A Scroll of Infinite Glory

Chapter 558 Light in the Black Hole

The Pangu Axe from the world of "Xuan-Yuan Sword" originally possessed the power to create heaven and earth and break through the void. After being obtained by the reincarnated, it was nurtured for a long time and has become one of the best eight-star magic weapons.

After Guan Luoyang acquired this axe, he cherished it for a long time, pondering its profound insights into the creation of the world, and gaining considerable wisdom from it.

However, the most profound principle within this axe is not about creating heaven and earth, but about breaking through the void.

The term "遁破太虚" (Dunpo Taixu) literally means "to break through the void," and as the name suggests, it is like an unparalleled escape technique that can break through endless spacetime barriers and traverse the void.

With Guan Luoyang's eight-star cultivation level, if he were to use this axe to unleash the full power of the "Escape from the Void" strike, he could even briefly cut through the cosmic membrane of this universe, enter the Great Void Sea, and travel far away.

At this moment, he swung his axe, traversing half of the Milky Way, and arrived at the edge of the supermassive black hole at the center of the galaxy. This was merely a partial display of the divine power of the Pangu Axe.

As the axe struck, a gray-red axe light illuminated the dark environment at the edge of the black hole.

The space-time ahead was cut in two, like two huge waves spreading out to both sides.

Before the axe even struck Wan Guizang, the sheer pressure from the massive spatial tear was enough to give the impression that it would rip him in two.

"The Ten Directions World, the Imperial Star Chart!!"

Wan Guizang had nowhere to hide and could no longer afford to conceal his strength.

The relic of the Buddha of the Worldly Free King, like a small crystal, was attached to the tip of his right index finger, which he pointed forward.

All that could be seen were lines of latitude and longitude, appearing out of thin air like a chessboard standing at the edge of the black hole.

The sense of tearing brought about by the tide of time and space vanishes instantly upon encountering this chessboard of latitude and longitude, and the position pointed to by the relic at Wan Guizang's fingertip is precisely the center point of this chessboard.

In the ten directions of the world, there is only one Heavenly Child!

Guan Luoyang's axe cleaved across the chessboard, its sharp edge colliding with the relics of the Buddha of the Worldly Freedom.

Wan Guizang's body trembled violently, and it seemed as if countless mountains and rivers on his body surface turned into ashes and drifted away.

Although he managed to block Guan Luoyang's sudden axe blow, he still suffered some hidden losses.

However, the Supreme Skill of Heaven and Earth metaphorically represents the ten directions of the world, and its profound application is infinitely subtle when delving into the Eight Trigrams and Five Elements.

Wan Guizang used the two hexagrams of mountain and water, symbols of extreme strength and gentleness, to resolve the residual force and minimize his own losses.

The vast expanse of ash was drawn by the black hole, drifting towards its depths like a long dragon of ashes.

Wan Guicang's eyes were deep, and his mixed emotions of shock and anger flashed by in an instant. He then noticed the divine light of merit behind Guan Luoyang's head and the majestic Heaven and Earth Mysterious Gate behind him, and suddenly realized what was happening.

"You're at the eighth-star level, yet you've been letting this trashy soldier stay inside your body..."

He really hadn't expected that Guan Luoyang would be able to catch up so quickly.

It should be noted that Wan Guizang's feigned death and escape using the ancient god Tianhu Dharma form was not a spur-of-the-moment decision.

Back when he had just entered the seven-star realm, he had already begun to plan ahead and add more variables to his development path.

A seven-star powerhouse already possesses limitless potential, and even an eight-star powerhouse from the same system may not be able to provide particularly effective guidance to him.

This means that even Lan Daotianwu and others cannot predict whether Wan Guizang, after reaching the seventh star level, will continue to follow the path of the Supreme Heaven and Earth Technique, or will head towards the Seven Limits, or other possibilities.

Wan Guizang had also taken advantage of opportunities to interact with other war groups to secretly practice in other universes, allowing the World Free King Buddha Relic to cooperate and conceal itself with his own consciousness on multiple occasions.

Once he reached the eighth-star realm, his true body and spiritual consciousness immediately disappeared into the relic, revealing only the Heavenly Tiger Dharma Form, which focused on the Seven Limits Path. Anyone who observed it would find it reasonable and could not see any flaws.

Even if Lan Dao Tianwu or the God of Wealth use the aura of Wan Gui Zang they have collected to make deductions, they will still be interfered with by the relics of the Worldly Free King Buddha.

