The first rays of the morning sun shone in the boundless ancient forest. The roars of beasts and the chirps of birds echoed throughout the forest. It was a lively morning.
The fog in the ancient primitive forest had not completely dissipated. As far as the eye could see, it extended to the dark green sky. Clouds and smoke floated in the air. A large river, like a white ribbon, separated this piece of dark green.
It was a river, a large river. The river was more than a dozen miles wide. The sound of the surging river could be heard from far away.
There was a white figure sitting cross-legged on a large rock by the river. The water splashed against the rock, but the splashes were only half a foot away from the figure. However, the splashes didn't reach the figure's body.
His black hair casually draped over his shoulders and back. His eyes were closed as if he was listening to the sounds of nature and feeling the pulse of the world.
He sat on the large rock by the river motionlessly like a stone statue. A stone statue without any aura. There was not even a trace of life from his body.
It was as if he had merged with nature and become a part of the world.
If a successful cultivator saw this scene, they would definitely be moved. This was because the young man sitting on the large rock by the river had clearly entered the state of being one with the world.
This state of cultivation couldn't be entered at any time. It could be said that the state of being one with the world would only appear when one had an epiphany.
There were many cultivators in the world, but every cultivator only had one goal, and that was to pursue immortality. However, there were very few cultivators who could have an epiphany.
Epiphany was a type of opportunity. It couldn't be forced, and it couldn't be forced. After a cultivator had an epiphany, their strength wouldn't increase by much. Only their mental state would increase.
However, after a cultivator had an epiphany, they would be able to achieve twice the results with half the effort in the future.
The young man in white sat on the large rock by the river for a few hours. The sun rose from the east, illuminating the world and dispelling the last trace of darkness.
From time to time, colorful butterflies or birds would fly by the young man in white. From time to time, small animals would come out of the grass by the river to drink water.
These small animals did not seem to sense the existence of the white-clothed youth as they leisurely walked past the boulder that the white-clothed youth was sitting on.
Suddenly, the sound of flapping wings could be heard. An emerald green bird flew out from the forest beside the boulder and landed on the white-clothed youth's head.
The white-clothed young man remained motionless. Not even his eyelashes moved. As for the bird that landed on his head, it did not seem to feel that there was something wrong with its landing. It fluttered a few times on the white-clothed young man's head before flying back into the forest.
All of this was so harmonious.
When the sun was high up in the sky, sunlight shone on the white-robed young man's body, making it seem as if his body was enveloped in a layer of hazy light.
It was unknown when an old man wearing a Daoist robe appeared outside the forest by the river. The old man was only four to five feet away from the white-robed youth.
He was an old Daoist with a very peculiar appearance. The right side of his face was full of flesh and was as rosy as a baby's, but the left side of his face was wrinkled and stuck to his cheekbones. At first glance, he simply looked like half of a skull covered in human skin.
The right side of the old Daoist's body was full of Qi and blood and was full of vitality. On the other hand, the left side of his body was lifeless without a trace of vitality.
Life and death — these two polar opposite forces actually appeared on the same person at the same time. Furthermore, the fact that the person was not dead seemed to have maintained the two forces in a delicate state of balance.
The old Daoist was Daoist Priest Ku Rong, a peerless demigod in the Dao Sect.
Daoist Priest Ku Rong cultivated the path of life and death. Half of his body was alive while the other half was dead, so he had broken the shackles of the world and became an undead body.
Needless to say, even a demigod who had broken the shackles of life and death did not have a lifespan equal to that of the heavens. Immortality was not absolute.
In this world, there were still a few people who could kill demigods. For example, the old tortoise and the young monk who walked out of Lord Buddha's tomb had the ability to kill demigods, let alone Ghost Emperor Fengdu and the other ancient almighty beings.
Even if those ancient almighty beings could survive hundreds of battles, some of them only had a remnant of their soul left and were not completely dead yet. They still possessed great divinity and power that could easily kill a peerless demigod.
Daoist Priest Ku Rong stood quietly by the river. He did not go forward to disturb the young man in white who was sitting cross-legged on the big rock. His murky eyes sparkled from time to time.
"I didn't expect a genius to appear on Green Spirit Peak!" After taking a deep look at the young man in white, Daoist Priest Ku Rong turned around and walked into the forest.
Following that, a dense forest about half a mile away from the river collapsed in an instant. The flowers, plants, and trees within a radius of several thousand meters turned into dust and disappeared from the world.
It was very sudden, but everything happened in an instant. An empty space was opened up in the dense forest, and Daoist Priest Ku Rong was standing at the center of it.
