Chapter 504 - 27: Power of Space
"Changchuan, sit tight!"
"If you can comprehend something from this, it could be a great opportunity for you!"
As Shen Changchuan landed on the ship’s deck, which appeared to be made of some unknown white jade, Master Wandering Dragon suddenly spoke up.
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Shen Changchuan froze, confused.
Before he could voice his many questions,
BOOM!
Master Wandering Dragon waved his sleeve. As the robe furled, a vast, ocean-like Magical Power warped the void. Faint wisps of starlight scattered and vanished into the Flying Ship’s control console ahead.
The next moment,
VMMMM!
The entire colossal vessel shuddered violently,
The three dragon heads on the prow instantly opened their eyes, their incandescent pupils piercing the heavens,
And ripples like water spread through the surrounding space!
At the same time, the dark gold hull erupted with flowing black light,
Like inky flood dragons coiling around the ship’s body.
The next moment—
BOOM!!!!
The enormous Flying Ship began to move. A tremendous roar, like the sound of a mountain collapsing, caused the surrounding space to tremble violently.
In front of the bow,
The space caved in, the distortion visible to the naked eye!
Immediately after,
CRACKLE CRACKLE...
Accompanied by a continuous sound of shattering glass, the vacuum ahead cracked apart repeatedly, and a pitch-black Dark Abyss, so dark you couldn’t see your hand in front of your face, spread open within the fractured void!
With its ferocious dragon heads leading the way, the Flying Ship gradually submerged into the nothingness beyond the spatial tear!
"This...?!!!"
Watching the scene unfold before him,
Shen Changchuan’s pupils shrank to the size of pinpricks, and he sucked in a sharp breath of cold air.
He could clearly feel it—
That was the Power of Space!
And this Power of Space was far stronger than that of the Void Escape Gu!
"Embrace the Origin and Guard the One!"
"Concentrated Inner Observation!"
"Clear your mind of distracting thoughts and focus on comprehending!"
Master Wandering Dragon’s roar exploded in his ears, jolting Shen Changchuan from his shock.
His whole body trembled.
Although he didn’t understand his master’s profound intentions, he instinctively sat cross-legged on the Jade Platform, casting his Divine Sense completely toward the strange phenomenon in the void.
The moment he closed his eyes,
His Divine Sense spread out like a net.
Suddenly,
Something happened, and
His mind and consciousness became clearer than ever before!
Following that,
He could feel it.
Amidst the tidal fluctuations of spatial turbulence,
It seemed a certain resonance of the Great Dao was faintly visible in the depths of the void,
Condensing into obscure and incomprehensible trajectories, ebbing and flowing like the tide, weaving together mysterious and magnificent layers of spatial fluctuations!
However,
This profound sensation was like trying to see flowers in a fog.
It was clearly within reach,
Yet it remained ethereal and impossible to grasp.
Shen Changchuan’s Divine Sense felt like a lone boat on a raging sea. He knew the other shore was somewhere nearby, but he couldn’t find the stars to guide him.
It was also like being trapped in a foggy valley, having lost all sense of direction.
As time passed,
That faint, almost-imperceptible comprehension was like a veil, preventing Shen Changchuan from ever seeing the true face of the mountain shrouded in clouds.
Anxiety gradually began to well up inside him!
Until at a certain moment,
His consciousness felt as if it had been yanked out of water, and his mind suddenly cleared.
Shen Changchuan was instantly wide awake again.
He abruptly opened his eyes.
He looked out at the world before him.
White clouds drifted lazily past the Flying Ship,
Which was now flying slowly high above the Nine Heavens.
A cool breeze blew past his ears.
"Master, just now, that was..."
He stared blankly at Master Wandering Dragon, unable to distinguish illusion from reality, as if waking from a long dream.
Deep in his pupils, a silvery glint seemed to flash and disappear.
At the same time,
A faint, almost-imperceptible sense of comprehension lingered in his heart.
Vaguely,
It seemed to be a power related to space.
But that sliver of comprehension was as hazy as a dream, and he found it impossible to recall the details.
Whenever he tried to grasp its principles, the profound sensations would slip away like sand through his fingers, leaving only the sense of loss one feels after waking from a great dream.
"It seems your luck wasn’t very good... but that’s alright. Remember that feeling. Perhaps you’ll gain something from it in the future."
Master Wandering Dragon sighed from the side.
Though his words sounded regretful, he had actually expected this outcome all along.
"This Dragon-Head Flying Ship is a Space Treasure. When it travels through space, it resonates and interacts with the natural Power of Space between Heaven and Earth... This special resonance allows Cultivators below the Divine Travel Realm to enter a state similar to the Unity of Heaven and Man. Within this state, a Cultivator’s perception is greatly enhanced, and they can sense a trace of the materialized trajectories of the Space Law..."
"What you felt earlier was the result of entering that special state."
"If you had been able to comprehend something from it, it would have been of great benefit to you. You might have even grasped a trace of the Power of Space ahead of time... A pity..."
As Divine Traveler answered Shen Changchuan, he inwardly shook his head.
’Of course, he had hoped Shen Changchuan would be the special one,’
’He hoped his disciple could comprehend something from the experience.’
’But now, there was nothing.’
’In truth, this result was not outside his expectations.’
The chances of success were less than one in a hundred million.
After all, in the entire Yuqing Immortal Sect, a behemoth that occupied the Thirty-Six Small Domains,
Only one person had ever managed to gain comprehension from this!
’Shen Changchuan’s talent is certainly good,’
’But compared to those true, peerless prodigies who stand at the pinnacle of hundreds of millions,’
’There’s still quite a gap!’
This was a point Master Wandering Dragon had already come to understand while previously preaching the Dao to him and reviewing his Cultivation.
’His own disciple,’
’Might have a Special Talent that even he hadn’t discovered yet,’
’And that’s how he was able to get this far.’
’But in terms of Comprehension,’
’It seems... he can only be considered an ordinary genius.’
"There’s actually such a treasure?"
Shen Changchuan’s eyes lit up.
’If I could experience that feeling often, and combine it with the power of the Void Escape Gu,’
’Wouldn’t I be able to quickly develop techniques like Spatial Slash?’
However,
After seeing the change in Shen Changchuan’s gaze,
Master Wandering Dragon seemed to guess his thoughts and asked directly:
"You want to borrow the Flying Ship to experience that state often, and use it to comprehend the Power of Space, don’t you?"
"Ha, as expected of you, Master. How did you know?"
Shen Changchuan flattered him smoothly.
"Hmph! Because I, your master, used to think the same thing!"
"Ah, so you failed?"
"Obviously!"
"Only a Cultivator riding or coming into contact with the Flying Ship for the first time can enter that state."
"You’ve now adapted to the resonance between the Flying Ship and space. It’s basically impossible for you to use it to enter that state of Unity of Heaven and Man again."
Master Wandering Dragon waved his hand dismissively.
’If it weren’t for that first-time-only limit, and if one could use it repeatedly for comprehension,’
’I’m afraid I would have mastered the Power of Space long ago!’
’Unlike now,’
’Where I still have to pay a great price to use the Flying Ship just to travel through space?’
And not long after Master Wandering Dragon gave Shen Changchuan this brief explanation of the Flying Ship they were riding,
Ahead,
Yuqing Immortal Mountain,
Had arrived!