Walker Of The Blue Sky

Chapter 277: Ch 277: Source of Universe

Thread Manipulation Art is the ability to sense, touch, and manipulate the Threads of Life connecting all beings. This skill allows the user to repair damaged threads, strengthen fragile ones, or subtly alter their course. However, excessive interference can lead to unintended consequences, such as shifting the fates of many lives at once.

Emrys suddenly comprehended this ability out of nowhere which startled him, but he soon understood everything.

There was a reason why he entered that strange state and ended up with a marvelous skill to control and manipulate the threads of life.

It was because of Timeless Enlightenment Body and Bloodline.

This body and bloodline originated from Timeless Enlightenment Seed which used to be an Ethereal Guardian-ranked Treasure.

After spouting, it surpassed the rank of Ethereal Guardian.

It has to be known that Ethereal Guardian is a rank of treasure that surpasses the limit of a Cosmic Field. Such treasures can only be found in the Vast Expanse of Eternity.

As for treasure in a Cosmic Field, their ranks from lowest to highest are Empyrean, Soulbound, Heavenly Soul, Celestial Spirit, Celestial Destroyer, Mystery Descent, and Heavenly Mystery.

The Timeless Enlightenment Seed is a treasure capable of instantly putting a person into a state of profound enlightenment, so intense that waking from it becomes nearly impossible.

Previously, Emrys had fallen into such a state of enlightenment and went through a transformation that changed him completely.

Fortunately, Ling Xiaolong was there to awaken him. Without Ling Xiaolong’s intervention, Emrys might have remained trapped in that state for his entire life, unable to ever wake up.

After the transformation, Emrys’s True Space Body and Cursed Abyss Dark Body disappeared, being replaced by the Timeless Enlightenment Body. Emrys even suspected that the True Space Body and Cursed Abyss Dark Body were devoured by the Timeless Enlightenment Body, but he has no evidence to prove his point.

Even his Ice Pegasus Bloodline and Lightning Wraith Bloodline were replaced by the Timeless Enlightenment Bloodline.

After this transformation, he doesn’t need the Timeless Enlightenment Seed to enter the state of enlightenment. He can just directly enter that state. All needed was an opportunity to trigger either his body or bloodline.

Earlier, when he was looking at the Thread of Life of the middle-aged man sitting comfortably inside his Soul Spirit, the Chariot, he triggered the bloodline and entered the state of enlightenment.

The system just helped him simplify things.

It was Emrys who comprehended the Thread Manipulation Technique, but his comprehension was only at the early stage. The system helped him completely comprehend this technique to its peak instantly. The system also poured a lot of extra information related to this skill, as well as the mysteries of life, death, and fate.

From this, it can be seen that all Emrys needed to do was trigger either his body or bloodline and begin comprehending something; the system would help him fully master it, elevating his understanding to the highest level instantly.

This function of the System was unknown previously. If not for the current situation, Emrys would have never known that aside from showing him his information panel, the system was capable of doing something like this as well.

"It seems this system is not ordinary. Just what is Ling Xiaolong planning?"

By now, Emrys had already understood several things, including the unsettling truth that Ling Xiaolong held control over his life.

Yes, he was living his life with free will. He could decide his actions and make his own choices without interference. However, beneath this apparent freedom lay an undeniable influence, one that shaped the course of his existence without him even realizing it.

And this influence came from Ling Xiaolong.

It was Ling Xiaolong who captured a ray that had escaped from the Sun of Mysteries and gave it life. It was Ling Xiaolong who reincarnated him into "Emrys’s" body. It was Ling Xiaolong who bestowed upon him the Soulforge Prism Orb, the system, and the Timeless Enlightenment Seed.

It could be said that the majority of what Emrys possesses was given to him by Ling Xiaolong.

And one day, he would have to do something for Ling Xiaolong as well. That task would surely be of equal, if not greater, value than everything Ling Xiaolong had given to him.

Coming back to the present, Emrys suddenly understood everything about the Thread of Life. He also understood where that middle-aged man’s Thread of Life is connected to.

One end of the Thread of Life was connected to the middle-aged man’s soul and the other end was disappearing into the depth of void.

Actually, it was already connected to the Source of this Universe.

The middle-aged man wanted to use the source of the universe to not only recover his injured life force but also increase his strength by several levels in one go.

However, this is not a simple mission.

The middle-aged man was not a native of this universe; he hailed from Spiritarium. The first action he took upon arriving in this universe was to block the Ascension Gates.

Without the Ascension Gates, no one in this universe could make further breakthroughs or ascend to Spiritarium. Likewise, no one from Spiritarium could descend to this universe.

He directly cut off the path of ascension which resulted in an "interruption". This interruption was not just a simple barrier; it was a deep disruption that rewrote the flow of fate for the entire universe. With the Ascension Gates blocked, the fate of countless beings became stagnated. Opportunities for growth, enlightenment, and ascension were now beyond their reach. The delicate balance of this universe was disturbed, trapping its inhabitants in a cycle of stagnant power, as they could no longer aspire to ascend or connect with the higher powers of Spiritarium.

Just like that, the middle-aged man intertwined his own fate with the very fate of this universe. In a move that defied natural order, he used a forbidden and ancient technique to bind his Life Thread to the Universe’s Source.

By doing so, he began a gradual process of siphoning energy from the Universe Source itself, using it to replenish his own life force. This act was not without consequences, for the Universe Source was not meant to be used in such a way.

As his Life Thread was bound to it, every ounce of energy he drew from the Source came at a slow yet steady cost to the universe’s own vitality.