“ méi xiǎng dào ， cǐ cì jué xǐng de ， jū rán lián chāo tuō jìng jiè dōu méi yǒu ……”
“没想到，此次觉醒的，居然连超脱境界都没有……”
"Unimaginable is the might of sages, and their plans are not something we can shake. But even the weak have ways to survive. The power of imagination, by observing the secrets of Daoyan, is our strength in overcoming the strong!"
“ dàng zhēn shì tiān xīng wǒ shēng miè zhī jiè ！”
“当真是天兴我生灭之界！”
The sage named Life Devouring spoke slowly, causing a chill to run down Xingfu's spine.
shuō huà de bìng fēi tóng jié wǔ zūn yǐ jí míng dào xiān ， ér shì shèng xià de liǎng dào shēn yǐng zhī yī 。 bái fà bái xū ， què shēng de qīng nián mú yàng 。
说话的并非同劫五尊以及铭道仙，而是剩下的两道身影之一。白发白须，却生的青年模样。
Exhaling, ice crystals formed from his breath.
kàn zhe bèi zhòng rén huán rào de xīng fù ， shén qíng pǒ yǒu xiē jī dòng 。
看着被众人环绕的兴复，神情颇有些激动。
Clearly, Life Devouring was restraining himself and not truly threatening Xingfu.
“ zhū wèi qián bèi ， jiū jìng ……”
“诸位前辈，究竟……”
"Those blanks erased by Daoyan—these are the foundations of the Sea and Mountains. From our perspective, they are the focus of contention between the Sea and Stars."
xīng fù xiān shì cháo zhe míng dào xiān de fāng xiàng xíng le yī lǐ ， ér hòu yī cì bài guò 。 tóng shí miàn dài yí huò de wèn dào ：“ nán bù chéng ， wǒ xiān qián jīng lì de ， bìng fēi zhēn shí 、 ér shì huàn jìng ？”
兴复先是朝着铭道仙的方向行了一礼，而后依次拜过。同时面带疑惑的问道：“难不成，我先前经历的，并非真实、而是幻境？”
"To make the Sea divine, turning it into a Star—there is that which can be changed and that which remains constant."
“ shì duì wǒ děng de yí gè kǎo yàn ？”
“是对我等的一个考验？”
"In the endless flow of the Sea and Mountains, true power lies in what has remained unchanged since ancient times!"
zhè cì huí dá xīng fù de ， què shì tóng jié wǔ zūn zhī yī 。 shēn yǐng fú dòng ， wǎn ruò lián mián yì wàn lǐ chì xiá 。 guāng huǒ càn màn ， xióng xióng fén miè 。
这次回答兴复的，却是同劫五尊之一。身影浮动，宛若连绵亿万里赤霞。光火灿漫，熊熊焚灭。
"Should we glimpse..."
guān qí yǐng ， míng qí dào 。 yú shì xīng fù zhī xiǎo qí shēn fèn ：【 jìn xiāo 】。
观其影，明其道。于是兴复知晓其身份：【烬霄】。
"Even an ant could transform into something equal to the Sea and Mountains!"
jìn xiāo huà yǔ luò zài xīng fù ěr zhōng ， dùn shí tā de shēn qū dōu yǐn yǐn jué de chì rè qǐ lái 。 fǎng fú zhōu zāo zhēn yǒu liè huǒ zài zhì kǎo bān 。
烬霄话语落在兴复耳中，顿时他的身躯都隐隐觉得炽热起来。仿佛周遭真有烈火在炙烤般。
"Equal to the Sea and Mountains." Xingfu repeated these words softly.
“ dāng rán bú shì huàn jué 。 nǐ zhī qián suǒ chù de xiān jiè gù tǔ ， dí què shì bèi kōng xiǎng gòu xiàn chū ， zhēn shí cún zài de 。 dāng rán ， nǐ xiàn zài yě néng suí shí fǎn huí 。”
“当然不是幻觉。你之前所处的仙界故土，的确是被空想构现出，真实存在的。当然，你现在也能随时返回。”
Before he could ponder further, Mysterious Dao Sage asked, "Do you know of Keeper Peak?"
suí zhe jìn xiāo de huà ， zhòng rén xià fāng ， yī dào wǎn ruò cháng hé de liú yǐng qiǎo rán fú xiàn 。 qí zhōng xiǎn lù de zhèng shì bāo kuò tiān cāng xīng yù zài nèi de yuán chū xiān jiè 。 xīng fù shèn zhì yǐn yuē kàn dào le qí zhōng de guāng wú qún xiān 。
随着烬霄的话，众人下方，一道宛若长河的流影悄然浮现。其中显露的正是包括天苍星域在内的原初仙界。兴复甚至隐约看到了其中的光吾群仙。
Xingfu nodded. "The fame of Keeper Peak is well-known throughout the realms of immortals."
