Xiao Rou's body trembled, and her face immediately showed an expression of extreme pain. Although her body was restrained and unable to move, her whole body was trembling slightly. Obviously, the silver light of the Realm Spirit had caused her extremely unbearable pain.
Seeing Xiaorou suffering, Ling Yun felt as if his heart was being stabbed, but his body was bound and he was powerless to help. This was the first time he had ever faced his lover's suffering without any ability to protect her. For a moment, his heart felt like it was about to explode, and his eyes instantly turned red. Suddenly, his heart began to beat strongly in his chest.
The spirit suddenly let out a soft "Eh," and its gaze toward Ling Yun carried a hint of doubt. As if it had sensed something, the hand that had restrained Ling Yun also shot out a beam of silver light, which immediately entered Ling Yun's chest.
As the silver light entered his body, Ling Yun immediately felt as if thousands of tiny insects had entered his body and were moving through every cell. This sensation was not painful, but the cool, tingling feeling as the insects moved made Ling Yun extremely uncomfortable. Since he could not move his body, he had to endure the intense torment. Almost every moment, Ling Yun felt extremely painful and even began to suffocate.
Seeing that she had already imprisoned the two, the spirit's expression became even more solemn. Her attention was completely drawn to Ling Yun, and she even withdrew her silver hand that had been imprisoning the girl.
With a thud, Xiao Rou fell to the ground from the air. The girl struggled to stand up, but the silver light that had filled her body had not yet completely dissipated. Xiao Rou could only prop herself up halfway, looking at Ling Yun suffering in the air with despair and sorrow.
A dazzling black light suddenly burst forth from Ling Yun's chest.
Thump, thump, thump...
A tremendous pulsating sound instantly filled the entire temple.
Chapter 362 Macro World
With the pulsating sound, the black light grew stronger and stronger, instantly forming a huge black sphere of light that tightly enveloped Ling Yun.
The flawless face of the Realm Spirit finally revealed a shocked expression. It was unknown when, but the silver light used to imprison Ling Yun had been severed by a mysterious force. The Realm Spirit could not even control its own power. The temple was filled with an extremely vast will. The size of this will far exceeded the limits of imagination. Even the Realm Spirit was as insignificant as a grain of sand in the face of this will.
The spirit of the realm wanted to move, but she could no longer move. The moment her will was released, it imprisoned her body, and even the entire temple and the entire barrier were imprisoned. It was a power that the spirit of the realm could not even imagine. In her short memory of her life, only the City of Death could contend with such power.
Beneath the temple, in a place unseen, the sea of lava boiled violently like a tsunami, with huge waves of fire rising tens of thousands of meters high before crashing back down to the surface. Below the sea of fire, one after another, fiery creatures screamed desperately under the influence of an unknown force, then slowly twisted and deformed, separating into the most basic form of flames.
The sea level of the lava sea began to drop rapidly. Even to the naked eye, a faint black pressure could be seen above the sea of fire, forcefully pressing down the entire sea level. This wasn't simply pushing the lava down, but rather using a cold force to rapidly reduce its heat. The white marble steps and four halls reappeared, completely undamaged even in the lava sea. However, after a flash of black light, the steps and halls easily shattered into countless fragments.
Inside the temple, the structural points of the barrier were operating frantically, like countless flashing meteors intersecting and reflecting each other. However, no energy was being transmitted from the light and shadow of the structural points. The mysterious force even severed the connection between the structural points and the barrier's form, turning the black-haired girl into an isolated existence within the barrier. All transmitted energy was devoured by the mysterious force, and the entire barrier was decaying at an insane speed.
The black-haired girl's face showed a shocked and incredulous expression. She couldn't figure out what was wrong, and she couldn't do anything. Although she was a separate human in terms of physical form, she could only maintain one posture and not move. In fact, she was integrated with the Golden Dragon Throne and could not be separated at all.
When Ling Yun and Xiao Rou first entered the temple, the World Spirit scanned their bodies more than once, down to the cellular level, and found nothing unusual. But now, what's with the sudden pulsating sound coming from Ling Yun's chest? It can only mean that a power greater than the World Spirit has concealed its existence and then suddenly appeared just as the World Spirit was about to possess it.
The spirit's eyes flashed with spiritual light, trying to draw the energy of the structural point down, but the mysterious force seemed to notice this and began to tighten its grip on her senses like a net, until all her power was imprisoned within her body. As the connection was severed, the structural point's speed suddenly decreased, then came to a standstill as if slamming on the brakes, and its shimmering starlight began to dim.
