hsntnovel Chapter 2765 The Wall of Cause and Effect
Chapter 2765 The Wall of Cause and Effect
Chapter 2765 The Wall of Cause and Effect
After discussing the follow-up matters, the group decided to rest at the entrance of Houde Pass.
Now, not only Qu Jianlei, but also the other True Venerables who participated have increasingly deeper karmic ties with Tian Qing.
In this situation, it wouldn't be appropriate to enter Houde Realm again. I can't say for sure that something will happen, but... what if?
However, with the Great Lord present, it was quite convenient to rest in the void; the Möbius strip even released a small world.
“There are two fifth-order spiritual veins inside. All the True Venerables should go and rest properly… Even the Star True Venerables should take one.”
He has already entered the arena, so he doesn't need to pay attention to Tianqing's aura, but he can't destroy both spiritual veins, can he?
“No need for that,” Bo Ping Zhenjun said calmly. “My cave dwelling also has a fifth-order spiritual vein. I appreciate your kindness, fellow Daoist!”
He couldn't blame the other party for treating him differently; allowing even a Star Cultivator to "taint" the spiritual vein was already quite respectful.
Not to mention that the other party personally got involved, which is the greatest support for Lianxing cultivators.
As for the other party's purpose, it really doesn't matter—if there were no related interests, who would be crazy enough to get involved in such a thing?
"Thank you very much, senior," Qu Jianlei replied seriously. "I do need to reflect and digest this properly."
“Then let’s make it a ten-year period,” Möbius strip casually said. “By then, news of Fellow Daoist Wuchen should have arrived.”
"Isn't it unnecessary to keep such a close eye on me?" Upon hearing this, True Monarch Wuchen could only smile wryly.
"You guys from Zhongling are always looking down on people!"
“Zhong Ling’s conditions are already good!” The powerful divine sense only said one sentence, and did not say anything more.
Qu Jianlei entered the small world and truly began a semi-secluded state. He had endured so much hardship over the past fifty years.
For the next three years, he slept—yes, he slept in the real sense of the word.
It is said that when cultivators reach the Golden Core stage, it is common for them to not sleep for ten or eight years, and if they leave their body, it can be measured in thousands of years.
However, when you are extremely tired, sleeping is still a quick way to recover.
He activated his defenses, but there were too many powerful True Venerables in the team who could easily sense his condition.
“I thought I had done my best,” Song Yue’er couldn’t help but say, “but compared to this person… I’m still a bit lacking.”
“You don’t need to compare yourself to him,” Luo Fu said slowly. “Isn’t it better to just be yourself?”
“Be yourself, there’s no hope of being distracted,” Song Yue’er answered very frankly. “Not everyone is as lucky as you.”
"Me, lucky?" Luo Fu pointed to herself in astonishment. "Are you sure you're not joking?"
“Of course,” Song Yue’er answered without hesitation, “You just seem to have had a bad start, but you’ve already won at the starting line.”
“You… fine,” Luo Fu was speechless. “Say whatever you want.”
However, Qu Jianlei's three-year nap also indirectly tells everyone how he survived all these years.
He woke up more than three years later and then slept on and off for another three years.
Only then did he begin to truly organize the gains of the past fifty years.
After two years of work, he made a suggestion: he wanted to take a trip to Lianxing.
He didn't say why, but he didn't need to; everyone immediately agreed, and no one objected.
Because of Bo Ping Zhenjun's presence, they didn't even disturb Lian Xing Zhenzun, and everyone quietly entered the realm.
Arriving at a spot where the aura of celestial collapse was present, Qu Jianlei walked directly into the pervasive, decaying atmosphere.
"Uh," Han Li couldn't help but grit his teeth, and Xiao You couldn't help but shudder, "That's really... ruthless!"
Even Bo Ping Zhenjun could only perceive the situation inside from the outside.
The Möbius strip couldn't hold back any longer, "You're not allowed to enter either?"
“It will accelerate the collapse of the heavens,” Bo Ping uttered only five words, without further explanation.
That's enough, though. It shows that the cultivators of Lianxing are not without responsibility, they are just helpless!
Qu Jianlei felt disgusted as he entered the stench of decay, but did he have a choice?
His real purpose was to carefully perceive how similar and different the aura of the Heavenly Inclination was from the life and death he had mastered.
However, just to be on the safe side, he did not directly contact Tianqing's aura and instead erected an isolation layer.
It wasn't just an ordinary aura barrier; he called it a causal isolation wall—preventing the aura of the Heavenly Inclined Force from directly infiltrating itself.
Normally speaking, a true master can indeed sever causal relationships, but it requires deliberate manipulation, and not all causal relationships can be severed.
As for the cause and effect of the Heavenly Collapse, that is of utmost importance. Even if True Monarch Wuchen were to be tainted by it even slightly, he would have to carefully analyze and erase it.
However, Qu Jianlei was able to release a causal isolation at this moment, which is something that ordinary True Venerables cannot do.
Even Bo Ping Zhenjun, sensing this from the outside, couldn't help but sigh softly, "This little guy's skills are truly remarkable!"
The phrase "not easy" is so apt.
Although Qu Jianlei mastered the art of causal curse killing at the Nascent Soul stage, it still comes down to this: people are forced to do things!
The method of creating this wall of cause and effect was something he figured out himself over the past fifty years.
