For Lu Yang, this was just an instant.
From descending from the Void to entering the anchored position in the outer heaven light sea, the whole process was like heaven and earth spinning, as if thousands of years had passed in the blink of an eye.
Soon, Lu Yang's vision changed.
When he looked down from the Void, he only felt the falling direction was like a footprint. But as he continued to fall, his vision was zoomed in.
The scene in front of him changed completely again. It was no longer the so-called footprint, but an indescribable existence. At first glance, it looked a bit like a black hole formed by a world realm, but upon closer inspection, it was discovered that rather than a black hole, it was more like a massive shadow projected onto the light sea.
"This is..."
Lu Yang didn't fall inside the shadow but landed on the edge of the shadow, yet he could still sense the terrifying gravitational force coming from the shadow.
"A bit like the Immortal Nexus."
That wretched place named the Immortal Nexus, also had terrible gravity, attracting some world realms over every once in a while, and then the Perfected Lords would take action to salvage them.
But the one in front of him was different.
"Although there is gravity, it is confined within a range centered on the shadow, so it won't have any impact outside the range."
Lu Yang observed with his divine sense, overlooking the entire area, but his expression gradually became strange: "Hmm, from top to bottom, it is indeed a footprint... The person who left the footprint should have been wearing shoes. The shadow part was left by the sole of his foot, while this outer circle was left by his shoes..."
Sounds a bit bizarre.
After all, how big a figure must it be to leave such a mark in the outer heaven light sea? Not only him, even the shoes he wore could give birth to divine wonders.
However, this wasn't even the most outrageous part.
"If it were before, I might not have been able to see it... But now, as my dao comprehension continues to improve, I can see some clues."
Lu Yang's eyes were piercing. Instantly opening the [Sea of Bitterness], he looked down at this area again from another angle, the awe in the depths of his eyes becoming richer: "Here... is not even his true foothold!"
"That mighty figure wasn't walking in reality, nor did he truly step on reality. The place where he truly walked at that time should be the [Sea of Bitterness]."
And this area reflected by the outer heaven light sea now was actually just the shadow projected onto reality by the [Sea of Bitterness] when that mighty figure walked through the [Sea of Bitterness] and left footprints there! That was why its manifested appearance outside was a shadow deep to the extreme.
"Incredible!"
Such a wondrous sight made Lu Yang involuntarily associate it with the [Seven Luminaries Heaven] he had seen in the past. The origin of that world realm was actually quite exaggerated too.
Also a mighty figure.
Just a thought of [It would be great if there were a world realm here to rest my feet] left when passing by triggered the response of the outer heaven light sea.
Subsequently, a world realm was truly born.
Even the [Seven Luminaries Heaven] born because of this, the embryonic form of the dao fruit finally condensed, and it was the Incense Divine Dao containing the concept of "worshipping gods".
Thinking of this, Lu Yang couldn't help pondering: These two mighty figures shouldn't actually be the same person, right? Which Nascent Soul Dao Lord descended to the mortal world? It couldn't possibly be the Saint Sect Ancestor, right?
Lu Yang felt it was hard to say!
After all, the reason he ran here was because of a mouthful of blood from the past, and this place just happened to help him avoid the tracking of [Vajradhatu Acala Tathagata] .
Too coincidental!
Thinking of this, Lu Yang tentatively whispered to the surroundings: "Disciple Lu Yang, pays respect to Ancestor. If Ancestor has instructions, disciple will not decline even if facing ten thousand deaths!"
—Nothing happened.
So scary!
To be honest, at this time, even if the Saint Sect Ancestor really descended to the mortal world and gave him a few instructions, Lu Yang's mood could still be slightly calmer.
Only this situation where nothing happened and there was no information made Lu Yang most wary, afraid of stepping into a pit with one wrong step... Thinking of this, Lu Yang couldn't help looking around again. For a time, he was jittery at the slightest sound, advancing nor retreating, his expression changing several times.
"Never mind, let's see where that mouthful of my blood sprayed first."
Lu Yang formed a hand seal with one hand and began to calculate. After a while, following the karma in the dark, he found the landing place of his mouthful of blood.
"Hmm? That is..."
Suddenly, Lu Yang's gaze moved slightly, landing on the edge of the shadow area, only to see a faint light flickering there, surprising him greatly: "World realm?"
There is actually a world realm in this place!?
Lu Yang looked with his divine sense, discovering that the small area where that world realm was located was very unique. There were actually traces of several other world realms existing around it.
"Is it because it's suitable for birthing world realms?"
The outer heaven light sea is infinitely vast. Similar areas are not nonexistent, indicating that the [Two Polarities Birth and Death Profound Light] within the area is more spirited than other places.
However, these world realms were obviously quite unlucky. As luck would have it, they fell right on the edge of the shadow area, within the influence range of the shadow's gravity. Except for the one he saw, the other several world realms had obviously been swallowed by the shadow. Even this one didn't have much time left.
"Estimated to be about a thousand years."
Lu Yang shook his head. At most a thousand years, this world realm would fall into the shadow due to gravity, finally crushed into dust.
Unless a Perfected Lord could walk out from the world realm.
But this was impossible. After all, with one glance, Lu Yang saw this was a small world realm. Let alone a dao fruit, it didn't even have the embryonic form of a dao fruit.
For this kind of small world realm, producing a Foundation Establishment would require burning high incense; a Perfected Lord was absolutely hopeless. If captured by the Immortal Nexus, the only ending would be used for Qi Refining disciples to fight battles for seizing the Dao, serving as a spectacle... Thinking of this, Lu Yang suddenly raised his eyebrows slightly, then thought again—Not necessarily.
That mouthful of my blood seems to have fallen into this world realm. With my blood as nourishment, while a Perfected Lord won't work, Foundation Establishment Perfection still has a chance.
But soon, Lu Yang shook his head again.
Foundation Establishment Perfection... actually more pitiful.
Because with cultivation reaching Foundation Establishment Perfection, one can already roam the outer heaven light sea for a short time and observe the life-and-death crisis facing one's own world realm.
However, a Foundation Establishment Perfection is powerless regarding this.
Even if they could really do something, the result would be a drop in the bucket. In the end, even after trying their best, they still couldn't stop the tragedy, falling into greater despair.
Even if that Foundation Establishment Perfection was a heartless person, choosing to abandon the world realm and flee alone would be useless. Because in the entire shadow area, only this one world realm remained. Without coordinates of other world realms, there was nowhere to land and nowhere to flee; still a dead end.
While pondering, Lu Yang had already approached that world realm.
But soon, he stopped his steps, simply because he discovered that at this moment, an object was also approaching that world realm, just like a streak of flowing light.
"World realm wreckage..."
Lu Yang saw clearly. That was a fragment of a world realm already swallowed by the shadow. It could no longer be described as a world realm; at most, it was just a space.
Strictly speaking, similar to the small world I temporarily created using the [Yellow Court].
Lu Yang stroked his chin. If this kind of world realm fragment collided with other world realms, it would highly likely trigger a disaster, accelerating the destruction of a world realm.
To stop it, one must be at least a Late Stage Foundation Establishment Great Perfected One.
With this thought, Lu Yang wasn't in a hurry. Just right to use this world realm fragment to test the foundation of that world realm, in case there were any traps inside.
So he did nothing.
A moment later, the world realm fragment was already extremely close to that world realm. However, just then, a streak of blood light suddenly burst out from within the world realm.
"Impudent!"
(End of Chapter)