A World of Its Own
"Boom—!!!"
A violent tremor occurred out of nowhere, causing the entire Star Moon Lake Island to shake, and the surrounding seawater to surge with waves, spreading outwards from Star Moon Lake Island in all directions.
The ancient Gu Rong guarding the square leaped into the air, and a massive Bone Dragon soared through the sky, its huge eyes, glowing with an eerie light, looking down below.
In Gu Rong's view, a yellowish-brown phantom resembling a python was being captured by an invisible hand, struggling fiercely, but it was forced to be pulled out of the ground little by little and fall towards the square engraved with array patterns.
"Now—!"
Ling Yi, who was above the "Space-Escaping Whale," also saw the illusory image of the earth-yellow dragon and immediately shouted loudly.
Upon receiving Ling Yi's signal, Dugu Bo, Chen Xin, Zi Yaoshi, Mo Yuan, Yun Lan, who were positioned at the corner of the plaza, simultaneously raised their palms and pressed down, channeling their Soul Power into the array patterns beneath their feet.
Having received the Soul Power of the five people, "Blue Silver King", "Deep Sea Sunken Silver Silver Mother", and "Cold Spring Water" immediately emitted three colors of light: turquoise, platinum, and dark blue, and rapidly grew stronger.
Meanwhile, the Molten Flame Crystal in the south, despite having no one channeling Soul Power into it, shone brightly with crimson light under the endless Sun True Fire in the sky, its brilliance rivaling that of the other three.
In the blink of an eye, the illusory image of the earthen-yellow dragon arrived at the center of the array and quietly entered the body of the "Space-Escaping Whale," dyeing its originally silver-gray body with a hint of black light with a layer of earthen-yellow fluorescent light.
Almost simultaneously, the surrounding azure, platinum, dark blue, and crimson light transformed into streams of light and entered the body of the "Space-Escaping Whale".
Seeing this, Ling Yi placed one hand on the palm-sized sapphire on the forehead of the "Space-Escaping Whale," which was stained with whale blood.
The air subtly distorted, Ling Yi's figure vanished, leaving only the "Space-Escaping Whale" with its body shimmering with multicolored light in place.
Looking at the shimmering body of the "Space-Escaping Whale," and then at the vanished "Deep Sea Sunken Silver Silver Mother," Chen Xin frowned deeply. He took a step forward and stood beside Dugu Bo in the eastern corner of the plaza, asking in a deep voice, "What exactly is that kid Ah Yi up to? Why make such a big fuss?"
"You're asking me? Who should I ask?" Dugu Bo replied casually, while bending down to pick up a bluish-brown seed from a pile of grayish-white ashes at his feet.
"Over the years, I've come to understand this kid less and less."
Dugu Bo held out his right hand in front of him, looking at the seed in his palm, and gently shook his head. "No, I should say, I've never truly understood him!"
Listening to Dugu Bo's words, Chen Xin also thought about his interactions with Ling Yi over the years. Indeed, as Dugu Bo said, he had never truly understood Ling Yi.
At roughly the same time, in a desolate, dark, and gloomy space, a figure quietly appeared with a barely perceptible ripple.
Ling Yi held the "Starlight Sapphire" in his hand, and his body was covered by an invisible layer of spatial ripples, allowing him to remain in this Life- suppressing space.
Looking around, although he couldn't see it with his eyes, Ling Yi discovered from his mental perspective that the hazy space he was in was spherical, with a diameter of about 100 meters.
In addition, Ling Yi's keen mental power allowed Ling Yi to discover that this space was slowly shrinking and showed signs of instability, as if it might collapse at any moment.
"A hundred meters in diameter, huh?" Ling Yi's mouth opened and closed silently, "That should be enough."
As Ling Yi finished speaking, light suddenly appeared from all directions, a multicolored light!
Platinum, turquoise, deep blue, crimson, and earthy yellow—five colors of radiant light emerged like threads from the unknown land, illuminating this chaotic, gray space.
"Splash—!!!"
Suddenly, the sound of rushing water filled the empty space, as if the Yangtze River was surging endlessly here.
At this moment, Ling Yi had released the "Starlight Sapphire" from his hand, and the spatial ripples that had enveloped him disappeared, allowing him to appear in this space without any obstruction.
The sound of rushing water came from Ling Yi's body; it was the sound of blood flowing in his veins.
Unbeknownst to him, Ling Yi had already been possessed by Martial Soul. His Second Martial Soul, "Erlang," merged with his body, transforming into Martial Soul Avatar over ten meters tall. He held a "three-pointed double- Three-Pointed Double-Edged Blade" that was over ten meters long, resembling a pillar of a grand hall, in his hand. Seven blood-red stars were engraved on the shaft of the "Three-Pointed Double-Edged Blade," shining brightly.
Ling Yi gripped the shaft of the "Three-Pointed Double-Edged Blade" spear with both hands, raising it high above his head as if he were wielding a giant axe.
