Chapter 689: A Mysterious Fall

After Stu Xuan left, Ye Feng entered the Ultimate Martial Ark and stayed there for dozens of days without sleep, his mind filled with memories of the time he spent with her. When they parted, he thought they would never meet again, and as time passed, his longing gradually faded. Yet when they met again, it stirred up a tremendous storm in his heart, and he could no longer suppress his feelings. The long-hidden longing not only didn’t diminish but grew stronger, like wine that has fermented.

Stu Xuan’s final choice also wounded Ye Feng. Although he knew she was forced into marriage, she still made that choice even after he had shown his strength. This made Ye Feng wonder if she really had no feelings for him and merely saw him as an ordinary friend.

Early the next morning, Ye Feng arrived early at the agreed location with Xiahou Zhenghong and the others, ready to undergo a ten-day period of enlightenment. The troubles of the past had faded somewhat over time, and he had calmed down, ready for the enlightenment ahead.

The location for this enlightenment was still the giant tower where Ye Feng had received the rewards for winning the Genius Competition—the blessing from the Main Plane.

The difference this time was that the enlightenment was not broadcast to external audiences. In fact, even those present could see nothing. Unlike the Plane Blessing, enlightenment did not come with dazzling visual effects; it simply involved the practitioner sitting in silence, using their soul to comprehend the ways of the universe. Since this was invisible to the naked eye, broadcasting it was meaningless.

Once inside the tower, nothing inside was monitored by anyone else.

Ye Feng looked around and sat down in meditation once more. He was familiar with this place, as he had received the blessing from the Main Plane here just a few days ago.

After sitting down, Ye Feng took out the eight Sword Dao techniques from his Sky Ring, along with the nine types of Sword Dao powers. He was only missing the Fast Sword Dao technique, but he wasn’t worried about it, as it wasn’t rare among the Sword Dao powers. Once he reached the Void Realm, he could buy it at an auction if he was willing to spend money.

Just as the giant tower was about to activate, Qing Tian in his sea of consciousness suddenly contacted Ye Feng, “Young master, do you still remember what I told you last time—that this giant tower is my imitation?”

“Of course I remember. What’s the matter?” Ye Feng asked.

“Since it’s a replica, its internal structure is greatly simplified, but the basic principle remains similar to mine. Moreover, it’s an inanimate object without consciousness, so I tried to control it and was surprised to find it worked,” Qingtian said with a smile.
“Can you control this tower? Then can you help me extend the time for enlightenment?” Ye Feng asked eagerly.
“I can’t do that, as the time for enlightenment is set by the higher realms. This tower only serves to receive it. However, I can alter the speed of time inside the tower. In fact, the time flow here can be adjusted to a thousand times that of the outside world. But if I did that, it would surely be noticed by the authorities of the higher realms. So, at most, I can quietly increase the time flow here to ten times. Does the master want me to make the change?”
“Will accelerating time here speed up enlightenment?” Ye Feng was skeptical.
“Normally, accelerating time inside a treasure has no effect, but here it does. Although this tower is a replica, it already possesses some characteristics of higher realms. The enlightenment bestowed by the main realm cannot break certain rules of those higher realms.” Upon hearing this, Ye Feng was so excited he could barely stay still.
“Then hurry up and accelerate time!”
As soon as Ye Feng spoke, Qingtian took action. A faint glow began to emanate from the secret patterns at the base of the giant tower. Moments later, Ye Feng was enveloped in a white light. Almost simultaneously, the countdown for enlightenment inside the tower started.
Two days passed, and all eight sword techniques were mastered.
Another two days passed, and all eight swordsmanship arts were also mastered.
Another day passed, and all four martial arts techniques were mastered.
In just five days, Ye Feng had mastered all twenty techniques from the three categories he carried.
With time accelerated, 95 days remained.
During these days of enlightenment, the cultivators in Ye Feng’s miniature universe seemed to have achieved breakthroughs as well. Those who were previously stuck at the peak of the Mahayana stage all advanced to the Immortal level. In the miniature universe with the most Immortal-level cultivators, the number rose from over 900 to more than 3,000, while the smallest one also surged to 2,700 or so.
The final condition for creating the second realm was quickly met.
Ye Feng, who had originally planned to merge techniques, immediately shifted his focus to using enlightenment to construct the second realm, aiming to become a true expert in the realm of truth.

“Construct the second plane of existence.” Ye Feng sent his soul power into one of the miniature universes and began the process of evolution. The second plane of existence started to take shape rapidly. With the help of enlightenment, what would have taken hundreds of millions of years to evolve was completed in just about an hour. However, once Ye Feng withdrew his soul power, he found that his dantian had begun to crack.

“What’s going on?!” Ye Feng immediately panicked. The extent of the damage was such that even his own life force couldn’t repair it. In just a few breaths, his dantian completely collapsed, and the cracking didn’t stop there—it spread from his dantian to the rest of his body.

Ye Feng watched helplessly as his body was torn apart by some unknown energy, turning into fundamental particles and disappearing. And that wasn’t the end. After destroying his body, that strange energy seemed determined not to let him go and attacked his mind sea instead.

In just two breaths, his mind sea was conquered, and his soul completely dispersed after that.

“What exactly happened?” This was Ye Feng’s last thought.

A moment later, Ye Feng found himself in complete darkness again. He was stunned. “Where am I…?”

“You little fool, you’re here again?” A familiar voice, tinged with affection, filled Ye Feng with joy. He instantly recognized it as the Voice of Existence, meaning he had once again fallen into a non-existent place.

“Elder, we meet again…” Hearing the Voice of Existence, Ye Feng calmed down.

“You little fool, how dare you speak like that! How long has it been since we last met, and yet you die again?” the Voice of Existence cursed. “I gave you so many good things—not to let you keep dying over and over!”

“But Elder, I really didn’t do it on purpose this time…” Ye Feng was speechless. “I had no idea what was happening. I only saw my dantian collapsing, and then, in just ten breaths, I found myself here… Does the Elder know what actually happened?”