The perfect world in the eyes of double pupils

Taiyin Shiyi left, taking Xiang Feng's remains back to the Holy Academy.

The Holy Academy is now deserted and no longer as lively as before. Most of the elders and disciples have gone to the border of the Great Crimson Heaven or to the Imperial Pass.

Taiyin Shiyi arrived at Xiang Feng's secluded cultivation place without any obstacles and buried him in an inconspicuous spot on the back mountain.

Not long after, Shi Yi unearthed several jars of fine wine, the very location that Xiang Feng had told him about before his death.

He sighed, sat cross-legged in front of the grave mound, and drank with the tombstone.

"Buzz!"

A ripple appeared in the void, and two figures emerged from it. It was the Grand Elder of the Holy Academy and Sun Stone Yi who had returned. They had learned of the events at the Great Crimson Heaven border and rushed back to the Holy Academy first.

"Xiang Feng?"

When the Grand Elder of the Holy Academy saw the words on the tombstone, his body swayed involuntarily.

This was his eldest disciple. He had always treated Xiang Feng as his own son and as his junior. Now, seeing his disciple perish and turn into a cold grave, he naturally found it hard to accept.

Taiyin Shiyi recounted in detail what had happened on the border of Da Chitian.

The Grand Elder of the Holy Academy looked up to the sky and sighed.

"Perhaps this is his destiny."

In those moments when someone had to step forward and shed blood, Xiang Feng, as his chief disciple, had no choice but to act.

Upon hearing that Taiyin Shiyi had unleashed his fury and annihilated the ten prodigies of the alien royal families, the Grand Elder of the Holy Academy was deeply moved, his eyes revealing gratitude.

"The alien forces went to great lengths to attack the borderlands of the Great Crimson Heaven. They certainly didn't leave empty-handed; they must have some ulterior motive. However, with the Immortal King's Shroud and Fellow Daoist Meng overseeing things, there shouldn't be any major problems. No matter how strong the Immortals are, they can't get here yet," the Holy Academy's Grand Elder murmured.

He then decided not to provide useless support. His immediate priority was to help Shi Yi cultivate with both bodies, refine the cave, and prepare for refining the Dao standard.

"I have obtained the first four levels of the Immortal Scripture," Taiyin Shiyi murmured.

The Grand Elder of the Holy Academy was immediately shocked. The Undying Scripture was a legendary supreme body-refining scripture. He only knew a little bit about it, yet he was already far superior to ordinary people. Therefore, he had always longed for such a scripture.

Without hesitation, Taiyin Shiyi directly passed on the first half of the Undying Scripture to the two of them.

“Master, this scripture is of great importance, and the Holy Academy is full of all sorts of people…” Sun Stone Yi said.

"Don't worry, I understand all of this. The scriptures came from you, and I will not pass them on to a second person without your permission," the Grand Elder of the Holy Academy replied.

Don't be fooled by the loud slogans of the Holy Academy, Immortal Academy, and Longevity Families in resisting the alien realm. In reality, when it comes to the day when they have to fight to the death, they will scatter like birds and beasts. Some forces will even secretly make deals with the alien realm in order to protect themselves.

In this situation, if the Immortal Scripture were to be spread, it would surely fall into the hands of foreign lands, which would be truly aiding the enemy.

Fortunately, the Grand Elder of the Holy Academy was reasonable and dispelled Sunstone's doubts.

"Time is of the essence, we need to hurry. Since they were able to forcibly break through the formidable pass on the border of the Great Crimson Heaven, they are capable of taking action against the Imperial Pass. It won't be long before war breaks out, and you don't have much time left." The Grand Elder of the Holy Academy looked at Shi Yi and said that they were about to set off immediately.

Shi Yishuang naturally had no objections. After the three of them paid their respects to Xiang Feng's tombstone, they disappeared from the spot and their whereabouts became unknown.

For the next year, the cultivators of the three academies never saw Shi Yi's twin bodies again, nor did they hear any news about him, as if he had vanished into thin air.

During this period, Shi Hao, who was born from the body, rose to prominence completely, suppressing all enemies and becoming famous throughout the boundless heavens. As a result, he attracted ambushes and attacks, especially from the Wang family, who coveted the Undying Scripture on his body and repeatedly set up schemes to suppress and take Shi Hao away.

In the end, Meng Tianzheng, the Grand Elder of the Heavenly God Academy, took a strong action in anger and attacked the Wang family again, forcing Wang Changsheng to compromise and exile his sons to the border, each leading a large army of the Wang family.

Of course, in Meng Tianzheng's eyes, Wang Changsheng was using a retreat as a strategy to advance, making arrangements at the border in advance.

In short, Shi Hao's power grew stronger and stronger, and apart from his cousin Shi Yi, no one could rival him.

Only a few clowns, relying on the hype of their supporters, can rival his prestige.

Where is Shi Yi at this moment?

