In the pitch-black spatial black hole, time is utterly worthless. There is no day or night here, and Evan Chu has no idea how long he’s been sensing—how many times he’s endured the assault of astral winds—until only clusters of flashing light remain in his mind.
These flashing points closely resemble the ones formed by Chaos Dragon Force in his body, leaping and multiplying, until soon his entire mind is filled with nothing but these clusters of light.
This discovery shocks Evan. Only now does he truly realize how powerful the so-called Heaven-and-Earth power is. The Chaos Dragon Force in his body forms just a few points of light, but here in the spatial black hole, there are countless ones—like fireflies competing with the full moon, utterly incomparable.
He’s already succeeded in the first step, but Evan doesn’t rush. He knows everything takes gradual progress; now is the time to try communicating with these points of light and reach resonance.
With no clear method, he can only experiment slowly. Evan gently releases Chaos Dragon Force into the spatial black hole, then carefully observes the subtle changes among the points of light in his mind.
At first, the points of light inside the spatial black hole seem to repel the power within his Chaos Dragon Force. But as time passes, Evan notices the flashes from his Chaos Dragon Force gradually begin to merge with those in the black hole, forming larger clusters of light in his mind.
This discovery startles Evan. If he can grasp this subtle point of resonance, he’ll be able to master the use of spatial power—and his future strength will soar.
Suddenly, Evan feels as if he himself is just one tiny point of light—an insignificant existence among billions. Instantly, a natural insight into the mysteries of space rises within him.
At that moment, he opens his eyes. With a thought, his whole body shifts several meters away. The distance is short, but the speed far surpasses Shifting Position, and just now he couldn’t move at all except when the astral winds blew him. Now he can move on his own—an obvious leap forward.
Now he understands: the so-called mystery of space is actually merging oneself into space, uniting the Heaven-and-Earth power within it with the Stellar Power inside his body. The more Heaven-and-Earth power his Stellar Power can harmonize with, the more of that power he can wield.
Once you understand one thing, the rest follows. Evan feels a surge of excitement—before, when he flew, the Heaven-and-Earth power he borrowed was pitifully weak. He still doesn’t know how to channel this power into martial arts, but as long as he grasps the mysteries of space, it’s only a matter of time.
He then begins slowly sensing the Heaven-and-Earth power within the spatial black hole. Once he achieves resonance, he shifts his position—sometimes it takes dozens of minutes to reach resonance, other times just a few.
The distance covered varies—sometimes far, sometimes near—directly tied to the degree of resonance with Heaven-and-Earth power. Evan remains calm and patient, repeatedly sensing and comprehending in the pitch-black spatial black hole. Meanwhile, something shocking unfolds in Despair Valley of the Azure Tide Ruins.
After the sect tournament was halted due to Evan Chu tearing open space and creating a spatial black hole, all the sects departed one after another. But the next day, every person inside Despair Valley was found slaughtered—including the Ninth-Layer Divine Martial valley master.
Most of the victims died tragically—their bodies turned to dried husks, not a drop of blood left. Every woman had her heart ripped out. This inhuman massacre shocked everyone.
All the major sects began to take the matter seriously. This was not something any ordinary sect could pull off—only a truly formidable faction could leave no trace behind. Everyone pointed the finger at Dark Sanctuary, whose power had rivaled Freewind Palace for decades.
But Dark Sanctuary’s hall master produced solid evidence: everyone he brought to the tournament was with him at the time, along with the Bloodfiend Hall master, Mist Rain Pavilion master, and their disciples.
So the idea that Dark Sanctuary was responsible seemed impossible. For a while, the whole Azure Tide Ruins was thrown into confusion and fear, with many speculating that a new rising force had emerged, still unknown to the world.
Some said it was the Demon Clan’s doing—only the Demon Clan would drink human blood. But ever since the ancient war on the Divine Battlefield, no trace of the Demon Clan had appeared in the Azure Tide Ruins. If they’ve returned now, it means chaos is about to erupt once more.
Evan Chu knows nothing about these events. If he were present, he’d be shocked—these are the methods of a Demon General, proof that another Demon General has revived. Only a revived Demon General would need so much human blood to restore their body and power.
In the pitch-black spatial black hole, Evan Chu shifts his body hundreds of meters in an instant—this is his current limit. After countless cycles of sensing, he can now borrow Heaven-and-Earth power in a very short time. This isn’t flight anymore; it’s true teleportation.
Again and again, Evan practices this newly grasped teleportation. He notices that teleportation and Shifting Position have similar effects, though the latter is still faster and covers greater distances.
Gradually, he discovers there are massive boulders inside the spatial black hole, swept along by powerful astral winds. Once, while unfamiliar with teleportation, he crashes into one and sees stars.
He tries to split the stones with his Frostbane Sword, but they’re impossibly hard—his wrist aches from the impact. Given his current defense, that pain proves just how tough these stones are.
But it makes sense—the energy of the astral winds is terrifying. Anything not destroyed by them must be incredibly tough.
Repeated teleportation makes Evan more and more proficient. His sense of Heaven-and-Earth power is now second nature. But the stones in the air keep multiplying, and the astral winds grow fiercer.
With darkness everywhere, Evan dares not teleport recklessly anymore. He pauses in the black hole, ready to search for the spatial spirit vein Luna mentioned.
After a while, he still finds nothing. Evan asks Luna, the Sword Spirit, 'Sister Luna, where exactly is the spatial spirit vein? It’s pitch-black here—I can’t find anything.'
'You’re already close to the spatial spirit vein. These flying stones are part of it—just follow them and you’ll find it. I know it’s hard to teleport among all these stones.'
‘But this will train your teleportation accuracy. Remember how you fought the Blacksteel Beast in Weakwater of the Mermaid Kingdom? You relied completely on your senses. Keep it up, Evan—when you can dodge these stones perfectly, your teleportation will be fully mastered. This will benefit you endlessly in the future.'
Evan listens, his heart unable to calm for a long time...