Heavenly Ranking

Chapter 457 Try
"The world branches are indeed arranged in a circular shape."

Ji Fuyou stopped activating the power of the void and withdrew his gaze from the vast void.

"Dragon, Phoenix, and Qilin should belong to the innermost civilization circle, closest to the ninth round of the Heavenly Ranking, or rather... the location of the remains of that great being, Zhou Guang. Next, there are the next level of civilizations."

Civilizations such as the Snowfield and the Dragon Cult.

Further down...

It's a group of civilizations like Blood Moon Canyon, Black Sky Demon Lord, and Xuan Yue Island.

The Crimson Star, Radiant Star, Illusion Clan, and Mechanical God Cult—civilizations that only survived the first round—belong to the outermost edge of the circle.

He even glanced behind him, where many new civilizations were being absorbed into the Heavenly Ranking War.

However, they have probably only just passed the Civilization Trial and haven't even experienced the first round of the Heavenly Ranking War.

Just like the Red Star Civilization a year or two ago.

“There are significant gaps between civilizations.”

Ji Fuyou pondered for a moment.

Among the civilizations like the Demon Dragon and the Snowfield, which are in the fifth or sixth round of the Heavenly Ranking War, there seems to be no seventh-round civilization.

Clearly, in order to avoid being threatened by the Seventh Round Civilization, the top Eighth Round Civilization will try every means to eliminate them.

This is not Ji Fuyou's unfounded speculation.

It wasn't that the Dragon, Phoenix, and Qilin civilizations might belong to the seventh cycle, but rather it was a conclusion he drew from observing the number of those civilizations that appeared to be fourth-cycle civilizations.

The number of civilizations in the fourth round is also extremely small.

On the one hand, it will be difficult for the third civilization to withstand the fourth round of trials.

on the other hand……

The fourth civilization is also likely to be a key target for suppression by the fifth and sixth civilizations.

The strong get stronger.

The weak perish.

Ji Fuyou, having reached this point in his thoughts, slowly exhaled.

"It's... blatantly cruel."

In the Heavenly Ranking War, the higher civilizations spared no effort in suppressing the lower civilizations.

Even civilizations like Yaoxing, which had only survived the first round of the Heavenly Ranking War, already had top-tier civilizations come to them, placing shackles on them and taking control early on.

Shining Star's Vermilion Bird City receives this kind of treatment...

The same is true for Akahoshi.

It's just a matter of time.

"It remains to be seen which civilization will ultimately grant Red Star this treatment."

With these thoughts in mind, Ji Fuyou patiently began to digest what he had learned from his cultivation.

He has now uncovered the essence of the void; the next step...

It means to comprehend and master the power of the void.

Comprehending the power of the void is clearly a long-term plan, but mastering the power of the void...

Ji Fuyou suddenly reached out, and the space around him gradually distorted in his hand.

During the distortion, he was also trying to control this void power, preventing it from causing damage in some places and reinforcing it in others.

This process...

Not easy.

However, while Ji Fuyou was performing this operation, he was also constantly simulating it using the Virtual God Realm.

Each failure is equivalent to providing a large amount of data to the Virtual God Realm, which is then used to calculate and optimize the data using the vast power of the Virtual God Realm.

Furthermore, the entire book of the Binding Void Technique is filled with instructions on how to bind and compress space for practitioners.

He carefully studied and researched...

After spending half a month and failing hundreds of times, at some point...

A relatively perfect structure suddenly formed.

As a large amount of void power poured in, a cubic meter of space was condensed by Ji Fuyou and held in his palm.

With a wave of his hand, a Limitless Mystic Crystal capable of effectively carrying divine power fell into his hand. Instead, he used his divine power as a barrier to manipulate this cubic space and inject it into it.

In an instant, the two merged into one.

It also exhibits remarkable stability.

"It's done!"

A smile appeared in Ji Fuyou's eyes.

he made it!

Space equipment has been crafted!

This is something only those who have comprehended the power of the mind and wield the authority of the void can do.

"Although I succeeded, I ultimately lack mental power and rely solely on divine sense, which is far too unstable. This spatial crystal is perfectly fine to use within the Crimson Star territory, but if I were to traverse the void or travel between the two realms, there is a considerable probability that its stability would be compromised, leading to spatial collapse..."

The defects are significant, but the advantages are equally obvious.

Ji Fuyou took a deep breath and continued to simulate, calculate, and try based on this successful experience.

Three days later, a space of ten cubic meters was gathered and compressed into a Wuji Xuanjing (a type of crystal).

"Ten cubic meters is my current limit. To increase the spatial limit further, I either need to further improve my control over the power of the void, or I need to comprehend the power of the mind to make the power of the void more stable."

Ji Fuyou waved his hand, and the void quickly compressed in front of him, directly condensing into a void blade that seemed to be something that everyone who controls the void should be able to wield.

However, the damage from his Void Blade was mediocre, not even as good as his self-created killing move, Shattering Vacuum.

Ultimately, he did not truly master this power; he only managed to invoke the power of the void through his authority.

The amount of void power that authority grants him is the amount of void power he can use.

At most, the power of the void used to only allow him to travel through the void. Now, with his limited control over this power of the void, he can do more tricks.

"The next focus... is the power of the mind."

Ji Fuyou turned his gaze to the Realm of the Void Gods.

