Chapter 1197: You’re So BAD, You Naughty Little Boy
Time passed, slowly but surely.
A month of in-universe time passed in the Nineshores Heaven. That month was relevant to the universes in the Nineshores Heaven, not the star domains, star whirlpools, and galaxies. The reality was that in the massive Nineshores Heaven, the way time flowed in the endless universes changed depending on what civilizations and species were there, and how they recorded history.
In the end, that wasn’t important. Any given species in the Nineshores Heaven would usually have multiple ways of recording the passage of time. After all, they would have records of their own planet, but also records of the galaxy they were in. Some large species would have records of the star whirlpools, star domains, or even of the entire universe.
The month that passed for Xu Qing in the Inkland was different for the species that lived in the multitude of other locations. To them, it might have been dozens of years or even hundreds. More time would pass the smaller the galaxy was. It could also reflect incomplete or damaged natural and magical laws, or low levels of immortal energy.
The beings that lived amidst such slow passage of time would often be incomplete or damaged in some way. It could be their soul, or their bloodline, or their karma. Because of that, such species might not develop much even after the passage of hundreds of years. Things were always balanced out in some way.
Xu Qing got a clear sense of all that as he sat in the same spot as Kun Wu had occupied in the Inkland. He was also fishing. By means of his space-time canon, he had come to a much deeper understanding of his universe during the last month.
He had attempted to enter the black hole, but could only descend about 30 meters. After that, a terrifying power of rejection stopped him. He had eventually given up, sat down cross-legged and started using the fishing pole.
Although his divine will couldn’t go very far inside, and given how difficult it was to get the ringsource out, Xu Qing felt like he was sitting on top of a mountain of treasure, only for the treasure to be extremely difficult to take. That said, he could tell that practicing cultivation here would give faster results to his immortal embryo than anywhere else.
The ringsource doesn’t come out easily, but there are still bits and pieces to be had. At the same time... Kun Wu’s fishing method is worth studying.
He looked at the fishing pole. Over the last month, he had been imitating Kun Wu, only to fail to fish out any ringsource. However, he got the feeling that he was doing the right thing.
Perhaps not enough time has passed. Fishing does require patience....
He looked away from the fishing pole and at the black hole.