Chapter 1037

The heavens spun and the earth turned, with no distinction between heaven and earth.

Space seemed endless, and the next instant it was extremely small.

Time seemed stretched, and the next moment it became fleeting.

They merged together, forming a huge and unfathomable vortex, swallowing the Starry Sky Tower where Xu Qing was located.

Terrifying power erupted within, forming a vast pulling force, exceeding the limits of a storm, destroying everything and annihilating all.

Falling onto the Starlight Tower, it even influenced the Starlight Tower itself and its path forward.

Compared to it, the Starlight Tower was like a lonely boat in a raging sea, unable to withstand a single blow.

In the blink of an eye, the layers that Zhang San had added later outside the Starlight Tower collapsed and shattered directly, exploding with a bang, turning into countless fragments, scattering in all directions.

Those fragments were pulled and shattered again, turning into flying ash, finally dissipating within the vortex of time and space.

Only the most primitive residual tower, which was revealed after losing all the acquired additions and modifications, was not destroyed within this vortex, rotating rapidly under the power of the vortex.

The residual tower itself was rotating, and at the same time, it was circling along with the pull of the vortex, forming a sense of chaos.

Even if one looked carefully, one could see that the rotation speed of the residual tower itself was much faster than the rotation speed of the vortex.

This was caused by the difference in the materials of the two.

And this different rotation speed formed a terrifying pulling force, causing Xu Qing inside the Starlight Tower to feel an extreme impact.

Inside the tower, although he was sitting cross-legged, his body had already floated up and was also rotating.

Unable to control himself.

And the rotation speed was the same as the tower he was in, which was inconsistent and faster.

As for the reason, it was also determined by the different materials of each other.

So at this moment, to be precise, the vortex, the residual tower, and Xu Qing were all rotating, and each was different.

The pulling force formed by this was naturally extreme.

Xu Qing's body trembled, as if it were about to be torn apart.

And what caused him even more pain came from his soul.

It was hard to describe his specific cognition now; he only felt that everything he perceived was clear in the previous breath and blurry in the next, and even the colors, under the examination of his divine sense, were like this.

Sometimes two colors, sometimes nine colors, sometimes colorless, sometimes chaotic.

This was the scene that appeared in Xu Qing's mind at this moment.

As for his eyes, they were not opened.

That was a point warned by the Palace Master of the Xia Xiangong when Xu Qing inquired about the method of passage through the primitive sea.

During the process of passage, because Xu Qing's cultivation was insufficient, he was warned never to open his eyes.

So Xu Qing's eyes remained closed.

And this process of passage lasted for an extremely long time, as if this path forward was an abyss without an end.

I don't know how much time had passed, but the pain Xu Qing endured was constantly increasing; his physical body could almost no longer feel the pain, as if it were no longer his own.

His soul was even more so; under this change in cognition, he fell into extreme chaos.

The torment brought by all this caused Xu Qing to feel a strong life-and-death crisis.

"This won't do; the outcome caused by the pulling force formed under the different rotation speeds between the vortex, the residual tower, and me will be... either the residual tower collapses, or my form and spirit collapse, with the latter being the most likely."

"And this feeling, I have had a similar experience before!"

At the moment when his body was being torn apart and his soul was about to go mad, Xu Qing bit his tongue hard, wanting to use the pain of his tongue tip to forcibly stimulate himself to stabilize his heart-mind.

The effect was not obvious, and the action lasted only for an instant.

Although it was only for an instant, Xu Qing still used this fleeting time to find the source of his previous similar experience.

As for the palm, a gap split open—that was a bloody, gaping maw.

At that time, he was also trapped in this chaos, unable to reach a balance, and his soul was about to collapse.

The final solution was that he found an anchor!

With this, he reached a balance and settled his spirit.

"Anchor... balance..."

Back then, in the chaos of humanity, divinity, and beastliness, Xu Qing's anchor was his obsession and regret for the Life Flower.

"Then now..."

After a few breaths, Xu Qing was decisive in his heart, giving up listening to the warning of the Xia Xiangong Master, because continuing like this was too passive, and life and death were unknown.

Since that was the case, he decided to take control himself.

Thus, Xu Qing opened his eyes abruptly at this instant.

The moment they opened, he saw the Starlight Tower and also felt an even more intense dizziness.

