Chapter 779: Strange Gap Disaster

"A gap?"

Li Heng looked toward that hole, muttering to himself.

In his perception, this hole was a gap acting upon every level. A gap in time, a gap in space, a gap in Causality, a gap in Fate, a gap in the Five Elements, a gap in Yin and Yang... exhausting everything, all manner of roots, a gap in the laws of the Great Dao!

"Hmm?"

Li Heng frowned slightly, looking at his own palm; he did not know when a circular hole, a gap, had appeared there. He moved his mind to erase this gap, but immediately after, new gaps appeared, even showing a trend of covering his entire body.

And at this moment, he also felt himself beginning to weaken rapidly.

It seemed as if his originally perfect and unified state had been broken; it was like a balloon filled with air being pricked by a needle, with the essence, Qi, and spirit inside pouring out rapidly.

"Heh, it really is a gap in every level."

He sensed the feeling of weakness brought about by this constant leaking of essence, Qi, and spirit; his Qi and Blood withered, his soul light flickered, and his own flame of life was like a candle in the wind, resembling death.

At this moment, Li Heng was decrepit and on the verge of death.

"Enough."

Li Heng shook his head, his status leaping outside of everything, refreshing his own state, and instantly recovering to his peak period, with no more gaps appearing.

When it came down to it, things like essence, Qi, and spirit, and the state of being perfect and unified, were things he had not needed to care about since reaching the Shengsheng Cengci; what right did they have to exert such influence on the current Li Heng?

In the end, he had still been contained and defined just now.

He had turned into a balloon constantly leaking essence, Qi, and spirit.

But as long as he jumped out of the containment, he could be worry-free.

Since this hole acted upon every level, he would jump outside of everything—untouched by any calamity, independent and Sacred, pure and natural—and in this way, it could not do anything to him.

Originally, that was what he had thought.

But when he took a second look at that hole.

The next moment, even though he had jumped outside of everything, a hole and a gap appeared on his body again, his essence, Qi, and spirit continued to leak out, and the feeling of weakness descended once more.

This is...

Li Heng frowned slightly; jumping outside of everything didn't work?

No! Jumping outside of everything did work. But it had a time limit, and one could not look at the hole a second time, otherwise, one would be re-included in the hole's containment, and gaps would appear on oneself again.

He tried this idea a few more times, and it was indeed so.

If one regarded this hole as a source of Pollution, then one would be polluted just by looking at it, just as he had been a moment ago. Even if one could remove the pollution by jumping outside of everything, one could not look at the hole again, otherwise, it would cause a secondary infection, and the intensity of the infection would be even stronger than the first.

For example, when he looked at the hole the second time just now.

That hole had directly contained Li Heng, re-viewing Li Heng's state of having jumped outside of everything as part of everything; Li Heng jumped out repeatedly, and the hole infected him repeatedly.

Soon, after going back and forth, in this process of repeated jumping out and repeated infection, Li Heng felt somewhat annoyed.

This thing was like a piece of dog-skin plaster, even more disgusting than a dog-skin plaster; every infection became stronger, and now, relying solely on his own power, he was finding it somewhat strenuous to deal with.

Until now, he had not figured out the essence of this kind of infection; it seemed to be a type of Disaster, also a monster, its essence unknown, and at the same time, it was very unreasonable.

Since that is the case...

If you don't play by the rules with me, don't blame me for not playing by the rules!

Li Heng once again used Source Power to protect himself.

Instantly, the World became quiet.

Now, even if he looked at the hole, or even got closer and closer, he was not infected, and no gaps appeared on his body. Clearly, the level of Source Power was above the power of this hole.

I say, Disaster, can you give me a bit more effort?

Li Heng sighed, feeling a bit bored.

However, he had indeed intended not to use Source Power, but unfortunately, he kept encountering things outside of the standard; the opponents were all "cheating," and there wasn't a single "normal game."

He continued to walk toward this hole to investigate further.

He discovered that deep inside this hole was that deep darkness, an indescribable Unknown, a writhing chaos; no light could shine into it. Even when he extended his Divine Sense and slashed out thoughts to continue investigating deeper, there was no response—it was like a clay ox entering the sea.

Wait, this is...

Just as Li Heng was thinking, he suddenly discovered that in this indescribable, unknown chaos, a figure seemed to have appeared, sinking and floating within it, faintly visible.

Is there someone inside this hole? A Disaster? A monster?

Or perhaps...

A possibility occurred to him.

Sensing that the Source Power coordinates he had set previously were still safe and sound, Li Heng's body glowed with a faint light of Source Power, and he strode into the hole, entering this unknown chaos.

He was searching for that figure that kept sinking and floating.

Perhaps because Source Power was too heaven-defying, even the faint light it radiated was enough to illuminate the surrounding unknown chaos, and soon, Li Heng found where that figure was.

That figure was the Pioneer Dao Lord who had already lost contact...

The corpse of the Pioneer Dao Lord!

Li Heng was silent for a moment; had they really passed away?

But why would Pioneer be here?

He looked around and discovered that in front of this corpse of the Pioneer Dao Lord floated a few lines of small characters, though they were faintly visible under the erosion of the surrounding unknown chaos; if not for the light of the Source Power, no one would have been able to recognize them.

"My original name is Tianwu, and my Dao Lord title is Pioneer. Now that Disasters and monsters have descended, the Great Void is in turmoil, and from this, the 'Gap Disaster' has emerged, shaking the foundation and root of the Great Void. Today, to mend the Gap Disaster, I commit all of myself into this gap, using the supreme existence of a Dao Lord to fill the void of this Gap Disaster and make the Great Void complete once more."

"If my act succeeds and a later arrival sees this, do not grieve for me. Living beings living in the world can never escape death, just as those who seek Transcendence will die on the road to Transcendence; no one is Eternal."

"But if this act does not succeed... please, look on the bright side."

"Living beings living in the world are destined to die, after all..."

After reading this, Li Heng felt heavy in his heart, but also found it both laughable and annoying.

He had thought that if this act did not succeed, this Pioneer Dao Lord would have left it for a later arrival to mend, or thought of another way, but instead, they had just given up and even advised others to look on the bright side.

If one hadn't read the first half, one would be cursed to death for saying such things.

But as of now, he has already risked his life to the limit...

Who else has the qualifications to mock him?

Putting aside the heavy mood in his heart, Li Heng re-examined the Unknown chaos all around. The Pioneer Dao Lord's action did not succeed, but it did not fail either; it succeeded halfway.

To say it succeeded is because the Pioneer Dao Lord did indeed isolate the influence of this "Strange Deficiency Disaster" on the entire Great Void, sealing it away in the Supreme Above, very Remote from the Great Void.

And to say it failed is because it did not make the Great Void whole again; the hole and gap are still here, and if anyone looks at it, they will also develop a gap themselves.

Furthermore, this gap seems to be expanding bit by bit? The Pioneer Dao Lord's corpse is also much thinner than what he had traced before, and its mass is becoming lighter at every moment.

It seems this "Strange Deficiency Disaster" is digesting it!

Once this Deficiency Disaster digests what the Dao Lord possesses, the Pioneer Dao Lord's corpse will disappear and return to a state of vacancy, and it might just revive again, affecting the entire Great Void.

"The work was not fully completed?"

Li Heng muttered to himself.

"Since that is the case, Pioneer Dao Lord, although you have already died and we did not know each other, you are worthy of me addressing you as Dao Lord with respect."

"I shall complete this work for you..."