Outside Of Time - Chapter 1657
Chapter 1657: Space-Time Immortality
Editor: Atlas Studios
While Xu Qing and Star Ring were fighting…
Outside the Immortal Palace, beyond the Western Starfield of the Fifth Star Ring, at the peak of the Eastern Starfield.
There stood a million towering towers.
From afar, they seemed to stretch endlessly into the distance.
Each tower shone with the brilliance of starlight, positioned as if mirroring the principal stars of the vast heavens.
Iron chains of order connected these towering constructs.
At the heart of this formation stood a single tower, rising far above the others. Its radiance was so intense that it bathed the sky in a magnificent glow.
This tower was one of the main towers of the Star Ring Tower.
In the tower, an old man in a Daoist robe was looking toward the West with his hands behind his back.
This old man had a sage-like demeanor and his white hair fluttered in the wind. His entire body exuded a sense of transcendence and it was as though the universe was spinning in his eyes.
He was the Tower Master of the Star Ring Tower!
He was the guardian of the entire Eastern Starfield and a Lower Immortal!
He was also… the master of Star Ring!
“A formidable calamity has appeared in Star Ring’s fate!”
“This calamity wasn’t destined, yet it emerged suddenly a few years ago, challenging the core of his fate!”
“If he overcomes this trial, he shall ascend like the rising sun.”
The old man muttered softly and raised his right hand to perform a series of hand seals in front of him. A long time later… there was a strange glint in his eyes.
“If the calamity is not reversed, how can ultimate fortune reveal itself?”
“Star Ring must face this calamity!”
…
The calamity had arrived!
In the fifth realm of the Immortal Palace, Star Ring’s body trembled and his internal organs churned. He spat out a mouthful of blood and retreated again. This time, he retreated seven steps.
With every step he took, starlight shone.
Even more determination erupted in his heart.
Star Ring, as the foremost heaven’s chosen of the Eastern Starfield, was widely acknowledged as the number one talent of his generation across the Fifth Star Ring.
His life could be said to be radiant.
Regardless of his background or cultivation, they shone with a brilliance akin to the stars.
In fact, he had even inherited the name of the Star Ring of the Star Ring Tower. Even Xie Lingzi and Zhou Zhengli were whetstones arranged by his master for him.
It could be said that before he met Xu Qing, his life, his momentum, and his path were remarkably smooth, without any twists or obstacles. But from the moment he met Xu Qing, everything changed.
He faced continuous suppression.
Whether in trying to maintain order in the fourth realm or in his breakthrough attempts in the fifth realm, he encountered relentless resistance.
In fact, he even had a faint feeling of fate being at play.
However, the instant this thought appeared…
A cold glint flashed in Star Ring’s eyes. There was a sharp blade in his heart that could cut through thoughts, break through inner demons, and crush fate!
“My fate is mine to command!”
Star Ring looked at Xu Qing. The aura of a Quasi Immortal rose from his body and the aura of a Great Emperor burst forth. Countless iron chains appeared out of thin air, circling around him.
The intent of order was incomparably intense at this moment.
He still had one more move…
This was a law he had drawn from his own fate at the moment he ascended to Quasi Immortal, during the elevation of his order to balance—a single grain of law.
This law was named…
“Heaven’s Law!”
Star Ring raised his right hand and grabbed at the void.
A celestial sound rang out from his mouth.
“Come!”
As soon as this sound rang out, the fifth realm stirred. Xu Qing’s footsteps also paused.
His eyes gleamed as he looked at Star Ring. At this moment, Xu Qing could sense that Star Ring had become a little different from before.
If the previous Star Ring gave the feeling of being visible, now he felt… blurred.
This blur encompassed not only the present world but also the space-times surrounding Star Ring.
The past, present, future, and all parallel existences became indistinct in that instant.
A sense of impending crisis arose in Xu Qing’s heart at that moment.
The source… came from the hand of Star Ring as it reached out toward the void!
A speck of dust appeared in his hand!
The moment he saw it, Xu Qing’s heart stirred. He felt as though he was facing the entire starry sky.
It couldn’t be disobeyed or snatched!
The expressions of the Quasi Immortal Great Emperors who were watching this battle changed at this moment.
“This is…”
“Heaven’s Law!!”
“What a remarkable Star Ring!”
The Order Ordinance’s higher level was balance. It could support Star Ring to complete the path of a Quasi Immortal.
As for breaking through the Quasi Immortal Realm and stepping into the Lower Immortal Realm, just balance was not enough. This required Star Ring to reach the peak of his Order Ordinance.
After balance… was Heaven’s Law!
However, it was impossible for the current Star Ring to comprehend his Ordinance to the level of Heaven’s Law.
He needed to explore the Quasi Immortal Realm and comprehend it during the process of transforming his immortal embryo into a true immortal.
Only then could he complete this transformation and become a part of Heaven’s Law!
At that moment, he would be a Lower Immortal!
This was his future path.
The current him couldn’t achieve it.
However, as the number one star, he was also the only one among all the stars who had chosen to forgo the Ordinance bestowed by his elders, relying solely on his own insights to become the unparalleled prodigy of this generation.
Thus, even though Heaven’s Law was difficult to grasp, he still managed, at the moment of his breakthrough, to pluck a grain of… Heaven’s Law’s dust!
This dust, this drifting particle, was the source of the crisis that made Xu Qing feel uneasy.
As Star Ring waved his hand, the dust… suddenly landed!
With an unmatched force, it descended upon Xu Qing!
The dust of Heaven’s Law would bury everything, leaving no room for survival!!
