Chapter 539 - 537: Seeking the Essence

Chapter 539: Chapter 537: Seeking the Essence

’Standardization can block all of the Star Sea’s perception.’

’Right now, I have a Standardization that can hide my presence by one major Realm.’

’All that’s left is an Escape Technique and an Eye Technique.’

As long as the Standardization was good enough, Su Qing felt that an Escape Technique would allow him to traverse the various space-times of the Star Sea.

An Eye Technique would allow Su Qing to see through the Star Sea World.

It would let him find his way and travel to his destination.

’It’s been a long time since I’ve synthesized this kind of Magic.’

’I never thought I’d end up needing this Magic again.’

Su Qing gazed at the Synthesizer.

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[Daluo Step: A technique reflecting the myriad methods of the Daluo. Traverse the Daluo with a single step. (Simple and easy to learn) (Constant Daluo Leaping) (Can cross space-time) (Consumption reduced by 50,000x) (Stealthy and Traceless)]

[Great Dao Immortal Eye Technique: Capable of seeing through the Grand Thousand Cosmos. Above, it can perceive the Great Dao; below, it can deduce myriad things. (Consumption reduced by 10,000x) (Discern Space-Time) (Effect doubled) (Stealthy Detection)]

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Su Qing synthesized, losing track of how much time had passed.

In any case, for Su Qing,

he had synthesized far too many times.

Even the Synthesizer was approaching level 2,500.

It was outrageous. This was the longest Su Qing had ever spent synthesizing.

The process of screening Standardizations was what consumed most of his time.

Overall, as long as he could synthesize an effective Standardization, it didn’t matter how much time he wasted.

Su Qing was more than willing to pay the price.

"Extract."

The Daluo Step had been extracted. The cost, and the time required to master it, were both incredibly long.

So long, in fact, that in this region of the Star Sea World, the Spirit Realm had already perished.

Su Qing knew the Great Dao Immortal Eye Technique would be just like the Daluo Step.

It would take a very long time to master.

In the time it took to comprehend and synthesize the two Magic techniques, two Star Sea Tides had occurred outside the Void Realm.

Each Star Sea Tide heralded the emergence of a new generation of those starting on the Dao Path.

This also meant that two Star Sea Years had passed.

Su Qing had spent nearly seventeen thousand years just comprehending the Great Dao Immortal Eye Technique.

’It’s actually this difficult? A hundred times harder than the Daluo Step!’

Su Qing found it utterly terrifying.

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Host: Su Qing

Realm: Dao Transformation Realm [Great Dao Cultivation Method: Dao Transformation (413,571/720,000)]

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In order to comprehend these two Magic techniques, Su Qing had undergone the longest period of cultivation he had ever experienced.

Even his progress in the Dao Transformation stage of his Great Dao Cultivation Method had reached the halfway mark.

’If I’m not mistaken this time...’

’To break through from the Dao Transformation Realm to the Grand Thousand Realm, I have to be in the so-called Chaos World.’

Su Qing stood up.

He glanced at the Star Sea here but paid this particular Star Sea World no mind.

His eyes instantly grew incomparably profound as he activated the Great Dao Immortal Eye Technique.

In an instant, Su Qing’s vision pierced through the entire Star Sea World.

"Pfft—"

The power within Su Qing’s body descended into chaos, and his very soul was grievously injured.

He had seen the true form of the Star Sea Tree.

The Grand Thousand Realm could also be called the Daluo Realm.

This Realm stands among infinite timelines, existing in the past, present, and future all at once.

Amidst countless Space-Time Veins, the Star Sea Tree stands eternally at the beginning and end of Its own timeline, and even within the Chaos World.

It was an existence so terrifying as to be indescribable.

Su Qing, a mere Thirteenth Realm Cultivator, had just glanced at a true Fourteenth Realm being and nearly had his own Realm destabilized.

The true Star Sea Tree stands upon Dao Principles, governing these infinite Space-Time Veins.

It was like a true Divine Being; for the current Su Qing, it was utterly untouchable.

Su Qing immediately consumed a Thirteenth Realm Elixir.

He needed to stabilize his condition.

At the same time, he erased the memory of what he had just seen—the image of the Star Sea Tree.

Otherwise, the Star Sea Tree would surely have detected his existence.

