Invading a World (8K-Character Long Chapter)

Li Shiwei shook her head, feeling dizzy and disoriented.

The slowdown made her feel even more nauseous.

The reason is quite simple: when the Heavenly Way Limit are lowered, the spacetime of the entire ship will be distorted.

Admittedly, the suppression of the Great Dao outside the realm is very weak, unlike the one in the world which is so solid that it is almost impossible to change. Therefore, these Law Treasure can either enhance or reduce the Heavenly Way Limit, but the resulting effects will not change.

Reducing the speed Heavenly Way Limit will forcibly reduce the speed of the flying boat, which was originally 1.5 times the Heavenly Way Limit. This reduction is manifested in the form of doubling the energy consumption.

Because the closer you get to the Heavenly Way Limit, the more energy you need to accelerate. For example, accelerating to 50 Heavenly Way Limit may require 100 units of energy, but accelerating to 90% of the Heavenly Way Limit may require 100,000 units of energy.

For every tiny increase in speed, the required energy increases exponentially.

Theoretically, truly transcending the Heavenly Way Limit requires infinite energy.

The same is true now. The flying boat is flying at 1.5 times the Heavenly Way Limit because the Heavenly Way Limit around the flying boat has been altered by Technique Method.

Therefore, as long as the speed around the flying boat is changed to only 10% of the Heavenly Way Limit, the energy required to maintain this speed will increase dramatically and visibly.

In this way, the energy carried by the airship at its current speed will not be enough to support its flight at that speed, and it will rapidly decelerate until it comes to a stop.

The specific manifestation of this process is that the mass of the spacecraft begins to increase dramatically, and then returns to normal, which is reflected in the mutual conversion of energy and mass, time and space.

This whole process made Li Shiwei vomit.

I don't know why... she's really confused about spacetime structures, and she can't stand it when this happens...

Stone sighed, "Boss, you're way too sensitive to changes in space and time. I think you need to get some special training. Otherwise, what will you do when you reach the sixth rank? At the sixth rank, raising and lowering the Heavenly Way Limit are already common practices. What if you end up vomiting it out while you're fighting?"

"We'll talk about it later... Hand me the bucket..." Li Shiwei was too lazy to think about anything else; all she wanted to do right now was vomit.

It's hard to say what happened to the stone; it simply floated up, used Technique Method to gather its Law Power, and threw the bucket over.

After a while, Li Shiwei finally recovered and looked outside.

At these coordinates, there truly exists a world floating in the sky.

Li Shiwei carefully examined the special world that the leader had mentioned.

This is not a typical spherical world, but a special world with world barriers, and within these world barriers, there are other world barriers.

In other words, this world contains smaller worlds within it, nested layer upon layer, and is divided into different worlds within it.

This is similar to a small extraterritorial domain, but much smaller.

"Use the scanning array on the flying boat to see the specific attributes of this world, how much space it has, and how many worlds it is divided into?" Li Shiwei asked Shi Tou.

You could feel that the atmosphere around the stone changed noticeably in an instant.

If it were a mineral life form, one could clearly perceive that the stone had just 'sighed' and 'rolled its eyes'.

Stone said helplessly, "Boss, have you forgotten that we rented a small, single-person controlled airship? Can one person operate a scanning array? Have you lost your memory from being on World-Class Giant Ship for too long?"

Having controlled countless extraterrestrial worlds, the world naturally developed a unique set of investigation techniques. It didn't require sending people to investigate on-site; it only needed to set up a large-scale array outside the world to scan the internal conditions, including the size of the world, its energy level, the number of life forms, and the dominant energy type.

However, it's obvious how much energy and equipment would be required to create an array that covers an entire world...

"Uh... I'm dizzy from throwing up. Do you expect me to go in? If I break through the world barrier, the natives will be hostile to me, right?" Li Shiwei suddenly realized.

"Boss, don't tell me you haven't actually considered how to get inside the world, have you?" Stone's voice trembled slightly.

"Uh... I do have a way to break through the world's barrier, but I'm afraid of being antagonized by the natives. I've heard that these multi-layered, nested worlds can be quite chaotic internally." Li Shiwei shook her head...

I always feel like my brain doesn't work very well after getting seasick on the airship due to the acceleration of time and space.

