Artifact Spirit's Guidance

Silver-white space fragments littered the path ahead, and the overwhelming pressure radiating from the front was so potent that even Zhou Lin, with his Myriad Tribulation Primordial Body, felt a chill.

If he hadn't relied on the Talisman Token to enter, he would never have been able to withstand it.

My remaining energy isn't enough to reach the deepest part, Zhou Lin thought, his brows locked in a frown. But having finally arrived at such a treasure trove, merely perfecting his Law of Space felt insufficient.

He was a peerless prodigy; even without coming to this Space Corridor, it was only a matter of time before he deduced the laws to the fourteenth level of the Tongtian Bridge.

At most, in a few decades, Zhou Lin would reach that stage.

A place revered as a treasure by this race could not possibly be as simple as it appeared on the surface.

Let's try the Void Realm. Zhou Lin's physical body began to turn illusory. In the outside world, he could fully manifest his domain to cover a radius of Ten Thousand Miles.

Inside the Space Corridor, however, he could only maintain it for a few hundred miles.

Yet, once his body was completely etherealized, the surging energy no longer exerted pressure on him, with only one ten-thousandth or less of it managing to seep through.

To Zhou Lin, who had mastered the Myriad Tribulation Primordial Body, that one ten-thousandth of energy felt like a gentle breeze against his face.

It wasn't that the energy here lacked power, but rather that without a master to manipulate it, it simply flowed naturally—and one who had grasped the complete Space True Intent could permeate the Void Realm.

Even the naturally dissipating energy was enough to seep through by one ten-thousandth.

Advancing step by step into the depths, Zhou Lin's speed soon brought him into the region where King Immortal beings cultivated.

The initial area consisted only of layered spaces; the profundities contained within were simple, the power not particularly strong, and even Realm Lord geniuses could occasionally enter to cultivate.

The middle region was covered in silver-white space fragments, where Marquis Immortal beings could linger for long periods with the help of Talisman Tokens.

But as he reached the depths, the power seeping through made Zhou Lin feel immense pressure; even in his particle-ized state, it was becoming difficult to endure.

The first level of the Myriad Tribulation Primordial Body is still a bit too weak. Zhou Lin looked ahead with a sense of unwillingness; it was hard for him to calm his mind and cultivate while staying here.

The pressure on his body was extreme, much like the sensation of an ordinary person being roasted over a fire.

It was only because Zhou Lin's Mental Will was formidable that he didn't cry out despite the agony.

"Kid, what is this place?" Suddenly, the Azure Cloud Bracelet spoke. Even in his etherealized state, it could remain attached to Zhou Lin.

It could then merge into the Void Realm.

"You can think of it as a Tiandi Secret Realm," Zhou Lin explained. Though his tone was flat, one could detect a slight tremor if listening closely.

He was clearly bearing immense pain.

Zhou Lin was reluctant to give up; if he could calm his mind here to contemplate, he would gain a great deal, but that was difficult to achieve.

The rules of heaven and earth were fair; regions where it was easy to contemplate the laws were often accompanied by extreme difficulty.

Even though the Sovereigns went to great lengths to refine Talisman Tokens, they could only allow those geniuses to enter for one year, and the secrets of the deeper regions were unknown even to them.

"This place is actually quite interesting." The Azure Cloud Bracelet suddenly detached from Zhou Lin's body, and the Cangyun Artifact Spirit manifested, taking the form of an old man.

Zhou Lin was stunned. "I feel like I can barely move an inch here, yet you don't feel any pressure at all?"

The strength of an artifact spirit itself was not inherently high; they required a master to wield them to unleash their full power. A World Divine Artifact's spirit could not possibly rival a Realm God.

Similarly, a True God Artifact's spirit could not rely on itself to rival a True God.

The Cangyun Artifact Spirit snorted, looking quite arrogant. "It contains some space power, but why would that put pressure on me? Kid, although you practice a Realm God Secret Art, you are relying entirely on your divine body to resist it, so naturally, you feel uncomfortable."

Zhou Lin froze, a glimmer of realization dawning on him, though it remained somewhat vague.

"You're so dense, and you call yourself a First Grade True Meaning transcendent?"

The Cangyun Artifact Spirit said irritably, "Have you done no research on Space True Intent? The essence of this power is space power."

Zhou Lin had a sudden epiphany. Although he had studied the Law of Space for many years, he had never considered the essence of the power itself.

Within the Rule Profundity system, it could be subdivided into Space Cutting True Intent, Space Splitting True Intent, and the complete Space True Intent.

For instance, the space fragments covering the middle region belonged to the power of Space Cutting—sharp beyond measure, enough to easily shred planets to pieces.

But here, the power of space was of a different nature.

Zhou Lin's comprehension was heaven-defying; with a slight nudge from the Cangyun Artifact Spirit, he understood everything. Whether he was walking in the Void Realm or residing within it, he had been resisting it through brute force.

A certain race quickly came to his mind.

The Demon Killer Clan, darlings of the Law of Space, were known as the most adept at assassination and could perform teleportation relying on their Talent Secret Skill.

If the Demon Killer Clan were in this place, they would certainly be able to withstand it better than I can. Once Zhou Lin realized this, he began to manifest a Void Realm clone.

He always used his Void Realm clone to scout the path ahead.

Normally, his Void Realm clone should have collapsed the moment it appeared in this region, but right now, it maintained a strange equilibrium.

After a full three seconds.

Bang!

The Void Realm clone finally shattered, a look of joy appearing on Zhou Lin's face.

"Your comprehension is not bad." The Cangyun Artifact Spirit nodded in satisfaction.

The pressure on Zhou Lin's True Body also eased significantly; once he could dissect the essence of the power, he knew how to respond to it.

That was the nature of the Rule Profundity system—it was adept at analyzing the rules of heaven and earth. Since Zhou Lin's own comprehension of space was already high, he could naturally adjust with ease.

"Space?" A sudden thought struck Zhou Lin. He felt a profound stirring within, as if he were on the verge of comprehending the complete Space True Intent at any moment.

The Cangyun Artifact Spirit suddenly spoke up, "Kid, do you want to go take a look at the deepest reaches?"

Zhou Lin was abruptly pulled from his state of enlightenment, but he felt no annoyance. Even if he hadn't grasped the Space True Intent in one go, he could easily achieve it after leaving, given enough time.

"The deepest reaches? I'm afraid only a World Divine Artifact-level being could enter, or perhaps even they wouldn't necessarily be able to reach it," Zhou Lin frowned.

The data Zhou Ming Wang had provided him contained no records of what lay in the deepest reaches.

"Think about it, what am I?" the Cangyun Artifact Spirit scolded, sounding exasperated. "I am a World Divine Artifact of space and time; can mere spatial power affect me?"

There is a vast difference between the space layer and the space-time layer.

The space-time layer is like a thousand-layer cake, where different space-times exist in different dimensions, making them extremely difficult to locate.

The space layer, however, including methods like Zhou Lin's Void Realm or the Shadow World, is essentially just different distributions within the same space.

They possess no dimensional differences.

Just as Universe Venerables who have fully merged into space can be easily discovered by a Universe Master who has mastered a space-time, the same principle applies.

Of course, if one's power reaches a certain level, it can compensate for these differences in laws, as is the case with top-tier Universe Overlords.

But at the very least, the power of this Space Corridor should not be enough to threaten the Cangyun Artifact Spirit, which has mastered space and time.