219: The deeper situation in the real world

[As time passed, your battle with Di Cang reached a fever pitch.]

[It caused even more violent tremors throughout the River of Time and Space.]

[Now, it wasn't just Immortal Kings.]

[Even practitioners below the rank of True Immortal could occasionally catch glimpses of you and Di Cang fighting.]

[Although these low-level Cultivators couldn't see the details of the battle, just feeling a sliver of the leaking pressure made their bodies tremble, as if they were facing the wrath of heaven.]

[During the battle, Di Cang poured out almost everything he had learned in his life.]

[Besides the Origin God Fist, which could draw upon the power of the Origin Ancient Realm, he successively unleashed different supreme techniques distinct from the Dao of Origin.]

[Every Move contained the power to destroy heaven and earth, enough to instantly turn an ordinary Supreme Immortal King Giant into ashes.]

[However, these ultimate techniques, which would terrify any Immortal King, were like mud oxen entering the sea when they hit you; they couldn't even shake the corner of your clothes.]

[You were like an immovable divine mountain; no matter how Di Cang bombarded you, you remained steadfast, maintaining a calm and unhurried posture.]

[Of course, you weren't just taking hits, but you didn't use any flashy Moves either.]

[You simply met him with the most basic punches and kicks, each strike appearing as if it were a casual blow.]

[But under the enhancement of the Power of Evolution, these seemingly simple attacks underwent a qualitative change.]

[Wherever your fist prints passed, the River of Time and Space seemed about to be torn apart; wherever your palm wind brushed, large amounts of the water from the River of Time and Space evaporated.]

[The evaporated water of time and space turned into a rain of light that fell across the sky, tracing brilliant trajectories in the Void Realm.]

["Destruction Tribulation!"]

[Fighting until now, seeing that his many attacks could do nothing to you, Di Cang also knew that your Realm far exceeded his.]

[After taking this beating from you, he had already touched the edge of a higher Realm.]

[Thus, he decided to strike with his strongest blow to bring the curtain down on this battle.]

[Behind Di Cang, nine brilliant golden divine rings suddenly emerged, each representing a Dao of the Immortal King that he had comprehended.]

[Di Cang let out a long cry, and the nine divine rings simultaneously burst forth with blinding light.]

[At this moment, his Aura climbed to an unprecedented Peak, causing even the River of Time and Space to come to a standstill.]

[The surrounding River of Time and Space was dyed golden, and countless runes intertwined in the Void Realm, transforming into world-destroying killing power that swept toward you.]

[The strength of this power was enough to make any Immortal King turn pale.]

[Facing this strike, you also became serious, using power that truly belonged to the Immortal Emperor level.]

[You slowly raised your right hand, the ultimate Power of Evolution condensing in your palm as you pressed down.]

[This palm strike seemed slow, but in fact, it transcended the shackles of time, containing supreme power that could suppress all things.]

[Di Cang's attack was instantly snuffed out, and then he was struck in the chest by your palm.]

[Time seemed to stand still at this moment, and the battle between the two of you was declared over.]

[At this time, Di Cang no longer had his initial arrogant posture. His long hair was scattered in disarray, and his handsome face was covered in fine beads of sweat.]

[His eyes were filled with complex emotions: there was unwillingness, but also relief, and even a hint of yearning for a higher Realm.]

[The golden battle robes on his body were already tattered, revealing a body covered in scars, each wound telling of the tragedy of this battle.]

[Most striking was a shocking palm print on his chest.]

[This palm print was deeply embedded into his Immortal King body.]

[The flesh around the palm print was constantly being annihilated and undergoing Rebirth.]

[Red-gold immortal blood continuously seeped out; the moment this blood touched the River of Time and Space, it was evaporated into wisps of golden mist.]

[Every wisp of golden mist was as heavy as a thousand tons, pressing down until space-time slightly distorted.]

[In addition, your immortal power was entwined around the wound. Even with Di Cang's recovery power, which far exceeded that of a Supreme Giant, it was difficult to heal in a short time.]

[This was even with you holding back; otherwise, your Immortal Emperor level palm strike could have directly shattered Di Cang's Immortal King body.]

