Chapter 173: Zhou Yang's Universe (Part 1)

Rumble~~~

At this moment, Zhou Yang's life core had been completely shattered, and in the primordial land of his body, only a vast internal world that exists between illusion and reality kept fluctuating.

Hoo!

A silhouette of Zhou Yang formed from Primordial Force appeared above this world.

He looked toward that vast world constantly shifting between illusion and reality, his gaze heavy yet resolute.

Then... let's begin!

The hands of Zhou Yang's silhouette slowly raised, then began to move gently, their path encircling like a Tai Chi ring.

His movements were extremely slow, yet as his hands moved, the massive world below, whose diameter reached ten trillion kilometers, seemed to shudder violently! HooHooHoo~~~

Intangible ripples expanded rapidly, and in the blink of an eye they enveloped the entire world, making it appear distorted! With the towering ancient tree at the world's center as the core, the whole world began to twist at an extremely slow pace, spiraling like a vortex.

Sizzle~~~

The rotation speed kept accelerating, and the massive world, whose diameter reached a trillion kilometers, began to converge toward the center during its spin, compressing! It should be noted that the internal world is itself formed from immensely compressed, dense World Force.

One can imagine how difficult it is to compress and condense them again!

However, Zhou Yang, relying on his extremely perverse Soul Power and his prior experience of condensing a Chaotic Black Hole while creating a Secret Technique, managed to barely get this step underway.

Rumble~~~

The massive world, whose diameter reached a trillion kilometers, spun entirely, its might truly terrifying!

It was as if the world were being annihilated; space and time twisted, and an overwhelmingly concentrated, fierce, terrifying aura drifted everywhere, seeming to tear the void apart! The endless oceans, the vast continent, the countless cities, mountains, forests, even the towering ancient tree, all collapsed in an instant, turning into the most primordial World Force! In the blink of an eye, the entire internal world transformed into a massive, rapidly rotating energy vortex! "Gather!"

Zhou Yang's extremely perverse, mighty Soul Power radiated outward, beginning to guide the energy vortex to compress and converge toward the center! With his experience of condensing the Qiankun World's 'Chaos Hole', this initial step proceeded relatively smoothly.

The incomparably massive energy vortex spun rapidly while swiftly converging toward the center, shrinking.

Ten trillion kilometers, 900 billion kilometers, 800 billion kilometers, 500 billion kilometers—within a brief moment, that incomparably massive energy vortex was compressed to a diameter of less than 300 billion kilometers.

However, at this stage, attempting to proceed further had already become exceedingly difficult.

At this moment, the boundless World Force derived from the entire internal world had been compressed to the extreme, causing the whole energy vortex to become inevitably viscous and sluggish.

To compress further, the difficulty naturally skyrocketed! Moreover, as he compressed further, the massive energy vortex even showed signs of rebound and eruption!

But having reached this point, Zhou Yang no longer had any room to retreat!

Above the energy vortex, the Zhou Yang silhouette formed from Primordial Force instantly fell, recklessly plunging into the vortex below.

HooHooHoo~~~

During its fall, the silhouette shattered outright, turning into the purest, primordial energy that instantly spread throughout the vortex.

The silhouette was formed from the Origin Pearl, which is the foundation of Zhou Yang's power, condensing his most core, most primordial force, and also the power he can wield most freely!

As this power merged, the energy vortex, which had been gradually stagnating, seemed infused with new vitality.

It was like a chaotic army gaining a highly respected commander! The countless disordered soldiers, the moment the commander appeared, seemed to find a backbone, quickly restoring order and acting in unison under his guidance! Though the energy vortex, amassed from massive World Force, remained extremely viscous, it was no longer sluggish, and its convergence speed surged instantly!

2,500 billion kilometers. 1,000 billion kilometers. 500 billion kilometers. 100 billion kilometers. 10 billion kilometers. 5 million kilometers. Soon, the entire energy vortex was compressed to the ten‑million‑kilometer scale.

However, at this point, the compression speed slowed down again.

Zhou Yang, without reservation, poured all his Soul Power and consciousness into guiding and compressing this mass of energy.

The energy vortex's diameter was shrinking slowly but steadily.

