Chapter 1091: The Unknown World
Chapter 1091: The Unknown World
Heaven and earth spun, unable to distinguish between heaven and earth.
Space seemed to be endless, but in the next moment, it became extremely small.
Time seemed to elongate, but in the next moment, it became a flash.
They fused together, forming a huge and unfathomable vortex that swallowed the Starlight Pagoda that Xu Qing was in.
A terrifying power erupted from within, forming a vast suction force that surpassed the limits of the storm, destroying and destroying everything.
It landed on the Starlight Pagoda, affecting the Starlight Pagoda and its path forward.
Compared to it, the Starlight Pagoda was like a lone boat in the raging waves, unable to withstand a single blow.
In the blink of an eye, outside the Starlight Pagoda, the few layers that Zhang San added later directly collapsed and exploded, turning into countless fragments that scattered in all directions.
Those fragments were once again shattered by the suction force, turning into ashes and finally dissipating in the vortex of time and space.
Only the original broken pagoda that had lost all its modifications was not destroyed by the vortex. It was spinning rapidly under the suction force of the vortex.
The broken pagoda was spinning on its own, and at the same time, it was being pulled in circles by the vortex, forming a sense of chaos.
If one looked carefully, one could even see that the speed of the broken pagoda was much faster than the speed of the vortex.
And this difference in speed formed a terrifying suction force, causing Xu Qing, who was in the Starlight Pagoda, to feel an extreme impact.
This was caused by the difference in materials between the two.
Although he was sitting cross-legged in the pagoda, his body was already floating up and spinning.
He could not control himself.
And it was also different from the speed of the pagoda. It was faster.
As for the reason, it was also determined by the difference in materials.
So at this moment, to be precise, the vortex, the broken pagoda, and Xu Qing were all spinning, and they were all different.
The suction force formed by this was naturally extreme.
Xu Qing's body trembled, as if it was about to be torn apart.
And what made him feel even more pain came from his soul.
It was difficult to describe his current understanding. He only felt that everything that he sensed was clear in one breath and blurry in the next breath. Even his complexion was like this when he looked at it with his Divine Sense.
Sometimes it was two-colored, sometimes it was nine-colored, sometimes it was colorless, and sometimes it was chaotic.
These were the scenes that appeared in Xu Qing's mind at this moment.
As for his eyes, they did not open.
That was what the Palace Master of the Summer Immortal Palace had warned Xu Qing when he asked about the way to travel through the Primeval Sea.
During the journey, because Xu Qing's cultivation was not high enough, he was warned not to open his eyes.
Therefore, Xu Qing's eyes were closed the entire time.
The journey continued for an extremely long time. It was as if the road ahead was a bottomless abyss.
After an unknown amount of time, the pain Xu Qing was enduring continued to increase. His physical body was almost unable to feel any pain.
It was so fast that it did not belong to him.
It was the same for his soul. Due to the change in his perception, his soul fell into extreme chaos.
The torment brought by all this made Xu Qing feel a strong sense of danger.
'I can't go on like this. The vortex is the result of the pull between me and the broken tower due to the different rotational speeds. Either ā¦ the broken tower will collapse, or my body and soul will collapse. The latter is more likely.'
"And this feeling, I have had a similar experience before!"
Just as his body was about to be torn apart and his soul was about to go crazy, Xu Qing suddenly bit down on his tongue. He wanted to use the pain from the tip of his tongue to forcefully stimulate himself and stabilize his mind.
The effect was not obvious, and it only lasted for a moment.
Although it was only for a moment, Xu Qing still took advantage of this moment to find the source of a similar experience.
That was ā¦ the scene of the explosion of human nature, divinity, and bestial nature in the Sacrificial Moon Territory.
At that time, he was also caught in this kind of chaos. He could not reach a balance, and his soul was about to collapse.
The final solution was that he found an anchor!
In this way, he reached a balance and calmed his mind.
Back then, in the chaos of human nature, divinity, and bestial nature, Xu Qing's anchor was his obsession and regret for the Flower of Life.
"Then now ā¦
After a few breaths, Xu Qing made up his mind and gave up listening to the warning of the Summer Immortal Palace Master, because if he continued, he would be too passive and his life would be uncertain.
In that case, he decided to take control of it himself.
