Chapter 223: A Special World

He took out the two tiny crystal cards sandwiched between the book pages and gave them a light flick.

The two crystal cards, which recorded world coordinates, instantly transformed into two streaks of flowing light and flew into the slowly rotating Realm Derivation Instrument.

Although its spirit was lost, greatly diminishing its derivation effectiveness, the impact on Xu Xing was not significant.

Originally, he had never intended to rely on this Realm Derivation Instrument to deduce world coordinates.

After some minor modifications later, it would make quite a good magical tool for storage and analysis.

"A small world below the baseline..." Xu Xing turned to the next page.

The characters on the paper remained neat and upright, lacking the previous messiness, yet they also no longer possessed that initial sense of free-spirited elegance.

【I went and found some spiritual items for repairing secret realms that have gentle properties.】

【I have no experience in repairing worlds and do not know if this will work, but I still want to give it a try.】

【Considering that small world is too fragile, I plan to dilute this batch of spiritual items before attempting the repair.】

【...】

This time, the content filled two full pages, detailing Yuan's process of remedying the small world.

Because that single wisp of divine sense had inflicted an indelible scar upon the small world, he was exceptionally careful during the subsequent remediation process.

He did not even dare to exert too much of his own power.

Fortunately, the effects of that batch of spiritual items were quite excellent; using only a tiny amount, he managed to repair that small world back to wholeness.

Furthermore, due to the efficacy of the spiritual items, the small world, where transcendence had previously ceased to exist, actually opened up a new system of transcendence, using those spiritual items as the catalyst.

Xu Xing looked at the end of the third page.

【I did not expect that after being repaired, this small world would undergo a transformation and become capable of withstanding a wisp of my divine sense!】

【Although it is still very weak, there has been a fundamental difference.】

"It truly obtained a great fortune and crossed over the baseline." Xu Xing nodded slightly.

The so-called 'baseline' was the standard established by the Two Immortals of the Starry Sky when they explored beyond the Tai Xuan Realm in years past.

Below the baseline, the essence of a world is loose and illusory, like a balloon filled with water; even a slight external stimulus would cause it to burst apart.

Even the beings nurtured within it cannot truly be considered 'living beings'; they would dissipate directly upon leaving their world.

But after Yuan's remediation, nourished by the spiritual items of the Tai Xuan Realm, the loose and illusory essence of the world underwent transformation and became real.

Only then could it be considered to have reached the level above the baseline.

Only worlds like this were the target of the Two Immortals of the Starry Sky back then, and they are also the target of Xu Xing's current journey.

Subsequently, Xu Xing did not continue flipping pages but instead lightly tapped the page filled with neat characters.

In an instant!

The crystal cards recording world coordinates, which were sandwiched within the subsequent pages, all floated out, arranged themselves neatly, and hovered quietly before him.

They were densely packed, numbering in the hundreds.

Closing the notebook, Xu Xing rose from his chair.

Those crystal cards hovering in midair seemed as if pulled by some force; like streaks of flowing light, they darted toward that towering, massive Realm Derivation Instrument.

Buzz—buzz!

The rune trajectories, now completely dyed a pale blue, spun with increasing speed, their light casting a long shadow of Xu Xing.

"One hundred and seventeen thousand, four hundred and seventy-three worlds..."

Although he had not flipped to the back, the contents of this "Random Notes on Realm Exploration" were already clear in his mind.

And these one hundred and seventeen thousand, four hundred and seventy-three worlds were precisely the worlds containing life that Yuan had discovered during his search for the path home.

Among them, sixty-three thousand, two hundred and fourteen worlds were above the baseline.

After all, unlike the slow progress in the early stages.

As Yuan's exploration beyond the Tai Xuan Realm grew deeper, his various methods became more proficient, and the number of worlds discovered with each exploration increased.

During the mid-period of the 'Return Home' Laboratory's establishment, he completely detached himself from the Righteous Alliance and awakened the spirituality of the Realm Derivation Instrument; by the mid-to-late period, he had even created the 'Spacetime Realm Coordinate Deduction Equation,' a method capable of greatly accelerating the progress of world coordinate deduction.

Therefore, within the crystal cards from the later period, almost every single one recorded coordinates for hundreds of worlds.

Had he not later set up filtering conditions, this number would likely have multiplied several times over.

Xu Xing's expression became indescribable, light and shadow flickering in his eyes.

"There is actually an unexpected surprise."

The information recorded within the crystal cards, just like that notebook, had already been fully deciphered by him.

Among all these coordinates, there were a total of seven worlds whose energy level reached the Return to Void stage, fitting Xu Xing's current objective perfectly.

Moreover, beyond that, there was a special world coordinate that had been specifically sealed away.

It was precisely that world that caused even Xu Xing some surprise.

According to Yuan's description, upon finding that world, he had sensed a hint of danger, but because his previous exploration experiences had gone so smoothly, he became somewhat complacent and thus did not take it to heart.

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Besides, he had not gone there with malicious intent.

So, just as usual, he separated a wisp of divine sense and entered that world.

However, the incident occurred faster than he imagined; before he could even see clearly what that world looked like, a boundless, great terror seized his heart.

Although he withdrew in time, it still affected his main body, causing a minor injury.

That was the only time he had ever been injured while exploring the path home!

"To be able to injure Yuan, it indeed seems extraordinary."

This is truly remarkable.

Yuan is an existence of the Cave Truth realm, and furthermore, one who cultivates the Dao of 'Space' and 'Grand Void' within the Cave Truth realm.

Within the chaotic void outside the realms, he is like a fish in water; even if he encountered an existence of the same level, it would be very difficult to injure him.

Judging from his description of his state at the time, the one who attacked him had surpassed the Cave-Truth Realm.

Could it be…

Immortal?

But Xu Xing quickly dismissed this possibility.

The reason was simple.

The gap between an Immortal and those below is simply too vast.

Though Yuan was of the Cave-Truth Realm, if he had faced an entity of the level of 'Immortal' or 'Ancestor,' in the boundless chaos beyond the realms, he could not have escaped—and certainly could not have suffered only minor injuries.

Above Cave-Truth, yet below Immortal…

Or perhaps, a restrained Immortal?

"It might be worth exploring."

Whether from the perspective of the plan or the nature of the Xuan Realm itself, such a world was an existence too significant to ignore.

"But before that, I must deliver this to Sister Zhang and Ning Ruo."

Xu Xing flicked out two specks of spiritual light; one shot toward the Sword Sect, the other toward Ling Yin Fang.

Within the fleeting flashes of spiritual light, complex characters danced continuously.

Spacetime Realm Coordinate Derivation Equation.

To be fair, the equation left behind by Yuan was quite impressive.

With the aid of both the Realm Evolution Apparatus and the equation, his ability to explore beyond the realms far surpassed ordinary Cave-Truth cultivators, even approaching true Immortals to some degree.

Send it to Ning Ruo—see if she can assist with the 'Ascension Plan.'

As for Sister Zhang…

Oh come on, since I already sent it to Ning Ruo, I might as well let Sister Zhang see it too! (End of Chapter)