Long Sojourn

"Impossible!"

Huang Daoxian appeared somewhat lost and dejected.

He was once very Qi Ingestion. If it weren't for Zhang Xuezhou and others ruining his plans, Huang Daoxian felt he could have reached the pinnacle.

But at that moment, as Zhang Xuezhou and others discussed the matter, Huang Daoxian realized that things had completely spiraled out of control.

Although his body was in good health and his development was smooth, allowing him to rely on his cultivation techniques to gain the favor of heaven and earth and thus have the opportunity to obtain the origin of the world, this could not stop other cultivators from getting there first.

If what Zhang Xuezhou and others say is true, it means that the origin of the world has been found.

Standing upright, Huang Daoxian looked into the distance, constantly sensing the gradually changing world.

Without being reminded, he would hardly notice this subtle, gradual change.

Even if you didn't have the experience of obtaining the origin of the world in your early years, you should at least have some relevant knowledge. Does our current situation conform to the changes brought about by the transformation of the origin?

Zhang Xuezhou had relevant experience in the Sinkhole No. 2, and he had also traveled tens of thousands of miles from the enclosed space of the Airbus. He then combined this with the birds and strange beasts he had seen to make a judgment. However, he was also worried that his judgment was wrong, since his judgment ability had indeed been a bit problematic recently. So he sought confirmation from Huang Daoxian again.

"You've already made up your mind, why are you asking me?"

Huang Daoxian was somewhat disappointed and irritable.

Not only did he fail in his Struggle, but he also chose the wrong side and ended up in the loser's bracket.

Seeing others build tall buildings, Huang Daoxian's mentality began to crumble.

The key issue is that he still doesn't know who benefits, and even if he wanted to switch sides, he couldn't. When the time comes to deal with him, he won't be left out.

"What kind of bullshit modification is this?!"

Huang Daoxian disliked icy and snowy environments. Regardless of his previous plant form or his current animal form, he deeply abhorred cold environments.

If the world were to fall into an ice age, Huang Daoxian could already foresee the consequences.

He acknowledged his failure, but he lacked the ability to leave.

"Why was I so stupid to trample on it? I should have let the Spider Goddess Liao Meng get involved and cause trouble. She wouldn't give up guiding the second dimensional ascension, at least there would have been a little bit of a chance to compete!"

Huang Daoxian muttered a few words, beginning to regret his past acts of sabotage, which made Zhang Xuezhou feel somewhat embarrassed.

His approach was almost identical to Huang Daoxian's; both hoped that other beings would cause chaos and thus clarify the situation.

Zhang Xuezhou was instigating fire meteor creatures such as Hu Yu and the Seven Spiders, while Huang Daoxian hoped for the incarnation of the Spider God Liao Meng.

Huang Daoxian once complained that after the Spider God Liao Meng completed his descent, there was nothing left to do, but now it has become a standard, and only cultivators of this strength have the ability to disrupt things.

"Don't wallow in self-pity, analyze the situation!"

"What's there to analyze? Just wait to die!"

"Do you want to die now?"

"Hey Zhang, don't do anything rash, let me go!"

Perhaps because he had experienced similar failures, Huang Daoxian seemed helpless and his State of Mind was in complete disarray when he faced the situation again.

It wasn't until Zhang Xuezhou picked Huang Daoxian up and squeezed him, feeling a suffocating sense of death rushing to Huang Daoxian's mind, that he came back to his senses.

It's better to live a miserable life than to die a good death. He wasn't at the point of death yet, so Huang Daoxian certainly wasn't thinking about dying now.

Even a cornered dog will jump over a wall, and I'm a dog that will fight back, woof~

Only after imitating a dog's bark did Zhang Xuezhou release his grip on his right hand.

"Analyze it, don't wait until you're desperate to start barking like a dog," Zhang Xuezhou said.

"If he can manipulate and transform the origin to create an ice and snow world, it means he will possess immense control over ice and snow," Huang Daoxian said quickly. "The direction in which this ability derives its rules is most likely absolute zero. This power of rules will destroy everything in our bodies, enough to turn us into real ice sculptures in an instant!"

