Ning Cheng took in a deep breath, and he finally understood why Striking Order Heavenly Emperor showed such generosity to him. However, Ning Cheng didn’t criticise his actions. If it were he, he might have also tried pulling in an ally, especially if there was such a big difference in strength.
“Brother Striking Order, rest assured, even if Chuan Xinlou is strong enough, he can’t forcibly get rid of you and me. Moreover, within Striking Order Starry Sky, combined with my Named Descendant Celestial River, we have four Starry Sky Emperors, so I don’t think we need to fear him, or do we?” Ning Cheng spoke without hesitation. He anyways didn’t have a favourable impression of Chuan Xinlou since the time they first met.
Striking Order spoke up with a happy tone, “Okay, then I’ll stall things for as much as I can for Brother Ning. But I’m afraid that if Chuan Xinlou and Yi Jiufeng joined forces, we might be at a disadvantage. Thankfully, Cang Caihe decided to join us as the Deputy Sect Master, which definitely is a good thing for us.”
Ning Cheng showed a slight smile, “Chuan Xinlou most likely will not dare to openly join forces with Yi Jiufeng, as we could potentially use that opportunity to join forces with the Grand Demon Starry Sky or the Grand Devil Starry Sky or both. Since this is an internal matter of his grand starry sky, then he most likely would try to resolve it without involving other grand starry skies. But still, thank you, Brother Striking Order, for sharing these concerns with me. I will change Named Descendant Celestial River’s name to Mysterious Yellow Celestial River from this point on.”
“Mysterious Yellow Celestial River, Mysterious Yellow Sect, good, good.” Striking Order Heavenly Emperor truly felt delighted to draw in a powerful alley like Ning Cheng.
Ning Cheng took out a jade strip, gave it to Striking Order Heavenly Emperor, and said, “Brother Striking Order, this contains my body-forging cultivation method. Since I received a celestial river from Brother Striking Order, I hope you can accept this body-forging cultivation method. In the future, when I decide to enter the Ancient Shadow Temple, I will definitely invite Brother Striking Order to team up and explore it together.”
Striking Order Heavenly Emperor was also looking for suitable cultivation methods, and now that Ning Cheng suddenly sent him one, he felt quite surprised and happy about it. Moreover, Ning Cheng even said that he would team up with him to enter the Ancient Shadow Temple. Both of these things made him even happier.
He put away the body-forging cultivation method given to him by Ning Cheng, and took out several Time Stones before handing them to Ning Cheng with the words, “Brother Ning, these Time Stones are for you. Regardless of if the Temple of Time opens up sometime later, these Time Stones can at least help you get a glimpse at the Laws of Time.”
Ning Cheng already had many similar Time Stones; as such, he had no need of these Time Stones. He was just about to refuse when his gaze suddenly stopped and intently focussed on one of the Time Stones.
Just when Striking Order Heavenly Emperor felt puzzled, Ning Cheng took a dragon fruit-sized Time Stone from the collection of Time Stones brought out by Striking Order Heavenly Emperor and looked at it for a long time, before asking, “Brother Striking Order, who gave you this Time Stone?”
Ning Cheng had recognised this Time Stone the moment he saw it. He had deliberately taken the Time Stone into his hand to confirm that he had guessed it correctly. Although most of the Time Stones were dark-grey in colour, the appearance of each Time Stone differed slightly.
When Ning Cheng’s gaze had landed on this Time Stone, it looked similar to the first Time Stone he had let Shen Qinyu pick up. When he finally held the Time Stone in his hand, he confirmed his guess. This Time Stone truly was the first Time Stone that Shen Qinyu had picked when they travelled together. Shen Qinyu definitely would not hand over her Time Stones to Striking Order Heavenly Emperor. So, why did it appear in the hands of Striking Order Heavenly Emperor?
At this moment, Striking Order did not want any cracks to appear between him and Ning Cheng. Therefore, when he felt the seriousness in Ning Cheng’s tone, he immediately explained, “This was handed in by a female cultivator named Shen Qinyu. After returning from Culmination Starland, she specifically came to find me and handed over ten Time Stones. She wanted to take another trip to the Time Wilderness. She said that the most important person to her had not managed to come out from the Time Wilderness, so she wanted to go in and look for him.”
