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"This is the All Things Phase..."

Lin Yue lightly tapped his fingertips, and at once, the invisible essence of heaven and earth surged and gathered.

The vast essence first transformed into a multicolored mist, like smoke and fog, then condensed again into surging water, flowing silently, and finally solidified into a piece of seemingly tangible five-colored crystal jade, which fell into his hand.

"Truly the nascent form of the Heavenly Reversal Path."

Lin Yue felt the hardness and the power contained within the jade, and nodded slightly, "Such a superficial use, still the most basic Five Elements Essence, yet it has this much potential."

The Sun Chasing Path was a combination of Wind and Fire, with virtualization and penetration abilities, excelling in evasion.

The Heavenly Tribulation Path was a combination of Water and Wind, forming heavenly lightning, excelling in attack and destruction.

This All Things Phase combined Earth, Water, and Wind, representing the essential state of all things in the cosmos, belonging to a relatively balanced category, decent in attack, defense, and evasion.

These three paths were considered heavenly reversal levels, each with their strengths and weaknesses, without superiority or inferiority.

"The Ultimate Path..."

Lin Yue sat on the city wall, closing his eyes to sense the Ultimate Path he had once received, and upon comparison, could not help but shake his head slightly.

"It truly is still quite far off..."

The Human Ancestor's three kinds of heavenly reversal paths fused, forming part of the Ultimate Path, and furthermore, those were three extremely compatible paths.

His three paths were not compatible enough, and aiming for the Ultimate Path naturally made it even harder.

For him, there was no such thing as a partial Ultimate Path.

Other people, without guidance, even with the fusion of countless heavenly reversal paths, could break through bottlenecks, yet could only get exceedingly close but never truly reach the ultimate.

But he, as long as he found an opportunity to break through the bottleneck, could achieve the ultimate.

The difficulty was just too high.

"Still lacking, probably need at least two or three more..."

Lin Yue estimated to himself, but was not in a hurry.

Previously, he couldn't even see the threshold, obviously too little accumulation, but now with the three heavenly reversal paths formed, the accumulation was clearly much deeper.

Continuing like this, he would undoubtedly achieve it one day.

Moreover, his Dao Heart still needed to be honed continuously, as the Dao Heart that carried the Ultimate Path had even higher requirements.

...

Time passed.

In the thirty-first year of the Qingyuan era, on the fifth day of the second month.

The howling cold wind swept across the vast land of Xiliang, in the icy heavenly dome, a colossal black warship roared from afar, breaking through the sky and waves, shattering the mist.

Within Qingdu City.

Lin Yue stood in front of a bun shop, slightly turning his head to glance up, his gaze penetrating the heavens to see the Dawn army on that colossal warship.

Among them was the Dawn army's commander, Zuo Tianchui, and it was clear this expedition to Eternal Night was led by this Left Governor.

"They've arrived?"

Lin Yue showed a slight smile, then turned to the shop assistant of the bun shop and said, "Hurry up please, I'm heading out."

"Sir, setting out in such cold weather? Going far?" The assistant lifted the steamer lid and packed three large meat buns for Lin Yue.

"Yes, quite far."

Lin Yue smiled, paid, took the buns, and turned to leave.

Taking a bite of the bun, he stepped forward.

By the time he bit into the second steaming hot bun, Lin Yue had already entered the interior of that colossal warship.

This warship's defensive barrier could almost block all great cultivators, but since it was 'almost,' there naturally were exceptions.

He happened to be that nearly impossible exception.

Inside a room in the warship.

The light of the Long Bright Pearl was soft and bright, and the Dawn army commander Zuo Tianchui was sitting at a desk, flipping through a somewhat old-looking scripture.

"Left Governor."

Lin Yue, holding the buns, appeared out of thin air in front of the desk.

"Your Highness?" Zuo Tianchui was startled and couldn't help saying, "The warship's barrier was laid long ago, yet you managed to enter?"

"To avoid alerting others, I snuck in quietly." Lin Yue smiled, casually handing him a bun, "Just bought it, freshly steamed hot bun, want one?"

"Thank you, Your Highness."

Zuo Tianchui did not mind, promptly reaching out to take the bun, saying, "Are you truly undertaking the Eternal Night mission alone?"

"Yes, by then don't wait for me, proceed as planned, act as if I'm not there." Lin Yue nodded.

Zuo Tianchui, originating from the Ancestor Hall, was a registered disciple of the Main Hall Master, but instead of becoming the hall master of the Ancestor Hall, he went to Dawn Platform as a commander, with unquestionable loyalty.

Therefore, the Imperial Master specially asked Zuo Tianchui to lead the team, and only Zuo Tianchui knew of Lin Yue's existence.

"Have you familiarized yourself with Eternal Night?" Zuo Tianchui asked out of concern.

"I've read the related literature." Lin Yue nodded slightly, saying, "In any case, I will not stray beyond ten thousand miles from the Great Yong Divine Formation, there's no need to worry."

"As long as you are confident." Zuo Tianchui inquired no more.

"What's the expedition route for the Dawn army this time?" Lin Yue asked, "Let me take a look, so I can find a time to depart."

"Here."

Zuo Tianchui promptly handed Lin Yue a dossier, saying, "The destination this time is the Jiuchuan River region of Eternal Night. Besides searching for Fire Cloud Colts, Seven-tailed Cranes, and other mutant beasts, there's also the task of mining some Purple Sun Jade, though the mission isn't too heavy."

Lin Yue opened the dossier and looked at the Dawn army's planned route.

Although the destination was the Jiuchuan River region, the route was winding and hard to fathom, with missions to gather herbs and explore mutant beasts' nests along the way.

After pondering for a while and comparing with the map the Second Prince left him, Lin Yue decided when to leave the Dawn army.

"Is this your first time going to Eternal Night?" Zuo Tianchui asked.

"Yes, the first time." Lin Yue nodded.

"The first time we people of Great Yong enter Eternal Night, we all hear strange indistinct calls, feel an inexplicable sense of oppression, and under the influence of the Power of Eternal Night, our perception is suppressed to that of mortals, like suddenly going blind."