Why don't I feel this way on World-Class Giant Ship? It shouldn't be like that. World-Class Giant Ship do distort spacetime, and their sheer size naturally causes spatial distortion, yet I don't feel anything...

Li Shiwei pressed her fingers to her temples and rubbed them to relieve the dizziness. "Forget about that, let's make some preparations. If I take more time, I should be able to reduce the noise when breaking through the world barrier."

"Okay, I'll go prepare the array plate for you, boss," Stone said.

Soon, the array was ready, and Li Shiwei entered the boundless void.

For mortals, the outer void is extremely dangerous; falling into it is practically a death sentence.

There is no direct threat from outside the region; the greatest danger lies in the surrounding environment.

It's incredibly cold here because temperature is essentially the movement of matter. The faster matter moves, the greater its internal energy, and thus the higher the temperature.

In the void beyond the realm, there is nothing, no matter exists, so there is no such thing as 'internal energy'. Therefore, the temperature outside the realm is close to the lowest value. Even if a person has a body temperature, it will be dissipated to the surroundings due to its diffusivity, and the heat will be absorbed by the surrounding environment.

As a result, it will get colder and colder until your temperature matches that of the surrounding environment.

When the temperature is the same as the ambient temperature... that's close to the lowest possible temperature, and such a low temperature is enough to kill many people.

Therefore, one needs to use Technique Method to heat the surrounding environment and maintain one's body temperature.

Li Shiwei affixed several True Fire Talismans to her body, thus avoiding the first danger.

Then, we need to be careful about the movement of the world itself.

Beyond the realm, everything is in motion. The world is not stationary; rather, it is dragged along with the world clusters, which in turn are disturbed by other world clusters, constantly moving forward in the void at extremely high speeds.

Countless worlds, countless disturbances, and incredibly complex relative motions exist within them. That's why we need things like 'star charts' as guides. Star charts are generally in motion.

In this situation, the world's coordinates are not fixed coordinates, but relative coordinates calculated by combining the landmark areas of the surrounding world. These coordinates are constantly changing and need to be adjusted and calculated at any time. Then, the flying boat is used to continuously shuttle between different worlds to confirm the location and finally find the world that you want to go to.

Traveling abroad can be a very complicated matter.

This is the second danger from beyond the realm: when an individual falls into the void, it is easy to lose one's way.

Getting lost at this point is basically a death sentence. Even if you have enough supplies to last a lifetime, you may never find anything else in your life.

Of course, those above the seventh rank don't need to worry. The seventh rank is already capable of surviving outside the realm. If they spend tens of thousands of years, they might even encounter another world by chance.

However, there is a solution. Since all motion is relative, one can use the world's own gravity to make the world "drag itself along" and remain relatively still with the world itself. In this way, one doesn't have to worry about being left behind by the fast-moving world and never finding another living person in this lifetime.

"A gravitational connection has been established. Secure the safety rope. The spacecraft is heading towards the gravitational equilibrium point with the world."

The gravitational equilibrium point is when the spacecraft is pulled along by the world's gravity, but is not pulled towards the world and falls into it.

Staying here means there's no need to worry about the spaceship being thrown too far away by the world. As long as Li Shiwei's safety rope is tied to the spaceship, it won't crash into the outer realm.

The third danger is air pollution from outside the region.

As a typical humanoid being, Li Shiwei needs to breathe. Breathing corresponds to the 'wind' in the microcosm of the human body, which is the method of circulation. If she cannot breathe, the circulation of qi in her body will be sluggish, and her cultivation will gradually stop. Therefore, ordinary cultivators cannot survive outside the realm; only those at the seventh rank can.

Different Dao Lineage of Daoism have different ways of dealing with this. For example, Li Qi's Shaman Path, after reaching the seventh rank, Creation from Nothing within his body and no longer needs external replenishment.

Li Shiwei is a Daoist, practicing the Cultivation Method of Mount Luofu. If she reaches the seventh rank, she will achieve a self-circulating microcosm within her human body, isolating herself and not exchanging anything with the outside world, until she becomes Immaculate Body, completely isolated from the outside world, and achieves the 'unique self'.

Unfortunately, she can't now.

