The Quest for Immortality

But this astonishing scene is a vision in Divine Thought.

Most of the Foundation Establishment Disciples can’t see it at all.

They are still immersed in dreams, occasionally looking up to the sky, only to see the tranquil Taixu Mountain, the cool moonlight, the deep mountain courtyard, and a silent black night.

The Golden Core Elders can vaguely feel a sense of unease.

But when they look up at the sky, they can barely see faint, indistinct, inexplicable lights. .

Only Cultivators in the Feather Transformation Realm can see some signs of Divine Thought.

They see strands of dazzling golden light, some resembling ”branches,” others like ”Formation Patterns.”

In the small academy, the Taixu Sect Master, who is reading by candlelight, frowns at this moment, looking at the sky with confusion.

”What is this...thing?”

”A celestial phenomenon?”

”Not quite... fragments of something...”

”Why does it appear in my Taixu Gate? Who created this...”

The Taixu Sect Master’s brow is furrowed tightly.

Outside the small academy, a big white dog suddenly awakens and is shocked, barking loudly at the sky.

At the Elder’s Residence.

Elder Master Xun is still divining with the compass, pondering the matters of the Shen Family. The next moment, like a brilliant sunlight shining through the night, dazzling golden light pours into the room through the window, illuminating the entire room brilliantly.

Elder Master Xun is taken aback, turning his head to look outside, instantly losing his focus, standing there stunned.

The Divine Thought of Heaven Void allows him to see the whole picture.

He sees, amidst the glittering sky, a giant tree of golden Law, its branches and leaves unfolding, towering to the heavens, overshadowing the entire Taixu Mountain.

On the golden giant tree, every leaf and branch is an array of Formation Patterns, connecting into a mysterious and profound whole.

This kind of beautiful, majestic, sacred, and deeply significant vision of the Great Dao overwhelms even him, a Heaven Void Ancestor, with an indescribable impact.

Elder Master Xun stares blankly, forgetting to blink.

Until the splendid heavenly scene vanishes, the night envelops the mountain, and the world returns to silence, Elder Master Xun finally recovers.

The amazing residual image is still imprinted in his mind and now returns to the Void, leaving Elder Master Xun with an unexpected sense of loss.

At the same time, an incredulous feeling naturally arises.

”What happened? Is this... a celestial phenomenon?”

”What kind of phenomenon?”

”Someone forming a Golden Core? No, impossible, how could the vision of Core Formation be so grand?”

”Is someone Feather Transforming, or Heaven Void?”

”But within my Taixu Gate, there’s no such person...”

Elder Master Xun looks blankly out the window, at the tranquil night sky, at the serene courtyard of Taixu Mountain, suddenly halting, detecting a sense of incongruity.

”No...”

”Why would such an astonishing vision leave the mountain gate so quiet?”

The disciples aren’t making a commotion, the elders aren’t venturing out, the whole Taixu Mountain remains immersed in the night, peaceful and serene, as usual.

”Can they... not see it?”

”Is this... a vision of Divine Thought?!”

Only Feathered Immortals, and Cultivators above the level of Heaven Void Ancestor, can see with their own eyes the heavenly phenomena composed of Divine Thought?

Elder Master Xun feels a tightness in his chest, his breathing slowing.

”What on earth is going on?”

”Why would my Taixu Gate produce such a vision of Divine Thought...”

Before Elder Master Xun can ponder further, a name naturally emerges from his mind:

”Mo Hua!”

The only one within Taixu Gate with an unusual, peculiar Divine Sense is Mo Hua.

”Did something happen to Mo Hua? Is this phenomenon related to Mo Hua?”

Elder Master Xun finds it unlikely, but his brows furrow with worry, unable to relieve his anxiety. He simply discards the compass, and with a flash, vanishes from sight...

...

In the Disciple’s Residence.

Focused on his breakthrough, Mo Hua is still completely unaware of the phenomenon.

The golden light fills the sky brightly, the long night seems like day.

The flowers of the Divine Tree bloom profusely, covering the sky and earth.

Such a magnificent phenomenon, Mo Hua, whose Divine Sense dwells in his Sea of Consciousness focusing solely on his breakthrough, hasn’t seen a bit.

He was just secretly nibbling some Divine Marrow, to raise the level of his Divine Sense.

And now, having refined and fully absorbed the Divine Marrow, he has finally achieved his wish, breaking through the shackles, surpassing that bottleneck, raising his Divine Sense to Twenty Patterns.

Moreover, now his Divine Thought has turned into pure gold, dazzling and flawless, without a trace of impurity.

Mo Hua is ecstatic in his heart.

He can’t help but practice the Divine Thought into Sword within the Sea of Consciousness a few times, admiring his pure golden Divine Thought Taoism form, before contentedly withdrawing from the Sea of Consciousness.

But as soon as he opens his eyes, Mo Hua sees a pair of cloudy but deep eyes, staring intently at him.

Mo Hua starts, scared into jumping, and upon focusing, he finally sees who it is.

”Elder... Elder Master Xun?”

Elder Master Xun looks at Mo Hua with a complex expression, carefully asking: ”Are you... alright?”

”What matter...” Mo Hua is somewhat puzzled.

”Your Divine Sense...”

Mo Hua pauses, then immediately understands.

His breakthrough in Divine Sense has been discovered by Elder Master Xun!

Mo Hua is a bit shocked.

Quietly in the dead of night, without a sound, he boosted his Divine Sense to Twenty Patterns, without leaking a whisper, yet this could be detected by Elder Master Xun so promptly?

As expected of a Heaven Void Ancestor, with unfathomable cultivation!

But what he doesn’t know is that the phenomenon he caused, with golden light spilling across the sky, almost blinded Elder Master Xun.

For Elder Master Xun not to notice, now that would be truly strange...

Elder Master Xun is no outsider and has always treated him well.