What lay at the end of the Landia Continent?
There was no vast ocean there, nor an endless starry sky, but only a massive barrier stretching across heaven and earth.
The so-called barrier was actually a flowing net of energy.
It towered into the clouds, extending left and right to the very edge of vision, forming an insurmountable boundary that completely isolated the entire continent from the outside world.
[You actually came to the end of the continent! If you are going to the Ruins Beyond the Boundary, please, please take me with you, dear!]
The Book of Sages floated in midair, its pages flipping rapidly without any wind, making a rustling sound.
Ning Busan asked, “Why are you so excited?”
[The Ruins Beyond the Boundary is a domain that even the Silver-Crowned God has not fully explored. Legend has it that it is the place where all things begin and end, harboring power that transcends rules and the ultimate truth!
Although I know almost everything on the Landia Continent, the existence of the barrier prevents me from peering into the mysteries of the Ruins Beyond the Boundary.
The Ruins Beyond the Boundary is an unknown domain beyond my reach. For me, this unknown is both a temptation and a torment.
As the incarnation of knowledge and wisdom, my mission is to record, understand, and pass down all truths!]
Ning Busan asked, “So, what does that have to do with me?”
[You are so cold, dear!]
The Book of Sages was almost disheartened, but Ning Busan's next words instantly cheered it up again.
Ning Busan said, “I do intend to go to the Ruins Beyond the Boundary.”
Outside the world was simply another world.
Just like Blue Star was within the Solar System, the Solar System within the Milky Way, and the Milky Way within the cosmic space.
The Landia Continent surely belonged to some star system as well.
[Are you really going to the Ruins Beyond the Boundary?]
The Book of Sages was excited for only a brief moment before immediately calming down.
[This barrier was set up by the Silver-Crowned God to prevent the xenos from entering the Landia Continent, so the outside must be fraught with danger.]
[Under the circumstances where you cannot guarantee your own safety, I really do not recommend you go to the Ruins Beyond the Boundary right now, dear!]
Ning Busan had a reason why he absolutely had to go to the Ruins Beyond the Boundary.
On one hand, perhaps he could find a way back home in the Ruins Beyond the Boundary.
On the other hand, he wanted to figure out where exactly the xenos came from.
As for safety?
Even though he was already a demigod now, he still valued his life very much!
Who knew what dangers lurked in the Ruins Beyond the Boundary?
He would never joke around with his own life!
Ning Busan took off the crown on his head.
He wanted to use the power of rules from this Crown of the Divine King to separate his consciousness and condense it into a clone to head to the Ruins Beyond the Boundary in his place.
As Ning Busan's consciousness began to resonate with the Crown of the Divine King, his body trembled slightly, and he couldn't help but hiss softly.
A sharp pain shot from the depths of his mind, as if his consciousness was being torn in half.
Gradually, his consciousness detached from his physical body, turning into an illusory figure that hovered in midair.
The figure looked exactly like Ning Busan, only more transparent, as if condensed from mist.
The clone opened its eyes, which gleamed with the same light as Ning Busan's.
The corners of Ning Busan's mouth curved up slightly into a satisfied smile, and he said expectantly, “Go...”
If his consciousness clone encountered danger, he could use the Crown of the Divine King to summon it straight back.
If there wasn't enough time to summon it back, he could just sever the connection directly, which wouldn't cause too much damage to him.
Ning Busan's clone passed through the barrier, slowly drifting toward the void.
However, the scene in the void caused his heart to suddenly contract, as if squeezed tightly by an invisible hand, halting even his breathing.
From Ning Busan's perspective, he saw densely packed xenos attacking the barrier protecting the Landia Continent.
The xenos' attacks were completely irregular, yet each one precisely struck the weak points of the barrier. More and more cracks appeared on the barrier like a shattered spiderweb, threatening to completely collapse at any moment.
It was teetering, yet exceptionally resilient.
Ning Busan murmured softly, “So that's how it is...”
This barrier did indeed block the xenos, but cracks had already appeared on it, allowing the xenos to descend upon the Landia Continent through them.
When the barrier shattered completely, the xenos would swarm in and entirely conquer the Landia Continent.
To repair the barrier, one could only use the rules of creation.
The current Ning Busan could not do that yet.
Only when he obtained the authority of creation and reached the strength that the Silver-Crowned God once possessed would he be able to mend these cracks.
Just as Ning Busan was about to summon his clone back, he suddenly discovered something interesting.
Rules flowed within the void.
Here, he saw the veins of the rules, seeing how they intertwined and how they operated.
Since he was already here, he couldn't let it go to waste.
Ning Busan closed his eyes, absorbing the power of rules within the void, beginning a session of cultivation that yielded twice the results with half the effort.
Even Ning Busan himself didn't know how much time had passed, but his understanding of the rules gradually deepened, and he even began to forge a deeper connection with the rules in the void.
He could perceive that the void was not a place of dead silence, but was composed of countless intersecting lines of rules. These lines were like rivers, flowing with the power of time, space, matter, and energy.
Yet the existence of the xenos was like filth in these rivers, distorting the flow of rules.
Ning Busan tried to follow the traces of the xenos' existence to trace them back to their source.
A certain existence seemed to sense something, suddenly opening its eyes as its gaze pierced through the void, staring directly at Ning Busan's consciousness.
Ning Busan felt an unprecedented sense of pressure and abruptly severed his connection with the clone.
Without any hesitation, he discarded it with extreme decisiveness!
Ning Busan cursed softly, “What on earth was that just now?”
It felt like he was being stared down by something dark and damp!
It really made his skin crawl!
Honestly, Ning Busan felt a bit depressed right now.
He had originally thought he could find clues to go back home in the Ruins Beyond the Boundary, but he hadn't expected such a terrifying existence to be there.
Seemingly, the road home was still far and out of reach.
Moreover, the xenos might very well have been created by that fellow.
Before Ning Busan could fully digest everything he had just experienced, the Book of Sages suddenly vibrated wildly.
It didn't ask Ning Busan what he had seen in the Ruins Beyond the Boundary, because something even more important had happened.
[This is bad!]
“What's wrong?”
[The God of Light and the God of Darkness are about to start fighting!]
“Ah?”
Ning Busan felt that this was a bit sudden.
[Just now, the God of Light led the angel legion and launched an attack on Hell!]
Ning Busan's figure vanished instantly.
He was going to watch the fun from the front row!
But why was the God of Light the one to strike first?
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