This path, everyone walks it differently!
It begins with the volume of Spring.
By the time of the summer volume... it is the Transcendent’s turn to start creating!
The Great Way possesses infinite possibilities.
"I hope that my ’summer’... will be vibrant enough; all things grow in this season, and the Pure Land is immortal in this season," Gu Shen closed his eyes and spoke softly as he tried to evolve the breathing technique that came after Spring Breathing.
This was his own breathing technique!
In the Pure Land World, suddenly, a strong wind blew.
Tie Wu, who was far away hoeing the field with a basket on his back, was caught by this sudden hot blast. He wiped the sweat from his forehead and muttered through clenched teeth, "Dammit, it’s too hot, it’s practically going to cook me alive... What’s going on with this damn weather?"
Thunder roared above the dome.
Tie Wu was startled by the extremely low thunder!
He looked up to see rain clouds swiftly gathering above the Heavenly Curtain, a sight starkly different from the continuous Chunyu... The entire Pure Land became oppressive, with the leaden cloud layer pressing down very low, and the sound of muffled thunder reverberating, grass and leaves flying around.
Tie Wu looked up, with a sense of direction, and turned his head back.
He saw the distant giant ancient tree, with its myriad branches swaying, assuming a posture of worship.
A young figure sat cross-legged beneath the ancient tree.
This series of hot winds rolled up the sea of leaves, sweeping towards Gu Shen beneath the ancient tree...
"Is Lord Divine pondering the world?"
Tie Wu instantly fell silent.
Putting down his hoe, he observed the unusual occurrences between heaven and earth with a solemn look, murmuring, "If that’s the case, let it be hot... after all, I won’t really be cooked to death..."
The damp, stifling heat enveloped between heaven and earth.
With Gu Shen’s breathing, the world’s hot wind rhythmically pulsed.
Yet that oppressive rain never fell.
It was Gu Shen’s first time attempting the "Summer Solstice Breath," and he did not succeed.
Several hours later, he exited the Spiritual World.
The branches of the ancient tree slowly dropped, regaining calm, and the heat between heaven and earth gradually dissipated, returning to the original coolness tinged with a touch of coldness of the "early spring season."
Carrying his hoe, Tie Wu felt somewhat disappointed.
During the entire process, he had been observing and vaguely guessed Gu Shen’s intentions, whispering with emotion, "It seems Lord Divine... wants to use his own power to change the laws of heaven and earth, bestowing new vitality upon this world..."
"Lord Divine is so diligent..."
Taking a deep breath, Tie Wu tightened his grip on the hoe again and straightened his conical hat, "Then I too must work doubly hard at farming!"
After exiting the Pure Land.
Gu Shen felt that his spiritual power, which hadn’t increased for a long time, seemed to have loosened ever so slightly.
It was clear, he was on the right track!
And that Golden Hoop was no longer impregnable...
With the impact of Chi Huo, it faintly held some power of resistance.
Gu Shen’s two fingers came together and pressed against his brow, after taking a deep breath, a weak thread of Chi Huo continuously struck the Golden Hoop. Eventually, it managed to form, albeit fleetingly, but was promptly pinched off by the fingers...
Gu Shen laughed from within.
He looked at the wisp of flame dissipating from his fingertips.
Indeed... there are no shortcuts in Spiritual Cultivation.
Breaking through this Golden Hoop requires hard work.
This was actually good news.
What Gu Shen lacked the least was the resolve and perseverance to work hard.
At that moment, a knock sounded from outside the door.
Because his spiritual power was contained within, Gu Shen didn’t notice in advance.
He tidied up his clothes and slowly walked to open the door... Before opening it, several names crossed Gu Shen’s mind.
But he never expected.
The visitor was a woman he had never met before, with Snow Hair reaching her waist, cloaked in a greatcoat, and wearing a felt hat.
What was more important... Chu Ling hadn’t given any warning to him.
"This woman is an Angel Envoy... Because of the highest-tier privileges, Changye’s ’Wind Eye’ cannot track her movements."
Through the Spiritual Link, Chu Ling shared Gu Shen’s vision within Zero Zero One, only seeing this ghost-like presence when Gu Shen opened the door.
"...Hmm," Gu Shen slightly furrowed his brow.
Without waiting for Chu Ling to speak, the moment he saw her, a guess arose in his heart.
Gu Shen noted that the spot where she knocked had formed hoarfrost.
That was real ice and snow!
This woman seemed to possess a strange "freezing power."
And merely by looking at her for a moment, Gu Shen immediately felt a biting chill...
He reached out to touch his cheek.
And to his surprise, felt a thin layer of ice crystals...
"Tss," a flame appeared at Gu Shen’s brow... It wasn’t Chi Huo, but the Battle Fire contained within the Golden Hoop. While the blaze was not intense, it was indeed fearsome; a thin strand was enough to burn to "boiling," ultimately swirling into golden mist.
And within the mist, a dim gold face gradually took shape.
Bai Shu looked down calmly at the visitor.
The Angel Envoy bent one knee slightly, offered a grand salute, and respectfully said, "Aluer before the Battle God Throne..."
She didn’t finish speaking.
"If you can’t control your power, you might want to close those eyes," Bai Shu’s voice interjected, cutting her off.
Aluer was taken aback.
Her power was called "Frost Murder," a terrifying natural power. "Frost Murder" could unleash exceedingly mighty lethal forces, making it exceedingly difficult to control. In fact, in the North Continent, she could suppress "Frost Murder" steadily, but now on a mission far from the North Continent and away from His Majesty, the power that was once stably suppressed was showing some abnormalities.