Chapter 622: Collision
Ji Zhi activated his Double Pupils and saw these two unreliable fellows had learned Word as Law and were now competing. When Jiang Li attempted to use time Dao, Word as Law dragged him over instead.
Ji Zhi felt this divine ability wasn’t particularly dependable.
Bai Hongtu applauded: “Congratulations, you can now use time Dao.”
Jiang Li defended himself: “That was all accidental, let me try something else.”
“I want to use spatial Dao.”
The Brahma Tower appeared, equally confused about what was happening.
So Ji Zhi kindly explained to the Brahma Tower: “Jiang Li wanted to use spatial Dao, but the world consciousness thought it was too difficult, so it pulled you over instead.”
Jiang Li pondered, feeling something must be wrong somewhere, then sent both the Brahma Tower and Ji Zhi back.
“I want to learn time Dao.”
A book titled “Great Zhou Imperial Family’s Introduction to Time Dao” appeared in Jiang Li’s hands. The first page contained a message written by Ji Zhi: “Brother Jiang, don’t bother reading this, you’ll never learn it.”
“I want to use music Dao.”
After Jiang Li spoke, nothing happened. He played a tune, and it sounded just as terrible as always.
“What’s going on? There’s no change at all.”
Yu Yin raised her hand: “I’m already here, no need to summon me.”
Jiang Li felt this Word as Law wasn’t very effective.
Bai Hongtu used Word as Law with perfect ease, so he spoke up in its defense: “It’s just a divine ability, don’t be too hard on it.”
“Am I really destined to never learn any of the hundred cultivation arts?”
Bai Hongtu counseled Jiang Li: “You can’t say that exactly. There’s still a possibility you might learn them. You’ll master them after some time.”
Jiang Li asked suspiciously: “When exactly will that be?”
Bai Hongtu nodded and said sincerely: “In your next life.”
Jiang Li flew into a rage, and the two once again employed Word as Law to compete against each other.
After the two had talked themselves hoarse, neither had gained the upper hand.
Yu Yin took a sip of heavenly tribulation juice to moisten her throat and told them to stop messing around.
“According to my research, Word as Law isn’t omnipotent. Some things simply can’t be done no matter what.”
“Moreover, the Word as Law I comprehended might not be exactly the same as the original version.”
The great divine ability Word as Law was created by the Dao Ancestor of the Immortal Realm and never circulated outside. Very few in the Immortal Realm could use it.
Yu Yin straightforwardly admitted she wasn’t as skilled as the Dao Ancestor.
After the Dao Ancestor became a Primordial Chaos and Limitless Immortal, he spent forty-nine years in contemplation before creating this divine ability. No matter how talented Yu Yin was, she couldn’t possibly create the original Word as Law so easily.
Jiang Li said casually: “I wonder when Wuzhi will be able to perform the severing of three corpses and extract the Dao Ancestor from within. Then we could learn many things, like how to reach the Immortal Realm.”
“Wait, can Word as Law take us to the Immortal Realm?”
Jiang Li immediately used Word as Law: “Find the Immortal Realm coordinates.”
A turtle shell recording the Immortal Realm coordinates from a thousand years ago appeared in Jiang Li’s hand from his storage ring.
“…”
“Please spare Word as Law, it’s already trying its best.”
After all, it was a divine ability she had created herself. Seeing Word as Law being tormented by Jiang Li to fulfill so many unreasonable demands, Yu Yin felt compassion for it.
“Alright then.” Jiang Li no longer expected this Word as Law to bring any surprises.
“Hmm?” Jiang Li sensed as if something was about to happen.
Just as Jiang Li looked up at the sky, the earth began to shake.
“Earthquake? No, this is spatial vibration!”
All three simultaneously detected something wrong. This wasn’t just the Nine Provinces Continent shaking, but the entire Nine Provinces World trembling.
This level of shaking was merely a slight tremor for the world itself, having little impact, but for the Nine Provinces Continent, it meant a major earthquake.
“Stabilize!”
The three shouted the word “stabilize” in unison, employing Word as Law to steady the space and eliminate the earthquake disaster.
“What exactly is the problem?” None of the three had encountered this situation before.
Jiang Li seemed to sense something, vaguely perceiving the source of the problem through his intuition.
“It’s probably the Earth Vein warning me.” Jiang Li made his judgment, then said, “I roughly know where the problem lies. Let’s go check it out together.”
“Good, I’ll notify the major powers.” Bai Hongtu took out his communication talisman.
Jiang Li used his communication talisman to contact Commander Liu, instructing him to reassure the people.
When the three reached the sky above the Nine Provinces Continent, over a hundred Unity Stage cultivators had already gathered. The three Tribulation Transcendence Stage experts—Sword Sovereign, Li Er, and the Old Dragon King—had also arrived.
Although everyone usually joked around casually, when it came to critical moments, no one would drop the ball.
“Ji Zhi, use your Double Pupils to see what’s happening?”
Ji Zhi frowned and shook his head: “I don’t know the reason, but I can’t use time Dao temporarily, so I can’t see the future.”
Jiang Li had a suspicion in his heart.
“First come with me to investigate.”
Following the direction Jiang Li indicated, the Brahma Tower tore through space, leading everyone forward.
When they reached their destination, a shocking scene appeared. Originally, the destination was the edge of the Nine Provinces World, but what presented itself before everyone was the vast starry sky.
At this moment, the three Rulers calculated the source of the tremors and also tore through space, arriving at Jiang Li’s location.
Most people didn’t recognize the three Rulers, but that didn’t prevent them from perceiving the Rulers’ immense power.
Tribulation Transcendence Stage—these three were definitely at the Tribulation Transcendence Stage.
“Mr. Jiang Li, this should be a collision between worlds,” said the Entropy Increase Ruler. They had previously established models for world collisions.
Jiang Li nodded: “I think so too. When worlds collide, two worlds that originally had different time flow rates connect together, causing temporal chaos that makes it difficult to use time Dao.”
Jiang Li had witnessed one world collision before. After the Jingyu World was conquered by Outer Realm Demons, it collided with the Qixin World, causing the souls of Jingyu World cultivators to possess people in the Qixin World.
“Which world is on the other side? The Immortal Realm? Did your Word as Law actually work?” Bai Hongtu’s eyes widened. World collisions were theoretically possible, but this was his first time seeing one in reality.
Jiang Li didn’t think so: “No, the world opposite clearly doesn’t match the Immortal Realm that Immortal Elder described. Although the opposite world is large, it’s far from reaching the scale of the Immortal Realm, and it lacks immortal power.”
“Space is distorting, someone’s coming.” The Brahma Tower noticed the movement first.
Not far away, space distorted and countless cultivators appeared, their auras formidable. Just their presence alone made the stars retreat.
Jiang Li glanced over and was surprised to see the other side actually had a full eight Tribulation Transcendence Stage experts and a hundred Unity Stage cultivators.
Jiang Li sent a mental message to everyone, informing them of the opponents’ strength. Everyone was astonished—this level of power could definitely be considered strong, second only to the Nine Provinces among all the worlds they had encountered.
Seeing Jiang Li’s side’s formation, the other side was clearly startled as well, not expecting to collide with such a powerful world.
Before Jiang Li could even ask questions, the leader on the other side clasped his fists and inquired: “We come from the Eight Desolations World. The world collision was accidental and not our intention. May we ask what your world is called?”
“Nine Provinces World,” Jiang Li replied simply.