However, the solution is quite simple: just bring enough supplies. Put a concentrated Qi bead into your mouth, and a continuous stream of energy will flow into your body to replenish it, enough for ten Chen. Li Shiwei carried six hundred such Qi bead in her Mustard Seed Bag.

In this way, the preparations are almost complete.

Then, he leaped into the void.

To be honest, this feeling is actually a bit terrifying.

Well...

It's like wearing a diving suit and entering a pitch-black, deep ocean.

The surroundings were extremely cold, and the slight heat emitted by the True Fire Talisman was like a tiny flame in a gale, which could be extinguished at any moment.

The Qi bead in her mouth were constantly dissolving themselves, turning into fresh air and maintaining the circulation of breath within her body. However, this made it difficult for her to open her mouth, as she was worried about them falling out, and her tongue was not very flexible.

Moreover, what's most unsettling is that... once you leave the airship and float in the void, you can clearly feel that the world around you seems to be drifting away from you.

The airship quickly became a tiny dot, and the world in the distance was also just a tiny dot.

As for other places... there aren't even any small spots.

In the entire world, in the endless darkness, only these two small dots remained. If it weren't for the safety rope, the oppressive feeling would probably drive a person crazy.

Li Shiwei took two deep breaths, gripped the safety rope tightly, and used her Technique Method to fly towards the other world.

Now that she and the world are relatively still, flying towards the world will allow her to successfully reach the world barrier.

The surroundings were completely silent, making the heartbeat sound all the more distinct.

Li Shiwei stared blankly at the darkness around her and the two small dots beside her.

I spent more than ten years abroad...

This was the first time she had personally practiced this in a foreign land.

It was deep, terrifying, and even dizzying.

How did those ancestors who decided to venture beyond this realm find the courage to rush into such darkness?

Those pioneers who explored were all seventh-rank cultivators. They rushed out with only provisions, drifting in the outer void for hundreds of thousands of years, searching for new worlds like headless flies. What were they thinking at that time?

What were their true feelings?

Li Shiwei seemed to vaguely sense something stirring within her.

But before she could think about it, the small dot in front of her was rapidly enlarging.

Then a spherical world with a multi-layered nested structure appeared before Li Shiwei's eyes.

The nesting is visible from the outside; the inner world appears to be divided into seven different areas, each displaying a different color.

Generally speaking, this means that there are different regional divisions within this world. The natives of these worlds would consider themselves to belong to different worlds and would wage war against each other, engaging in wars such as 'plane wars'.

But in reality, from a global perspective, they are all the same, just different nested levels of the same world.

However, thinking about this, Li Shiwei's eyes widened, and she suddenly realized something.

If the interior of a world can be composed of such layered and nested elements, these seven different inner world planes share a very obvious commonality. "They all come from the same world."

Then, what about the 'universe' in which the world exists?

Is the universe, with its countless worlds, all situated within the same framework? It probably is.

In other words—

All worlds and all civilizations must share commonalities!

Li Shiwei immediately breathed a sigh of relief. Even though this action was quite dangerous in the outer realm, she couldn't help but do it because... it meant that her 'direction was correct'.

Being on the right track is extremely important.

Many times, I'm not afraid of hardship or fatigue, but I'm afraid of not being able to distinguish between "I haven't tried hard enough" and "I'm trying in the wrong direction".

As long as the direction is right, no matter how hard or tiring it is, it's still moving in the right direction, rather than finding that all your efforts are in vain.

Since that's the case, let's do it!

Li Shiwei began to accelerate, and then landed lightly on the World Barrier.

Then, she recited. "Use the heart as the general, the qi as the spirit, gather it to form the elixir, and transform it into a physical form..."

As she spoke, a divine general suddenly stood up behind her!

This divine general wasn't the end of it. Li Shiwei immediately scattered a stack of talismans and shouted sternly, "I summon my generals and commanders! Descend here immediately and come to the altar to receive my orders!"

The talismans swirled and danced in the air, forming specific arrays, and then each emitted a dazzling light, projecting distant power upon this place.

This is a spell to summon divine generals. Li Shiwei used the power of talismans to command the divine generals to appear. These are genuine Heavenly Court Divine General, without any falsehood.

Therefore, it can form the part of 'heaven'.

Then, she used herself as a starting point to form the part of 'humanity'.

