Chapter 352: Metaphysical Concept

What the Immortal God figure's palm manifested was a wondrous thing.

It seemed to be a force, yet it also seemed to be a substance, or perhaps a thought, a concept—profound and mysterious, making it impossible to grasp or define accurately.

Li Heng frowned slightly.

"Metaphysical?" he asked.

"Correct."

"'Metaphysical' is called 'Dao', while 'physical' is called 'vessel'."

The Immortal God figure nodded.

"The so-called World Creation Factor is a metaphysical concept sufficient to construct Heaven and Earth, to construct space-time. This concept is different from laws; it is something more primordial. You can understand it as the source of Heaven and Earth, using this source to build Heaven and Earth."

"Once this concept is mastered, everything within Heaven and Earth cannot harm the person who has mastered the World Creation Factor. For instance, right now, try hitting me with a punch using all your strength."

He smiled smugly and looked at Li Heng.

Li Heng raised an eyebrow slightly.

"Are you sure?"

"I am sure. You don't need to worry about me; you cannot harm me," the Immortal God figure said indifferently, not caring at all.

Li Heng nodded.

He circulated his cultivation within his body, his Qi and Blood erupted, his Three Flowers and Five Qis vibrated in unison, and the twenty-eight layers of Ershibaceng Tiangong he had opened up unleashed vast power, while simultaneously drawing upon the Dharma Law of Reincarnation, and he threw a punch.

Seeing this, the Immortal God figure raised his eyebrows slightly.

The kid was truly ruthless in his strike, using his full strength right away. He hadn't even used that much power when he blew up that monster from the future earlier; did he really want to beat him to death?

Of course, while he thought that, he did not resist.

Sure enough, Li Heng's full-strength punch landed, but it passed directly through the Immortal God figure's body, causing absolutely no harm to the Immortal God figure at all.

Li Heng calmly retracted his fist, looking thoughtful.

The Immortal God figure smiled slightly.

"An existence that has mastered the World Creation Factor, while not yet in the true Creation Realm, is in a state of absolute suppression toward anything below the Creation Realm. Facing attacks from below the Creation Realm, one is like being in a sacred place that is indestructible and eternal, unable to be harmed."

"At that point, even if you possess heaven-shaking combat power, there is nothing you can do."

The Immortal God figure warned him earnestly.

In his view, even if Li Heng was an Anomaly, so what?

An Anomaly could not defy this iron rule either.

Otherwise, the Great Void would have been in complete chaos long ago.

"I think I understand, but I want to try hitting you one more time."

Li Heng nodded calmly.

"Oh, you still won't give up? Then bring it on."

The Immortal God figure was surprised at first, then continued to smile.

In any case, no matter how many thousands or tens of thousands of times this kid tried, he would never be able to break this iron rule. It would be good to let the kid suffer a setback so he wouldn't be so lawless and run off to the future to seek death.

Moreover, he felt quite pleased inside.

This kid had never really held him, this Immortal God, in high regard.

Now he would let him know the power of an Immortal God!

"Good."

Li Heng nodded and threw a punch with a boom.

Crack!

His punch landed directly on the Immortal God figure, and the impact unleashed from it sent the Immortal God figure flying, turning him into a shooting star as he flew toward the far reaches of Heaven and Earth.

Li Heng retracted his fist and nodded with satisfaction.

It seems Source Power is still the eternal god.

Crack!

The surrounding Void shattered, and the somewhat disheveled Immortal God figure stepped out from the Void, returning before Li Heng with an expression of disbelief. "You, you, you—how did you do that!"

He roared in shock, his worldview overturned.

"Is this difficult?"

Li Heng tilted his head and smiled slightly.

When he threw the first punch just now, he could vaguely sense that it might not have any effect.

Because he had felt that the Immortal God figure was one dimension or plane higher than him, seemingly existing outside the World, while he, no matter how strong, remained within the World and could not touch the Immortal God figure at all.

Sure enough, that punch had passed right through.

So, for the second punch, he added a bit of Source Power.

And it sent the Immortal God figure flying.

A long while passed.

The Immortal God figure calmed down, his breathing leveled out, and he revealed a very conflicted and complex expression. "Li Heng, oh Li Heng, you truly make it increasingly difficult for me to see through you."

"Haven't you always been unable to see through me?"

Li Heng asked with a smile.

Suddenly, the Immortal God figure was left speechless.

He wanted to retort, but after thinking about it carefully, he felt that a retort was meaningless. He truly had never been able to see through this kid, yet he had been trying to gauge the kid's upper limit.

Although, it now appeared that the limit exceeded his imagination.

"Did you master a World Creation Factor in advance? For instance, as an Anomaly, it is possible you mastered a factor involving Fate or Change."

The Immortal God figure asked.

Li Heng shook his head.

He was very certain that Source Power was not the so-called World Creation Factor.

The Immortal God figure breathed a sigh of relief.

"I suppose not; if you had truly mastered the World Creation Factor in advance, I would have sensed it long ago."

"Does this matter to you that much?"

Li Heng asked.

"Naturally it matters; if one can master the World Creation Factor in advance, it is possible they are an Immortal God reincarnated, like some of my old friends from back then," the Immortal God figure sighed.

"Of course, you are absolutely not one of my old friends! Among those friends of mine, none were as perverted as you, kid!"

He changed the subject, speaking to Li Heng with absolute certainty.

Li Heng's expression was subtle.

Why did he feel like he was being insulted?

Forget it, Li Heng shook his head, stopped dwelling on this matter, and said, "Now, do I have the qualifications to go to that future?"

"If you can normalize this method of yours, you do indeed have the qualifications, but what exactly are you going to that future for? What is it there that is attracting you?"

"Don't forget that the true root still lies in this Mysterious Calamity and the Weird power; that so-called destined Desperate Future is merely a derivative of the Calamity and the Weird power."

"Without resolving the root, even if you destroy that Desperate Future, it will only delay things for a little while."

The Immortal God figure said, somewhat puzzled.

"I have my own considerations."

Li Heng said calmly.

He was just going to the future to harvest Source Power.

Of course, it was not convenient to speak such truth.

The Immortal God figure shook his head.

"Forget it, since you insist on going, I will not stop you further. Take this; it can save your life if you encounter danger."

He waved his large hand.

A wisp of Great Sun Radiance drifted into Li Heng's hand.

"However, you must remember: once you use this wisp of light, it is equivalent to you taking my place and walking the Great Sun Path."

The Immortal God figure warned him once more.

Holding the thought that it was better to have it than not, Li Heng pocketed this wisp of Great Sun Radiance and nodded, unimpressed.

"Alright, I won't say any more unnecessary nonsense."

"You must remember, the true hope still lies within the True Realm."

The voice gradually became ethereal and inaudible.

The Immortal God figure gradually disappeared, and the World resumed its flow.

"Let's go, it's time to get down to business."

Without paying any more attention to the Xilie King and Xiao Hao.

Li Heng spoke indifferently and turned to leave; what followed was to extract the Weilai Yinjie from the Heavenly Dao Book and harvest Source Power.

He calculated the time.

He had previously had people collect the Weird demons.

By now, there should already be a certain scale to them...