“ zhǐ bù guò ， kōng xiǎng gòu xiàn shén tōng ， bìng wèi wán shàn 。 bèi fù xiàn chū de kě néng xìng ， yīn cǐ hái cún zài zhe zhì mìng de bì duān 。 kàn shì jiān rú pán shí ， yǔ zhēn zhèng kě néng xìng bìng wú qū bié 。 shí zé ……”
“只不过，空想构现神通，并未完善。被复现出的可能性，因此还存在着致命的弊端。看似坚如磐石，与真正可能性并无区别。实则……”
"But do you know that Keeper Peak is one of the Beyond Sages?"
yòu yī tiáo cháng hé liú yǐng bìng liè chū xiàn 。
又一条长河流影并列出现。
"Really?" Xingfu was speechless.
gēn yuán chū xiān jiè yì bān zhēn shí 。
跟原初仙界一般真实。
"When Keeper Peak was guarding the realm, I also saw him. Observing his fate and fortune, he was already at his limit without a name. But after not seeing him for many years, he suddenly showed signs of transcendence and sainthood. Why is this so?" Mysterious Dao Sage asked calmly.
dàn piàn kè zhī hòu ……
但片刻之后……
Xingfu had no idea about Keeper Peak's true identity but recalled what the Beyond Sages in the Sea and Death Realm had said earlier. An inspiration struck, making him boldly guess, "Could it be that Keeper Peak found that unchanging power of the Sea and Mountains?"
nà céng méng gài qí shàng de “ zhēn shí ”， bù zhī yīn hé ， shùn jiān tùn qù 。 rú tóng huà zuò bèi pō le shuǐ ， yán liào tuì shǎi ， huà zuò bù fù 。 cháng hé liú yǐng zhōng ， kě bù de jié nàn jiàng lín le 。
那层蒙盖其上的“真实”，不知因何，瞬间褪去。如同画作被泼了水，颜料褪色，画作不复。长河流影中，可怖的劫难降临了。
Mysterious Dao Sage nodded. "He adheres to the path of the Sea and Mountains—longevity!"
nà shì jī hū néng gòu bǐ nǐ dào yān zhī jié de mò shì 。
那是几乎能够比拟道湮之劫的末世。
"Longevity."
shèn zhì yú ， zhè jié nàn huǐ miè kě néng xìng de sù dù ， bǐ qǐ dào yān tūn mò hái yào kuài 。
甚至于，这劫难毁灭可能性的速度，比起道湮吞没还要快。
These two words seemed to have infinite power as Xingfu repeated them softly.
dào yān hái yào zhú bù qīn shí ， dàn cǐ kè cháng hé liú yǐng què shì zì shēn jī shí xiāo shī ， cún zài yú chà nà jiān bēng jiě 。
道湮还要逐步侵蚀，但此刻长河流影却是自身基石消失，存在于刹那间崩解。
"I wonder, what is different about this path of the Sea and Mountains compared to our usual paths of Dao?"
gāi kě néng xìng ， bàn suí zhe qí zhōng wú shù shēng líng 。 zài zhǎ yǎn jiān ， tǒng tǒng bèi mái zàng 。
该可能性，伴随着其中无数生灵。在眨眼间，统统被埋葬。
With a wave of his hand, Mysterious Dao Sage revealed an empty scroll before Xingfu.
mù dǔ cǎn jù fā shēng ， fǎng fú jī qǐ le xīng fù guò qù yuán chū xiān jiè pò miè shí de huí yì ， shén qíng yǒu xiē jiāng yìng 。
目睹惨剧发生，仿佛激起了兴复过去原初仙界破灭时的回忆，神情有些僵硬。
The scroll should have been filled with countless characters, but now they seemed to vanish, leaving only an empty scroll.
“ zhè fù mò shì jǐng xiàng ， bìng fēi biān zào 。 ér shì bù jiǔ qián ， fā shēng zài shēng miè zhī jiè de zhēn shí huà miàn 。”
“这副末世景象，并非编造。而是不久前，发生在生灭之界的真实画面。”
"Ordinary paths of Dao are born in the Sea and Mountains; they are merely transformations of the Sea and Mountains."
tóng jié wǔ zūn lìng wài yī wèi de huà ， gèng shì ràng xīng fù xīn zhōng yī jīng 。
同劫五尊另外一位的话，更是让兴复心中一惊。
"But the path of the Sea and Mountains..."
tīng wén dào huà yǔ de tóng shí ， xīng fù ěr biān hǎo sì xiǎng qǐ liǎo wú shù bīng rèn qí míng 、 ér hòu tǒng tǒng duàn liè de shēng yīn 。
听闻到话语的同时，兴复耳边好似响起了无数兵刃齐鸣、而后统统断裂的声音。
"Like Keeper Peak's longevity, perhaps it is something inherited by the Sea and Mountains from the gods. But there is part that was not fully absorbed or transformed."
yú shì xīng fèn yòu zhī xiǎo le duì fāng shēn fèn ：【 fēng cáng 】。
于是兴奋又知晓了对方身份：【锋藏】。
"All paths within the Sea and Mountains can be seen as extensions of divine power. However, what we can touch are only those parts already assimilated by the Sea and Mountains."
