Hum-!
The ground beneath their feet turned into a vast grassland. It merged with the towering skyscrapers and modern infrastructures of Oxia City. Half of the space was taken up by blue flowers; the other half with purple flowers. They emitted a faint white glow before it converged into a single point. The swathes of flowers lost their mysticism. In their place was a single forget-me-not. It held four petals in total. Their colors shifted between blue and purple endlessly.
Swoosh-!
It merged into a gust of invisible wind. The breeze swept through the grassfield, heading towards Shi Tian. It left countless phenomena in its wake—flowers blooming, withering, and regrowth.
'Blossoming Heart… six Daos.'
The pinnacle of the Dao Integration Realm required the fusion of 'six' Daos into one's own Dao. Three of them were the main Daos used to form the unique Dao. The other three were comprehended during the Dao Integration Realm. These were the Daos used to progress through the Dao Integration Realm. Blossoming Heart started with Time, Withering, and Blooming. Later on, Leylah comprehended Planting, Life, and Decay. Reaching the Tribulation Transcendent Realm meant her unique Dao had long since reached perfection!
'It's not flawless.'
Creak-!
The crisp sound of ice shattering rang across the void. Without prior warning, a silhouette stood beside Shi Tian. "Senadina" watched in shock and bewilderment as the Leylah beside me made her move.
Hum-!
The phenomena she elicited was the exact same as the heart demon's. The flowers Leylah summoned overlapped atop hers. Before long, they converged into a single flower containing the essence of Blossoming Heart.
In the next instant, the two flowers crashed onto each other.
Boom-!
Zoom-!
The void trembled as their clash turned the world discordant. Time became chaotic as the past, present, and future became indistinguishable. Countless phantoms emerged atop Shi Tian, Leylah, "Senadina", and the sleeping Leylah. It was similar to a movie tape bugging out, resulting in countless overlapping figures of its cast. Nobody knew 'where' the other party was.
The other aspects were a step behind Time. Nonetheless, they affected the vast majority of the phantoms. Withering turned them into a shriveled corpse. The moment these bodies fell to the ground, they became dust swept away by the wind. Blooming summoned forth countless forget-me-nots to emerge from their bodies. Their skins cracked as the buds crawled out of them. Nurtured by their golden blood, they came into a full bloom.
The remaining three Daos added later on were the 'minor' aspects of Blossoming Heart. They enhanced the influence of the first three Daos, making it more difficult to expel them.
Swoosh-!
"Senadina" watched as the future Leylah got reduced to a sculpture made of black ice. Her figure shook momentarily before dissipating into the wind. The faint crystalline dust brushed past "Senadina's" cheek. She blankly touched it with her right hand.
Creak-!
Shi Tian gained the texture of ice all over his body. His robe was no exemption. The white light surrounding him was an aggregate of memories. The 'system' he built back in Amphoreus saw the light of day once more.
Shatter-!
As soon as the patch of ice was peeled off of his skin, three golden Dao Lotuses emerged atop his head. The translucent purple scales floating above his skin reappeared as if it was there in the first place. The bright golden glow within his golden irises contained the very essence of a world.
Using Remembrance, he recalled the memories of his peak state a minute ago!
Senadina was immediately intimidated. The sense of oppression exerted by him tore apart the distance of nigh-infinity—something created by the tribulation energy itself. She could not compare to it. Her status as a 'heart tribulation' is meager compared to it. Most importantly, she did not harbor any killing intent towards Shi Tian. All she wanted was for him to back off and buy enough time for Leylah's heart to fall.
Buzz-!
The plain black dao in Shi Tian's grasp turned into a black fountain pen. It possessed a silver metal tip at its end. He pointed it towards "Senadina" without a word. Just as he was about to make a move, a sudden memory appeared inside his mind.
'Fuli…'
The Aeon of Remembrance, Fuli, hasn't been born yet. Their birth would come once the universe arrives at the final station (i.e., Terminus). They would gather all the memories stored by the Path of Remembrance as the world begins anew.
This Aeon, who was supposedly dead, leaked out their memories onto Shi Tian.
'Summoning the Child of Anasrava… a major part of Fuli…'
His thoughts ran fast. Time hasn't passed when he made a choice.
'I don't know about the others, but her…'
It is time to meet another split personality.
*****
"Path energy bombardment is ongoing."
"Imaginary barrier fluctuations have been detected!"
"Several high status entities appeared outside…"
The commotion of Fuli's awakening sent the Federation into a state of war. The "practice" drills done during the two Meis' battle served its purpose. All the available combat cultivators were summoned forth. The Wushi Dao Sect's high-level cultivators were also forced to end their seclusion early in a bid to handle this turbulent time.
Like a well-oiled machine, the trillions of population within the solar system began working together. Due to the enhancements of Mobius and Vill-V, the chances of newly-born children having spirit roots increased drastically since three hundred years ago.
In the Year 3000, more than three trillion have been registered as immortal cultivators. Their numbers continued growing exponentially and healthily.
Most importantly, everyone is connected to the Star Network at birth.
The power of trillions of cultivators, plus the existing high-level cultivators of the Sect, can temporarily push someone at the Dao Integration Realm!
"Please suit yourself, Miss Hua. If the barrier collapses…"
"I understand."
Fu Hua nodded at Welt Yang's words. Not an ounce of weakness could be seen on her face. Still, she had to act tough. Everyone was preoccupied by the matter on Mars. Only Fu Hua, with the Dao of Extinguished Nirvana, could withstand the power of this unique eighth-grade Dao Formation without severe consequences.
"Five… no, four hundred years. The erosion by several Path Energies continues to deplete the imaginary barrier." He muttered. "They must be reacting wildly because of it."
His gaze turned towards the boundless crystalline figure. It has been present since a minute ago. He surmised it has something to do with the anomaly at Mars.
Given Welt Yang's current realm at the pinnacle of Nascent Soul Realm, his senses could not see through Mars at all. The next best thing they could do is to trust in Shi Tian and the others.
Click-!
After nodding to Fu Hua, he went towards the thirty-meter-tall humanoid mecha. It was none other than Quanta, another eighth-grade classified project of the Artifact Refining Peak. If the Star Network gathered spiritual qi and status, Quanta wielded the 'causality' of humanity. Causality itself is a dangerous weapon when used correctly. It could inflict a 'debt', 'punishment', or worse, 'weight' onto its target.
It is the weapon that uses the will of the weak against the strong!
Just as he was preoccupied with its controls, Welt Yang noticed something. He looked towards Fuli's figure.
'Did it… move?'