How come the celestial technique I stole is so powerful?!

This tear pierced through the mist in front of him, crashing onto the battlefield of a seemingly real yet illusory future.

At this moment, the Blood Tower within him, once dried up, became crystalline again.

A single tear gathered, drip! Drip!

Fell down.

A thousand revolutions spun, soaring into the sky.

Above the sky, nine Heavenly Stars gathered.

With the gathering of Nine Stars, heaven and earth separated.

Beneath the Blood Tower, as if chaos reopened, a vast ocean appeared!

With the Nine Stars gathering, the Sea of Reincarnation opened, the path of Observing Heaven truly formed!

The Blood Tower shone brightly, the Nine Stars shone brightly, waves rose in the Sea of Reincarnation, and his True Qi suddenly increased tenfold, finally achieving the path of Observing Heaven!

Lin Xiaosu suddenly opened his eyes, and the boundless Illusion Realm in front of him completely vanished.

He stood alone on the thirty-second step.

A step away on the thirty-third platform stood thirteen gigantic steles towering into the sky.

"Human Emperor Xin, slaying giant demons at Weiyang, establishing the land of Eight Desolations, the first Human Emperor."

"Human Emperor Rui, establishing human regulations, creating a thousand-year prosperity, the second Human Emperor."

"Human Emperor Ding..."

"Human Emperor He..."

"Human Emperor Jiuji..."

"..."

"Human Emperor Kun, sealing Heavenly Dao, severing Earth Dao, pioneering Human Dao supremacy, the thirteenth Human Emperor!"

Lin Xiaosu quietly gazed at these thirteen steles representing the supreme Human Dao for a long time.

"Just one last step, go ahead!" A voice came from behind, full of excitement, unprecedented excitement.

It was Lu Yun.

He did not know when he appeared behind Lin Xiaosu.

Lin Xiaosu slowly turned his head.

"Kid, do not turn back!" Even though Lu Yun's eyes were both blind, he seemed to see him turning back.

Lin Xiaosu gently smiled, "The last step, I won't take it!"

Lu Yun was greatly shocked, "Why?"

"To wear the crown, one must bear its weight. This crude lad, how dare I bear it with my body?" Lin Xiaosu deeply bowed before the thirteen Human Emperor steles, and stepped down!

With this step, he left all thirty-three steps behind. Before him, still, was that Taoist Temple, with Lu Yun holding a solitary, flickering lamp.

His face was full of disbelief.

"Kid, this poor Taoist has made it clear, within three inches of the stele, you can gain the Emperor's Qi. Even if you do not know, you should be able to imagine the help that the boundless fortune agglomerated in the Emperor's Qi would bring to your cultivation path. Every cultivator under the heavens, no matter who they are, absolutely cannot abandon this exceptional opportunity within arm's reach. Yet you forsake it three inches and three parts away?"

"A person should have self-awareness!" Lin Xiaosu said, "This country lad, how dare I take the Human Dao's Emperor Qi? Moreover, the world today inherently has no emperor!"

Lu Yun stared at him for a long time and finally sighed, "The opportunity has been missed, regret is in vain! Kid, you've made this poor Taoist... both painful and sorrowful."

"Taoist Master, send me to the Heavenly Abyss!"

"Follow me!" Lu Yun gently turned the lamp in his hand, and upon the platform, lights streamed, seeming to reveal a vast land.

"One lamp of the Taoist Temple, a thousand paths in the world, go forth!"

Lin Xiaosu stepped onto the platform, lights flashed, and streams of light spread everywhere. He felt the power of the Array Path; could this be the legendary Transmission Array?

The Transmission Array stopped.

Before him was an abyss of complete darkness.

He stood atop a cliff.

The rocks beneath his feet were like black iron, and the abyss before him was like the mouth of a giant demon.

The wind howled, and the beast roared.

Beside him bloomed a Red spider lily, probably the only touch of scarlet within a hundred miles.