Guan Luoyang's cultivation level is not as good as those two old men, and his understanding of Wan Guizang is only superficial. How did he deduce Wan Guizang's weakness and chase after him directly?

But when Wan Guizang saw the Mysterious Gate of Heaven and Earth and the Divine Light of Merit, he understood everything.

Within that Heaven and Earth Profound Gate, there was clearly the aura of the "Supreme Heaven and Earth Technique" and the "Seven Limits of Devouring Heaven and Destroying Earth," which likely contained the remains of a divine weapon from some universe, integrated into it.

It's ridiculous. Throughout history, the art of crafting artifacts has always emphasized purity. Even magical treasures with multiple uses must ensure that all their effects are integrated into a complete and self-consistent system.

However, this mysterious gate to heaven and earth actually preserved the original techniques and artistic conceptions of many divine weapon remnants, which could not be unified with each other.

This can hardly be called a magic weapon; it's more like a pile of scrap metal that's been forcibly welded together.

Back in the world of "God of Gamblers," Wang Chongyang didn't have the power to dissolve and fuse all the divine weapon concepts within; he could only forcibly weld them together.

Later, although Guan Luoyang's strength was sufficient, he didn't care much about this matter. Instead, he felt that preserving the original appearance was more meaningful, so he allowed the Heaven and Earth Mysterious Gate to grow wildly.

It was precisely this approach that preserved the original essence of many divine skills, allowing Guan Luoyang to sense something amiss when he fought against the ancient god Tianhu Dharma form.

The Heaven and Earth Mysterious Gate within Guan Luoyang's true body, which he disintegrated into, remains the hub of the Void Bright Universe Star Array to this day. It is deeply connected to him, and the slightest abnormality immediately attracts the attention of the Void Heart Realm.

This grand formation, originating from the Taiqing Chiming Immortal Dao system, triggered a spontaneous response from the divine light of the two poles of Heavenly Dao merit, layering upon layer, and finally successfully caught Wan Guizang by the slightest bit of his fox tail.

Wan Guizang's scheme went undetected by Lan Daotianwu and the God of Wealth.

However, a chain reaction was triggered by a pile of junk that even a seven-star expert would find cumbersome, leading to his exposure.

While finding it laughable, Wan Guizang did not hesitate and suddenly drifted backward.

The long, ash-covered dragon behind him was affected by the black hole's gravity, while he himself deliberately retreated and quickly caught up with the ash.

From Guan Luoyang's perspective, it appeared as if Wan Guizang was stepping on a black dragon and walking away, his figure suddenly shrinking, and both man and dragon were thrown into the dust of mustard seeds.

This is not Wan Guizang shrinking on his own initiative, but rather a characteristic of black holes.

Black holes have such large masses and such strong gravity that even light cannot escape, causing a distortion of spacetime.

The volume of Wan Guizang itself did not change, but when it moved in this distorted space-time, it seemed to shrink by millions of times when it retreated slightly.

His gaze met Guan Luoyang's across layers of time and space, and even as his body rapidly moved deeper into the black hole, the look in his eyes remained unchanged.

Guan Luoyang's expression changed slightly, and then he smiled.

"What courage!"

He raised the Pangu Axe in front of him, its broad blade slicing through layers of space and time, and strode into the area of ​​the great black hole at the center of the Milky Way.

In astronomy, there is a term called a supermassive black hole, which means that the mass of this type of black hole is between 100 million and 100 billion times the mass of the Sun.

The supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way is a supermassive black hole.

With Pangu's axe in hand and the Buddha's relic of the King of Freedom protecting them, Guan Luoyang can move freely in the edge region of this great black hole. Even in fierce battles, they don't need to worry about being affected by the black hole.

However, if the two of them were to deliberately cross the boundary and head into the interior of the black hole, the level of danger would skyrocket.

There may be many reasons why Wan Guizang would take such a step.

The reason for closing Luoyang is much simpler.

He said that this time he would use Wan Guizang's life to make a bloody declaration to the universe!

As Pangu's axe cleaved through space and time, the distance between Guan Luoyang and Wan Guizang was rapidly shrinking.

If there were a third-party perspective inside the black hole at this very moment, that would be what we see.

Ahead, there was a small black dragon carrying a small person in green.

