The lightning suddenly disappeared, and the churning Forbidden Art Sea also grew calm. In the center of the Forbidden Art Sea, blazing suns began to manifest, all of them swiftly vanishing into the silver whirlpool.
In short order, at least seven massive suns had appeared and entered the silver whirlpool.
Not only had the silver whirlpool not been obliterated by the High Priest’s frenzied assault, it had grown stronger and larger.
The fiercer the High Priest’s attacks, the stronger the silver whirlpool became. Moreover, Wang Chong had only manifested suns, celestial bodies, and stars, but now, he was beginning to create several other objects.
And the High Priest had no idea what they were!
This special system was only getting stronger and more frightening.
Kaclack!
A massive shattering sound could be heard. Around the silver whirlpool, what should have been formless space suddenly solidified and shattered like ice, upon which the shards of space were sucked into the silver whirlpool, dragged in by an enormous pull.
“This is impossible!”
The staff in the High Priest’s right hand trembled.
No one understood what this meant more than him!
This was the clashing of two worlds, of two different systems. That silver whirlpool, seemingly tiny compared to the vast world around it, was in direct conflict with the Forbidden Art Sea and was even beginning to affect it.
But how was this possible?
Any object formed from Psychic Energy, whether it was the sun, moon, stars, or endless mountain ranges… none of them could resist an entire mental domain.
This was only possible if the enemy’s Psychic Energy was far above his. Otherwise, a part of the world could never defeat the world itself. This was a law!
And for a legendary existence like the High Priest, if that silver whirlpool in the sky was a part of this world, it was even more impossible.
The Forbidden Art Sea was the strongest of sealing worlds. Unless the High Priest willed it, no other Psychic Energy practitioner could open their own world here.
No matter how talented Wang Chong was, he could not transcend this law, not unless…
“Not unless the ability he uses… has already transcended this world, and its nature is above that of the Forbidden Art Sea!!”
This sudden realization had the High Priest shuddering.
The world contained all things, and the Forbidden Art Sea was at the apex of worlds. What could be bigger than a world?
Was it really the case that Wang Chong’s silver whirlpool had transcended the level of a world?!
But how was that even possible?!
“Heheheh…”
Suddenly, Wang Chong laughed, apparently knowing what the High Priest was thinking.
“Something that’s larger than the world is naturally the boundlessly vast universe!”
Buzz!
This simple observation was like a bolt of lightning!
The universe!
What was the universe?
Who could know the secrets of the universe?!
Even the strongest Psychic Energy practitioner could not leave the ground to explore the secrets of the universe. How could someone know the secrets of something they couldn’t even interact with? Even the sun was a mystery, let alone the universe!
And how could someone of this world know about it?
Buzz!
This thought had just occurred to the High Priest when the silver whirlpool transformed once more. This time, it was not a sun, celestial body, or a star. It was a massive resplendent collection of lights, like a cloud and like a tapestry. It was a gorgeous sight to behold as it floated in the sky.
The High Priest’s eyes were filled with confusion. Despite all the years he had lived on this world, he still had no idea what Wang Chong had created.
Was it a star?
But there was no star that was like a cloud.
“This is a nebula!”
Wang Chong offered no explanation, only the name, before sending that dazzling nebula into the ‘universe’ he had created. Rather than entering the silver whirlpool, it took its own place nearby.
Boom!
Before one wave had time to settle, another wave stirred. A celestial body appeared, but it was different from any previous celestial body.
This object was completely black, even blacker than the Forbidden Art Sea. Even as he stared at it, the High Priest found it hard to determine if it even actually existed. This was because all light that approached it was devoured before it could even get close.
Without light, it was impossible to see!
It was only through his powerful Psychic Energy that the High Priest was able to see its dark and uneven surface. And from the depths of this celestial body came a simply monstrous pull.
It devoured the waters of the dark ocean, the bolts of lightning in the sky, and even the Forbidden Art Sea itself.
Wang Chong was affecting the Forbidden Art Sea through a higher ‘system’, and this pitch-black celestial body could be considered the core of this system.
“What is this?”
The High Priest was stunned and even more confused now.
Everything that Wang Chong had produced had gone beyond his imagination.
He had never experienced such things before!
“This is a ‘black hole’!”
Wang Chong softly chuckled, still refusing to explain.
“High Priest, thank you for your suggestions. Now, it is time for my counterattack. Your Forbidden Art Sea no longer poses any threat to me!”
Wang Chong’s voice thundered throughout the Forbidden Art Sea.
“In addition, I’ve already linked our minds together! Even if you want to escape or dispel the Forbidden Art Sea, it’s impossible! Only when one of us wins can this end! You can’t escape!”
Rumble! Wang Chong went on the offensive before the High Priest could respond. There was a great shaking as Wang Chong’s nascent universe began to turn, devouring the world around it like a giant maw.
Crash! Crssh! Large chunks of the world instantly collapsed into Wang Chong’s nascent universe, serving as nutrients for Wang Chong’s universe and strength.
And as his strength drained away, the High Priest’s face turned cold.
