Chapter 503: Boundless is the Dao, Open is the Celestial Path!

Chapter 503: Boundless is the Dao, Open is the Celestial Path!

Yun Xiao stared intently into the haze. Behind him, within the dim cloud, a murky, faintly glowing star emerged. Indeed, it was a star! Stars filled the night skies both in the Divine Continent and the Nine Hells. When Yun Xiao had burst through the barrier moments before, he realized that the stars he had seen from the mortal realm were merely specks of light on the barrier.

But now, a true, vast star appeared behind him! There was a world of difference between mere points of light and a real star.

But why did this cloudy star feel so familiar?

Lian Xi was the first to grasp the truth. Squeezed into the cabin of the Skyruler Sword Vessel, she excitedly told Yun Xiao, "This star is actually the myriad worlds!"

After a pause, she added, "It’s the realm we grew up in, along with thousands upon thousands of other mortal realms... It only appears smaller now because we are so far from it."

"The myriad worlds?" Yun Xiao was puzzled. The myriad worlds were a giant, murky star. It was like a celestial egg divided into countless worlds, teeming with life. And the Primordial Ruins were sailing among them.

He remembered the barrier aglow with starlight and Arbiter Lu calling his home the Pale Blue Dot Mortal Realm.

"So, the myriad worlds are shaped like a star that harbors all creation!"

How could the beings living within the myriad worlds believe this without seeing it with their own eyes?

"The world is truly wondrous," Yun Xiao realized, acknowledging his profound ignorance of the world's true structure.

"If the myriad worlds are a star, what is the Great Dao Celestial Realm then? Are the other stars something similar?" Lian Xi wondered aloud, her curiosity unabated.

Yun Xiao was about to speculate when his face suddenly froze in amazement.

He turned his head to the side and said with a sense of wonder, "Lian Xi, look over there."

Lian Xi blinked her large eyes towards the direction he indicated and saw, not far from the myriad worlds, another star appeared.

This star was even larger than the myriad worlds. It too was clouded with murky starlight, within which shadows flickered and, faintly, the sounds of thunder and the voices of many beings could be heard.

"Could this larger star be the Great Dao Celestial Realm?" Lian Xi guessed.

"No," Yun Xiao replied with a firm gaze, somewhat astounded. "This must be another mortal realm?"

"Another mortal realm?" Lian Xi was stunned.

"More precisely," Yun Xiao continued, "it should be another mortal realm formed by a collection of worlds."

"Why are you so sure?" Lian Xi asked, curious.

"As the Skyruler Sword Vessel moves away from these two stars, its blade points towards the Great Dao Celestial Realm. Although these two stars differ in size, they share the same level. Moreover..." Yun Xiao pointed in another direction, "look there, you can vaguely see three more stars. Together, these five must all be star-shaped mortal realms. Or perhaps, should we call them five Stellar Mortal Realms?"

"There are five mortal realms? That's too many beings!" Lian Xi said, sticking out her tongue.

"Five?" A light flickered in Yun Xiao's eyes.

He knew the Skyruler Sword Vessel was still speeding forward! As they moved further from the myriad worlds, their field of view expanded. Indeed, As they continued to move away, more and more stars appeared!

The myriad worlds where they had been embedded slowly transformed into a vast, dark sky. And in the sky, more and more stars appeared in their sight. At first, there were only five. Soon, dozens of stars were visible. Then, thousands! And it didn't stop there!

In the end, tens of thousands of star points appeared in his field of vision. And they completely filled the sky!

"This Skyruler Sword Vessel is a forbidden item for non-Immortals. We're essentially stowaways, not meant to openly pilot it into the Great Dao Celestial Realm," Yun Xiao stated earnestly.

"What shall we do then?" Lian Xi asked.

"Slow down, stop, then abandon the sword vessel and look for a safe way to enter," Yun Xiao said as he gazed ahead at the rolling flames.

"Alright!" It was Lian Xi’s first time as a stowaway, and she was terribly nervous. Whenever she engaged in misdeeds, her discomfort was palpable, almost as if she was afraid others would notice her sneaking around.

With a hum, the Skyruler Sword Vessel slowed to a halt, hovering in the void.

CLICK! Yun Xiao opened the hatch, and both emerged with flushed faces, finally climbing out of that confined space.

Once out, both Yun Xiao and Lian Xi instinctively shoved the grumbling little beasts back into their arms and shared a sheepishly amused glance.

"Arbiter Lu, your vengeance, I swear to seek it clearly and fulfill it," Yun Xiao declared, patting the Skyruler Sword Vessel, which then resumed its course toward the Great Dao Celestial Realm.

Like an ancient sword, it plunged into an endless ocean of volcanic magma!

Ahead, the heavens were entirely dominated by the fiery sea of the Great Dao Celestial Realm, its flames rolling up in thousand-mile waves, making Yun Xiao and Lian Xi appear like mere flies above a volcano.

"The Celestial Realm!" Yun Xiao took one deep look at this world of fierce fire, then turned back. At the edge of the dusky night sky, countless stars dotted the heavens, their dim light haphazard and lacking compared to the brilliant blaze of the Great Dao Celestial Realm.

"Let's go." Yun Xiao grasped Lian Xi’s hand, and together they descended.

They kept sinking! Suddenly, at some critical point, an abrupt change occurred! They felt a terrifying force spontaneously emerge between heaven and earth, locking onto their bodies!

It was like an imprisoning sphere, locking down everything about them, rendering them utterly immobile.

"Boundless is the Dao, open is the Celestial Path! Congratulations to the ascenders!"

A deafening voice suddenly echoed as if the entire Great Dao Celestial Realm itself was speaking.

"Yun Xiao!" Lian Xi called out in alarm.

Yun Xiao mustered all his strength to grip her hand tightly.

In the next instant, a formidable force propelled them forward!

Yun Xiao and Lian Xi embraced tightly, clutching each other like octopuses, not daring to let go, the little beasts in their arms squirming and cursing.

BUZZ! For a moment, they felt a speed surpassing that of the Skyruler Sword Vessel!

Who was controlling them?

Yun Xiao could only catch glimpses with the corner of his eye, watching the surrounding waves of fire and clouds morph bizarrely, every majestic scene flashing by in an instant.

Soon, ahead of them, a dazzling, colorful vortex appeared!

It was like a gateway to the Celestial Realm, or the eye of this blazing orb, with countless storms of colorful clouds and flames swirling around it, resounding with a deafening, majestic sound.