Chapter 1299: Time and Space Disorder, Cause and Effect Reversed
Chapter 1299: Time and Space Disorder, Cause and Effect Reversed
What was space-time turbulence?
For most cultivators, it was difficult to describe it clearly.
To a certain extent, it seemed to be just a description.
From a literal point of view, it was the infinite size and infinity of a certain singularity caused by the chaos of time and space.
Therefore, it also contained infinite possibilities.
However, it was difficult to describe it in detail because of the limitations of one's knowledge.
It seemed that only those who had a constitution related to time and space could explain the existence of space-time turbulence.
Xu Qing originally thought so as well.
Before entering, he thought that the space-time turbulence should be similar to his Seamless Technique, but it was more vast and mysterious.
Through his constitution, he should be more confident than others to return from inside.
However, after entering, everything exceeded his expectations.
The scenes there caused Xu Qing's mind to be filled with confusion.
Just like at this moment, when he raised his head, his eyes were looking at countless colorful vortexes.
Those vortexes were large and small and boundless. Some were regular, some were chaotic, some were still, some were rotating, and many were even intertwined with each other.
They formed an abstract and complicated starry sky.
When one looked at it, one would feel a swelling pain in one's mind that could not accommodate this information.
If one looked at it for a long time, it would shatter.
Moreover, it was not only abstract, but also the state of Xu Qing and Er Niu.
Xu Qing's body was no longer in human form.
It had become a group of glowing insects made up of countless triangular fragments. Each glowing insect only existed for a fraction of a second from birth to death.
At the moment of birth, it would magnify its own light and form an extreme light source.
After death, it would explode like fireworks, creating chaotic scenes of the future, and then it would burn into ashes like dust in an instant, drowning all the light.
The cycle repeated and became infinite.
As for Er Niu, because of the change in Xu Qing's state, he no longer existed in his hair but appeared outside.
His appearance was more abstract.
It was like a kaleidoscope formed by millions of flickering light spots, and its shape was always changing.
The words that came out also contained the meaning of chaos.
At this moment, Er Niu's voice echoed.
What he wanted to say was ā¦
"What's the situation, Little Ah Qing, where is this?"
However, after it came out, in Xu Qing's perception, it became ā¦
"What is this, Little Qing, where is situation?"
Everything was chaotic, whether it was time, space, or themselves.
Everything was twisting.
It was as if time had lost its meaning and space had lost its value.
Xu Qing was at a loss.
This was different from his constitution!
Even the so-called advance and exploration could not be carried out in a conventional manner.
In this place, one didn't need to actually move forward. As long as one had the thought, everything around them would rotate as if they were moving.
Probing was even more so.
It was as if all the secrets of this place had been revealed. As long as you could see them clearly, as long as you could understand them, as long as you could accept them, then you would know everything.
Just like this very moment, as Xu Qing probed, he saw his own humanoid figure in the unknown distance in the flow of space-time that confused him.
The so-called distance could be the past and the future in time, or it could be different levels in space.
In fact, when his thoughts converged on his distant self, he quickly realized that he wasn't just seeing one person, but ā¦ countless others.
Countless versions of himself, countless states.
He even saw liquid planets.
The planet had turned into flowing molten iron. It floated through his perception in a distorted manner.
The galaxy had become a worm full of rotten fruit, passing by in a flash.
The star regions had become unknown words engraved on tombstones. They seemed to have come to life and were fighting with each other.
It also contained the universe.
However, this universe seemed to be a shroud riddled with holes.
Not only that, but the state of existence of him and Er Niu also appeared bright and resplendent at times and dimmed at times as if it could be extinguished at any time.
He couldn't explain it clearly.
It was a mess.
This was the turbulence of space-time.
Xu Qing's confusion grew stronger and stronger. He didn't know how much time had passed. It seemed to be 10,000 years, but it also seemed to be an instant.
Er Niu's distorted voice, with a strange tone, echoed again.
"There are many similar faces that I've seen before ā¦
"There are several similar to my previous life ā¦"
These two sentences came in a chaotic way, as if they were stretched in time and space. In Xu Qing's perception, they became more and more majestic heavenly thunder.
The explosion made Xu Qing's insects rumble.
Countless triangular insects collapsed, releasing more scenes of the future, causing Xu Qing's consciousness to fluctuate violently and unable to return to one.
Only the light formed a strong flicker between the resplendent and the dim.
After a long time, when the fluctuations caused by these two sentences gradually dissipated, Xu Qing's state also slowly returned to normal. When his consciousness gathered again, he could no longer see Er Niu beside him.
Er Niu had disappeared.
As for the words he said before he disappeared, they were also strangely erased from Xu Qing's perception at this moment. He clearly remembered hearing it, but he didn't know the content.
Xu Qing was silent.
He could clearly feel that his thoughts were slowing down, and his consciousness was unknowingly showing signs of dissipating.
The sense of impending death rose in his thoughts.
However, the sense of crisis that should have appeared before death did not come.