The Forbidden Art Sea was unique in that it was fused with the High Priest’s mind. If the Forbidden Art Sea were completely absorbed by Wang Chong, the High Priest would die with it.
“No matter what sort of world or universe you have, or any sort of celestial body or nebula you can produce, you’re still far from having the strength to fight against me. Even if you’ve comprehended that world of yours, you’re not strong enough to threaten me yet. And… I won’t give you that time!” the High Priest coldly said. As he did, the giant golden idols standing in the vast ocean came to life.
Their eyes opened, their arms spread, and immense vitality erupted from their bodies. A moment later, these idols had transformed into true demon gods of darkness!
The High Priest did not know the origin of the universe or how it was constructed, but he did know the origin of all myths.
What did it matter if Wang Chong had used his Psychic Energy to create the infinite universe that was unfathomable to all other Psychic Energy practitioners? Could it stand against the gods that were at the heart of all legends?
Boom! Boom! Boom! One demon god of darkness after another emerged from the dark ocean, and what came after were countless armored demon soldiers, the legendary armies commanded by the demon gods.
One hundred thousand, one million, ten million… the entirety of the sea was covered by the endless demon armies. After accomplishing all this, the High Priest’s body became much dimmer, a barely distinct phantom.
The gods of darkness!
This was the most profound technique of the Forbidden Art Sea. In the ancient era when Psychic Energy practitioners were at their peak, this technique was banned. Summoni
ng the legendary gods of darkness, this technique that had been lost for thousands of years, placed an immense burden on the High Priest, and there was an even extremely high chance of a backlash on his body.
But the High Priest could no longer worry about such things, because Wang Chong was already devouring his mind.
“Go!”
The High Priest’s voice was so soft as to be almost inaudible as he thrust his staff forward, sending the innumerable demon soldiers and the gods of darkness forth, joining the lightning barrage to attack Wang Chong.
One terrifying explosion after another came forth, and Wang Chong harnessed the full power of his infant universe to resist the High Priest’s assault, their struggle reaching unprecedented levels of intensity.
As the High Priest exerted all his strength, the Forbidden Art Sea stabilized and began to exert pressure on Wang Chong’s nascent universe.
But the High Priest was still vastly underestimating his opponent.
Chapter 1878 - The Stellar Universe!
Chapter 1878: The Stellar Universe!
Translated by: Hypersheep325
Edited by: Michyrr
Boom!
Suddenly, Wang Chong’s infant universe plunged into the black ocean like a meteor.
“Not good!”
The High Priest grimaced and tried to stop it, but it was too late.
The moment the infant universe descended, the calm surface of the black ocean raged with titanic waves.
It seemed like there was a hole in the world, and those vast and heavy waves surged into Wang Chong’s infant universe, serving as nutrition that strengthened Wang Chong’s mind.
Not only that, the Forbidden Art Sea contained countless pieces of knowledge and arts regarding the mental domain, and all this was stored within the black ocean, serving as the foundation of the Forbidden Art Sea.
As Wang Chong swallowed the black waves, he also obtained the knowledge and arts contained within.
What immense knowledge!
Wang Chong internally sighed. This was definitely an unexpected harvest.
The High Priest’s experience and mastery far exceeded Wang Chong’s, and in normal circumstances, he would have never been able to obtain these things. But the High Priest would have never imagined that when he used the Forbidden Art Sea to capture Wang Chong and obtain the secrets of the Child of Destruction, he had allowed Wang Chong to obtain his vast stores of knowledge and drain away his power.
As Wang Chong devoured more and more, the pressure on the High Priest increased.
Rumble! The black ocean rumbled and howled. Wang Chong’s infant universe was a massive vortex that devoured everything.
In the earlier battle, Wang Chong had been almost drained of Psychic Energy, but now that he was feeding on the High Priest’s energy, he slowly recovered and began to grow even stronger.
Crack! The battle intensified, and the area that Wang Chong could devour grew larger and larger.
Even more frightening was that Wang Chong’s Psychic Energy was getting more and more formidable as the battle went on.
At the start, Wang Chong had needed to directly meet the High Priest’s attacks, but as the infant universe developed more and more, he became able to take in the lightning bolts, demon soldiers, weapons, and black dragons, and convert them into energy for his own use.
No matter how strong the Forbidden Art Sea was, it was still just one of many psychic arts, and there was no world that the universe could not hold.
The strongest of attacks was like a grain of dust to the universe.
Buzz!
Wang Chong’s Psychic Energy continued to swell. The infant universe had started with a diameter of a hundred-some feet, but it was now one hundred times that size.
“High Priest, it’s useless. No matter how you attack, you can’t hurt me. You’re just making me stronger.”
Wang Chong’s voice resounded through the world.
Rumble! Above the Forbidden Art Sea, the fabric of space groaned and shuddered as a new object was manifested. This was not a single sun, celestial body, or star. The High Priest stared in shock as another massive ‘Milky Way Galaxy’ was created.
Wang Chong was so strong that he no longer needed to create the suns, black holes, or nebulas individually. He could simply manifest the entire galaxy.
“What is this?”
