295: The flawed jade is the king (34)

Wang Yun sat cross-legged before the massive, mountain-like “Heart Eyeball,” his eyes tightly closed and his expression solemn.

All around him were chaotic Law storms, and Death Qi and Evil Qi accumulated over eons, but he paid them no heed.

He was recalling.

Deep within his Sea of Consciousness, fragments of memory surged.

What he first reviewed was the Minds Eye Chapter in the *Azure Heaven Pagoda Record*.

This supreme Cultivation Technique, originating from the Mysterious Small Tower, had allowed him to comprehend the Minds Eye.

The scripture flowed through his heart; every word contained true meaning.

But he searched through all the records concerning the Minds Eye, yet he could not find a single word regarding “advancement” or “double pupils.”

It was as if the Minds Eye had reached its limit at this stage.

“The road is cut off?”

Wang Yun did not give up.

He then cast his thoughts toward a more distant past.

His Eighth Life, Jun Yun.

In that life, he possessed the Nine-Colored Double Pupils.

But he knew clearly that those Double Pupils were not innate.

They were cultivated using the *Python Sparrow Swallowing Dragon Record*, by frantically devouring the Luck of heaven and earth, forcefully plundering the Destiny of others, and finally, through endless slaughter and Karma, giving birth to a pair of “Eyes of Luck.”

That was the “effect,” not the “Dao.”

“The core of the Minds Eye lies in ‘seeing,’ in ‘resolving,’ and in ‘breaking’.”

“If I can Cultivate the Minds Eye's power of ‘Shattering Illusions’ to the extreme, making it not just ‘seeing through,’ but ‘analyzing,’ or even ‘interfering’...”

“Then that would be... the Minds Double Pupils!”

His line of thought instantly became clear.

The next moment, he no longer defended passively or probed cautiously.

A purple Qi flashed between his brows, and the Minds Eye fully activated.

Boom!

His Divine Thought power ruthlessly probed into that chaotic Law storm.

He wanted to forcefully “see” this area of heaven and earth clearly.

At first, it was extremely difficult.

The Laws within this Remnant Body World were shattered and violent.

As soon as his Minds Eye extended Ten Zhang outside his body, he suffered a violent backlash.

Countless chaotic information streams violently impacted his Sea of Consciousness, bringing intense pain.

“Hmph!”

Wang Yun let out a muffled groan, and two lines of blood seeped from the corners of his eyes, dripping onto the dark red ground.

But he did not retreat, nor did he even blink.

He stared intently ahead, forcefully maintaining the operation of the Minds Eye, and forcefully analyzing every speck of dust, every wisp of Death Qi, and every broken Law within that Ten Zhang radius.

“Analyze... structure... Origin...”

He frantically deduced in his heart.

Ten Zhang.

This was his current limit.

But this was far from enough.

“Again!”

Wang Yun gritted his teeth and activated his Divine Thought once more.

This time, he intended to see through Twenty Zhang... A year passed.

The range of Wang Yun's Minds Eye advanced to Twenty Zhang.

The world in his eyes changed.

Within the Twenty Zhang radius, nothing was merely superficial anymore.

Three years passed.

Thirty Zhang.

Five years passed.

Fifty Zhang.

As the range of the Minds Eye continuously expanded, a strange change occurred in Wang Yun's eyes.

Deep within his pupils, the originally pure black started showing a hint of splitting.

It was like two overlapping shadows slowly drifting apart.

A heart-palpitating pressure began to brew in his eyes.

It was as if a single glance from him would expose all secrets and all weaknesses.

The eighth year.

Wang Yun's figure was already skeletal.

The Spiritual Energy in his body was nearly depleted; he was relying entirely on the immense vitality of the heart of flora to sustain his life.

But the Divine Light in his eyes was bright and captivating.

At this moment, the range of his Minds Eye had covered a Hundred Zhang radius.

Within this Hundred Zhang, everything was under his control.

He looked toward the massive “Heart Eyeball” in front of him.

The structure of the Double Pupils, which had once made him tremble and unable to comprehend, was no longer mysterious in his eyes.

He saw clearly.

He saw clearly how the two pupils overlapped, how they activated the Laws, and how they transformed “seeing” into “power.”

“So that's how it is...”

