Chapter 596 - The Village of Nothingness

Chapter 596: The Village of Nothingness
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What happened later was even more surprising for Wen Zhong. Shen Lian had disappeared. To be precise, Shen Lian’s spirit had disappeared. Moreover, he did not have a physical body and thus, it was safe to say that he really vanished.
Wen Zhong did not know what to do. With his state, he was able to be sure that Shen Lian really disappeared. He somehow felt that it would be helping Shen Lian if he were to be the one to capture him.
The sigh of the Lady Mother of the Chariot came into his ear and a divine thought entered into Wen Zhong’s divine heart. His honored master summoned him to return.
Currently, Wen Zhong was in control of the source of the Lightning Technique. He could transform into lightning at almost the fastest speed in the world. Very quickly, he got back to the Bi You Palace. This was the first time that he actually witnessed his mentor looking so gloomy.
The Lady Mother of the Chariot said,
This time I’ve made a mistake. You didn’t get to capture it and gave him a helping hand instead. Karma is caused for this.



Wen Zhong asked in confusion,
What’s happening?

The Lady Mother of the Chariot was silent for a moment, then she said,
His spirituality is entrusted in The Village of Nothingness and thus it’s normal you can’t find him. It’s not just for you, if I’m in your situation now, it’d also be difficult for me to find him too unless my cultivation experience recovers to the previous standard.

Wen Zhong was moved. As the descendant of the Lady Mother of the Chariot, he was definitely aware of what this meant. The state of heavenly immortals was already considered as having topnotch mana and even the state of heavenly immortals of some holy deities could defeat the connoisseurs in the State of Taiyi in terms of their combat powers. Nonetheless, the holy deities in the state of heavenly immortals were never comparable to those in the State of Taiyi. The most important reason was that the celestials in the State of Taiyi were already stripped from their innate spirituality and assimilated into The Village of Nothingness.
That place was difficult to be described. If one had not been there, he definitely could not describe the place but even if one had been there, he would also not be able to describe the place. Thus, The Village of Nothingness was known as Taixu by some people. Nevertheless, how to address the place was not important. What was crucial was that if one had been there, as long as there was some spirituality left in The Village of Nothingness, no matter how badly injured the person was in the mortal world, he would be able to start all over again.
Although sometimes it was not easy to cultivate mana and supernatural power, in addition, it would require a lot of time to start over again, what celestials had was abundant of time.
For the cultivators who cultivated their physical bodies, if they cultivated to an extremely profound state, they could reborn from a drop of blood which was also known as immortality. Then, entrusting their spirituality in The Village of Nothing could also be considered as another type of immortality.
Throughout the ages in the entire universe, there were countless of people who had managed to cultivate to be heavenly immortals. However, those who were able to reach this stage were rarely seen.
The Lady Mother of the Chariot said,
Actually there’s no big deal about it. After cultivating up to this stage, it doesn’t mean you can be free from lifetime worries. In the past when our Bi You Palace was still at its golden age, there were so many celestials who came here. There were dozens of people who could cultivate up to this stage but in the end, they did not manage to stay at this place. At least half of the spirituality was being forced out of The Village of Nothingness. In the end, either their bodies and spirits completely vanished or they were being enslaved and it was hard to get out of it.

Moreover, this time he also fell into a trap. The Lady Mother of the Chariot scoffed. Now she finally understood why the Talisman order would fall in her hands.

My uncle-master, you’re really careful in your plans but what are you trying to do? Do you really hate the honored master so much that you’d only stop after annihilating his orthodoxy?
The Lady Mother of the Chariot sighed in her heart.


Wen Zhong could feel the complicated emotions within his honored master and the sadness which could not be masked. He said in a serious manner,
My honored master, no matter what happens, I’ll make Yinshang the replacement of the Xia Kingdom.


Wen Zhong, if one day you can survive for killing me, don’t hesitate to do so,
she looked at Wen Zhong peacefully and slowly said this.