Following that, Daoist Ku Rong began to draw runes on the ground as if he was going to set up a formation. The mysterious runes were extraordinary. Each of the runes was flickering with spiritual lights and emitted waves of energy fluctuations.
About an hour later, the ground within a radius of several thousand meters was covered with countless runes of various sizes. The runes seemed messy, but they seemed to have formed a 'force', which could also be considered an unpredictable force field.
Whoosh!
When Daoist Priest Ku Rong drew the last stroke, countless runes on the ground within a radius of several thousand meters lit up at once. Following that, the Heaven and Earth's spiritual Qi gathered from all directions and merged into the runes.
The formation formed by countless runes was activated. The void at the center of the formation was like a transparent water wave, ripples visible to the naked eye, and the void was distorting.
Daoist Priest Ku Rong seemed to be satisfied. He nodded and turned to walk toward the river.
…
At noon, Gu Fei finally awoke from the mysterious Martial Realm. He had finally shaken off Old Monster Xuanyuan, Yan Wushuang, and the others, and entered the Boundless Forest.
Following that, he sat with his legs crossed on a huge boulder beside a river.
He initially wanted to comprehend the Great Dao Brand that the mysterious middle-aged man had branded in his heart, but to his surprise, he managed to comprehend it at that moment.
The Great Dao Brand was a Martial Dao Rune that was produced when one reached the peak of the Martial Path. The person who was able to leave the Great Dao Rune behind had most likely reached the Supreme Martial Progenitor Realm.
Currently, Gu Fei was still unable to comprehend it because he was not qualified to do so. He was too weak. However, even if he could not comprehend the Great Dao Rune, just sensing the Martial Dao Rune was enough for Gu Fei to enter a state of enlightenment where he was one with the Heaven and man.
Gu Fei felt like a long time had passed, but it also felt like he had only closed his eyes to rest for a while. He seemed to have understood a lot of things, and he felt like he was enlightened.
The problems that he had encountered in his cultivation seemed to have been easily solved. It was a magical feeling that made Gu Fei feel like it was unreal.
He opened his eyes and rose from the boulder.
At that moment, he felt that his realm had completely stabilized. After the enlightenment, he was truly a Void Defending Realm martial artist.
"The Green Spirit Peak's lineage might be able to shine in your hands!" Suddenly, a voice was heard coming from the side.
Gu Fei was taken aback, and all the hairs on his body stood on end. He turned around abruptly and looked in the direction of the voice. He saw a Daoist standing at the edge of the forest less than 15 feet away from him, smiling at him.
"You're …" When Gu Fei saw the Daoist, he was stunned. He had seen this person before. When the ancient Fire God's divine palace appeared, this Daoist controlled the altar and fought endlessly with the other Demigods and Demigods.
Once someone saw Daoist Kurong's signature look, they would never be able to forget it for the rest of their lives because his appearance was too peculiar.
This Daoist was able to control the sect's altar, so he seemed to be a member of the sect.
In just an instant, Gu Fei had thought of many things. He had vaguely guessed that this strange Daoist might have a deep relationship with the Taixuan Sect.
"I'm Daoist Kurong from the Taixuan Sect," Daoist Kurong said with a smile.
His smile made Gu Fei's hair stand on end. He saw that the right side of his face was smiling brightly, but the left side of his face looked like a half-skull.
'Daoist Kurong? I've never heard of him! ' Gu Fei thought to himself, but he still bowed to Daoist Kurong and said, "I'm Green Spirit Peak's disciple, Gu Fei. Greetings, Patriarch!"
Daoist Kurong was a peerless Demigod who had broken through the Hidden Latch of Life and Death. It was not difficult to imagine that his seniority was probably much higher than that of the sect leader, Daoist Xuantian, so Gu Fei dared not slight him.
Daoist Kurong laughed and said to Gu Fei, "Why don't you follow me back to the Taixuan Sect now?"
"Yes!"
Gu Fei did not hesitate at all. Even if he did not want to return to the Taixuan Sect, it was no longer up to him. In front of a peerless Demigod, he knew that he was probably not much stronger than an ant.
Although there was only a big realm difference between the Void Controlling Realm and the Demigod Realm, the two could not be compared at all. A peerless Demigod could kill a group of peerless Void Controlling Realm experts with just a wave of their hands.
Gu Fei followed behind Daoist Kurong and walked through the dense forest. Soon, they arrived in front of the formation that Daoist Kurong had previously set up.
"This …" Gu Fei was very surprised to see the formation. He could see that it was definitely set up by Daoist Kurong on the spot.
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