Outside of Time - Chapter 1296

Chapter 1274 Chronicles of the Mother Planet

Within the spatial rift, atop the black glacier, upon hearing the Goddess Star Eyes’s mute words, Xu Qing’s expression darkened. He abruptly raised his right hand and grabbed at the air.

Instantly, the Goddess’s figure appeared, lifted by the neck and placed before him. He loosened his grip slightly, allowing her to speak normally, and then calmly said,

“Tell me what you know truthfully.”

Faced with Xu Qing’s cold gaze, and considering her experiences since her capture, as well as the methods of the Mud Fox, the Goddess Star Eyes’s defenses had long since crumbled.

She understood that concealing anything would be of no benefit, so after a brief silence, she spoke in a low voice,

“Everything here matches my understanding of a mysterious place… the primordial mother planet of the Fourth Star Ring.”

“Continue,”

Xu Qing said calmly.

The Goddess’s voice echoed.

“The so-called primordial mother planet is said to be the birthplace of the first deity within the entire Fourth Star Ring, long before the distant past.”

“Legend has it that before this primordial deity, the Fourth Star Ring had no gods; it was only with His formation that gods came into being.”

A glint of malice flashed in Xu Qing’s eyes.

The goddess, swept by this gaze, trembled inwardly. After a moment’s hesitation, she continued,

“This theory is far removed from the present. I only heard about it from my father, and the gods of the Fourth Star Ring don’t entirely agree with it.”

“This concerns the origin of gods. We can only say that the primordial mother planet is one theory of the origin of gods.”

The goddess quickly explained.

“Say something you can be certain of!” Xu Qing’s voice turned cold.

The goddess nodded hastily.

“One thing is certain: a deity in the throes of divine decay, before their divine body withers away, will sense the call of their mother planet. They will then drift through the cosmos, following a specific trajectory, like fallen leaves returning to their roots, to arrive at their mother planet.”

“However, this return process is untraceable and unknowable, so for countless years, very few deities have known the location of their mother planet.”

“Only death brings them here.”

Xu Qing suddenly spoke upon hearing this.

“Divine decay?”

The goddess hesitated, but still revealed the secrets belonging to the gods.

“Below the level of True God, deities do not possess the concept of immortality. Only after becoming a True God and possessing a True Name can one achieve immortality.”

“However, this immortality only refers to the True Name, not the divine body. The divine body, regardless of whether one is a True God, will naturally decay over countless years.”

“Ultimately withering…”

“They are then guided back to their home planet. After dying there, those deities without True Names become nourishment, while for those with True Names, the home planet acts like a womb, nurturing new divine bodies.

Thus, the True Name is guided, like a rebirth, completing the resurrection.”

“This process is slow, and it is also one of the rules of True God resurrection.”

Xu Qing frowned upon hearing this.

“This is inconsistent with my understanding of resurrection!”

the goddess quickly explained.

“That’s because there are two ways for gods to revive: one is to return within their own dead bodies, and the other is through a divine summons. However, both of these can only revive gods who haven’t suffered divine decay, such as those who died in battle…” “

And for those whose gods have decayed, the only path is to be drawn to their home planet,”

the Goddess Star Eyes said softly.

Xu Qing seemed thoughtful. This was the first time he had heard of the Goddess Star Eyes’ description, but recalling the resurrections of true gods he had witnessed, they were indeed all those who had died in battle.

However, Xu Qing had doubts about the truth of this matter and asked the Mud Fox in his heart.

But the Mud Fox, as an acquired god, had not reached the level of a true god and did not have the noble status of a goddess, so it was also ignorant about this matter and

could not give a correct answer.

So after thinking for a while, Xu Qing pointed to the black glacier below with his left hand.

“What are those strange beings under the glacier?”

“They are primordial monstrosities…” the Goddess Star Eyes immediately said.

“The Primal Abominations are unique life forms on the Mother Planet. They are born by devouring divine corpses, are part of the Mother Planet, born here, die here, and ultimately form new divine bodies.”

Xu Qing narrowed his eyes, pondered for a moment, and then spoke in a low voice.

“Can Primal Abominations leave the Mother Planet?”

The Goddess shook her head.

“In my knowledge of the Mother Planet, I have never heard of any Primal Abominations leaving, nor have I ever seen any Primal Abominations outside.”

Xu Qing was silent for a long time before suddenly speaking.

“Is it only in the Fourth Star Ring that the Primal Mother Planet exists, or is it in all thirty-six ascending star rings?”

“It is in all of them.” The Goddess whispered.

There was nothing left for her to hide, even though this information was a divine secret, rarely known to those below the True God level, only those at the True God level could vaguely sense it from their bloodline.

And she, because her father was the God Emperor, knew more comprehensively.

“Then how to leave this place?” Xu Qing’s eyes narrowed with a cold light as he looked into the Goddess’s eyes.

The Goddess trembled and shook her head rapidly.

