Chapter 308: Returning to the Main World, Baichuan's Gift

The other party was precisely a part of Canglan!

It represented Canglan's physical strength, pure destructive power.

Only at this moment did Baichuan finally understand why the true form of Canglan's soul he had once seen possessed three faces — one a visage of blood-red eyes and fangs in fury, one a visage of a fluffy, adorable little monkey, and the third…

And Cang likely represented the little-monkey visage of the other's childlike heart, possessing the other's flesh-and-blood power.

Should one say, as expected of a descendant of a Star Beast?

From this one glimpse through the tube, one could see just how powerful a true Star Beast was, as well as a trace of the miraculous nature of the legendary True Immortal.

But since there were three faces, where then was the last one?

Baichuan thought about it, but paid it no further mind — after all, it was already dead, so it didn't matter.

Apart from this, the most important thing was that LV3-level ability; even LV5 Qi Attachment, Baichuan felt, was not as important as this ability. The former merely allowed his own body to become a bit stronger, but the latter truly let him come into contact with another kind of mystery — Space!

Don't look at how, every time they fought within the planet, or traveled, or tore through the void, or teleported, with all kinds of small spaces and small worlds, and assume they could master the power of space.

In truth, that was only because of the special nature of the position, and the existence of the Ancient Bell Barrier — the two underwent some change Baichuan couldn't clearly articulate, which made it appear as though they possessed spatial abilities. In reality, everything merely relied on the position and the Ancient Bell Barrier to accomplish those acts.

Leave this planet, and it's nothing.

Before Cang's ability appeared, setting aside the mysterious Ancient Bell, what truly connected to space was nothing more than materials for creating storage-type spaces — a special mineral possessing spatial properties.

And now, although Cang's ability was merely small-range teleportation, it gave him an additional sense — the ability to see another space that existed above reality, a power that could truly break free from the position and be used in Xingkong.

But as for the specifics, they won't be mentioned here.

Time flowed like water, years flew like a shuttle.

In the blink of an eye, another five years had passed.

"It's time!"

On this very day, Baichuan sensed the planet that had already begun to flourish, and completely released the isolating power of the Ancient Bell.

Because all preparations were already sufficient — only the final energy Light Points enveloping the entire globe remained.

Accompanied by a violent boom, a massive planet slowly emerged from invisible space, reappearing within Xingkong.

The first to arrive was a violent tremor, as if the entire planet were shaking.

The surroundings were pitch dark, with all manner of chaotic energy rays or torrents constantly bombarding that layer of barrier—

Baichuan had merely released the Ancient Bell's isolating power; the barrier itself had not been removed. After all, the beings of Tianyuan Jie had long grown accustomed to a myth-style sun, and the dragon body that followed would inevitably wrap around the planet, so there was no need to startle countless lives.

Borrowing the fact that his mind-heart had merged with the position, Baichuan was able to observe the surrounding Xingkong from the planet's perspective.

At a glance, it was a grey-white expanse, with all kinds of chaotic lines dancing everywhere, or sheet-like liquid objects sweeping past.

Beyond that, all manner of jumbled information was constantly transmitted in various forms — had he not long since grown accustomed to receiving vast amounts of information, he would have long since fallen into a daze.

A bit farther away, within the grey-white field of view, an extremely dark, massive spherical object was continuously releasing large quantities of black liquid-like matter, that black substance rippling forth wave after endless wave.

At this, Baichuan suddenly understood — that was a star, or what could be called a sun.

But in this perspective, was the sun actually black?

A flicker of doubt crossed his mind, but Baichuan didn't dwell on it,

After watching for a little while, he withdrew his gaze.

It was time to once again envelop this planet with energy Light Points.

With a thought, Baichuan transmitted a message to Xiao Hong within the world's interior.

During the time before this, he had long since bestowed the complete blood-worm ability upon Xiao Hong, making it whole, able to produce energy Light Points on its own.

This decision, he had also deliberated long and hard before making.

After all, he now was long since a different person from before; although the blood-worm's power was still one of his core abilities, he had long since surpassed the former blood-worm,

All manner of powers had been completely updated and replaced, so he no longer needed to cling to LV5-level abilities as he once had,

Xingkong was full of unknowns; if he didn't strengthen his Juanzhu before stepping into Xingkong, he feared they wouldn't be able to keep pace with him.

Of course, the premise for all this was still that he possessed a brand-new means of control — the projection of his own model (will).

