Chapter 1314: What is Dimension

As Xu Qing walked toward the Ancient Immortal, ripples spread across the sky beneath his feet, like undulating water. These expanding circles emanated an ancient, primal aura. This was a clear sign of his divine ability, Fishing the Moon from the Well!

This divine ability had accompanied Xu Qing for many years, but as his cultivation advanced, its power and level gradually fell behind. While it was potent against those below the Immortal realm, it was no longer sufficient against a Summer Immortal. However, this time, as Xu Qing displayed the ability, it was noticeably different from before. In some respects, it was fundamentally distinct! This was because it now incorporated Xu Qing's own Constitutional Law!

Xu Qing had gained a deep understanding of his own Constitution on his journey back to Wanggu, during which he encountered an unknown enemy. This encounter caused his return to be slightly delayed. Yet, his battle with this unknown adversary further deepened his comprehension of his Constitution. He clearly understood that his Constitution was unlike that of ordinary Summer Immortals, as its level had already given rise to a Law. The Constitution precedes the Law, and the Law—that was a domain only controllable by an Immortal Lord.

"My Constitutional Law is 'Dimension'!""Dimension," as Xu Qing understood it, was profound and unfathomable, encompassing everything. Outsiders could barely grasp it completely. Only those who truly wielded it could have a fundamental understanding of this type of Constitutional Law.

"'Dimension' involves the decomposition of complex structures, breaking them down into independent directions." Xu Qing's steps fell one by one, the ripples around him growing more numerous, his aura shaking heaven and earth, while his mind was filled with insights into his own Constitution. "The number of these independent directions is the very meaning of the word 'Dimension'." "As for its manifestation, it involves both decomposition and integration." "For example, breaking 'one' into countless parts."

This understanding was gained through deep comprehension during his return journey, and it also retrospectively confirmed the process by which he comprehended this Constitutional Law within the space-time turbulence. This was because what he termed "unification" was, within the realm of decomposition, the re-integration of all decomposed, independent entities. It was turning countless parts back into one. This was what he had done in the space-time turbulence, and it was how the Constitutional Law of Dimension came into being.

"Integrating countless into one; breaking one into countless." "And the adjustments during the decomposition and integration process, the increase and decrease of those constituent parts, is how Dimension manifests!" Xu Qing muttered to himself.

However, even with this understanding, Xu Qing vaguely felt that his current level might not be true unification in its absolute sense! More precisely, his current "unification" was more likely a limited unification within a specific scope. "If 'one' represents my Dao, then my Constitution can only decompose this particular 'one'." "And outside this 'one,' perhaps there are more 'ones'!" "Just like the different divine essences among gods, or the various Constitutions and Laws among cultivators—these are all other 'ones' beyond my Dao-one!" "To truly integrate and become the true 'unique one,' a higher level is required!"

Xu Qing's eyes were deep. He understood that this might be his future path. Once achieved, if there were no independent existences within his star ring, then true integration would be complete, integrating all Constitutions and all authorities. At that point, he would become the absolute unique one, and the source. This realm was currently beyond Xu Qing's reach, but he could perceive its direction. "This should be my path to becoming an Immortal Venerable!"

"As for now, I certainly cannot achieve true uniqueness. However... my Dimensional Constitutional Law, through its adjustments in decomposing and integrating all things, will bring about an incredible sublimation!" "My divine abilities can be altered through this method!" "My spells, and even all my magical artifacts, can be changed likewise!" "So, right now..."

Xu Qing's eyes gleamed with an unusual light. He had now taken seven steps. As the Ancient Immortal, facing him as a formidable enemy, unleashed his vast aura, Xu Qing paused, raised his right hand, and waved it forward. With this wave, heaven and earth changed color, and thunder shook the world. Behind him, the void cracked open, and beneath his feet, endless ripples spread. The entire sky seemed to transform into the surface of a well, stirring up massive waves. It expanded to encompass the entire sky, turning heaven and earth into a well, or a celestial sea. The water surface also reflected a mirror image. This reflection was Xu Qing's own Dimensional Constitutional Law! It was the painting drawn by the painter from another parallel timeline before his death!

Instantly, this painting merged into the divine ability, causing the well's surface to calm from its turbulent state. Then, at Xu Qing's thought, his Constitution, like spreading ink, began a deep decomposition of this divine ability. The Fishing the Moon from the Well divine ability, in essence, was composed of space, moon reflection, reality/illusion, and belief! Now, under the Dimensional Constitutional Law, each component was disassembled.

Space formed the well-like heaven and earth, using the void as a medium. Moon reflection was the enemy's projection, refracted and displayed as a soul on the water's surface. Reality/illusion contained the reversal of truth and falsehood, using this power of transformation to turn the false into true, making the fished-out moon reflection a true soul. The final belief was the power of conviction, transforming into a giant hand, the driving force to scoop everything from the water's surface. Before becoming a Summer Immortal, before comprehending the Dimensional Constitutional Law, even though Xu Qing understood the Fishing the Moon from the Well divine ability, he could not dissect his own divine ability in such a way.

