Chapter 2244: Re-entering the Deep Pit

The disk hummed for a moment, and its light dimmed. Zhang Xuan frowned.

This sacrificial method, as he had guessed, should be able to communicate with the altars of Du Qingxuan and the others. But for some reason, he couldn't connect, not even getting a slight response. If that was the case, how did Luo Ruoxi contact them?

"It's hard to succeed here, with the Divine Realm's boundary separating us," the little yellow chick, who had been silent, suddenly spoke. "Would it be better to go to that distorted space?" It knew a lot about the Sky of Lingxuan and understood Zhang Xuan's goal.

"Distorted space?" Zhang Xuan was startled. That's right! His previous conjectures were all true: the deep pit beneath Spirit Origin Royal City should lead to the Sky of Lingxuan! There might still be a boundary barrier, but it would undoubtedly be much thinner than the one here. Perhaps this was how Luo Ruoxi had successfully entered the Sky of Lingxuan and returned to the Master Teacher Continent.

"Let's go take a look!" Zhang Xuan said. The little yellow chick nodded and spat out the statue it had previously swallowed. The Undying Emperor's consciousness re-entered the statue. After all the trouble, it was extremely weak and seemed unable to last much longer. Since the Emperor's consciousness had acknowledged Zhang Xuan as its master, and the reborn little yellow chick had also acknowledged him, Huoyu and the others dared not say anything more and respectfully saw Zhang Xuan off.

As they flew, just as they were about to enter the deep pit beneath Spirit Origin Royal City, Luo Qiqi caught up. "Take me with you..." the girl's eyes gleamed with longing. Zhang Xuan nodded. If they could truly enter the Sky of Lingxuan, they could return to the Master Teacher Continent, allowing her to see Luo Xuanqing and her family. This would fulfill his promise to her, avoiding breaking his word.

The two people and one chick quickly descended along the passage on the deep pit's rock wall. After walking for over half an hour, the previously encountered distorted space reappeared before them.

"I'll go first..." With previous experience, the little yellow chick leaped in. "I'll try too!" With a light chuckle, Luo Qiqi followed closely. Before she even entered the distorted space, the space around Luo Qiqi also began to distort, perfectly merging with the space ahead. The moment they touched, she easily entered without suffering any harm.

As the artifact spirit of the Still Void Pearl, she was inherently more sensitive to spatial power. Coupled with her cultivation reaching the peak of the God King realm, it was not difficult for her to achieve this.

"Only I'm left..." Seeing both the chick and Qiqi enter easily, Zhang Xuan took a deep breath. The last time he came with Feng Jiuge, his soul was only at the High-tier Heavenly God realm. Now it had reached the peak of the God King realm, and he also held the Great Emperor Seal of Spirit Origin Heaven. There shouldn't be too much danger! Powerful soul energy formed a massive barrier around his body before he jumped in, holding the Great Emperor Seal.

The moment his body touched the distorted space, he instantly twisted like a noodle. Even though he was standing straight, he could easily see his heels, as if he had entered a funhouse mirror, his body no longer under his control.

"Distorted space is actually not much different from ordinary space; don't trust your eyes..." Luo Qiqi came forward. "Don't trust my eyes?" Zhang Xuan frowned. "What your eyes see is judged by normal space. Here, the space is distorted, so you must observe the world in a distorted way..." Luo Qiqi explained the peculiarities of this space in detail. As the Still Void Pearl, she understood space extremely quickly, and shortly after entering, she had already discovered its mysteries.

Following her method, a moment later, Zhang Xuan indeed felt the scene before him return to normal.

"The distortion fluctuations in this space are all different; some are large, some are small. Even a Titled God King cannot advance too deeply into it..." Seeing him adapt, Luo Qiqi pointed forward. Following the direction of her finger, Zhang Xuan indeed saw the world before him twist again, some parts wide, some narrow, extremely irregular. Moreover, these spaces were constantly flowing; what he saw a moment ago was completely different from what he saw a few breaths later. With these spatial changes, even a Titled God King would very likely encounter danger if they came here.

It wasn't that Titled God Kings weren't strong enough. Rather, the spatial laws here were completely different from those in the Divine Realm. Titled power could no longer be used. Even if they were stronger, they could only use power at the God King level, so they wouldn't be more formidable than Zhang Xuan or Luo Qiqi.

The two people and one chick walked forward for an hour and then stopped. To adapt to the spatial distortion, their progress in one hour was less than five hundred meters! The distorted space before them was of unknown depth; it could be hundreds of thousands or even millions of kilometers long. If they covered less than five hundred meters in an hour, how long would it take to reach the end? Luo Ruoxi and Master Kong would probably have finished their competition, and they would still be wandering inside.

"What should we do?" Zhang Xuan's eyebrows furrowed. Walking so slowly, they would die of exhaustion before reaching the Sky of Lingxuan. While walking, he tried using the Great Emperor Seal, but he still couldn't contact the Sky of Lingxuan. This meant the distance was still too great.

"Let me do it. Stay close behind me; don't fall behind..." Luo Qiqi's expression hardened, and she let out a breath. "You?" Zhang Xuan frowned, about to ask how she planned to do it. He then saw the girl's body shimmer, transforming into a round Still Void Pearl. The moment the pearl appeared, a surge of power was released, and the previously distorted space instantly became as if stuck with glue, ceasing to move. "Hurry!" the girl's voice resounded. Zhang Xuan and the little yellow chick followed closely, rapidly flying forward.

With the Still Void Pearl stabilizing the space, the person and the chick moved at an extremely high speed. Two hours later, they had flown for countless tens of thousands of kilometers when a dark gray barrier appeared before them. In front of the barrier, swirling rings of gray airflow ceaselessly flowed, exerting a pressure that made it hard to breathe.

The Still Void Pearl transformed back into Luo Qiqi, her face pale. Evidently, the continuous flight had caused her significant exhaustion. Zhang Xuan took out a supreme-grade Divine Origin Pill and handed it to her, guiding her to cultivate. After half an hour of recovery, her complexion regained its healthy color. The Still Void Pearl inherently possessed the ability to maintain spatial stability; the long flight had merely consumed a great deal of her energy, without damaging her foundation.

"These air currents are a bit strange..." Having recovered, Luo Qiqi looked at the gray air currents before them. "They are a bit strange..." Zhang Xuan nodded. These air currents were exactly the same as those Feng Jiuge had absorbed into her body previously. He had thought there were few of them before, but unexpectedly, here they formed a massive barrier, making it difficult to proceed.

Luo Qiqi walked forward and stretched out her finger. "Don't..." Seeing her action, Zhang Xuan's expression changed. Before he could finish speaking, he saw the girl's face turn deathly pale again. The gray air currents before her seemed to devour the power within her. In the blink of an eye, her cultivation rapidly dropped from the peak of the God King realm. In just a few breaths, she fell to the early stage of the God King realm, and it still hadn't stopped; her power was continuously decreasing!