After confirming that the Avici Asura soul was in a state of slumber, Gu Qingfeng turned his attention to the condition of his physical body.
As he had imagined, his physical body was also in a state of chaotic slumber.
As for where his physical body currently was, Gu Qingfeng did not know, nor did he bother to think about it. He simply didn't care about that question, because it held no meaning. After all, no one could shake his physical body. Did it matter where it fell or whether there was any danger?
The answer was definite.
It held no meaning at all.
What truly concerned him was the state of his Purple Mansion.
His Purple Mansion had been opened using the Nine Nethers Ancestral Fire, forming its own independent realm, like a small, self-contained world.
It remained so now, only it was more chaotic than before.
Gu Qingfeng carefully sensed his Purple Mansion; it too seemed to be in a state of chaotic slumber.
This situation was within expectations.
Because the Nether Fire had long since perfectly fused with his physical body, becoming inseparable. When the physical body underwent Nirvana Silence Rebirth, the Nether Fire did the same.
Within the Purple Mansion, that ever-renewing Seed of the Great Nature's Color Spirit still existed.
Speaking of this ever-renewing Color Spirit Seed,
Gu Qingfeng still clearly remembered that when he was rebuilding his foundation back then, it was practically forced upon him by the Great Nature, serving as his foundation.
Although Gu Qingfeng hadn't wanted it, he had to admit that when he laid down this ever-renewing Color Spirit foundation, the thing had already fused with his physical body.
If his physical body underwent Nirvana Silence Rebirth, this Great Nature Color Spirit Seed would presumably follow suit.
Just as he was pondering this,
Gu Qingfeng detected something unusual within his Purple Mansion.
Within the Purple Mansion, amidst the vague Primordial Chaos, it was as if something was transforming, like a hazy, indistinct painting revealed by drifting smoke, or like a mirage—illusory and unreal, true and false, impossible to distinguish clearly.
Sensing it more carefully, it was none other than the Myriad Appearances Pagoda.
Not only was the Myriad Appearances Pagoda present, but that Ancient Taboo was also there.
Yes.
Gu Qingfeng could clearly sense the presence of the Ancient Taboo.
Regarding this,
while it wasn't entirely expected, it couldn't be called unexpected either.
Because whether it was the Myriad Appearances Pagoda or the Ancient Taboo, both were things he had gestated and nurtured. In other words, they were also 'flesh of his flesh, bone of his bone'.
When his physical body underwent Nirvana Silence Rebirth, the Nether Fire, Purple Mansion, and Great Nature Color Spirit foundation would undergo Nirvana Silence Rebirth. Similarly, the Myriad Appearances Pagoda and Ancient Taboo were no exception.
The only thing that surprised him was that Lone Star Tear.
That thing was neither condensed by him, nor refined by him, nor gestated by him. Instead, it had descended from the heavens during a Great Dao Flow, inexplicably barging in.
Although this thing gave Gu Qingfeng a sense of déjà vu,
it was just that and nothing more.
Beyond that, there was nothing else.
It had no connection to Gu Qingfeng whatsoever.
Nor had it fused with his physical body. He didn't know why it would also undergo rebirth following the Nirvana Silence of his physical body.
A coincidence?
An accident?
No.
Gu Qingfeng neither believed in coincidences nor accidents, much less that this thing would descend from the heavens and just happen to barge into his Purple Mansion.
That left only one possibility.
Either it was fate.
Or it was karma.
What fate?
And what karma?
Gu Qingfeng did not know.
He couldn't be bothered to ponder it, at least not now.
From the moment his consciousness awoke from the Primordial Chaos, he had been preoccupied with one thing: the Blood of Original Sin.
That thing did not appear within his Purple Mansion; at least, Gu Qingfeng couldn't sense it there.
But that was only within the Purple Mansion.
That thing wasn't in the Purple Mansion; it was in his left arm.
This gave him some measure of relief, and the stone that had been hanging in the depths of his heart finally settled.
This could be considered a stroke of luck amidst misfortune.
At the time, he had been utterly unable to refuse the Blood of Original Sin.
But he also hadn't wanted to fuse with the Blood of Original Sin.
Therefore, he had gestated the Myriad Appearances Pagoda and Ancient Taboo, summoned the Sacred Judgment of Heaven and Earth, and prepared to gamble.
At the time, he had thought: since he couldn't refuse the Blood of Original Sin, then he wouldn't refuse it. But he would only let it fuse with one arm.
When the heavens descended the Sacred Judgment, he would let the Blood of Original Sin erode his left arm, turning it to ashes and causing it to vanish through Nirvana Silence. That way, even after Nirvana Silence Rebirth, he could completely trap the Blood of Original Sin within his left arm, preventing it from at least dominating his physical body and eroding his consciousness.
As long as his consciousness remained, Gu Qingfeng feared nothing.
Looking at it now, it seemed his gamble had paid off.
He tried to sense his left arm. Every part of the entire arm—its meridians, sinews, bones, pores, acupoints, flesh, blood, and skin—was undergoing incredible transformations.
When the meridians transformed, they were like dragon-like starry rivers in a vast, boundless Heaven and Earth.
When the sinews and bones transformed, they were like eternal pillars supporting Heaven and Earth.
When the acupoints transformed, they were like the endless great chiliocosms exploding forth at the dawn of Heaven and Earth.
When the pores transformed, they were like billions of small chiliocosms.
When the skin transformed, it was as majestic as the thick earth.
When the blood transformed, it was like a Primordial Chaos sea submerging everything.
Even though Gu Qingfeng had once ascended to the peerless throne of Immortals and Demons, had once attained the Nine Nethers Emperor's Seal, had dealt with the Three Thousand Great Daos, and had achieved a body of heaven-defying, mysterious fortunes, sensing the mysterious transformations of his left arm now still made his scalp tingle.
What in the blazes is this thing?
Is this still my arm?
This is practically the transformation of seas into mulberry fields and Heaven and Earth itself!
Gu Qingfeng didn't know what his arm would become after fusing with the Blood of Original Sin, and he truly couldn't imagine it. He only felt it was incredible, and also felt a sense of awe.
He had long known that fusing with the Blood of Original Sin would cause mysterious changes. Precisely because of this, Gu Qingfeng had been willing to go to any lengths to have only his left arm fuse with it. But he hadn't expected the changes to be so terrifying...
That was truly the feeling.
The changes made Gu Qingfeng feel inexplicably afraid.
He had thought that after his left arm fused with the Blood of Original Sin, it would no longer belong to him. Gu Qingfeng had just tested it; not only did his left arm still belong to him, but he could also completely control it, without any sense of discomfort.
This surprised and delighted him somewhat.
He carefully sensed the changes in his left arm for a while longer. The more he sensed, the more incredible it felt. For some reason, sensing the changes in his arm felt as if Heaven and Earth were also changing. What shocked Gu Qingfeng even more was that he felt it wasn't just one Heaven and Earth changing, but infinite, endless Heavens and Earths all changing.
Beyond Heaven and Earth, there was still Heaven and Earth. Beyond the Heaven and Earth outside, there was yet more Heaven and Earth...
Layer upon layer, they transformed like this...
Infinite and endless.
This was truly...
Gu Qingfeng didn't know how to describe his feelings at this moment.
He only felt that the more he sensed, the more afraid he became—that kind of inexplicable fear. In all his life, this was the first time he had felt this kind of inexplicable fear.