As Shi Yan moved, the others no longer hesitated. Although the exact direction was unknown, they all scattered from this spot.

In their view, this place was the entrance and exit of the Primordial Gate, and there wouldn't be any profound secrets nearby. Shi Yan had previously mentioned that the Sea of Life was extremely, extremely far away.

Naturally, they also believed that their respective Sources of Profound Truths would not be near the entrance either, but in a place impossibly distant from here.

Each person cultivated a different Profound Truth, and their corresponding Sources of Profound Truths were consequently different. Because of this, it was impossible for them to travel together.

Centering on this spot, Han Tian, Xiluo, Mandis, and the others dispersed, each circulating their Profound Truths, allowing the fluctuations within their Profound Truth Layer to spread out, releasing their souls and consciousness to search.

As long as there was a nearby response, or a familiar fluctuation, they would immediately take action.

Han Tian, Judy, Guy, Dracula, and the others sped across the vast, empty expanse, searching desperately for the Source of Profound Truths corresponding to themselves, but alas, they found nothing.

There were no sun, moon, or stars; there was no light source; there was no concept of time here.

Everyone searched with great diligence.

One day, Xiluo was enveloped in flowing golden light, releasing his soul and consciousness. His entire soul-sense spread out like ripples across a vast distance...

Suddenly, the Primordial Source Talisman in his Profound Truth Layer pulsed faintly.

Xiluo shuddered violently, immediately stopping and freezing in place. He retracted his spirit and consciousness, concentrating all his mental attention into a single thread, following the connection of the Primordial Source Talisman toward the perceived location within his soul.

After an indeterminate amount of time, golden electric light erupted from Xiluo's eyes. He let out a joyous scream, vanishing like a golden arc of lightning in an instant.

Unlike Han Tian, Judy, and the others, Xiluo, who cultivated the Golden Sharpness Profound Truth, possessed a Primordial Source Talisman gifted by Shi Yan. That Source Talisman was refined from the Profound Truth Talisman Tower, and the Profound Truth Talisman Tower was the key to unlocking this place. They clearly shared a subtle connection. It was precisely because of that single Primordial Source Talisman that he made a discovery before everyone else.

Following him, Mei Ji, who also obtained a Primordial Source Talisman for the Ice Profound Truth, and the Sea Shark Emperor, who received the Source Talisman for the Water Profound Truth, were also extremely fortunate to have breakthroughs.

—After a long period of searching, in a location relatively close to their Sources of Profound Truths, they too felt the fluctuation of the Primordial Source Talisman within their Profound Truth Layers, thereby connecting with their corresponding Sources of Profound Truths and fixing their direction of travel.

This day, after flying for a long stretch, Xiluo finally arrived at a place.

It was a mountain suspended in the void, its body seemingly constructed from hundreds of different types of precious metals. Within the iron-stone blocks, the various transformations of the Golden Sharpness Profound Truth were contained. The mountain stood amidst a stretch of deep, empty darkness; besides the mountain itself, there was only Xiluo. Everything else was silent emptiness.

Xiluo descended like a streak of golden light. The moment he stopped, his mind roared. The brilliant golden Primordial Source Talisman struggled fiercely within him, wanting to break free from Xiluo's control and merge into the mountain body, becoming a tiny piece of gravel on its surface.

This sensation was intensely powerful, filling Xiluo with both excitement and secret alarm. He tightly restrained the Primordial Source Talisman, his gaze burning hot as he looked at the mountain, racking his brain for a method of integration.

Infinitely far away from this spot.

Mei Ji’s delicate form trembled, her alluring face filled with excited fervor. Frost began to crystalize on her perfect body, emitting a faint, ghostly cold vapor.

Before her eyes lay endless glaciers, connecting together in a frozen sea, crystal clear and translucent. Standing before the glaciers, a deep emotion surged through her. The Source Talisman in her mind transformed into a piece of ice, also pulsing incessantly, eager to merge into the glacier.

On the other side.

What the Sea Shark Emperor saw was an entirely different world: a single drop of water, a colossal bead of liquid suspended in the void. Beneath that water bead, the Sea Shark Emperor appeared utterly minuscule.

From the water bead hanging in the nothingness, the sound of surging water could be heard—gurgle, gurgle. Hearing that sound, the Sea Shark Emperor felt an inexplicable comfort and tranquility in his soul. The Water Profound Truth he cultivated felt as if it belonged inherently to that water bead, and the Source Talisman within him was but a droplet of water, a liquid molecule that should have been one with the bead.

He gazed at the water bead as if witnessing a thousand transformations of the Water Profound Truth, seeing all its profound mysteries. Just by standing there, he felt an ever-deepening understanding of the Water Profound Truth.

If it weren't for his Source Talisman gradually drifting outward, flying out of his Profound Truth Layer to enter the water bead, he might have remained lost in contemplation.

Xiluo, Mei Ji, and the Sea Shark Emperor all possessed a Primordial Source Talisman, one derived from the Profound Truth Talisman Tower. Perhaps for this reason, their sensitivity to the Sources of Profound Truths was greater. After a long period of searching, they all made progress sequentially.

They reached the origin point of their primary cultivation, but they did not immediately begin integration. They were considering, hesitating, trying to determine the correct method of fusion.

Meanwhile, Han Tian, Judy, Dracula, and the others were still searching. They had not received Source Talismans, so their perception was much weaker, relying more heavily on luck.

