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"Looking for my disciple, of course," Long Shiya said gloomily.
He hadn't been slacking off during this period. First, he had traveled around personally, seeking out reliable powerhouses across the continent to collaborate with. Then, communicating remotely through the Academy Network, he distributed the tasks. These Heavenly King stage powerhouses were then responsible for opening up channels further down.
Descending layer by layer, a relatively complete system had already been formed.
To achieve this step in just half a year, Long Shiya's capability was one factor, but it was largely due to the rules of this world itself. Strength was revered above all else, and with the Heavenly Energy realms as a clear dividing line, tasks naturally trickled down through the established hierarchy.
The efficiency of this method was incredibly high.
After fulfilling most of his duties for the Academy, Long Shiya supervised the ongoing work while simultaneously searching for his yet-unapprenticed disciple, Zhou Weiqing.
He had rushed to the Heavenly Demon Sect in the Eastern Extreme Lands and found traces of Zhou Weiqing. However, he learned that Zhou Weiqing had somehow mastered a spatial teleportation ability and slipped away from the Heavenly Demon Sect's grasp. Despite multiple search parties sent out by the sect, they had all returned empty-handed.
Having gathered clues from the Heavenly Demon Sect that Zhou Weiqing was accompanied by a Divine Heavenly Spiritual Tiger, Long Shiya decided to come to the Wan Beast Empire, planning to search for him at the Snow God Mountain.
He also remembered what Su Wen had told him--that the Bound Jewel Zhou Weiqing fused with might have a complementary relationship with the Divine Heavenly Spiritual Tiger. Only then would there be hope of attempting to fuse the four great saint attributes. Therefore, his goal was clear: he intended to head straight to Xue Aotian to inquire about it.
He never expected to run into Su Wen halfway there.
Su Wen was left speechless after hearing about Long Shiya's experiences.
Was Zhou Weiqing's experience really this fantastical?
How did it sound even more exaggerated than in the original story?
In the original plot, Zhou Weiqing at least followed a normal progression, having a growth phase in every region. But according to Long Shiya, Zhou Weiqing had tossed and turned quite a bit over the past year.
Or rather, he had been tossed around by circumstances.
"I remember Zhou Shuniu intended to arrange for him to study in the military for a period of time. How is it that it hasn't even been two years, and his military service is already over?" Su Wen asked, puzzled.
Long Shiya sighed.
"I didn't know about that. Before the Academy Network was opened, I visited the Heavenly Bow Empire, and Zhou Shuniu told me that Zhou Weiqing had gone out to cultivate on his own. It wasn't until I reached the Heavenly Demon Sect a short while ago that I found out the sect's people had discovered Zhou Weiqing's demonic attribute, so they wanted to bring him back to the sect."
"The Heavenly Bow Empire is currently at war, and behind their enemy stands the Bai Da Empire. Behind the Bai Da Empire, there are traces of the Heavenly Demon Sect."
"Previously, it seemed that because Tang Xian lived in seclusion in the Heavenly Bow Empire, it deterred the Heavenly Demon Sect. They never sent anyone to infiltrate the Heavenly Bow Empire. But after Tang Xian left, the Heavenly Demon Sect naturally began their infiltration very quickly, which led to them discovering Zhou Weiqing."
Su Wen was at a loss for words.
These chain reactions sounded simple when spoken aloud, but there must have been many other accidents in between that caused Zhou Weiqing to wander from place to place.
"Senior, if nothing goes wrong, you should be able to find your disciple smoothly on this trip."
Long Shiya's eyes lit up.
"You sensed Zhou Weiqing's location?"
Su Wen nodded.
"I sensed the restriction I left on that kid. It is indeed in the direction of the Snow God Mountain."
"Great! Let's go, quickly, we're heading to the Snow God Mountain right now." Long Shiya stood up immediately, prepared to take Su Wen and leave.
Su Wen rolled his eyes and sat cross-legged directly on the ground.
