Chapter 446: Space-Time Great Dao (Bonus Chapter—Requesting Moon Tickets)

"The prices here…"

Fang Xing glanced around, taken aback.

"Even a moderately advanced inheritance costs dozens of Pangu Tokens… and a low-tier Emperor Weapon is priced at a hundred tokens—kill all the Imperial Princes entering the secret realm, and you'd barely have enough."

"Imperial Weapons are cheap—one token apiece… but I have no use for them."

Not only was his current body nearly equal to an Imperial Weapon, even if it weren't, after the Pangu Secret Realm ended, Fang Xing could visit the Qinghua Minor Realm and claim his cheap master's legacy…

'Looking at it this way… my Qinghua Master was quite kind, leaving me an Emperor Weapon… too bad I can't claim it until I reach the Heavenly Demon Realm.'

'Could her demise be connected to this Emperor Weapon?'

Fang Xing pondered for a moment, then exchanged for a jar of 'Chaos Wine'.

Ding!

With a thought, the surrounding void flickered, and a 'wine vat' materialized, landing on the ground.

"Is this just one jar? Hmm… right, different beings have different sizes—perhaps 'jar' means different things to different people…"

Fang Xing stepped forward and sniffed—it carried no scent of wine, sealed perfectly.

"Chaos Wine… not only does its flavor delight Immortals, it also replenishes Immortal Energy—in other words, it's the Heavenly Immortal Realm's 'Soul Nectar'… with additional benefits."

"I'll take one jar at least—guarantees I'll have something to say when I meet the Chaos Sky Great Saint after the secret realm ends."

As for Emperor Weapons?

Obviously a joke—Fang Xing would be a fool to believe it.

"Then… Dou Tian Palace?"

Fang Xing stepped into the hall and was instantly teleported elsewhere.

The sky was dark, the earth covered in scorching magma.

A flame demon god rose: "You are the next opponent of the great 'Ge Rong'… how tiny!"

Fang Xing couldn't help but be speechless.

He'd been strongest in his true form—fine, he'd endure it.

"Remember my name—Flame Spirit 'Ge Rong'—you will fall to my hands…"

Boom!

The magma demon god stood proudly, magma slowly flowing from his body like veins.

A terrifying flame realm formed—already reaching the level of a single thought birthing a law!

But the next instant, a black meteor streaked across.

'Ge Rong' stared down in shock—his chest pierced by a fist-sized hole.

Compared to his massive frame, the wound was no more than a pinprick, yet 'Ge Rong' felt his life force draining rapidly: "I… the great 'Ge Rong'… defeated here?"

His face filled with disbelief, the magma on his body rapidly cooled, his colossal form shattering into pieces…

"Hmm, another Pangu Token—now I have five!"

Fang Xing nodded: "This Flame Spirit's strength is roughly equivalent to a powerful Imperial Prince at Nascent Soul ninth tier… meaning if Ao Xin came, she might not even pass the first trial—her realm hasn't reached Nascent Soul ninth tier, and facing such an opponent would be too disadvantageous…"

Why could a Nascent Soul ninth-tier Imperial Prince manifest 'one thought, law born'?

Naturally—after forming their Nascent Soul, demonic race princes' comprehension of laws surged dramatically; most could elevate their law insights to the fifth tier, differing only in mastery, proficiency, or perfection…

If a demonic prince at Nascent Soul ninth tier hadn't grasped the fifth tier of Dao Law, he should be ashamed enough to kill himself—unworthy of the title 'Prince'!

Yet demonic imperial princes, even at Nascent Soul ninth tier, also operate at the fifth tier of Dao Law comprehension!

In short, before fully comprehending a single law, this is the best stage for geniuses to catch up to prodigies!

Of course, some supreme prodigies, though still unable to fully comprehend a single law, have forged their own path and possess Heavenly Immortal or Heavenly Demon-level combat power—these are the 'Nascent Soul Dominators'!

"Even at Nascent Soul ninth tier, the gaps are vast—possibly even wider than the gap from Foundation Establishment first tier to Nascent Soul eighth tier…"

Fang Xing sighed, silently moving to the second hall.

This hall stood in a grassland, where a tall man in a sheepskin coat, wielding a great cleaver, stared at Fang Xing: "Demonic race? I don't kill nameless demons—state your name!"

His answer was a black meteor.

Puff!

The meteor struck the blade's light—the blade's radiance thick, ruthless, carrying the scent of Earth Law.

Yet… it was still pierced—and then the sheepskin-coated man's chest.

"I…"

He looked down at the massive hole in his chest: "I lost? But I've slain Imperial Princes before…"

"Indeed, the combat power of Nascent Soul ninth-tier Imperial Princes… is hard to kill."

Fang Xing shook his head, watching the two additional Pangu Tokens he'd gained, his dragon eyes heavy with gravity.

Even Nascent Soul ninth-tier Imperial Princes vary.

Like Princess Qing Tian, who was near the bottom.

But the strong ones—like Qian Tian Zi—had mastered exceptionally potent Dao Laws, their power crushing ordinary Imperial Princes.

Fang Xing already felt strain: "The enemy in the third hall must be at least Qian Tian Zi's level—or higher… but the rewards are substantial."

…

Moments later.

Outside Dou Tian Palace.

A flash of light.

