Black holes are unfathomably deep, like bottomless abysses, with an unimaginably immense gravitational pull.
The terrifying part is that this isn’t a real abyss, but a spatial black hole, madly devouring everything. This was something Shui Miao had never encountered before. He channeled his spiritual energy to maintain his balance with all his might. Once he stabilized, he suddenly noticed the space shifting and the pressure rapidly decreasing. The sky was still filled with stars, yet violent winds blew ceaselessly from above.
Where was this?
Perplexed, Shui Miao looked around and realized the spiritual energy here was distinctly different from what he had experienced before, although he couldn’t quite pinpoint exactly how.
Suddenly, he spotted the Lingzhu (Spirit Pearl), quietly floating in the air, already damaged…
The black hole contained various energies, including special types comparable to the destructive void array.
The destruction of the Spirit Pearl was thus a natural occurrence.
Shui Miao focused his mind and sent his consciousness into the Spirit Pearl to examine its formation structure. He found the arrays within to be incredibly intricate and marvelous, their precision and layout astonishing. He couldn’t help but reflect: no wonder the Buddha realm has endured for so long—it must have master craftsmen whose forging skills surpassed even his and Xuan Kong’er’s. Could it be the Buddha himself?
From the damaged arrays of the Spirit Pearl, Shui Miao learned a lot.
Now, without the Spirit Pearl to guide him, Shui Miao had no way of locating Xuan Kong’er.
Spotting a massive dark matter planet nearby, Shui Miao immediately flew toward it.
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“A black hole? How could this happen? How did they end up inside a black hole…”
Outside the black hole, an old monk suddenly appeared. He stared at the black hole with shock and disbelief.
It wasn’t just the old monk—everyone would fear a place like a black hole, for it was an unknown domain.
People naturally fear the unknown, and the old monk was no exception.
After hovering outside the black hole for a while, the old monk remained hesitant, wanting to enter yet afraid. He feared that once inside, he might never return.
Yet, he could sense that Xuan Kong’er’s aura had vanished right at the black hole’s entrance.
After much deliberation, the old monk finally gripped his Demon-subduing Vajra Blade and flew into the black hole.
“Haha!”
“Excellent! The black hole truly hides a world within!”
After a while, the old monk stabilized his body in this new space, gazing at the endless stars above. Excited, he spread his spiritual sense to locate Xuan Kong’er and Shui Miao, but after searching for a long time, he sensed nothing. The violent winds here were too strong; any aura would have been scattered long ago.
“This complicates things. How can I possibly find them in this vast universe?”
The old monk’s excitement quickly faded.
He had no choice but to wait for Shui Miao to activate a talisman and send him a signal.
Helpless, the old monk dared not wander far. He circled the area, found a spot where the winds were slightly calmer, and sat cross-legged in midair, waiting for Shui Miao to activate the talisman and summon him.
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The massive dark matter planet showed no sign of life, filled only with violent yin-slaughtering energy.
The ground was covered entirely in tiny black stones and sand. Stepping on them crushed them into powder, revealing the extent of the corruption from the slaughtering energy.
“Boom!”
Shui Miao channeled his spiritual energy, protected by his dark matter vest, and flew around searching for any sign of life. Suddenly, he saw a mountain peak, unable to withstand the fierce slaughtering winds, break off at the waist and crash to the ground, instantly turning into a thick cloud of black dust that scattered into the wind.
“What powerful slaughtering winds!”
Shui Miao had never seen winds so strong that they could corrode mountains so severely!
What had caused such violent winds?
Curious, Shui Miao carefully observed the flow of slaughtering energy while continuing to fly.
Gradually, he noticed a pattern—the winds all originated from a single location!
Following the slaughtering winds, Shui Miao discovered a massive fissure, several ten thousand meters wide and seemingly endless in length. From deep within this fissure, continuous waves of yin-slaughtering hurricanes poured out.
In Shui Miao’s spiritual realm, there was a planet. Whenever he extracted excessive Zi Yun energy (Purple Fortune energy), the planet’s surface would collapse, releasing a large amount of yin-slaughtering and decaying energy. However, once the Zi Yun energy replenished it, the planet would recover, becoming vibrant and full of life.
Thus, Shui Miao deduced that this planet’s Zi Yun energy had been drained.
This place was vicious and dangerous.
But often, the most dangerous place was also the safest.
Xuan Kong’er might very well be hiding here.
With this thought, Shui Miao dove into the fissure. The planet’s gravity was far weaker than Earth’s, so his descent into the fissure was not particularly fast.
He spread his spiritual sense and flew deeper into the fissure toward the planet’s core. Suddenly, he sensed some signs of life… Demons! A large number of demons, exactly like those summoned by Xuan Kong’er above the Spirit City. They all resided deep within the fissure, seemingly resting or guarding something.
Shui Miao didn’t dare to be careless. He quickly adjusted his spiritual energy to match that of the demons and used it to create an illusion, transforming himself into the appearance of a demon. Then, silently, he continued deeper into the fissure.
The deeper he went, the more demons there were—and the larger they became.
At the core, Shui Miao saw countless massive black demon dragons silently crouched in the chasm. With their hideous, gaping mouths slightly open, they were devouring the Zi Yun energy emanating from the planet’s core!
They actually fed on Zi Yun energy!
Shui Miao was stunned. These creatures were terrifying. It was clear now that they were the ones that had destroyed this planet. If they were to reach the immortal realm or Earth, the consequences would be unimaginable.
He never expected that saving Earth would fall upon his shoulders.
How absurd…
Still, these demons had to be destroyed. They couldn’t be allowed to ravage other planets. With a firm resolve to kill, Shui Miao continued flying downward until he finally reached the core.
The core glowed a deep purple-red. A massive Zi Yun energy core came into view. However, it was wrapped in a special formation that only allowed a limited amount of Zi Yun energy to escape.
After observing for a while, Shui Miao suddenly felt a jolt in his heart. In the central area among several black demon dragons, there sat Xuan Kong’er, quietly meditating…
“Haha! Finally found you!”
Seeing Xuan Kong’er, Shui Miao felt a surge of excitement.
The old monk wasn’t clever enough to stay back and wait for the right moment to seize the advantage. Shui Miao needed him to be the vanguard, charging ahead. He wasn’t one to sit idly by. Immediately, he summoned the talisman given to him by the old monk, infused it with a trace of his spiritual energy, and gently sent it flying toward Xuan Kong’er’s location. Then, with a flick of his mind, the talisman was activated…
“Finally activated!”
The old monk was instantly thrilled. Following the hidden energy within the talisman, he immediately flew straight to Xuan Kong’er’s side!
“Eh…”
Upon seeing his surroundings, the old monk was immediately stunned!
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