"This is the Immortal Slaying Ground, on par with the Three Thousand Dao States. Back then, during the Ancient Immortal War, this was an extremely important battlefield. Countless lives and countless True Immortals perished in that battle. They were slaughtered by the alien realm, and their immortal blood flowed into a great river, staining the soil red, a color that has not faded for an entire era." The Grand Elder of the Holy Academy pointed to the dark red area in the distance and explained.

That was the central area of ​​the ancient continent of the Immortal Slaying Land, where the blood of an Immortal King had once been concentrated and scattered, which was equivalent to a sacrifice. Even the alien realm felt it was ominous and quickly disposed of it.

Even so, this area is still filled with a strong malevolent aura, barren of vegetation, and no one wants to come here; it is truly a place of annihilation.

Now, the Grand Elder of the Holy Academy has brought Shi Yi's twin bodies to this place.

Their target was an ancient realm sealed in the void, containing a rich power of cause and effect, left behind by a Celestial King who had cultivated the Great Dao of Cause and Effect before his fall.

Led by the Grand Elder of the Holy Academy, the three quickly found the entrance to that ancient realm.

Even through the crack, Shi Yi could smell the nauseating stench of blood. Upon entering the ancient realm, the scene that greeted him was even more astonishing.

The earth was blood-red, the sky was blood-red, and even the void was filled with a faint blood aura. Inhaling this aura would affect a cultivator's mind and drive them into madness.

As soon as Shi Yi walked in, a sense of madness welled up from the depths of his heart.

The two frowned slightly, their internal energy circulating, instantly eliminating the sensation.

"It's over there."

Following the direction pointed out by the Grand Elder of the Holy Academy, Shi Yi saw a vast ocean of blood.

"Because of the law of cause and effect, the karma of countless dead beings in this ancient realm is hard to erase, and they wander between heaven and earth. For you, this is a rare opportunity for tempering."

Shi Yi nodded and walked side by side toward the vast sea of ​​blood.

Before they even reached the shore, strange movements were heard from the sea of ​​blood. Countless arms stretched out from the water, some of them humanoid, others of other races. There were so many, they were densely packed and impossible to count.

Roars and wails... mixed with endless causal power, like a living hell, enveloped Shi Yi's body.

"Buzz!"

A soft hum resonated in Taiyin Shiyi's hand, and an ancient lamp gradually materialized from its illusory form. This was the Ancient Lamp of Cause and Effect, a supreme treasure left to future generations by the Immortal Ancient Era. As soon as it appeared, the anomalies in the sea of ​​blood receded like the tide, melting away like ice and snow encountering the hottest iron.

Then, a small boat carrying the two figures sailed towards the near sea. Their intrusion caused the entire Blood Sea to become restless. The blood boiled, and countless terrifying limbs and severed arms stretched out of the sea, trying to wash away the causal power on their bodies.

Shi Yi and his companions seemed oblivious to this, sitting cross-legged on the small boat, where the projection of the Ancient Lamp of Cause and Effect hung at the bow, illuminating a pure land.

The next moment, their own private space emerged, rising slowly and radiating brilliant light, like twenty burning suns, attracting the attention of sea creatures.

"All causes and effects have befallen me!"

The Taiyin and Taiyang bodies spoke simultaneously, and this sentence was like a magic spell, spreading out in ripples.

The creatures trapped beneath the sea of ​​blood by the power of cause and effect could no longer hold back. They roared and rushed out of the sea towards the twenty suns.

"call!"

The flame of the Ancient Lamp of Cause and Effect flickered, leaking a wisp that drifted towards the top of Shi Yi's head. Instantly, the overwhelming sea of ​​blood creatures was ignited, and all twenty caves were engulfed in flames.

A world-destroying force rushed towards him, and Shi Yi couldn't help but tremble. Invisible flames ignited all over his body, burning everything related to cause and effect.

This is no ordinary flame; it is a karmic fire that makes cultivators tremble at the mere mention of it.

The two souls immediately showed signs of pain, their bodies cracking. They simultaneously activated the Calming Chaos Technique, transforming into a pitch-black sword embryo, which was forged in karmic fire, with fragments constantly falling off.

Above the sea of ​​blood, terrifying karmic fire devoured everything, enveloping the twenty grotto-heavens. With the relentless onslaught of the sea of ​​blood creatures, the karmic fire grew ever more intense, and cracking sounds could be heard emanating from within the grotto-heavens, as if they were about to shatter at any moment.

Shi Yi gritted his teeth and persevered. This was an unprecedented ordeal and baptism, a trial by fire, a test of all causes and effects.

The Grand Elder of the Holy Academy looked worried. He knew all too well how terrifying that flame was; once touched, even the primordial spirit would be burned to nothingness.

In particular, the scale of the karmic fire ignited by Shi Yi's two bodies was unprecedented and terrifying.

Fortunately, they possessed the Heaven-defying sword technique of the Pacifying Chaos Technique, which had forged their primordial spirits to be indestructible. If it were anyone else, their primordial spirits would probably have been reduced to ashes long ago.

