Cube-like Supernatural Powers: Longevity Begins with Qi Refining

Chapter 79 The Desperate Thug Inside the Fragment Layer

Chapter 79 The Daredevil Within the Fragment Layer

One by one, the transparent threads, clearly perceptible, densely packed, and crisscrossing, coalesced into intersecting nodes, entered Xiong Zhou's field of vision.

This was a special spatial structure that allowed him to travel hundreds of millions of miles in a single step, thanks to the instinct he had previously acquired by the Universal Dao Body.

"Based on the supplementary lessons I've taken during this time, I've consulted the sect's texts on the void, and those countless transparent threads forming a net" constitute the first layer of the spatial structure of heaven and earth, which most sects now refer to as the "network layer."

"Previously, I used the instincts granted by the Universal Dao Body to traverse space, which was essentially leveraging the characteristics of the 'network layer' to make node-based jumps."

"From one intersection formed by a varying number of intersecting void threads, leap" to another intersection formed by a varying number of intersecting void threads.

Now, Xiong Zhou is also using these "nodes" to make "jumps".

However, the direction is not "jumping upwards" as before, but "leaping downwards", constantly moving towards the "deeper" where the intersections are denser and the pressure on the body is greater.

After several dozen breaths, the abundance had been greatly depleted, and Xiong Zhou took a slight breath.

After a total of ten jumps, covering approximately one billion miles, the structure of the network layers began to change.

The surrounding void threads began to sway visibly, like seaweed swaying or ocean tides, rising and falling in a very regular pattern, bringing one slight "spatial wave" after another.

This wave surged and undulated, containing the complexities of heaven and earth, which together transformed into wave after wave capable of instantly annihilating ordinary mortal beings.

Although it wasn't enough to harm Xiong Zhou, who possessed the Universal Dao Body, it still made him a little unsteady on his feet.

"The second layer of the celestial and terrestrial space: the tidal layer."

"The power of the rising and falling of the Void Sea is affected by the irregular fluctuations of the Void Sea, which in turn causes the Void Threads to tremble, thus forming a spatial structure with higher pressure."

"At the same time, it is also the birthplace of the spatial-type Qi of heaven and earth."

While recalling the information recorded in the sect's classic texts, Xiong Zhou caused the Dao patterns of the Universe Dao Body to bloom, transforming into vast "anchors" that stretched towards the constantly swaying nodes around him.

It forcibly constructs a temporary, stable, and unfluctuating micro-region, similar to a network layer, to give itself a place to settle.

With a flick of its furry white paw, it reached out from mid-air and plucked a wisp of silvery-gray Qi of heaven and earth.

"Qianyu is one of the basic elements of heaven and earth for cultivating spatial magic, but it's not of much use to me right now."

"After several transformations, within my unique abundance lies a trace of the innate universe, which is enough for me to use various time-related and space-related Taoist techniques."

Xiong Zhou tossed Qian Yuzhi off his paws and looked around.

Before the will of the mountains and seas enhanced his physical strength and increased his body's load-bearing capacity, he was unable to reach the tidal layer of the spatial structure of heaven and earth.

My understanding of this place was basically limited to what I had seen in various classic texts during my tutoring sessions. Coming to this spatial structure now, I still feel quite novel.

Exactly, why didn't we see a single hidden paradise?

Logically speaking, if there were any hidden realms within the Danxue Divine Mountain, they should be located in the shallow layer of the tidal layer, near the network layer.

This way, the secret realm can absorb the necessary energy of heaven and earth, maintain a positive energy cycle, and construct a void passage to connect to the real world without being too difficult.

The Blood Calamity Cube was taken out of the Inner Realm by Xiong Zhou, and a wisp of abundant Qi entered it, putting it into operation once again.

"Um?"

Xiong Zhou showed a look of astonishment.

The streaks of blood-red light projected by the Blood Calamity Cube were actually extending deeper into the structure of the heaven and earth.

The true form of the Demon Shadow is still further away.

The Phoenix and its battlefield are located in a more illusory and distant place compared to the present world.

"Shall we go even deeper?"

"Why is this distance so far?"

Looking at the drifting blood-red light, Xiong Zhou estimated that there was still at least 19 trillion miles to go, which is nearly 1 light-year.

After a moment of contemplation, he mobilized the vital energy of heaven and earth continuously sent from the [Gate of Another World], and fully activated the spacetime cube attached to it, maximizing its ability to anchor spacetime.