“The Double Pupil is not a pupil; it is a Vessel of the Dao.”

“One pupil is Yin, one pupil is Yang.”

“One pupil governs life, one pupil governs death.”

“Between life and destruction lies Chaos.”

A smile appeared on Wang Yun's cracked lips.

The path was open... Just as Wang Yun was bitterly Cultivating the Double Pupils in the Remnant Body World.

Outside, in the Five Domains.

A Great Upheaval was occurring.

On this day, the Firmament of the Five Domains, regardless of location, day or night, was enveloped by a strange radiance.

That radiance did not come from the sun, nor the moon.

Instead, it came from the depths of the starry sky.

RUMBLE— A muffled colossal sound spread throughout heaven and earth, shaking the mind and spirit.

All Cultivators looked up in shock.

An ancient road paved by countless stars faintly traversed between heaven and earth.

That road was filled with mystery and temptation.

Ancient Starry Road!

It had appeared.

That legendary Ultimate Trial Road, which leads to the Other Shore, connects Myriad Worlds, and only the strongest Prodigies are qualified to tread upon, finally revealed its true appearance in this Golden Great Age.

Immediately after.

The land of the Five Domains began to shake.

dao platforms burst forth from the ground in various locations across Central State, Eastern Domain, Western Desert, Southern Border, and Northern Plains.

Every dao platform was Ten Thousand Zhang high, entirely cast from unknown Divine Stone, emitting an aura that drew in Starlight.

Upon the dao platform, there was only one word—

“Contend”

This was the entrance to the Ancient Starry Road, and also the first Checkpoint.

Only the Prodigies who stood out in the Contention of the dao platforms and became the Ring Masters were qualified to step onto that Starry Road.

Instantly, the Five Domains boiled over.

This was an Era of Great Contention.

To not contend is death.

To contend, perhaps there is a sliver of hope, or even the chance to Prove the Dao and become an Emperor.

Countless Prodigies emerged from seclusion, and countless reclusive Sects reopened their Sect Gates.

Central State.

Within a mysterious Mountain Range perpetually shrouded in clouds and mist.

This was one of the most mysterious Forbidden Grounds in the Five Domains, and also the secluded residence of a little-known ancient Holy Clan—the Qing Clan.

Legend says this clan possesses the Bloodline of a Divine Bird, dominating the world with speed and the Law of Wind.

Today, the Qing Clan's Barrier opened.

A young man wearing a Cyan Feather Robe walked out.

His face was handsome and extraordinary, his eyes showed a faint Cyan-Gold Color, and his gaze revealed innate arrogance.

The moment he stepped out of the Barrier.

Screech—!

Countless clear bird calls echoed between heaven and earth.

Flying Beasts within a Ten Thousand Li radius, whether fierce Demonic Birds or ordinary Mortal Birds, all flew over, circling and dancing around him.

A Hundred Birds Paying Homage to the Phoenix.

This was the natural Imperial Ruler Phenomenon.

The young man looked up at the faintly visible Starry Road in the sky and smiled confidently.

“In this life, I shall soar Ninety Thousand Li.”

“That position belongs to me.”

...Northern Plains.

The Bitterly Cold Land of the Far North.

Here stood a Divine Mountain perpetually covered in ice and snow, named “Sword Tomb Mountain.”

Legend says countless Great Sword Dao Experts are buried here; Sword Qi runs rampant, and living beings must not enter.

However, today, this Divine Mountain, which had been silent for ten thousand years, suddenly cracked open.

Boom!

A thick Pillar of Sword Qi shot up from the mountain's core, instantly vaporizing the sky full of wind and snow.

A young man, dressed simply, even somewhat shabbily, walked out from the ruins.

His appearance was ordinary, the kind you wouldn't notice in a crowd.

But behind him, he carried a sword.

An Ancient Iron Sword without a Sheath, covered in rust, and with a slightly nicked blade.

The young man did not Fly on Air, but walked step by step on the snow; wherever his feet trod, the snow parted on its own.

He stopped, looked up at the starry sky, and his eyes held no fanaticism, only vicissitude and exhaustion.

“It's finally here...”

His voice was hoarse, as if he hadn't spoken for a long time.

“The Ancient Starry Road.

It truly made me wait bitterly for an entire Era.”

“Has the Other Body... also emerged?”