Food System in Cultivation World-Chapter 513 - 465: Fate Like a Blade, The Truth of the World
Within the Twelve-Layered Tower, Chen Xu spoke gently and unhurriedly.
He recounted the many messages he received when he first entered this tower to listen to the wind.
Some of these messages were too mysterious, so even Chen Xu himself found the insight vague; he simply glossed over them.
Yet, even so, even just revealing part of the messages was enough to repeatedly shock the listeners.
Someone, trembling all over in excitement, hurriedly asked:
"Can the Twelve-Layered Tower truly reach the heavens? Does stepping into the twelfth layer let one ascend?"
A pair of eyes fixed upon him, but Chen Xu simply smiled, his feet stepping atop the long scroll, moving upwards step by step, appearing leisurely and slow as he ascended. 𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒆𝙬𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝒎
He walked very slowly—so slow that he could converse calmly with everyone as he moved.
But no matter how slow, his steps were always firm and upward; he never ceased for even a moment.
No one knew, at this very moment as he ascended, the pressure Chen Xu faced or the uncanny realm he was experiencing.
The wind in the Twelve-Layered Tower comes from eight thousand years ago.
Because, eight thousand years ago, Starback Ancestor painted this Divine Land Rivers and Mountains Map on the stone wall of the cave.
Chen Xu had always found it hard to imagine—how could a painting transform into a world?
He even once thought that the world within the painting was created by Starback Ancestor through Supreme Magical Power.
He had countless times attempted to touch the truth of the world in a hazy manner.
Whether it was in Xuantian Star Realm comprehending Netherworld’s Unbreakable Divine Power, or upon returning to Great Li Kingdom and obtaining the "Strengthen" Divine Power.
He always seemed to touch something faintly.
But perhaps it was due to his lack of cultivation, or perhaps the timing had not arrived; in short, every time Chen Xu thought he grasped the truth, in reality it always remained far and clouded.
To be precise, this feeling of scratching an itch through a boot, being right at the threshold yet unable to cross, was truly uncomfortable.
Yet the process of pursuing the Dao is destined to be winding and long.
After seeking and failing multiple times, Chen Xu had learned to adjust his mindset.
But fate is strangely wondrous—the answers to many questions often suddenly appear just when you stop obsessively chasing them.
Just as in darkness, a village unexpectedly turns up; so too, right now.
Within the Jade Capital’s Twelve-Layered Tower, the secret of the world is truly hidden!
Chen Xu listened to the wind, at first vague and distant.
Later, a flash of inspiration struck him, and inside the Twelve-Layered Tower, he sensed everything around him with Netherworld’s Unbreakable Divine Power.
This Divine Power, which senses space, had only helped Chen Xu "walk through walls" while in Xuantian Star Realm.
But now, within the Twelve-Layered Tower, with a single instant, his Divine Thought scattered like a web, dense and spanning all.
With one breath, Chen Xu’s perspective shifted; Divine Thought reflected, penetrating the entire tower.
Then, Chen Xu discovered that he seemed to have entered the void.
It was an indescribably vast star river; each star was, seemingly, a world unto itself.
The Divine Land world where Great Li Kingdom lay was inside one such star!
At that time, Xie Mingyi found that Chen Xu was right beside him, head held high and gazing upward; he actively initiated a conversation, but Chen Xu neither acknowledged nor replied.
This appeared to be Chen Xu’s arrogance, but who could know that Chen Xu was, in fact, journeying spiritually through the void?
His heart and spirit was fully absorbed by the vast world, leaving no room to answer Xie Mingyi’s questions.
No matter whether it was Xie Mingyi or anyone else beside him trying to speak to Chen Xu, he simply had no time to pay attention.
That instant, guided by some mysterious feeling within the endless stars, he found the Divine Land world where Great Li Kingdom resided.
Simultaneously, he saw a massive star not far away.
That was... Xuantian Star Realm!
It’s just that Xuantian Star Realm shone radiantly like a blazing star, while the Divine Land world of Great Li Kingdom seemed tiny and flat; at first glance, like a star, but upon closer inspection, as if a painting.
Xuantian Star Realm brimmed with Spiritual Mechanism, and though countless Evil Qi surged and invaded at its periphery, inside, Spiritual Qi roiled, with all things born and destroyed—the overall trend was one of vibrant vitality.
But the Divine Land Mural Realm was barren, like a desert stripped of Spiritual Qi.
Within, pure and turbid Qi alternated and ran together; pure Qi was Yang, transforming into Mortal World.
While turbid Qi was Yin, weaving into Netherworld.
This is the truth that Mortal World and Netherworld are one.
For pure and turbid Qi are naturally born mutually to restrain and originate from each other.
Yin and Yang divided, seeming like two separate worlds, but in reality, there is only one Divine Land Mural Realm.
Chen Xu’s Netherworld’s Unbreakable Divine Power was not actually traversing worlds.
Rather, it let him sense pure and turbid Yin and Yang, allowing him to freely move through Mortal World and Netherworld.
But these were not all the truths Chen Xu saw in that moment.
This part of the truth first resolved the question of time synchronization between Xuantian Star Realm and the Divine Land Mural Realm—
Turns out, the two worlds are not subordinate, but parallel.
Even more, the two realms reflect the same sun and the same moon!
Their time thus changes identically—no time difference, stemming from this.
But the connection between the two realms is even deeper than Chen Xu initially imagined.
That moment, thanks to a certain mystical property of the Twelve-Layered Tower, Chen Xu’s Divine Thought soared, and in a fleeting glimpse, he saw a black river.
The black river, within the deep cosmic backdrop, was originally hidden and almost invisible.
But in that instant, Chen Xu saw it clearly.
Not only did he see it, he saw that river link Xuantian Star Realm and Divine Land Mural Realm!
Between the two realms, there was clearly a deeper connection and cause and effect.
Perhaps that’s why, earlier, Chen Xu was able to "ascend" from Divine Land Mural Realm to Xuantian Star Realm.
As for the true meaning of this black river’s existence—
Chen Xu only glimpsed it for a moment, indecisively, never fully seeing it.
He actually wanted to look more closely then.
He had a powerful premonition—once he truly saw and understood it all, his Netherworld’s Unbreakable Divine Power, whether in Xuantian Star Realm or within Great Li Kingdom, would undergo a qualitative transformation.
Not only that Divine Power, but his very cultivation, his Dharma form...
Even the essence of his own life, perhaps, would undergo a metamorphosis.
Yet sadly, perhaps because his cultivation was lacking, or his comprehension insufficient, or destiny unfulfilled...
Whatever the reason, at that moment, just as Chen Xu tried to see that black river more clearly, a wave of intense heart palpitations crashed over him.
Chen Xu could not help but recall the uncanny whisper in the wind that he received after slaying the spirit entity in Little Bay Village.
"Liar, you deceived me..."
It was endless pain and hatred.
Unconsciously, he made a connection; perhaps the "deception" mentioned in that whisper could be answered within the black river.
Regrettably, the more he thought about that, the stronger grew the feeling of heart palpitations.
Even someone as robust as Chen Xu had to cut off the connection of Divine Thought at that moment, returning from the strange realm to reality.
At the instant of returning, Chen Xu found his heartbeat pounding wildly, like a hurricane roaring within.