Behind them came a wild and unrestrained god wielding an axe, with divine light swirling behind his head, his long robes fluttering, and his figure incredibly tall, ten thousand times larger than the small man in the green robe, as he pounced on them.

However, just as the god leaped up and slashed down, his enormous body was also shrinking rapidly.

A divine strike sent him crashing down to the mortal realm.

The little man in the green robe stared intently at the scene with his dark eyes, until Guan Luoyang's size became almost the same as his...

Time seemed to break at this point. The figure in green leaped into the air, detaching from the black dragon's back, and moved in the opposite direction from the smaller black dragon. With a single, pointed strike, it was like a rainbow piercing the sun, tearing through the heavy darkness.

The man in green pointed his sword forward, and the tiny relic, condensing the purest light from the black hole, spun and thrust forward.

Guan Luoyang flipped his axe and slammed it out with the back of the axe.

Pangu's axe blade pierced through the void, severing time and space.

The back of the Pangu Axe possesses a special power that stabilizes the post-heaven spacetime after the creation of the world.

When Pangu separated heaven and earth, he cleaved the chaos with an axe, creating the post-heavenly order of space and time. Then, he struck down with the back of the axe, solidifying the order of space and time. This process was repeated, causing the world to continue to expand.

Guan Luoyang's axe strike actually utilized the martial arts secrets of the Zhen Qiankun Seal, which complemented the supermassive and extremely dense black hole environment perfectly.

Wan Guizang's sword pointed at the relic, but it struck the back of the axe and was immediately thwarted, unable to advance any further.

However, he was dressed in flowing blue robes when suddenly lines of latitude and longitude appeared beneath his feet, as if he were dancing on a vast, boundless chessboard. This allowed him to slightly escape the influence of the black hole, enabling him to move freely and effortlessly, his sword pointing amidst a flurry of light and shadow.

The streaks of light drawn by the relic sword pierced towards Guan Luoyang from all directions of the void, from countless angles, from the present, from the future, and from the past.

Compared to the ancient god Tianhu Dharma form, which embodies the meaning of disaster and destruction and is rough and unrestrained, this is the true essence of Wan Guizang's martial arts.

He cultivates wisdom in all directions, lays out the grand scheme of things, calculates all the myriad affairs, and pursues fame and fortune without reservation!

Guan Luoyang wielded the Pangu Axe, displaying the mysteries of martial arts, immortality, heaven, and humanity. All his grand and magnificent deeds ultimately converged into a single slash that severed the entire universe.

The Imperial Principle Compass beneath Wan Guicang's feet kept expanding. Whether advancing or retreating, the illusory lines followed him, giving him more room to maneuver.

Although their battle took some twists and turns, overall, it was getting closer and closer to the core region of this giant black hole.

The ash-black dragon that broke off from Wan Guizang's body, after all, represented the injuries of an eight-star powerhouse. Although it was made of ash, it was still extremely extraordinary.

Therefore, it will not stay at the boundary of the black hole, but will go deeper inside, because only the environment inside the black hole is qualified to devour this black dragon.

It was unclear how many times the two had clashed, but both were badly injured. The ash dragon finally came to a standstill and was swallowed up by the darkness.

Although the two continued fighting, they both noticed this scene and couldn't help but feel a slight chill.

The fact that it could devour that ash dragon means that the environment inside this supermassive black hole, after going this far, has reached a level that is strong enough to erode the true body of an eight-star powerhouse.

The Buddha of Freedom in the World claimed to dominate the universe and time, and could roam freely in the infinite galaxy. However, he was left with only one relic and suffered the erosion of the final calamity.

Wan Guizang was not confident that he could use this relic to escape from the core region of the supermassive black hole.

As for Guan Luoyang, even if Pangu Axe could briefly cut through the cosmic membrane with its full force, the effect would depend on where it was attacked. If it was attacked in a general space region or next to a planet, the effect would be completely unaffected.

However, celestial bodies of the scale of supermassive black holes are like large hubs in this vast universe. Their density, rigidity, and stability are simply incomparable to other regions of the cosmos.

Moreover, Guan Luoyang is already injured. If he is really sucked into the core area, even with the Pangu Axe in hand, he probably won't be able to get out.

However, even when the situation had reached this point, Guan Luoyang did not hesitate at all when he swung his axe to kill him.

Wan Guizang was struck by an axe again, his entire right shoulder and right arm were destroyed, and his true form was damaged by half.