This tower, in his eyes, was rotating rapidly, especially in the situation where he himself was also rotating, the feeling of chaos was incomparably intense.

Bloodshot eyes appeared in Xu Qing's eyes; the cultivation within his body continued to erupt, his hands formed seals, waving constantly toward the surroundings, using the power of his cultivation to adjust his own rotation speed.

Finally, after dozens of attempts, at the cost of spitting out several mouthfuls of blood, he finally lowered his own rotation speed, slowly reaching the same rotation speed as this tower.

The moment the rotation speeds were consistent, the tearing of the soul and the pulling of the physical body finally dissipated for the most part.

He and this tower reached a balance, becoming one with the exact same rotation direction and speed.

In this way, the pulling force naturally decreased.

This was the anchor Xu Qing thought of!

Xu Qing let out a long breath.

"I myself and the residual tower, as well as the vortex outside, the rotation speed and direction of the three are completely the same, balancing each other; this is the anchor!"

"Then now, it is to let me and the residual tower go and be consistent with the rotation speed and direction of the vortex outside."

Xu Qing did not dare to relax in the slightest at this moment; after analyzing in his heart, he tried to indirectly influence the residual tower by relying on his control over this Divine Vine, adjusting slowly.

Time passed, and I don't know how much time had passed; finally, under Xu Qing's cautious control, the speed at which he and the residual tower were rotating decreased.

It gradually reached a balance with the rotation speed of the vortex.

The moment they balanced each other, although the three parties seemed to be rotating, because the rotation speed and direction were the same, in Xu Qing's perception... it was as if he and the residual tower, as well as the vortex, had all appeared to be still.

The moment this feeling of stillness appeared in his heart, Xu Qing also saw the outside world.

He saw the vast vortex and saw that time seemed to flow within it.

He saw countless spaces alternating within it.

He even saw blurred historical scenes appearing in the vortex, accompanied by scenes of the future, intersecting within.

Vaguely, he seemed to see himself...

But before he could see clearly, time and space, under the power of this vortex, completely merged together.

The booming sound came from the vortex, from the residual tower, and from Xu Qing's mind.

The next instant, the residual tower and he completely merged into the vortex.

Disappearing without a trace.

And on Xu Qing's side, following the intensity of the booming in his mind, he could no longer suppress it and fell into a deep sleep.

Within an unknown star ring, in an unknown world.

The earth was withered and yellow, filled with cracks like spider webs, and it was the same in all directions.

The sky was pitch black, with three eyes carrying ferocity hanging high above, looking at the earth.

This world did not have much light, only the three eyes on the firmament, like moons, emitting weak light, shrouding the entire world.

While hazy, it was also dead silent.

Time passed, and a day went by.

There was one more eye on the firmament.

Not long after this fourth eye appeared, in this world, a vortex appeared on the dry and cracked earth.

This vortex existed for only one breath before dissipating.

Leaving behind a residual tower.

After a while, inside the residual tower, Xu Qing slowly opened his eyes; his eyes were blank at first, but the next instant they became clear, turning vigilant, and he looked around abruptly, perceiving the outside world.

After a moment, Xu Qing frowned.

He did not know if this was the Fifth Star Ring.

Although the probability was high, the appearance of the outside made him somewhat hesitant.

Because according to his understanding, he passed through the primitive sea, so the position he appeared in should also be the primitive sea of the star ring he was going to.

Thus, he instinctively looked at his shoulder.

The mud fox, for some reason, had truly become a mud statue, motionless on his shoulder.

Xu Qing was silent and perceived his own injuries.

Then he did not choose to go out immediately but closed his eyes to meditate.

Two days later, as his injuries recovered by more than half, Xu Qing opened his eyes.

After pondering for a moment, he stood up and walked out of the residual tower; the moment he stood outside, he raised his head and looked at the six eyes on the firmament.

"One more eye every day, huh."

Xu Qing murmured.

It was quiet all around, with no wind and no aura present.

It was as if this world had already fallen into extreme withering.

Xu Qing was no stranger to this feeling.

Before he joined the Seven Blood Eyes, in the wilderness of the Nanhuang Continent, he had survived like this for several years.

The difference was that at that time, he was still a mortal.

"First, I need to see what state this world is in, and then look for life to explore whether this place is the Fifth Star Ring."

"If it is the Fifth Star Ring, I must head to the Immortal Capital as soon as possible..."

