Chapter 1015: True Destined Voyager
Ye Ziling slowly grew accustomed to the intermittent stops and continuations. After allowing fear to enter her heart, nearly causing her to scream out for the sweet release of this trial, she began to systematically ground this fear to dust and convert it into motivation.
She hunkered down and began to sense the world around her, exerting wisps of spatial force to gather whatever she could. The feeling of her spatial force entering chaotic space, being dragged and converted into it, caused her several painful headaches that elicited a stifled groan. However, she gritted her teeth and persisted.
Wei Wuyin shrouded himself within the chaos, utilizing his Grand Convergence's uniquely granted ability—Spatial Merging. Not only could he integrate with fixed space, but he could do so with chaotic space as well. The ability was far more profound than simply hiding, as Wei Wuyin could merge two aspects of space, such as chaotic and fixed, and generate multicolored spatial light that resembled the Stellar Transit Light, also known as the Rainbow Bridge.
If he pushed stable and chaotic space, he could slowly generate a Chaos Realm. While this would be extremely time-consuming and heavily reliant on vast reserves of power, it was within his means solely due to Spatial Merging. The name 'Grand Convergence' was called such because it is the convergence of all things within the Law of Space, a supreme resonance.
While in this state, Ye Ziling was unable to perceive his existence. Even with her fingers tightly wound around his robes, clutching for dear life, and her face buried within his broad chest, to her it was merely a surface that felt unimaginably comfortable. This comfort helped her think clearly amidst her panic and fear.
Ye Ziling was a legitimate talent; she acclimated to the winding speed, using her spatial force to gradually anchor her position. While she hadn't stopped the spiraling, twisting, hurtling momentum of this world, she reduced its speed by a considerable degree. Each time she attempted it, the danger lessened, reflecting her proper usage of spatial force to interact with chaotic space.
After the fifteenth hour, her usage of spatial force was enough to ensure that, at the rate of Wei Wuyin's deliberate increase of speed, she wouldn't be in any danger of dying. She heaved a sigh of relief. If she stayed alive for thirty full hours, the gate should appear, and she would have officially passed.
But Wei Wuyin wasn't going to allow her an easy time. She merely grew accustomed to using spatial force to regulate her internal spatial stability, not fully grasping the profundities of chaotic spatial powers. So he decreased his support.
Ye Ziling wailed at the sudden spontaneous increase, her spatial force insufficient to stop! Her heart quivered fiercely. At this paste, she'll become bloody mush in a few hours. Abject terror once again enveloped her mind, yet her former success invigorated her psyche enough to calm down.
However, she felt her spatial force bottom out a mere forty minutes later. She was gasping for breath, her head resting snugly on the hard object supporting her, and her hands gripping the soft, heated fabric. With labored breathing, she felt her limit be reached.
Wei Wuyin could tell this was a result of an insufficient reserve of energies. While her cultivation foundation was certainly higher than the average Chosen of the Grand Cyclic Stellar Region, it wasn't enough to sustain herself for this voyage.
Ye Ziling knew her limits, so she was about to announce her surrender, allowing Liu Suyin to bring her out of here alive. Since she survived ten hours, she would still qualify to elevate her sect status to a Wandering Destined from a Spiritual Destined, similar to rising in status from a Mortal Dust Disciple to Sky Noble in the Myriad Monarch Sect. This was enough to satisfy her. More than enough.
After all, there were so few of them to exist in the sect already. She felt extremely thankful to Wei Wuyin for it all. Just as she opened her mouth to proclaim her surrender, a cool stream of pure energy entered her mouth. Her eyes widened abruptly as it poured into her dantian.
°What is this?° She was shaken as her Astral Soul began to, with extreme ease, convert it to astral force. She didn't refuse such a gift, thinking that it might be the reward for lasting this long, and accepted it all!
With this newfound boost equivalent to a second wind, she began to exert her spatial force to stabilize herself once more. She soon discovered that the large flow of energy was extremely thick and rich. She could barely accept it all using her throat. However, within it was faint wisps of chaotic spatial energy that nestled inside her meridians and dantian, slowly allowing her to perceive it in a natural state.
She felt as if this was an extremely fortunate event!
By the twenty-second hour mark, Ye Ziling had grasped a bare minimum of chaotic space, allowing her to use her spatial force to not simply stabilize herself, but her immediate surroundings. She established a footing during the two-minute pauses.
By the twenty-fourth hour mark, Ye Ziling was capable of stopping herself for roughly two seconds. It was a painful type of stop, and extremely brief, but it was a stop! This was a sign of control in a world of chaos!
By the twenty-ninth hour mark, Ye Ziling was no longer in danger of dying, even if Wei Wuyin no longer supported her. She had grasped control of ambient chaotic spatial energy using her spatial force, an exceptional feat! She had signs of being a true genius, merely needing the right support and opportunity.
Wei Wuyin ceased his assistance, both energy, and bodily support, and allowed Ye Ziling to persist for the final hour alone. And with a tough, unyielding expression, she did it! When the thirtieth hour came, a gate emerged. Unfortunately, Ye Ziling might have grasped stability in chaos, but her perception was still unable to pierce through the veil of chaos. Despite Wei Wuyin being in front of her the entire time, her eyes transfixed on his position sometimes, she was unable to sense him in any capacity.
Wei Wuyin wryly smiled. A single step, for now, to establish the foundation for every step after. With that mentality, Wei Wuyin grabbed Ye Ziling's slender arm and brought her into the silver vortex.
The final voyage, the Voyage of the Wanderer, was now completed!
Outside the tower, all the surviving members of the voyages kneeled behind Liu Suyin. Despite their varying levels of success, only a few had defeated looks, most wore relief with pride. This was their third attempt at the Trial of the Three Voyages, and they were all Destined, and surviving was enough.
WENG! WENG! WENG!
Suddenly, pillars of silver lights erupted throughout the City of Endless. The Destined all looked up, their eyes all widening with gaping mouths. What?!
The pillars of silver light pierced through the heavens, releasing bursts of scintillating light across the skies that interconnected with each other in a profound formation. It was a terrifyingly beautiful sight to behold from below, enough to seize the heart in amazement. The lights all funneled towards the Solar Star in the sky after reaching a certain point, gradually increasing its radiance until it became three-fold!
Liu Suyin's eyes struggled to maintain their signature detachment from all of the typical emotions. In the depths of those pupils, flickering bursts of emotional intensity were piercing through. Since witnessing Wei Wuyin merge with chaotic space, her heart and mind had never been calm.
"A True Destined Voyager! A True Destined Voyager has APPEARED!" A Destined shouted. It was the first of many, many shouts. All saying roughly the same thing: the True Destined Voyager has arrived!
After a long while of impassioned commotion, two figures exited the tower's gate. When they did, the gathered radiance of the Solar Star above concentrated, temporarily increased its brightness by another three-fold, an absolutely blindingly terrifying brightness, and then released a booming burst of light that shot downwards!
Wei Wuyin and Ye Ziling were stunned stiff. They felt a gargantuan rushing force approach them from above as if a cataclysmic might of heaven-rending proportions was descending on their heads! Ye Ziling could only stare bafflingly at the radiance, her eyes were blinded instantly, becoming a misty silver color. Wei Wuyin, on the other hand, was getting alerting vibes that this was it!
This was the beginning of his over 3,000 Karmic Luck Fortune!