[After you finished this fight with Di Cang, you discovered that the rejection force of the River of Time and Space against you had suddenly increased several times over.]

[The surging waters of time and space slapped against your body like raging waves, each wave containing terrifying power enough to tear apart a Supreme Immortal King Giant, and its power was growing stronger.]

[You realized that this might be because your clash with Di Cang had disturbed the stability of the future space-time.]

[This caused this not-yet-fully-formed space-time to instinctively begin rejecting outsiders.]

[Thus, you did not plan to stay in the future space-time any longer. Under Di Cang's yearning gaze, you flowed back against the River of Time and Space and returned to the real space-time.]

[Unlike the difficult trek when you came, the journey back to the real space-time was surprisingly smooth, as if the River of Time and Space was actively "spitting" you back into your original timeline.]

[You turned into a streak of light, rapidly traversing along the space-time veins, witnessing countless eras flash by like a revolving lantern along the way.]

[When your feet once again stepped onto the soil of the real space-time, a long-lost sense of groundedness welled up in your heart.]

[Every wisp of Spiritual Qi here possessed a heavy sense of reality, completely different from the illusory nature of the future space-time.]

[Finally, you calmed your mind and carefully sorted through the gains of this trip to the future.]

[If one were to speak of the greatest gain from this exploration, it was naturally meeting the person known as Di Cang.]

[From him, you obtained a great deal of information.]

[In the process of fighting him, you discovered that although Di Cang did not have that sense of illusion found in other future worlds and beings...]

[...he still carried a hint of an indescribable "non-reality" about him.]

[Like a world-class masterpiece of a painting, no matter how lifelike it is, it is ultimately not a truly existing life form.]

[It was precisely this sliver of difference that destined him to be unable to truly step into the real space-time, even if he could stand proudly upon the River of Time and Space.]

[Even more thought-provoking was that this earth-shaking battle failed to alert an even more distant future, or Di Cang's even more powerful future self.]

[Combined with your discovery that you could only enter past space-time from the void and could not enter the future space-time of the real world...]

[...all of these things made you realize that the real world should not have finished its evolution yet.]

[Because logically speaking, the moment you stepped into the void, you had already jumped out of the framework of the real world.]

[In such a situation, any point in time should be an equal "reality" to you.]

[But the fact was that the future space-time remained an unreachable moon in the water to you.]

[What did this mean? It meant that the future of the real world was not only illusory to the beings within it, but also to existences outside the world.]

[Perhaps it only truly exists for the real world itself.]

[As for when the future space-time would become real in the eyes of outsiders, you guessed it should be when Di Cang is born.]

[At this point, you also understood that the level Di Cang could reach was definitely that of an Immortal Emperor, exceeding an Immortal Emperor.]

[Because with the current foundation of the real world, it actually hasn't been able to nurture such an existence yet!]

[Yes, nurture!]

[Because according to your deductions, once one reaches the level of an Immortal Emperor, their essence has already transcended the scope of ordinary living beings.]

[In the real world, such a person is a supreme existence who, once attained, is eternally attained; their past and future will shine forever.]

[In your view, for an Primordial World within the void, in the absence of external interference...]

[...the first Immortal Emperor level existence born in a world is equivalent to an Innate divine being nurtured by heaven and earth.]

[Although within the world, it might appear as an unparalleled Prodigy who Cultivated into an Immortal Emperor...]

[...the reality is that such an existence is an Immortal Emperor from the moment of birth.]

[When you were fighting Di Cang, his future self did not appear in the more distant future, and you didn't feel any special Aura.]

[This means that the real world has not yet nurtured this truly first Immortal Emperor level Innate divine being!]

[You suspect that the real world should be the kind of existence that is a Middle Thousand Worlds from birth.]

[It's just that it's still in its earliest budding stage, considered the weakest tier among Middle Thousand Worlds.]

[According to the normal trajectory of development, if not for you, the native beings of this world would need to go through unimaginably long ages just to give birth to an Immortal Emperor, let alone an Immortal Emperor.]