"If not..."

Xu Qing thought for a moment and put away the residual tower.

This tower, after experiencing the vortex, was now broken and dilapidated; considering that he would also need to use it to return to the Ninth Star Ring in the future, it was inconvenient to continue using it now.

"After confirming the star ring I'm in, I also need to find a place to repair this tower."

After finishing all this, Xu Qing did not hesitate; with vigilance, his body flickered forward and disappeared from the spot in an instant.

He began his exploration.

One day later, a seventh eye appeared on the firmament.

The light it emitted gradually revealed a blood color.

And Xu Qing's figure was not in the blood light; he appeared deep underground in this world.

There, he saw a huge coffin.

Buried deep in the earth.

Countless marks, countless runes, and countless iron chains bound and surrounded this coffin, and at the same time, around this coffin, there existed a vast array.

This array operated at all times, extracting the vitality of the existence within the coffin, causing it to permeate the outside and nourish this world.

After gazing for a long time, Xu Qing's pupils slowly contracted.

"The one inside the coffin is a god..."

Xu Qing retreated slowly.

Another day, an eighth eye appeared on the firmament, and the blood light it emitted was a few shades thicker.

In this blood light, Xu Qing's figure appeared on a mountain peak.

Below the mountain, there was a city.

In the blood light, this city appeared to be filled with bizarreness and ominousness.

Gazing at that city, Xu Qing's eyes revealed contemplation.

In two days, he had walked through many places.

Not only the location of the coffin underground, but also outside, he had seen the life here.

They were not the Human Race, but a group similar to the Human Race, with skin revealing a blue color, and the pupils in their eyes were triangular.

The vast majority of them were cultivators.

It was just that whether mortal or cultivator, everyone was thin and withered, their vitality was not thick, and their eyes were dull, as if they were walking corpses.

Besides, the cultivators here... the highest level was only Nascent Soul.

Even in this city that Xu Qing was looking at now, in his perception, the three strongest within were all Nascent Soul.

"Could it be that this is a small world?"

"But judging by the nutrients absorbed from that coffin to nourish this world, it shouldn't be like this."

Xu Qing was lost in thought; he took a step and walked into the city.

Walking within it, the cultivators here could not perceive the stranger beside them at all; the gap in cultivation between them made Xu Qing here, if he did not want to be perceived, no one could perceive him in the slightest.

Just like this, Xu Qing walked forward in the city, seeing pedestrians, seeing shops, seeing cultivators; without exception, they were all withered, all thin, and the aura they emitted the most was despair.

Xu Qing pondered, looked up at the eight eyes on the firmament, and then in this city, found an ancestral hall that was being worshipped.

There were the most cultivators here, and the architecture was luxurious and exquisite, which attracted Xu Qing's attention.

Walking into the ancestral hall, the first thing that caught Xu Qing's eyes was the offering table.

On it, nine bloody eyes were worshipped.

And the surrounding carved murals described myths and legends.

This was exactly the information Xu Qing needed.

Thus, he looked immediately, and gradually, from these murals, he saw the story of this world.

This was originally a peaceful world; an unknown number of years ago, an evil sun suddenly appeared on the firmament.

Its appearance caused the world to fall into withering and death, and the living beings were miserable.

Finally, in this sorrow, under this despair, nine heroes appeared; they beheaded this evil sun, but they themselves were severely injured and dying.

Thus, the nine heroes transformed into the Heavenly Dao, becoming nine eyes, protecting the living beings.

It was just that because their injuries back then were too severe, in order to protect for a long time, they needed some vitality to nourish every nine days.

From then on, the living beings of this world, they were willing, and the moment the nine eyes appeared on the firmament every nine days, they actively offered their own lives.

"Nine eyes, nine heroes."

"The god underground should be the evil sun in this legend."

"Then who are these nine heroes..."

Xu Qing withdrew his gaze from the murals; this so-called legend, in his view, was nothing more than beautification for the sake of better harvesting.

"However, the clues are finally here."

Xu Qing walked forward, his figure disappeared, and when he appeared, he was already on a mountain peak outside the city.

Standing there, Xu Qing's expression was calm; he simply sat cross-legged there, recovering from the injuries caused by the passage vortex while looking up at the eight blood-colored eyes on the firmament, waiting silently.

He believed that when the ninth eye appeared, he would be able to see this world more clearly.