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The next moment, Qin Wushang appeared in a brand new world.

He curiously observed his surroundings.

A sea of clouds surged like ten thousand galloping horses, supporting floating immortal mountains. Amidst the emerald peaks and ridges, spiritual waterfalls cascaded from the Nine Heavens, splashing water that turned into a sky full of fireflies, drifting toward the horizon.

Exotic herbs and flowers bloomed everywhere, their fragrance permeating the air. Thousand-leaf lotus platforms were half-submerged in the emerald ripples of the Jade Pool, breathing in and out Grandmist Purple Qi.

Immortal cranes spread their wings and glided past jade pavilions and towers. Wind chimes hanging from the eaves tinkled, their vibrations sending layers of ripples through the Void Realm.

In the distance, an immortal bridge spanned the sea of clouds, connecting to a misty divine domain. Beside the bridge stood a wordless stone tablet, its surface carved with ancient Dao patterns, slowly flowing with the radiance of the sun, moon, and stars.

Qin Wushang reached out and grabbed a ball of light.

It was an immortal seed!

A Three Lives Reincarnation Immortal Seed, a seed dropped from an immortal medicine, containing complete Dao charms.

"Since you are Using the Body as a Seed, you shouldn't need this seed."

The woman appeared and spoke indifferently.

She landed beside Qin Wushang, standing shoulder to shoulder with him as they gazed out over the boundless world.

"How can there be so many dao seeds here?"

Qin Wushang asked.

"They didn't originally belong here. I have traveled the world for countless ages and collected them here," the woman explained.

the woman explained.

dao seeds are formed by the condensation of the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth. They have various appearances and are transformed from all things in the world.

The higher the grade, the rarer they are.

He saw no fewer than a thousand immortal grade dao seeds here; it was truly a sight rarely seen in the world.

"Why collect them?"

Qin Wushang asked.

"Out of boredom, to find something to do with my life."

The woman replied in this manner.

With a wave of her jade hand, various dao seeds flew out from the immortal mountains below, densely populating the sky.

"So... why did you look for me? You said I'm special, but in what way exactly?"

Qin Wushang asked.

"You have the aura of a Primordial Nirvanic Beast on you, and a sense of familiarity. It's very special; I must have seen it before."

The woman's words were startling, catching Qin Wushang by surprise.

"I was once wounded by a Primordial Nirvanic Beast. Later, I used the power of a Heavenly Tribulation to wipe away the Primordial Nirvanic power from that wound."

Qin Wushang spoke truthfully.

"No... it's not like that. A mere wound wouldn't leave such a scent."

"Having experienced the nirvana of era after era, I, who have watched the world reach its end, am far too sensitive!"

The woman spoke plainly and immediately began to pinch her fingers, seemingly performing a deduction.

Qin Wushang: "..."

"Are you saying that I am a Primordial Nirvanic Beast????"

"I don't know. I can't calculate it. Even here, I still can't! But the scent you radiate is too thick... too similar!"

The woman shook her head, appearing somewhat disappointed.

With her strength, even performing such a deduction while utilizing the power of this fragmented world, she still could not calculate it.

"Uh... Senior, are you an Immortal now?"

Qin Wushang asked.

"Not quite... I severed my old form and stepped onto the path of cultivation, following my own cultivation System. To use your understanding to categorize it... I am a bit stronger than a Great Emperor."

"I have only cultivated three strands of Immortal Qi, and even those were refined using the immortal runes nurtured by my old form. I cannot be considered an Immortal."

The woman shook her head slightly and explained.

She was the Grandmist Creation Lotus, but she had already severed herself to become a true living being.

This was also why she could easily kill Ape Collapse.

"I see... Senior, why are you being so generous as to give them Saint Medicines, or even emperor medicines?"

Qin Wushang asked.

Logically, she was the Grandmist Creation Lotus; even if she had severed herself, her consciousness should still view those great medicines as her own kind.

Instead of protecting them, she gave them away.

"You are humans, yet you also kill your own kind. There is no difference."

"I am the same."

"If I can use them to form good karma, then that is for the best."

This world was just that cruel!

The two stood proudly amidst the clouds. Qin Wushang reached out and grabbed quite a few immortal grade dao seeds, placing them into the System space.

"Senior, since you've brought them all out, let me take some with me."

Qin Wushang spoke in a tone that sounded like a request, but the movements of his hands did not stop.

The woman smiled and did not stop him.

"These are nothing. To you, their effect isn't actually that great."

She said.

"It's still better than nothing. If I take them out and give them to others, that's also a form of good karma."

Qin Wushang grinned.

With so many dao seeds, if he took them back to his Revered Master, perhaps it could change her Dao.

