Chapter 147: The Dao Extremity Realm
Time flowed onward.
In the blink of an eye, another three thousand years passed.
[Cultivation Increased]
[Realm: Immortal Layer 2]
In an instant, the Great Dao trembled.
Within one of Caelum’s Hidden Vault Worlds, countless Dao patterns intertwined. Yin and yang energy flooded every corner of the world as all things transformed into yin and yang, endlessly cycling through creation and evolution.
At that moment, every remaining shackle shattered.
With his breakthrough, the Ultimate Dao Deduction Art finally allowed Caelum to take the step that had once seemed impossibly distant.
His Yin Yang Dao was pushed to its absolute limit.
This was the Dao Extremity Realm.
Boom!
For the first time since the beginning of time, someone had reached a true Dao Extremity.
As Caelum’s supreme Dao aura descended, the entirety of The Infinite Realms trembled.
Countless Ascendants were struck with inexplicable terror.
What was a Dao Extremity?
It was the ultimate pinnacle of a Dao.
From this day forward, no cultivator of the Yin Yang Dao could ever surpass Caelum.
The immortality of the Lesser Transcendence Realm relied upon one’s mark existing within the Great Dao itself.
To a Dao Extremity cultivator, such immortality was meaningless.
With a casual gesture, they could erase those marks from the Dao entirely.
Only upon reaching Dao Extremity did one truly share existence with the Great Dao itself.
As long as the Dao endured, the cultivator could not be destroyed.
Even if someone traveled to the source of the River of Time and killed them there, a Dao Extremity cultivator could still be reborn through the Dao.
"So this is Extremity."
A ripple finally passed through Caelum’s eyes.
He stepped beyond the River of Time.
Yet the Sea of Transcendence remained nowhere to be seen.
Even after reaching Dao Extremity, he was still within the Dao.
He had yet to attain true freedom, true transcendence.
He knew there was still a long road ahead and felt no urgency.
After all, he had only reached Extremity in the Yin Yang Dao.
That was not enough.
What Caelum sought was the Extremity of the Myriad Daos.
Only then would he have a chance to make the ultimate leap and touch true transcendence.
The heavens were a cage.
Dao Extremity was merely the end of the road within that cage.
He intended to step beyond the Myriad Daos themselves and stand above them.
As Dao resonance drifted through the air, ethereal immortal light descended from the distant clouds.
A hazy projection slowly emerged.
It resembled an endless stretch of magnificent territory.
Ancient and immeasurably distant aura filled heaven and earth.
Caelum immediately understood.
"The Celestial Court of the Ancient Age..."
Before long, streaks of divine light arrived from every direction, converging upon Heavenstar Domain of Desolateheaven World.
Vaelor and Hazel were among them.
As the divine lights faded, the two revealed themselves.
Several thousand years had passed.
No matter how poor Vaelor’s aptitude had been, Hazel had forcefully elevated him to the Paragon Realm using the vast resources of Violetsun Palace.
Upon reaching the Paragon Realm, his Wheelcycle Divine Power had gradually begun awakening.
In recent years, fragments of scenes he had never experienced kept surfacing in his mind.
The experience left him constantly distracted.
Within the immortal projection stretched a vast expanse of territory.
Magnificent palaces and ancient structures spread endlessly across the land, each grand enough to challenge the heavens in height and the earth in scale.
Vaelor fell into a daze once more.
Murmuring unconsciously, he said,
"I’ve seen something like this before."
Hazel looked surprised.
"When?"
This guy had been cultivating with her since childhood.
Had he encountered some extraordinary opportunity before entering the sect?
Looking at the celestial territory before them, Hazel knew that if such an opportunity truly existed, it would be no small matter.
"It feels like something from a very long time ago."
"How long ago?"
After thinking for a moment, Vaelor replied,
"Back in the Ancient Age."
"..."
Hazel rolled her eyes.
"You’re always absent minded lately. Maybe you’re suffering from a heart demon."
"I don’t think that’s it."
