Cultivating for a hundred lifetimes to ascension - Chapter 748: 445 Seal

Chapter 748: Chapter 445 Seal

All worlds across the universe follow the same principle for space-time teleportation.

That is, one must first return from the present world to the Void Realm; then, while in the Void Realm, take advantage of the phenomenon where the “Time Flow” of the present world is nearly halted, cross vast distances of space and time, and ultimately return to the present world.

From the outside, the space-time teleportation in the Seven Star Spirit Realm appears to occur in an instant.

However, Zhao Sheng and his companions have no way of knowing just how long they actually stayed in the Void Realm.

It is quite possible that a hundred years in the Void Realm amounts to only an “instant” in the present world.

This vast difference in “Time Flow” between the two realms has produced a side effect known as “time pressure.”

He Tai’s Divine Soul must have been unable to withstand the changes in “time pressure,” leading to his sudden injury.

Don’t be fooled by the fact that Zhao Sheng and the others seem fine for now; after one or two more teleportations, they too will exhibit symptoms like those of Ancestor He Tai.

The Nine Nether Void Realm is mysterious and unpredictable, and only a Half-Immortal of the Void can discern some truth of it.

If one is below the Returning to Void level, even at the Peak of Divinity Transformation, they could only sense the existence of the Void Realm but not traverse it.

That’s precisely why the Ascension Array in the Tianzhu Realm can only be utilized by the Divinity Transformation True Monarchs.

There are two main reasons for this: one is “time pressure,” and the other is the Space-Time Storm.

The Primordial Spirit of a Divinity Transformation True Monarch is resilient and can withstand the “time pressure” changes during Ascension, while a Nascent Soul absolutely cannot.

“Since it’s the ‘time pressure’ causing the injury to the Divine Soul, then we… My Lord, please make a decision!” Xian Kong Ancestor said halfway, then suddenly bowed and asked Zhao Sheng for instructions.

Zhao Sheng’s gaze turned to the group, and he immediately made a decision…

…

In the Seven Star Spirit Realm,

The surface of Dark Star was desolate and silent, pitted and covered in a thick layer of Crystal Sand; amongst the gravel, the occasional fragment of ghastly white bones could be discerned, and in the meteor craters, glimmering ghost fires would ignite and fade away in a swirl.

At this time, six streaks of tunneling light shuttled back and forth in the Upper Sky above the Dark Star, intersecting each other now and then.

Zhao Sheng, speeding over the surface, repeatedly waved his hand to throw down triangular Array Banners, landing them precisely onto the nodes of the Great Array.

Xian Kong, Thunder Roc, Yama, and He Tai were also doing the same.

Daoist Ou Feng hovered above Dark Star, directing everyone as they moved from node to node, setting up the array.

After the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, all one thousand and eight Array Banners had been inserted into the nodes of the array; the Thousand-Ring Formation was complete.

“Tianqiong, rest assured, I will manage the Thousand-Ring Formation without any mistake. If there is any oversight, I will give you my head to accompany your drinks …” Daoist Ou Feng cherished the Ten Thousand Talisman Array Plate, boldly thumping his chest and making a military pledge to Zhao Sheng.

“Then I’ll have to trouble Mr. Ou.”

After saying this, Zhao Sheng nodded, then turned to the Four Nascent Souls, and commanded in a deep voice, “Depart.”

After speaking, he transformed into a long rainbow, plummeting down, in the blink of an eye landing on the surface of Dark Star, vanishing in a flash.

Seeing this, Yama and the others turned into streaks of light, entering the depths of Dark Star one after the other.

One hundred li,

Thḭʂ ₡h𝒶p†𝕖r ɩ𝓈 p𝙤𝙨𝕥𝗲ⅆ bʏ Ҡı†𝖾𝕟𝕠𝕧єḷ

Two hundred li,

Three hundred li,

…

During the descent, Zhao Sheng noticed that the quantity of agate-like Crystal Stones in the soil and rocks significantly decreased, and even their size had shrunk by more than half.

On the contrary, the concentration of Spiritual Energy underground had abnormally increased tremendously.

Just after descending four hundred li, the nature’s spiritual energy had become so dense that it was almost liquefied; it was so saturated that one hardly needed to run any Cultivation Technique for the inexhaustible nature’s spiritual energy to actively surge into the body.

If a cultivator in the Qi Refining Realm were to be here, they would inevitably be blown apart by the excessive nature’s spiritual energy within a matter of moments.

When things are abnormal, there must be a demon at work.

Zhao Sheng had a realization, while also making a mental note of this anomaly.

Pff!

As he descended past five hundred li, Zhao Sheng suddenly stepped into emptiness, falling into an underground Crystal Cave, where the gravity around him sharply increased by dozens of times.

The light of his Magic Domain soared explosively, and in a flash, compressed into a three-zhang-wide golden force field.

Glancing around, the mesmerizing and eerie Crystal Cave had changed drastically.

The Crystal Walls on the dome and the cave walls had melted away, exposing mottled gray and yellow soil and rocks.

The previously towering thick Crystal Columns had collapsed and dissolved, leaving only broken stumps protruding two to three feet above the lake surface.

However, the most drastic change was that the thousand-zhang tall Crystal Peak had vanished without a trace, replaced by a Spirit Liquid Lake that had submerged the entire cave.

Crowds of spirit clouds packed the sky above the cave, the Spiritual Energy liquefying into a deluge of spirit rain, falling down relentlessly like a torrential downpour.

Bean-sized raindrops hit the lake surface, splashing up countless droplets.

Zhao Sheng’s eyes sharpened as he spotted clusters of Crystal Silk flowing, writhing, and swaying beneath the Spirit Lake, resembling sea anemones or swarms of crystal-clear threadworms.

Hum!

At that moment, the Azure Mist Crystal Bead Zhao Sheng wore around his waist suddenly started vibrating vigorously, emitting layers of green light, purifying the dense spirit rain as it fell.

Hum, hum!

With one humming sound after another, Yama, Thunder Roc, and the other four Nascent Souls drilled out from the stone walls one by one, covered in a halo of green light, flying behind Zhao Sheng.

“Have you sensed it?” Zhao Sheng looked down at the Spirit Lake below and said calmly.

“It has weakened; its aura is at least eighty percent less than it was two years ago,” Thunder Roc Ancestor happily interjected immediately.

Xian Kong Ancestor, with eyes wide open and exuding vigor, urgently exclaimed, “Attacking the Crystal Corpse was indeed the right move. Now that creature is like a toothless old tiger. It’s the perfect time to kill it while it’s down! My Lord, let’s take action now!”

Hearing this, Zhao Sheng didn’t look back and said, “I need it alive, I have a great use for this creature.”