Does anyone actually Believes That My Master Is A Mortal?

The birth origin.

This is the starting point of everything.

At this moment, in a mysterious and unpredictable corner.

Taishang Laojun stands here, a profound pattern rising beneath his feet, and in the palm of his hand, a light that is gentle yet carries a destructive aura emanates.

This light is a chain.

On the other end of the chain, Chu Yuan is seated in meditation, radiating Divine Light all around him.

As time passes by, stream after stream of pure Divine Light flies from the void into the birth origin.

Then, with a speed difficult to capture, it quickly arrives in front of Chu Yuan and enters his body.

One after another, the Divine Light merges into Chu Yuan.

Before long, the aura on Chu Yuan surges wildly.

This enhancement is very rapid; in just a brief moment, his aura begins to transcend the mundane world.

And within the aura, there is a sense of profound mystery.

But suddenly, Chu Yuan seems to sense something, his eyes opening in an instant.

The moment he opens his eyes, two intense beams of Divine Light shoot out.

As the light flies out, the birth origin trembles violently, and everything seems to make way for Chu Yuan.

The very moment he opens his eyes, Chu Yuan becomes aware of the events transpiring in the Nameless Realm.

"Luo Er, Qian Yuan, Luo Xue, and all my Disciples."

Chu Yuan's spirit is shaken.

He already contemplates returning.

Taishang Laojun beside him notices Chu Yuan's intended thoughts, slowly retracts his palm, shakes his head, and then speaks.

"Nameless Master, you must not be distracted. Once distracted, all efforts will be in vain. Your body contains numerous Divine Lights—leaving aside those that haven't returned to their positions, even the ones currently within you have not been fully integrated."

"If you become distracted now and the Divine Lights escape, even at the peak of our powers combined, it would be hard to retrieve them in this birth origin."

The intent of Taishang Laojun is evident.

This is not the time for rash actions.

If one acts rashly now, it will become difficult to deal with later.

The gravity of the situation goes without saying.

If something unexpected happens, then the original essence will be flawed forevermore, unable to be recovered.

Chu Yuan would no longer aspire to return to the peak state of the Nameless Master.

"My many Disciples are in mortal danger; I cannot ignore them."

Chu Yuan speaks softly.

His voice is very light, very faint, but with a firm determination.

He must save his Disciples.

His Disciples have been with him for so long, so long that he has come to consider them his own children.

"Nameless Master, you are becoming attached,";

"Nature has its own laws which should be followed. If one's destiny includes a calamity, then naturally one must weather it. If it doesn't, forcibly entwining oneself into calamity will hardly inflict any harm."

Yet, Taishang Laojun shakes his head, indifferent to such concerns.

"This..."

Chu Yuan's heart tightens.

That's easy for him to say, but Chu Yuan cannot stand by while his Disciples are in trouble.

So Buddha-like, this Taishang Laojun.

Chu Yuan has spent some time with Taishang Laojun and has come to somewhat understand his character.

This Taishang Laojun and his former self, the Nameless Master, were close friends.

The Nameless Master was probably an 'Invincible yet Lonely' existence, hence not very talkative and cold, which made him friends with Taishang Laojun.

And Taishang Laojun, he is a being that extremely advocates for a Buddhist approach—going with the flow, doing nothing and staying out of the affairs of the world.

According to Taishang Laojun's beliefs, everything in the universe has its own laws, to follow them is to accord with nature and thus the will of the universe.

To put it more bluntly, it's captured in the phrase: "When the time comes, heaven and earth work together; when the luck fades, even heroes lack freedom."

Follow the natural order, and the heavens and earth will lend their power; with this, one can break all laws.

But in Chu Yuan's view, this was very much in line with the Buddha's teachings.

To watch his disciples follow the heavens and earth with his own eyes, he truly couldn't do it.

If any of his disciples really died, it would break his heart.

Seeing this scene.

Taishang Laojun once again smiled.

It seemed that he also understood what Chu Yuan was thinking.

After pondering for a moment, he spoke with a relaxed and smiling tone.

"To follow nature, to conform to the heavens and earth, what is wrong with that?"

"But you, Nameless Master, must know that the heavens and earth are our creation; to conform to the heavens and earth is to conform to us."

"If your disciples indeed meet with disaster, what is there to fear? With a single thought, you can resurrect them."

Taishang Laojun's meaning was crystal clear.

You're scared of what, follow the heavens and earth, the heavens and earth are created by beings like us, conforming to the heavens and earth is conforming to us.

And besides, even if something happened, so long as you reach the peak state, in a moment of thought, won't they be resurrected.

So in truth, nothing can really go wrong.

Reminded by Taishang Laojun like this.

Chu Yuan suddenly saw the light.

There was actually such a way.

It seemed, there were no issues at all.

If he were in his peak state, he could indeed revive with a flick of his hand.

Zheng, his subordinate, had told him about this before.

The Dark Dominator, was a being created by his casual handiwork.

Resurrecting any existence during the peak period, should all be no problem.

However...

Chu Yuan still did not wish to see his disciples die.

So he had to complete the return of the Divine Light quickly, to restore his peak state, and then rush back immediately to stabilize the situation.

With this thought, Chu Yuan instantly gathered his thoughts.

After saying a word to Taishang Laojun, he closed his eyes and continued to merge with the Divine Light.

Only now did Chu Yuan start to calculate in his heart, how long he might need to reach his peak and restore himself to the complete form of the Nameless Master.

The complete form of the Nameless Master, possesses many powerful laws.

Laws like Not to Be Looked At, Unfathomable, Unthinkable, Unutterable, Indescribable, and so on and so forth.

Each power is extremely formidable.

Among them, 'Not to Be Looked At', he had already experienced; wherever his gaze fell, he was invincible.

The other powers he hadn't experienced, but he knew they were definitely very strong.

"Accelerate the recovery to a complete form."

"Once I reach the peak state, I can truly become invincible."

Right now, Chu Yuan had no other desires, all he wanted was to protect his disciples well.

Immediately, he began to calm his mind, entering the state wholeheartedly, to accelerate the fusion with the Divine Light.

...

Just as Chu Yuan devoted himself to the fusion with the Divine Light.

The great battle within the Starry Sea was finally about to begin.

Streams of power from the Overlords poured into the Starry Sea.

The defenses outside the Starry Sea, in front of the Overlords' power, were like glass, easily crushed.

The protection outside the Starry Sea was of no use; its only purpose was to let Ye Luo and others at the other end of the Starry Sea know that the Overlords had arrived.

Upon knowing of the Overlords' arrival, Ye Luo and the others instantly became serious, each one readying themselves to launch an attack at the other end of the Starry Sea.

The battle begins...