The next second, the seven blood-red stars on the gun barrel shone brightly. Ling Yi's eyes narrowed, and he slashed the "Three-Pointed Double-Edged Blade" he had raised above his head down in front of him.
The blade, over three meters long, was enveloped in an incomparably sharp, platinum-gold aura, causing the platinum energy amidst the multicolored light from all directions to surge violently.
"Boom—!!!"
The sound of thunder and lightning reverberated throughout the space, which was no more than a hundred meters in diameter, and the thunder grew stronger and stronger.
Before the platinum-gold blade light could stop stirring up the Storm Riders, Ling Yi's "Three-Pointed Double-Edged Blade" trembled again. He turned around and twisted his waist, wielding the "Three-Pointed Double-Edged Blade" in a near-perfect circle. Then, he thrust it fiercely in front of him, the longest blade tip seemingly piercing through the void.
A crimson dot of light bloomed at the tip of the blade, and a terrifying burst of energy appeared. The crimson radiance in the distance, just like the previous platinum radiance, began to react violently.
If the previous platinum-gold radiance transformed into axe blades slashing in all directions, then this crimson radiance transformed into explosive flames, bombarding every corner around it.
Ignoring the changes in the platinum and crimson light, Ling Yi continued to wield the "Three-Pointed Three-Pointed Double-Edged Blade." As the blade shone with cyan, blue, and yellow light, the cyan, dark blue, and earthy yellow light in this space also manifested strange phenomena one after another.
As the five-colored light passed by, the hazy colors faded, and the space that was shrinking began to expand outward.
101 meters, 110 meters, 120 meters... 200 meters... 300 meters...
As the space gradually expanded, Ling Yi's movements did not stop; he continued to wield the "Three-Pointed Double-Edged Blade" in his hand.
From the "Ninefold Thunder Spear" created with Yang Shelly, to the "Falling Moon Pear Blossom Spear" created with Ah Yin, to the "Hundred Strikes of the Prairie Fire" created with Liu Erlong, to the "Divine Wind Tribulation" created with Ah Rou, to the "Ice and Fire Imprisoning Dragon Staff" created with Dugu Bo, to the "Holy Spirit Sword Technique" created with Chen Jianjun and his son Chen Xin, and the "Shattered Jade Spear Technique" comprehended on the battlefield...
Finally, Ling Yi tossed aside the "Three-Pointed Double-Edged Blade," assumed a boxing stance, and began practicing the "Two Aspects Fist," which had undergone several revisions.
Unlike the original "Ice and Fire" version of "Two Aspects Fist", the current "Two Aspects Fist" not only contains the original "ice" and "fire", but also includes "yin" and "yang"!
The giant, standing over ten meters tall, possessed immense strength with every move, causing the colorful light from all directions to surge endlessly.
As time went by and the space expanded step by step, the colorful radiance gradually settled down in all directions.
As Ling Yi retracted his fist stance and the surroundings settled, the "Three-Pointed Double-Edged Blade" that had been thrown out earlier was retrieved and placed beside him.
The "Starlight Sapphire" that had been hovering above Ling Yi's head the whole time fell down and was flicked onto the blade of the "Three-Pointed Double-Edged Blade" by Ling Yi, transforming into the eighth star, a blue star.
As the blue stars were inlaid, the "Three-Pointed Double-Edged Blade" began to grow at a visible speed. In just a dozen breaths, it transformed from a dozen meters into a towering pillar more than 500 meters high!
It was at this moment that the ever-expanding space came to a halt.
Ling Yi stood in the center of this space, his feet firmly planted in the void. Looking around at the space, which was no longer gray and had become much more real, a hint of disappointment appeared on his face. "Is it really that small?"
A spherical space with a diameter of 588 meters may not seem like a big deal, but an example will make it clearer.
In his previous life, Ling Yi accompanied a young woman studying at a drama academy in the capital on a trip and visited a stadium building called the "Bird's Nest".
According to our tour guide, the main building is shaped like a saddle ellipse, measuring 333 meters long from north to south, 296 meters wide from east to west, and 69 meters high.
As a super building that can accommodate nearly 100,000 spectators, it is an absolute behemoth for any individual inside.
The space where Ling Yi is currently located can accommodate nearly twenty "Bird's Nest".
Compared to this, this space seems quite large.
However, Ling Yi's expectation for this place was not that it be a "stadium" for storing items.
With a thought, an invisible spatial fluctuation appeared, and the next second, a colossal creature, about thirty meters long from head to tail, appeared in front of Ling Yi.
"The Space-Escaping Whale!"
As soon as the corpse of the "Space-Escaping Whale" appeared, the space seemed to be stimulated by something and suddenly trembled slightly.
Fortunately, the "three-pointed Three-Pointed Double-Edged Blade" that stood like a pillar supporting the sky remained unmoved. The blue stars embedded in the shaft shimmered with light, and the previously dormant multicolored light from all directions began to glow again, stabilizing the tremors in this space.
