111 Beyond the Divine Rebirth
Sora/Shiro: ...What…?
Both of their thoughts froze and tried to register what he just said.
Xiao Qiangwei: Don't look at me like that, I don't know the details myself.
And then, Jibril came out from the floor as if she was intangible and said with an enthusiastic voice.
Jibril: Can I go too?!
The next instant; Lan Tian and Tet popped out from nothing and the former said.
Lan Tian: No.
Jibril: Aww…
Xiao Qiangwei: Master, I would like to ask you what do you mean with that.
Lan Tian: While I was waiting for you here I saw that there aren't really that many fighters at your level, so I decided to put you 6000 years in the past, where the Old Deus were the most active, and alive…
They are an excellent opponent for you, since they represent concepts, they are immune to your spatial and time manipulation, some of the weaker ones are around your cultivation level while the stronger ones can be probably beaten when you go all out.
If you stay here the entire time then you will get rusty, and I know you want to go to the 9 Legendary Circles soon, however, you are able to go only to the 4th Circle without getting easily killed.
I want a strong disciple, not a disappointment, after this training, I will talk with you again.
Sora: W-Wait, won't things change if he goes in the past?
Lan Tian: What do you take me for? An idiot? Obviously nothing will change, we are already in another timeline, even if Wei goes back in time, we will stay here anyway.
Tet: So… When do we start?
Lan Tian: Now.
Xiao Qiangwei: Eh?
Then Lan Tian pushed Xiao Qiangwei away, who stumbled inside a time rift that Lan Tian just created.
Xiao Qiangwei: FUUUUUUUUUuuuuuuuuu...
The time rift closed itself, and another one from the ceiling opened, from there, a naked Xiao Qiangwei fell down and crashed in the ground.
Steph: Eh?! So fast!?
Lan Tian: This is a time rift, you idiot, he already ended the war.
Tet: EH!?!
Xiao Qiangwei weakly stood up from the ground while taking heavy breaths...
[Moments ago, in the past]
In a burned land… The red clouds were covering the entire sky, it looked like it was night from more than a thousand of years, as if the sun never existed…
The ashes of the dead 3nd Exceed fell in the ground, completely burning the remaining parts of the nature, they looked like deadly, charming and aquamarine snowflakes…
In the sky there was a crimson dragon with a dark crimson giant magic circle over it's torso, it was intimidating and strong, not the normal "Strong", but Xiao Qiangwei level of "Strong", it was around the Immortal Earth 1st Stage, so even if it was strong, Xiao Qiangwei could easily do a clean job.
At the bottom, there was a wall made of mechanical beings flying in the sky, facing the dragon.
The two of them were from 2 different Exceed, the Dragons, and the Ex-Machina…
The dragon started to use a spell and pointed its head to the Ex-Machina, before releasing his attack.
However, the Ex-Machina's concentration was temporarily gone when a time rift appeared between the dragon and them, just right in the middle of the attack.
Xiao Qiangwei: ….uuuuuuuuuuuuuuUUUUUUUCK!!!!
From that time rift, Xiao Qiangwei came out and the time rift vanished, when he came out from the time rift, he immediately used his Immortal Senses around and saw a fire breath heading towards him, he was unable to use neither time or spatial manipulation because he was distracted from it.
Xiao Qiangwei: SHI-
He crossed his arms and before he finished to curse, the attack reached him and instead of continuing to the Ex-Machina, it flashed to the entire world before it exploded in the sky.
The explosion was so big that it reached the Ex-Machine too, however they managed to came out alive and ran away.
The dragon, with its remaining life force that was almost consumed in that attack, Far Cry, turned its head to fly away… But was stopped from a mighty pressure that forced him to turn his attention around.
Xiao Qiangwei: You… You fucking flying lizard…
Dragon: Someone's still alive?
The dragon flapped its wings and the smoke flew away, revealing Xiao Qiangwei with his bare torso and some heavily burned spot in his arms, which immediately repaired themselves, before he spreaded away his arms, revealing his glare.
Dragon: ...A human? No, a human can't fly… I was getting hungry, be proud to be my food.
Xiao Qiangwei: And here is my first opponent…
He swung his arm and a black blur came out, revealing World Piercer, he twirled it on his hands before he grabbed it with both of his hands. If he want to warm up it would be useless using his Privileges as a 5th Dimensional Being.
