155: Hidden Monsters

"Boom! ! !"

Two powerful forces collided.

However, what happened first wasn't one side losing, but... the sky collapsed!

This was a collapse of the sky in the true sense!

A crack suddenly appeared at the point of your collision. In just one breath, it began to spread upwards.

And it continuously expanded, and continuously expanded.

Until it reached the very top of the firmament... it shattered!

The immense power swept everyone present into it, and only you, relying on the Law of Space, managed to escape!

"This... how could this be?!"

You murmured to yourself.

In your previous numerous deductions, regardless of victory or defeat, such a situation had never occurred.

The scene before you made you question the authenticity of the Deduction Laws.

But before you could think further, a golden eye emerged in the Void Realm!

The moment your eyes met, you were deeply entangled, unable to extricate yourself.

Even though you could clearly feel your Crisis Awareness sending you intense warnings, it was useless.

You felt your soul being stripped away, and your remaining Lifespan trembled!

"Time Stop!"

But just then, a loud shout came from afar. The old man who possessed the Law of Time quickly arrived, forming hand seals to conceal the "shattered firmament."

He looked at where the golden eye had appeared and let out a soft sigh.

Finally, he brought you to the space where you first met him.

However, at this moment, there were no strange energies here; the entire world was exceptionally clear.

At the same time, the old man's attitude towards you had improved significantly.

He no longer called you an "Evil Demon from Beyond" and did not attempt to search your soul.

Instead, he took out a Medicinal Pill and fed it to you, then said, "Little friend, do you want to know what just happened?"

You were first stunned, then poured out all the questions accumulated in your heart.

The old man nodded gently after hearing them and began to explain to you.

He introduced himself as Tian Ji.

His Cultivation Realm had long since reached the Peak of this world.

And the things you encountered earlier called themselves "Gods."

They had existed for an unknown duration.

And throughout Tian Ji's long years, he had seen them repeatedly.

The area you were in was called the Light-Dark Star Realm.

And within this space, there were countless worlds.

Every five hundred thousand years, all worlds in this space possessing the power of Law would gradually merge into one.

And the power of Law on Cultivators would also attract each other until a true Law was formed.

Those monsters who called themselves Gods favored this true Law.

So, when the power of Law had almost completely merged, they would cross Realms to devour all Cultivators who possessed a true Law.

Tian Ji, on the other hand, was a Cultivator who was born just after their last large-scale harvest.

"This... Senior, but if that's the case, wouldn't this world already be devoid of the power of Law?"

Hearing this, Tian Ji chuckled softly and spoke again, "How could there be none?"

"The so-called power of Law is inherently the Great Dao that everyone in this world can cultivate, but those monsters who call themselves Gods sealed off these Great Dao, and in doing so, they spurred the creation of the power of Law!"

"And because of their blockade, all Cultivators can only rely on the power of Law to Breakthrough to Realms beyond Immortal King!"

"This forces all Cultivators in this world to face a situation of mutual slaughter."

"As for those powers of Law... I prefer to call them 'seeds.' After they are spurred into existence by those monsters, they continuously absorb the Origin of all worlds!"

"However, for the long-term development of the Light-Dark Star Realm, those monsters did not exhaust the resource but chose to only spur the creation of new powers of Law once every five hundred thousand years, slowly absorbing the Origin of all worlds in the Light-Dark Star Realm!"

Hearing this, you were speechless for a long time, not expecting the power of Law to be formed in such a way.

But before you could finish marveling, Tian Ji spoke again with indignation.

"That would be fine!"

"But those monsters even blocked all paths of Ascension; they indiscriminately attacked any Cultivator of this world who attempted to Ascend!"

"I have attempted Ascension several times, but each time I was intercepted and killed by those strange monsters!"

"If it weren't for having the Law of Time by my side, I don't know how many times I would have died!"

At this point, Tian Ji couldn't help but let out a bitter laugh.

He told you that his great limit was approaching.

But even with immense resentment in his heart, there was nothing he could do to change it.

Even possessing the Law of Time, he could not escape the arrival of his great limit, ultimately being completely trapped and killed in the Light-Dark Star Realm by those strange monsters.

"But in you, I see a variable."

"Me?"

"Indeed!"

"At Immortal Lord second layer, you can fight a Fallen Immortal Ancestor at the Peak of the Immortal Venerable Realm. If you Breakthrough to the Peak of the Immortal Venerable Realm, you might even be able to kill those strange monsters!"

A surge of excitement appeared on Tian Ji's face, but it quickly faded.

"I forgot... I almost forgot..."

"You outsiders will be especially noticed by them; even Breakthrough to Immortal Venerable becomes a luxury..."

You quickly asked why this was the case.

And Tian Ji's subsequent answer shocked you greatly.

It turned out that under the monsters' control, not everyone in the Light-Dark Star Realm had failed to Ascend over the years.

Two hundred twenty thousand years ago, one person succeeded.

He was like you, an outsider.

But in just a few thousand years, he swept through the entire Cultivation World and successfully Ascended!

No one knew where he ultimately went.

But from then on, the monsters remembered the aura of outsiders.

When outsiders Breakthrough to Immortal Venerable, it would attract the attention of those monsters.

Ultimately, they would be subjected to various methods and die under the Immortal Venerable Lightning Tribulation!

"So that's how it is..."

You sighed in your heart.

It turned out that Mo Xiao's cause of death was not due to suppression by this world, but rather being secretly intercepted and killed by those monsters who called themselves "Gods."

This situation made your scalp tingle.

Because in the near future, you too would reach the Peak of Immortal Lord. If this were the case... how would you Breakthrough?

You asked Tian Ji if there was any way to shield yourself from those monsters who called themselves "Gods."

But his answer to you was -- none!

Unless you possessed strength far, far exceeding the Immortal Venerable Realm while still in the Immortal Lord Realm, it would be absolutely impossible to escape from the hands of those monsters!