53: The oriole and the swallow call the royal brother

Everything, absolutely everything, was exactly the same as the original location of Earth: the Solar System, the Milky Way, and the vast Universe beyond the Milky Way!

“Is this a Parallel Universe, or some other world I cannot comprehend?”

Tang Ku squinted slightly, gazing into the depths of the Void Realm.

He could distinctly feel that the surroundings were filled with various radiations and energies, devoid of oxygen and anything else that could sustain life.

He could also clearly sense that, in a place beyond his sight, a pair of eyes was watching him.

Beside him, a giant shuttle-shaped object floated in the Universe, closely resembling a spaceship from a science fiction movie.

That Hercules must have arrived on Earth in this thing!

Looking down, he couldn't see the Immortal Realm, he couldn't see the Heavenly Palace, he couldn't see that enchanting world of Immortals.

What he could understand was that the Immortal Realm should still be on Earth, but their spaces were different; it should have been folded up by some Formation, so not only was it invisible, but if a meteorite were thrown down from here, it still wouldn't hit any object in the Immortal Realm.

“You… can sense my existence?”

Tang Ku muttered to himself, looking into the depths of the Universe.

“That’s a question I should be asking you!”

A voice suddenly rang out in his mind, but Tang Ku was not surprised at all.

The voice was ethereal, seeming to exist and not exist, unclear whether male or female, yet it clearly conveyed its meaning to Tang Ku.

“What exactly is your purpose?”

Tang Ku got straight to the point, “I’ve thought it through from beginning to end, but I can’t understand your purpose. To conquer this world? With your abilities, you could completely and quickly occupy or utterly destroy the entire world, but you deliberately haven’t done so… Is there something in this world that you must obtain?

But you already possess nearly invincible power, so what is it that you must obtain? Also… who exactly are you? Why do I feel like I know you?”

“Your questions, I cannot answer, and these questions, you must find the answers to yourself!”

The voice remained ethereal, but the meaning in its words… was as good as saying nothing!

Tang Ku squinted slightly: “Oh, I think I understand… You must be someone I know, or someone familiar to me… The thing you want to do should be related to me, right? Do you know the reason for my Transmigration? Or rather, are you the culprit who caused my Transmigration?

No, that’s not right. According to the theory that I am Golden Cicada, and Golden Cicada is also me, in fact, I was originally a person of this world, but for some reason, Golden Cicada placed all his nine Reincarnations in other worlds… Let me guess… You wouldn’t happen to be another me, or rather, another Golden Cicada, would you?!”

“I have already told you, all of this requires you to find the answers yourself!”

The voice was unhurried, its emotions unclear.

“Heh heh, then wait for me. I will definitely be able to kill my way directly to you and make you tell me the answer yourself!”

Tang Ku sneered.

“Good, I’ll wait for you, but… you should return to your world first…”

As soon as the words fell, Tang Ku’s face instantly turned ashen, then purple, because at this moment his breathing seemed to be cut off, making him gasp for air.

No, it didn't seem to be like that!

There had never been oxygen in the Universe, so it was impossible to breathe in the first place.

And Tang Ku, it was because he possessed a powerful cultivation that he could stay in the Universe for so long.

From another perspective, only if his cultivation disappeared would he exhibit such a reaction… Someone instantly drained his cultivation, turning him into an ordinary person in a flash.

Boom!

A huge force pressed down on Tang Ku, suddenly pushing him back and directly into the still-open hole.

Shi Jingmo was quietly waiting by the black hole at this moment when he suddenly saw a figure fall out of the opening, instantly turning pale with fright. In his line of sight, Tang Ku’s jinlan kasaya, along with his monk's robe, all seemed to have been ignited by an unknown flame, instantly burning to ashes.

“Master?!” Seeing Tang Ku’s face turn purple like an eggplant, seemingly having completely lost the ability to move, Shi Jingmo, almost instinctively, rushed out and grabbed Tang Ku’s wrist.

Unexpectedly, upon contact, a terrifying force suddenly repelled him, and Tang Ku, like a kite with a broken string, flew horizontally and disappeared from Shi Jingmo’s sight in a blink of an eye.

The Brick looked at the scene in shock, then suddenly clutched its head and lay on the ground, trembling, “Mercy… Mercy… Mercy…”

“Such terrifying power… Was that… Master?”

Looking at the slowly disappearing black hole, Shi Jingmo couldn't help but tremble slightly, “This is no longer a power that should exist in the Human Realm, not even a god could reach this level. This must be the Saint’s might that Master once spoke of. No, perhaps this power is much stronger than a Saint.”

“Let’s go, we’ll go to the Human Realm and find Master!”

With a feeling in his heart, Shi Jingmo had already left the Thirty-Sixth Heaven with the Brick.

Where did Tang Ku go?

Shi Jingmo’s intuition was correct; Tang Ku had been directly sent to the Human Realm by that blow.

Dazed and disoriented, he didn't know where he was, only that he felt like he had been swatted away by Kuma from One Piece, flying for a long, long time.

Boom!

His body trembled, and he plunged entirely into a turbulent river. The biting cold river water made him shiver, and with a slight movement of his body, he broke free from the restraints and floated up from the river. At this moment, a strong reflection came from the water's surface, and at a glance, the river was already covered with thick ice.

“When I came out of the Buddhist Realm, it was still spring, but now it’s already deep winter?” Tang Ku truly smiled bitterly this time; his entire body was so weak that even moving was difficult. A few seconds after climbing out of the ice hole, he felt dizzy and lightheaded, and he fell backward. Just before losing consciousness, he only saw pairs of legs wearing cotton shoes walking past him, and a cacophony of human voices swirling above his head, after which he completely lost consciousness.

“…Look, look, this is a man… A bald man came here years ago too!”

“Wait, wait, why does this bald man look somewhat familiar, yet very similar to the portrait of Datang Yudì in the Tianying Pavilion!”

“Oh dear, he must have been robbed of his clothes and valuables by ruffians, otherwise how could he be in such a state… Quickly go find the city guard, and also, find the Grand Tutor…”

“Send someone to His Majesty quickly and tell him that Datang Yudì has returned…”

The chattering voices of women echoed around Tang Ku’s ears. Although he could hear clearly, his whole body was unable to move. However, from the meaning in their words, he already knew where he had arrived…