"Profound Lady... Ningyue..."
At this moment, Wang Ruoxie's consciousness had almost completely dissipated. Even though he heard that familiar voice and even seemed to see the two familiar figures, he still had no strong reaction.
And at this moment, in the outside world.
Xiao Ningyue and the Profound Lady looked at Wang Ruoxie, who was continuously collapsing, and both showed a mournful expression,
"Ruoxie, if you die, I surely will not live alone."
Xiao Ningyue, full of tears, said despairingly.
"If you die, I will accompany you."
The Profound Lady gave a sorrowful smile and said, "A million years ago, for the sake of the entire Three Realms and to seal Ancestor Nether River, I had no choice but to let you reincarnate. Now, Ancestor Nether River is dead, the promise to our father has been fulfilled, and I have no more ties."
After speaking, she looked up toward the void and said, "Heavenly Dao, I have fulfilled the promise I made to you in the past, can I use my life to exchange for his life?"
With the Profound Lady's words falling, an illusory shadow appeared in the sky.
Clearly, it was the Heavenly Dao.
"Profound Lady, in the past, to seal Ancestor Nether River, I chose you, and for countless thousands of years, you have not disappointed my expectations."
The Heavenly Dao sighed lightly and said, "In theory, I should accept this request of yours, but even I cannot prevent the Chaos Body from returning to chaos."
"Is there no way?"
Xiao Ningyue suddenly asked, "If I were to add my life, could it save him?"
"Even if it were to use the lives of all beings in the entire world, it would not be possible to let him survive."
The Heavenly Dao shook its head and said, "Unless he can transcend himself, there is a possibility of survival."
"Transcend, do you mean he must become an Immortal Saint?"
Both Xiao Ningyue and the Profound Lady's eyes trembled when they heard this. If that were true, then Wang Ruoxie perhaps still had hope for survival.
"No, what I mean by transcend is not achieving the status of an Immortal Saint, but transcending the world."
The Heavenly Dao shook its head and said, "This is the level Ancestor Nether River always wanted to reach, and even I have always wanted to step into this level, yet for countless Chaotic Eras, no one has been able to achieve it."
"However, he is not without hope. He possesses the Chaos Body, and although he is about to return to chaos now, he is also at the moment where transcending is easiest."
"As long as he can comprehend the Source of Chaos, he might truly transcend and become an eternal existence, immortal and undying."
At this moment, Wang Ruoxie seemed to see the despairing faces of Xiao Ningyue and the Profound Lady, tears in their eyes.
Although he was on the brink of death and even his consciousness was about to completely dissipate, his mind was unprecedentedly clear.
"The Heavenly Dao is fifty, the Grand Fate is forty-nine, the one that eludes is the Great Dao."
Suddenly, the golden script Wang Ruoxie once saw in the Chaos Divine Palace emerged once again.
"I understand. The Heavenly Dao is merciless, treating all as straw dogs. The Great Dao has mercy, filling the lack with emotion."
In an instant, the sound of the Great Dao, like a grand bell resounding in his mind, continued to echo.
The one that eluded is emotion, is the Source of Chaos.
Immortality is just a realm.
Some immortals transcend the rolling red dust, overlooking all things with indifference, though they may achieve eternal life and be called Longevity Immortals, they are emotionless immortals in essence.
Others merge into the red dust, free and unrestrained, not bound by the world, everything follows the heart, yet does not lack emotion, thus are Red Dust Immortals.
To benefit all things, to educate all living beings, breaking free from being confined to one day, one place, one race, viewing all equally, that is to be a saint.
To transcend is to be neither an immortal nor a saint, the world decays, and I remain eternal, the sun and moon are extinguished, and I am not, the Heavenly Dao collapses, the Great Dao ends, only I last forever.
Wang Ruoxie's almost collapsing body miraculously began to condense once more.
His consciousness rapidly recovered.
Eventually, Wang Ruoxie's body was completely restored as before.
However, his body was no longer a Chaos Body, nor could it be considered a Divine Body, almost indistinguishable from that of a common mortal.
Moreover, neither Xiao Ningyue nor the Profound Lady could feel any divine power fluctuating from Wang Ruoxie, as if he were merely an ordinary person without any cultivation.
Yet they both had the feeling that Wang Ruoxie could effortlessly annihilate them with just a wave of his hand.
"Ruoxie, you're alright now!"
Xiao Ningyue looked at Wang Ruoxie with a delighted expression and spoke.
"Ruoxie, back then I..."
The Profound Lady looked toward Wang Ruoxie with a complex expression and said.
"No need to say more, I understand everything now."
With his current realm, he could instantly see through everything in the world, naturally comprehending the causes and effects.
"Congratulations."
At this time, the Heavenly Dao's illusory shadow smiled at Wang Ruoxie and said.
"You were the one who had the Profound Lady kill me on Demon Suppression Mountain back then, weren't you."
Wang Ruoxie turned his gaze towards the Heavenly Dao's illusory shadow and said.
"If not for that act, how could you have had the opportunity for reincarnation, or had two women willing to sacrifice everything for you, or if not for that act, how would Ancestor Nether River have died by your hand?"
The Heavenly Dao shadow still smiled and said, "Every drink and peck is predestined by heaven. Though I am the Heavenly Dao, I cannot easily interfere with the cycles of the world."
"However, with your current level, you can completely reverse the cycle, restore the universe to the Three Realms, let everything start anew."
Wang Ruoxie responded with a slight shake of his head. Though he indeed could do that, even restoring the entire universe to chaos, he had no desire to do so.
"Ruoxie, what realm are you at now? Have you truly transcended?"
Xiao Ningyue curiously asked Wang Ruoxie.
The Profound Lady also looked at Wang Ruoxie, evidently eager to know the answer.
"He has now transcended the world, even I cannot compare with him, for even the Original Heaven and Earth is under his control, thus you may call him the Controller."
Before Wang Ruoxie could respond, the Heavenly Dao's illusory shadow directly answered.
"Controller!"
Upon hearing this, both Xiao Ningyue and the Profound Lady couldn't help but show shock in their eyes.
They hadn't expected that Wang Ruoxie had surpassed the Heavenly Dao, becoming the Controller of the entire universe,
"Titles are not important."
Wang Ruoxie gently smiled and spoke.
"Next, I wish for you to help me complete the final step."
The Heavenly Dao's illusory shadow looked at Wang Ruoxie and said.
"Alright."
Wang Ruoxie nodded, already understanding what it meant.
Then, he reached his hand out and gently waved towards the depths of the void.
"Boom, boom..."
Suddenly, the Ninth Layer of Life and Death began to rapidly collapse.
Almost simultaneously, the Immortal Realm, All Heavens World, Five Great Divine Domains... and many Chaos Secret Realms within the chaos began to merge.
"What's happening... Is the world about to be destroyed?"
"Is the calamity of the Three Realms from the past about to descend once more?"
People across the world cast their gaze towards the sky with faces full of horror and astonishment.
