Chapter 1140 - Fiery Clouds
Nonahonor, Decapath, and now Lifecycle Sky! The Lifecycle Sky was considered the peak of the lower levels of the cosmic aether. Only by reaching the Lifecycle Sky level could one ascend to the astralscape of order.
The sun seemed to grow larger. The starry sky above and scorching ball of fire occupied half of their field of vision, its surface like boiling magma, bursting with countless fiery bubbles filled with boundless nova source power. When the bubbles exploded, the energy would dissipate in the starry sky, being swept up by the Welkin plane together with cosmic debris, then descend into the world below. This was the source of spiritual energy in the world below.
Because Tianming possessed the astralforce of an eighth-level ascendant, he was approaching the limit while Lin Xiaoxiao had already long reached hers. Tianming had dragged her along since the beginning, but now she had become a burden. He could no longer do so and was forced to throw her over his shoulder instead. He had no other choice. As long as they remained in this position, they had to resist the attraction force of the Welkin plane.
Feiling had become a part of Xian Xian and entered his lifebound space. Thus, she didn’t have to withstand such power. At this moment, Ye Lingfeng reached his limit as well. He did well to persist up to this point, despite his cultivation level and the fact that his astralforce could hardly rival Tianming’s. In addition to carrying Lin Xiaoxiao, Tianming had to free up his other hand to hold Ye Lingfeng.
"Bloody hell!" They were like moths to a flame. Tianming gritted his teeth, panting as he slammed into the scorching sun. “Orderian Sky!” He finally broke through the invisible barrier and reached the astralscape of order.
There seemed to be no fundamental difference between the astralscape of order and the lower levels of the cosmic aether. However, it was said that nova sources couldn’t fall into the lower levels due to lower spatial stability, or the power of a nova source could rip it apart.
The first thing Tianming felt upon reaching the astralscape of order was stability. Then, he realized how great a force one had to resist to reach the astralscape of order! Someone with insufficient astralforce, like Lin Xiaoxiao, would immediately crash into the lower levels of the cosmic aether as soon as Tianming let go. Finally, he was confronted with how enormous Orderia was.
From there on, Tianming grit his teeth and endured the rest of the journey. When he finally felt Orderia’s gravitational force acting upon him, he knew he had succeeded. Toward the end of his journey, Tianming’s speed slowed to a crawl and it took half a month for him to reach this place. Descending and ascending were completely different. If Tianming wanted to return to the Flameyellow Continent, he would go barreling down the moment he stopped resisting.
"To reach the sun, one requires the astralforce of a twelfth-level ascendant. Similarly, one would require the same strength to leave the sun and reach the cosmos. In other words, even superior races born in Orderia can’t leave it before reaching the Constellation stage."
There was still a long way to Orderia and Tianming continuously slowed down. Every day was a challenge that proved how difficult it was to reach the sun. He was also carrying two people with him. Thus, as the attraction force from the sun grew stronger, his speed quickly increased. It took him almost a month altogether.
There were no changes in the Divine Moon Realm or Flameyellow Continent over the past month. Although the descent of the moon was a major crisis, the catastrophe had ultimately been avoided and the communication channel between the divine moonrace and celestial orderians had been severed. Gradually, disasters were reduced to minor issues and minor issues were reduced to nothing. Tianming could remain invisible without any worries.
Orderia was finally close at hand! Tianming felt the heat from the blazing sun on his skin. Ying Huo and the others in his lifebound space were excited—such a world was an opportunity for them. The more powerful the world, the more nourishment they would receive from it. The Flameyellow Continent restricted their growth, but here, it would be limitless.
A boiling sea of fire enveloped their field of vision as fiery storms surged, sweeping across the entire world. How big was the sun? Its size was almost overwhelming enough for Tianming to ignore the thousands of stellunar source worlds that orbited it. Every world with a stellunar source was similar to the Divine Moon Realm, even those that were ten times its size. Perhaps they were also outposts of the sun. It seemed as if the Divine Moon Realm acted as an outpost that oversaw the Welkin plane, like a border where criminals were exiled.
Tianming had no interest in those worlds. The power of a stellunar source could never compare to a nova source. On those worlds were declining races that had been eliminated from the rat race.
Tianming stared at the magnificent sun before him. Above it were countless seas of fire. The nova source, one of the fundamental cosmic forces, was the essence of these flames. Divine hazards were a part of it, but for the people of Orderia, they were merely clouds. The fiery clouds covered the sky, making up the sunlight seen from the Divine Moon Realm.
At that moment, the clouds rolled across the sky. Only when Tianming no longer felt the force from the Welkin plane could he let go of Lin Xiaoxiao and Ye Lingfeng. However, they remained together to prevent being dragged apart by the forces on Orderia.
In that instant, they charged into the fiery clouds together, rapidly descending. The clouds were a hundred thousand meters thick. The lower they went, the more it burned; even with her special physique, the dreadful heat was unbearable for Lin Xiaoxiao. The power contained within the clouds originated from a nova source. Compared to stellunar sources, this kind of power was violent, ferocious, and aggressive; the difference between the two was astounding. Moonlight resembled flowing water, while a nova source was red-hot molten iron.
“Fifth, there’s countless divine hazards within these clouds. Do you like any?” Tianming asked.
In his lifebound space, the little grey egg shook as it irascibly looked down. That suggested that the power it desired was located within the fusion formation of the nova source. Based on his observation, the little fellow leaned toward darkness and gloom. It seemed that the cosmic force it was seeking within the fusion formation was barely enough. It would take some effort to find a suitable cosmic force for its birth; this matter couldn’t be rushed.
"Brother Tianming, the clouds are scorching hot. Wouldn’t the world below be even hotter since it’s closer to the nova source? Are they all stronger than us, even their newborn babies?" Ye Lingfeng asked.
"I don’t think so. They must possess characteristics suitable for survival," said Tianming.
The divine moonrace’s starting point was the four major levels of the Saint stage. They began cultivation at the age of one or two. By the time they were in their twenties, they had cultivated with the nourishment of the stellunar source for twenty years. The duration of their cultivation was several times that of Tianming.
The Orderians started from the Saint stage as well; however, their conditions were superior, the inheritance from their seniors was more advanced, and they were nurtured by a nova source. Thus, they could achieve Ascension with the same twenty years of cultivation. This was typical of the entire population.
In fact, Tianming had already made inquiries during his time in the Divine Moon Realm and learned that the surface area of Orderia was thousands of times larger than the Flameyellow Continent, though its population was only about ten times as large. Beings of a higher existence found it more difficult to reproduce, after all. However, they were all geniuses.