EFB Chapter 221 Exploring the Soul River
Chapter 221 Exploring the Soul River
Chapter 221: Investigating the Soul River
After observing the Soul River for a while, Fang Ming's divine sense continued to spread out, carefully perceiving and searching with purpose, utilizing his own characteristics.
To him, there were simply too many unknowns regarding the Soul River, and he was extremely curious about this place.
At his current realm, only a step away from becoming an Immortal King, his perception ability had greatly increased, far surpassing what it was in the past.
Relying on his own characteristics, Fang Ming cautiously perceived and explored within the vast origin of the Soul River, seeking to verify the conjecture in his heart.
Time passed little by little, and as Fang Ming's perception extended and spread, he finally sensed something extremely familiar within the incomparably powerful Soul River origin.
Within the incomparably powerful Soul River origin, he sensed fluctuations identical to the origin Dao principles of the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths.
It possessed a high degree of similarity to the origin of the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, emitting highly consistent fluctuations.
It was very similar to what Fang Ming had sensed from that beacon previously!
Even with his innate characteristic of being close to the Great Dao, Fang Ming was confused at this moment. The origin of this world, in his perception, was almost completely identical to the origin of the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths!
One could no longer say it was similar; it was identical. At his realm, he couldn't detect any obvious differences.
"This... this isn't right!" Within the Great Dao Ancient Tree, Fang Ming opened his eyes, revealing a look of astonishment.
His mind turned, constantly comparing the current origin Dao principles of the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths with the origin Dao principles sensed within the Soul River that were identical to the origin Dao principles of the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, attempting to find the difference between the two.
After a while, Fang Ming showed a thoughtful expression and softly murmured in confusion, "How can I not find any obvious difference? Unless this is a part of the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths!"
"If that is a part of the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, what is the Soul River? Then it obviously cannot exceed the level of the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, and it cannot be as simple as a collection of countless All Heavens Worlds. It has its own origin..." Fang Ming looked at the passage leading to the Soul River in confusion.
"Could it be that the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths is a part of it?" Thinking of this, Fang Ming himself laughed.
This was clearly impossible!
Subsequently, Fang Ming's divine sense spread out without limit. He wanted to see what was going on with this Soul River Branch.
Since he couldn't see any issues from the corresponding origin, he would try to observe the whole picture, or follow the branch downstream to its main trunk and see what the true Soul River was like.
However, even if it was just a branch, the Soul River was too vast. Its volume exceeded countless galaxies, like a true Great Chiliocosm, with immeasurable souls immersed in its river water.
There were no star rivers here, and the area above was a hazy gray.
As his divine sense spread, Fang Ming wondered if this world consisted only of this river. At the edge of the Soul River Branch, his divine sense observed a boundless expanse of land.
It was a piece of land that presented a color similar to the Soul River.
On the vast and boundless land, the mountains and vegetation were all dark and somber, giving off a sense of oppression and ominousness.
The sky was covered with thick leaden clouds, which were polluted clouds formed by another type of strange pollutant, different from the dark pollution.
Among the mountains that connected heaven and earth, dark-colored palaces stood indistinctly within the mountains, and one could vaguely see immense ancient beasts of boundless size roaming in the mountains.
On the land, one colossal city after another, large enough to contain sun, moon, and stars, stood tall. The dark and deep cities shimmered with grayish-white Immortal runes.
On each giant city, a large number of soldiers wearing dark armor held battle spears and stood like statues on the city walls.
The cultivation of these soldiers was not too high, mostly at the Heavenly God realm, and the highest cultivated individuals in the giant cities were only Supreme beings, mostly at the Escape One realm.
Of course, there was no lack of Immortal Dao level beings here, but he did not sense the existence of Immortal King level beings.
After entering the Soul River, Fang Ming was extremely cautious and did not cause any disturbance, so the Immortal Dao level beings were unable to discover him.
His divine sense continued to spread, extending further down along the Soul River.
For him, this was not yet the limit.
As he continued downwards, it was eventually proven that the so-called continent he had just discovered was actually just an island in the Soul River.
Along the way, he discovered many similar islands, of various sizes, inhabited by many strange creatures.
