Taiyi Zhenren trembled like a leaf, about to reveal the truth, but suddenly found that he could not open his mouth no matter what he did, and hurriedly looked up at Tongtian.

Tongtian narrowed his eyes slightly, extended his finger and gently touched the forehead. A golden light instantly entered Taiyi Zhenren's brow, and Taiyi froze, his eyes losing focus.

"seal up."

Tongtian said softly, then muttered something to Taiyi, who was dumbfounded.

After doing all this, Tongtian waved his hand, a white light flashed, and Taiyi Zhenren disappeared from the spot.

Shen Gongbao and Yin Shou looked at Tongtian with puzzled expressions. Just now, the two thought that Taiyi was doomed, but now it seemed that this was not the case.

“I sealed his memories, so he won’t remember what happened today. I also changed his memories back to three years ago,” Tongtian explained with a smile.

"Sage, do you mean that the current Taiyi Zhenren thinks he has just finished releasing the spirit pearls?" Yin Shou, who knew Nezha's background, asked.

“That’s right. Unless Yuanshi summons him personally, he won’t come back for another three years. But don’t worry, Yuanshi won’t be paying attention to Taiyi for the time being,” Tongtian nodded and said.

The group immediately understood Tongtian's intention: not killing Taiyi Zhenren was to avoid alerting the enemy.

Nezha stared at the three of them in bewilderment, still not understanding why the old man had tried to capture him.

"Alright, I'm leaving now." After saying that, Tongtian waved his hand, dispelled the barrier, and then his figure disappeared.

"Respectfully bidding farewell to the Sage."

Just then, several figures came flying from a distance.

"His Majesty."

"Zha'er".

"Uncle Leopard".

The figures were Wen Zhong, Li Jing, Yin Suzhi, Su Daji, and Niu Niu.

The group had obviously noticed the unusual activity on the back mountain, which was why they rushed over.

Several figures quickly landed in front of the three people, and only breathed a sigh of relief when they saw that the three were unharmed.

"Uncle Leopard, what happened just now? What's that outside? We can't get in," asked Niu Niu, who was already twelve years old, blinking her eyes.

"Nezha, are you alright?" Yin Suzhi hugged Nezha tightly and asked.

"It's nothing, it's just that His Majesty and I were just researching a spell, which worried everyone," Shen Gongbao quickly said.

“Yes, yes, researching magic,” Yin Shou quickly added, realizing what was happening.

Nezha glanced at the two suspiciously, but the obedient boy did not expose his master and the king's lies.

After all, the appearance of Taiyi Zhenren and the Sage could not be easily revealed, as it would only cause them worry.

Only Wen Zhong looked at Yin Shou thoughtfully. He seemed to have figured something out, but he didn't say anything. He just gave Shen Gongbao a deep look.

This little episode passed quickly. Nezha continued to cultivate with Shen Gongbao every day, while Yin Shou began to prepare for the Nuwa Grand Ceremony. The Shang Dynasty held a grand ceremony to worship Nuwa every five years, and this time it happened to be the fifth year of his reign, so the preparations began several months in advance.

The rooftop of the heavens, the room of spiritual time.

No matter what happens outside, it has no effect on this place. Li Daoyi has been cultivating for over a thousand years, and he has reached a critical moment. The Great Luo Golden Immortal is within reach. He can be seen emitting bursts of purple light, and a phantom slowly appears behind him, which is his primordial spirit.

Reaching the Great Luo realm is another level of cultivation. The three flowers bloom on the top of the head, and the five elements condense in the chest. Strictly speaking, a sage is also a Great Luo Golden Immortal, but a Primordial Great Luo Golden Immortal.

The appearance of Li Daoyi's primordial spirit immediately awakened Xiaolongnu and Dongfang Bubai, who were in a state of cultivation. The two women opened their eyes at the same time and saw the illusory image of Li Daoyi's primordial spirit behind him. However, the two women did not speak, but just looked at it curiously.

Li Daoyi did not react at all, and the illusory primordial spirit also closed its eyes, as if it were asleep.

Just as the two women were wondering what was going on, Li Daoyi's primordial spirit began to stir. Although his eyes were still closed, it slowly began to rise and soon floated to the roof of the spiritual time room.

When the primordial spirit touched the roof of the Time Chamber, it paused only slightly before passing through the roof and floating out.

"..." The two women looked at each other, not understanding what had happened. But when they looked at Li Daoyi's body, they sensed nothing unusual and he did nothing rash. They knew that they couldn't act recklessly at this time and that everything depended on him.

Li Daoyi seemed to be having a dream. He dreamt that he was slowly rising, breaking through the clouds, seeing the starry sky and the moon. His body continued to rise, passing through the nine heavens and the thirty-three heavens, but he still did not stop.

He arrived in a chaotic space, but his body continued to rise, as if something was attracting him.

"System, system."

Somewhat flustered, Li Daoyi hurriedly called out to the system.

