Under the familiar control of the sandmen, the Devil’s Snare Ship sailed in the Storm Sea area with ease without encountering any obstacles except occasionally requiring Chen Rui to split the unavoidable hurricane along the way.
Chen Rui stood quietly on the deck while feeling the sea breeze. He was trying to grasp some wonderful insights brought by the power of nature between heaven and earth. This kind of insight was not found in the previous 2 times. Although Chen Rui’s strength had also increased, it was mainly because there were no tasks or urgent matters this time, so his mentality was particularly relaxed.
A Zen master once said that a calm mind was the foundation of enlightenment.
‘Law’ was actually the mystery of the power of nature that evolved the universe by itself. Chen Rui had now condensed the law rudiment. Under the ‘calm’ state of mind, facing this natural power, the understanding in his mind was very different than before.
By chance, he had touched the true origin of the destruction, but it was only a ‘touch’. The strength of all things in the universe could not be grasped by fantasy or illusion, but it required real comprehension’. As an amateur of history and sinology, Chen Rui clearly remembered that Chen Liang of the Southern Song Dynasty once said, “The Tao is in the world; what is not the Tao? It is the principles that are derived due to myriad of things and ways.” ‘Tao’ is not illusory and untouchable, not only it exists in all things in the universe, it also exists in daily life.
Although this is the system of the magical world and not the legendary xianxia world, the essence of power is the same.
The pursuit of ‘Tao’ is not only strength, but also more things. In the process of contemplating and experiencing, Chen Rui unknowingly entered a pure spiritual realm. Without activating the Evil Pupil or [ Deep Analysis], the surrounding scene turned into a colorful and special world in his eyes.
Heaven and earth were a cyclic universe force field which was filled with stars that were invisible. He was 1 of them, turning along his own trajectory. He was not simply ‘turning’ according to the effect of strength, but in the process of this rotation, he constantly comprehended the mystery of the entire force field and gradually integrated into himself.
Gradually, he seemed to have found some ‘contexts’. The breath around him began to change little by little.
A powerful hurricane appeared in front of the Devil’s Snare Ship. Under the surging sea water, the ship swayed more and more, and Chen Rui, who was in the spiritual world, still did not wake up.
The sandmen’s intelligence was not low. They did not disturb the master and just tried to control the ship in an attempt to bypass this dangerous wind area.
Strange things happened – the hurricane in front seemed to be twisted by a great power and it actually gradually shrunk before disappearing without a trace.
Chen Rui, who was unaware, did not notice these changes. He was still immersed in comprehending.
After a long time, the boundless universe gradually faded away.
Chen Rui let out a long sigh. Just now, it should have been a coincidence that he entered a subtle state of ‘enlightenment’. Even if he wanted to enter it deliberately in the future, he wouldn’t be able to do it. This epiphany harvest was not small as the rudiment of law had been further improved. If Chen Rui wanted to force a breakthrough, it was very likely that he would advance directly, but he wasn’t going to do that. During the training of the Star Tower, he fully realized the importance of the basic Star Power.
Now that he had the necessary conditions for ‘qualitative’ change, he only needed to further accumulate enough ‘quantitative’ change. When the time comes, he will become more powerful.
From a super-level point of view, kingdomized was just getting started. The more solid the foundation, the better. It would also be an important guarantee for the step-by-step improvement of the realm in the future.
Not only that, Chen Rui also wanted to use his understanding of destruction law to further comprehend the mystery of time law. Now he had realized that the time pause evolved in the previous 4-season territory was only a strength slightly higher than the territory level. It was not a real law which could also be said to be a kind of rudiment of law. If he succeeded, his strength would definitely get a further leap.
“We have already arrived?” Chen Rui asked in surprise when he realized that the Devil’s Snare Ship had already arrived at Storm Island.
The sandmen chief mate replied respectfully, “Captain, it’s been 2 hours since we docked.”
2 hours? Chen Rui was slightly surprised. He nodded, put away the Devil’s Snare Ship as well as the sandmen, and walked toward the island. He was quite familiar with the terrain of Storm Island, so he walked directly toward the canyon where the ‘Sky Wheel’ was located.
He didn’t encounter any disturbance of demon beasts along the way nor did he see the thunderbirds that often hovered in the air. Chen Rui felt a little strange. I didn’t exude any breath. How come these demonic beasts are all in hiding?
Chen Rui quickened his pace. A few hours later, he came to the basin where the titans often appear, but it was still empty. He had a bad omen.
When walking further, some exaggerated traces began to appear on the ground. It seemed that a fierce battle had taken place. Judging from the traces, the titans should have participated in the battle. The battle did not take place long ago, which was just a few days ago.
Chen Rui’s mind moved. He didn’t go directly to the canyon of the ‘Sky Wheel’, but groped along the traces of these battles. When he walked to a cliff, his ears moved as he heard a faint sound in the distance.
Chen Rui narrowed his eyes. This kind of sound is the roar of the titans plus several other sounds. The loudest one sounded familiar… His eyes suddenly opened. It’s the dragons!
This was an undulating mountain with huge black figures flickering giant wings in the sky. They swooped down or spit flames. There were densely packed small black figures next to the huge black shadows with very fast speed.