Finally, when his divine sense was about to reach its limit, he saw the confluence where this Soul River joined the main trunk.
In fact, this was not directly 'seeing', because from the perspective of divine sense observation, it was too vast to observe any obvious differences.
That was because when his divine sense spread and reached this place, the order and rules of heaven and earth changed significantly, showing clear differences.
Before, it was similar to the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, but after arriving here, it was completely different, as if he had arrived in another world, truly under the shroud of the Soul River's origin Great Dao rules.
Unlike before, where he was still under the shroud of rules consistent with the origin rules of the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths.
Of course, for Fang Ming, even in the branch, he could sense the true origin of the main Soul River.
If it were other cultivators in the Soul River Branch area, it might not be possible to sense the true Soul River Great Dao rules, and they would be interfered with.
Because the Soul River, in addition to having its own powerful origin, also has an origin consistent with other All Heavens.
With a thought, the Original Gate was activated, and space rippled. A root of Fang Ming crossed space and arrived above the true Soul River.
Upon arriving here, Fang Ming voluntarily shielded his own characteristics, and as an ordinary cultivator, he sensed what benefits this world would bring to other cultivators.
"Stronger, more profound heaven and earth laws..." After a brief taste, Fang Ming understood, but was also a little disappointed.
Although it was a greater heaven and earth than the Great Chiliocosm, it didn't have many mystical aspects compared to the Great Chiliocosm.
It was nothing more than the contained Dao principles being stronger and more profound. Overall, it was just that the pond was larger and deeper.
However, for cultivators, the pond of the Great Chiliocosm was already deep enough.
True True Dragons were even able to break the shackles of the pond, transcend above it, and not be bound by the pond itself.
Therefore, the environment was not the primary factor for them.
At this moment, Fang Ming looked back, and the scene before him entered his mind. He was instantly startled.
A magnificent and vast painting clearly appeared in his eyes.
Things that were originally limited by divine sense and could not be seen clearly were now all clearly reflected in his eyes, down to the smallest detail.
"No wonder there weren't too many powerful beings stationed there. So that's how it is..." Fang Ming realized.
In the painting, a river flowed mightily, with islands scattered like stars, and the movement trajectories of the creatures within were clearly visible.
At this moment, being in the main flow of the Soul River, Fang Ming looked towards the location of the Soul River Branch. That branch became flattened, as if it had turned into a painting, or like a terrifying tentacle, while he himself was at a higher level, becoming an outsider to the painting.
At this moment, being in the location of the main flow of the Soul River, Fang Ming finally understood why there was an origin within the Soul River that was consistent with the origin Dao principles of the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths.
Looking from here at this moment, he could see not only the origin of the Soul River Branch but also the origin of the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths.
They were even next to each other, separated only by an invisible barrier, like reflections in a mirror, mirroring each other.
The origin on the side of the Soul River Branch was simply a copy of the origin of the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths.
Seeing this scene, Fang Ming's mind became clear, and all his previous doubts were answered.
No wonder that set of beacons gave him a familiar feeling. It turned out that the origin of the Soul River Branch was suspected to be copied from the origin of the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, and no wonder the laws of the two realms would not clash when the passage was opened.
Standing at a higher level, Fang Ming calmed his mind and concentrated, sensing carefully. Then he saw more and made different discoveries.
"No, it's not a copy... It seems to be directly evolved and simulated from a higher, more profound Great Dao, and the interior is different..."
Before, in his perception, the origin of that branch corresponding to the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths looked the same as the origin of the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, but at this moment, he saw something different.
It was directly derived from higher-level Great Dao rules, not a copy of the original Nine Heavens and Ten Earths origin. It was a Great Chiliocosm origin Dao principle autonomously downgraded from a Great Heaven and Earth origin Dao principle!
Perhaps it was done out of necessity for secrecy, or perhaps it looked down on the origin of ordinary Great Chiliocosms. In short, the surface was the same, but the interior was actually different.
"No wonder the Soul River was blown up. If it had completely copied the origin of the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, who knows, some fierce people might have been born!" Fang Ming laughed.
When the pond itself is already large enough, the key still depends on the people!