Using the Realm of the Gods as a springboard, he quickly projected his mind to the Realm of All Spirits.

After his spiritual transformation, he has become more resilient and can now truly use the power of the myriad spirits realm to hone himself, instead of being nearly swallowed by the "emptiness" like last time.

"Wait a minute." At this moment, Ji Fuyou seemed to have thought of something, and a thought struck him: "What would happen if I introduced acquired spirits, or even innate spirits, into the Realm of Myriad Spirits?"

Although acquired spirits are not as wondrous as innate spirits, many acquired spirits still possess minds as clean as a blank sheet of paper, filled with purity and enthusiasm for life.

To let the acquired spirit, brimming with the passion for life, confront the emptiness of all beings in the spirit world, devoured of all meaning in life...

What will happen?
He left behind the spatial crystal he had just condensed, and through the Void God Realm, he had Fang Qiyun send someone to receive it. Then, he took a step forward, crossed the void, and quickly arrived at the underground cavern where the innate and acquired spirits lived.

This cave contains a natural formation, like a secret realm. Ji Fuyou secluded himself here without worrying about being disturbed.

Upon arriving in this area, countless orbs of light of varying sizes are playing merrily in this cavern space.

Like giant fireflies, they even illuminated the entire cave.

When Ji Fuyou arrived here, he was also surrounded by many acquired spirits.

An unparalleled, pure, and extremely clean spiritual energy emanated from these acquired spirits.

Even a slight sensation made Ji Fuyou feel as if his soul was being purified, and he felt that life was full of sunshine, color, hope, and beauty.

In just a moment, a thought even emerged in his mind that aligned with his mental state but shouldn't have arisen.

"How can I allow such a beautiful world to be destroyed by the Star-Devouring Demon?"

This is the function of the acquired spirit.

"Hope and beauty?"

Ji Fuyou thought to himself.

Immediately afterwards, he tried to use the Realm of the Gods as a medium to guide about a hundred acquired spirits toward the Realm of Myriad Spirits.

At the same time, it will draw some negative forces from the myriad spirits realm toward the acquired spirits.

The moment the two sides made contact...

The "activity" of these one hundred acquired spirits reached an unprecedented peak, as if it were the adrenaline rush of humans facing a life-or-death crisis.

But this process lasted less than a few hours, and these "activities" decreased at a rate visible to the naked eye.

Ji Fuyou observed for another day...

The "activity" of hundreds of acquired spirits has been reduced to an unprecedented low.

Some of these are acquired spirits...

It even has some characteristics similar to those of life forms in the myriad spirit realm.

"Such a strong reaction?"

Ji Fuyou was startled and quickly withdrew the hundred acquired spirits.

Perhaps because the acquired spirit was too pure, the impact of encountering the negative forces of the myriad spirits was much more intense than Ji Fuyou had anticipated.

If these acquired spirits are allowed to continue to merge with the negative forces of the spirit world...

These acquired spirits will likely come to their own end.

"Is it because there are too few acquired spirits? And their power is too weak?"

Ji Fuyou analyzed for a moment and vaguely came to this conclusion.

He glanced at the remaining 30,000-plus postnatal spirits...

After hesitating for a moment, I decided not to continue trying.

Thirty thousand acquired spirits clearly cannot purify the thirty billion beings of the spirit world.

but……

Purifying only him might not be a bad idea.

"Sunshine, color, hope, and beauty..."

Ji Fuyou paused slightly: "I hope that when I am corrupted by the power of the Myriad Spirits Realm, you can also use this state to infect me."

The next moment, his mind once again focused on the cultivation area specially set up in the Realm of Myriad Spirits.

Suddenly...

Feelings of the unknown, confusion, loss, frustration, indifference, and emptiness surged back.

Compared to the last time, Ji Fuyou was able to maintain his mental state much better.

After undergoing this transformation, his will has become even more resilient.

"This little bit is no match for me."

With a thought, Ji Fuyou unleashed a torrent of negative emotions from almost half of the Myriad Spirits Realm into this cultivation area.

In an instant, these emotions surged like a tsunami, violently assaulting Ji Fuyou's mind and ravaging his will.

In a daze, it was as if he were hallucinating.

In his hallucination state, no matter how much he struggles or tries, the future remains unchanged.

No matter how hard he tries, even if he tries a thousand times or ten thousand times, the entire Crimson Star will ultimately be devoured and destroyed by that star-devouring monster.

Deep within his heart, countless voices echoed: Give up, give up this futile effort.

With that powerful figure who could cleave the heavens with his sword around, there's no need to persist any longer.

You have done your best, given it your all, and done right by everyone.

Every sound seemed to be the most genuine thought from the depths of his heart.

Especially towards the end, the illusion seemed to become real, and even transformed into a memory.

In my memory, he died and was reborn time and time again.

Each time he is reborn, he becomes a different person and is killed by a different monster.

Leopard-man, spider-like creature, giant scorpion, blood bat...

Death after death, repeated again and again.

Without exception, they all ended in failure.

He had experienced so many failures and was so deeply fixated on them that they manifested in his mind through a precognitive dream, causing him to see projections of this obsession every time he fell asleep in the past few years.

A thousand times, ten thousand times!

This time...

The same is true.

It's just one of many memories, one of many dreams.

No matter what he does, the future will not change!
Devoured by the star-devouring monster...

This is destiny!
The future is constant!
(End of this chapter)