Xiao Rou suddenly stood up, and the remaining power of the World Spirit that had been binding her body vanished without a trace. She looked at Ling Yun, who was still radiating black light in the sky, with a mixture of surprise and joy. The sudden change immediately made her realize what had happened. If there was one thing in this world that could contend with the World Spirit, it would undoubtedly be the supreme treasure in the eyes of all superpowered individuals.
The Heavenly Eye!
Upon hearing that familiar pulsating sound, Xiaorou knew that the Heavenly Eye was emitting an abnormal pulsation again.
A black orb slowly flew out from the yellow book barrier in Ling Yun's chest. Apart from a faint black glow, it showed no other abnormalities. It was the Heavenly Eye, finally revealing its powerful strength that was not easily known to others.
The black light vanished before Ling Yun's chest, and the boy's body fell to the ground. Xiao Rou rushed over to support her boyfriend. Looking at him worriedly, Ling Yun's face was pale. The residual binding energy of the Realm Spirit had just dissipated from his body, and the way the Heavenly Eye appeared was too domineering, causing Ling Yun's qi and blood to become deficient. Even a tiny fraction of the two immense forces was something Ling Yun couldn't resist. Fortunately, his self-healing ability worked exceptionally well; in just a few breaths, Ling Yun's complexion returned to normal.
"Honey, are you alright..." Xiao Rou asked, looking at Ling Yun with concern and tenderness.
"It's alright, as long as we're not possessed, that's good." Ling Yun said with a wry smile, "If it weren't for the Heavenly Eye, we would definitely be dead here."
The two regained their mobility and focused their attention on the Heavenly Eye. The black Heavenly Eye flew to the Realm Spirit and remained motionless, then emitted a faint black light that enveloped the Realm Spirit's face. Through the thin, transparent black light, one could vaguely see an expression of extreme panic on the Realm Spirit's face. Countless faint, tiny particles were seen traveling from the Realm Spirit's face through the black light to the Heavenly Eye, as if the Heavenly Eye was absorbing something from the Realm Spirit's form.
It was discovered that the World Spirit tried its best to avoid being absorbed by the Heavenly Eye, but both its main body and physical form had been imprisoned by the Heavenly Eye. Apart from the consciousness within its physical form, the World Spirit had no chance of resisting.
Ling Yun sighed softly. Although Xiao Rou couldn't tell what those tiny particles were, under his Eye of Illusion, they appeared as a pure, dark blue color, the immense energy of the Realm Spirit. The Heavenly Eye was drawing the Realm Spirit's energy into itself in a domineering and direct way. It was unknown how much energy the Heavenly Eye, only the size of a dragon's eye, could store, as if it were a bottomless pit. The dark blue energy surged towards the Heavenly Eye like a raging torrent of water flowing into the sea.
Golden rays of light flashed continuously in the eyes of the Realm Spirit. With each burst of light, the black pillar of light flickered slightly. The Realm Spirit was desperately trying to use her consciousness to ram the channel through which the Heavenly Eye was absorbing her energy. However, this was in vain. Although the Realm Spirit's consciousness had almost solidified into a physical form, it was still a rootless tree without the support of energy. Moreover, even if she obtained the support of energy, her consciousness could not possibly contend with the Heavenly Eye.
This was the only means the spirit could use. In order to survive and for the existence of this consciousness, she had to struggle desperately. This was an instinct of any living being, like a drowning person desperately trying to grab a straw in the water. Although she was destined to perish, she could not calmly face her disappearance before she died.
Lingyun and Xiaorou watched silently as the World Spirit was slowly devoured by the Heavenly Eye. The tragic scene of a powerful life struggling in its death throes deeply shocked them. Just moments before, the two of them were struggling to survive, but in the blink of an eye, the wheel of fate took a sharp turn. Even though they had seen many deaths, none were as shocking as the death of such a powerful being as the World Spirit.
Just as the sun or other massive celestial bodies are destroyed, the fleeting moment of their demise is enough to illuminate the eternity of a world where the weak exist.
Ling Yun suddenly thought of Yu Xiujie, his mentor who taught him how to be a person and how to be powerful. Yu Xiujie was once an unparalleled powerhouse, but he ultimately perished. In the struggle between humanity and nature, no matter how powerful you become, you will eventually return to nature. And nature is the surface presented by countless laws. The so-called "man can conquer nature" is ultimately too distant a thing.
As if sensing the faint yet tenacious impact of the World Spirit's consciousness, the Heavenly Eye seemed to grow impatient. The small black cylinder suddenly transformed into the shape of a heart, and a huge star map suddenly appeared.