Thus, the Celestial Person triggered the Man's Killing Intent.

The Yin-Yang Talisman Scripture states. "When Heaven unleashes its murderous intent, stars shift and Ten Thousand Transformations Establish Foundation; when Earth unleashes its murderous intent, dragons and serpents rise from the land; when Man unleashes his murderous intent, Heaven and Earth are overturned; Heaven and Man Unite, the foundation of all things is established."

The Heaven and Man Unite and Ten Thousand Transformations Establish Foundation. This is the method Li Shiwei intends to use. She will use the Man's Killing Intent and Heavenly Dao to disrupt the Heavenly Dao of this world. When the heavenly way is in chaos, the World Barrier will naturally break open, and then she can easily enter.

However, just as mentioned before, this creates chaos in the Heavenly Dao order. Some of the more perceptive local natives, such as prophets or charlatans, will directly perceive the cracks that have been created in the Heavenly Dao.

At such times, they feel as if their world has been torn apart, and from the dark void—the 'extraterrestrial demons' have descended upon this world.

Of course, it doesn't necessarily have to be the term "extraterrestrial demons," but to get the gist, that's pretty much it.

The Heaven's Killing Intent is the hidden movement of Qi. When it is still and motionless, life and death are intertwined. When it moves according to the times, all things are treated like straw dogs. Therefore, it is called the killing intent of Heavenly Kill, which is the killing intent of Heaven's timing.

But then the divine generals summoned by Li Shiwei roared angrily, and the oppressive aura of the gods descended! The punishment of the gods was like a mountain of rice and noodles raining down!

But then strange phenomena arose. Around the many divine generals, water and fire clashed, ghosts and plagues were rampant, all living beings were seriously ill, heavenly calamities were spreading, and an endless world of war appeared. People were unfilial to their parents, brothers rebelled against each other, prefectures and counties were devastated, and many people died.

As the times turn against us, murderous intent corrupts all men and women under heaven. Those with grudges from past lives come to haunt us, and cursed demons seek out living beings, feeding on blood and exhausting the living. Diseases and calamities befall us, and evil spirits follow us!

Li Shiwei's understanding of 'Heaven's Killing Intent' is quite different from that of the Heaven's Killing Intent in Guangyang. Clearly, as an eighth-rank official, she has not yet truly comprehended 'Heavenly Kill', but merely uses the wrath of the gods as a hook for Heavenly Kill Intent.

But that's enough.

But then she bit her own finger, and under the guise of Heavenly Kill, she incited human violence!

When a person unleashes their murderous intent, all things in heaven and earth will follow suit. Hence the saying that when Heaven and Man Unite, Ten Thousand Transformations Establish Foundation. At the moment when Heaven and Man Unite, they seize the harmonious balance of heaven and earth and the wonders of yin and yang in their creation!

The reason why the Qi mechanism cannot move in harmony with Heaven and Earth is that it cannot act as its own master, but is driven by the five thieves, thus contradicting the Way of Heavenly Dao and its movement. Now, it is said that Heaven is established to determine the fate of man.

The murderous intent is unleashed here, the Three Powers are stolen here, the three essentials return here, filling the four limbs, permeating the six directions, filling heaven and earth, clearly distinct. Li Shiwei uses the Man's Killing Intent to drive the Heaven's Killing Intent, causing chaos in the Heavenly Dao within the World Barrier below!

This battle lasted for a Chen.

Within that one Chen, in this unknown world, many of the world's top experts suddenly felt a thorn in their side.

The emperor of the empire opened his majestic eyes, vaguely sensing that the fate of his nation was beginning to decline.

The reclusive sage awoke from his reverie and looked out with concern, sensing the impending chaos and strife of a turbulent world.

The invincible war god raised his head from the military camp and roared at the sky, leaving the surrounding soldiers completely bewildered.

The beast king, hidden in the forest, roared, spewing flames and letting out a triumphant laugh.

In a remote village, a blacksmith's pace of forging suddenly slowed down, causing a piece of iron to become unusable and have to be melted down and started over. The customer grumbled and cursed, and the blacksmith quickly apologized with a smile.

After the customer left, his face turned sorrowful, and he pulled a rusty longsword from the pool and began to sharpen it little by little.