Strands of brilliant silver light bloomed, extending from the inner world and spreading along the Dao patterns of the universe, forming a nearly tangible 100×100×100 grid domain. This caused the void threads within the coverage area to nearly come to a standstill, just like a network layer.

Strands of "spatial waves" surged from all directions, but became incredibly stagnant upon touching this domain. Even though the anchor formed by the Dao patterns of the universe was no longer anchored to the surrounding nodes, it was no longer possible to shake the bear boat's body.

Immediately afterward, Xiong Zhou had a thought and unleashed the "Sealing Heaven and Locking Earth" technique. One after another, almost tangible or illusory chains stretched out, mimicking the structure of the surrounding void threads, weaving and recasting within a nearly tangible bright silver field.

In the end, it coalesced into a small boat covered with Dao patterns of heaven and earth, its entire body a bright silver color.

The Dao patterns of the universe connected into a line, and with a gentle hook forward, the bear boat braved one "spatial wave" after another, cutting through the waves and moving forward.

A quarter of an hour later, Xiong Zhou became more and more familiar with this way of traversing, and a faint understanding began to emerge in his mind, which resonated with a certain spatial truth that he had previously comprehended and summarized, and there was a faint tendency for them to merge into one.

With a bitter expression, Xiong Zhou took out a large bag of bitter lotus seeds from his inner world and stuffed them into his mouth, swallowing about ten thousand seeds.

Just as the bitterness shot straight to the top of my head, a refreshing feeling lingered in my consciousness, firmly placing the final step down.

[True Meaning: Spatial Teleportation (+)]

"Add some points!"

[Note: The "Abundance System: Sealing Heaven and Earth" provides a basic framework of true meaning, incorporating universal laws and Dao patterns. The surrounding environment supports verification, the breadth of true meaning is enhanced, and it begins to reorganize and sublimate...]

[Hint: Sublimation complete]

[True Meaning: Universe Travel Level: Refinement Level 6 (Incomplete)]

Completeness: 10.02%

Remarks:

1. [True Meaning: Space Teleportation] This is an elevated version.

2. Beings that are in harmony with the laws and principles of heaven and earth, such as space, void, traversal, leaping, and cosmic light, can use this to advance to the fourth realm of immortality (similar to the sixth level of Qi Refining).

Special: There is still a slight possibility of further sublimation.

【Innate Divine Power: ■ (Pixel Cube)】As reliable as ever, it directly visualizes and quantifies Xiong Zhou's insights, allowing him to see his progress intuitively.

After glancing at the information panel, Xiong Zhou stretched out his paw to rub the bitterness emanating from his cheek, and unleashed the full power of [True Meaning: Universe Shuttle], merging into the small boat beneath him, causing his speed to surge through the tidal layer.

One times...ten times...hundred times...thousand times...ten thousand times...hundred thousand times!

Maintaining the attachment of the Universal Truth, Xiong Zhou locked onto a node ahead and maneuvered the silver boat beneath him to crash directly into it.

"boom!"

A massive tunnel exploded open at this node in an instant, forming a translucent, bright silver passage entirely constructed of violence. The vast expanse of spacetime overlapped in front of the silver boat, completing a path warp of approximately one light-year.

A faint silver light flashed, and the silver boat darted out from a node and continued to move forward.

After about an hour, or roughly two hours, the regular void threads gradually thinned out, and tiny, irregular fragments of space quietly appeared one after another.

"The third layer of the spatial structure of heaven and earth: the fragment layer."

"This is the place where many cultivators at the sixth level of the Refinement Realm, in order to save time, directly took the building materials when constructing the artificial secret realm."

"Yes, it is also a popular place for people to comprehend the principles of space, time, and spacetime."

"According to the sect's records, within the 'Refining World,' many sects establish one or more bases here, with the Taiqin Dynasty providing unified management."

"However, it's clear that the 'Mountain and Sea Realm' is different; the spatial fragments here are too small, and the corresponding legal principles generated are too superficial."

"This is probably because the Mountain and Sea Realm is in a special period at the beginning of creation, and without many powerful cultivators at the True Immortal Refining level to nourish it, the origin of heaven and earth is not yet strong enough."

As Xiong Zhou recalled the various descriptions of this place, the light emanating from the Blood Calamity Cube in front of him grew increasingly intense. A corner of shadow, anchored within it by the Universal Law, seemed to sense the source of power and became extremely active, like a small octopus pinned to a wooden plate by a silver fork.