Xu Qing’s pupils constricted, and in that instant, his sense of crisis surged to an extreme. His body rapidly retreated.
But it was still too late.
That grain of dust, as it fell, suddenly appeared in Xu Qing’s world, right above him.
It descended.
Although it was merely a particle of dust, the weight it contained felt infinite. No matter how Xu Qing resisted, he could not counter it in the slightest.
In an instant, his mind roared, and his body felt as if it would shatter under the strain. His soul suffered similarly, developing cracks beneath the weight of the falling dust.
Xu Qing’s breathing quickened, and the sensation of death surged within him, like a tide overwhelming everything. But there was no time to think further. As he retreated, he directly left the fifth realm, escaping the Immortal Palace.
When he appeared, he was already on the Immortal’s Fall Plains outside the Immortal Palace. However… the dust was still sinking.
It followed fate and still landed.
Xu Qing’s body couldn’t withstand it and finally collapsed at this moment. His soul drifted away, sweeping up his Ordinance as he sped through the Immortal’s Fall Plains with all his might.
However, under Heaven’s Law, everything was over.
At the next instant… Xu Qing’s soul collapsed.
Before he dissipated, he felt bitter. He thought of his life. He thought of how although it didn’t go smoothly in the fourth realm of the Immortal Palace, he joined forces with Star Ring and finally succeeded in maintaining order.
He had obtained the qualifications to enter the fifth realm.
However, in the face of the opportunities in the fifth realm, he still had to fight the final battle with Star Ring, who could be considered friends with him.
This was fate.
Xu Qing sighed softly and dissipated.
The space-time he was in also shattered and finally collapsed, as though it had been erased.
Outside this collapsed space-time, it was still the fifth realm of the Immortal Palace. Another Xu Qing was retreating.
Dust was landing on him as well.
In the end… his body and soul were destroyed.
This battle continued because the third Xu Qing was also retreating.
This scene was displayed in the eyes of the surrounding Quasi Immortal Great Emperors. Their expressions were strange.
“This person… has Space-Time Ordinance!”
“That’s the higher law after the Space-Time Ordinance has advanced.”
“Using other space-time bodies as substitutes for the true body!”
In their eyes, the moment Heaven’s Law’s dust of Star Ring fell, a large amount of space-time waves appeared outside Xu Qing’s body. After that, different space-times appeared one after another.
These space-times were being used to wear down the dust of Heaven’s Law.
In the blink of an eye, three space-times collapsed.
After that, seven more space-times collapsed.
After that, another 12 space-times were destroyed…
As these space-times were destroyed, the speck of dust gradually became lighter and blurry. In the end, after a total of 46 space-times were destroyed… that speck of dust finally disappeared.
The remaining space-times shone at this moment. Xu Qing, who was in one of them, raised his head and looked at Star Ring, his eyes revealing a strange glint.
“What a remarkable Heaven’s Law…”
He was tempted.
Star Ring felt bitter. He looked at Xu Qing before shifting his gaze away and looking at the other party’s surroundings.
The space-times there fluctuated endlessly. He didn’t know how many space-times existed or where the other party’s limit was. It was even very difficult to determine if the person talking to him was the other party in the other space-times or the true body in the present world.
This was the Parallel Ordinance.
Overlapping universes could use the bodies of other space-times to substitute for the user’s death.
In theory, it was infinite.
However, Xu Qing currently had his own limit. Due to the immortal embryo and his grasp of the Ordinance, his current limit was 54!
This method of substitution for death, due to the merging of his other selves from different space-times with his true body in the present world, established a distinction between primary and secondary.
Therefore, the death of his other selves in different space-times, while having some impact on his true body, could still be endured without affecting his foundation.
Thus, to truly kill Xu Qing, it was necessary to completely shatter all the space-times he could manipulate and annihilate all his other selves within them.
Only then could the connection be severed!
“I wonder if that grain of Heaven’s Law will separate from your life if I kill you…”
Xu Qing slowly spoke and his voice rang out from space-time.
After that, he raised his hand. At the next instant, monstrous sword intent emerged from his hand and transformed into… the Emperor Sword!
Moreover, it wasn’t just from one space-time. At that moment, Xu Qing, who was in the other space-times in the surroundings, raised their hands at the same time and took out the Emperor Sword.
All of them slashed down!
It was impossible to discern which was the true Xu Qing and which of the sword energies held real power or was merely an illusion.
All these sword energies tore through their respective space-times and, upon gathering in this fifth realm, formed a single, awe-inspiring killing sword that charged directly at Star Ring.
In an instant, they slashed through his body!
After they pierced through, the remaining force landed in the void, causing a shocking crack to appear in the void.
Star Ring’s body trembled and started collapsing until he turned into ashes.
After that, space-times dissipated one after another, including Xu Qing, who had spoken earlier.
Xu Qing’s true body walked out from a deeper space-time and stood at the place where Star Ring had died.
His gaze paused.
He didn’t sense the increment in his Immortal Capital Qualifying Token’s perception range.
“He didn’t die?”
Xu Qing narrowed his eyes but wasn’t too surprised.
After all, the other party was the number one star and his cultivation had already broken through. He naturally had some unbelievable life-saving methods.
“However, that grain of Heaven’s Law…”
Xu Qing wanted it.
Hence, he raised his hand and grabbed. Under the enhancement of space-time, waves appeared in the place of Star Ring’s death. Finally, a wisp of aura flew out and landed in Xu Qing’s hand.
This was the other party’s mark.
After sensing it, a cold glint flashed in Xu Qing’s eyes.
“Not far!”
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