In the sky, a divine statue stood tall. The clouds began to change, constantly generating storms. These powerful thunderstorm clouds moved rapidly and shimmered with various colors, condensing into thick dark clouds that obscured the sun, making daytime as dark as night, while the shimmering storms resembled a constellation of stars.

A sacrifice was being held below, with some rituals considered quite primitive by the Shaman Path resounding. The prayers grew louder, goddesses performed dances, priests sang loudly, and a mighty general dragged slaves to the altar and beheaded them. The power of Blood Sacrifice and the prayers of all living beings converged in the center of the statue.

Finally, the dark clouds were torn apart! A beam of golden light fell, shining directly on the statue.

The priests were astonished to find that, although such sacrifices were held every year in the past, the statues had never reacted, only exhibiting the strange phenomenon of thunder.

But today—the idols they worship have come to life.

In this world, within a crimson ocean, a sharp, Demonic Sword is embedded in a small ribbon of the ocean, connecting the entire ocean's energy and converging it together.

However, suddenly, a terrifying killing intent surged forth from this calm sea. In an instant, the area around the island fell silent; insects dared not chirp, birds dared not call, beasts dared not roar, and fish dared not swim.

Everything was suppressed by a cruel aura! In a daze, it was as if a blood spring was emerging from the ground, gurgling and churning out blood plasma, instantly turning the surroundings into a vast sea of blood, with corpses floating on the surface!

If anyone stayed here, they would probably hear the wailing of gods and ghosts.

Examples and anomalies unfold in this unique world.

The powerful beings of this world have all sensed the disorder in the 'Heavenly Dao'.

Or rather, the global situation is in disarray.

But Li Shiwei, the one who started all of this, was oblivious to it all. She continued to meticulously deploy her formation, causing chaos in the local Heavenly Dao, and the World Barrier was about to be breached.

A Communication Sorcery came through; it was from the ship.

Stone used the Technique Method on the ship to say, "Boss, everything is ready here."

Upon receiving this message, Li Shiwei did not reply. Instead, she spread her hands and expanded the range of her Technique Method!

Divine Lamp appeared in the sky, illuminating everything.

The Immortal Bells and Chimes resounded in the air.

Under this heavenly music, the World Barrier gradually dissolved.

Meanwhile, Stone was maneuvering the flying boat, aiming it in their direction.

The World Barrier cannot be directly breached; if it were, something terrible would happen. The world would be directly exposed to the void, and all matter within it would be annihilated and eroded in the void.

The World Barrier is a protective measure for the world. Without this protection, the endless cold and emptiness of the outer void would destroy all worlds, leaving all matter to be evenly spread out in the emptiness of the outer void.

Given the vastness of the outer void, even if all the worlds were torn apart, the outer void would probably not change in the slightest, except that the average matter density would be slightly higher, which could even be ignored.

Only the world can remain unaffected in the boundless void; only the world has no World Barrier.

Li Shiwei didn't know how Tianxia prevented her substance from dissipating, but she figured it must have been the work of those powerful beings.

There's just one thing that doesn't make sense...

Before the emergence of the Great Beings, in the ancient times when they were not yet Great Beings, how did the world maintain its material existence from being swallowed by the void?

Never mind, I'll probably find out later.

That being said, the World Barrier cannot be destroyed, otherwise it will indirectly destroy the entire world. Although the world will be fine at the time, millions of years later, as the void gradually erodes and matter dissipates, the world will vanish into nothingness.

However, this method can weaken the World Barrier and open up a vulnerable cavity.

Then, let the airship crash into it!

Li Shiwei reached out her hand, and countless talismans began to flash in a specific pattern according to a dot matrix.

This is a signal that she's almost ready.

As the signal was sent out.

The flying boat in the distance suddenly accelerated to 50% of the Heavenly Way Limit!

Then, it crashed right into the World Barrier!

When accelerated to 0.5% of the Heavenly Way Limit, the surrounding spacetime will be distorted, time will slow down, and space will stretch out. This is the manifestation of the Great Dao.

This distortion, appearing above the World Barrier, can distort the World Barrier, allowing one to pass through!

Li Shiwei was pulled back to the boat quickly by the safety rope.

This is the function of a safety rope.