Quiet, utterly quiet. The system gave no response, yet he continued to ascend. The surrounding chaos had vanished, replaced by endless darkness. This darkness was not the darkness of night, but a darkness that robbed him of his five senses—a terrifying darkness. He could not sense time, nor space, but the only thing he was certain of was that he was still flying upwards.

Li Daoyi compromised. He stopped panicking and calmed down, letting himself drift towards the unknown.

He didn't know how much time had passed—was it a moment? A year? A hundred years? Or perhaps ten thousand years, a hundred thousand years? He couldn't perceive the passage of time; he only knew that he seemed to have flown for a very, very long time.

Finally, Li Daoyi saw a glimmer of light, or rather, a bright spot, a point of light.

The light appeared very suddenly; it just appeared out of nowhere.

"What is this?" Li Daoyi wondered to himself.

"Um?"

He then realized he had stopped.

The point of light was right in front of him, and he wanted to reach out and touch it, but he couldn't feel his arm; it was as if he were just a consciousness.

"You've arrived."

Just as he was wondering, a voice came from the point of light. The voice was neither male nor female, and it sounded like a message.

The light spot changed rhythmically with the sound, sometimes large and sometimes small, which was very eerie.

"Who are you?" Li Daoyi asked, or rather, pondered, because he was unable to speak.

"I have been waiting for you for a very, very long time."

The voice came again, seemingly resounding directly in his mind.

"Who are you?" Li Daoyi asked again.

"You are still too weak," the voice replied, seemingly unrelated to the question.

"what are you up to?"

Li Daoyi asked helplessly.

"I will wait for you, wait for you to become stronger, wait for you to return."

"Wait for me?" Li Dao was taken aback for a moment.

"Come back, you must come back."

As soon as he finished speaking, Li Daoyi found that everything went black before his eyes, and the light disappeared as if it were running away from something. Then, Li Daoyi felt a huge suction force pulling him down.

Finally, Li Daoyi sensed the change in the surrounding scenery and returned to the mental time chamber.

"......"

"hey-hey..."

Just as he was wondering, a familiar voice came to his ear.

"Mengmeng?" Li Daoyi sensed the little guy's presence and turned his head to look. He saw Mengmeng standing next to him with a smile, holding his hand with her little hand. On the other side were Dongfang Bubai and Xiaolongnu, who looked worried.

Li Daoyi instantly realized that the suction force he had just experienced must have been Mengmeng, who had pulled him back from that unknown space.

"Dao Yi, are you alright?" Dongfang Bubai asked with concern.

"I'm fine," Li Daoyi said with a smile.

He then reached out and picked up Mengmeng, placing her in front of him.

"What just happened?" Li Daoyi asked.

The little guy blinked his big eyes, looking puzzled.

"I don't know. I was just at Longevity Hill when I sensed your presence was gone, so I rushed back."

"Ugh, I almost lost you," Mengmeng said, pouting.

“Uh…” After hearing the little guy’s explanation, Li Daoyi was even more confused.

"You scared us to death just now. At first, your body was fine, but we quickly noticed that your life force was gradually disappearing. Luckily, Mengmeng suddenly appeared," Dongfang Bubai said with lingering fear.

"Yes, I thought my brother was going to die." Little Dragon Girl also looked worried.

"Me? Dead?" Li Daoyi was completely dumbfounded. He had almost died. What was that point of light? What was it waiting for him for? Li Daoyi was filled with countless questions. He had even lost the joy of breaking through to the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm.

Just then, Mengmeng suddenly leaned her little head against Li Daoyi's chin and rubbed it hard.

"You can't leave me behind and run away," the little guy said.

"How could that be? You're my little sister." Li Daoyi was taken aback at first, but quickly sensed Mengmeng's affection for him and couldn't help but ruffle the little girl's hair.

"oops."

Suddenly, Mengmeng stood up abruptly, a hint of panic on her face.

"What's wrong?" The three were startled, thinking something had happened.

"I have to hurry back to Longevity Mountain, I'm still roasting the mythical beasts," Mengmeng said in a startled voice.

"Depend on..."

Li Dao was speechless for a moment, thinking something had happened. It turned out he was just thinking about food.

"Do you want to go?" Mengmeng asked.

"You go ahead, I'll come back to find you in a few days," Li Daoyi said, pinching Mengmeng's cute little face.

"I'm leaving."

After the little guy finished speaking, he stood up and jumped forward. After a spatial ripple, he disappeared.

Looking at the spot where Mengmeng disappeared, Li Daoyi's brows slowly furrowed.

"system."

He called out again.

"Host, I'm here."

Hearing the system's response, Li Dao immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

What just happened to me?

"The host has broken through to the Great Luo realm, and his primordial spirit has been sublimated," the system responded.

"I'm not talking about that. I'm talking about what led me to that mysterious space?" Li Daoyi said helplessly.

"Host, what are you saying?"

"Huh?" Li Dao was stunned. The system didn't know what had just happened to him.

"The Way of One".

"elder brother."

Seeing Li Daoyi lost in thought again, the two women called out worriedly.