Chapter 669 Shangqing Daoist Master (2/2)

The Shangqing Daoist Master was silent. Densely packed symbols and words of the Great Way emerged on a body that strikingly resembled Shen Lian's, annotating the profound principles that were unsurpassed in this world. Those who had the opportunity to chance upon this scene would find themselves facing prospect that was hard to find even in a whole lifetime.

Jing Shu grinded her teeth. Since he was already dead, she had better just use this opportunity to observe and emulate the supreme technique of Daoist Master. At least she could obtain some benefits in studying this occurrence.

However, no one noticed that in the newly-formed world, there was a chrysalis on top of the leaves of one of the trees. It trembled continuously.

Shen Lian's consciousness had yet to be completely annihilated. In the end he turned himself into a chrysalis that was strong beyond comparison. It enabled him to spin a cocoon around himself and ultimately sank into the midst of the complete darkness.

The present situation bore no difference to a genuine death as he was now in the center of solitude, emptiness, and a darkness that had no end.

This was rather like the condition of his real soul in the Realm of Dreams – thoughtless, mindless, featureless, yet to transform into Taixu, and not having anything at all.

It was not known how long time was taken for Shen Lian to once again develop an awareness of his self. He had no eyes, no ears, and no mouth. He was simply the most primal of sources when he began to realize his own existence.

He did not know who 'me' was, as he still had no concept of it.

In the lonesome and empty darkness, there finally appeared an existence that was different from his. This led him to form the thought of 'me' once again, and further designated that the other existence was a 'him'.

After the 'him' appeared, 'him' stood straight as silently as the darkness, as if everything in front of 'him' was insignificant.

The eyes of 'him' flickered, and a powerful flood of information squeezed into Shen Lian's body. A whole century happened in an instant. Shen Lian suddenly understood who Shen Lian was, and understood that the 'him' was Shangqing Daoist Master.

Shangqing Daoist Master gave Shen Lian a personal experience of despair as well as new life.

He enabled Shen Lian to experience having nothing at all, but also immediately returned whatever that belonged to the latter.

He could be everything and also able to wipe out everything.

Shangqing Daoist Master need not say anything further. Shen Lian had already understood how fearsome Daoist Master was. Such terror was something Shen Lian could never understand.

Shen Lian resembled an ant or a mole cricket, forever incapable of understanding a person's line of thought.

Shen Lian also genuinely experienced what despair was, so much so that every single time he thought about what happened before, he could not help but felt pain.

He became as silent as Shangqing Daoist Master.

Though he had already tasted despair, he still did not have a way out. It was clear that there was nothing that he would not do. As he thought back and recalled every event that happened prior, one by one he understood the helplessness and desperation he felt back then.

As he did not reach the most terrible of circumstances, he still had the ability to reflect and ponder.

He recalled the image of having everything. Then he recalled the last moments of his unwillingness and powerlessness. All those experiences were very painful, and yet they were novel.

”Absence of trials and tribulations does not a Daoist Master make.”

Shangqing Daoist Master finally spoke. His tone of voice was indifferent. Like the wind that blew in the lowest level of the Nine Underworlds, it caused the depths of one's heart to feel cold. This unsurpassed a person of great achievements, the Daoist Master that jumped out of the three realms of past, present, and future, surprisingly spoke to Shen Lian.

Shen Lian did not reply. He need not ignite the so-called fighting spirit. He knew he had another chance. Even if it were Shangqing Daoist Master who gave him that chance, it was all on Shen Lian to personally seize it.