At this moment, Xu Qing's eyes suddenly opened.
The moment he opened his eyes, he saw the Starlight Tower and felt an even stronger dizziness.
This tower, in his eyes, was spinning rapidly. Especially when he was also spinning, the feeling of chaos was extremely strong.
Xu Qing's eyes were bloodshot, and his cultivation continued to erupt. His hands formed seals and he waved them around, using the power of his cultivation to adjust his rotation speed.
In the end, after dozens of attempts and coughing up blood, he was finally able to slow down his rotation speed and slowly reach the same speed as the tower.
The moment they rotated at the same speed, the feeling of his soul being torn apart and his body being torn apart dissipated by more than half.
He and the tower had reached a balance and were rotating in the same direction and speed, becoming one.
As a result, the pulling force was naturally reduced.
This was what Xu Qing thought of, the anchor!
Xu Qing let out a long breath.
"Myself, the broken tower, and the vortex outside have all rotated at the same speed and direction. This is the anchor!
"Now, it's time for me and the broken tower to rotate in the same direction as the vortex outside."
Xu Qing did not dare to relax at all. After analyzing the situation, he used his control of the vine to try to indirectly control the broken tower and slowly adjust it.
Time passed. After an unknown amount of time, under Xu Qing's careful control, he and the broken tower rotated at a slower speed.
They gradually reached a balance with the vortex's rotation speed.
When they reached a balance, although all three sides seemed to be rotating, because the rotation speed and direction were all the same, in Xu Qing's perception ā¦ it was as if he, the broken tower, and the vortex had all come to a standstill.
The instant this feeling of stillness appeared in his mind, Xu Qing also saw the outside world.
He saw the vast vortex, and he saw time seem to flow inside.
He saw countless spaces intersecting with each other.
He even saw blurry scenes of history appear in the vortex, intersecting with scenes of the future.
Vaguely, he seemed to see himself ā¦
But before he could see it clearly, time and space, under the power of the vortex, completely fused together.
Rumbling sounds came from the vortex, from the broken tower, and from Xu Qing's mind.
In the next moment, he and the broken tower completely fused into the vortex.
They disappeared.
As for Xu Qing, as the rumbling in his mind intensified, he could no longer suppress it and fainted.
.......
Within an unknown ring of stars, in an unknown world.
The earth was withered and yellow, filled with cracks like a spider web. It was the same everywhere.
The sky was pitch-black, and there were three ferocious eyes hanging high up in the sky, looking down at the earth.
There was not much light in this world. Only the three eyes in the sky were like moons, emitting a weak light that covered the entire world.
At the same time, it was also deathly silent.
Time passed. A day passed.
There was one more eye in the sky.
Not long after the fourth eye appeared, a vortex appeared on the dry and cracked land in this world.
This vortex only existed for a breath of time before dissipating.
Only a broken tower was left behind.
After a while, within the broken tower, Xu Qing slowly opened his eyes. At first, there was confusion in his eyes, but in the next moment, they became clear and vigilant. He looked around, sensing the outside world.
A moment later, Xu Qing frowned.
He didn't know if this was the fifth ring.
Although there was a high probability of that being the case, the situation outside made him hesitate.
According to his understanding, he had traveled through the Primeval Sea, so he should have appeared in the Primeval Sea of the Star Ring.
He instinctively looked over his shoulder.
For some reason, the mud fox had really become a mud sculpture. It didn't move an inch on his shoulder.
Xu Qing was silent as he sensed his injuries.
After that, he did not choose to leave immediately. Instead, he closed his eyes and meditated.
Two days later, with his injuries mostly healed, Xu Qing opened his eyes.
After a moment of silence, he stood up and walked out of the broken tower. At the instant he stood outside, he looked up at the six eyes in the sky.
"One a day?"
Xu Qing muttered.
It was quiet all around. There was no wind and no aura.
It was as if this world was already in an extreme state of withering.
Xu Qing was no stranger to this feeling.
Before he joined the Seven Blood Eyes, he had lived in the wilderness of the Southern Phoenix Continent for many years.
The only difference was that at that time, he was still a mortal.
"First of all, let's see what this world is like. Then, we'll search for life and see if this is the fifth ring."