The moment the star map appeared, the consciousness of the Realm Spirit abruptly stopped its futile collisions. All the expressions on the black-haired girl's face froze instantly, and then her entire body shone with an eerie clear light, as if it had been coated with a layer of cyan varnish from the inside out. Then, with a "poof," her entire form dispersed like dust falling from the sky, turning into countless fine particles that entered the Heavenly Eye along with the dark blue energy channels.
The star map then disappeared, and the Heavenly Eye, which had transformed into a heart shape, immediately reverted to its bead shape.
"What just happened? What is that star map?" Xiao Rou asked in surprise. She did not use her senses to probe the channel through which the Heavenly Eye absorbed the energy of the Realm Spirit, but just the moment she saw the star map, an indescribable shock appeared in her heart. It was an indescribable and vast thought, and just thinking about it made her tremble and feel suffocated.
“It’s the macroscopic world,” Ling Yun said softly. Everything that the Heavenly Eye revealed was the macroscopic world he had dreamed of in the first hall. The heart shape that the Heavenly Eye transformed into was exactly the same as the heart of that giant humanoid figure, only shrunk countless times. With the vastness displayed by the macroscopic world, the World Spirit naturally had no ability to resist. Even if she were a hundred times stronger, the result would still be the same.
"The macroscopic world?" Xiaorou asked, puzzled.
“It’s a very large world, infinitely large. You can think of it as big as you want,” Ling Yun explained. “Every existence has a limit to its capacity. If you exceed that limit, it will collapse. The macroscopic world itself is nothing; it’s just a kind of existence. But it’s so big that it exceeds the limits of our imagination. So as long as it appears in front of any conscious life, it will instantly cause the other party to collapse. That’s the power of the Heavenly Eye. All our supernatural abilities are just appearances. Compared to the macroscopic world, they are all too insignificant and not worth mentioning.”
"I understand." Xiao Rou nodded, secretly experiencing the macroscopic world that Ling Yun had described. Undoubtedly, the macroscopic world was neither aggressive nor exclusive; it was simply a simple existence that was not complicated. From its appearance to its inner self, everything was laid bare, directly revealing its essence. But based on this essence alone, it was already irresistible.
Xiao Rou seemed to have figured something out.
At this moment, the spirit's form was in a state of disintegration. A perfect face was missing most of its portion, making the remaining half look extremely eerie. Most of her body had also vanished, leaving only remnants of limbs. The missing parts transformed into the purest energy and were absorbed into the Heavenly Eye. It was unknown what kind of vast space this small black bead possessed, as it showed no expansion or change whatsoever after absorbing such immense power.
The Heavenly Eye began to absorb energy at an accelerated pace. Black light swirled around the entire temple, forming a curved ribbon. Wherever it went, spatial ripples with white circles appeared. Then, countless tiny particles rapidly converged towards the black ribbon. The temple, which had been as stable as a mountain, suddenly began to crack, like a harbinger of a collapsing building.
The World Spirit's form had completely disintegrated, leaving only a thick, shapeless shadow. This was the World Spirit's true form, desperately struggling to break free from the Heavenly Eye's suction force. But all of this was in vain. The Heavenly Eye continued its ruthless harvesting work, like a black hole in the depths of the universe, tirelessly devouring matter from outside the universe.
The black ribbon swept upwards and quickly came into contact with the dried-up, star-like structural points. It began to devour them like a snake. Each structural point it consumed meant irreversible damage to the barrier. The structural points were closely related to the shadow of the spirit's form. The shadow was writhing in agony, and the form was shrinking at a visible speed.
A thunderous roar suddenly echoed from outside the temple. Ling Yun's expression shifted, and he grabbed Xiao Rou's hand. In a few steps, they had already rushed out of the crumbling temple. Just as the two of them stepped out of the door, a loud cracking sound came from behind them. The entire temple, which was shrouded in clouds and mist, collapsed with a bang. The thousand-foot-tall temple turned into countless golden particles the moment it collapsed, and in the blink of an eye, it was drawn to a black ribbon that looked like a sky bridge.
The sea of lava has long since disappeared, and at the bottom of the abyss lies an utterly dark space with countless fiery red cracks faintly visible. Although the sturdy white marble staircase, stretching for ten thousand meters, has not completely collapsed, countless cracks have appeared in every part of the staircase. The staircase, which was as solid as solid ground, is teetering on the verge of collapse.
Ling Yun suddenly pretended to listen intently, and at that moment, the black ribbon formed by the Heavenly Eye drifted across the gray-white sky of the barrier, revealing a dark spatial trace.