633: Chapter 623 Imperial Tutor (23)

Qin Yun sat cross-legged between the Heaven and Earth of the Nine Continents.

Around his body, the intent of the Mortal World had already reached Perfection.

The faint, flickering path of the human world in his heart had also taken shape.

The nine books and Nine Treasures floated within his body; his cultivation at the peak of the Pseudo-Immortal Realm was harmonious and self-consistent, and he had even touched the threshold of the supreme Realm.

He sought the Dao, entered the world, and walked through the Mortal World.

He had been a teacher, and he had been a beggar.

He had seen life and death, and he had seen partings.

He had seen the struggles of Mortals, and he had seen the helplessness of Cultivators.

He thought he had walked through the entirety of the Mortal World.

Yet, that final step could never be taken.

That membrane separating the Pseudo-Immortal and the True Immortal was as thin as a cicada's wing, yet it was indestructible.

He deduced the Immortal Sutra time and time again, and time and time again he used his Chaos Body to assault that threshold, but every time, he was blocked by an invisible force.

It was not that his Comprehension Ability was insufficient.

Nor was it that his accumulation was lacking.

Qin Yun quietly introspected, and he knew that he still lacked one ingredient.

An ingredient that could truly bring this "human path" to life.

He had thought of many possibilities.

Perhaps the secret of the azure pagoda had not been completely unraveled.

Perhaps he needed to find the old friends swept away by the Immortal Path.

But he quickly denied them one by one.

The path he wanted to open was not one that predecessors had walked.

It was a new path that belonged to all living beings, to the human world.

Then this ingredient must also come from the human world.

At this very moment, across the Nine Continents, countless Mortals, Cultivators, surviving Sects, and beings who had escaped disaster were all silently reciting one name in their hearts.

Yun.

In a ruined temple, a child in their mother's arms asked in a low voice: "Will Immortal Yun come back?"

On a broken city wall, an old soldier wiped the broken blade in his hand, looked into the distance, and muttered: "If only Immortal Yun were still here."

In the ruins of an academy, a young student bowed to a broken stele and said softly: "Teacher, we are still guarding it."

Some built temples for him.

Some burned incense for him.

Some, in the most desperate nights, prayed in low voices toward the sky.

Hoping he was still there.

Hoping the Nine Continents could be at peace.

These thoughts were initially just faint points of light.

But when the thoughts of the billions of living beings of the Nine Continents converged, they became a tangible force.

"Power Of Will."

In the deepest part of his Dao realization, Qin Yun perceived this force.

It was not Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi.

It was not the Dao Law.

It was a type of energy he had seen before.

But previously, he had not placed much importance on this Power Of Will, regarding it only as a form of blessing.

It rose from every piece of land in the Nine Continents, surged from the hearts of every living being still breathing, passed through mountains, rivers, lakes, and seas, crossed over ruined walls and broken barriers, and finally converged into a long river traversing Heaven and Earth, rushing toward Qin Yun.

It was not an external Opportunity.

It was not a gift from Heaven and Earth.

It was something the Nine Continents naturally gave back to him after he had protected the Nine Continents, saved all living beings, and suppressed the darkness all along the way.

At this moment, Qin Yun finally understood.

"So what I was missing was not the power of Heaven and Earth, but the will of the human world."

He no longer resisted, nor did he remain a spectator.

He opened his mind and heart, allowing the long river formed by the Power Of Will of all living beings to pour entirely into his body, merging into the "human path" that had already been deduced to the limit.

Boom!

The mountains and rivers of the Nine Continents shook simultaneously.

The Law of Heaven and Earth appeared to have a brief imbalance at this moment; the old order could not understand this newly born path and instinctively wanted to reject it.

But the river of Power Of Will surged ceaselessly, carrying the will of the living beings of the Nine Continents, forcibly branding this path between Heaven and Earth.

Finally, the rejection dissipated, and Heaven and Earth returned to silence.

It was forced to acknowledge the existence of this new path.

Because the one who opened the path was not one person.

It was all living beings.

Qin Yun's Realm, with the complete formation of this path, broke through with a roar.

Heaven and Earth shook, and the Dao roared.

A brand new aura, one that had never appeared in the Nine Continents, spread out from him.

The Law of Heaven and Earth attempted to name this newly born Realm.

"Human Immortal."

Two ancient Dao characters slowly emerged at the level of the Law.

This was the limit of what the Origin of the Nine Continents could understand.

If someone could experience the Mortal World and carry the Immortal Dao with a human body, they could be called a "Human Immortal."

This should have been Qin Yun's Dao fruit.

But Qin Yun looked at those two characters and slowly shook his head.

"In this Realm, Heaven and Earth may call it Human Immortal."

"But the path I walk is not the Human Immortal path."

He was not the person who stepped onto this path, but the person who opened it.

He was not a latecomer standing on the "Human Immortal" path, but the first person to forge the "Mortal World" and "all living beings" into the Immortal Dao.

Qin Yun raised his head, his voice not loud, yet it fell clearly into every corner of the Nine Continents.

"I come from the Mortal World, so I shall be a Red Dust Immortal."

The instant his words fell, those two "Human Immortal" Dao characters shattered with a roar.

In their place were three more ancient and heavier characters.

Red Dust Immortal.

At this moment, Qin Yun's aura was completely stabilized.

He could clearly feel that the higher and more distant world behind the Immortal Path was no longer unreachable.

A path opened by himself, belonging solely to him, had already been paved.

He could leave now.

Following this path, he could go search for You Chen, search for Gu Zhan, search for Chen Yang.

He could go and see what the true Immortal Realm really looked like.

Joy, excitement, anticipation.

These emotions flashed through his heart, but were quickly suppressed by him.

He stood above the Nine Heavens, overlooking the Nine Continents.

He saw it.

The Heavenly Abyss was still there.

The black tide was still there.

The pollution, darkness, and ominousness left behind by the old era had not been completely severed.

They were only temporarily suppressed, lurking in the deepest parts, waiting for the next eruption.

If he left now, the Nine Continents would still have huge hidden dangers.

He could leave.

But he could leave, while the Nine Continents could not.

Since he had accepted the Power Of Will of all living beings, he must also clear away this last bit of filth for them completely.

"I already have the path."

Qin Yun withdrew his gaze, his voice calm.

"But the Nine Continents are not yet clean."

He made his decision, without the slightest hesitation.

Before going to a higher world, he would first thoroughly cleanse this land he had protected for countless years.

He did not want to kill just a portion of the strange entities.

It was all the strange entities in the Heavenly Abyss.

Everything.

Qin Yun slowly turned around and looked toward the direction of the Heavenly Abyss.

His voice passed through thousands of miles of mountains and rivers, falling into the deepest part of the Heavenly Abyss, making that silent darkness tremble because of it.

"Before I leave, I will make a trip to the Heavenly Abyss first."

"None of the strange entities inside need to remain."

He paused and added the final sentence.

"Including the Emperor."

The Power Of Will of the living beings of the Nine Continents converged into a sea behind him, and the pressure of the Red Dust Immortal enveloped Heaven and Earth.

In the depths of the Heavenly Abyss, black mist churned.

Those eyes that had been silent for who knows how many years seemed to slowly open because of this declaration of war.