The High Priest’s mind was shuddering. Wang Chong had already created one galaxy, so for him to create another was simply unbelievable and left the High Priest deeply uneasy.
Wang Chong was getting strong too quickly. He was rapidly losing control of this battle!
Moreover, did the universe really have so many suns?
“High Priest, experience my stellar universe!” Wang Chong loudly proclaimed, and then he unleashed his counterattack on the High Priest.
The universe that Wang Chong had created began to spin at one hundred times the speed, devouring the Forbidden Art Sea. Rather than continuing to chip away, he almost immediately obliterated one-tenth of the black ocean and made it his own strength, taking all the gods of darkness, black dragons, and black phoenixes with it.
The universe was a level of existence above a world. Across the entire world, no one except Wang Chong was capable of using Psychic Energy to model it. This was Wang Chong’s unique ability.
“Impossible!”
Greatly disturbed, the High Priest gathered all his strength, the dark waves transforming into more gods of darkness, whose bodies swelled as they absorbed the power of the Forbidden Art Sea. The demon gods lunged at Wang Chong’s stellar universe, and as they did, countless lightning bolts gathered around the demon gods and transformed into divine weapons. Upon careful examination, one would find that these divine weapons were inscribed with ancient characters.
The Mind-Killing Curse!
In order to deal with Wang Chong, the High Priest had used an ancient curse specifically meant for Psychic Energy practitioners. The Mind-Killing Curse destroyed a Psychic Energy practitioner’s mind, soul, and consciousness. A single prick was enough to deal irreparable damage.
The pressure exerted by Wang Chong had pushed the High Priest to the limit. The High Priest had initially regarded Wang Chong as a junior, but now that Wang Chong had created a universe, they were equal foes, or perhaps Wang Chong was even stronger.
The universe had far too many mysteries, secrets that no one could plumb. This was the same for the strongest of martial artists and Psychic Energy practitioners.
This was exactly why Wang Chong’s stellar universe was the most terrifying power in the history of the psychic arts!
But Wang Chong was not afraid of the High Priest’s Mind-Killing Curse. With his stellar universe, he couldn’t care less about what tricks the High Priest tried to pull.
“High Priest, you said that the blazing sun was useless against you! One might not be enough, and two is no danger, but… what about tens of thousands, a million? An infinite number?”
Wang Chong’s despotic voice rumbled through the world like thunder.
Boom! Boom! The Forbidden Art Sea was suddenly awash with dazzling light. Several hundred suns appeared in the space of a second, each sun representing a fixed star.
It was common knowledge that the world only had one sun. But in the vast and boundless universe, stars were commonplace. Let alone one million suns, the universe had a number of suns that was beyond counting.
No matter how formidable the High Priest’s Forbidden Art Sea was, how could it compare to the infinite stellar universe?
Buzz!
The dazzling suns continued to grow in number, occupying the entire sky, and the Forbidden Art Sea was bathed in light. The peerless power radiated by Wang Chong’s stellar universe was even altering the nature of the Forbidden Art Sea.
Boom!
Once the suns had completely filled the sky, they began to rain down at the gods of darkness.
A sound reminiscent of the big bang resounded through the
world. There was no intense battle, as with but a single impact, the fabric of space caved in, and all things were obliterated. The demon gods, the vast army of demon soldiers, the dark ocean… all of it went up in smoke.
“Impossible!”
The High Priest’s eyes flew open in disbelief, and for the first time, fear.
In the face of innumerable stars and their heat that soared into the millions of degrees, even the supreme Forbidden Art Sea collapsed under the pressure.
This was the stellar universe!
This was the power of one million stars!
A world could never resist a universe!
The High Priest had been utterly defeated in this battle. He couldn’t exhibit the power of his Mind-Killing Curse.
“Impossible! This can’t be!”
The High Priest found it hard to believe that, despite all his power, he had still lost to Wang Chong and this never-before-seen stellar universe.
The world was crumbling, and with it, the High Priest’s formidable mind. The Forbidden Art Sea was fused with the mind of its user, and when Wang Chong destroyed the world, he was naturally destroying the High Priest’s mind as well.
“Child of Destruction, we will meet again!”
As the High Priest spoke, his energy rapidly faded away. The boundless Forbidden Art Sea completely collapsed, all of its shards surging into Wang Chong’s stellar universe. Wang Chong’s universe had replaced the Forbidden Art Sea, with various suns, celestial bodies, asteroid belts, nebulas, and black holes occupying every corner.
Not only that, as Wang Chong absorbed the Forbidden Art Sea, he gained all the knowledge on Psychic Energy arts the High Priest had accumulated over his hundreds of years of life, all of this serving to strengthen Wang Chong.
Wang Chong’s already immense Psychic Energy grew to an even stronger level.
Before this battle, Wang Chong had around five times the Psychic Energy of a Subtle realm expert, but now, it was eight times, nine times, nearly ten times the energy.
All of this was because he had devoured the Forbidden Art Sea.
Chapter 1879 - The Eastern Island Elites!
Chapter 1879: The Eastern Island Elites!
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