A black-winged stone dragon, palm-sized, appeared, lying atop the stele.

"So strong!"

"In the third hall, I barely won by trading blows… but the enemy in the fourth hall is absurdly powerful."

"Thankfully, the Dou Tian Palace trial doesn't kill you…"

Fang Xing stuck out his tongue, glancing at his Pangu Tokens: "Eleven Pangu Tokens?"

Passing the third hall doubled the reward again.

The difficulty of subsequent trials would clearly be even more terrifying. "I wonder how far historical challengers ultimately reached?"

Fang Xing stared at the stele's inscriptions—he'd begun to understand.

The Dou Tian Palace trial isn't something achieved in a day.

Now that he'd hit a bottleneck, he should calm his mind, contemplate the Great Dao Stele, and exchange for treasures to strengthen himself.

Then return to challenge again!

If his progress before the time limit expired satisfied the Pangu Secret Realm's overseers, he'd earn the right to enter the core region.

"Exchange for the Great Dao Stele's contemplation opportunity!"

Fang Xing's will stirred, connecting with the stele.

After consuming one Pangu Token, he discovered there were sub-options.

【Please select the Great Dao inscription to contemplate: Qian Kun Great Dao, Space-Time Great Dao, Killing Great Dao, Chaos Great Dao…】

"Different Great Daos are indeed distinct."

Fang Xing glanced at the Qian Kun Great Dao—he'd once favored it, but after his journey through Qinghua Minor Realm, he'd already refined the Zhu Long bloodline; his Zhu Long Nascent Soul was already formed—pursuing Qian Kun Great Dao now would be inappropriate.

The Killing Great Dao? If the Seven Kill Daoist of the Seven Kill Demon Palace were here, he'd sacrifice everything to contemplate it—but it held no relevance to Fang Xing.

"I choose… Space-Time Great Dao!"

Fang Xing's will shifted, making his choice.

After all, his black dragon body in the Qing Yuan Great Realm had already traversed the path where void and time were intertwined.

Whoosh!

A flash of light—Fang Xing was teleported to a void.

Before him, a colossal stele, towering to heaven and earth, instantly filled his entire vision, holding his gaze immovable.

"This is… Space-Time Great Dao? Truly magnificent… as if all things in the universe are contained within it…"

Contemplating the Space-Time Great Dao Stele made Fang Xing feel as if he saw a river of time and space, stretching through past, present, and future—vast and boundless, encompassing countless great realms and cosmic seas…

"Perfect!"

"Awe-inspiring!"

"Flawless!"

Fang Xing marveled repeatedly, yet was dumbfounded: "…such a perfect Dao—how do I even begin to comprehend it?"

Compared to the Space-Time Great Dao, his proficient-level void and time laws were barely specks of dust.

Even using them as a foundation to contemplate the Space-Time Great Dao had become a fantasy!

"I need a breakthrough… otherwise I'll never comprehend the Space-Time Great Dao Stele!"

Fang Xing's dragon face paled: "The Dao is magnificent, but I haven't fully mastered even a single law—trying to comprehend this Dao is like a madman dreaming…"

He realized that contemplating this Space-Time Great Dao Stele was even less useful than his past contemplation of the Void Demon Stele in the Seven Kill Demon Palace!

'But… Dou Tian Palace offers no lower-tier steles to exchange for.'

Fang Xing sighed inwardly, yet couldn't let go—he could only continue contemplating.

Unconsciously, several more hours passed.

"Ah… within the Space-Time Great Dao, time and space are perfectly fused—to comprehend it, I must first 'separate' them…"

"But I currently cannot do this at all…"

"If even space and time are this hard, how much harder would Qian Kun Great Dao or others be to understand?"

Fang Xing suddenly felt ridiculous.

Before the Great Dao, all beings are but ants!

"But… since the Great Dao Stele is right here, there must be a reason!"

"Among the many heavenly prodigies who tested before, there must be some who comprehended the Great Dao Stele and gained great benefits!"

"Could the opportunity I need lie within those legacies?"

Fang Xing thought of the legacies he had seen earlier.

Though each was expensive, if I'm looking for something on 'Temporal-Spatial Fusion,' there must be some!

That would be the key to comprehension!

"But they're expensive… too expensive. Even if I split them and bought only the first volume, it would nearly exhaust my Pangu Token…"

Fang Xing recalled what he had researched earlier, his face pale: "Still, to enter the Temporal-Spatial Dao, no cost is too great."

"Too bad… within this day's comprehension window, I can't go back to buy it—but I can't waste this chance either."

He calmed his mind and devoted himself entirely to comprehending the Temporal-Spatial Dao Stele.

Time passed unknown, the one-day limit drawing ever closer.

Fang Xing fully detached himself, slaying all despair, agitation, and other negative emotions, then observed the River of Time and Space as a whole—and felt its depth growing ever richer.

"The River of Time and Space flows vast and boundless, embracing countless cosmic seas and great realms… those great realms are no less formidable than the Qingyuan Great Realm."

"Cosmic seas… could they be like the Great Xia World?"

"Macro and micro, in some sense, can be unified…"

"The cultivation methods of the Great Xia World might well serve as a wedge to break into this world's Temporal-Spatial Dao!"

Fang Xing's eyes suddenly blazed: "Time and space… gravity… black holes! I understand!"

(End of Chapter)