Ning Qing had fully adapted to her surroundings.
Not only had she adapted, she could consciously deepen their effect—
The extreme darkness and silence were meant to imitate "nothingness." But mortals could never create true nothingness; they could only do their best to mimic it. Ning Qing could now consciously shut off her senses until she felt absolutely nothing around her, bringing herself closer to the real thing.
She shut off sight, smell, hearing, and touch;
She shut off a cultivator's perception of the environment and Spirit Power;
Once she could no longer sense anything around her, she felt as though she were standing in a newborn universe.
Ning Qing felt neither despair nor panic. Instead, her heart was quieter than ever, and she could sense the rules and mechanisms underlying the world with greater clarity.
A sky full of stars;
The Plane Will;
The plane's memories;
Predicted timelines;
The Plane Origin;
She even seemed to sense those who had merged with the Plane Origin—seventeen in all.
The seventeen Divine Statues wore solemn expressions.
Following Vice Sect Master Du Heng's instructions, Chen Shu performed a deep bow before the Spirit Sage at the center. "Chen Shu, disciple of the Spirit Sect, pays his respects to the Spirit Sage."
Before the Spirit Sect's sect master, he had only bowed from the waist. But before gods, he needed to kneel and bow. Kneeling was not commonplace in Yi Nation. Even in ancient times, there were few occasions that required it; civil and military officials usually did not have to kneel before the emperor. But before the gods, virtually every nation and civilization on the planet took kneeling as the expected form of respect.
Chen Shu had no intention of making an exception.
Yet the moment he lowered his head, the hairs