“I don’t know… I only know this isn’t a place for the living…”

The goddess had something unspoken in her heart; she was endlessly perplexed by Xu Qing’s presence here.

Xu Qing frowned, about to continue questioning.

But then, a scene that shocked him appeared.

The goddess before him, perhaps having been here a little too long, was showing signs of aging, a decaying air about her.

At the same time, the exclamation from the mud fox reached Xu Qing’s mind.

“Young Master, I feel my body weakening, my divine source is disappearing!!”

The goddess also sensed the change within herself, trembling with fear in her eyes.

“It’s this primordial mother planet absorbing and decomposing all life that comes here!”

Xu Qing immediately checked himself, finding nothing amiss. He glanced at the terrified goddess and asked again,

“Are you sure there’s no way to leave?”

The goddess trembled even more, desperately trying to recall what she knew, but ultimately found no answer.

Seeing this, Xu Qing waved his hand, taking the goddess away. He then looked around, monitoring his own divine source while analyzing the information he had gathered.

“The original mother planet…”

“Suspected birthplace of the first god of the fourth star ring.”

“It is the place where all the gods and spirits return…”

“The living cannot come here… So what is the purpose of the Immortal Venerable’s teleportation here?”

“Also… those so-called source abominations are extremely similar to the thing inside the captain’s body. If what’s inside the captain’s body is truly a source abomination…”

Xu Qing fell silent. He had long suspected the secret of the captain, but even now, he still didn’t understand much.

Now was not the time to ponder this matter, so Xu Qing looked up at the sky.

“Regardless of why the Immortal Venerable teleported me here, for me, finding a way to leave is the key!”

“And I tried the bronze door of that temple before, but I couldn’t leave through it.”

“Then, let’s see if there is a way to leave above the sky.”

Thinking of this, Xu Qing’s body flickered, heading straight for the sky.

His speed was astonishing, whistling through the void, constantly approaching the high sky.

Time passed.

But the sky here seemed infinitely vast, and no matter how Xu Qing ascended, he was still in mid-air.

Unable to reach the end.

As for the earth, even as Xu Qing ascended, all he could see were black glaciers, seemingly boundless.

This scene made Xu Qing’s heart sink.

“At my speed, I should have already flown out of a universe by now.”

“But here, I’m still in mid-air!”

Xu Qing murmured to himself, while simultaneously noticing that the weakening aura emanating from the Mud Fox and the Goddess Star Eyes was intensifying.

Xu Qing ignored the Star Eyes, but he transferred some of his own source essence to the Mud Fox to alleviate its weakening.

Then he pondered.

“It’s not about altitude; the longer you stay here, the stronger the weakening becomes.”

After making this judgment, Xu Qing increased his speed and sped off again.

But this time, not long after, Xu Qing’s body suddenly stopped, and his pupils contracted.

A chilling feeling suddenly erupted in his heart like a tidal wave, and at the same time, a bone-chilling coldness surged through his body. It

was as if every inch of his flesh and blood, every wisp of his divine sense, was emanating a sense of danger.

This feeling came from the endless sky above.

It was as if if he continued to ascend, he would encounter unimaginable terror.

“I can’t continue!”

Xu Qing’s mind raced, and his body suddenly plummeted until he reached a certain altitude, at which point the terrifying feeling dissipated.

However, his mind could not relax in the slightest, because a new crisis had appeared for him at this moment.

Following the Goddess and the Mud Fox, the source essence within Xu Qing’s body had also begun to disappear!

Upon discovering this, Xu Qing’s face darkened.

Although the rate of disappearance was not fast, and the source essence within Xu Qing’s body was quite abundant after absorbing the black fleshy ball from the secret realm,

this loss was something he could not stop no matter how he sealed it.

The Mud Fox, noticing that Xu Qing was also losing source essence, was also anxious.

“Young Master, the loss is getting faster and faster, at this rate…”

“I know.”

Xu Qing replied, his body blurring as he hurtled towards the glacier below, his speed reaching its limit, creating sonic booms that echoed in all directions.

The place he went was the very spot where the true god’s corpse that had fallen from the sky had landed.

A short time later, a massive, half-sunken divine corpse came into Xu Qing’s view.

This was the same corpse Xu Qing had seen earlier, now half beneath the glacier and half above, slowly sinking.

This sinking didn’t cause the glacier to break; it seemed to merge with it, strangely seeping in.

Even beneath the glacier, a large amount of primal energy could be vaguely seen, devouring it.

In the instant he approached, Xu Qing didn’t hesitate, raising his hand and pressing down, his eyes flashing with silver light.

The next instant, a faint source essence was drawn from the true god’s corpse, surging forth to replenish the source essence lost by him and the mud fox.

This source refining method was none other than the Profound Netherworld Refining God Technique!

“Indeed…”

Xu Qing murmured, a silver light flashing in his eyes.

—This

is the update for the 4th.