Chapter 528: Potential Infinite, Actual Infinite

"Imperial Teacher, what are you saying? Is there a situation?"

Hearing Li Heng suddenly speak, Xuanyang, who was nearby, asked in surprise.

After the Lighthouse lit up, he had been constantly vigilant of the surroundings of Xianshi Tiandi. However, perhaps because it had only just lit up, he did not sense any prying, nor did he feel anything approaching.

Except for the things on the Reincarnation Broken Road he had already sensed.

Now that the Present World Lighthouse had lit up, Xuanyang estimated that this would absolutely attract the attention of those things on the Reincarnation Broken Road; those things were likely going to speed up their approach.

"Nothing, just a prisoner escaping a cage."

Li Heng said with a smile.

As soon as the words fell, the Void rippled, and an infinitely huge black hole instantly tore through the Void, blooming with the might to Swallow Heaven Devour Earth, appearing before the three of Li Heng.

Subsequently, the huge black hole rapidly shrank, quickly retracting that terrifying might, and drifted before the three of Li Heng, looking harmless to Human-Livestock, as if it were just a small black dot.

But Xuanyang dared not underestimate this black hole.

The terrifying might displayed just a moment ago seemed capable of piercing through the Time-Space River and completely destroying the Present World. Therefore, his expression was extremely grave at this moment, staring fixedly at every move of this small black hole.

"Who are you! How dare you collide with the Imperial Teacher!"

Xuanyang rebuked angrily. He could sense faint fluctuations of intelligence coming from within the black hole; it clearly possessed intelligence. Plus, with Li Heng right there, he naturally had to put on a show.

Youxuan appeared much calmer, but was also extremely astonished.

He discovered that the situation of the black hole before him was very strange; in terms of power, it could reach the level of Sacred, truly infinite and boundless. But when it came to realm and essence, it was a notch lower.

Yet, to call it Pseudo-Sacred, that did not seem right either.

Because if it were a Pseudo-Sacred following the Infinite Dao, it would be impossible to control the Actual Infinite; it could only control the Potential Infinite.

The so-called Actual Infinite is the truly, genuinely infinite; it cannot be reached from bottom to top. As long as it is a finite number, then no matter how much it is accumulated, it is a concept that cannot be reached.

And the Potential Infinite means that although you possess infinite power, how much you can utilize depends entirely on your ability; the output is not infinite. Or it means you can progress infinitely and break through countless realms, but you can never reach above the countless realms.

Furthermore, if he remembered correctly, most of the Sacred in the past followed the Eternal Dao, right? He had not seen many who followed the Infinite Dao, and not many who succeeded.

In his era, the Infinite Dao was an anomaly. At that time, those who followed the Infinite Dao were even ridiculed for being thankless, saying things like creating an infinite universe was not as good as a sliver of Eternal essence...

Could it be that ever since the Heavenly Court shattered, the inheritances of those Immortal Gods did not drift into the Great Void, and most had completely perished, leaving no true inheritance regarding the Eternal Dao, which led to more people practicing the Infinite Dao?

Thinking of this, he shook his head inwardly.

His own line of thinking was, after all, one-sided. After all, since he had set out until now, he had only encountered this one fellow related to the Infinite Dao, yet in a very strange state.

This situation could not prove his previous speculation.

"Greetings, Creator."

The Black Hole Essence directly ignored Xuanyang's words and said blankly to Li Heng. Immediately, its body evolved into an abstract humanoid shape, pitch-black all over, and bowed to Li Heng from afar.

"I thought you wouldn't acknowledge me as your Creator."

Li Heng said with a smile.

"I would not dare."

The Black Hole Essence responded blankly as before, but its posture was even lower.

When Li Heng's voice appeared in its ear, yet it was completely unable to capture him, it was utterly dumbfounded.

Because although it had thought this might be a trap and someone was fishing, it still found it hard to imagine that this was Li Heng fishing. Naturally, it had considered this possibility, but it felt the probability was low, or even almost non-existent.

After all, how much time had passed since it first met Li Heng?

Back then, Li Heng's cultivation was so weak that a large time-space fluctuation could have turned Li Heng into a dream-like bubble; he possessed no actuality at all.

If he could be turned into True Reality.

Then it was confident it could annihilate countless Li Hengs, and then some.

But now? How much time had passed? Li Heng's strength had already surpassed it, making it hard to track and impossible to see through his strength? Was this definitely not a fantasy or a dream?

Such a large gap in strength.

Was actually crossed in such a short time?

However, no matter how incredible the fact was, it had already appeared before it, so after being stunned for a moment, it recovered and began to analyze carefully.

Finally, it locked onto a key point.

The reason Li Heng could cross such a huge strength realm in such a short time was likely inseparable from that mysterious power that created him.

To this day, it had not forgotten how unreasonable that mysterious power was; even its own infinite power could not cross or cover it, and it could only be forcibly defined by it as Illusion.

But it then helplessly discovered that even if it knew that point, what could it do?

Back when Li Heng's strength was weak and it could kill him in a single thought, it still could not do anything to Li Heng. That was not to mention now, when Li Heng's hard strength had already surpassed it; it could do even less.

It even suspected that even if Li Heng did not use that mysterious power, it would still be forcibly shaken to death by Li Heng. This was a premonition from the dark, concerning its own Life and Death, and it would not be wrong.

Thinking of these, the Black Hole Essence felt bitter inside.

No wonder breaking through the membrane between True Reality and Illusion was so easy before, without encountering any resistance; it turns out everything was because Li Heng took action and did not continue to lock it as Illusion.

Otherwise, it should not have been able to cross that thin film...

Creator?

Xuanyang and Youxuan, upon hearing this, were both somewhat astonished. Could it be that Li Heng created this black hole? When was this? And listening to the conversation just now, the relationship between the two seemed somewhat subtle.

"In other words, if my strength were weak, you would have dared?"

Li Heng asked with a smile that was not quite a smile.

"I still would not dare. The Creator's divine calculations are brilliant; it was my overstepping." The Black Hole Essence did not know if it actually dared or not, but it knew it was best to say it did not dare now.

"Divine calculations? Why, do you think this light and such a big formation were just to fish you out? You think too much; it was merely an accessory. You coming out also saves me the trouble of finding you."

"However, after turning into True Reality, you seem rather restless. You are actually attempting to pierce through the Time-Space River and trace back to the beginning of the origin of Heaven and Earth. Tell me, what do you want to do?"

Li Heng shook his head and laughed slowly.

If the Black Hole Essence did not come out, he would indeed have to go find it. After all, he currently only possessed the Eternal Element and did not possess the Infinite Element.

The Infinite power he was currently wielding was merely used indirectly by manipulating the Infinite Mechanism; in essence, it did not belong to him. The Infinite Element still had to be obtained by himself, and realized by himself.

The Black Hole Sprite was suddenly startled.

Had his goal really been discovered? What should he do now!