Persistence, contraction, diffusion...

Full of vitality.

Xiong Zhou steered the small silver boat beneath him, following the guidance of the Blood Calamity Cube, and continued to approach.

A few more minutes later, his face twitched slightly, and he thought to himself, "I've found the place."

"However, this commotion is quite loud."

One after another, long rainbows hundreds of miles wide radiated from this area, forming a massive circular blockade with a diameter of about 0.1 light-years, firmly anchoring this secret realm of heaven and earth here, isolating it from the present world with a high degree of intensity.

Perhaps the Phoenix was aware that the leakage of this demon's power had caused some impact on the Danxue Divine Mountain, which is why it pushed the Heaven and Earth Secret Realm to the fragment layer, hoping to keep it as far away from the mortal world as possible.

A phantom of a phoenix suddenly flashed across this secret realm of heaven and earth, followed by one phantom of a phoenix after another soaring into the sky, wielding the power of heaven and earth at the peak of the fifth level of the Refining God realm, driving the surrounding space to unleash one colorful divine rune after another, making the seal even more secure.

Xiong Zhou counted them carefully and found that the total number was as high as thirty-six.

"I was wondering where all the powerful totems of the Danxue Divine System had gone. Turns out they were all here assisting the Phoenix in suppressing the demons."

"But this situation isn't very good..."

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"Although the principles and methods of the Five Elements are important components of the matter of heaven and earth, they are not quite enough when used for sealing."

"The records of the Tai Li Immortal Sect state that demons, and indeed things corrupted by demons, exist..."

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Just as Xiong Zhou was muttering to himself, wisps of shadow silently seeped into each and every divine rune, dragging them into the shadows and placing them in an unpredictable, probabilistic chaos, thus destroying their inherent order.

After the reinforcement was completed using divine runes, in less than ten breaths, the power of the Demon Shadow began to seep out.

One after another, the activated shadows evolved into giant pythons, which opened their blood-red maws and bit at the thirty-six phoenix totems, their eyes filled with obvious hatred and resentment.

"go back!"

"Shadow, you cannot break through our blockade a second time!"

A phoenix totem with an air of vicissitudes shouted loudly.

He unfurled his fiery red wings, using the power of heaven and earth as a spear, generating countless beings that pierced through all the shadow pythons, pinning them to fragments of space, leaving them, like the wisp of power anchored to the Bear Boat Blood Calamity Cube, only a sliver of room to struggle.

"what?"

"Your strength is quite impressive; you're actually able to keep up with that remnant soul who chased after me during the Azure Sky Realm's Grand Tournament."

Xiong Zhou looked surprised.

Although the "Azure Sky Realm" is not a complete outer world, its total amount of the origin of heaven and earth and its future growth potential are far inferior to those of a truly complete outer world.

However, in this very strange place, they probably found a pile of earth-shattering dog poop, and its fate defied the heavens to the extreme, resulting in the emergence of an immortal holy body that was close to that of an immortal.

With such a near-immortal figure existing, even at its peak, the strength of the "Azure Sky Realm's" fundamental energy might still not be comparable to that of a normal, truly complete outer world.

However, in terms of legal integrity, it is absolutely similar to, and even comparable to, a normal, truly complete outer world.

In terms of the completeness of its legal principles, it may even surpass the "Mountain and Sea Realm," a complete world at the beginning of creation.

Even by the standards of a "refining world," the cultivation system, cultivation methods, and powerful cultivators in such an environment are by no means few. At least compared to the top-tier sects below the immortal sects, they are definitely not much weaker.

This phoenix totem truly startled Xiong Zhou.

This level of power seems beyond what a totem whose own cultivation system is still in its infancy could possibly exert.

The next moment, this phoenix totem wilted.

His aura plummeted in an instant.

It seemed as if some divine secret technique had been used to unleash power beyond its own capacity, and strands of golden, blood-red light scattered through the gaps in the down feathers, staining the tiny fragments of space red.

Fortunately, these nailed shadow pythons were promptly stuffed back into the phoenix totems and filled into this radiant, multicolored secret realm.

It was only at this moment that Xiong Zhou noticed something amiss with these phoenix totems.

Golden divine blood was sprinkled on their bodies, as if they had repeatedly overloaded their internal energy, resulting in severe backlash.

"These acupoint totems are all like workaholics..."

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