30 million kilometers. 20 million kilometers. 10 million kilometers. 5 million kilometers. 1 million kilometers! Ultimately, when the vortex's diameter compressed to one million kilometers, Zhou Yang's consciousness felt immense resistance. No matter how he guided or mobilized it, the vortex's diameter could not shrink further.

Sizzle~~~

It still qualified as a massive energy vortex spinning rapidly, with an endless aura of Annihilation reverberating from its core! It compressed a world of ten trillion‑kilometer diameter down to less than one million kilometers, a reduction of nearly a millionfold.

At this moment, the power gathered within this energy vortex had condensed to a terrifying degree!

A volatile, Annihilation aura continuously leaked from the vortex's center; even a single wisp of that aura possessed enough power to cause a massive planet to collapse!

However, Zhou Yang's brows outside the vortex involuntarily furrowed deeply at this moment.

This level of compression is still insufficient! Chaos is the source of all law forces, the highest‑grade energy currently known!

To open a Route that directly pierces the Chaos Ocean requires a terrifying amount of power.

Now, although the power within this energy vortex has been compressed and condensed to an extremely perverse degree, it still has not reached the stage of qualitative change and collapse into a Black Hole!

What to do.

A hint of impatience rose in Zhou Yang's consciousness.

Even with his extremely perverse Soul Power, compressing the entire internal world to this extent has already reached the limit; continuing further, even he cannot control it.

If mismanaged, the massive energy compressed a millionfold could erupt uncontrollably, likely turning him instantly into void! Now, he is in a dilemma.

Backward, there is no retreat; forward, it is even harder than scaling the heavens!

"Could it be that the 'Stellar Transformations' method truly doesn't work in this world?"

Zhou Yang couldn't help sighing inwardly.

However, he does not intend to give up; he still has one final strike! "Divine Power, ignite!"

As his consciousness roared low, the newly transformed Divine Body instantly ignited! "Boom!"

A terrifying energy, several times stronger, was squeezed from every part of his body and instantly poured into the stagnating energy vortex! Under this pressure, the vortex, viscous to the point of near solidity, finally moved again, beginning to slowly and laboriously reconverge toward the center.

Simultaneously, faint wisps of hazy Jin Shu mist drifted in, suppressing toward the vortex's center.

The Jin Shu mist was exceedingly thin, yet unimaginably heavy! It was the layer of Jin Shu mist that once enveloped the Meteor Tear; Zhou Yang had thought it had dissipated, but it reappeared now.

Under the suppression of this strand of Jin Shu mist, the energy vortex, which had become agitated and on the verge of exploding due to extreme compression, instantly calmed.

Then, under Zhou Yang's reckless Divine Power pressure, the million‑kilometer‑diameter energy vortex began to rapidly compress and converge toward the center.

100 000 kilometers. 10 000 kilometers. 1 000 kilometers 100 kilometers 100 meters. 1 meter. In the blink of an eye, the entire vortex was compressed to an egg‑sized mass! An internal world with a diameter of ten trillion kilometers now had all its energy gathered into this egg‑sized vortex! Endless terrifying energy brewed within this tiny vortex, and the surrounding space‑time could not bear such horrific mass, seeming ready to collapse entirely at any moment!

Those strands of Jin Shu mist directly merged into the vortex, staining it with rings of golden threads.

At this moment, Zhou Yang's conviction and power had also converged to their peak.

"A world has condensed to the extreme, forming an existence akin to a 'Singularity', the next step, then—"

「Singularity. Collapse! 」

As Zhou Yang triggered it, the energy vortex that had already been compressed to the size of an egg suddenly contracted, instantly shrinking into a tiny Light Law point the size of a grain of rice.

Finally, under the pressure of this power condensed to the extreme, the surrounding time and space could no longer bear it, and began to rapidly collapse toward the center of that Light Law point!

「Boom! 」

That grain-of-rice-sized Light Law point also completely vanished, and a terrifying Black Hole that could not be seen or sensed, yet ceaselessly devoured everything, instantly formed! At this moment, it seemed as if an ancient world had been pierced through, and a primordial, vast aura that transcended all existence in time and space was transmitted from the other end of the Black Hole. (End of chapter)