Then, the safety rope breaks down into energy, because it is composed of energy to begin with.

Li Shiwei returned to the ship and ducked to protect her body.

Then--

In one of the 'planes' of this world.

Suddenly... the sky collapsed.

A shockwave suddenly descended from the sky.

The light crashed down, the mountains collapsed, and the earth sank violently. Suddenly, a huge crater appeared!

Below was a wasteland. In an instant, the ground subsided, and groundwater gushed out wildly, being squeezed out and forming countless water mists and 'lakes' floating in mid-air.

Judging from this water volume, it's definitely not a problem to call it a lake.

However, this is only the first wave of its power.

Then the second shockwave struck, followed by another deafening roar. The earth sank again, sinking nearly ten feet deep, and the crater expanded to almost completely engulf the wasteland.

Rumble, rumble—

Two loud bangs followed, and the ground sank again and again, turning the wasteland into a basin.

Not a single piece of gravel flew up. Nor did any dust rise; everything was pressed firmly to the ground by her power, unable to escape!

This shows how powerful the force descending from the heavens is!

However, at that moment, the dome of the sky twisted and turned into ripples, and the entire sky began to tremble.

The Heavenly Dao has been disrupted. The once peaceful world seems to have returned to chaos in an instant. There is no heaven or earth, no life force, only a faint buzzing sound.

At that moment, countless strange phenomena suddenly appeared at the gap in the sky.

Those visions are like the prayers and worship of billions of living beings, and the fantasies formed from their thoughts and longings.

Amidst this worship, countless images of imagery began to emerge, including volcanoes, continents, oceans, and stars, as if a small world was being created.

After the land was created, mountains roared up from beneath the earth, and volcanoes erupted!

Then, the light sank, and the volcano was flattened again. However, countless fragments of gas continued to spew out, flying out of Zhongshan Mountain like rain, as if it were the end of the world.

Stars appeared, then the sun and moon, then the sea, then the continent, and finally a vast and boundless world. This immense world emerged from the chaos and gradually blocked the entire shockwave.

The unparalleled light that had descended from beyond the heavens was suddenly blocked by the strange phenomenon, unable to advance even an inch.

Ultimately, the power surging from the heavens was completely worn away by these strange phenomena, while the phenomena themselves remained unaffected and untouched. It seems that even another impact from the heavens would not be able to break through these phenomena!

After all, this extraordinary phenomenon is the very essence of the Heavenly Dao!

The celestial impact, however, was not intended to continue impacting the strange phenomenon.

Li Shiwei only wanted to come in; she had no intention of starting a war with this Heavenly Dao.

So, after the impact subsided, she shook her head, suppressing the nausea from the distortion of spacetime, and said to the stone, "Stone... go! Ugh!!"

"Hey, you threw up on me! Never mind, let's go." Stone was covered in vomit and had no choice but to quickly maneuver the flying boat away from the impact site.

If we wait any longer, the local powerhouses will probably come knocking on our door.

The moment he entered, Stone realized that this world was Seventh Rank World.

Li Shiwei can't defeat the local powerhouses in this world!

Let's rely on the airship and slip away quickly!

As for the flying boat itself, since it is Seventh Rank Magic Treasure, it was only slightly damaged after colliding with the Heavenly Dao, and it can be fully repaired.

What just happened was actually the aftershocks of the flying boat forcibly crossing the world barrier, which was then intercepted by the local Heavenly Dao out of instinct. The scene just now was the aftershock of the collision between the two.

Stone maneuvered the flying boat and left silently. Shortly after he left, about a day later, several people suddenly appeared at the same spot.

A sage holding a cane, a country bumpkin carrying a long sword, a mighty warrior in magnificent armor, a stone statue, and a monster resembling a dragon.

They arrived at this place almost at the same time.

"Something has come from beyond this world?" the monster said first.

"Just like when that Cold-Faced Hermit left, has the Cold-Faced Hermit returned?" the villager asked.

"It doesn't seem like it," the warrior shook his head.

The statue remained silent, staring at the basin-like area blasted by the shockwave, seemingly analyzing something.

Only the sage looked up at the sky with concern and said with sorrow, "What do you think... is there beyond this sky? Is this world... really only seven layers deep?"

"If there are more than seven floors, then where is the eighth floor?"