After all, there was that saying: only the sun and human nature can never be looked at directly.

He, Baichuan, was willing to trust the relationship between himself and Xiao Hong's consciousness, but he also feared that the blood-worm's completeness would revive its original consciousness, covering or even devouring Xiao Hong — Xiao Hong was, after all, a remnant, a consciousness born later.

Fortunately, the development of events did not produce the scene he least wished to see. At the same time, perhaps because of Xiao Hong's trust in him, and because the abilities originating from the blood-worm had grown stronger and changed, the Light Point energy Xiao Hong released — apart from being unable to give birth to a Small Self belonging to him, Baichuan — could all be controlled and used as his own Light Points.

Thus, he no longer needed to toil alone for several hundred years to completely envelop the entire planet; he could let Xiao Hong complete all of this. (Poor Xiao Hong!)

Of course, because of this,

Xiao Hong today could also be said to be the strongest beneath himself, because with the support of this "senior," various mutated energy light points were supplied in unlimited quantities for absorption, and it itself had begun to grow continuously.

Moreover, the other's bloodline was originally that of a being at the Earth Immortal level from birth; now, with his help,

After more than a hundred years of Time, it had also successfully touched upon the Planet Overlord tier.

Now her strength should be considered above Heavenly Sovereign, yet she had not stepped into the Planet Overlord realm — a sliver weaker than a half-step Planet Overlord.

Should one say, as expected of a heaven-gifted being?

Not truly taking that step was only because, under the isolation of the Ancient Bell's power, there wasn't sufficient energy and nourishment for the other to draw upon to break through.

Reflecting on the changes during this period, Baichuan slowly withdrew his thoughts.

Now Xiao Hong had only just begun using stellar power and Photosynthesis to store energy, before beginning to spread it across the globe; once she finished spreading it, she should also be able to break through to Planet Overlord.

Therefore, he still had some spare Time to complete the final matter—

Returning to the planet where he was originally born.

To take a look at that incomparably special world.

Previously, after he had finished organizing the miraculous phenomena born from his breakthrough, Baichuan had, through that position, vaguely sensed a mysterious spherical object!

Upon examination, he actually discovered it was his former world!

This discovery was undoubtedly chilling. He had originally assumed that the relationship between the two planets was merely that each occupied a corner of a stellar system, inadvertently linked by a peculiar spatial tunnel like a wormhole — once he began transforming Tianyuan Star into a dragon body and left its original position, the connection between the two might be severed.

But he had never expected that the development of events exceeded his imagination — that Original Star (the former main world) had actually appeared within his position's perception; under this peculiar perception, it was as though that planet, that world, and Tianyuan Star were within arm's reach!

Rather than some scattered, different starry skies and star systems!

In other words, even if he had transformed Tianyuan Star into a dragon body to roam the starry sky, that Original Star would still follow him!

Although this meant he didn't have to completely abandon his former birth planet, such a turn of events was entirely beyond his comprehension.

He had thought he had thoroughly understood the truth of these two worlds, but never expected such a change to appear at the last moment — the specialness of his birthplace exceeded his imagination!

No matter how hard he racked his brain over this specialness, he could not fathom what kind of power could have created such a situation.

Beneath all these mysteries, the experiences he had encountered over there, and the special beings he had met, were undoubtedly shrouded in a layer of fog.

His planet of origin, or perhaps including Tianyuan Star, was extremely special!

He had even begun to suspect whether the starry sky he had once seen over there was real at all!

Actually, under normal circumstances, he should have gone back to that mysterious planet to investigate the moment he first noticed this. Unfortunately, with his imminent step into the starry sky, there had been too many things demanding his attention.

Now, at last, he was free.

Thinking this, he gathered his focus, took a single step, and arrived near that spatial tunnel.

With a sweep of his Dragon Claw, ripples of a peculiar kind stirred across the void, and the familiar scene of days past appeared before him.

Then he plunged in, his long dragon body gradually vanishing from sight.

A few breaths later, the scene before his eyes shifted, and he had returned to his former Original Star.

"The concentration of energy Light Points… seems to have dropped quite a bit?"

"Perhaps after a while longer… this world will fall back into a Spiritual Silence era…"

Lifting his head, Baichuan gazed at the energy between heaven and earth, far thinner than when he had left, and murmured to himself.

Still, it was enough to replenish his energy reserves.