’Too terrifying.’

’How can this be! How can the gap between the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Realms be so immense?’

Su Qing closed his eyes to recover.

’And I detected this from within the Void Realm, no less.’

’If not for the Void Realm’s Rule-based Ability,’

’wouldn’t I have died with a single glance?’

’Truly terrifying.’

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A long time passed as he healed his injuries.

Only then did Su Qing slowly open his eyes.

After that one glance at the Star Sea Tree, a strange, warped look had entered Su Qing’s eyes.

But soon, after cycling his Great Dao Immortal Eye Technique several times,

his eyes returned to normal.

’The Star Sea World...’

’It’s actually this terrifying?’

Su Qing couldn’t help but feel a profound sense of terror.

’Next, I must avoid looking directly at the Star Sea Tree’s true body. I need to find its true timeline—the one that leads directly to the Grand Thousand.’

’That is the true space-time trunk of the Star Sea Tree.’

Su Qing had to be extremely careful.

He could not let the Star Sea Tree detect him.

The slightest misstep would lead to a state of eternal damnation.

’I need to hide myself there and wait until I can break the shackles of the Star Sea World by my own power. Only by standing in the Chaos with this body can I possibly break through to the Grand Thousand Realm.’

Su Qing calculated his plan.

The reason he had to go to the Star Sea Tree’s true timeline was because of what it represented.

That timeline was from when the Star Sea Tree was still weak. As long as he didn’t interfere with the karma of its growth, that timeline would be difficult to alter.

He could also observe how the Star Sea Tree took its step-by-step journey into the Grand Thousand Realm.

Of course, how to observe was a skill in itself.

After all, the Star Sea Tree’s Grand Thousand Realm was all-encompassing; if a single variable appeared, it meant that one was no longer on the true space-time trunk of the Star Sea Tree.

Entering the true space-time trunk of the Star Sea Tree was an extremely difficult task.

’Doesn’t that mean that from the moment I was reborn, I was no longer on the Star Sea Tree’s true trunk?’

Su Qing pinched his fingers together and performed an Inference.

The answer he received was: He was not!

Su Qing continued his Inference: at the moment of his rebirth, was he on the true trunk of the Star Sea Tree?

Inference result: Also not.

At that time, were the Seven Kings still devouring the Star Sea Tree?

Inference result: They were.

The problem had emerged.

The Seven Kings were devouring the Star Sea Tree.

This meant that when Su Qing was reborn, he was actually no longer within the Star Sea’s true space-time trunk.

That was just a timeline derived by the Star Sea Tree itself.

As long as the true space-time trunk of the Star Sea Tree was not affected, these derivative timelines were merely a way to eliminate any variables that posed a threat to It.

After performing the Inference several times,

Su Qing cautiously activated his Great Dao Immortal Eye Technique again.

He was extremely careful this time, activating the technique only to see clearly where the Star Sea Tree’s true space-time trunk was.

Instantly.

Immortal Blood trickled from Su Qing’s eyes.

He snapped his eyes shut.

His mastery of the Great Dao Immortal Eye Technique was still insufficient.

He had seen the true form of the Star Sea Tree again.

Fortunately, Su Qing had been more cautious this time and had only caught a blurry glimpse.

After a period of recovery, he could try again.

’It seems I have to become more proficient with both the Daluo Step and the Great Dao Immortal Eye Technique.’

’Otherwise, I’m afraid I’ll cause some trouble when it’s time to leave.’

He needed to focus particularly on training the Daluo Step.

Su Qing practiced the Daluo Step inside the Void Realm.

When he grew tired of practicing, he would cautiously use his Great Dao Immortal Gaze to look above and below the Star Sea.

Su Qing’s only goal was to find the unique space-time trunk belonging to the Star Sea Tree.

However, each of his several attempts ended in failure and injury.

"This is really getting annoying," Su Qing said, swallowing an Elixir.

It was the first time he had ever felt the Star Sea to be so vast.

It wasn’t the Star Sea World he had imagined.

Only after reaching the Thirteenth Realm did he vaguely sense that something was wrong.

’This is really...’

’How are those Thirteenth Realm cultivators who are Merging Dao supposed to advance?’

’They are all just living under the shelter of the Star Sea, nothing more.’

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