’So this is the Heaven and Earth after Vacuum Shattering?!’

Wang Xiao gripped the fragment of the Reincarnation Pool, his body shimmering with a faint golden glow.

Twenty years of relentless cultivation, day and night.

Today, he had finally achieved his tenth Limit Breaking, reaching the Realm of Vacuum Shattering!

His physical body had broken through to an entirely new Realm. Combined with his Gang Qi, he could shatter the barrier—the cage that separated all living things from the rest of Heaven and Earth—and enter a place of absolute vacuum!

The magnetic fields of Heaven and Earth, the flow of spiritual energy, the ley lines, and even the subtle, unseen workings of the world all flooded Wang Xiao’s consciousness.

With Wang Xiao’s current power, his Yin Spirit could pass through walls, travel underground, and turn earth to steel, all without leaving his body!

As for Moving Mountains and Filling Seas or Calling the Wind and Summoning the Rain, those feats were even more trivial.

All sorts of abilities that mortals would consider the work of Immortals were now easily within his grasp.

Wang Xiao knew this was merely the most basic application of magnetic fields.

As his Life Tier rose, he would be able to more skillfully wield the various forces and laws of Heaven and Earth.

He would be able to display all kinds of miraculous abilities!

For instance, Thousand Transformations, which allowed one to take on any form, or even Blood Rebirth.

These seemingly impossible abilities were, in reality, just a deeper application of the world’s laws.

After breaking through to Vacuum Shattering, Wang Xiao had a much clearer understanding of how to advance his Life Tier.

He felt the power of Vacuum Shattering as he sized up the surrounding space.

This was a Void Heaven and Earth. There was no dust, no air, no moisture—nothing at all!

Furthermore.

Wang Xiao could feel an immense, crushing pressure from this space, as if it were trying to expel his physical body!

If he hadn’t been borrowing some power from the fragment of the Reincarnation Pool, he likely wouldn’t have been able to stay here for long.

This was a truly dead and silent place!

’Heaven and Earth has two sides: Matter and Void. After reaching Vacuum Shattering, one can access the Void side!’

As his thoughts raced, Wang Xiao quickly came to understand the mysteries of this dimension.

For instance, the space where the Celestial Demon had been, the City God Temple, and the Underworld—they were all actually on the Void side.

The Subspace Watches used by the Ying Group in the Real World to store items were, in fact, another application of this Void Heaven and Earth.

When a Yin Spirit separates from its physical body, it also enters a state of Void.

That’s why, with the pull of an external force, it can easily pass through the world’s barrier and enter the Void Heaven and Earth.

’So this is the secret behind the Underworld’s Reincarnation. The Grotto Heaven that Zhao Yin became exists within the Void Heaven and Earth and is linked to this material world. By then leveraging the power of the Curiosity known as the Reincarnation Pool, it can make a Yin Spirit reincarnate!’

A flash of understanding dawned on Wang Xiao.

However.

Now that he could achieve Vacuum Shattering and had the fragment of the Reincarnation Pool, he could enter the Underworld in his physical body!

His Divine Thought swept out, instantly penetrating the Void Heaven and Earth to reach the material world.

Soon.

He ’saw’ Dragon Tiger Mountain, the entirety of Yangzhou, and even scenes from the other lands of the Nine Provinces.

’Do Zen Master Kong Ming and the others think I’ve achieved Ascension in the Daylight?!’

Wang Xiao looked down at the kneeling crowd and couldn’t help but smile.

Speaking of which.

His current state of Vacuum Shattering was indeed somewhat similar to the legendary Ascension in the Daylight.

However.

He knew it was merely a resemblance.

The Ascension in the Daylight that Zen Master Kong Ming and the others envisioned was an arrival in a completely new world!

But as for Wang Xiao, he was still within this world; he hadn’t left it at all.

He had merely crossed over to its other side.

’Ah, well. I’ll let them keep the dream. There’s no need to go back.’

Wang Xiao shook his head.

By now.

He had already been in this world for nearly 120 years.

The Book of Space-Time would probably be sending him back to the Real World any moment now.

There was no need for him to say goodbye to all his old acquaintances and disciples.

It was better to leave them with the dream and goal of Ascension in the Daylight.

Perhaps, many years from now, one of them might actually break through to a new Realm.

「Over the past twenty years.」

Wang Xiao had long ago dispatched Ji Chuchu and others to travel the lands and spread his teachings.

By popularizing his Martial Arts, he had opened up a new path for the people.

From now on, the common person’s path to cultivation would no longer be limited to just Incense and Layman’s Certificates.

As time went on, perhaps some extraordinarily talented individual might even be able to build upon the Martial Arts Cultivation he had taught and advance it further.

’I’ve done what I can. The rest is up to the destiny of this world’s inhabitants.’

Wang Xiao had already discovered that after twenty years of peace and recovery.

The world’s population had skyrocketed, now exceeding one hundred million!

The number of people practicing his Martial Arts was well over a million.

Unfortunately.

Aside from Ji Chuchu, Yan Zhiqiu, and a handful of others who had found success in their cultivation.

The rest had yet to make significant progress.

He didn’t dwell on it.

Wang Xiao activated the fragment of the Reincarnation Pool. Sensing a great, unseen city deep within the Void Heaven and Earth, he circulated his Gang Qi and shot toward it!

WHOOSH! WHOOSH! WHOOSH!

Wang Xiao could feel himself moving forward continuously, but there was no sound of wind. The scenery was completely uniform, with no change in any point of reference.

It was as if he were in the depths of the Cosmos, seemingly not moving at all.

However.

At a certain moment.

Wang Xiao suddenly heard a sound like a cracking eggshell.

And then.

DONG!

It was like a giant boulder had been dropped into water, sending massive ripples spreading out from his body.

In an instant.

Wang Xiao felt the scene before him change abruptly as an endless, rolling nether wind swept toward him!