The ancient giant bear hiding in the world of immortal cultivation

Chapter 564: Heaven and Earth

Outside the Cold Realm, Wang Wu encountered the three astonished, seemingly dazed, half-step Great Luo cultivators as soon as he emerged.

But they don't seem to have any intention of intervening.

Wang Wu naturally wouldn't want to make a fool of himself, and he was also worried that things might get complicated if he waited too long, so he left in a hurry.

Honestly, at this moment, he still felt a little unreal. He had escaped so easily.
Then how can we bear the consequences of his careful maneuvering over the past few centuries?
It left him feeling both amused and exasperated, and somewhat at a loss.

Especially after he had traveled hundreds of thousands of miles in one breath, and those three half-step Grand Luo cultivators did not come to chase after him, was the matter really over?

I'm not used to it yet, or maybe it's a trap, and that Luo will personally take action in a little while?
Wang Wu became worried again. He didn't stop and continued forward, aiming to get away from the Cold Realm. Three days passed and nothing happened.

No Grandmaster of the Azure Dragon Clan came to settle scores with him, nor did the White Fish bring a group of people to seek revenge.

It's as if nothing happened.

Seriously, what kind of world is this!

Wang Wu finally stopped, and it seemed that he could finally hold his head high and observe the legendary, renowned Heaven Beyond Heaven with a bit more confidence.

Honestly, before this, he basically had no chance. Even if he did have a chance, he didn't dare to observe for fear of being exposed, violating his principles of escapism, and revealing even the slightest clue.

"Let's just consider this a trial balloon. I refuse to believe that this matter can end like this. Do you think the Azure Dragon Clan can swallow this insult? The Azure Dragon Clan has two Grand Luo Immortals."

Wang Wu made excuses for himself, then activated the Heaven and Earth Shield. The Yin and Yang energies inside were not thick or clear, but undoubtedly more stable and flexible, sweeping out and sweeping up, down, left, right, front, and back.

Three seconds later, he ended the irradiation with a slightly guilty conscience, and he had basically figured out the situation in Tianwaitian.

"So this is the Outer Heaven. I've always had some misunderstanding about it."

"The outer heavens are not scattered and boundless, but still have inherent structures and hierarchical dimensions."

"But the Outer Heavens isn't like a nested doll, with each part linked to the next; rather, it was originally part of the cultivation world."

Wang Wu seemed to be deep in thought. Thanks to his current level of cultivation, mainly because he could use Yin and Yang energies to illuminate, his vision had suddenly been elevated to a much higher level.

In his view, there are several key points.

First of all, the Outer Heaven and the cultivation world that was once destroyed by the Heavenly Pivot cannot be separated. The name Outer Heaven is incorrect.

Secondly, there is no distinction between the Outer Heavens and the cultivation world; as a whole, they vaguely resemble a vortex-like structure, and on a macroscopic level, they are able to operate in an orderly manner.

Third, if there is any difference, the cultivation world that was once destroyed is more like the core of this vortex structure.

Even now, even though the core has been destroyed, the ruins left behind are still extremely large and located in the very center. From all directions, a continuous stream of chaotic spiritual energy still converges towards the center, which is probably why the ruins of the cultivation world can never be completely excavated.

Wang Wu believed that without strong intervention, a new cultivation world might be formed on these ruins tens of millions of years later.

Fourth, around the ruins of the cultivation world, there are five special single-element cultivation worlds evenly distributed: the Cold World, the Wind World, the Fire World, the Thunder World, and the Green Wood World.

These five realms are cyclical and ever-changing, forming the twenty-four solar terms through their continuous changes.

That's right, there are no twenty-four realms, only five.

These are the five calamities.

However, in Wang Wu's view, these five realms seemed to have been greatly affected by the self-destruction of the cultivation world, and were rather unstable.

This immediately made him realize that the reason he hadn't been bothered by Da Luo this time was probably thanks to that old man Tian Shu's madness back then.

This vortex-shaped structure can no longer withstand another self-destruction of the Tian Shu!

Yes, that's definitely the reason.

However, on the other hand, the composition of this vortex-like structure is quite ingenious, and it even bears a striking resemblance to the only great path that cultivators practice.

No, this is a cultivation path formed by living beings referencing and comparing themselves to the world.

The only path that cultivators pursue is actually this vortex-like structure.

The twenty-four solar terms, the nine calamities, the five elements of spiritual energy, and even the three calamities, five calamities, and the yin and yang energies are all the most crucial nodes in this vortex-like structure.

At this moment, Wang Wu even had a terrifying and chilling feeling. He wondered if this vortex-shaped structure could be evolved from the ultimate cultivation of an existence that was even higher than a Golden Immortal.

Couldn't all these beings be tiny creatures living within this being?
"So it's no wonder that those Great Luo cultivators would train the Imperial Observatory Prophets. Once you think of this kind of hypothesis, you can't shake it off. But thankfully, I'm only at the Small Steps stage now, well, half a Great Luo cultivator, so I don't need to worry about this."

At this moment, Wang Wu simply activated the Yin and Yang energies and openly began to observe and irradiate them.

He had already realized that at this moment, unless he wanted to deliberately self-destruct, no one would take action to deal with him.

Because this vortex-shaped structure is currently not very stable.