“But isn’t the Time Wilderness closed? Even if you want to go in, wouldn’t you have to wait for the next time it opened?” Ning Cheng asked in doubt.
Shen Qinyu clearly came out, so why did she want to go in again?
How could a person like Striking Order not understand that there existed a relationship between Ning Cheng and Shen Qinyu? Therefore, he quickly replied, “Shen Qinyu had taken out ten Time Stones by herself, which forced me to sit up and listen to her request. You already know that Cen Fei, the one who took the first spot back then, only obtained four during his time in Time Wilderness. Moreover, she also said that she was from Culmination Starland’s Yu Clan Corner City. So, I practically had no choice but to listen to her and ended up helping her enter the Time Wilderness once again.”
Striking Order still felt some regret about it. The Yu Clan Corner City was not really a prominent force at all. However, he still gave in, because the Yu Clan Corner City was in Culmination Starland and had some powerful connections.
“Brother Striking Order, can you let people enter Time Wilderness again?” Ning Cheng felt surprised.
Striking Order Heavenly Emperor spoke with some regrets, “I only have ten Transfer Talismans, which one can use to enter Time Wilderness after it closes up. However, I have almost used up all ten Transfer Talismans. Besides, even if I gave them to you, you might not be able to get in.”
Ning Cheng cupped his fists and said, “Brother Striking Order, I really have to enter the Time Wilderness right now. Shen Qinyu went inside to find me, so I cannot give up.”
“Brother Ning, this….” Striking Order spoke after hesitating for a long while, “You must know that if you go inside, you most likely would never be able to come out again.”
Chapter 0729 – Dao follows the way of spontaneity
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“Moreover, with your cultivation, you most likely will be transferred out immediately after entering.” Striking Order Heavenly Emperor reminded him once again before taking out two Transfer Jade Talismans and passing them to Ning Cheng. “You can have these two jade talismans. It doesn’t matter if I have them or not.”
Ning Cheng took the jade talismans and thanked Striking Order, “Many thanks, Brother Striking Order. In any case, from now on, Brother Striking Order and I are brothers under the same sky. As for these Time Stones, I only need this one.”
Striking Order Heavenly Emperor put away the rest of the Time Stones with a warm smile over his face. However, he still left behind this sentence, “Brother Ning, let me say this before leaving. As long as Brother Ning needs my help, this Striking Order will never hesitate to come to your aid. Also, Brother Ning, these Transfer Talismans will not take you to the inner regions of the Time Wilderness. But you can enter the Time Wilderness after activating it from anywhere.”
“If Brother Ning doesn’t get transferred out, please do keep in mind not to venture to some of the dangerous places. Once inside, crush the other talisman before a year ends, and it would immediately send you out. Also, let me remind you once again that no one has ever come out after entering the Time Wilderness using these Transfer Talismans. That’s the main reason why I suspect that you might not have a way of coming out after entering Time Wilderness with these Transfer Talismans. Brother Ning, I sincerely urge you to find someone else to enter instead of going by yourself.”
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pite the advice, Striking Order believed that Ning Cheng would not go in by himself. But he still had to warn Ning Cheng to not venture into dangerous areas, and to send someone else inside Time Wilderness instead of going personally. Cultivating to such a level, no one in his or her right mind would take such a risk. Therefore, he did not particularly feel worried about Ning Cheng falling inside that place. Besides, the reason he gave Ning Cheng two Transfer Talismans was so that he could create a better bond with Ning Cheng and let Ning Cheng send in two people.
“I understand.” Ning Cheng thanked him again.
Striking Order felt very satisfied and said his goodbyes to Ning Cheng. He already achieved his purpose in coming here. If Chuan Xinlou wanted to move against him, he would have to face four Eternal-level powerhouses of Striking Order Starry Sky. Moreover, two of them were even Pill Emperors, which needed special considerations.
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After Striking Order Heavenly Emperor left, Ning Cheng quickly handed over the Mysterious Yellow Sect to Cang Caihe. He also let Gongxiu Zhu take charge of Named River Celestial River, rename Named Descendant Celestial River to Mysterious Yellow Celestial River, and serve as the king of Mysterious Yellow Celestial River.
