Shen Yi did not, in fact, have much room to choose.

In the eyes of this heaven and earth he was a man who had never been born.

On sheer stubbornness, and backed by a vast store of demon lifespan, he had managed to climb the road to heaven at last.

And he had forged every one of his Heavenly Palaces solidly on the road of Return-to-Void; on a foundation that thick and firm, he had been able to glimpse the true faces of all five immortal cities, and a heavenly gate beyond them on top of that.

If word of it got out, there was no telling whether other cultivators' Dao-hearts would shake with envy.

But seeing was one thing, and reaching was another.

To hold a ceiling of cultivation that outstripped everything in Nanhong—

and then to have the very first great city, Longhan, block his road dead.

This was the first kalpa, and it was called birth.

The rainbow bridge could be forced. But he could hardly go ramming himself bodily into the great city of Longhan — it was only the shadow of a city, not some real treasury where you broke down the door and helped yourself to a Dao weapon.

"Let's try it, then."

Shen Yi drew a deep breath and looked at the panel.

【Remaining Demon Lifespan: 7,230,000 years】

And it had to be said — if the haul this time had not been so rich, there was no telling how long it would have taken to scrape together the lifespan these five Myriad Demon Halls alone required.

The next moment the number on it began to change fast.

At the same time a wash of pitch black spread out from Shen Yi's pupils and slowly took over the whites of his eyes.

And so, within his sight, the blue sky that had been full of auspicious vapors and clouds a moment ago was swallowed by a black veil like thin gauze, and the light went out of it fast.

Cover your own eyes, and screen the workings of heaven that way?

A…