This is the foundation and reference for all of them, all living beings, in their cultivation. Once this vortex-like structure collapses, all supernatural powers and immortal techniques will perish.

Just as Wang Wu and Tian Shu Lao Deng were forbidden from using magic back then, all the Great Luo Immortals and Half-Step Great Luo Immortals will be forbidden from using magic in the same way now; it's practically a given.

Well, we can't be too dogmatic. Perhaps as long as one can prove Yin and Yang and achieve the Great Luo of the One Dao, one can be exempt from the influence to the greatest extent.

But in any case, he no longer needs to play the coward, that's for sure.

This time, Wang Wu used Yin and Yang energies to illuminate the area for a full twelve seconds before stopping, which was quite satisfying.

This time he saw it more carefully and clearly, even seeing the Twelve Celestial Realms clearly.

They could even guess some of the original purpose of the twelve Great Luo Immortals in building the Celestial Realm.

"Back then, these Great Luo Immortals had great ambitions. They probably wanted to unravel the mysteries beyond Great Luo, which is why they created the Twelve Great Luo Immortals. I guess that no more than five of them were senior Great Luo Immortals who were in charge, and the rest were just there to make up the numbers, especially the five newly promoted Great Luo Immortals who suppressed Tian Shu back then."

"However, Old Deng of Tian Shu was too tough and too irritable. His self-destruction directly shattered their plans, not only making their plans indefinitely postponed, but also destabilizing their foundation."

"So now, the twelve celestial realms are connected and are slowly descending, seemingly about to merge with the ruins of the cultivation world!"

"Tsk tsk, interesting, interesting. They were reckless before the incident, but now they can only patch things up. Hahaha!"

Wang Wu was very gloating.

He was quite pleased with this, because if it weren't for this reason, he could still be living freely here. Those twelve Great Luo were no joke; in the past, they would act on a whim and suppress people at will, their thunder and rain were all acts of divine grace.

In short, this is good for mid-level cultivators. As for low-level cultivators, things will remain the same, and no matter what major changes occur, nothing will change.

"If I'm not mistaken, these twelve Great Luo will semi-retire and go behind the scenes in the future. However, the number of Half-Step Great Luo will be like the expansion of university enrollment, flooding the market."

"And the change this brings is that resources are becoming increasingly scarce, the half-step Great Luo is becoming increasingly weak and complicated. The protagonist in the future will be the half-step Great Luo, but what does that have to do with me?"

Wang Wu chuckled, chose a direction, and calmly headed off. This time, he wouldn't go against the tide and clash head-on with the twenty-four solar terms. He could simply follow behind clockwise, enjoying the changes of the twenty-four solar terms without worrying about clashing with the gods of cold, fire, wind, thunder, or poison.

In fact, this is the proper way to experience the Outer Heaven.

Going counterclockwise, all he could see in the outer heavens was desolation and darkness, and he would wonder if he was the only one left in the world.

But if you go clockwise, wow, as far as the eye can see, thousands of spirit-catching ships carrying hundreds of huge floating cities form a long dragon that stretches for who knows how far.

These were all the assets of the cultivation world, which were all relocated.

What Wang Wu found particularly strange was that the Nine Alliances, Three Societies, and Two Sects, which had been banned and disbanded more than 50,000 years ago, had regrouped and, relying on the huge floating city carried by these spirit-capturing ships, continued to play music and dance.

The world of cultivation is gone, but this place is new, a fluid world of cultivation.

Of course, besides the Nine Alliances, Three Associations, and Two Sects, there seem to be more than a dozen new forces. However, these may also be forces that were originally in the Outer Heavens. Now that the Twelve Great Luos have relaxed their restrictions, they have sprung up again like wild grass after a spring breeze.

As the saying goes, wherever there are people, there is a world of martial arts. As long as the environment for cultivating immortality is maintained and the tradition continues, then everywhere will be a world of cultivation.

But Wang Wu noticed a detail: in this fluid world of cultivation, there wasn't even a single half-step Grand Luo Immortal in sight, which was a significant change.

Back then, 60,000 to 70,000 years ago, the leaders of various forces were all at the half-step Great Luo level.

They have now all been downgraded to the ninth level of Taiyi.

Wang Wu leisurely arrived in this fluid world of cultivation and soon found the floating city of the Hidden Origin Society.

This is a massive floating city supported by eighteen spirit-capturing ships combined, with an area of ​​300 million square miles.

The spirit-catching boat that Wang Wu once modified was also among them.

However, many familiar figures are no longer seen in the Hidden Origin Society today.

Lu Tong, Feng Muhan, Zhuang Bufei, and Qu Shenglian have all disappeared.

Frost Lord's father has also disappeared.

The leaders of the other five domains have basically all changed.

Interestingly, the current leader of the Hidden Origin Society is Xu Taiping!

Yes, he was the cultivation prodigy that Wang Wudu once hailed as an extraordinary genius, and he became the leader of the Hidden Origin Society.

The genuine kind.

I still remember that 60,000 years ago, he was only at the second level of Taiyi, but now he is already at the ninth level of Taiyi. Just sitting there, he exudes an aura of authority without anger.

Wang Wu observed in secret for half a day before appearing before Xu Taiping.

(End of this chapter)