In this Wu Dao world where everything was dissipating like ashes.
There was a mountain range that seemed unaffected.
This was a boundless mountain range, upon which stood a solitary peak.
The mountain range did not look like a simple mountain range, but rather like a giant stone turtle. The solitary peak did not look like a simple solitary peak, but rather like a dragon-snake.
The stone turtle did not look like a simple stone turtle, but more like a giant tomb. The dragon-snake did not look like a simple dragon-snake, but more like a stone stele.
The mountain was a boundless mountain, the peak a limitless peak.
The turtle was an infinite turtle, the snake an endless snake.
The tomb was an ownerless tomb, the stele a wordless stele.
Standing beside this entity that was both mountain range and solitary peak, both stone turtle and dragon-snake, both tomb and stele, Genggu Wuming murmured, "I was wrong..."
"Wrong?"
Cang Yan also gazed at it, questioning, "How so?"
"I once thought the Wu Dao Age was merely the past. Later, I thought the Wu Dao Age was the future. Only now do I realize I was wrong. Not only was I gravely mistaken, I am also lost, adrift..." Genggu Wuming said softly, "The Wu Dao Age might be the past, or it might be the future. Whether it is the past or the future...
I do not know...
It might be the past, or it might be the future...
Or perhaps it is the present..."
Cang Yan shook her head. She did not understand, nor did she know whether the Wu Dao Age was past, future, or present. But one thing she was absolutely certain of: the mountain before them was the legendary Wu Dao Mountain.
She also knew that the secrets of the Wu Dao Age were hidden within this Wu Dao Mountain. Once Wu Dao Mountain was opened, the Wu Dao Age would hold no more secrets. Hence, Wu Dao Mountain was also called the Mountain of Vanity.
She very much wanted to open this Wu Dao Mountain.
Not only she, but Genggu Wuming also wanted to.
The Three Thousand Great Daos, even Heaven and Earth, wanted to open this Wu Dao Mountain.
But none dared. None had the courage.
They all knew that Wu Dao Mountain was a cursed mountain, a mountain cursed by karma and fate. Opening Wu Dao Mountain would cause the Great Daos to crumble, Heaven and Earth to disintegrate, and the Wu Dao Age to descend...
Because Wu Dao Mountain was not only called Wu Dao Mountain, nor only the Mountain of Vanity. It also had another name: the Mountain of Original Sin. There were even rumors that Wu Dao Mountain was the very source of Original Sin.
Let alone not having the courage to open Wu Dao Mountain, even if they did, none had the capability, none had the qualification.
Throughout Heaven and Earth, the only one with both the capability and qualification to open Wu Dao Mountain was the Embodiment of Original Sin.
Standing beneath Wu Dao Mountain were not only Genggu Wuming and Cang Yan. Besides them, there were also others: from the Demonic Dao, Nai Luo; from the Demonic Beast Dao, Hu Meiniang; from the Spirit Dao, Ru Ying; from the Witch Dao, Jialuo, and other Great Dao figures. There were also Xuan Yuan Wan from the Holy Land, the Great Heir Apparent, the Purple Heaven King, the Third Prince, including from the Buddhist Dao, the Great Mad Monk and the White-Browed Saint Monk. Even Wan Huaiyu and Qin Hao had come.
They might not know as much as Genggu Wuming, but they all knew what the existence of Wu Dao Mountain signified, and they all knew what Gu Qingfeng's existence meant for Wu Dao Mountain.
They were all waiting.
Waiting quietly.
None dared to speak.
The world within the Wu Dao space seemed to have no passage of time. An unknown period passed, when suddenly, a voice rang out.
"Well now, you've all arrived quite early."
It was a very flippant voice, flippant yet casual, as casual as greeting a friend upon meeting.
Everyone looked over.
They saw a person leisurely walking towards them.
It was a man, a solitary man in white robes.
His snow-white robes fluttered slightly on his lonely figure, his ink-black hair danced lightly on his cold, stern face.
He walked over at this unhurried pace, carrying a jar of wine, drinking as he walked, exuding endless unrestrained freedom, endless casual ease.
It was him.
Gu Qingfeng.
The once world-laughing Red Heaven Monarch.
The once sky-shielding Nine Nether Emperor.
When Gu Qingfeng appeared—whoosh!
The azure sky transformed into a blazing sun, accompanied by rolling heavenly might. Immediately after, the earth transformed into a bright moon, accompanied by rolling earthly might.
Not only did the Dao of the Azure Sky descend, but the revived Dao of the Great Earth also descended.
Then, the Immortal Dao, the Buddhist Dao, the Demonic Dao, the Demonic Beast Dao, the Spirit Dao, the Witch Dao...
The Three Thousand Great Daos all descended.
Looking around, the sky was filled with blazing suns, bright moons, and stars—countless, innumerable.
Whether it was Wan Huaiyu or Qin Hao, whether it was the Great Mad Monk or the White-Browed Saint Monk, they all knew that these descending blazing suns and bright moons were not the previous Great Dao Judgments, but Incarnations!
They were the Embodiments of the Great Dao's source!
The difference between Great Dao Judgment and Great Dao Embodiment was just two characters, but in reality, they were worlds apart.
Great Dao Judgment was merely one law of the Great Dao, while Great Dao Embodiment contained not just one law, but infinite, endless laws.
If Great Dao Judgment was a towering tree, then Great Dao Embodiment was the entire forest.
If Great Dao Judgment was a pebble, then Great Dao Embodiment was a mountain range.
If Great Dao Judgment was mountains and rivers, then Great Dao Embodiment was the entire world.
If Great Dao Judgment was human, then Great Dao Embodiment was god.
The sky full of blazing suns and bright moons were the Embodiments of the Great Dao's source, while the sky full of stars were also Incarnations, though not of the Great Dao's source, but of the Great Dao Venerables!
What were Great Dao Venerables?
For example, the Five Great Wisdom Kings of the Buddhist Dao.
For example, the Purification Dragon of the Immortal Dao.
These were all Great Dao Venerables.
However.
At this moment, the Buddhist Dao Venerables that appeared were not only the Incarnations of the Five Great Wisdom Kings, but also the Incarnations of the Four Great Diamond Bodhisattvas, and the Incarnations of various Buddhas.
The Buddhist Dao was like this, and the Immortal Dao's Great Dao Venerable Incarnations were not only the Purification Dragon, but also the Incarnations of various Immortal Lords and Emperor Monarchs!
The Demonic Dao's Six Lords of the Yin Moon, the Ten Kings of the Underworld...
The Incarnations of various Demon Lords!
The Demonic Beast Dao's Incarnations of various Beast Lords!
These Great Dao Venerables were absolute powerhouses between Heaven and Earth, each one a master who controlled a Great Dao, every one possessing terrifying power. Let alone their true forms, even their Incarnations were immensely powerful, capable of destroying a world with a single palm.
And now, the Incarnations of such a group of Venerables had all descended!
Such a scene, such a lineup—forget Wan Huaiyu and Qin Hao, such Profound Immortals; forget the Great Mad Monk, such a Living Buddha; even Cang Yan, a legendary woman who once roamed the Great Wilderness and was the master of one of the Seventy-Two Blessed Lands, Langya, had never witnessed such a sight, nor even heard of it.
Indeed, she had never heard of it.
That was because such a thing had never happened since ancient times. At the very least, Genggu Wuming knew that even when suppressing the Embodiments of Original Sin like Chi You and Xing Tian back then, the scale had not been this grand.