Chapter 508 - 266: Illuminating the Past, Perceiving the Future
At the edge of the starry sky.
Wang Xiao felt a shroud of darkness envelop him.
The darkness washed over him, carrying a peculiar energy wave that sought to control his body and forcibly draw out his Creation Divine Power!
It seemed to want to use his Creation Divine Power to crash into the ’卍’ symbol at the border of the starry sky!
’Trying to use me to clear a path?!’
Wang Xiao’s eyes narrowed, his expression calm.
He had never believed the Eternal Night Monarch’s talk of breaking through the blockade together.
He had been on guard the entire time.
After all—
The Eternal Night Monarch had agreed far too readily, as if he was certain they could break through.
And so, when the Eternal Night Monarch suddenly attacked,
Wang Xiao didn’t hesitate for a moment. He connected with the Book of Space-Time and vanished directly into the Cultivation Land.
VMM!
Before everyone’s eyes, he simply vanished into thin air.
Not a single trace of his aura remained.
Seeing this, the pupils of the mantis beings contracted sharply.
Peculiar energy waves surged from their bodies, blanketing the entire region of space.
However,
no matter how they searched, they could no longer sense any trace of Wang Xiao’s presence.
"Impossible! I just clashed with him. He’s clearly not even a Tier Eleven Life, so how could he have broken our blockade?!"
"He must possess a great treasure, very likely one of the Immortal Objects! Otherwise, it would be impossible for him to elude our senses!"
"Dammit! We should have struck with overwhelming force just now! We’ve missed a heaven-sent opportunity!"
"Forget it. Let’s stop the Eternal Night Monarch first. We absolutely cannot let him escape again!"
The four mantis beings finished their exchange in an instant.
Knowing they could no longer track Wang Xiao, they focused all their attention on the Eternal Night Monarch.
The Eternal Night Monarch’s heart sank.
His plan had been to use Wang Xiao to crash into the Tribulation Technique, drawing the attention of the Myriad Laws Pavilion powerhouses.
Even if Wang Xiao couldn’t break the spatial barrier, the attempt would buy him some time.
He could then use his Eternal Night Technique to break through from another direction.
These beings from the Myriad Laws Pavilion had always been enemies with Wuji Mountain. On top of that, Wang Xiao possessed a Cosmic Star Crystal, so they would undoubtedly target him first!
That would have been his chance to escape.
But he had never imagined that this being from the Outer Starry Sky would possess a treasure so great he could just escape on the spot.
Now, their attention was focused entirely on him.
However,
he wasn’t one to simply wait for death. After his move against Wang Xiao,
his antennae blazed with a searing black light, plunging a region of space tens of billions of light-years wide into absolute darkness.
Eternal Night Technique!
Under the Eternal Night Technique, cause and effect were inverted and destinies reversed, allowing him to briefly resist the Myriad Laws Pavilion’s Tribulation Technique!
WHOOSH!
In that instant,
shrouded by the endless darkness, the Eternal Night Monarch vanished.
Special fluctuations rippled from the four mantis beings as they immediately gave chase!
...
「Meanwhile.」
Inside the Cultivation Land of the Book of Space-Time.
Wang Xiao let out a long sigh of relief.
He could feel that after entering the Cultivation Land, all negative effects had completely vanished.
The faint, persistent sensation of being watched had also dissipated.
Wang Xiao was not surprised by this.
After all,
not even that special being from within the Cosmic Star—a creature that surpassed Tier Twelve—had been able to track him to the Cultivation Land.
The Magic Techniques used by the Eternal Night Monarch and the others stood no chance of affecting him here.
’Myriad Laws Pavilion, the Eternal Night Monarch... not a good soul among them.’
Wang Xiao’s brow furrowed.
If he didn’t have the Book of Space-Time, he likely would have fallen into their trap this time.
Indeed.
Trying to traverse the Cosmos without having cultivated to the level of a Tier Twelve Life was too much of a stretch.
’And another thing... these guys have a way of sensing the Cosmic Star Crystal. That’s a problem.’
’Fortunately, it seems they can only sense it when they’re in my presence.’
’Otherwise, the mission to deliver the Cosmic Star Crystal would become much, much harder!’
Wang Xiao’s expression was grim.
He didn’t leave right away, deciding instead to remain in the Cultivation Land for a while.
After all—
the Cultivation Land couldn’t move, which meant he was still technically in the same region of space where he’d encountered the Eternal Night Monarch.
If he reappeared now, the mantis beings would very likely sense his presence.
It was best to wait a while for things to die down before leaving.
’This is the perfect opportunity. I’ll use this time to refine the last of the Chaos Cyan Lotus’s Tri-Color Lotus Seeds and achieve the Nine Times of Ultimate Sublimation as quickly as possible!’
’While I’m at it, I can try to deduce a Cultivation Technique for becoming a Tier Eleven Life.’
His recent encounter with the mantis beings and the Eternal Night Monarch had not been entirely fruitless.
Through analysis, he had managed to glean some of the secrets of Tier Eleven.
Perhaps, if he spent some time on it, he could deduce the beginnings of a Cultivation Technique for breaking through to Tier Eleven Life.
Of course,
that would have to wait until he achieved the Nine Times of Ultimate Sublimation.
The Creation Divine Power of a Tier Ten Life could undergo Ultimate Sublimation a total of nine times.
Each instance of Ultimate Sublimation would elevate his internal Creation Divine Power to an entirely new Realm.
Once he achieved the Nine Times of Ultimate Sublimation,
Wang Xiao might even be able to face a Tier Twelve Life single-handedly.
Normally, achieving one Ultimate Sublimation required time measured in tens of thousands of years.
However,
the last of the Chaos Cyan Lotus’s Tri-Color Lotus Seeds could help him achieve Ultimate Sublimation.
This would shorten the time required immensely!
’What is the time-flow ratio between this region of space and the one where Earth is located?’
Wang Xiao couldn’t help but ask.
He already knew that the rate at which time flowed was different in every region of space.
A year for him in this region of space could mean a hundred years, or even longer, had passed back where Earth was.