DipNovel Chapter 437 Arrival at the Abyss of the Old Gods
Chapter 437 Arrival at the Abyss of the Old Gods
Flights in space are tedious and lengthy.
A distance of 30 billion light-years. At full speed, it would take about twenty days. But Lu Sheng couldn't fly at full speed—he needed to conserve his energy for the battle upon arrival. So he kept his speed at about 70%.
Estimated arrival time: 26 days.
It almost coincided with the expected breakthrough time of the Celestial Venerable of Myriad Phenomena.
This means that once he arrives, he may only have a window of opportunity lasting a few days or even a few hours.
"It's too tight," Lu Sheng thought to himself during the flight.
"What are you thinking about, Your Excellency?" Xuan Yin asked from the side.
"After considering the timeline, setting up the Eye of Law takes time. Interfering with energy transmission takes time. Waiting for the window of opportunity for the Celestial Venerable of All Manifestations to break through also takes time. All of this adds up—"
"That might not be enough."
"Yes. That might not be enough."
"So, what do you intend to do?"
"Deploy in advance," Lu Sheng decided. "Once we arrive, we won't rest; we'll begin deploying the Eyes of Law immediately. Once all twelve nodes are deployed, we'll begin interfering with energy transmission."
"Not resting? You've been flying for over twenty days—"
"During the flight, I can use the Devouring Furnace to absorb spiritual energy particles to restore my strength. Upon arrival, my spiritual energy should be around 90%. That should be enough."
Xuan Yin didn't say anything more.
In the days that followed, the two flew side by side in space.
It flies during the day. It also flies at night.
There is no distinction between day and night—space is filled with endless darkness and scattered starlight.
Lu Sheng continuously optimized his combat plan during the flight. He simulated every detail in his mind countless times.
When should the first Eye of Law be deployed? From which direction should we approach the spherical space? Where is the blind spot on Qingming's patrol route? At what level will the spiritual energy fluctuations of the Myriad Manifestations Celestial Venerable signify that he is about to break through?
He meticulously considered every step of the process.
Xuan Yin would occasionally discuss with him some of the habits and weaknesses of the Myriad Manifestations Celestial Venerable.
"The Celestial Venerable of Myriad Manifestations has a habit when he cultivates," Xuan Yin said.
What are your habits?
"He will envelop the core of the spiritual source with a shield of freezing laws. This shield is not for defense, but to isolate it from external law fluctuations."
"Isolate from interference?"
"Yes. He doesn't like to be affected by external law fluctuations when he cultivates. So he uses the Ice Sealing Law to create an 'absolutely quiet' environment around himself."
"How thick is this layer of ice shield?"
"Uncertain. But it shouldn't be bad. The Celestial Venerable of Myriad Manifestations has always been extremely cautious about his own safety."
"If he also has this shield when he breaks through—then my chain resonance needs to break the shield first before I can hurt him."
"Possibly. But when breaking through to a higher realm, the restructuring of the laws is systemic. Even his externally projected ice shield will be involved in the restructuring process. So, at the moment that shield restructures—"
"It will also disappear."
"right."
Lu Sheng remembered this information.
The days passed by.
On the fifteenth day, Luo Tianfei sent over the latest monitoring data.
"The rate at which the Celestial Venerable of Myriad Manifestations devours has fluctuated. Over the past twenty-four hours, the rate of devouring has been jumping between 16% and 20% every six hours."
"Fluctuations? What does that mean?"
"Generally speaking, fluctuations in the absorption speed indicate that the absorber is experiencing a bottleneck in the digestion of calendrical laws. The quality of the primordial energy of the Spirit Emperor's remains is too high; the spiritual core of the Myriad Manifestations Celestial Venerable cannot continuously absorb it at a high speed and needs to stop intermittently to digest the portion that has already been absorbed."
"In other words—his absorption rate isn't constant. It fluctuates, sometimes fast, sometimes slow."
"Yes. Based on the fluctuation pattern, his overall absorption progress is currently about 67% of the core area of the Spirit Emperor's remains."
Sixty-seven percent.
"What percentage of energy is needed to break through to the Spirit Immortal Realm?"
"It's impossible to determine precisely. But based on the bottleneck between the peak of the Spirit Saint realm and the Spirit Immortal realm—it's estimated to be at least 85%, possibly even 90%."
"From 67 percent to 85 percent—at the current rate of fluctuation—"
"Ten to fourteen days."
Ten to fourteen days.
He has eleven days of flight time remaining.
"Just in time." Lu Sheng breathed a sigh of relief.
Day .
The outline of the Old God Abyss appeared in the void ahead.
A vast, chaotic region of space. The remnants of ancient battlefields, shattered fragments of celestial bodies, and tangled currents of laws formed a desolate graveyard spanning hundreds of thousands of kilometers.
Lu Sheng slowed down.
"stop."
The two stopped about 5,000 kilometers from the outer edge of the Old God Abyss.
"Dragon Eyes."
Lu Sheng's gaze pierced through a distance of five thousand kilometers, directly locking onto the spherical space deep within the Old God Abyss.
The spherical space is still there. Silvery-white threads of law flow across its surface.
The outer edge of the spherical space —
Azure Guardian.
Lu Sheng saw him.
A middle-aged man dressed in dark blue armor, holding a two-meter-long cyan spear, was slowly patrolling along the outer wall of the spherical space.
"Peak of the mid-stage Spirit Saint realm."
Lu Sheng confirmed Qing Ming's strength level through the Dragon Eye.
This matches the previous intelligence.
"What about inside the spherical space?" Xuan Yin asked.
"I can't see it. The threads of the laws governing the spherical space have blocked the penetrating power of the dragon's eyes."
"I'll use sound waves to scan it."
Xuan Yin emitted an extremely high-frequency sound wave. The sound wave traveled five thousand kilometers through space, struck the surface of the spherical space, and was bounced back.
"The spherical space contains extremely intense spiritual energy fluctuations. The intensity of these fluctuations far exceeds that of a peak Spirit Saint."
"That's the fluctuation of the Myriad Manifestations Celestial Venerable devouring the remains of the Spirit Emperor."
"I have also detected another set of fluctuations. They are lower in frequency and more stable, originating from the core region of the spherical space."
"That's the residual energy of the Spirit Emperor's remains."
Lu Sheng withdrew his dragon eyes and took a deep breath.
Arrived.
It took twenty days to fly from Earth.
He finally arrived.
"From now on—" Lu Sheng's voice was very low.
"Enter combat mode."