Chapter 393: Eight Years (Bonus Chapter, Requesting Monthly Votes)

Blue Star University.

When the spaceship carrying the August family exploded, Fang Xing was attending an academic lecture.

Even if the Federation is all-powerful, the most they can trace is to the head of the Gate Sect—what does that have to do with me, the president of Blue Star University?

At this moment, silently listening to the presenters' explanations on spatial structure, Fang Xing idly scribbled notes on his notebook, recording the Federation's intriguing discoveries.

Although the Federation's spatial technology is weak, it has achieved certain research results, such as the "space bubble" technique.

Even after the Moon God Incident, they had already modified the rules within space bubbles.

"If golden seal script, cloud seal script, and demonic celestial script are papers by different great beings analyzing space from different angles, then the Federation is taking another path—explaining space from a scientific perspective…"

"Judging by today's evidence, neither side can be guaranteed entirely correct; perhaps all are like blind men touching an elephant—unless a Fa-Zhu-level master who fully comprehends spatial laws personally interprets them…"

Therefore, Fang Xing never misses any of the Federation's spatial academic lectures.

Attending in person also allows him to exchange ideas with the speakers, gaining much inspiration.

At this moment, he began reviewing the information obtained from soul-searching James August.

"Psychics… truly untrustworthy, or rather, pure psychics are utterly untrustworthy!"

"If one cultivates Wu Dao and becomes a martial psychic, they become more reliable—like the Wu Shen 'Sea-Cutter' of the Nine Swords Academy… this is quite interesting."

"So, are psychics truly a conspiracy? No—for that Creator, calling it a conspiracy is laughable… it should be described as a natural evolution, inherently part of the world's rules?"

"What connection does Wu Dao have with that Creator? Could it even be… some kind of threat? A bacterium? A virus? Or even a conspiracy by hostile forces?"

"To find out, I must follow the path of Wu Dao. When I break through the Tenth Realm, I should learn more…"

"Or… capture Uvi August!"

But he is a Tenth Realm psychic, and on Blue Star—even if I personally act, I have no guarantee of success.

"Or… other power-holders in the August family? Though only two or three may know the core secrets, they're certainly easier to deal with than Uvi."

Fang Xing rotated the electronic pen in his hand, silently resolving himself.

…

In the August estate.

Salin August, with his wine-red hair, stood respectfully before a green-haired August.

Members of the August family are strange, especially their hair color, which seems wildly varied.

It is said this reflects different genes within their bloodline.

"Brother…"

Salin August gazed at this pride of the August family: "James has been confirmed dead…"

"I know."

Uvi August, with his green hair, nodded slightly: "The killer has also been confirmed—the Gate Sect Master. But further prophecy has become chaotic… this appears to be the influence of some great being."

"Even that one cannot do it?"

Salin was startled.

Upon hearing of James's death, Salin immediately mobilized all resources to track the killer.

But this time, the killer left almost no trace.

Yet the August family still had a backup plan!

Through a secret channel, they contacted the "Laplace Demon," seeking enemies through future and fate observations, narrowing down several leads, and confirming the Gate Sect Master as the culprit!

But the killer's actions left them baffled.

After all, aren't we on the same side?

Though the August family has not fully betrayed the Blue Star Federation, they are staunch supporters of the Coexistence Faction.

They believe that after the Creator awakens, everything will be remade by the Creator.

Only by firmly standing on the Creator's side can one gain final redemption.

Such surrenderist rhetoric inevitably emerges when the numbers grow large.

Even the Federation's high command has tacitly accepted it.

After all… relentless resistance might mean human extinction!

The Escape Faction, the Coexistence Faction… all paths must be tried, so that even in the end, humanity might preserve some sparks…

Precisely because of this attitude, the previous attack on the Twin Pillars of Blue Star University ended with no investigation.

Even the Xu family could not pursue it further.

Salin was deeply shocked to learn the killer was the Gate Sect Master—and clearly protected by higher-dimensional forces.

"Clearly, the many extraterrestrial demons are not united…"

Uvi sighed softly: "Our task is simple—the Master forbids any human from reaching Tenth Realm Wu Dao. As long as we ensure this, even if the Master awakens and reboots the universe, He will resurrect us."

"Understood."

Salin had known this long ago, yet he still could not comprehend it.

Why has the Master taken no action against the eleven-realm practitioners of mecha arts and other schools?