"If it's the fifth star ring, I need to get to the Immortal Capital as soon as possible ā¦"
"If not for ā¦"
Xu Qing thought for a moment and put away the broken tower.
This pagoda had been severely damaged after going through the vortex. Considering that he would need it when he returned to the ninth space ring in the future, he couldn't use it anymore.
"Once I've confirmed the location of the star ring, I'll have to find a place to repair the tower."
Having done all of this, Xu Qing didn't hesitate. Filled with vigilance, his body flickered, and he vanished.
They began their search.
A day later, the seventh eye appeared in the sky.
The light it emitted gradually turned blood-red.
As for Xu Qing's figure, he was no longer in the bloody light. Instead, he had appeared underground in this world.
There, he saw a huge coffin.
Buried in the depths of the earth.
Countless marks, runes, and chains surrounded the coffin. At the same time, there was a huge array formation around the coffin.
This formation was constantly operating, extracting the life force of that existence within the coffin, causing it to spread out and nourish this world.
After staring for a long time, Xu Qing's pupils slowly shrank.
"Inside the coffin is a god ā¦"
Xu Qing slowly retreated.
On another day, the eighth eye appeared in the sky. The blood-red glow it emitted was even stronger.
Within the bloody light, Xu Qing's figure appeared on top of a mountain.
There was a city at the foot of the mountain.
In the bloody light, the city looked strange and ominous.
As Xu Qing gazed at the city, a thoughtful look appeared in his eyes.
In two days, he had traveled to many places.
Not only did he see the coffins underground, but he also saw the life outside.
It was not a human, but a race that resembled humans. Its skin was blue, and its pupils were triangular.
Most of them were cultivators.
However, regardless of whether they were mortals or cultivators, all of them were skinny. Their bodies lacked vitality and their eyes were lifeless. They were like walking corpses.
Furthermore, the cultivators here ā¦ were only at the Nascent Soul stage.
Even in the city that Xu Qing was looking at, he could sense that the three most powerful cultivators were all at the Nascent Soul stage.
"Could it be that this is a small world?"
"But based on the nutrients that the coffin absorbed to nourish this world, it shouldn't be like this."
Xu Qing had a thoughtful look on his face as he stepped forward and entered the city.
Walking inside, the cultivators here could not sense that there was a stranger beside them. The difference in their cultivations made it so that if Xu Qing did not want to, no one would be able to sense him.
Just like that, Xu Qing walked through the city and saw pedestrians, shops, and cultivators. Without exception, they were all skinny and withered, and most of their auras were of despair.
Xu Qing muttered to himself as he looked up at the eight eyes in the sky. Then, he found an ancestral temple in the city that had been consecrated.
There were many cultivators here, and the buildings were luxurious and exquisite, which attracted Xu Qing's attention.
After walking into the ancestral hall, the first thing that Xu Qing saw was an altar.
On it, there were nine blood-red eyes.
There were murals all around, describing myths and legends.
This was the information that Xu Qing needed.
Looking at the murals, he began to understand the story of the world.
Originally, it had been a peaceful world. However, countless years ago, an evil sun appeared in the sky.
Its appearance caused the world to wither and die, and all living things to be miserable.
In the end, amidst the misery and despair, nine heroes appeared. They slew the evil sun, but were seriously injured and on the verge of death.
Because of that, the nine heroes became the Dao of Heaven, and nine eyes that protected all living things.
However, because they had been so seriously injured, in order to provide long-term protection, every nine days, they would need a bit of life force to nourish themselves.
From that point on, all living things in the world were willing to sacrifice their own lives whenever the nine eyes appeared in the sky.
"Nine eyes. Nine heroes."
"The subterranean god-spirit must be the legendary evil sun."
"In that case, who are the nine heroes ā¦?"
Xu Qing looked away from the murals. As far as he was concerned, the so-called legends were nothing more than embellishments to make the harvest easier.
"Well, at least I have a clue."
Xu Qing took a step forward, and then vanished. When he reappeared, he was on a mountain peak outside the city.
Xu Qing's expression was calm as he sat down cross-legged, recovering from the injuries he had sustained while traveling through the vortex. At the same time, he looked up at the eight blood-colored eyes in the sky, waiting for the ninth eye to appear.
He was confident that once the ninth eye appeared, he would be able to see the world more clearly.