Cultivating for a hundred lifetimes to ascension-Chapter 628 - 388 Man’s Plans Can’t Compare to Heaven’s Plans

Seven days later, the sky was overcast with clouds, and the air was saturated with dense water vapor; a torrential rainstorm was imminent.

At this moment, across the boundless ocean, the sea breeze kept blowing, and waves rolled in constant tumult. A dense thicket of seaweed rose from undersea like a surging tide, extending as far as the eye could see, as if laying a thick "carpet" upon the ocean.

In an area submerged by the "flood" of seaweed on the sea surface, Zhao Sheng had transformed into an invisible body of seawater, undulating with the waves, his presence concealed to the barest minimum.

A moment later, a Floating Island rushed swiftly overhead, shrouded by a thick Array Light Shield. Numerous cultivators stood in wait at various points on the island, their murderous auras looming as they carefully surveyed the sea below, vigilant against any anomaly.

Hum!

Just then, a strange "noise" suddenly rang out on Zhao Sheng’s spiritual level, followed by an exceptionally powerful wave of Divine Thought that swept over the surrounding sea area from afar forcefully and steadily.

Zhao Sheng’s spirit entered into a state of void, cleared from thought, becoming one with the ocean itself.

Even a search by Nascent Soul-level Divine Thought wouldn’t expect to discover the "trick" in the undersea region below.

As the Floating Island hastened towards the distance, the wave of Divine Thought also moved away from this place, vanishing without a trace.

After a long time, the sea surface gently rippled, and Zhao Sheng suddenly disengaged from the Void Realm, his consciousness awakening anew.

He opened his eyes and, gazing through the colorful seaweed, looked up at the sky.

As time passed, the Wuzhou Sea became increasingly "lively," as if something inanimate was slowly developing a certain consciousness.

Between heaven and earth, an indescribable vast aura was slowly awakening, drawing ever closer to a critical point.

Being in the midst of it, Zhao Sheng couldn’t help but feel the surroundings becoming more and more "oppressive" and his heart growing heavier.

In his fifth life, Zhao Sheng had personally experienced the awakening of the Star God, but in this life, he was astounded to sense that this era’s Star God differed indescribably from that of the fifth life.

To offer an improper analogy, the Star God of his fifth life seemed like a highly curious "innocent" child, but in this life, the Star God was like one who had suddenly matured, entering adolescence, the Divine seemingly developed the unique "troubles" of a teenager, and the "pulses" emitted unintentionally even carried a touch of "melancholy."

Just like the accumulation of endless dark clouds over the Wuzhou Sea, it was as if it were a sign of anomalies between heaven and earth.

At this time, Zhao Sheng, just like the other eight individuals, was spread out over a thousand-mile radius of the ocean, only linked by a special token, unable to pinpoint each other’s location.

From a thousand years ago to the present, the Star Gate had opened more than a dozen times, but neither realm has been able to accurately predict the opening location of the Star Gate.

Even through Divination and Secret Techniques, one could only roughly narrow it down to an area several thousand miles across.

If the area where the Star Gate opens were mapped into a circle, Zhao Sheng’s current location was right on the edge of the Core Circle.

Zhao Sheng looked towards the northeast, and vaguely saw numerous "black dots" moving under the dark clouds at the horizon.

He was well aware that those "black dots" were actually Floating Islands, Floating Temples, Disc-shaped Boats, Fortresses, and other large Flying Magical Treasures.

On these large Flying Magical Treasures, the Ghost God’s army stood at the ready, waiting to clash with the "enemy" at swords’ point as soon as the Star Gate opened.

In a certain sense, each "clashing at swords’ point" was actually meaningless since the overall strength of the two realms was similar, and neither could realistically hope to surge through the Star Gate to reach the other’s home base, let alone entertain the thought of extending the flames of war to the Otherworld.

Therefore, the "war" that occurs every hundred years seemed more like a probing and venting exercise.

Amidst the war, the real significance lay in the ongoing struggle of infiltration and counter-infiltration between the two sides.

In Zhao Sheng’s view, the war between the two realms would continue to be a long-standing stalemate until one side ultimately fell.

This "world" war would last for a very long time, for so long that even he couldn’t perceive the slightest hint of its end.

...

As he silently waited, time flew by, and half a month passed in a blink.

On this day, after the Floating Islands had just completed their one hundred and ninth patrol back and forth, the long-awaited heavenly phenomena finally arrived!

Boom!

A surging tide of Spiritual Energy roared into the Void, waves of enormous Spiritual Energy billows accompanied by hurricanes swept across heaven and earth, majestic and unceasing...

Sensing a certain great consciousness slowly awakening that was beyond imagination, Zhao Sheng suddenly opened his eyes to see the sea’s surface violently undulating, countless seaweeds boiling with the giant waves, and suddenly releasing an unimaginable vast vitality.

At that moment, Zhao Sheng had a premonition and looked up into the sky.

Right then, the overcast clouds seemed to be torn apart by an invisible pair of hands from the middle, parting to either side as the clouds rolled away, revealing a clear and serene starry sky.

The myriad of stars shone brightly, like mysterious eyes gazing down upon all creatures of heaven and earth.

Even though he had been reborn through several lives, the sight still profoundly shook Zhao Sheng.

But he quickly composed his spirit, returning to rationality from his astonishment.

As the Spiritual Energy "Light Rain" began to fall from the starry sky, Zhao Sheng seized the moment and transformed into an undercurrent, swiftly crossing the boundary, infiltrating the Core Circle.

With the celestial phenomena unfolding, the location of the Star Gate’s opening became increasingly clear.

As Zhao Sheng acted, other hidden agents also utilized their Divine Skills, hastening towards the Star Gate at the greatest speed.

While the Light Rain of Spiritual Energy fell from the sky, becoming copious amounts of pure Spiritual Energy,

As two great consciousnesses transcended space-time, a grand and magnificent vortex suddenly appeared on the Heavenly Curtain, its diameter faintly extending over a hundred miles, the edges vibrant with colorful rainbow lights, while its center was a void of Chaos, dark and obscure.