After the Returning Truth Slash, there was a silence.
The Grand Master seemed frozen, his expression solidified. In the end, he couldn't even utter the words "save me" before his body turned a dull gray, like it was covered in a shroud.
Li Buren did not let his guard down, as the Grand Master's signs of life hadn't completely disappeared. But after watching for a long time, he finally confirmed that the other party likely wouldn't move again.
The Grand Master, whose spirituality had been reduced to the extreme, didn't die. Instead, he transformed into something akin to a stone statue.
All around the stone statue was still an area of the Great Dao's forbidden zone.
The effect of "the retreat of the Great Dao" was not much weaker than when the Grand Master was still present. Except it no longer targeted anyone specifically, and instead began to naturally emanate its properties to the surroundings. Thus, Li Buren was barely able to maintain his body's cohesion.