If that didn't work, leaving them for his juniors would also be fine.

"Senior! What is a Primordial Nirvanic Beast? Is it related to the so-called Great Tribulation of Heaven and Earth?"

Qin Wushang asked seriously.

This was what he truly wanted to know.

"Yes."

"When the Heavenly Dao collapses, they are born in response to the tribulation."

The woman nodded, her words confirming Qin Wushang's suspicion.

"All things have a beginning and an end, and the Heavenly Dao is no different."

"Throughout the rotation of eternal ages, the Heavenly Dao was like a glazed dome, hanging high above the Nine Heavens, suppressing the Three Realms and Six Paths, with ten thousand Laws flowing orderly beneath it..."

"On the day of the era's end, an extra-dimensional Chaos storm swept in, and billions of pitch-black cracks tore through the sky. The Grandmist Dao Fire at the core of the Heavenly Dao suddenly extinguished..."

"The Primordial Qi of Heaven and Earth, no longer bound, encountered the negative energy generated by the world's living beings. The two fused together, thus giving birth to the Primordial Nirvanic Beasts."

"They represent the destruction of the world. The more they appear, the more chaotic the order of the world becomes."

Qin Wushang listened, appearing calm on the surface without any visible ripples.

But in his heart, he was quite shocked.

"So... seeing them is equivalent to seeing the impending arrival of the end of the world?"

Qin Wushang frowned and couldn't help but say.

He had already seen a Primordial Nirvanic Beast, and where there was one, there would be more; it was impossible for there to be only one.

"Theoretically, that is the case, but it isn't terrifying. They are just something produced by the self-repair of the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth. They aren't the scary part."

"The most terrifying thing in the world is 'Wu'."

As the woman spoke, she seemed to recall a terrifying existence, and a look of fear instinctively appeared on her face.

"'Wu'? What is that?"

Qin Wushang was suspicious.

Was there something in this world even more terrifying than the end of the world?

"Wu... is an indescribable existence. I don't know... it is an existence I learned of upon my awakening!"

"This giant corpse was originally a supreme powerhouse of the Giant Race. When he died, he was in the process of refining the Grandmist Creation Lotus."

"His Dao fused with the remnants of the Grandmist Creation Lotus, and after countless ages, I was born... My subconscious records the existence of Wu."

"It seems... the collapse of the Desolate Ancient Great World, the Immortal Domain, and the Heavenly Dao are all related to Wu!"

"Perhaps Wu is an existence even higher than the Primordial Nirvanic Beasts. I'm not sure; these are all 'their' speculations."

The woman's words surprised Qin Wushang once again.

They?

This meant that there were others in the Desolate Ancient Great World as powerful as this woman.

"Senior! What exactly is the Desolate Ancient Great World? Was it once the Severed Realm, or something else?"

Qin Wushang asked in this manner.

He had seen glimpses of what seemed to be Immortals, and Wang Changsheng also said he had seen them. Perhaps these were the traces of Immortals.

"A part of the Immortal Domain... but only a few fragments, not the true Immortal Domain... This is what they have deduced based on many ruins."

The woman spoke plainly, hiding nothing.

"You are different! To be able to draw the attention of the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth, you must have been born in response to destiny!"

"Today I grant you an Opportunity. I hope that when you step onto the peak of the Great Dao in the future, you can look after me a little."

As she spoke, she raised her hand, and countless spots of light appeared.

Those were all Saint Medicines, and there were even two emperor medicines.

"Senior... these aren't very useful. By comparison, I prefer immortal medicines."

Qin Wushang said thick-skinnedly.

"This... I don't have an immortal medicine to give you, but I can give you some of my blood."

The woman thought for a moment and replied.

Although she had severed her old form and was no longer an immortal medicine that granted eternal life, her blood was still more terrifying than an emperor medicine.

"Hehehe! Then I thank Senior! Senior only needs to fill this wine gourd!"

Qin Wushang took out the wine immortal pot and held it out.

The woman's face immediately darkened.

Given her level of existence, how could she not see that this was an immortal soldier with a pocket dimension inside?

"Fill this wine gourd? You might as well just kill me!"

She said coldly as several drops of essence blood flew out and fell into the wine immortal pot.

Just as Qin Wushang was about to speak, a terrifying force surged, directly sending him away.

"Senior! That's a bit too little! I have the Innate Sacred Body Dao Embryo; I need a lot of resources for cultivation! Give me a bit more!"

His words echoed through the air, and the woman's face turned black.

She glanced at this fragmented world, her expression showing a hint of weariness.

"Wu... Wushang... My Revered Master, is it truly him?"