If there’s this day, disciple will die together with you,
it was the first time Wen Zhong stared directly at his honored master’s eyes and showed no tolerance.
The Lady Mother of the Chariot remained in silence for a long time. Finally, she closed her eyes and said softly,
Alright.

The spacious Bi You Palace seemed extremely secluded and quiet at this moment. But it seemed like countless of shadows of spirits could be vaguely seen. In the end, the surrounding was filled with deep lament which was almost never-ending.
………
Shen Lian realized the various types of essences of Taixu Strategy already completely vanished together with the disappearance of Taixu Divine Qi, hence, there were no more Five Elements of Yin and Yang. The condition of Taiyi was indescribable. In a flash of light, ‘he’ arrived at an unclear place. His mind and spirits seemed to be assimilating into the vast void. There was no source of light here, and there was no shape, and hence, he could not mention the name of this place. If one were to forcefully say a name, this place should be named ‘The Immortal’s World’.
Why was this place known as ‘The Immortal’s World’? Because once one had come to this place, one’s heart and soul would seem to have found their homes. One would have really gotten rid of every restriction and at that instance, you could not differentiate that place with eternity. Moreover, this place could be eternally huge but it could also be considered as eternally small.
It seemed like everything that he had witnessed in the mortal world became meaningless at this place. The only meaningful thing was
him
. He seemed to be the only specialty at this place.
The ‘he’ who was profound with Daoism and Buddhism scriptures had come to a quick realization about the place he was at. In some of the undisclosed scriptures, it was mentioned that in the space-time of the entire galaxy, there was a hidden place which was known as the ‘Formless Mass Before Creation’ in some of the scriptures. Zhuangzi named that place as ‘The Village of Nothingness’. There were also some sages who named the place as ‘Taixu’ or ‘the void’. Those who could entrust their spirituality at this place were the ones who had achieved significant accomplishments. There were even some who named this stage as detachment from the origins.


However, this was not a type of state. Just like a frog living at the bottom of the well. A frog is still a frog after getting out of the well but whatever it witnessed and wherever it definitely became different.
It was not necessary that he was considered to have already reached the State of Taiyi after being at this stage. However, if one was at the State of Taiyi, he could definitely entrust his spirituality at this place. Of course, there was also those at the State of Taiyi who chose not to entrust their spirituality here but all in all, the State of Taiyi definitely had the ability to do so.
It was said that The Three Pristine Daoist Masters had opened up the other side of Heaven which comprised thirty-three heavens at this place. There was also a myth about Amitabha opening up the Western Paradise and Buddha opening up the Vulture Peak at this place.
It was said that these supremely-detached people established these places just to guide and lead the deities with profound innate characters to the other side of Heaven, the Western Paradise and the Vulture Peak so that they would not face any more catastrophe.
Ever since Shen Lian started cultivating, he did not see anyone who could really reach the other side of Heaven, the Western Paradise or the Vulture Peak. Even the Qing Xuan star who had cultivated up to the state of heavenly immortals only transcended beyond the mortal world. To be frank, that was traversing the galaxy and searching for a breakthrough opportunity in the universe.
Although Shen Lian arrived at this place, he seemed to not feel the other side of Heaven, Western Paradise or the Vulture Peak. Maybe that was just a legend after all or that these places had already disappeared, just like how the two generations of Heaven Courtyard had collapsed, or even because there were some reasons which he failed to realize.
All these were not important to him. Shen Lian had also deeply understood that there was really nothing much to gain at this place because this place had nothing initially. Hence, if there was nothing, what could be gain from here? However, Shen Lian also understood that this was the safest place to be at. As long as nobody stripped his spirituality from here, it would almost be impossible for him to perish.
However, his thoughts could not stay here forever. Otherwise, it would be diluted by the surrounding non-existence and assimilated together.
Hence, he had a sudden thought and arrived at the Netherworld.
A new yet strange feeling sprung up involuntarily