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Chapter 568: Chapter 421: Old Acquaintance
Hearing this, Chen Xing felt subtle, it sounded a bit like a standard spiritual revival–if not for the arrival of the Exotic Region more than six hundred years ago.
Perhaps today the Blue Star is indeed undergoing a standard spiritual revival, but due to the arrival of the Exotic Region, the Blue Star entered the Spiritual Civilization six hundred years in advance.
“How many like you have survived since the ebb of the tide?” Chen Xing asked the question he was concerned about, because if the universe’s spiritual energy tide revived, and a slew of gods suddenly appeared, it might not necessarily be a good thing for Blue Star.
Nian shook its head, “You may have misunderstood, when the tide recedes, fish dying on the beach is common; they dry up and die before the next tide arrives. In a universe devoid of spiritual energy, it instinctively extracts the ‘moisture’ from all living beings. I survive by transforming into a mountain due to my species’ unique nature.”
“Do you know about the Exotic Region?” Chen Xing realized just as he finished speaking that the Exotic Region Continent was called the Exotic Region on Blue Star, and was about to find an appropriate term, but Nian waved its hand, “I can smell it on you.”
“You mean that small universe very close to us. That universe is quite new. Before our universe’s spiritual energy extinguished, a group of gods went over to open up a new path, but it seems they failed.”
“Failed?”
Nian said: “If they succeeded, it would have been them appearing here now.”
Chen Xing informed Nian about the incident of the Exotic Region colliding with the Blue Star Universe more than six hundred years ago.
After listening, Nian shook its head in silence, indicating it wasn’t all-knowing.
But it told Chen Xing that all universes have fixed locations in the Chaos Mother River. Unless influenced by an external force, one universe wouldn’t collide with another, let alone leave several precise passages between two universes, all situated on the same planet.
The human and spirit conversed for a long time, until finally, Nian said, “The lord who created me might know more.”
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Chen Xing, Sixiang, and Nian reached a magnificent and strange region deep in the universe.
From the outside, it appeared to be a planet remarkably similar to Blue Star, but once inside, the scenery changed, revealing a vast continent floating in the starry sea.
The continent floated in the starlit sky, supported by eight celestial pillars, with a pyramid-shaped Divine Mountain on its back.
Nian stopped in place and glanced at Chen Xing, “We’ve arrived, the lord is at the mountain top.”
After saying that, Nian suddenly transformed into a stream of light and merged into the continent, becoming an exceedingly ordinary stone at the mountain’s foot.
Chen Xing summoned Sixiang, and with it, stepped forward, the surrounding scenery changed, and the man and beast appeared at the foot of the mountain.
“Master, the space here is strange,” Sixiang said gravely. Having mastered the Speed Law, it held an exceptionally precise control over distance and couldn’t possibly make such a low-level mistake.
It was as if a person took a giant step forward, yet ultimately only moved a barely noticeable small step forward.
The surrounding space felt compressed.
What was scarier was that it couldn’t sense any traces of authority in the surroundings.
This indicated two possibilities: one, the opposing authority was at a level far beyond its comprehension; the other, the surrounding space was completely filled by authority without any gaps, akin to being unable to see the whole landscape while inside a mountain.
Chen Xing surveyed the surroundings; the scenery was pristine except for the absence of animals, everything seemed fine.
Chen Xing said, “It’s alright, since we’ve come, let’s go up and have a look.”
The being that could create a god-level entity like Nian, the lord it referred to, was likely of at least mighty divine power, possibly even higher.
Sixiang and Chen Xing ascended the mountain together.
The broad and flat mountain top was thoroughly cleaned, each blade of grass, each stone seemed meticulously arranged.
A winding pebbled path led straight to the entrance of a wooden cottage at the center of the lawn.
The outer walls of the old wooden materials exuded a deep duskiness, and the dim sunset light fell on the eaves of the wooden cottage.
“Dusk… when did the sun appear?” Chen Xing looked towards the slanting sun in the west. Upon reaching the top of the mountain, the temperature in the air seemed to sink, and the dim setting sun painted the west.
Chen Xing walked through the pebbled path and gently knocked on the door, “Is anyone there?”