Cang Caihe focussed on Alchemy and showed no enthusiasm about management. Besides, Ning Cheng did not expect him to manage Jiangzhou Star. Instead, the reason he let him stay at the Mysterious Yellow Sect was due to his younger sister Ruolan and the others who decided to go into seclusion within Mysterious Yellow Sect. With Cang Caihe, an expert in the Eternal Realm and a Pill Emperor, there definitely would not be any problems.
But just in case, Ning Cheng also arranged an emergency transfer array near the area where Ruolan and the others went into seclusion. Ning Cheng believed that they would not have to use this transfer array.
As for Jiangzhou Star, Ning Cheng put it into Bei Junyi’s care and told him if Warren and others came over, he should settle them down. Warren was a kind-hearted person, so Ning Cheng hoped that he would stay in Jiangzhou Star to help him in the future.
After taking care of everything, Ning Cheng left Jiangzhou Star and activated the Transfer Jade Talisman.
Striking Order didn’t know about Ning Cheng’s nature. He thought that Ning Cheng would never enter the Time Wilderness on his own, but Ning Cheng just did.
……
The Transfer Jade Talisman shone with a bright light before instantly sending Ning Cheng away. Ning Cheng had already prepared things beforehand. If the Time Wilderness pushed him out, he arranged for his sister Ruolan to take control of his Mysterious Yellow Bead and take him inside. Besides, as long as the wilderness did not push him out in half a breath’s time, he would have a chance to enter the Mysterious Yellow Bead, and then find a way to enter the Sea of Twilight.
But what surprised Ning Cheng was that when he landed on the ground, he didn’t experience even the slightest rejection. In other words, he now stood in the Time Wilderness, just like the last time he came in. Except for the faint flow of time around him, he found nothing abnormal at all, let alone any indications of rejection.
However, before Ning Cheng breathed a sigh of relief, a powerful suppressive force descended. Ning Cheng immediately felt shocked and wanted to enter the Mysterious Yellow Bead. However, he quickly realised that this suppressive force showed no indications of transferring him out, rather it tried to suppress his cultivation. In just a short while, his cultivation at the Life and Death Realm quickly slipped to the full-circle of Celestial Gatherer Realm.
As expected, this place truly had many restrictions
. For Ning Cheng, this suppression of cultivation was a much better option compared to transferring out.
Definitely, a lot better
. Back then, he was still far from reaching the full-circle of Celestial Gatherer Realm, yet he managed to cross the Sea of Twilight. Now that he had a deeper understanding of the Laws of Time, he definitely would not have any problems while going through the Sea of Twilight.
Ning Cheng did not care about the surroundings and immediately shot towards the Sea of Twilight. Shen Qinyu said she wanted to find him. Therefore, Shen Qinyu would have had to go through the Sea of Twilight to reach him. After so many years inside, Ning Cheng truly felt worried if she encountered any misfortune. Although Shen Qinyu went in by herself and on her own accord, Ning Cheng couldn’t ignore it. He just couldn’t look the other way in this matter. Knowing that she had risked her life to save him, Ning Cheng truly could not pretend not to know anything about it. Nor could he make any excuse of not going in.
Coming to the Sea of Twilight for the second time, Ning Cheng once again saw the Sea of Twilight’s magnificent and splendid view. The light from the twilight formed a beautiful scene of a sunset over a sea, but Ning Cheng knew that this beauty was only superficial. Once one entered the Sea of Twilight, Time Wheels would most likely devour one at any time. Trapped within Time Wheels, one’s lifespan would quickly wither up. Besides, unlike its name, one wouldn’t find even a drop of water in this place. Therefore, if someone died here, only a bark-like corpse would remain before it eventually scattered to ashes.
Ning Cheng did not stop at all and stepped into the Sea of Twilight. The endless vicissitudes of life suddenly pressed down on him, forcing him to stumble a little.
Although this place had suppressed his cultivation to the Celestial Gatherer Realm, Ning Cheng’s spiritual consciousness could still extend much farther compared to his first visit here. He could see everything within a range of hundred miles through his spiritual consciousness.