The Dragon would just drop dead if he knew that a human considered someone like him as a warm-up, but he, unknowingly of his death's time, flew straight at Xiao Qiangwei.
He covered his spear in Spear Qi, which glowed a bit, and then he shot straight at the incoming dragon with a blank expression, easily making a hole at the size of a car in its chest.
Dragon: Gah…!
Xiao Qiangwei: ...1st Fallen Spear: Ascending Spear…
Xiao Qiangwei turned around and saw the dragon fall down in the ground, dead… Then, he raised his head and looked at the sky, while the aquamarine ash, called "Elemental Bones", reached his body and disappeared, because they were too weak to damage him.
Xiao Qiangwei: This… This is…
He was surprised when he saw everything around a hundred thousand of kilometers with his Immortal Senses, this planet was bigger than Earth, so he was around half the way to cover it with his Senses.
Xiao Qiangwei: ...Shit, there is death everywhere… How did Disboard even get so peaceful!?
He swung his Spear, removing the blood from it before he tightened his hold on the spear and looked down, at the dragon corpse, with a smile.
Xiao Qiangwei: It was a while that I ate dragon meat, I would feel bad if he was a good beast… If I didn't get in the wrong dimension, I would have died right then… About cultivation ranks…
[Flashback]
Xiao Qiangwei was resting from the training he was taking with Lan Tian and asked curiously.
Xiao Qiangwei: Master, since you surpassed the Divine Rebirth, do you know what are the next realms after that?
Lan Tian: Yeah, there are only 10 stages.
Xiao Qiangwei: Eh?! So little!?
Lan Tian: Hah, don't underestimate them… The first stage is the "Universal God", in this stage, your power reaches unfathomable levels, nothing that is lower than Universal God can hope to hurt you, even if that was a heaven-chosen Genius with many different bloodlines.
However, there are two types of Universal Gods, I am the real one, because I have an inner universe, no… I have 49 of them now.
Then there is the "Dead Universal God", they are called Dead because they don't have any inner universe since it's already taken from another Universal God, so they get teleported somewhere out from the universe and just stay there, they are unable to cultivate, they are basically dead, yet still living.
After that, there are the 3 stages of the Infinite Earth, which transforms your Godly Qi in Primal Qi, they increase in quality and quantity, I can't describe the power you gain, but you will understand when you will reach that level…
Xiao Qiangwei: But…
Lan Tian: Don't worry, I will give you an Inner Universe so you can cultivate.
After the 3 stages of the Infinite Earth, there are 3 more stages of the Infinite Sky, this will give you more control of the Dao of the Divinity, and create something that you still couldn't do before… Create life from nothing.
Xiao Qiangwei's eyes widened in shock. Normally someone who uses the Dao of the Divinity, could distort space and time, reality and fiction… There was nothing they couldn't do, except create life from nothing, they could do it if they have a soul in their possession, but making one from nothing should be impossible.
And yet, Lan Tian, his master, could do it…
Lan Tian: Obviously you will get stronger the more you advance… After that, there is the Infinite Heaven, your body, soul, Qi, and power will take a drastic change, the difference between someone at the Infinite Sky and Heaven is like between a common mortal and you.
The next one is the Pseudo-Eternal Heaven. In this realm, you are able to absorb more than 1 Inner Universe, the more you take, the stronger you will become. However even a single Inner Universe can make a giant difference, each one of them increases your power exponentially.
Xiao Qiangwei: You said you had 49 of them…
Lan Tian: Yes, I am a practitioner of the Pseudo-Eternal Heaven… And then, there is the last one… The Eternal Heaven.
This stage is a bit tricky, first of all you can't cultivate to reach that stage.
Xiao Qiangwei: Eh?
Lan Tian: You heard it, you can't cultivate to reach that stage, you need at least 1'000'000 Inner Universes inside you to automatically reaching that stage. No one ever reached that stage the entire time.
But… Since there is that cultivation rank, it means that someone already reached it once… They can't possibly be killed, there is no more realm after that and I can confirm it, the Eternal Heaven is the apex… Honestly, I am not that eager to know how that person who reached it died or disappeared…
Xiao Qiangwei: Eternal… Heaven… In short, that is absolute power…
Lan Tian: Yeah, that is… And I will help you reach it, I swear it on my own life, that as your Master, I will make you reach the Eternal Heaven stage.
