Chapter 452: Long Time No See
In the icy expanse of the cosmic void, brilliant streaks of white lightning flashed by in an instant, shattering the constraints of space and transcending the limits of the universe, reaching speeds that defied conventional understanding.
Even the renowned Floating Light Boat, which is said to possess the swiftest speed in the Celestial Desolation Realm, falls short compared to the velocity of Lu Heng's ethereal light.
Although the display by Lu Heng may seem no more than a fleeting glimpse of ethereal light.
However, the ethereal light propelled by heavenly thunder reaches a speed that defies conventional understanding.
Upon Lu Heng's shoulders, the slumbering white dragon appeared fatigued and uncertain about how much longer it could endure. Lu Heng must swiftly depart from this barren and depleted starry expanse devoid of spiritual energy.
After more than seven hundred years of enlightenment, he had unknowingly surpassed the limits of the innate realm and dispelled all the mysteries within the heavenly palace.
Inside the world of visualization at present, Lu Heng can wander freely without any obstacles.
Furthermore, amidst a faint aura, the essence of the heavenly palace began to manifest around Lu Heng. With a single thought, a majestic and grand celestial palace emerged within the boundless sea of stars.
A colossal celestial gate, towering above the stars. Vast palaces and pavilions stretch across the expanse, amidst the celestial congregation.
At the moment when the heavenly palace appeared, the entire starry universe shook violently, and space trembled madly. This vast, empty, icy and silent celestial realm was unable to withstand the arrival of the heavenly palace, and the immense star domain was on the verge of collapse!
Lu Heng immediately dispelled the celestial phenomenon, thus averting the horrifying sight of the star domain's destruction.
This heavenly palace… is actually capable of manifesting in the mortal realm?
Moreover, it seems to possess some kind of mighty divine authority?
Unfortunately, within this boundless sea of stars, Lu Heng is unable to unleash his abilities, for the consequences would be unimaginable.
Carrying the slumbering little white dragon, Lu Heng continued his flight towards the edge of the universe. The utmost priority now is undeniably to escort the Dragon Emperor away from this frigid star domain.
As for the mysteries of the heavenly palace, they shall be studied gradually in due time.
Carrying the ominous and terrifying thundercloud, Lu Heng swiftly traversed through the starry sea.
One after another, realms of stars were left behind by him, while one after another, pitch-black and desolate star domains were leaped over, yet the territory of the cosmic frontier remained elusive.
No matter how fast his speed of escape is, no matter how long he has been flying, boundless realms of stars continuously emerge ahead, one after another.
Eight hundred years… Nine hundred years… One thousand three hundred years… One thousand five hundred years…
In the vast expanse of the starry sea, time has gradually lost its meaning.
Within this expanse of the starry sea, Lu Heng has already been evading for an immensely prolonged period. Eventually, he has even become numb.
In such an extensive period of time, the only thing he can do is to fly, fly, and keep on flying.
Absorbing the heavenly thunder within the calamitous clouds and harnessing it to propel the glimmering escape light, swiftly traversing through the starry sea.
At the very beginning, after utilizing all the heavenly thunder within him, Lu Heng needs to rest for a period of time and replenish his energy in order to continue his evasion.
However, as time passed, he gradually learned how to absorb the surrounding power of calamitous punishment while swiftly evading.
Within the surging calamitous clouds, Lu Heng constantly replenished his own heavenly thunder, while simultaneously expending the heavenly thunder within him.
By the end, Lu Heng was able to simultaneously absorb the divine punishment within the calamitous clouds and employ heavenly thunder to propel the escape light, forming an exceptionally flawless cycle, no longer needing to worry about inadequate stamina.
However, even so, he still could not catch a glimpse of the edge of the universe…
This boundless starry sea, which has witnessed countless ages of existence, expands infinitely within the frigid depths of despair, having long since reached a terrifying scale that is beyond imagination.
Moreover, this incessant expansion shows no signs of halting even at this moment.
Henceforth, the distances between stellar domains will progressively grow more vast.
Until one day, the temperature of this stellar domain will decrease further and further, and all the stars in the universe will extinguish in the cold, becoming incredibly distant from one another.
In the end, the stars will fade, and all things will perish.
Not only devoid of vitality, but even the living beings that once existed in this stellar world will perish one by one, leaving no trace of life.
In Lu Heng's eyes, the stellar universe that gave birth to him appeared as a despairing and bleak world.
Not only devoid of vitality, but even the brilliance of the starry sky will eventually fade away and vanish after countless ages…
Within the vast stellar world, Lu Heng let out a long breath.
In front of him, there was a colossal black hole silently spinning. Its immense gravitational force devoured everything around it, including a brilliant star radiating luminous light and scorching heat, which had already been captured by the immense gravitational pull of this black hole.
Looking from a distance, within the sea of stars, a radiant spectacle unfolds. The material of the stars appears as shimmering ribbons of intense heat, continuously consumed by the voracious black hole in its ceaseless rotation.
Lu Heng's figure, penetrated directly through the blazing stars, traversed the surging stellar matter, and collided forcefully into the abyssal darkness of the black hole.
The tremendous gravitational force, upon capturing Lu Heng in an instant, was immediately repelled.
A black hole that could devour even stars, now easily dispersed by Lu Heng, causing the matter being swallowed within the black hole to erupt chaotically in all directions.
A brilliant radiance erupts within the sea of stars.
However, in the next moment, all radiance completely subsided.
The black hole, which had devoured countless years' worth of accumulated matter and energy, was fully compressed by Lu Heng into a tiny luminous particle, emitting a faint glow.
In the end, this luminous particle, bearing the entirety of a black hole's mass, vanished within the dormant body of the white dragon, granting her, who was lacking in spiritual energy, a slightly eased breath.
Indeed, this cosmic realm lacks spiritual energy, to the extent that the energy of a single star is even inferior to that of an ant in the Celestial Desolation Realm.
However, within the boundless expanse of the cosmic domain, there exist entities of even greater mass than stars.
Wherever Lu Heng's escaping radiance reached, stars were compressed, black holes were shattered, and ethereal nebulae were gathered… everything that could be collected and condensed into spiritual energy was fully utilized by Lu Heng.
Although unable to replenish the spiritual energy consumed by the Dragon Emperor, such a vast influx of energy can still prolong the time of the Dragon Emperor's demise.
Although the quantity of each instance may be small, the accumulation of a large amount is still considerable!
After all, this star domain is nothing but fragments of the carcasses left behind by the ancient deities who perished. Every celestial substance within the star domain is comprised solely of fragments from the corpses of these primordial beings.
Lu Heng had nearly exhausted all available resources in the pursuit of extending the Dragon Emperor's existence, until the very moment when both of them departed from the stellar realm.
However…
In the 3,200th year, as Lu Heng shattered hundreds of black holes at the center of a galaxy and infused all the condensed spiritual energy into the body of the Dragon Emperor, the little white dragon on his shoulder trembled ever so slightly.
Subsequently, the figure of Dragon Emperor Xiu Ya emerged within the cosmic expanse.
Within the pitch-black and frigid expanse of the cosmic void, the Dragon Emperor, draped in a majestic robe, had a complexion pale as paper, weariness etched upon her countenance, appearing so weak that even the strength to keep her eyes open seemed elusive.
However, she still managed to conjure a tender smile and said to Lu Heng.
"Brother Lu, it has been quite a while since we last met…"