“ nǐ jì yǐ jué xǐng ， xiǎng bì yě zhī dào ， zhè kōng xiǎng zhī fǎ de pò zhàn ， shì yīn hé ér qǐ le 。”
“你既已觉醒，想必也知道，这空想之法的破绽，是因何而起了。”
"Only a few retain the nature of the gods."
xīng fù diǎn tóu huí dá ：“ shì yīn wèi dào yān tè xìng 。”
兴复点头回答：“是因为道湮特性。”
Mysterious Dao Sage tried to write on the empty scroll but stopped halfway each time.
fēng cáng jì xù shuō dào ：“ kě néng xìng dàn shēng yú shān hǎi zhōng ， wǎn ruò zài hǎi biān shā tān shàng suǒ kè xiě tú huà 。”
锋藏继续说道：“可能性诞生于山海中，宛若在海边沙滩上所刻写图画。”
In the end, he wrote nothing and sighed before putting away the blank scroll.
“ dào yān làng cháo chōng shuā ， jiāng tú huà mǒ qù 。 qí zhōng shàng yǒu xiē hén jì cán cún de ， biàn shì wǒ děng de jì yì yī tuō 。 ér nà xiē wán quán kòng bái zhī suǒ ……”
“道湮浪潮冲刷，将图画抹去。其中尚有些痕迹残存的，便是我等的记忆依托。而那些完全空白之所……”
"The power of imagination is used to observe the secrets of the Sea and Mountains."
“ zé shì wú děng zài yě wú fǎ huí yì 、 zhēn zhèng bèi cóng shān hǎi jiān mǒ qù de ， kōng xiǎng gòu zhù de quē shī jī shí 。”
“则是吾等再也无法回忆、真正被从山海间抹去的，空想构筑的缺失基石。”
"This secret refers to the path of the Sea and Mountains!"
“ kě néng xìng ， yīn shān hǎi wěi lì ér shēng 。 qí běn zhì zhēn dì ， bìng fēi xiàn zài wǒ děng néng gòu kān tòu de 。 zhǐ néng yī hú lú huà piáo ， bìng qiě xū fēn háo bù chā 。”
“可能性，因山海伟力而生。其本质真谛，并非现在我等能够勘透的。只能依葫芦画瓢，并且需分毫不差。”
"Those extraordinary forces that have undergone changes in the Sea and Mountains and will eventually return to the gods!"
"Unimaginable is the might of sages, and their plans are not something we can shake. But even the weak have ways to survive. The power of imagination, by observing the secrets of Daoyan, is our strength in overcoming the strong!"
The sage named Life Devouring spoke slowly, causing a chill to run down Xingfu's spine.
Exhaling, ice crystals formed from his breath.
Clearly, Life Devouring was restraining himself and not truly threatening Xingfu.
"Those blanks erased by Daoyan—these are the foundations of the Sea and Mountains. From our perspective, they are the focus of contention between the Sea and Stars."
"To make the Sea divine, turning it into a Star—there is that which can be changed and that which remains constant."
"In the endless flow of the Sea and Mountains, true power lies in what has remained unchanged since ancient times!"
"Should we glimpse..."
"Even an ant could transform into something equal to the Sea and Mountains!"
"Equal to the Sea and Mountains." Xingfu repeated these words softly.
Before he could ponder further, Mysterious Dao Sage asked, "Do you know of Keeper Peak?"
Xingfu nodded. "The fame of Keeper Peak is well-known throughout the realms of immortals."
"But do you know that Keeper Peak is one of the Beyond Sages?"
"Really?" Xingfu was speechless.
"When Keeper Peak was guarding the realm, I also saw him. Observing his fate and fortune, he was already at his limit without a name. But after not seeing him for many years, he suddenly showed signs of transcendence and sainthood. Why is this so?" Mysterious Dao Sage asked calmly.
Xingfu had no idea about Keeper Peak's true identity but recalled what the Beyond Sages in the Sea and Death Realm had said earlier. An inspiration struck, making him boldly guess, "Could it be that Keeper Peak found that unchanging power of the Sea and Mountains?"
Mysterious Dao Sage nodded. "He adheres to the path of the Sea and Mountains—longevity!"
"Longevity."
These two words seemed to have infinite power as Xingfu repeated them softly.
"I wonder, what is different about this path of the Sea and Mountains compared to our usual paths of Dao?"
With a wave of his hand, Mysterious Dao Sage revealed an empty scroll before Xingfu.
The scroll should have been filled with countless characters, but now they seemed to vanish, leaving only an empty scroll.
"Ordinary paths of Dao are born in the Sea and Mountains; they are merely transformations of the Sea and Mountains."
"But the path of the Sea and Mountains..."
"Like Keeper Peak's longevity, perhaps it is something inherited by the Sea and Mountains from the gods. But there is part that was not fully absorbed or transformed."
"All paths within the Sea and Mountains can be seen as extensions of divine power. However, what we can touch are only those parts already assimilated by the Sea and Mountains."
"Only a few retain the nature of the gods."
Mysterious Dao Sage tried to write on the empty scroll but stopped halfway each time.
In the end, he wrote nothing and sighed before putting away the blank scroll.
"The power of imagination is used to observe the secrets of the Sea and Mountains."
"This secret refers to the path of the Sea and Mountains!"
"Those extraordinary forces that have undergone changes in the Sea and Mountains and will eventually return to the gods!"