OUTSIDE OF TIME

Chapter 1553: Unknown World (1)

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

The world spun until it felt like heaven and earth had become one.

The space seemed endless, yet in the next moment, it was exceedingly small.

Time felt stretched, yet in the next moment, it became fleeting.

They fused together, forming a huge and unfathomable vortex that devoured the Holy Heaven Pagoda.

Terrifying power erupted from within, forming a vast pulling force that surpassed the extreme of the storm and destroyed everything.

When it landed on the Holy Heaven Pagoda, it also affected the Holy Heaven Pagoda and its path forward.

Compared to it, the Holy Heaven Pagoda was like a lone boat in a raging wave, on the verge of collapsing.

In the blink of an eye, the few layers outside the Holy Heaven Pagoda that Zhang San added later collapsed and shattered, exploding into countless fragments that scattered in all directions.

Those fragments were pulled and shattered again, turning into dust that finally dissipated into the vortex of time and space.

Only the original damaged pagoda that had lost all the modifications wasn’t destroyed in this vortex. It was spinning rapidly under the power of the vortex.

The broken pagoda was spinning on its own. At the same time, it also circled with the guidance of the vortex, forming a sense of chaos.

In fact, if one took a closer look, they would be able to see that the rotation speed of the broken pagoda was much faster than the rotation speed of the vortex.

This was caused by the difference in the essence of the two.

This different rotation speed formed a terrifying pulling force, causing Xu Qing, who was in the Holy Heaven Pagoda, to feel an extreme impact.

Although he was sitting cross-legged in the pagoda, he was floating and spinning.

He couldn’t control himself.

Moreover, he was spinning much faster than the pagoda.

As for the reason, it was similarly determined by the difference in their essence.

Hence, at this moment, to be precise, the vortex, the broken pagoda, and Xu Qing were all spinning, each with different speed.

The resulting tension was naturally extreme.

Xu Qing’s body trembled as though it was about to tear.

What caused him even more pain was his soul.

It was hard to describe his current state of perception. He felt that everything he sensed was clear one moment and blurry the next, even the colors appeared similarly indistinct under the scope of his consciousness.

At times, the colors would alternate between two hues, creating a nine-colored spectrum; other times, they would be colorless, or in a state of chaos.

These were the scenes that appeared in Xu Qing’s mind.

His eyes remained closed throughout this.

This was something the Palace Master of the Summer Immortal Palace had warned Xu Qing about when he asked about the way to pass through the Primordial Sea.

Because Xu Qing’s cultivation wasn’t high enough, she warned him not to open his eyes when moving through the passage.

Hence, Xu Qing kept his eyes closed.

This passage seemed to last for an extremely long time, as though this path was an endless abyss.

After an unknown period, the pain Xu Qing endured continued to increase. His body was almost unable to feel the pain, as though it was about to not belong to him.

It was the same for his soul. Under the change in his understanding, it fell into extreme chaos.

The torture brought about by all of this caused Xu Qing to feel an intense life-and-death crisis.

“Continuing like this is not feasible. The differing rotation speeds between the vortex, the damaged pagoda, and myself are causing a strain that could lead to one of two outcomes: either the tower will collapse, or my body and soul will collapse. The latter possibility is the greatest.”

“And I’ve had a similar experience before!”

When his body was almost torn apart and his soul was about to go crazy, Xu Qing suddenly bit his tongue and used the pain to forcefully stimulate his body to stabilize his mind.

The effect wasn’t obvious and it only lasted for an instant.

Although it was only for an instant, Xu Qing still used this instant to find the source of the similar experience in the past.

That was… the scene in the Moon Offering Region when his human nature, divine nature, and beastly nature erupted.

At that time, he had also fallen into this chaos and his soul was about to collapse due to the imbalance.

His solution was to find an anchor!

This allowed him to achieve balance and calm his mind.

“Anchor… balance…”

Back then, amidst the chaos of human nature, divine nature, and beastly nature, Xu Qing’s anchor was his obsession and regret about the heavenfate flower.

“So now…”

A few breaths later, Xu Qing made up his mind and gave up on listening to the Summer Immortal Palace Master’s warning. This was because if he continued, he would be too passive and his life and death would be unknown.

Since that was the case, he decided to control it himself.

Hence, he opened his eyes.

The moment he opened them, he saw the Holy Heaven Pagoda and felt an even more intense dizziness.

The pagoda spun rapidly in his eyes, especially since he was also spinning. The feeling of chaos was incredibly intense.

Xu Qing’s eyes turned bloodshot and the cultivation base in his body continued to erupt. He performed a series of hand seals with both hands and kept waving them in all directions, borrowing the power of his cultivation to adjust the speed of his rotation.

In the end, after dozens of attempts and the cost of spitting out several mouthfuls of blood, he finally managed to slow his own rotation speed, gradually aligning it with that of the pagoda.

The instant they rotated at the same speed, most of the tearing sensation in his soul and body dissipated.

He achieved balance with the pagoda, aligning their rotation direction and speed perfectly, becoming one with it.

As such, the pulling force naturally decreased.

This was what Xu Qing thought of. Anchor!

Xu Qing let out a long breath.

“My body, the pagoda, and the vortex outside needs to rotate in the exact same direction and speed, creating perfect balance. This is the anchor!”

“Now, it’s time for me and the pagoda to move at the same speed as the vortex outside.”

Xu Qing didn’t dare to relax at all. After analyzing, he relied on his control over the heavenly vine to try to indirectly control the damaged pagoda and slowly adjust its speed..