As for this cognition, it was also because of the explosion of his body that had appeared before.
At the same time, his body instantly changed from the state of a swarm of insects and returned to human form. Then, cocoons suddenly appeared outside his body.
That was his constitution.
After all of this occurred, a seemingly belated idea appeared in Xu Qing's mind.
"I should use my constitution to create a seamless cocoon for myself to resist the chaos of space-time in the outside world.
"Use chaos to fight chaos!"
As soon as this idea appeared, Xu Qing's mind trembled, and he suddenly opened his eyes. He looked at the cocoon of constitution around him, and a serious expression appeared in his eyes.
Normally, he would first have this idea, and then put it into action.
But here, it was the other way around.
Cause and effect and logic were in chaos here.
Or perhaps it would be more accurate to say that there was no logic here, and cause and effect were reversed.
"What a space-time turbulence ā¦."
Xu Qing murmured. Only now, within the cocoon formed by his constitution, was he cut off from the outside world, and his own existence returned to normal.
His thoughts also returned to a certain degree of logic.
Then, he thought about Er Niu's disappearance.
"Normally speaking, I should have used my constitution as soon as I entered this place ā¦."
Xu Qing muttered to himself as he searched his memories for a reason why he hadn't used his constitution to create the cocoon from the start.
Gradually, he became absent-minded.
"Everything happened in an instant," Xu Qing murmured.
He remembered what he had felt before, including his confusion, his exploration, Er Niu's voice, and even his own actions in forming the cocoon.
All of this had happened in the instant he entered the space-time turbulence.
But in that instant, too many things had happened at the same time.
Simply put, in the instant that he entered this place, everything from different timelines had happened simultaneously, overlapping with each other.
And in that instant, everything had exploded.
Xu Qing fell silent.
But soon, his eyes shone with a strange light as he looked up at the cocoon in front of him, and his experiences in the outside world appeared in his mind.
"Everything here is in chaos. There's no logic, and cause and effect are reversed. But everything is reasonable.
In a way, this is actually another manifestation of time.
"It surpasses my Seamlessā¦."
Xu Qing suddenly understood why he had been able to gain enlightenment in the space-time turbulence in the God of Pain's illusion.
"It's because the space-time turbulence itself is a manifestation of a higher level of space-time perfection!"
Xu Qing's eyes flashed.
"It's difficult to leave this place of space-time turbulence in a short time. Eldest Senior Brother's whereabouts are unknown, and I can't stay in the outside world.
"Then, I'll try to use this turbulence to sharpen my comprehension here.
"But first, I have to understand what space-time turbulence is, and how it is related to and different from my constitution!
"Only by understanding can I surpass it."
Thinking of this, Xu Qing sat down cross-legged and closed his eyes. His consciousness merged with his constitution in the outside world.
In this space-time turbulence, he was like an island in the sea, motionless under the waves.
Only his thoughts were open.
What appeared on the outside was the dense fine hair that grew on the cocoon formed by the silk.
They were the strange changes in Xu Qing's thoughts under the chaotic space-time. Although they looked like this, they did not affect the function of his synapses.
They transmitted the perception of the outside world to Xu Qing's consciousness.
They became nutrients for his comprehension.
Time also slowly flowed within the cocoon.
But in reality, this flow had no value. Everything was limited, and it could not be displayed outside.
Just like how Xu Qing did not have a clue in this comprehension.
He could not find an orderly line in the chaotic space-time outside, a point that he could cut into.
And if he could not find this point, it would always be like looking at flowers in the fog, the moon in the water.
Therefore, the hairs on the cocoon continued to grow and spread in this chaotic space-time.
He tried to explore deeper.
But the outcome was the same.
Xu Qing opened his eyes and frowned as he looked at the outside world.
"It's a mess, and I can't sort out my thoughts."
"It's like countless broken puzzle pieces, and I can't find a reference, so I can't piece them togetherā¦"
"I need a reference to see the essence of this space-time turbulence."
Xu Qing murmured.
"The purpose of this reference is to be the point to cut in, to be the line to see this space-time turbulence."
"Then, what kind of reference is suitable ā¦"
Xu Qing pondered.
"This space-time turbulence is uncontrollable, and it contains all possibilities, but it seems to be restricted by an invisible force, like fate ā¦"
Xu Qing's mind suddenly stirred.
"Fate?"
Light flashed in his eyes.
The next moment, he raised his right hand and waved it over his body. In the blink of an eye, a bright divine spark appeared in Xu Qing's palm.
That divine spark was given to him by Young Master Mi Ming!
The power contained in it was fate!
Staring at the divine spark, the light in Xu Qing's eyes became more and more intense.
"Using fate as a map, I will piece together the space-time turbulence and become the point for my research!"
And fate was abstract.
It was the same as the space-time turbulence.
If the space-time turbulence was seen as countless puzzle pieces, then at this moment, on the map of fate that was about to be pieced together, the first piece ā¦
Xu Qing chose himself.
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