The knuckles lightly tapped, causing the wooden door to creak open slowly inward.
Chen Xing had envisioned many scenes, but never anticipated it being a simple modern wooden house layout inside. He saw various unbranded electrical appliances and furniture inside.
There was an intense sense of surreality.
On the bed lay a yellow warm jade-carved figure, holding a small crab, with some indistinct statues scattered around it.
The moment he saw the stone statue’s face clearly, Chen Xing was stunned.
Because the stone statue’s face was identical to his own appearance.
From outside, a voice suddenly came, “You have arrived.”
Turning back, Chen Xing saw through the door, outside stood a small crab no more than half a meter tall, yet it somewhat resembled a spider, closely resembling the one held by the statue on the bed.
The little crab’s eight eyes gazed at him, the once dim eyes now glowing brightly: “You remind me of an old acquaintance; when I first met him, he too was as vigorous as you.”
The little crab looked towards Sixiang behind Chen Xing, somewhat enviously: “Cherish the time with your master.”
“What do you mean by that?” Sixiang stepped forward, even though the opponent’s strength far surpassed it.
The little crab spoke slowly, “I mean no harm, you needn’t be angry, just sentimentally moved. Once, I had someone who loved to hold me; later, as I grew, he rode on my back, and when I grew even larger, he built a small house on my back, staying in it during travels, eating, reading, sleeping. In dreams, I repeatedly recall the past, yet you have boundless futures.”
“Did you know, the lifespans of Royal Emissaries and Guardian Spirits are not synchronized, even if we could lend each other life span, a Royal Emissary’s soul will eventually decay…” Saying this, the little crab lay down, “But I have almost forgotten his voice.”
“Is that him?” Chen Xing turned to look at the stone statue in the wooden house.
The little crab grinned, seemingly guessing what Chen Xing wanted to ask, “Yes, indeed, you do look alike, but you’re not him. Everyone in this world is unique; to me, he was unique, and to your Guardian Spirit, you are also unique.”
Saying this, it looked towards the distance, its voice gradually becoming low, “Though I know… I still want to see a similar flower once more, now that I have, I should complete my task.”
“Please wait…,” Chen Xing rubbed his temples, “I have a few more questions to ask.”
“I asked Nian, but it didn’t know how to refine more authority…”
The little crab asserted, “Oh, indeed it wouldn’t know, because Nian is just a sliver of spirit that split off from me; it’s just for convenience to see you.”
“I spend most of my time sleeping, how could I keep an eye on the universe at all times.”
Thinking of his fortuitous presence beside a planet at the right time, waiting for Nian to be born, Chen Xing mused the odds were lower than winning the top prize in a hundred consecutive lotteries.
“Quickly ask your question.”
Chen Xing asked the two questions he was most concerned about, “After mighty divine power, are there higher realms, and if so, how to break through, and how to refine more authority?”
“God?” The little crab scratched its head with its short claws, it glanced at Sixiang, instantly discerning its current state.
“Its state is much like Nian’s. Nian was sealed by me and originated from my thoughts, which return to me after completing tasks.
But you all daringly asked the universe for sealing… such courage you have.
There’s no free lunch in this world. Anything you take from another, you’ll have to return even more in the future.”
Sixiang said in a deep voice, “But my Divine Country, derived after becoming a god, isn’t anchored in the world, instead transformed into an internal Divine Country.”
The little crab’s eight eyes blinked, “Isn’t that even more terrifying? You even dared to directly swallow another’s possessions.
Furthermore, you cut off the past, converging all your essence in the present. Looking at the path alone it seems fine, but as it looks like you are merging with the Divine Country and the past with the present, many methods will no longer be usable, and when the time comes, you won’t even be able to escape.”
Listening up to this point, Chen Xing became solemn.
He recalled the steps of becoming a god.
On the path to godhood in the Exotic Region, the most crucial step was reconciling and affirming the past and present to thoroughly penetrate reality, and then transcend reality, becoming a god who raises the Divine Country high.
Though each of these steps seems feasible when viewed individually, when linked together, they form an inescapable net.
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