NABC Chapter 772 505: Shattering Void
Chapter 772 505: Shattering Void
"What? Ten years outside, one day here?"
Upon hearing this, Chen Ku's face lit up with joy, excitement surged in his heart:
"Doesn't this mean I will have ample time here to refine the Hero King Realm and reach the Shattering Void realm."
One must know, along his journey, relying on the Transformation Diagram, his cultivation advancement has been rapid, the greatest scarcity has always been time.
If given enough time, he would be completely fearless, based solely on the resources he's accumulated, once fully digested, walking horizontally across the Fourteen Realms would be achievable.
"Hmm? General Chen, you seem a bit delighted?"
Outside, several breaths had passed; inside, months had already gone by. Yang Pan, seeing Chen Ku's demeanor, was quite solemn, his voice somewhat desolate:
"Haven't you understood? Although there is ample time here, it's completely severed from the outside world, you see the many corpses here, not only those trapped since the establishment of Daji, exhausting their life span, but even older ones, including strong ones of the Thirteen Realm Shattering Void level, condensed 'Cave Heaven Seeds', yet still couldn't shatter the world of Dragon Han Divine Mansion and escape back outside, so..."
He didn't finish his words, but the meaning was clear – despite the abundant time for cultivation, seemingly ideal for geniuses to enter and seclude themselves, the key point is that even if the retreat succeeds, escape is impossible, and the outstanding must perish of old age.
This place is essentially a prison.
"Hmm? More beings from ancient times, Cave Heaven Seeds?" Chen Ku raised his eyebrows, not directly responding to his mood, but shifting the topic to inquire.
In truth, even as he spoke, he noticed the Qi Mechanism change within Yang Pan, not only had his injuries improved, but within his body, there emerged a semblance of Qi resembling a Cave Heaven prototype, akin to Hua Yuexian's 'Ten Directions Reincarnation' move.
This clearly indicated Yang Pan had, within three to four months in Dragon Han Divine Mansion, gathered the Cave Heaven prototype.
Yang Pan chuckled wryly, casually pointing to Chen Ku and not far from him, to the remains of a skeleton sitting cross-legged on the ground, saying:
"Have you noticed that skeleton? He was known as Xiao Wangji, a genius among the top three worldwide a hundred years ago, nicknamed 'Young Master Wangji'. Before entering the Dragon Han Divine Mansion, recorded by the Imperial Court, he was at the Eleventh Realm, yet inside, he advanced to the Thirteen Realm Peak, gathering a Cave Heaven prototype, attaining at least three thousand years of lifespan. Yet still turned into white bones. I acquired his Cave Heaven Seed and attained the Cave Heaven prototype..."
Chen Ku discerned Yang Pan had more to say, so he asked: "Isn't this a good thing? With so many ancient corpses leaving behind resources, it seems possible to build up the realms high, perhaps even a chance to escape Dragon Han Divine Mansion."
Yang Pan sighed and said: "I initially thought the same as you, but after obtaining Xiao Wangji's Cave Heaven prototype, I realized why here, the highest cultivators are all at Thirteen Realm Peak."
Chen Ku sharply caught the critical information, asking: "Could it be? It's impossible to cultivate to the Fourteen Realm here?"
"You've guessed correctly."
Yang Pan crouched down, picked a seed from a skeleton, this seed resembled a stone, yet amidst it contained World Qi, allowing Chen Ku to perceive clearly it was a Cave Heaven Seed from another Thirteen Realm Peak corpse.
Yang Pan tossed this seed, which in the outside world would value several cities, to Chen Ku, saying:
"You're a cultivator, you should understand all things in the universe are finite. Clouds turn to rain, rain nurtures the earth, flowers and grass, wilt and transform into dust, Heaven and Earth Essence Qi continually changes in various forms."
Chen Ku nodded.
He practiced the Life Destruction Creation Finger, capable of rotating the Five Elements, naturally understanding the principle of Innate Primordial Qi cycling and transforming within the Five Elements.
At this moment, he vaguely grasped a certain truth, gazing at this realm.
From his perspective, beyond the hundreds of white bones below, were numerous stone halls exuding ancient atmosphere, seemingly existing for thousands or even tens of thousands of years, filled with an aura of timeworn antiquity.
Outside these stone halls was a pitch black area, not entirely black, but a flow of chaotic colors.
Immediately, such a scene came to mind.
This Dragon Han Divine Mansion seemed to exist as a small continent amidst endless dark chaos, instantly he realized something, speaking:
"The Heaven and Earth Laws here are incomplete!!"
"You've finally understood."
Yang Pan exhaled, saying:
"We martial practitioners begin with refining our bodies using the vital energy of all things, thereafter introducing the Innate Primordial Qi, ultimately transforming to Law Refining Body."
Saying this, he pointed at the scattered corpses:
"This Dragon Han Divine Mansion was originally just a Small Thousand World, a Cave Mansion Realm, even if some Heaven and Earth Essence Qi is contained within, it isn't much. It's only the successive years, millennia, countless cultivators mistakenly entering here, expiring due to diminishing life spans, with their cultivation Qi completely dispersing back into the Dragon Han Divine Mansion, thus the Qi within this place has a defined total amount."
"However, thanks to successive entrants, their post-mortem dispersed Qi forcibly raised the density here to the level capable of birthing Thirteen Realm Shattering Void experts, but this is its limit, impossible to reach Fourteen Realm because from the Thirteen to Fourteen Realm, it truly entails opening the Cave Mansion Realm. This step requires not only Qi but 'thieving' Laws from the Great Universe to complete the Cave Heaven's opening, but here is entirely disconnected from the Great Universe, hence... it's utterly unattainable to birth Fourteen Realm experts."