There are no fixed rules for the path after becoming a True Venerable – no one will teach you how to walk it, and no one's words can be trusted!
Wen Xian even abandoned the array formations he had studied his entire life, which is enough to show that at this level, everyone truly goes their own way.
Qu Jianlei is truly grateful for those 46 years of high pressure, even though they were the most difficult years of his life.
It was precisely because of the immense pressure that he was forced to go all out and try every possible way to cope with the pressure—and he had to be quick!
Even the slightest delay could lead to annihilation. To paraphrase the Imperial military: This is not a drill!
The causal wall wasn't perfect—in fact, he didn't have that much time to perfect it, but it was generally sufficient.
After entering the causal isolation layer, Qu Jianlei carefully studied the differences between the two.
Actually, there's not much difference. Tianqing's aura is deathly stillness, which is slightly different from the deathly stillness he absorbed, but they can almost be considered to be of the same origin.
After analyzing for about ten days and using seven methods, Qu Jianlei can basically confirm that they all originated from high-dimensional infiltration.
However, the aura of the Heavenly Inclination carries some rules, and it seems... I don't know if it can be considered a rule of the Great Dao, but it should belong to a higher dimension.
How should we understand the "rules of higher dimensions"? It means that the entire lifespan of the star system has come to an end!
When it comes to lifespan, this thing gets a bit unreasonable: the lifespan of an astral projection is six thousand years, who can change that?
However, on the other hand, although the lifespan of the Out-of-Body stage is six thousand years, it is still possible to attempt the Divine Transformation stage, isn't it?
Of course, the larger world cannot be compared in this way, but it can be basically confirmed that the rules of higher dimensions are driving the end of the interstellar realm.
In fact, human cultivators did not live long in Lianxing; it seemed they were far from reaching the end of their natural lifespan.
However, when the cultivators discovered this place, this world had already existed for countless years.
When extraordinary power enters this world, it also has a significant impact on the way the world exists.
It's certainly not wrong for cultivators to strive to improve themselves, but excessive demands...
In any cultivation world, this contradiction between supply and demand, which involves development and destruction, objectively exists, and cultivators take it very seriously.
It is particularly worth mentioning that each world is different and has different characteristics.
Therefore, their resilience and self-repair capabilities will naturally differ.
In short, if even the Astral Plane can survive this calamity, needless to say, it will be at least more resilient than before.
For the entire realm, isn't this a kind of upgrade? It's just that there's no clear level division.
Qu Jianlei only entered the Tianqing area after he had figured out the logic behind it.
After determining the composition of the deathly aura, Qu Jianlei attempted to sense any signs of life.
Since it is a calamity, even if it is an endless, intense, and hopeless deathly silence, there must be an extremely subtle glimmer of life.
The one who escaped—isn't that exactly what they're talking about?
If Qu Jianlei hadn't met Senior Heng and learned that the Jade Beauty Realm had experienced the cataclysmic collapse, he wouldn't have been so certain.
But since it is indeed possible to avert disaster, there must be a chance of survival!
However, finding it... is extremely difficult.
Even a Xuanzun would avoid it, which shows that this vitality is too obscure, and even a Nascent Soul stage expert would admit that it is unlikely to be possible.
However, as the question remains, did he even have a choice?
Fortunately, he endured intense pressure from high-dimensional elements for a long time in the Silent Zone.
Without this experience, Qu Jianlei asked himself, he would not have had the courage to enter the Skyfall Point—that would have been absolutely courting death!
However, he really couldn't find that state of being in the Silent Zone. He wanted to release the causal wall... but forget it, he really couldn't do something reckless.
He stayed in Tianqingdian for more than half a year, and the onlookers outside were getting impatient.
"Is he searching, or sensing?" Song Yue'er couldn't help but ask, "How awful will he smell when he comes out?"
“It should be ‘searching,’” Bo Ping Zhenjun said solemnly, “searching for the one who has vanished…”
Among the True Lords present, his realm was not the highest, and his knowledge was also quite ordinary, but he understood Tianqing the best.
The young lady's knowledge is very diverse, but she herself is not deeply involved in the cause and effect of the Heavenly Collapse, nor would she recklessly try to deepen it.
She's only partially immune to the karmic consequences of the heavens' collapse; she really shouldn't be so reckless.
However, Bo Ping Zhenjun himself was a firsthand witness and had pondered the collapse of the heavens for nearly ten thousand years, so he certainly had the right to speak on the matter.
Even so, he could only deduce Qu Zhenzun's general thought process.
Upon hearing this, True Venerable Yue Ran nodded slightly, "He must be searching for the feeling of sudden enlightenment."
Among the powerful True Venerables, Han Li and Xiao You could not withstand Tian Qing's aura and could not observe him carefully, so only he was left.
"To have an epiphany here..." Song Yue'er grinned upon hearing this, "I'm truly impressed!"
“Hmm,” Shenniu Zhenzun nodded upon hearing this, “Even if it were me… I definitely wouldn’t be able to find that state of enlightenment.”
The prerequisites for triggering enlightenment are too high. At the very least, absolute calmness and selflessness, as well as ensuring a clear mind, are essential.
Even though he came from Lianxing and possessed the aura of Tianqing, he admitted that he couldn't do it in this kind of environment.
"I'm afraid we'll have to remove the protective gear again," Han Wei muttered under his breath, his brows furrowed. "It's been so long... this is going to be a big problem."