Chapter 896 - The Ultimate Tribulation (III) (1/2)

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Roar!!!

Cundi’s huge primordial spirit roared with rage, but soon began to shrink under the sword light. It turned into a small speck in the vast Sea of Consciousness. The speck twisted and transformed into a Taoist in cyan robes.

The Taoist had a handsome but strange face and displayed a trace of anger. He shouted, “Good! Excellent! You made a move so quickly. You must have confidence in this guy. I want to see how he can turn the tables!”

The sword lights scattered into the Sea of Consciousness, and a faint voice resounded. “Cundi, don’t be so irritated. I have only one chance to intervene, just like them. Since I’ve had my chance, I won’t interfere anymore!”

“Humph!”

At this moment, as if provoked by something, Zhou Bao’s Primary Primordial Spirit began to expand violently. It swelled from a droplet to a basin of water, and then a pool. Ten breaths later, his Primary Primordial Spirit had turned into a vast sea, just like what had happened to Cundi before. However, he had nothing to be proud of. His sea of primordial spirit filled almost his entire Sea of Consciousness, but it kept a great distance from Cundi’s primordial spirit, avoiding it as if it was some kind of plague.

“Brat, how did you pass the Celestial Immortal Tribulation!” Cundi’s face turned ugly. The Celestial Immortal Tribulation in the Sea of Consciousness was not severe. But for Earthly Immortals like Zhou Bao, the tribulation for the Omnipotent Sage was large enough to kill them thousands of times.

Zhou Bao had no time to care about Cundi, because his primordial spirit was being led by another mysterious force. He could sense through his spiritual mind that everything around him had changed. His perception suddenly broke through the constraint of the Sea of Consciousness and rushed out of his body. He perceived that this tribulation in the Immortal Realm was only a short glimpse in history. His perception stretched out longer and longer, and a distant world unfolded in his spiritual mind.

Space flashed through, and time flew by!

This was the essence of nature, and the origin and end of everything.

This was the vacuum!!!

After the Celestial Immortal Tribulation, Celestial Immortals could store their primordial spirits in the vacuum to keep themselves alive for eternity. Take Cundi for example. He had been set up to sleep for so many eras, but still had numerous chances to rise again.

There were nine levels in the vacuum. Ordinary Celestial Immortals could only store their spirits in the first three levels. When their strength improved, their spirits could be stored in higher levels. However, it took countless eras to move into a higher level. Some Celestial Immortals, like the Jade Emperor Sage, were marvelous in this era, but had congenital shortages. He could only store the spirit’s imprint in the first level where there was no possibility of improvement. That was why he planned to take advantage of Cundi’s remains.

Unfortunately for him, the Jade Emperor Sage was born in this era. He inherited precious gifts but had limited his mind within this era and overestimated his strength, which ultimately led to his death.

Zhou Bao’s perception was at the first level now. He could feel ancient thoughts and spirits flashing through. These thoughts and spirits were the primordial spirit’s imprints the Celestial Immortals in this level had stored.

Meanwhile, he detected a strange but familiar spirit from the energy breaking away from the first level.

“The Dharma Ending Tribulation. This is the spirit of the Dharma Ending Tribulation!” Suddenly, he realized something. This energy was just the beginning of the Dharma Ending Tribulation in the hollow.

“Vacuum, hollow, vacuum and hollow! I get it! The vacuum is the essence and end of everything; it will never change or disappear. The hollow is derived from and limited by the vacuum. Every change of era in the hollow happens because the vacuum is peeling off energy.

“Shit! The era in the hollow is being destroyed because the vacuum is shitting!!!” He was mumbling in his heart when suddenly his perception was pushed into a stranger area by a huge unknown force.

This was the second level of the vacuum.

He didn’t realize until now what he had sensed in the first level.

All of nature’s Dharmas were stored in the first level. His perception, which had only lingered there for a few seconds, perceived them all and projected them into the imprint of his primordial spirit. There were so many of them, that processing all the information required a lot more time, which he didn’t have at the moment.

He was at the second level of vacuum.

Compared with the first level, which had been filled with Dharmas, the second level looked more like a huge cage. Numerous evil spirits and ferocious ghosts were locked inside with no one to control them. The minute his spiritual mind touched the second level, it was detected by the spirits and ghosts. An ocean of souls came rushing toward him.

Zhou Bao was caught off guard. The ghosts jumped on him, hitting him in the face. They went through his spiritual mind without bringing any harm. After that, they continued to wander in the vacuum, leaving only an impression on his primordial spirit. Then, a tremendous suction drew him into the third level.