"Tsk~" Ling Yi withdrew his gaze from the spatial dome and turned his attention to the corpse of the "Space-Escaping Whale." A thought suddenly popped into his mind: 'The space that originally existed within this body is now, in turn, containing the body. This relationship is enough for philosophers to debate for thousands of years~'
Shaking his head, Ling Yi dismissed the thought and activated his control over this space, beginning to disassemble the "Space-Escaping Whale's" body, turning it into resources to strengthen this space.
As you can see, from its supple and smooth skin to its internal flesh, bones, and organs, the enormous "Space-Escaping Whale" is like a snow sculpture under the warm sun, quietly dissipating.
And the space that had stopped expanding in all directions began to grow again.
When the expansion stopped again, and the space became a spherical space with a diameter of 770 meters, only two things remained in front of Ling Yi.
One was a golden, gelatinous mass, about the size of a calf, emitting a strange and exciting fragrance.
The other was a silver-gray torso skeleton that resembled a human spine with a few ribs.
Whale Rubber, Soul Bone, Torso Bone!
After glancing once more at this desolate yet real space, Ling Yi moved and disappeared from the spot.
Along with it disappeared the clump of Whale Rubber the size of Xiaoniu, and the seemingly intact torso bones.
Only the "Three-Pointed Double-Edged Blade," which has grown to nearly 800 meters tall, still stands tall and supports this space.
Outside, on Star Moon Lake Island, on the plaza where the array patterns have already turned to powder and blurred.
Gu Rong deactivated his Martial Soul Avatar Form and came to the plaza, where he met up with Chen Xin, Dugu Bo, and others.
The group arrived at the center of the square, looking at the empty ground, all with furrowed brows and uneasy expressions.
"Where is the city lord?" Mo Yuan asked subconsciously.
Yun Lan pursed her lips and said in a low voice, "I originally thought that the City Lord had entered the body of the ' Space-Escaping Whale,' but now..."
"Damn it!" Dugu Bo clicked his Delia, his eyes scanning the surroundings like searchlights, and cursed under his breath as he asked, "Where's the ' Space-Escaping Whale '? Where's such a huge ' Space-Escaping Whale '?!"
Gu Rong's expression was solemn, a sharp glint flashing in his deep-set eyes. He said in a deep voice, "I just sensed a spatial fluctuation, and then the corpse of the ' Space-Escaping Whale ' disappeared. It seems to have been taken away by some unknown space."
"So—" Chen Xin said thoughtfully upon hearing this, "Ah Yi didn't just enter the body of the ' Space-Escaping Whale,' but rather that unknown space?"
"That's right, I remember there's a record in the books in Lingyun City Library that the ' Space-Escaping Whale ' has its own internal space, and when it encounters danger, it can hide in that space and escape..."
"But," Zi Yaoshi blinked, somewhat puzzled, "How did that space, being inside the ' Space-Escaping Whale Space-Escaping Whale, ' absorb its body?"
Chen Xin: "..."
Dugu Bo: "..."
Gu Rong: "..."
Mo Yuan and Yun Lan: "..."
As Chen Xin and the others fell silent, Zi Yaoshi realized that his question might not have been very good. He gave an awkward smile and looked around as if he was trying to find Ling Yi.
Coincidentally, as his gaze swept across the cross pattern in the center of the square, which resembled a scale, a figure suddenly caught his eye.
"Master Ling!" Zi Yaoshi's eyes widened, and he called out subconsciously.
Three days later, the bright moon hung high in the sky.
Pillars of light, formed from the convergence of Light of the Stars and Moon, stretched from the sky to the sea, transforming the entire "Star Moon Archipelago" into an ocean of starlight Yuehua.
In the center of this ocean, above the sea where Star Moon Lake Island is located, a sapphire shimmering with starlight floats a hundred meters above the sea surface.
As you can see, seemingly endless starlight and Yuehua from all directions surge toward the sapphire like a tidal wave.
And that "Starlight Sapphire" is like a bottomless pit, swallowing up the endless starlight Yuehua.
Within the Star Sea Space.
Compared to the desolation three days ago, the interior of the space has changed dramatically.
It is still a spherical space, but its lower half is now filled with azure seawater, and the bottom of the seawater is covered with a thick layer of sea mud and reefs.
At the same time, a stone pillar nearly 400 meters long and almost 100 meters in diameter stands in the middle of the sea, supporting a stone mountain 100 meters thick and nearly 500 meters in diameter. The combination of the stone pillar and the stone mountain resembles a lingzhi mushroom, or a lotus leaf and a lotus stem.
The rocky mountain is now covered with soil and vegetation, and combined with the surrounding Ring Sea, it is almost indistinguishable from the islands outside.
Ling Yi stood at the highest point in the center of the stone mountain, looking up at the 'sky' of this spherical space. At a height of about three hundred meters, a continuous stream of Yuehua and starlight poured into this space. Under the interference of an invisible force, it gathered into a phantom moon and a series of phantom stars arranged in their own order.