The next moment, Baichuan descended to the ground, and his vast perception began drawing in the energy of this land. Strand by strand, under the sun's light, the energy flowed like trickling streams into his body.

'It's a pity the efficiency is still far too slow compared to spiritual power… Photosynthesis can't quite keep up with my pace anymore…'

Baichuan thought with a touch of regret.

Although his spiritual power accumulation wasn't all that fast either, with the existence of the standing point converting it, his spiritual power accumulation rate was still decent.

Within him now existed two kinds of energy.

One was the Biological Energy of the nourishing type, originating from all living things — substances like sugars and fats — which, under the blood worm's ability, sublimated into a certain Material Energy, stored within the Star Bag, ready to be swiftly converted back into nourishing-type Biological Energy when needed. It was an indispensable energy for him.

The other was a Biological Energy called "spiritual power," obtained on Tianyuan Star. This energy did not take the form of various substances; it was born within living beings yet roamed beyond the bounds of life's active energy. It was born from the various chaotic energies of the cosmic starry sky being converted by the standing point, then combining with the blood nourishment of living beings and the derivatives of soul and Spirit.

Compared to the former, its energy level was considerably higher, and its Burst applicability was especially broad. It could easily merge with a certain rhythm inherent to a planet's operation, reproducing such a scene — this was the essence of what was called spiritual power cultivation.

Unfortunately, these two could not yet achieve mutual exchange or easy conversion.

Perhaps, one day, when I could achieve mutual conversion between the two, then the gate to creating something from nothing — the gate belonging to matter — would open before me.

Baichuan pondered this in his heart as he walked across this land that had become slightly unfamiliar.

A Flame Dragon over a thousand meters in length walking across this land should have caused a tremendous stir, but strangely, wherever it passed, all things in the world seemed blind to it, treating it as nothing. Not only that, the ground itself showed not the slightest disturbance, as if the creature were both there and not there.

He simply strolled across this land, one footprint at a time, with no specific destination, following the feeling in his heart, wandering as he accepted the gathering of energy.

He had once stood too high, and forgotten that he had once been one of them. Since growing stronger, he had never truly taken a good look at this beautiful land.

Now, he was about to embark on a long journey.

Although his perception suggested this planet might be very special, he did not know whether, after this, the passage would truly still be there, or whether he would still have a chance to use it to enter this world.

After all, speculation was ultimately speculation — until the very end, no one could be sure.

Therefore, he wished to leave something behind for this land that had given birth to him.

Heaven gives birth to all things to nourish man; man has not a single thing with which to repay heaven.

He had grown powerful; it was time to leave some gift for the world.

One day, two days, one month, half a year, one year…

Wind blew, rain fell, snow drifted, floods passed, the great sun blazed overhead, the earth cracked…

He climbed mountains when he met them, forded waters when he met them, passed through forests, walked into swamps, crossed deserts, ascended snow-capped peaks…

Lost upon this land that had given birth to him, when the mood struck he would reveal his dragon form and spiral among all things, frolicking with them, letting various birds alight upon his coral-like dragon horns, small creatures nestle beneath his body…

Or, in a human form nearly several hundred meters tall, his dragon head covered in dragon scales, he would walk through swamps, leaving behind enormous footprints brimming with the power of lightning…

Or, transformed into a beast-bodied, dragon-headed being, he would walk through deserts, where with every step greenness sprang up and all things came to life…

Or, as a golden, radiant divine bird with twin wings, he would sweep across the heavens like a great sun, each tail feather drifting down into the forests…

Or, on a night of pouring rain, as a giant ox whose bellows thundered, he would shake the rain-soaked mountain valleys, rescuing the humans within who were unfortunately besieged by giant beasts…

And so infants crawled forth from those footprints, trailing threads of lightning; deer chanced to eat the fruits growing amid the greenness; golden tail feathers settled over bird eggs that had lost their parents; a young calf, dazed and innocent, rose to its feet…

……

Finally, following a mysterious connection in his heart, he arrived in his former giant dragon form near a massive rift valley, and only then did his spirit return.

"Kaka kaka…"

Falling rocks tumbled, and from beneath the great rift valley came a series of sparse sounds — it seemed some creature had noticed his unannounced arrival and was climbing up from below.

But unexpectedly, a tremendous "Boom—" of rumbling rang out from halfway.

Baichuan was startled and moved closer to investigate.

Yet at the bottom of the valley, he saw a delicately carved little girl…

(End of Chapter)