At the critical moment, he snatched the Buddha relic of the World-Free King from under the axe blade with his left hand, drew the relic with his sword finger, and with a flick of his wrist, the vast river of time appeared beside him, suddenly twisted, and circled half an arc around him.

Wan Guicang's figure flashed, and he was restored to his original state. He threw his severely injured self into the past and replaced his intact self from the past with his present self.

He had used this tactic many times before, but because the time he was injured was increasing and he was going deeper and deeper into the black hole environment, he could hardly use this method anymore.

Although Guan Luoyang possesses the divine light of the two poles of heavenly merit, which, combined with the effect of the Zhou Tian Yi Qi Huan Ri Yue Seal, allows him to recover the parts of himself that have been worn away each time he is injured, thus maintaining his peak condition.

However, the strikes of an eight-star powerhouse can already touch the root of things in the universe.

Even the part he managed to gather back couldn't truly remain unaffected.

Now, his shoulders, chest, elbows, thighs, lower back, and other parts of his body are burning with bluish-green flames, which are the very places where he was once pierced by the relic sword.

However, his situation was clearly better than Wan Guizang's.

This person was neither extremely calm nor insane; he seemed to have the personality of an ordinary person, sometimes laughing, sometimes angry. Yet, his mental resilience was truly unparalleled in Wan Guizang's life.

When faced with a true life-or-death situation, Wan Guicang became increasingly calm, his methods showing no signs of haste or error. He managed to hold out for a few more rounds before gracefully retreating. Finally, he was fully prepared and unleashed his ultimate move.

The relics of the Buddha of Worldly Freedom were pointed at the top of the sky by his sword and burned fiercely, like a flame of cosmic wisdom.

The firelight, transcending the dimensions of reality, illuminated the environment inside the black hole.

A giant chessboard made of thousands of lines was revealed in the darkness.

Immediately, the edges of the chessboard closed upwards and rotated slightly at the same time.

In the darkness, visible distortions began to occur.

Guan Luoyang's movements were hindered, and he had been calculating Wan Guizang's Vacuum Star Realm, but it was only at this moment that he figured out the true nature of this move.

Wan Guizang actually intends to use the environment of this supermassive black hole to create another black hole inside it.

Once the new black hole takes shape, the core of the original supermassive black hole will shift slightly. If Guan Luoyang refuses to retreat, he will inevitably be completely sucked into the deep region.

As for Wan Guizang, since the new black hole was created by his own methods, he was fully aware of all the details of how mass, gravity, and spacetime were altered, and thus he was able to seize the last opportunity to escape.

Their eyes met, their resolve hardened, and they faced off in a confrontation that reached its climax.

Guan Luoyang suddenly hurled the Pangu Axe in his hand, which struck the core area of ​​the new black hole, barely managing to slow it down for a moment.

The flames of the Worldly Free King Buddha Relic in Wan Guizang's hands were also affected, and the speed at which the flames flickered suddenly slowed down.

Then, Guan Luoyang suddenly moved forward and struck with a palm.

Without the Pangu Axe in hand, Wan Guizang was not afraid of his attack at all, and simply raised his hand and pointed a sword finger at him.

However, just as the two sides were about to collide, he saw one after another afterimage behind Guan Luoyang.

"not good!!!"

Before Wan Guizang could change his move, his sword finger had already been shattered by Guan Luoyang.

His entire body was also pierced through the chest by Guan Luoyang's palm strike, tearing his body in two.

"You must have learned a lot from me during the war, and you've been quite adept at using what you've learned."

Every afterimage behind Guan Luoyang was a reflection of himself.

Hundreds of real bodies from different points in time simultaneously unleashed their palm strikes.

"I only learned one of your moves, and after brewing it for so long, how does it feel?!"

Wan Guizang's broken body emitted a defiant roar, shattering into light that shot into the firelight of the Buddha's relics.

Guan Luoyang has hundreds of true forms that span time and space, all of which are simultaneously changing their palm techniques.

Ksitigarbha Lotus, Tathagata's Divine Palm, the source of all Buddhist teachings, the supreme and wondrous path of the Buddha's crown.

This palm strike, which surged like the long river of cosmic light, struck the relic of the Buddha of Freedom in the world, instantly unleashing an incomparably intense light.

A large area around the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way was illuminated for a moment.

A fleeting glimpse, unexpectedly, revealed the outline of a domed hall in the darkness.

(End of this chapter)