It is unknown how much time passed, but the creatures of the blood sea gradually calmed down and receded like the tide. The vast blood sea returned to its former tranquility, leaving only a small boat floating quietly before it.

The twenty grottoes emitted terrifying cracking sounds as their surfaces crumbled and fell into the sea, revealing their inner forms. Having undergone the baptism of the flames of cause and effect, they were no longer the same, becoming even more mysterious.

Taiyin Shiyi and Taiyang Shiyi also completed a transformation. Their primordial spirit sword embryos were reborn from the ashes, becoming incomparably sharp, capable of piercing the sky with the slightest movement.

Several days later, in another place in the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, three figures stood in the void, gazing at a strange scene in front of them.

In the void several feet above the ground, a magnificent waterfall burst forth, its origin unknown, sweeping towards the heavens like water without roots. It was gray, mixed with fragments of time, and incredibly mysterious.

"This inverted waterfall has no known origin or destination, and any living creature that approaches it disappears without exception."

It is also known as the River of Wishes. Some people have fished here and caught what they longed for, while others have fished for half their lives and got nothing, wasting their youth.

"I tried this myself when I was young, sitting here for a whole year, only to find nothing. Then I came back again and seemed to see the power of destiny in that gray waterfall." The Grand Elder of the Holy Academy explained the strangeness of this waterfall.

At this moment, Shi Yi was shocked beyond measure, because the waterfall in front of him was simply a replica of the exotic ocean waterfall. He had always thought that only exotic lands had such tributaries, but he never expected that there were also waterfalls in the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, but few people knew about them.

The Grand Elder of the Holy Academy only learned of this place by chance. When he came for the second time, he saw that the inverted waterfall contained a mysterious power of destiny, and he was filled with awe.

It wasn't until Shi Yi's twin bodies needed powerful destiny energy to temper his grotto-heaven that he remembered this place.

"Seafall!"

Sunstone whispered.

"That description is not wrong. It is vast, like a boundless ocean, yet it sweeps across the sky from below, resembling an inverted waterfall," the Grand Elder of the Holy Academy replied.

Shi Yi nodded twice and didn't say anything more.

One theory about this eerie place, Haipu, is that it's a tributary of the Boundary Sea, but is that really the case? Why would a tributary of the Boundary Sea be filled with the power of fate? Many things remain unclear.

"This place is extraordinary; it certainly presents opportunities, but it is also fraught with danger. You must consider this carefully," the Grand Elder of the Holy Academy cautioned.

There are very few places that involve the path of destiny, and he wasn't sure if this gray waterfall could help Shi Yi. But this place was not a safe and peaceful place; it was full of eeriness. Since its existence, no living being that came into contact with the gray waterfall had ever been able to reappear in the world; they had all disappeared.

The Grand Elder of the Holy Academy feared that Shi Yi's twin bodies might also suffer such an accident.

Shi Yishuang pondered for a moment, not answering immediately. He thought of Shi Hao's experience at the sea waterfall in the original work, where he used his magic power as fishing line and hook, and his supernatural powers as bait to fish. In the end, a Kun seedling took the bait and carried him and two Golden Burial Warriors to escape from the foreign land.

What should he do? Should he go fishing like Shi Hao?

After a moment, Shi Yi shook his head. As the saying goes, "Nothing ventured, nothing gained." He needed to use the power of destiny to temper his grotto-heaven and prepare for refining the Dao marker, while Shi Hao's goal was to escape the alien realm. The two were not the same.

Just as the Grand Elder of the Holy Academy was wondering, Shi Yi suddenly looked over and smiled.

"Master, I will go first. Whether I can break free from the shackles of fate depends on this moment," Taiyang Shiyi whispered.

Taiyin Shiyi also spoke up to say goodbye.

"What are you doing..." The Grand Elder of the Holy Academy was startled, with a sense of foreboding.

The next moment, his premonition came true. Shi Yi pulled back and retreated violently, falling towards the gray waterfall with his back to it. It all happened too suddenly. The Grand Elder of the Holy Academy tried to reach out and catch him.

As a result, the gray waterfall glowed, blocking it out, and even a supreme being as powerful as him could not get close at all.

"Shi Yi!"

The Grand Elder of the Holy Academy exclaimed in surprise. He had not expected that Shi Yi's two bodies would jump into the gray waterfall so decisively. Weren't they afraid that they would disappear and never be able to come back?
Amidst the gazes and exclamations of the Holy Academy's Grand Elder, Shi Yi waved his hand.

Then, they turned around and transformed. Taiyin Shiyi became a jet-black Kunzi and plunged into the gray waterfall, while Taiyang Shiyi transformed into a golden Peng bird and sped across the sea.

P.S.: Those who enjoy dark fantasy can check out "Covering the Sky: The Rebirth of the Azure Emperor, Sacrificing to Reach the Heavens" (End of Chapter).