Why now must Wu Dao be suppressed?

But he knew there must be a reason!

The truth behind it—even if he learned it, he would die.

…

Several days later.

Blue Star University.

Fang Xing sat cross-legged, sensing the omnipresent void and its spatial fluctuations.

With continuous insight into the Three Void-Refining legacies and integration of the Federation's spatial research, his understanding of spatial laws, though not miraculous, had progressed remarkably.

Now, as his insight deepened, he understood space even more clearly.

"At the beginner level of spatial law proficiency, one merely perceives spatial fluctuations and can utilize some void energy…"

"But when spatial law proficiency is mastered, one should be able to cast techniques like 'Shatter the Void'—meaning, a Star Lord-level cultivator who attains his realm through spatial law could challenge even stellar-level experts on other law paths… is this the power of a superior law?"

"And if one reaches the expert level, forming a 'Space Heart,' how terrifying would that be?"

On his attribute panel, each major level-up in proficiency brought a leap in power!

"Perhaps, by then, my cultivation avatar will possess Void-Refining combat power… then, a two-on-one, with the element of surprise, I might have a good chance of capturing Uvi August."

After this strike against the August family, Fang Xing planned to lie low for a while.

After all, acting too often inevitably leaves openings.

Strictly speaking, his earlier rampage at Qingshan Mental Hospital was already risky.

So what if there's no evidence?

For the top tier, suspicion and capability are enough for action.

Thinking this, Fang Xing immediately decided to lie low secretly.

Perfect—he could continue refining the Three Void-Refining legacies.

"Immortal cultivation realms: Qi Condensation, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul, Divine Transformation, Void Refining… after that comes Body Union. The Seventh Stage of Immortal cultivation, Body Union, translates to roughly Eleventh Realm power in the Main Universe…"

"How does Body Union work? Merging the soul? It can't be that simple…"

Fang Xing pondered silently, gradually gaining insight: "The Eleventh Realm, in the Source Force system, is 'Red Giant Level.' To become a Red Giant-level expert, one's law comprehension must reach at least Master level…"

Different civilizations have different standards for how many laws one must comprehend. But for Fang Xing, his attribute panel's metrics were simplest to understand.

"Master-level law comprehension… should allow formation of a 'Law Body.' Body Union? Body Union!"

"So all paths, in the end, converge somewhat?"

"Or… are these two seemingly different worlds actually connected in some hidden way?"

Fang Xing recalled one of his earlier theories.

The many worlds he traversed via the Gate of All Realms might all lie within a single dimensional sea—or cosmic sea!

"Such matters require higher realms to understand even a little."

…

Time flew swiftly, and several more years passed.

The Immortal Realm.

Death God Island.

Fire Dragon True Lord led a cultivator with unusually long arms and piercing sword intent toward the central "Death God Hall."

"You're not joking, are you?"

Chu Kuangtu still found it hard to believe: "That Fang Xing from my Golden Sword lineage… is truly the 'Mingkun Venerable,' who now dominates the Hanhai Immortal Realm and dares no one to defy him?"

After Fang Xing rose to power, he did not forget the old man—he specifically ordered Fire Dragon True Lord to take someone aboard the Mingkun and deliver a grand gift to the Heaven Sword Sect, declaring that anyone wishing to come to Hanhai Immortal Realm would be permitted aboard.

Heaven Sword True Lord was overjoyed and immediately decided to come see for himself.

"This is absolutely true."

Fire Dragon True Lord silently marveled—who could have imagined that the Golden Sword lineage, stranded in such a remote, barbaric land, would produce such a disciple!

"Where is Master Taibai of the Killing Sword lineage? He helped our sect quell the chaos—I still haven't thanked him."

Chu Kuangtu's eyes flickered, asking another question.

Even though Taibai Immortal had broken through to Late Nascent Soul and become a Great True Lord, Fang Xing still paid him no mind.

He had reluctantly accepted Taibai's defection, but didn't want him around—so he simply sent him off to the Great Wilderness Immortal Realm.

As a result, Taibai Immortal went completely wild—without even a Late Nascent Soul foundation, he wiped out every single Nascent Soul-level demonic sect in the Great Wilderness Immortal Realm…

Had Chu Kuangtu not pleaded desperately, even the orthodox sects would have been exterminated.

After returning this time, he grew tired of worldly affairs and went straight into seclusion.