Huang Daoxian gestured and then explained repeatedly.

Normally, ice and snow can either freeze or injure others, or be used to strike a specific area of an opponent's body, or temporarily freeze them, thus trapping them in a layer of ice on their body surface; while absolute zero can alter the body's structure, turning flesh and blood into ice crystals, thus turning a person into a real ice sculpture.

The difference in absolute power levels makes it difficult to resist, and the opponent's control over this power is not limited to ten or twenty meters, but rather the extent to which the opponent's power can extend, depending on the size of the area transformed by ice and snow.

If you try to eliminate your opponent through violence, you might end up frozen in ice before you even get close.

"In short, that's all I know!"

Huang Daoxian looked somewhat dejected.

Once the power of those who have ascended to higher dimensions reaches its limit in this world, they become invincible. Some high-dimensional gods even create divine kingdoms, where they are virtually omnipotent.

"In the past, when cultivators encountered this situation, they would build doomsday fortresses to hide and avoid his attacks until his stay in this world ended and he ascended to another dimension and left. Only then could everyone peek out," Huang Daoxian said dejectedly. "If you want to prepare, I suggest you build multiple underground doomsday fortresses. As long as he doesn't find them, you can hide!"

"Badun said the stay could be a few years or a few hundred years. The former is fine, but if it's the latter, wouldn't he be staying until he dies of old age?"

"It's better than getting caught and beaten to death!"

"Why did he kill us? We could have sought refuge with him and followed his orders. There was no need to fight to the death."

You think so too?

Huang Daoxian felt somewhat resentful being a lackey, but he didn't expect Zhang Xuezhou to not care about such things at all, and even have a greater awareness of being a lackey than him.

"Then you'll be disappointed," Huang Daoxian shook his head and said, "A few short years is fine, everything is already set in stone. He might tolerate us, or it doesn't matter where we hide. If time drags on, he will inevitably eliminate all uncontrollable factors. Only death is the most stable factor, so the stronger an individual is, the more likely they are to be eliminated!"

"Die?"

Zhang Xuezhou frowned.

If we rule out the possibility of the massacre by fire meteor creatures like Hu Yu, and consider the factors of the ascendants eliminating uncontrollable elements, plus the wide-ranging influence brought about by mastering the power of origin, the reason for the disappearance of the Qinmeng Empire gradually becomes clear.

Nearly a century has passed since the Qin Dynasty changed its ways.

This means they encountered the latter situation, which could completely wipe out the Qinmeng Empire. The other party was clearly cautious and conservative, and would not tolerate any unexpected factors.

When faced with insurmountable risks Zhang Xuezhou doesn't mind swallowing his pride and acting as a lackey, but the other party won't give others the opportunity to act as lackeys.

"What's with this dimensional ascension? Isn't that just pure harm to people? What's so fun about higher-dimensional worlds that they're worth pursuing in such a harmful way?"

"Every living being has the instinct to pursue power and longevity. Dimensional advancement is merely a change that comes with reaching a certain standard. Blindly pursuing higher dimensions is meaningless; otherwise, cultivators in higher-dimensional worlds wouldn't risk descending into lower dimensions!"

Zhang Xuezhou muttered a complaint, while Huang Daoxian responded with a murmur.

Power and dimension are not directly related; rather, extreme power leads to the phenomenon of dimensional ascension.

Becoming an immortal, attaining the Dao, becoming a saint, or becoming a god—these are all merely extreme phenomena of power, not the ultimate power brought about by these phenomena.

"Then we're really in a terrible situation!"

Zhang Xuezhou sighed.

In the face of changes sweeping the world, everyone is involved, and even those who don't want to cause trouble will be caught up in them.

The stronger you are, the more likely you are to be targeted.

In the eyes of those who have ascended to higher dimensions, these powerful individuals are uncontrollable and unpredictable factors, and they will inevitably face elimination.