This is Swallowed Star, not Resident Evil.

Chapter 62 Refining the Spirit in the Void, Calling from the Void

Today, the Milky Way galaxy is located in a cosmic void 36 billion light-years wide.

According to observations, there are 13 similar large cosmic voids within the 936 billion light-year range of the observable universe.

So what causes large cavities?

The prevailing view is that a powerful force exists in the 'void' that pulls and tears everything apart, eventually causing them to drift apart. The two fundamental particles can no longer interact, and all objects will cease to exist... This is the Great Rip hypothesis.

After the emergence of the Immortal Path and before the establishment of the Immortal Alliance, there were three eras: the Space Age, the Ascension Age, and the Exploration Age.

During the Ascension Era, the "Star Core Ascension Method" first appeared, and the first batch of immortals were born.

They all use the core of a planet as their ascension target, making them a celestial being-like existence.

Later, the "Ascension Method of the Stars" appeared, and the "True Immortal" in the modern sense finally came onto the historical stage.

Although refining a star as the origin of a true immortal is extremely powerful, it also restricts the true immortals from continuing to advance.

First of all, two stars cannot be easily merged; it is too dangerous and would almost certainly trigger a supernova explosion, resulting in the destruction of the star and the death of all people!

Secondly, stars have a lifespan, but the greater the mass, the more violent the star's reactions, and the more powerful the energy it can release at the same time, but the shorter its lifespan.

Blue supergiant stars, 100 times the mass of the Sun, can be a million times brighter than the Sun. But the brighter they are, the shorter their lifespan... less than a few million years.

Some extreme cases may only be a few hundred thousand years.

And the Sun has at least 45 billion years of lifespan!

Therefore, after the establishment of the Immortal Alliance, each of the hundreds of billions of stars in the Milky Way had its own master...

As the era of silence began, countless powerful beings who had achieved the Great Dao but lacked immortal status set their sights on white dwarfs and neutron stars.

Some true immortals, not for power but for longevity, also coveted these two celestial bodies.

These celestial bodies have extremely high density and mass, dissipate energy slowly, and, most importantly, are stable!

Their existence spans hundreds of billions or trillions of years.

Although the energy output is low, the true immortals have created methods such as "one immortal with two stars" and "three stars" to balance energy and lifespan.

Thus, during a long period of silence, the "Tai Su Ascension Method" was created.

"Taisu" refers to the peculiar properties of matter under the high-density, high-pressure conditions of white dwarfs and neutron stars.

The very core of a neutron star is considered the most difficult place to refine, as it is filled with pure 'primordial matter'.

In order to create the "Tai Su Ascension Method", people began to study Tai Su matter. Among the many lineages of the Refining Spirit system, someone created the "Tai Su Refining Spirit Method".

Now, in this era of countless heavens, the most powerful group of true immortals has set their sights on the ultimate celestial body in the universe—the black hole.

Having conquered planetary cores, raging stars, and bizarre neutron stars, it is only natural that they would continue to conquer black holes, the ultimate celestial objects.

Then they encountered unprecedented difficulties.

The laws of space and time!

The core of a black hole—the singularity—is enveloped and protected by spacetime distorted to an extreme degree. Without exposing the singularity, it cannot be studied.

However, no one in the Immortal Alliance has yet been able to fully comprehend the laws of spacetime.

However, in the process of studying the laws of spacetime, people discovered the reason for the formation of the Great Void—the existence of the 'Void'.

It possesses immense energy, like the Silver Heart White Hole, one of the Immortal Alliance's ten super projects, whose endless jets of mass energy are directly drawn from the 'void'.

The "void" also seems to be a sentient and conscious entity that can tempt people's minds to change, making them no longer human.

The existence of the madmen in the "Church of the Void" is proof of this.

In short, the 'Void' is mysterious, hiding countless secrets, and incredibly powerful.

The "Great Void Refining Divine Method" is both a product of exploring the void and a tool for exploring the void.

If the "Void Ascension Method" or "Singularity Ascension Method" can be created in the future, the "Great Void Refining Spirit Method" will definitely deserve some credit!

"Once you understand the origin of the 'Great Void Refining Spirit Method,' you will naturally know how much effort and wisdom of true immortals and great masters have been put into it."

"It can be said to be the crystallization of the wisdom of the entire Immortal Alliance's cultivation factions."

At this moment, Ye Yang couldn't help but wonder, since the "Tai Xu Refining Spirit Method" exists, would the "Tai Xu Qi Refining Method" and the "Tai Xu Battle Body" also exist?

The Qi Refining and Body Tempering factions can't just sit idle, can they?

"Thinking about those things is too far ahead. Judging from the description of the first level of the 'Tai Xu Refining Spirit Method,' it seems that the first step, 'Resonating with the Void,' is extremely difficult. Of the 293 million geniuses who have been recorded as practicing the 'Tai Xu Refining Spirit Method,' more than 90% have failed to overcome this hurdle."

Whether I can take the first step is also unknown.

Ye Yang closed his eyes and gently stroked the inherited artifact with his divine sense.

In addition to the cultivation method information of the "Tai Xu Refining Spirit Method", the inherited artifact is also engraved with a wisp of ethereal energy.

Sensing the aura of this void with one's divine sense can help practitioners resonate with the void more effectively.

Because of his divine sense, Ye Yang's spiritual power in the world he devoured grew extremely rapidly, even much faster than his main body on the Immortal Alliance's side.

So a long time ago, he tried to extract a portion of spiritual power from the copy of the Devouring World and integrate it into his own body.

Furthermore, the nascent form of true meaning's self-awareness was: 'My spiritual power, Ye Yang's power, is formed by the fusion of mental power and divine consciousness!'

Therefore, under the influence of the nascent form of true meaning, the nature of Ye Yang's spiritual power in both worlds tends to be the same.

They are all special powers formed by the fusion of spiritual power and immortal consciousness.

However, due to the difference in the laws of the world, one is "quasi-divine consciousness + mental power" and the other is "quasi-mental power + divine consciousness".

Previously, when Ye Yang cultivated the Soul Imprint, this power bypassed the various restrictions of the secret techniques of the Meteorite Star lineage and successfully cultivated it... Now, when he cultivates the Great Void Refining Spirit Method, it has also produced a certain peculiar effect!

As Ye Yang sensed the aura of that void, he immediately activated the first level of his mental cultivation technique, his divine sense flowing... What he didn't notice was that each time his divine sense swept over that aura of void, the aura of void would weaken slightly.

It was swept away like dust.

Gradually, a layer of ethereal, void, and infinite aura appeared in Ye Yang's divine sense!

From an imperceptible place and in an imperceptible manner, certain imperceptible substances gradually merged into Ye Yang's soul.

In a hazy state, Ye Yang seemed to hear calls, but they were not the warm embrace of a mother calling her child, nor the tender embrace of lovers... Instead, they were empty, without thought, without joy or sorrow, without any emotion or meaning... but they possessed an irresistible attraction.

However, the next moment, the phantom of the miniature planet in Ye Yang's sea of ​​consciousness suddenly flashed!

This miniature planet should have been the core of Ye Yang's mental power and soul. However, this is the Immortal Alliance world, not the Devouring World, so the laws are different, and Ye Yang's nascent true intent is not very strong.

So it's just a phantom.

Even though it was just a phantom, it still had strands of mental energy flowing in and out, which had some influence on Ye Yang's consciousness.

At this moment, the phantom of the miniature planet suddenly flickered, exuding a sense of crisis. In an instant, Ye Yang suddenly focused his consciousness from that state of emptiness, inexhaustibility, and the imminent disappearance of his self!

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