"What's the rush? It's not like that kid can run away."
About a month had passed since he broke through to the twelfth tier of Heavenly Void Energy.
Now, Su Wen could already feel the opportunity for a breakthrough.
That's right, he was about to break through to Heavenly Dao Energy.
The twelfth tier of Heavenly Void Energy was already the pinnacle of perfection. There were no subdivisions like early, middle, late, or peak grand perfection within the twelfth tier.
There was only the massive threshold of Heavenly Dao Energy.
"You're about to break through?" Long Shiya was surprised.
On second thought, he felt it was only natural.
Indeed, Su Wen was originally a Heavenly Emperor. If he was cultivating anew, even if his Heavenly Energy had to be accumulated bit by bit, the threshold of Heavenly Dao Energy was merely an understanding of the Heavenly Dao. For a Heavenly Emperor, this wasn't actually a hurdle. Therefore, the chasm from the twelfth tier of Heavenly Void Energy to Heavenly Dao Energy wasn't that immense for him.
He didn't know that Su Wen wasn't actually a Heavenly Emperor, and this was also Su Wen's first time breaking through to Heavenly Dao Energy.
"The gap between this Heavenly Jewel plane and the Douluo Star is quite large."
As the breakthrough drew near, Su Wen's perception of the Heavenly Dao became increasingly clear, allowing him to feel the 'rules' permeating between heaven and earth.
This conflicted with his initial philosophy of cultivation.
In his past understanding, he did not believe that the operation of the universe was supported by a set of source program codes. The so-called rules, the so-called Dao, were actually just the inherent laws of the universe itself.
Arriving here, he had heard the term 'Heavenly Dao' multiple times, and Su Wen had developed doubts regarding this aspect.
The Heavenly Dao channeled by the Six Ultimate Heavenly Dao Array had been explained by him as a sort of world will, similar to the will of a Plane Master naturally born from a plane.
However, now on the verge of a breakthrough, Su Wen had to face this conflict head-on.
Because currently, he could no longer adhere to his past path and deny the existence of rules.
He could truly 'see' those rules within heaven and earth, sensing the profound mysteries within them.
In this plane, rules existed.
Then what about on the Douluo Star?
"Was it because my realm was too low in the past, so I couldn't sense the existence of rules?" Su Wen began to doubt himself.
There was no helping it; his current perception was not an illusion but very tangible. Furthermore, by comprehending the rules, Su Wen had indeed gained many insights, even feeling that his Visualization World had become more complete as a result.
Taking a deep breath, he temporarily suppressed this thought in his heart. Su Wen focused first on comprehending the rules to perfect his Visualization World, while simultaneously preparing to charge toward Heavenly Dao Energy.
This charge lasted for a whole month.
Illusory worlds flashed and overlapped around Su Wen's body, enveloping him within.
Long Shiya watched the materialization and gradual perfection of Su Wen's Visualization World, utterly shocked.
"Is this book his Form Manipulated equipment?"
The core of the Visualization World was a book--a book that encompassed everything and carried countless illusory worlds.
Under the scene of this book evolving into numerous illusory worlds, Long Shiya couldn't help but suspect that Su Wen had crafted his Form Manipulating Set into the shape of a book.
Who said a Form Manipulating Set could only form armor?
Perhaps, combining the Form Manipulating Set to form a book was also possible?
But how many pieces would this book have to accommodate?
Once this thought occurred to Long Shiya, he immediately began to analyze Su Wen's Visualization World.
"Divided by basic abilities, perhaps it could be categorized by different attributes, making it a nine-piece set. But is the book itself another form of expression for the Heavenly Jewel's equipment? That would make it a ten-piece set.
Also, looking at the different directions of evolution, if weapons, heavenly beasts, and astronomical phenomena were respectively used as Form Manipulated equipment, it would be too few."
In reality, Su Wen had indeed Form Manipulated a book.
However, this only occupied one of his Physical Jewel's Form Manipulating slots.