My Simulated Road to Immortality Chapter 2312 - 1730: The Evolution of Mountain Sea
Previously on My Simulated Road to Immortality...
Not just the All Saints plunged into their memories, but Mountain Sea itself quivered in dread, shaking ceaselessly from this revelation.
Suddenly, endless waves surged through Infinite Sea; in that very instant, the budding possibilities outnumbered everything from the prior billion years put together.
The majestic Upper Mountain appeared hit by some unseen power, quaking without stop.
Following the Mountain and Sea Devouring God, folks thought the entire world would merge back into Mountain Sea.
A balanced, everlasting realm would form in perfect unity.
But this current finding brutally crushed Mountain Sea’s deep-rooted hopes.
And so, transformation arose naturally.
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"That gaze beyond Mountain Sea, what’s its real origin? Is it the thing they name ’Star’?"
"Without that gaze, Mountain Sea might have truly kept this so-called eternity. Possibilities would emerge and fade, without touching Mountain Sea proper. Time matters for the random bursts of possibilities in Infinite Sea, but not for Mountain Sea at all. Yet that gaze from outside Mountain Sea... it alters everything!"
"Mountain Sea shifted from the timeless maker and guardian to merely a watcher. No more beyond reach or forever fixed."
"This mysterious gaze probably caused Mountain Sea’s present troubles. But what in the world..."
Once the terror passed, a flood of doubts stirred in the minds of the watching Saints.
Even Mountain Sea struggled to grasp the truth, much less the Saints there.
They could only keep observing in confusion.
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Before, unaware of the oversight on Mountain Sea, it might have held its equilibrium alone.
But after detecting that faint gaze from outside Mountain Sea, it lost its former calm.
With ripples multiplying in Infinite Sea all at once, even a simple pond couldn’t hold steady anymore.
Like a fierce gale blowing nonstop, sweeping the pond’s waters away.
Forcing Mountain and Sea to blend, shattering the peace.
Time slipped silently across Mountain Sea.
After consuming the God, Mountain Sea’s effort to gather its being into a single spot didn’t endure long before breaking apart.
This might point to some unavoidable truth.
Mountain and Sea Meld, for Mountain Sea, marked as an unavoidable ordeal.
But for the Living Beings in the chances between Mountain Sea, it equaled pure creation.
Amid the chaos of Mountain Sea, some Living Beings in Infinite Sea caught glimpses of the lofty Upper Mountain.
That sparked their efforts to climb.
While most failed, they pressed on, ignorant of surrender.
As though propelled by some unseen drive.
Though born from Mountain Sea, the drive to traverse seas like Mountain Lian burned as their core instinct!
Time, sharp as a carving blade, reshaped Mountain Sea’s initial form.
The pond’s waters trickled outward bit by bit.
From a mere stream, it swelled into vast rivers merging everywhere.
Gales tore and waters wore down, eroding Upper Mountain at the pond’s side.
Slowly fusing into those mighty rivers.
As ages rolled by, the blending of Mountain Sea sped up.
Be it a destiny Mountain Sea couldn’t fight, or its own bold try.
From the ancient unity of Mountain and Sea, holding eternal poise. To the blended state of Mountain and Sea now.
Across the vast stretch of 15 billion years.
Possibilities stopped popping up and vanishing; instead, they streamed onward forever with Mountain Sea along time’s current.
Mighty surges cleanse the grit.
As life’s wheel stretches further, the peak power of fresh Living Beings in Mountain Sea climbs steadily higher.
At last, one day, a Living Being vaulted from Infinite Sea, brushing Upper Mountain’s edge.
It didn’t last, and soon died.
Yet its effect on Mountain Sea proved huge beyond doubt.
Like a massive rock crashing into Infinite Sea, whipping up endless ripples.
Increasing numbers of Living Beings started copying it, chasing the climb again and again.
It looked pointless, yet maybe held deep purpose.
For Upper Mountain loomed right there.
Another billion years of heartfelt time drifted by.
The heights Mountain Sea’s Living Beings could attain kept rising.
No matter how vast it seemed, Upper Mountain awaited conquest someday.
Through those years, Saint Lianshan saw countless climbs, stirring something profound inside.
And joined the throng on that path.
At last, one day, surpassing all others.
Reaching Upper Mountain’s top.
The All Saints’ view, tracing Saint Lianshan’s memory, shifted.
What began as a shared tale of Three Saints now bowed to Saint Lianshan’s sight, overriding the rest.
Atop Mountain Sea, Saint Lianshan avoided gazing at it.
Instead, by reflex, he remembered those old days sensing the gaze beyond Mountain Sea.
So he raised his head, seeking the outside.
In a flash, Saint Lianshan sensed that gaze’s presence!
Even as the mightiest next to Mountain Sea, he couldn’t withstand it then—his body and Divine Soul both crumbled.
Still, Saint Lianshan gained something from it.
In that split second, he clearly perceived how, after billions of years, that gaze from beyond Mountain Sea.
Had edged nearer!
Feeling the joy of grasping the Tao at dawn and facing death at dusk, Saint Lianshan held no regrets for his rash move that doomed him.
Right up to the end, he stayed gripped by the awe from that gaze.
But as the pioneer who scaled Mountain Sea’s height, Saint Lianshan wasn’t fated to fade so simply.
As he dissolved, visions from before flooded his Spirit Consciousness—endless scenes of Mountain Sea’s Living Beings boldly pushing to climb Upper Mountain.
"Mountain Sea stands grand, and Mountain Sea’s Living Beings match it in glory, no less."
"Mountain Sea stretches infinite, but through the limited strides of Mountain Sea’s Living Beings, its measure comes clear."
Insights sparked like bolts in Mountain Lian’s Spirit Consciousness.
In his last breaths before fading, Lian Shan grasped the Tao anew.
Turning his form into a span, he forged a wide road for every being to reach the peak.
"The past me, ought not to have had such comprehension, to have such insight in the face of death in an instant."
"It’s because of..."
"That gaze."
Saint Lianshan returned to the realm.
Mountain Sea then transformed once more.
Mountain Sea had started as a standalone entity.
The so-called Living Beings, civilizations, and Tao within Mountain Sea.
None tied back to Mountain Sea.
Yet from Saint Lianshan’s rise, Mountain Sea wove tighter bonds with all inside it.
Soon after, Saints Gui Hai and Taiyi emerged.
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"The past me, ought not to have had such comprehension, to have such insight in the face of death in an instant."
"It’s because of..."
"That gaze."
Saint Lianshan returned to the realm.
Mountain Sea then transformed once more.
Mountain Sea had started as a standalone entity.
The so-called Living Beings, civilizations, and Tao within Mountain Sea.
None tied back to Mountain Sea.
Yet from Saint Lianshan’s rise, Mountain Sea wove tighter bonds with all inside it.
Soon after, Saints Gui Hai and Taiyi emerged.