Chapter 567: Chapter 420: The Awakening Universe

Zhao Rui, the chief assistant of the Great Xia, said with a solemn voice, “The concentration of spiritual energy in the air has increased threefold in a single day, and the concentration is still rising at an even faster pace.”

Chen Xing sensed it for a moment: “The spiritual energy here in the Great Xia is almost no different from that in the Exotic Region.”

Zhao Rui nodded, “The research team says that if the current rate of increase can be maintained, it will reach the level of the Exotic Region in at most two days.”

As he spoke, he looked at Chen Xing.

If it were before, the changes in the Blue Star’s environment would have been a disaster for all countries on the Blue Star, but that’s no longer certain.

Previously, the Exotic Region did not invade the Blue Star on a large scale because the Blue Star had no value, with its thin spiritual energy and scarce resources having little worth beyond land resources.

So over the past hundred years, only the nearby Heaven-Burning Domain had been eyeing the Great Xia covetously.

Fortunately, the Great Xia had Chen Xing, whose feats in the Exotic Region were known to him even here on the Blue Star.

“I’ll go have a look outside the world.” Chen Xing summoned Little Void, which spread its dark purple blade-shaped bat wings like a demon dragon, spiraling around Chen Xing.

In the instant Zhao Rui made eye contact with Little Void, he felt as if he had been locked onto by some top predator.

But this feeling quickly disappeared, for with a flick of its tail, the space fluctuated, and it vanished with Chen Xing in an instant.

“Is this another new Guardian Spirit?” Zhao Rui wondered inwardly.

Zhao Rui had never seen the evolved Void Demon; he only thought it was a new Guardian Spirit that Chen Xing had recently tamed.

Judging by its aura, it should be at least an Ascension Divine Spirit.

On Mars, Little Void brought Chen Xing to the planet’s surface.

All he could see was a crimson red.

“The concentration of spiritual energy here is almost no different from that of the Blue Star, it seems not only the Blue Star’s spiritual energy is increasing.”

Chen Xing looked into the depths of space, and Little Void shuttled him in one direction continuously.

Because there were no reference points in space, he wasn’t sure how far he had traveled, but the Blue Star was long out of sight.

At this moment, the concentration of spiritual energy around him was significantly higher than when he was on the Blue Star, and it continued to grow along the way.

Now Chen Xing could finally confirm that it wasn’t just the Blue Star’s spiritual energy that was increasing, but the entire universe.

This depleted, seemingly dead universe seemed to be reviving.

“If the entire universe is reviving, the amount of spiritual energy is massive.”

In terms of sheer size, the volume of the Blue Star Universe is no exaggeration to say it is millions of times that of the Exotic Region.

The universe is so vast, the void between planets so open; if all this spiritual energy were compressed into the region of the Exotic Region, Chen Xing dared not imagine how exaggerated the concentration would be.

“Master, there’s some movement over here.”

Little Void glanced sideways at a nearby gold-gray planet, this one about half the size of the Blue Star.

In fact, Chen Xing also noticed the changes on this planet close at hand.

Dark red patterns appeared on the surface of the gold-gray planet, and the entire planet emitted intense ripples.

“Just now I was wondering, when a dried-up ocean is refilled with water, if life in the sea will revive… it seems there’s no need to dwell on that answer.”

The Taotie’s form was too conspicuous, so Chen Xing summoned the Sixiang.

The moment the Sixiang appeared, it turned its head to look at the planet.

“Master, there’s a divine presence on the planet.”

Is there a god on this planet?

But quickly Chen Xing understood that although he did not know how long the universe had been in a state of spiritual energy depletion, it likely wasn’t a short time, and ordinary creatures would have long perished under such conditions.

Only powerful individuals could have survived until now.

The Sixiang sensed briefly, then opened its eyes, “But it’s not very strong, a tier lower than the God of Hunting we recently defeated.”

With those words, the Sixiang took Chen Xing and Little Void and disappeared from the scene.

The scene shifted, and Chen Xing appeared inside the planet.

The sky above their heads was like a stirred palette, dark red clouds swirling, casting the desert in a blood red hue.

At the center of the wasteland, a mountain buried in yellow sand emitted waves of divine power.

It was these outwardly dispersing divine waves that caused the celestial phenomenon.

The next second, the yellow sand flowed like a waterfall, slanting in all directions, and brilliant divine light pierced through the gaps in the sand to rush skyward.

A gigantic arm broke through the dunes, its slender vast arm touched the clouds of the sky, ripping downward, splitting the clouds in two, and then the ground beneath trembled as the mountain before them stood up.

It was then that Chen Xing realized most of its body was buried beneath the desert, with only its head exposed.

The giant emerged from the desert, the hillocks forming the lines of its massive muscles, the mountain range supporting its spine, its eyes emitting a blazing light like twin cores illuminating half the planet.

This was the largest life form he had ever seen, even more staggering in size than the Taotie.

Though it emitted divinity, compared to its gigantic bodily form, the divinity appeared insignificant.

“Aargh!!!”

The massive life form let out a long, cathartic howl, scattering the clouds across the sky.

After venting, the massive life form lowered its head, its eyes lighting up a vast portion of the desert, examining the Sixiang and Little Void, and praised, “Such a youthful aura, oh, and even of the Void Demon species exists here.”

Chen Xing’s expression subtly changed, surprised that this being knew of the Void Demon species.

The Exotic Region referred to the Void Demon as celestial entities, rumored to be related to the fall of the Exotic Region’s Sun God.

The appearance of this ancient life form from the Blue Star Universe knowing about the Void Demon suggests that in more ancient times, the Blue Star Universe also witnessed the emergence of the Void Demon; if one were to speculate even more boldly… perhaps the Void Demon was born from the Blue Star Universe.

“You may call me ‘Nian’, I can answer your questions, in exchange, after answering your questions, you need to accompany me somewhere,” spoke the towering being who called itself Nian.

Chen Xing was somewhat surprised; it seemed that this ‘Nian’ was rather amiable.

Nevertheless, he did not rashly trust the other party.

Chen Xing said, “Any question can be asked? How do I know if you’re telling the truth? Of course, that doesn’t count as a question.”

Nian’s stone-made brain stalled for a moment, and after a while, “Our Mountain Spirit race despises deceit! Everyone across the universe knows this!”

Chen Xing looked to the Sixiang, which nodded slightly; with the Speed Authority at their disposal, the decision to follow Nian lay in their hands.

Chen Xing asked the most important question, “Why is spiritual energy in the universe suddenly reviving, when previously I never felt spiritual energy in the universe at all?”

Nian said: “Have you ever seen the tide rise and fall? As the tide ebbs, corals perish on the reefs, razor clams burrow into the sand, either departing with the receding tide or finding a place to hide and await the next flood. Now, the tide has come in.”