Outside Of Time - Chapter 1818: The Secret of Brilliant Heaven

Chapter 1818: The Secret of Brilliant Heaven

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“The first light that appeared when Brilliant Heaven was born…”

Within the world of Brilliant Heaven, Xu Qing sat cross-legged beside the slumbering Erniu, gazing at the ball of light in his palm, its reflection shimmering in his pupils.

Beside him, Old Master Seventh also sat in meditation, watching Xu Qing as he spoke slowly:

“Do what you must. I will stand guard here.”

“I, too, wish to know—what secrets lie within this mysterious light that the Brilliant Heaven God Race has worshipped since time immemorial, this light from which they are said to have been born?”

Old Master Seventh’s gaze fell upon the radiant orb in Xu Qing’s hand.

This was a mystery they had studied in the past but never truly unraveled.

Xu Qing nodded. His right hand, cradling the luminous source, suddenly clenched into a fist.

With a crushing grip, he squeezed the radiant orb.

In the next instant, the light source flickered violently before dissolving into wisps of luminescence that seeped through his skin, flowing into his body.

It coursed through his flesh, meridians, and bones, spreading to every part of him.

As this process unfolded, Xu Qing’s open eyes gleamed with intensity. His aura surged explosively, causing the heavens and earth to tremble, winds to rise, and clouds to churn around him.

Old Master Seventh watched closely, raising a hand to cast numerous protective seals around them.

Meanwhile, Xu Qing’s heart stirred with astonishment.

“Origin essence?”

As the mysterious light permeated his body, he sensed within it a trace of extraordinarily pure origin essence!

Though minute in quantity, its purity rivaled that of the origin essence he had once sensed from the Primordial Home Planet in the Fourth Star Ring!

This discovery left Xu Qing deeply intrigued.

Previously, whether absorbing the light of Brilliant Heaven clansmen or holding this mysterious light source, he had never detected even a wisp of origin essence.

“Fascinating.”

Lost in thought, Xu Qing gradually channeled his divine sense into the light within him, probing its depths.

Yet obstacles were inevitable.

This light seemed to possess a will of its own, resisting Xu Qing’s scrutiny and rejecting fusion with him.

It appeared to recognize only the Brilliant Heaven God Race!

Even when Xu Qing manifested his morning glow within his body, attempting to merge the two, the process remained fraught with difficulty.

Seeing this, a cold intent rose in Xu Qing’s heart.

In the next moment, his Ordinance Law erupted violently within him, surging through his body before crashing down upon the light with crushing force.

He sought to dismantle it.

Immediately, the light convulsed violently, its resistance unmistakable.

The coldness in Xu Qing’s eyes deepened.

Raising his right hand, the mirror fragment of Immortal Lord Mi Ming materialized in his palm, refracting a blinding glare before turning inward, flooding into his body.

It surged toward the mysterious light source, bolstering Xu Qing’s suppression.

Instantly, the light worshipped by the Brilliant Heaven God Race grew even more turbulent—yet it continued to resist.

Seeing this, Xu Qing waved his hand, summoning the God Eye Lantern gifted by Grandmaster Bai.

It floated before him, its flame flickering faintly as the Venerable God’s eye within cracked open slightly.

Divine light shot toward Xu Qing.

His body shuddered as he channeled the lantern’s power, transforming it into a raging sea of radiance within him that crashed toward the suppressed light source.

Upon contact, a shrill, almost inhuman cry—akin to the voice of the Dao itself—seemed to emanate from the mysterious light.

As the sound echoed, the light within Xu Qing flickered even more violently, struggling desperately. Yet under Xu Qing’s relentless assault, its resistance waned steadily.

Time flowed onward.

A day later, its struggles and defiance finally reached their limit.

“To endure an entire day under such measures… this light is truly extraordinary!”

Having perceived this, Xu Qing formed a series of hand seals, unleashing his Law once more as the final force to shatter the light.

In that instant, the radiance within him could hold on no longer…

Its glow dimmed.

And the moment it faded, Xu Qing’s divine sense forcibly penetrated the light’s core…

The instant his perception entered, Xu Qing’s mind quaked violently.

His breathing grew ragged.

“This…”

What unfolded before his senses was an endless… sea of origin essence!

The concentration was staggering!

Its purity, equally so.

The sheer quantity was terrifying.