After walking around for some time, Ning Cheng suddenly flew up. He understood that if he wanted to reach the deepest part of the Sea of Twilight, he had to fly up; it was what Shen Qinyu had told him.
Sure enough, the moment Ning Cheng flew up, a powerful tearing force and time blade-lights immediately stuck him. Then a whirlpool of time rolled over and took away Ning Cheng.
“Crack-Rip.” Ning Cheng’s robes disintegrated after a few rips appeared; however, the attacks couldn’t damage Ning Cheng’s body at all; they couldn’t even leave behind the slightest trace.
This place might have successfully suppressed his cultivation, but it could not shackle the strength of his corporeal body.
When the powerful whirlpool threw Ning Cheng to the ground, the range of his spiritual consciousness almost instantly shrunk from a hundred miles to just a few miles. Sensing this change, Ning Cheng understood that the vortex of time had sent him to the deepest part of the Sea of Twilight.
It was here that he and Shen Qinyu had walked together for several years.
Standing here alone, Ning Cheng felt a little lost. The last time he had appeared here, it was due to an accident; but this time, he had come here intentionally.
At this time, he realised that even Qionghua and Luofei had never walked with him for months in a row. He had also never carried either of them on his back for so long.
It was in this place too that he saw Shen Qinyu’s real face for the first time. Her beauty had almost suffocated him. Even Ning Cheng wholeheartedly admitted that Shen Qinyu was the most beautiful woman he had ever seen. However, his heart only held Luofei and Qionghua. Therefore, even if he admired Shen Qinyu’s face when looking at it, he still only thought of Luofei and Qionghua.
As time passed by, Ning Cheng acutely felt his lifespan draining out of him; at the same time, he found himself falling into an epiphany, which seemed to counter that loss.
Therefore, even though ’time’ passed by Ning Cheng without stopping, it could not take away a single shred of Ning Cheng’s lifespan.
Back then, he carried Shen Qinyu on his back, while still immersed in an epiphany, causing both their hair to turn white due to the loss of lifespan. Now, when he stood alone, immersed in another epiphany within the Sea of Twilight, the force of life within him actually started growing stronger and stronger.
In just a short while, Ning Cheng started running, gathering the flow
of time around him, which then formed circle after circle of law halos.
Ning Cheng’s understanding of the Laws of Time was now no longer limited to Sunset’s Twilight, which had only touched the surface of the Laws of Time. He vaguely felt that he was about to catch a more elusive corner of the Laws of Time, but this corner always felt a little bit distant from him, despite being right in front of his eyes.
“Boom…..” A bright shimmering light explosion forced Ning Cheng to wake up from the epiphany.
Ning Cheng then looked up at the beautiful sunset in the distance and sighed. In the end, he couldn’t move past that small distance. Just a little more and Ning Cheng could have caught on to a corner of the real Laws of Time. But that short distance felt like a huge chasm, something that he couldn’t currently cross.
Ning Cheng quickly put the feeling of loss aside. He didn’t come here to understand the Laws of Time. He came here to find Shen Qinyu.
Suddenly everything became clear at once; Ning Cheng roared and rushed into the setting sun’s glowing sunset.
The moment Ning Cheng passed through that setting sun’s glowing sunset; he suddenly felt a burst of shock coursing through his heart. He suddenly realised something. He finally had grabbed onto that corner of the Laws of Time.
That epiphany hadn’t let him really grasp that corner of the Laws of Time; it only allowed him to look at it from up close. However, when he put all thoughts of it aside and focus on something else, he actually managed to understand that corner of the Laws of Time.
An icy chill swept up, but Ning Cheng’s didn’t pay any attention to it at all. Only a one-of-a-kind heat remained within his heart, a kind of wildness that even he couldn’t explain. What he had caught was a type of form, that’s right, something tangible. Everything tangible had some sort of a structure. He immediately recalled the time when he gained an understanding of Returning-to-one, “Darkness gave birth to light. Existing order gave birth to form, while consciousness gave birth to Dao. Form comes from essence, while myriad beings shaped one another……”
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