814 The Central Star Area (1/2)
”Dharma Ending Tribulation? What does that mean?” Zhou Bao asked, his heart racing. He was very sensitive about the phrase ”Dharma Ending” because the era of his previous life was called Dharma Ending Age.
”The so-called Dharma Ending Tribulation is actually the beginning of the Dharma Ending Age!” Since the conversation had gone so far, Ghost Child did not want to conceal this from Zhou Bao. ”The Dharma Ending Tribulation and the Dharma Ending Age are legendary items. I heard about them in some ancient legends when I was young. The Dharma Ending Tribulation is the second last tribulation the Void Universe must endure, which is also the most horrible tribulation for all practitioners. When this tribulation ends, there will be no man, demon, beast or devil practicing martial skills in the micro or macro worlds of the Void Universe. Only common people will be left. All the spiritual Qi that facilitates the progress of cultivation will also disperse and the one replacing it will be the Qi that maintains the survival of living creatures. The age after the Dharma Ending Tribulation is called the Dharma Ending Age. This is a long and solitary age, which will last to the advent of the last tribulation—the World-ending Tribulation!”
”Dharma Ending Tribulation...Dharma Ending Age...an age solely belonging to common people...and World-ending Tribulation!” Zhou Bao blinked, feeling a little excited. But then, he heaved a sigh and said, ”So that is what it is. I see. Seems that I have to work harder and practice!”
”That's for sure. But where do you want to go now? You can't just drift in the Void Universe without a clear destination, can you?”
”Drift around? Well, that's my plan in the first place. But after hearing what you just said, I understand that time and tide waits for no man.” Zhou Bao said gently. ”You're an ancient being, so you must have good knowledge about this Void Universe. I guess you know many places suitable for practicing. Although Azure Heaven has sufficient spiritual Qi, I've noticed that it cannot give me much help anymore!”
”Of course it can't help you now. You've refined it into your macro world, so the spiritual Qi inside is actually integrated in your body. How can you practice with it then?”
After listening to Zhou Bao, Ghost Child was half annoyed and half amused. Then, he said, ”There are many places suitable for practicing, but they've all been taken up. The best place to go to is the Central Star Area, which used to be occupied by Heaven Realm World back then. In that area, there is abundant spiritual Qi and lots of open-air Dharma. You know, the Dharma has been exposed outside the hollow and you can see its wonders with bare eyes. This open-air Dharma is extremely helpful in accomplishing the Earthly Immortals' Way. That's why Heaven Realm World produced so many Earthly Immortals during those years. Now, the area is occupied by the Holy Alliance. If you want to encroach it, please don't bother trying. Apart from the Central Star Area, there are some other Star Areas. But they've all probably been taken up by now. I don't think there is any place left! In addition to those areas, the rest of the places are just too dangerous. If you go in, it's just like sending a sheep to a tiger!”
”Then, what you're saying is—”
”Don't you have another identity? Why not take this opportunity and check out the Central Star Area. Your cultivation has progressed in a rather odd fashion. Though your combat capability is incredibly strong, your phase is not high enough. You haven't even reached the phase of the Five Qis Collecting in Mind, nor have you fully accomplished the Primordial Spirits of Three Separations, let alone advancing to the Divine Immortal Realm!”
”Well, this isn't what I want it to be, either. But the technique of the Primordial Spirits of Three Separations is much harder to practice than I imagined!”
”If it were easy to practice, it wouldn't have become the current Primordial Spirits of Three Separations. You have completed your Second Primordial Spirit, and your Third Primordial Spirit is about to take shape; now it all depends on your Fourth Primordial Spirit. If you can finish your Fourth Primordial Spirit and integrate it to your body, you will be able to absorb and refine four of the Five Kinds of Qi at the same time. That way, your practice will speed up significantly. And that is why I asked you to practice this Divine Sense!”
”Absorbing and refining four of the Five Kinds of Qi at the same time? Why do I need to do so? I can just take time to refine them one by one!”
”Are you an idiot? Take time? In terms of the Five Qis in the Chest, the two most critical points are the balance and the purity. If you can draw four of the Five Kinds of Qi simultaneously, you can bring the balance of the four kinds of Qi to the utmost!”
”Then, is it possible to refine the Five Kinds of Qi at the same time?”
”Yes, you can do it as long as you accomplish your Fifth Primordial Spirit. It's just that the Fifth Primordial Spirit is legendary. I don't know how to do it, and no one else knows either!”
”So, it's impossible to achieve?”
”Right. Balancing the Qi is pretty tricky. When you proceed to the practice of the Fourth Primordial Spirit and extraction of the Five Kinds of Qi, you'll understand how important this Primordial Spirits of Three Separations is in collecting the Five Qis in the Chest, as well as how many benefits it will bring to your future practice!”
”Hearing you speak so highly of this Primordial Spirits of Three Separations, if I don't go all out to practice it, I'll feel guilty for letting you down!” Zhou Bao pondered over this for a moment, then, he asked, ”You stayed in the Central Star Area before, so you're certainly familiar with that place, right?”
”You want to go to the Central Star Area?”
”Yes. Other places are just boring. Anyway, I'm good at concealing myself. And few people actually know me in a place like the Central Star Area—”