But now, the essence of the Fishing the Moon from the Well divine ability was clearly yet abstractly laid out in Xu Qing's mind, separated into distinct parts. He could adjust them at will, elevating the divine ability! So, the first thing he adjusted was the spatial power that comprised this divine ability! He increased it! The originally limited spatial scope instantly expanded, transforming from a heaven and earth with one well into an infinite well capable of encompassing all parallels and all space-times. This also elevated the divine ability's status, making it capable of containing a Summer Immortal! This was Xu Qing's Dimension, like a well!

The moment the adjustment was completed, the sky of Wanggu blurred and merged with the starry sky. Within it, rings of ripples enveloped everything, and inside, layers upon layers of mountains and peaks could be seen, revealing myriad worlds. A terrifying pressure descended with a rumble, causing mountains to shake and rivers to cease flowing. All living beings felt their hearts palpitate, all races were horrified, and even the gods suppressed their thoughts. Even Grandmaster Seven gasped.

The Ancient Immortal's expression changed drastically in an instant. From Xu Qing, he felt an intense life-or-death crisis. So, his body swayed, and he rushed directly towards Xu Qing. He intended to interrupt Xu Qing's divine ability before it could fully manifest and unleash the life-or-death crisis upon him! Thus, in a single step, he closed in.

However, Xu Qing's adjustments, though seemingly slow, were actually completed in an instant, with a single thought! Almost at the same moment the Ancient Immortal approached, the "moon reflection" component of the Fishing the Moon from the Well divine ability, after its spatial augmentation, was also enhanced! It ascended instantly! Its level climbed directly! Not only could souls be reflected, but also karma, destiny, time, parallels, and all other traces were now within the scope of this divine ability. This was... All-Knowing Reflection!

Following this, Xu Qing empowered "belief" with his Immortal thought and strengthened the "reality/illusion reversal" with the power of parallels, completing the ultimate sublimation of Fishing the Moon from the Well! In a blink of an eye, Fishing the Moon from the Well transformed drastically! Heaven and earth were vast, myriad worlds and space-times, and even all parallels, all became the surface of a well! It locked down the Ancient Immortal's body, which was rushing towards Xu Qing! Within the well's water, the Ancient Immortal's soul appeared distinctly! He was reflected within it! Even all his karma, all his destiny, and even his life trajectory were, in this instant, reflected in the well water as if all-knowing. This was no longer Fishing the Moon from the Well; this was a new divine ability capable of destroying immortals!

And Xu Qing's voice, carrying a supreme intent, now echoed across Wanggu like a heavenly sound. "Plucking Stars from the Cosmos!" As he spoke, he raised his right hand, his Immortal thought roaring, transforming into a giant hand. Like plucking a star... it plunged into the well, reaching towards the reflected Ancient Immortal and all his traces... And scooped!

The Ancient Immortal trembled. He could feel his karma being influenced, his destiny being interfered with, his life being affected, and his soul separating. The sense of life-or-death crisis was extremely intense. He understood that before this Celestial Art of Plucking Stars from the Cosmos, all his traces were enveloped, and its scope included space-time and parallels, leaving him nowhere to hide.

But... he surprisingly chose not to struggle. Instead, he dispersed his Immortal thought, allowing Xu Qing to scoop him. As the intent of annihilation grew strong, his karma, life, and destiny were about to be scooped out by Xu Qing. At this critical moment, the Ancient Immortal elder, looking as if he had crawled out of a grave, his eyes shone with unprecedented silver light.

"If I did not enter the game, I could not know what your Constitution is..." "Now that this old man has entered your Constitution with my body, your Constitution is indeed like this; you are truly a heavenly prodigy." "However..." The Ancient Immortal looked at Xu Qing across the water, his voice hoarse. Simultaneously, an aura of Constitution even stronger than his previous one erupted from him. "This old man was also a heavenly prodigy back then! In this half-century, you have grown, and this old man has also had external thoughts return." "And my Constitution... is not merely the concept of 'innumerable'!" "And since you wish to see, then take a look at what this old man's Constitution truly is!" As he spoke, the Ancient Immortal's aura erupted, causing the wind and clouds to change color and the void to collapse, affecting not only Wanggu but all regions and space-times within Xu Qing's divine ability's well surface.

Not only that, as the Ancient Immortal's Constitutional intent surged, the reflection in the well water underwent an almost inconceivable change! His reflected soul seemed to exist infinitely; no matter how Xu Qing scooped, he simply could not exhaust it! The reflected karma of his life was likewise, as if... karma was infinite! Even the reflected destiny trajectory was the same: destiny was infinite!