"Senior Brother Taibai has gone into seclusion."

The Fire Dragon True Lord brought Chu Kuangtu to the Death God Hall, immediately straightened his magical robe with solemn expression, and sent out a voice-transmission talisman.

Seeing an Nascent Soul Sword Lord treat this with such gravity, Chu Kuangtu couldn't help but feel dazed—he realized that Fang Shi-di was truly extraordinary.

Then again, considering the shock he'd felt when the other person formed a Nascent Soul, it seemed perfectly normal.

"Let me calculate carefully—now Fang Shi-di… no, Fang Shi-shu is only around a hundred years old? Huh… a Nascent Soul cultivator at a hundred?"

Chu Kuangtu sucked in a sharp breath and decided to bury this secret deep inside himself.

Rumors say the Mingkun Patriarch is a genius, possibly a celestial exile reincarnated… but even a celestial exile couldn't reach the Nascent Soul stage within a hundred years… Could he be something even more terrifying than a reincarnated celestial exile?

As Chu Kuangtu and the other waited, a flash of white light suddenly appeared in the heavens.

Fang Xing's figure materialized, holding a flying sword, which he gently thrust forward.

Sssch!

The void shattered outright, forming a vortex beyond imagination.

Countless spatial fissures spread like wrinkles, and a silver-white void storm was about to fully form…

Seeing this, the Nascent Souls within Chu Kuangtu and the Fire Dragon True Lord trembled violently: "Is this… shattering the void?"

Nascent Soul teleportation relies on the Grand Void—it's used without understanding its mechanism.

If the void itself is shattered, then Nascent Soul teleportation is nothing but a joke!

"Shattering the void… this… this is something only a sixth-rank array or a Void Refining Great Expert can accomplish… yet my Shi-shu is only at the early stage of Nascent Soul…"

The Fire Dragon True Lord stared wide-eyed.

A Nascent Soul cultivator possessing traits of a Void Refining Great Expert—what do you call that?

Even "prodigy" couldn't describe it.

Fortunately, this is the mortal realm, and the Mingkun Patriarch has already suppressed the Hanhai—no one dares defy him.

If this were the Spirit Realm, chaos would have erupted across the world long ago.

"Indeed… just as I suspected."

Fang Xing did not activate the "Domino Void Inequality" to obliterate Death God Island along with the sixth-rank spiritual vein.

He would never do something as reckless as destroying a home.

After piercing the void with one sword, he ceased all movement, letting the void's self-repair effect continuously heal the wounds.

The overwhelming void storm that had stunned the Fire Dragon True Lord and Chu Kuangtu gradually dissipated…

"When space law reaches the proficient level, one can shatter the void!"

"Now, I've mastered a Void Refining technique!"

Fang Xing felt deeply pleased.

With the aid of three Void Refining lineages and the technological insights of the main universe, he had advanced rapidly in space law.

After eight years of relentless effort, he finally pushed space law to the "proficient" level.

This was mainly because the Void Refining lineages helped him analyze spatial structure.

But seeing how even the main universe's many tech researchers—including William, the space expert—often hit dead ends, Fang Xing knew his steady progress, with effort yielding results, was surely due to his Attribute Panel!

"With these, I might even catch up to my fire law comprehension…"

He sighed with deep emotion.

As he once again perceived the cultivator realm's void, Fang Xing noticed more.

"The void… is indeed layered."

"The cultivator realm where ordinary cultivators dwell is the most solid and vast layer—call it the 'Material Realm'… and the second layer is what cultivators call the Grand Void! Shattering the void means shattering this 'Grand Void layer'!"

"But above the Grand Void layer, there seem to be even more layers… though they're hazy, barely perceptible…"

"But I'm certain—the Void Refining cultivators who draw spiritual energy and demonic energy directly from the Grand Void are tapping into higher-dimensional void layers!"

Fang Xing's eyes gleamed brightly.

Yet, with his current accumulation and realm, he was still unable to perceive higher void layers.

He turned his attention back to the initial Material layer.

As the outermost layer of space, the Material layer was also the most fundamental.

It supports everything, forming the world…

"The fire law is indeed carried by space law… there is commonality and potential for fusion!"

Fang Xing's eyes lit up.

Through breakthrough in space law, his fire law also entered sudden enlightenment, breaking through a certain barrier!

(End of Chapter)