Mandis was also unlucky. Despite obtaining a Source Talisman, the direction she searched was vastly deviated from the Source of Time Profound Truth, so she failed to sense the correct path, moving further and further away without any results.

Zi Yao was also searching for her own Source of Profound Truths. She flew through this realm like a streak of intense light, aimlessly.

Unsure how much time had passed, Zi Yao suddenly stopped. Her expression turned grave. She looked to the direction beside her, where a pitch-black vortex hovered, resembling a dark cavern. Beside the vortex were eight islands, arranged in an octagonal pattern, encircling the dark vortex.

Waves of profoundly evil and terrifying aura emanated from the dark vortex, chilling the very soul.

With just one glance, Zi Yao’s soul shook violently. She instantly understood: this dark vortex and the eight islands corresponded to all of Shi’s Profound Truths—this was the origin source for Devouring and the Eight Great Evil Forces!

It was also the Profound Truth Shi Yan cultivated!

Zi Yao paused for a moment. She slowly retreated slightly from the dark vortex, then stopped. She released her soul consciousness, attempting to contact Shi Yan and summon him here to integrate that Source of Profound Truth.

If Shi managed to find this place and merge the Sources of Profound Truths here into one, the realm and power of Shi would reach an unimaginably terrifying height.

At that point, Shi would become Shi Yan's nightmare, completely engulfing him and turning Shi Yan into mere nourishment for Shi’s advancement!

Zi Yao suspended her search for her own Source of Profound Truths and ceaselessly expanded her soul consciousness, trying to locate Shi Yan.

Unfortunately, the Profound Truth Layer was boundless. Even with the reach of her soul consciousness, she could not control everything, and naturally could not lock onto Shi Yan to bring him here.

She grew anxious and hesitated, wondering whether she should temporarily leave and change direction to continue searching for Shi Yan.

Yet, she was also worried. Because this place offered no definitive direction, Shi Yan, Xiluo, Mei Ji, and the Sea Shark Emperor found their Sources of Profound Truths entirely relying on the guidance of the Source Talismans in their minds. Once she left this spot, she could instantly become lost, and finding her way back might not be so easy next time.

While she was wavering, several figures materialized in a remote corner of this space, like projections.

Those illusory shadows slowly solidified into reality. The leader was none other than Sauron, clad in a silver ancient robe, resembling a venerable scholar. As soon as he entered this space, he immediately closed his eyes, and powerful soul fluctuations erupted from his body.

Zhen Ru, Candice, Fandler, and several other Ancestors from different races looked around with confusion, just as Mei Ji and Han Tian had before, frowning at the empty, desolate void with expressions of disappointment.

Sauron was faster than Shi Yan’s initial assessment. In just a few short tens of seconds, when he reopened his eyes, a smile appeared on his face. "This is a miraculous place containing Sources of Profound Truths—this is its Profound Truth Layer. From here on, everyone can separate and search for the Sources corresponding to you. Every Profound Truth that exists in our universe has a corresponding Source of Profound Truth here, but only one. If someone else claims it first, it will be your eternal regret..."

Unlike Mei Ji and Han Tian’s group, Zhen Ru, Candice, and the others had evidently been briefed by Sauron about the Sources of Profound Truths beforehand. After Sauron's explanation, terrifying light flashed in their eyes. They immediately bowed slightly, bid farewell to Sauron, and went off to seek their own fortunes, to find the Sources of Profound Truths exclusively belonging to them.

Sauron narrowed his eyes, watching them leave. He then looked down at his feet and murmured to himself, "So, everything is real..."

Similarly.

In another part of this unique space, Shi, Yuan, You Yu, Edgar, Rupert, and others also descended. After the Primordial Gate opened, it seemed it did not heal completely. Anyone who could delve into the Endless Abyss and find the Primordial Gate could enter this place.

"There's nothing here," You Yu said, looking around blankly and confusedly after landing.

Shi, appearing as a shadowy silhouette, became volatile the moment he materialized here. Many visible black lines, like his millions of severed tentacles, detached from his main body and shot off toward the sky, ground, and all directions, instantly vanishing without a trace.

Yuan narrowed his eyes. The sound of rushing water echoed in his soul, and he too released his soul consciousness to investigate.

They didn't have to wait long. Yuan looked toward Shi, and both simultaneously let out a loud cry filled with ecstasy and shock, speaking in unison: "The land of the Source of Profound Truths!"

On the other side.

A sphere of cyan lightning slowly coalesced. Within the sphere, the Life Soul Tree spread across the heavens. Suddenly, the lightning sphere contracted, then violently expanded and shattered, whereupon the human divine body of Huang, resembling Gui Liao, materialized.

As soon as Huang arrived, the fragmented memories in his mind instantly merged together.

"Whoosh! Whoosh!"

Above his head, a strange, shimmering small space suddenly emerged. Within that small space, beams of light moved like meteors, intertwining to form a marvelous, intricate sea of light resembling a spiderweb. As these streaks of light swept past, the aura of Profound Truths like Gold, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth flowed out.

If Shi Yan were here, he would recognize the strange space appearing above Huang's head as the so-called "Source of Profound Truths" his soul could reach after integrating the Origin Sky Fire—it was the magical realm within the Huang Continent.

"I finally understand," Huang declared, standing there for a long time before suddenly laughing heartily.

...RQ