Beneath the sea, Xu Qing sensed thick crystalline layers, like sheets of ice.

This was origin essence that had surpassed mere density, transforming in state!

“Here…”

Xu Qing’s breathing grew even more uneven.

He now understood part of the light’s mystery.

“If this light is likened to a lantern, then the origin essence is its wick!”

“The origin essence within has reached such purity that, through some unique internal arrangement, it radiates outward as light.”

“Thus, without deep integration, one cannot sense the origin essence within!”

“No wonder Master said legends claim the Brilliant Heaven God Race was born from this light…”

Xu Qing’s mind roiled with realization.

After emerging from the spacetime turbulence of the Fourth Star Ring, his cultivation realm was that of a Summer Immortal—yet his Ordinance Law had transcended that level, reaching Immortal Lord!

Thus, he wielded the power of Law.

Without merging with his divine form, Xu Qing’s combat strength could be considered half a step into Immortal Lord.

The only thing lacking was origin essence—the bridge from Summer Immortal to Immortal Lord.

The quantity required, however, was immense, making rapid progress difficult.

Regardless, with his Ordinance already transcended, the path to Immortal Lord was merely a matter of time and accumulation.

“If I absorb this light that birthed the Brilliant Heaven God Race…”

Xu Qing licked his lips but refrained from immediately consuming the origin essence within the light. Instead, he directed his divine sense into the sea of origin essence, then plunged downward.

As his divine sense touched the crystalline layer below, Xu Qing’s Ordinance Law erupted once more, augmented by Mi Ming’s Ordinance Law and the fully opened eye within the God Eye Lantern.

With these three forces combined, he slammed into the crystalline barrier.

He sought to pierce through, to uncover what lay beneath!

The crystalline layer beneath the origin essence sea yielded to Xu Qing’s divine sense, which raced downward.

Progress was smooth at first, but after descending to a certain depth, the ultimate secret of this mysterious light—or perhaps of the crystalline structure itself—unleashed unprecedented resistance.

Xu Qing’s divine sense halted abruptly, even showing signs of being expelled.

At this critical moment, Xu Qing called out inwardly:

“Master!”

Outside, Old Master Seventh, standing guard, sensed the summons instantly. Without hesitation, he raised his hand and roared:

“Profound Earth!”

In the next instant, the phantom of Profound Earth manifested, channeling the power of the Profound Earth Star Ring toward Xu Qing!

Xu Qing’s body shuddered as the Profound Earth power arrived, providing his divine sense with renewed momentum. Pushing against the origin essence sea’s rejection, he surged downward once more!

This final charge shattered an invisible barrier.

With a deafening explosion in his soul, like the birth of a universe, Xu Qing’s divine sense finally broke through—

And saw…

A celestial body seemingly composed of special flesh!

Thick origin essence mingled with incomparable anomalous substances, while countless divine voices twisted reality, altering everything.

Within this environment, the celestial body’s familiar appearance and fluctuations instantly conjured a name in Xu Qing’s mind:

“The Primordial Home Planet!!”

“Brilliant Heaven… is the Primordial Home Planet of the Ninth Star Ring!”

But what truly shook him to the core was this:

What lay before him was not one Primordial Home Planet—

But two!

Two Primordial Home Planets, intertwined like binary stars!

This was the ultimate secret of the mysterious light!

As this realization struck, the binary Primordial Home Planets suddenly trembled.

With that tremor, an unimaginable force of repulsion erupted from within the unique celestial bodies—

Far surpassing that of the Fourth Star Ring’s Primordial Home Planet.

Like a collapsing mountain or a splitting bamboo, it crashed toward Xu Qing with overwhelming might.

In the next instant, Xu Qing’s divine sense convulsed, retreating frantically. Just before the repulsive force could strike, his divine sense withdrew into his body.

The moment it returned, Xu Qing—still seated cross-legged—coughed up a mouthful of blood.

Old Master Seventh also trembled, his face paling as he stared at Xu Qing.

“That place…”

Through his connection with Xu Qing, he had glimpsed fragments of what his disciple had seen!

“Primordial Home Planet…” Xu Qing took a deep breath, his voice hoarse as he spoke slowly. Then, a sudden epiphany struck him.

“The light worshipped by the Brilliant Heaven God Race is indeed the first light of Brilliant Heaven—but it is also… the key to unlocking the Primordial Home Planet!”