The Red spider lily gently swayed, and Lu Yun's voice came from within, "This Red spider lily will bloom for you for seven days. Within these seven days, if you gain something, it is naturally good. If not, you must return on time, under no circumstances should you linger, or you will never be able to return!"

"Alright!" Lin Xiaosu took a step toward the abyss!

With a swoosh, he vanished into the void!

In the Taoist Temple, Lu Yun suddenly shuddered, and the lamp in his hand flickered wildly, "Lingkong Step Void, exclusive to the Enlightenment Realm! He just broke Observing Heaven... Such a Heavenly Pride, missed out... no, voluntarily gave up the Emperor's Path?"

Yes, just now, when Lin Xiaosu took a step forth, he stepped into the void with Lingkong Step Void, flying through the void.

Others didn't know!

Only Lu Yun knew.

Because he possessed the "Nine Paths of the Heaven," which could transport people to any place with coordinates. The Nine Paths of the Heaven used the Red spider lily as the eye, and could monitor everything within ten miles of the flower.

He clearly saw Lin Xiaosu's Lingkong Step Void, stepping into the exclusive domain of the Enlightenment Realm.

He had just entered Observing Heaven.

And already broke through the gulf between Observing and Enlightenment.

Such a Heavenly Pride, no less illustrious than the strongest Human Emperor Kun in history.

Yet, it was this Heavenly Pride that did not take the Emperor's Qi. Why?

Lu Yun couldn't fathom it no matter what, but Lin Xiaosu's heart already had the answer...

There was only one reason!

He knew of a harsh truth: A million years ago, heaven, earth, and man contended for the Tao.

Note that humans and heaven were once adversaries.

You may obtain your allies' favor, you may fully enjoy your kin's favor, but, if nothing goes wrong, it's best not to think of being favored by your opponent.

Thus, Lin Xiaosu could only let down Lu Yun's expectations.

Keeping himself three inches and three parts away from the Human Emperor Stele.

This world is without an emperor anymore.

Lin Xiaosu did not wish to be an emperor either.

Especially because this emperor would be favored by Heavenly Dao!!

These thoughts lingered only around the three inches and three parts before the stele.

At this very moment, elements of contentment were implanted into his heart.

Finally breaking through the shackles and stepping into Observing Heaven, it was the greatest joy of his life.

Stepping into the Observing Heaven realm and being able to fly is indeed a great joy.

The most badass Observing Heaven I've ever seen is Feng Ji.

Feng Ji walks on waves, walks on leaves, a thousand-meter-high mountain takes only fifteen seconds; I once thought this was only a hair's breadth away from the Enlightenment Realm, but today, I've just entered Observing Heaven and can fly directly.

Even more badass than the badass Feng Ji, so this girl deserved to be suppressed by me...

Why is it so badass?

When Lin Xiaosu's True Qi rotated within him, he immediately understood the true reason.

The real reason is that he had been trapped in the Observing Earth realm for too long, his foundation was too solid.

Nine stars ascend to the heavens, forming a Sea of Reincarnation, and the Sea naturally connects with the Heavenly Star.

The connection between the Heavenly Star and the Sea of Reincarnation marks an upgrade in the Observing Heaven realm.

The traditional upgrade requires connecting each of the nine stars to the Sea of Reincarnation one by one, but perhaps he had been stifled for too long; the stars were already eager, all nine connected directly to the Sea of Reincarnation.

So, even though he just broke into Observing Heaven...

In truth, he had traversed all the arduous paths others labor through in the Observing Heaven realm.

He had stepped into the pinnacle of Observing Heaven!

This is the benefit of biding one's time and making a breakthrough.

The pinnacle of Observing Heaven is comparable to the Enlightenment Realm, which seems quite normal for him.

These surprises had to be set aside for now; Lin Xiaosu needed to fulfill his greatest mission of entering the Heavenly Abyss.

Gu Jian Youchen said the Three-character Bone Book was in the Heavenly Abyss.

However, the Heavenly Abyss is so vast and unfathomable, who knows where this Three-character Bone Book actually is?

