novelraw Chapter 283 - 282: The Truth of the Sky Black Hole
Chapter 283 - 282: The Truth of the Sky Black Hole
Beneath the starry sky.
Qin Yang stood on the ground, gazing up at the stars in the night sky. A sense of curiosity began to well up inside him.
"What is beyond the black holes?"
It was a question their predecessors had never been able to answer.
Could the answer be revealed today?
"Qin Yang, you must know this, right?
A thousand years ago, this world had no Power of Stars. Our Human Race ancestors were just ordinary people, their frail bodies no different from those of wild beasts."
Meng Tianxuan continued their earlier conversation, his hands clasped behind his back as he spoke slowly:
"But at some point, unrecorded in any history, nine black holes appeared in the sky! The vast Power of Stars leaked out from within them, blessing the very foundation of all living things. Gradually, the first Star Martial Artists came into being."
"Over the thousand years that followed, a single spark started a prairie fire that spread for thousands of miles. People used Guiding Methods to continuously refine this raw Power of Stars, which has led to the stable state of Cultivation we have today."
As he spoke,
Meng Tianxuan looked at Qin Yang and said, "The achievements you and I have today are all thanks to the wisdom of our predecessors..."
"Alliance Leader, did you invite me here just to talk about history?" Qin Yang found a large rock to sit on and said leisurely, "I already know all of this."
’After all, I skimmed through the world’s history books back when I used to slack off in the library. I might not know all the minute details, but I’m at least very clear on the fundamental direction of history!’
"But what does this have to do with your Venerable Alliance?"
Qin Yang frowned. "What exactly are you trying to say?"
"Hehe, don’t be so anxious, Young Master."
A smile played on Meng Tianxuan’s lips. "Aren’t you curious? Why would the Power of Stars spill out from within these black holes?"
His leisurely words were light, but coming from him, they constantly stoked one’s curiosity.
"Just say what you have to say, Alliance Leader."
Qin Yang’s brow furrowed. He pursed his lips, then stood and brushed the dust from his backside. "If you keep being so cryptic, I’m leaving."
As he spoke, he postured as if to leave.
He was about to walk away.
"Patience, Young Master Qin!"
Seeing this, Meng Tianxuan dropped the powerful aura he had painstakingly built. He hurriedly raised a hand to stop him, a sense of urgency in his voice:
"What I said just now was trivial, just a reminder... But what if I told you that behind these nine black holes lies a connection to another world... Qin Yang, would you believe me?"
As his voice fell,
"Fifty-fifty, I suppose."
Qin Yang sat back down on the large rock. "Keep talking. I’m listening."
"Good."
Seeing Qin Yang settle back down, Meng Tianxuan stopped being cryptic and explained, "In that unknown world, the Power of Stars is dozens of times denser than it is here on Earth Star... I imagine your Heaven-Blasting Gang Leader has also reached the Celestial Venerable Realm. I don’t know if he’s ever told you this."
Meng Tianxuan paused for a moment before continuing:
"Once we reach our level, it is nearly impossible to break through any further. No... to be more precise, the Celestial Venerable Realm is the absolute peak for all Star Martial Artists!"
"The highest you can go is the Celestial Venerable Realm?!"
Hearing this, Qin Yang’s heart trembled!
’If Meng Tianxuan wasn’t lying, then didn’t that mean the upper limit of power in this world was sealed by this shackle?’
’For one’s entire life, it would be impossible to even touch the threshold of the Divine Venerable Realm?!’
’In other words, from the very beginning, the Celestial Venerable Realm was an unsolvable dead end...’
’There was no path beyond the Celestial Venerable!!’
"So that’s how it is..."
Qin Yang’s thoughts raced, and his scalp tingled. He couldn’t help but look up at the sky. "Isn’t there a solution? We should go straight to the source.
Since we don’t have enough Star Force, can’t we just break through to get more? The world behind the black holes... it should have plenty of Star Force, right?"
"Indeed. The Young Master is as brilliant as they say."
Meng Tianxuan nodded slightly. Following Qin Yang’s gaze, he too looked up at the black holes in the dome of the sky.
"In the world behind those black holes... *They* are nourished by the Power of Stars without restriction. Many experts far beyond the Celestial Venerable Realm emerged long ago.
But to *Them*, members of our Human Race are no more than ants or pigs! Our entire lives, we do nothing but enjoy the scraps of their Star Force..."
"Scraps of Star Force?"
Qin Yang’s brow tightened. The more he heard, the stranger it sounded.
’Is he implying we’re being raised like livestock?’
"Then what about these black holes?"
Qin Yang looked at Meng Tianxuan and said in a low voice, "Don’t tell me these nine black holes leaking Star Force are actually some kind of transport channels?"
As his voice fell,
CLAP! CLAP!
A crisp round of applause rang out.
"Truly worthy of being the future Gang Leader of the Heaven-Blasting Gang. You understand with just a hint! I enjoy talking to clever people like you. It’s effortless."
Meng Tianxuan clapped in admiration, then raised his hand and released a dazzling Star Force, which formed into an image. "Qin Yang, watch this."
Within the image,
a group of blurry humanoid figures seemed to be standing before a towering altar, writing and carving inscriptions. They held strange Magical Artifacts high, performing a ritual toward the nine cavernous black holes in the sky. Myriad streams of starlight flowed in reverse, piercing the Celestial Curtain and creating a magnificent, spectacular scene.
"This is part of the truth that I’ve finally managed to piece together over the years from the secret records of the Venerable Alliance."
Meng Tianxuan looked down at the image of Star Force, his fingertips tracing patterns in the air as he slowly explained:
"A thousand years ago, a powerful race in those black hole worlds was observing the void and accidentally discovered the existence of Earth Star... This place was full of undeveloped land, its people like ants, but it possessed many Exotic Earth Treasures that *They* lacked.
A weak Human Race and rich, fertile lands.
Driven by such interests, how could *They* resist? And so, one day, this tyrannical race opened the black holes, using them to shatter the barrier of space and time. And then..."
As he spoke, Meng Tianxuan looked at Qin Yang. "You should be able to guess the rest.
After the channels opened, powerful experts from that Alien Star’s race were transported here..."
"Experts from an Alien Star?"
When Qin Yang heard this, his heart skipped a beat.
He was shocked once again!
His mind was buzzing. This explosive truth was relentlessly shattering his worldview!
’Channels... black holes... powerful members of an Alien Race...’
’I never thought this was how the black holes came to be!’
’And I’ve been watching them expand, inch by inch, every day.’
’Doesn’t that mean those powerful members of the Alien Race are about to arrive?’
Qin Yang fell into deep thought. Looking at the black holes in the sky again, he felt a chill run down his spine, and the hair on the back of his neck stood on end.
For ages, both in history and in folklore, the black holes had been seen as a blessing from the heavens. They were beautified with countless titles like the "Celestial Gate," the "Spirit Realm," and the "Dome of Penglai." Many Star Martial Artists even saw them as a path to ’ascension,’ the ultimate realm where one becomes an Immortal!
’But now, look at this! What was supposed to be a perfectly good path to immortality... and you’re telling me it’s a channel for an Alien Race?!’
But then, a new question suddenly popped into Qin Yang’s mind!
"Alliance Leader, if there are these experts from the black hole worlds you mentioned, how come I’ve never seen any record of them?"