Heavenly Ranking

Chapter 548 Gap
At this moment, Ji Fuyou has not only comprehended the infinite nature of the mind, but has also elevated his own realm to an unprecedented level.

Looking across this universe, apart from the Eternal Light who has reached the True Spirit Realm, even if the demigod Ling Xi were to be resurrected and return to her prime, the outcome would still depend on a fight.

In other words, his combat strength has reached the level of legendary eighth rank, or even ninth rank.

With this kind of strength, he has plenty of ways to eliminate the nine guardians who are at most at the seventh level of the legendary rank.

However, he still chose to use the ultimate power of the laws he had comprehended to directly strip the nine guardians of their power of the laws.

The next moment, Ji Fuyou's spiritual power, which had reached the infinite realm of enlightenment, spread out at an incredible speed, instantly encompassing the power of the nine guardians' authority and frantically infiltrating the authority they held.

The nine guardians immediately realized Ji Fuyou's intentions.

"Stop him!"

As their divine senses resonated, they each demonstrated the power of their role as guardians of authority.

That's the tacit understanding accumulated over thousands of years of dealing with these authorities.

but……

This tacit understanding is based on the fact that no one has ever dared to touch their power over the years.

Now, as Ji Fuyou's boundless spiritual power permeates in, their so-called "control" is directly crushed like dry leaves.

It's like a world champion at the pinnacle of skill facing off against a group of newbies who can only play against bots—the difference is immense...

Words cannot describe how they describe it.

The boundless power of the mind easily gained absolute control over the power of authority that originally belonged to the nine guardians, and stripped them of the power of authority that they thought belonged to them.

"not good!"

"We're always the ones who deprive others of their rights, how could our own rights... be like this too!?"

"The realm of the mind! When we are enlightened, we are marked by this eternal light, forever unable to glimpse our true selves or confront our own hearts. But they... can wield the power of the mind and possess infinite possibilities..."

Chaotic and panicked mental fluctuations filled the nine guardians.

In an instant, the guards' control over the power of authority plummeted from the fifth or sixth level, or even the eighth or ninth level, to the first or second level.

As their authority and advantage were stripped away, their combat strength also plummeted from nearly legendary seventh rank to legendary sixth rank.

It even fell further to the fifth tier of Legendary.

The reason they still possess such astonishing power, seemingly exceeding the level of the fifth tier of the legendary realm, is entirely because over the past thousand years, they have absorbed and absorbed a massive amount of star power, enabling them to reach the level of the sixth tier of the legendary realm in terms of "quantity".

However, with such a vast amount of star power, without authority, they simply cannot unleash its full potential given their cultivation level.

Ultimately, they were merely legendary fifth-tier beings with a massive supply of star power.

"Legendary Tier 5, huh?"

Ji Fuyou sensed the fluctuations emanating from these guardians, but his expression remained calm.

"So, stripped of your authority, you are no different from that star-devouring monster."

These words, when perceived by the nine guardians, plunged their spirits into an unprecedented low.

The next moment, Ji Fuyou made a gesture with his hand.

He didn't use any earth-shattering methods.

It's the most familiar power of the void.

The space centered on the nine guardians contracted and collapsed rapidly, quickly converging in the direction where the floating creatures had spread their arms.

This scene caused the expressions of the nine guardians to change drastically at the same time.

"He wants to use the power of the void to seal us away."

"rush out!"

These guardians, their divine senses resonating, each employed their own methods, their bodies enveloped in dazzling starlight, as they rushed out of the converging void.

however……

They were like boats frantically rowing upstream of a raging waterfall. No matter how hard they tried, how much starlight they unleashed, or how many tricks they used, as the entire void flowed towards Ji Fuyou's palm, they were still getting closer and closer to that point in Ji Fuyou's palm...

This enormous gap, which they couldn't overcome even with all their might, plunged the nine guardians into near despair.

"How could the gap be so huge!?"

The Void Guardian who was the first to clash with Ji Fuyou was utterly dejected.

Back then, Ji Fuyou's life and death were practically in his hands, but now...

"Our authority has been stripped away; we can't win. We are no match for them at all!"

"No! No! No!"

"So, it turns out, when we lose power, we can be so wretched..."

One by one, the guardians struggled helplessly as the void contracted, only able to watch as they plummeted into the abyss.

As everyone drew closer, they could clearly feel their bodies being forcibly disintegrated under the crushing force of the void. If this continued, in just a few breaths, everyone's celestial bodies would be crushed into a mass by the void force, turning into a collectible containing abundant stellar energy.

However, at that moment, Ji Fuyou stopped moving.

"Summon Lingxi."

He said, "This is your Yuan Chu clan's only hope for a comeback."