Lin Xiaosu could only capture abnormal auras.

With this capture, he truly realized why Lu Yun insisted he break into Observing Heaven before entering the Heavenly Abyss.

Simply because the Heavenly Abyss has terrifyingly abnormal auras.

With a whoosh, a massive shadow rose from below, a giant black snake.

It opened its mouth wide towards Lin Xiaosu.

Lin Xiaosu raised his sword and struck down.

In the pitch-black abyss, Separation unleashed with Sword Tao Azure Flower, the sword light extending over ten zhang.

A soft sound, and the giant snake's head was severed out of thin air.

As Lin Xiaosu turned in mid-air, the Dark Abyss was like Misty Rain Jiangnan; the head exploded in the misty rain, and a Primordial Crystal was absorbed into his Secret Realm Space.

Lin Xiaosu's Heavenly Tao Primordial Spirit examined it, confirming the energy of this Primordial Crystal to be a hundred times that of a Crimson Scale.

Very well, I'll have you for breakfast!

The Primordial Crystal shattered in the chaotic space currents, entering the Gate of Creation; his entire body's Essence and Blood seemed to be replenished greatly.

The misty rain covered the earth, alerting countless abyssal beasts.

All of them turned into Primordial Crystals under Li Ren Tears, the crystals shattering and sent into the Gate of Creation.

Lin Xiaosu walked through the void, flying a hundred miles on the scene of Misty Rain Jiangnan, slaughtering over a thousand abyssal beasts of various attributes along the way!

No matter the attribute, whether poisonous or nutritious, all were sent into the Gate of Creation.

He felt his flesh continuously strengthening.

His energy was extremely abundant.

He also had to thank his breakthrough; if he couldn't fly, the underground journey of a hundred miles would have been perilous at every turn, but with void flight, the stretch that worried Lu Yun the most was, for him, a garden stroll, a tea-tasting by the lakeside.

There were signs.

The time constraints of seven days set by the blooming of the Other Shore Flower were, for him, not constraints.

Because void flight saved so much time compared to traversing mountains in the Heavenly Abyss.

Ahead, there was suddenly an anomalous aura.

Lin Xiaosu sidestepped, with a swish, passing through an abyss a hundred meters wide and bottomless in front, landing atop a cliff.

Beneath the cliff, the walls were as steep as a thousand-mile-high mountain.

From below the cliff came a terrifying aura that unsettled the mind.

Even in his current state, Lin Xiaosu could sense this aura's terror.

Yet this aura was like a minor witch compared to the great sorcerer of the tree before him.

In his perception, this tree was like an unparalleled sword.

Though dry and ancient, devoid of leaves, it clearly harbored endless killing intent.

Could there be a peerless swordsman hidden inside?

But he sensed no sign of life.

At the top of the cliff, there was no wind, no grass, not a trace of green, no sign of life, only a strong sense of impending death.

Lin Xiaosu gazed at the tree for a long time, approaching it step by step.

The killing intent grew stronger and stronger.

He even felt that the tree would soon transform into a sword for a fatal strike against him.

Swish!

His sword unsheathed.

Centering on him, Li Ren Tears formed a small domain.

He was like a wanderer from Jiangnan, rowing a boat, gradually approaching a giant beast in slumber.

The beast was undisturbed; in the hollow of the tree, there was a black coffin.

On the coffin, a few dewdrops shimmered like jade.

In all the oppressive stillness of the scene, only the dewdrops brought a hint of brightness.

Yet, it was precisely this brightness that marked the source of the sword-like killing intent Lin Xiaosu sensed.

Lin Xiaosu slowly reached out, touching the edge of the coffin.

The dewdrops wavered, on the verge of falling.

An increasing unease filled Lin Xiaosu's heart.

He had an intuition.

If he pushed open the coffin, the dewdrops would indeed explode.

Once the dewdrops exploded, the terrifying killing intent of heaven and earth would completely annihilate him.

To open or not to open the coffin.

That became a question.