This is a miracle! A true miracle!"

"Dao Ancestor! This is the true Dao Ancestor!"

All the Cultivators at the foot of the mountain who witnessed this scene fell into complete madness.

They knelt on the ground like madmen, frantically kowtowing in the direction of Changge Peak, countless people weeping uncontrollably with excitement, acting like lunatics.

Even an old Devil Head as notorious and bloodthirsty as Old Ancestor Kurong could be enlightened by a single word from the Dao Ancestor, laying down the butcher's knife and achieving Immortal Ascension on the spot.

Then what about them?

If they could beg for just one or two words of guidance from the Dao Ancestor, wouldn't they soar on the spot?

In the sky, Old Ancestor Kurong felt the vast, unprecedented power surging like a river and sea within him, his gratitude and awe toward the person in the small courtyard having climbed to the peak.

He solemnly tidied his robes, descended from the clouds, knelt heavily on both knees in the direction of the Changge Peak courtyard, and performed the most solemn and pious kowtow ceremony of the cultivation world—three bows and nine kowtows.

"Junior Kurong, many thanks for the Dao Ancestor's grace of enlightenment!"

"This Junior had eyes but failed to recognize Mount Tai, offending the Dao Ancestor's heavenly might; I deserve death!"

"This kindness and virtue, Kurong will never forget for all eternity! From now on, I am willing to be a running dog under the Dao Ancestor's seat, to be driven at will, and would not hesitate to go through fire and water!"

He kowtowed three loud times.

Thud! Thud! Thud!

Each sound made the earth tremble.

This scene, through the water mirror techniques of countless Cultivators, spread to every corner of the Eastern Wasteland.

The entire Eastern Wasteland was completely boiling!

In the small courtyard, Su Changge, who was about to faint from hunger, was startled by the deafening sounds of gratitude outside.

With a bewildered face, he crept to the crack in the window and peeked outside cautiously.

With just one glance, he was stunned.

That old man who was fierce and vicious three days ago, wanting to grind his bones and scatter his ashes, was now kneeling and bowing in his direction, crying with snot and tears, like a three-hundred-pound child.

A series of question marks slowly appeared above Su Changge's head.

"He... what did he achieve enlightenment on?"

"Didn't I mean for him to get lost?"

"How did he achieve a Breakthrough? Is this a scam? It must be a scam, right?!"

Su Changge felt his worldview being pressed to the ground and repeatedly rubbed.

He did not know that a catastrophe caused by him had been dramatically resolved in a way he could not understand at all.

However, before the heavy stone in his chest could fully fall, even more fanatical shouts came from the foot of the mountain.

The sound converged from all directions, turning into one sentence, making his heart, which had just relaxed, instantly jump back to his throat.

"We earnestly beg the Dao Ancestor to open the altar and preach the Dao, to save all living beings!"

"We earnestly beg the Dao Ancestor to open the altar and preach the Dao, to save all living beings!"

The waves of sound were overwhelming, one higher than the other, making his eardrums buzz.

Su Changge's face turned pale instantly, even greener than when he was gnawing on the table leg just now.

It's over.

I'm done for.

This trouble seems even bigger than that old Devil Head from just now...