Vaelor glanced to the side.
Then his face lit up with delight.
"Senior?!"
Looking again, he confirmed it.
It really was the same mysterious senior.
Overjoyed, he immediately flew over and bowed respectfully.
"Senior, do you still remember me? It’s been many years. I’ve often thought of you."
Though Caelum had never accepted him as a disciple, Vaelor had never forgotten the kindness of being shown the path of cultivation.
He had always regretted never getting the chance to say goodbye.
Meeting again here filled him with genuine happiness.
"It has indeed been a long time."
Caelum smiled.
"In the blink of an eye, you’ve become a Paragon Realm cultivator."
Hazel also stepped forward.
"Greetings, Senior."
"No need for formalities."
After a few exchanges, Hazel secretly observed him.
To her astonishment, even with her mid Immortal Realm cultivation, she could not discern the slightest depth to him.
Late Immortal Realm.
She immediately reached that conclusion.
After all, what kind of immortal wandered around the world all day long?
Curious, Caelum asked,
"Why aren’t you competing for opportunities? This immortal territory is the ruins of the Ancient Age Celestial Court. There are inheritances from the Ancient Age here. This is one of the greatest opportunities under heaven."
Hazel’s eyes widened.
"The Ancient Age Celestial Court?!"
The moment she heard those words, she immediately dragged Vaelor into the ruins.
Like countless other Ascendants, they rushed off in search of inheritances and treasures.
The Ancient Age Celestial Court.
The name alone was enough to drive cultivators mad.
That had been an era even more prosperous than the Age of Imperial Calamity.
The Celestial Court had once suppressed all of The Infinite Realms beneath its authority.
Its glory dominated the ages.
The Age of Imperial Calamity could not even compare.
If inheritances from that era truly remained, they would be opportunities capable of shaking heaven and earth.
"Senior, we’ll be going ahead!"
"Very well."
Caelum nodded.
Then he leisurely entered the ruins himself.
Streams of light crossed the sky.
Mystic Arts erupted.
Sword energy swept across the land.
Divine Powers filled the battlefield.
Ascendants from every faction fought chaotically throughout the ruins.
Unlike ordinary relic sites, the Celestial Court truly lived up to its reputation.
Treasures could be found almost everywhere.
Heavenly materials, Divine Armaments, Arcane Relics.
Not only Sovereign Relics, but even immortal weapons appeared from time to time.
Most cultivators had never witnessed such wealth in their entire lives.
Naturally, blood flowed everywhere.
Boom!
A streak of light crashed down directly in front of Caelum.
An Ascendant tumbled past him while coughing blood.
Caelum acted as though he had seen nothing.
Calm and indifferent, he continued forward.
The scene reminded him of the first Worldbreaker Physique estate that had appeared in Celestial Arc Realm.
The similarities were striking.
Since he had no intention of fighting over anything and was merely here to observe, nobody paid him any attention.
"What exactly is this ruin? How can there be so many treasures?!"
Countless Ascendants found it difficult to believe.
"Who cares? Grab what you can!"
Suddenly, an immortal light shot across the sky.
The crowd erupted.
"An immortal weapon!"
"After it!"
Unlike everyone else, Vaelor and Hazel cared little for the treasures.
Violetsun Palace possessed more than enough resources already.
Instead, they headed straight for the central hall.
The aura there was the strongest and most majestic.
If there was an inheritance, it would almost certainly be there.
When Caelum arrived at the hall, he found a surprising sight.
The Ascendants gathered there were not fighting.
None of them moved.
Instead, they stood motionless, gazing upward at a landscape painting suspended in the air.
Within the painting stretched boundless territory that seemed capable of suppressing entire ages.
Its grandeur transcended time itself.
The painting itself was ordinary.
It was neither an immortal weapon nor a Sovereign Relic.
Someone had merely used an unfathomable supreme technique to preserve within it the supreme inheritance of the Ancient Age Celestial Court.
Every cultivator present was immersed in comprehending that inheritance.