The nine guardians, crushed to the extreme, were filled with pain and despair in their divine senses.

but……

"Now that things have come to this, we have no choice but to call upon our Lord!"

"But... in such a short time, our lord may not have recovered yet..."

“It must be so, otherwise, before that Star God Cosmic Light is resurrected, without our protection, he will be able to go to the place where our Lord sleeps and harm our Lord.”

The guardians' divine senses raced, yet they acted decisively. Through their unique connection with Lingxi, they swiftly summoned this demigod born from the stars.

Ji Fuyou waited calmly.

Soon, he could feel the rhythm of the demigod Ling Xi, which resembled "breathing".

A continuous stream of stellar energy began to converge upon Him, providing the power for His awakening.

Throughout the entire process, Ji Fuyou watched quietly without intervening in any way.

The only thing that could even slightly attract his attention...

That was probably the vast and boundless stellar energy fluctuation that He triggered when He awoke.

The amount of this stellar power is enormous.

"Although the demigod Lingxi can only control a small portion of it, even with my current 'Infinite Mind' cultivation level, it would take me at least a thousand years, let alone a hundred, to accumulate such a vast amount of star power..."

He could sense that the concentration of stellar energy in the universe was not very high.

Perhaps only by ascending to higher dimensions and entering the world of the star gods could one accumulate such a vast amount of energy so quickly.

The fact that the demigod Lingxi possesses this kind of accumulated "quantity" is probably related to the rules of the Heavenly Ranking.

"If I could refine all the star power in this galaxy... I estimate that the cultivation time saved would be calculated in the hundreds of thousands or even millions of years. Even if the star power in the world where the Star God resides is a hundred times more concentrated than the outside world, that would still be the accumulation of thousands or tens of thousands of years."

pity……

The will of eternal light remains within these stellar powers.

Before he can cultivate into a true spirit, he cannot completely purify these wills. If he absorbs them rashly, there will be endless hidden dangers.

As time went by, the demigod Lingxi gradually recovered.

The nine guardians immediately informed the demigod of what had happened.

For a moment, the demigod couldn't help but turn his gaze to Ji Fuyou, his eyes seemingly filled with disbelief.

"You are much weaker than when you last woke up."

Ji Fuyou said something.

Lingxi's gaze lingered on Ji Fuyou for a while before she finally spoke, "Yes."

He paused for a moment: "Originally, my activity cycle was ten to twenty years, but last time, in order to activate the rules of the Heavenly Ranking, I almost exhausted my power. Theoretically, I need to sleep for a hundred years before I awaken..."

Ji Fuyou nodded.

For a being like Him, whose size clearly exceeds the limits of His control, it is quite normal to be active for a while and then lie dormant for more than ten years.

After all, His level was too low.

Having power, but lacking the mind to match it.

"I have awakened you this time for the sake of that cosmic star god—the eternal light."

Ji Fuyou Road.

"I can see it."

Lingxi said, "In a way, we, you and I, belong to the same camp, because as long as that eternal light awakens, everything we have will be taken away."

He paused: "Although the eternal light promised to take you as its disciple, we know very well that to such a great being, we are as insignificant as ants. Many times, it may be just an unintentional mistake of His that could crush us into dust, or perhaps He was just delayed for a moment, and we would have already died and vanished into nothingness. The uncertainty is too great."

"Ants..."

Ji Fuyou did not agree with His words.

After all, in terms of spiritual realm, he was only one step away from the Eternal Light.

If he's willing, or if he's given enough time...

He didn't say he had accumulated enough power to illuminate the entire galaxy, but it was no problem for him to make his own starlight shine brighter than all the stars.

However, saying these words to Lingxi seemed to have little meaning.

Those who possess only "quantity" but lack "level of understanding" cannot comprehend his confidence.

"I need all your knowledge about the Eternal Light, and I also need to know how the rules of the Heavenly Ranking work."

Ji Fuyou said, "I will use this mechanism to deduce how the Eternal Light will awaken."

"Have you personally experienced how he will wake up?"

Lingxi asked.

"That's not enough."

Ji Fuyou said calmly.

Lingxi fell silent.

After a long while, He said, "Whether I answer these questions or not, you won't allow me to live afterward, will you?"

Ji Fuyou did not reject it.

He simply said, "The star power within you will be very useful for my future victory over that eternal light."

"What if I fight to the end?"

Lingxi spoke indifferently: "With the strength of the star power within me, this great battle between us can at least destroy all existing advanced civilizations, and billions of lives will die because of this great battle."

Ji Fuyou glanced at Ling Xi's body, then looked at the incredibly powerful star power emanating from her, which ultimately did not belong to her...

"Perhaps... you overestimate yourself, and... you underestimate me."

"Then let me see where I underestimated you."

Lingxi said calmly.

(End of this chapter)