The moment he stepped into the obelisk, Luo Kai's thoughts drifted. This was a wondrous power of law that was trying to change the past in his consciousness and the future that was set in the near future. But now, his thoughts were no longer affected by any power.
His soul burst out with dazzling starlight, and a huge spiritual force field blocked all external forces from invading.
With a thought, a spiral star pattern in the shape of a black and white yin yang fish appeared on his forehead out of thin air, as if he had a third eye.
He vaguely saw a line of words, but he did not know if it came from the future or the past. In the four-dimensional world, you can create the future, but you can also create the past!
Time resumed its flow, and the scene changed. His body suddenly sank and directly hit the ground. All kinds of sensory information from his body swarmed into his consciousness, including unfamiliar memories.
Now it was as if he had stepped from the real world into a bit of reality in an illusion, and then from this bit of reality into another illusion. There was nothingness and nothingness, and nothingness gave birth to nothingness.
He stood up. He was now on a huge mountain that was floating in the starry sky. The countless stars in the starry sky seemed to be within reach. Around him were huge continents that were also floating in the starry sky. There were people who were either riding on flying swords or some unknown disc-shaped flying device, shuttling between the huge continents.
This was the Nine Extremes Gate, or rather, the Nine Extremes Gate that existed in some sort of dreamland.
Memories flashed in his mind. The Nine Extremes Gate was a cultivation sect that focused on the Way of Mathematics. Its doctrines and ideas were spread throughout the entire universe, preaching order and justice. It was a first-class superpower. Now Luo Kai was in the Nine Extremes Dojo, a cultivation dojo in the spiral arm of the Milky Way, called the Taixuan Dojo.
The Taixuan Dojo was composed of countless islands of various sizes, with seven huge islands as the center. It was in accordance with the Big Dipper Technique and spread outwards. The entire Taixuan Dojo was wrapped in a formation called the Grand Array of Stars, which existed in the spiral arm of the Milky Way for a long time. It governed one-fifth of the Milky Way, including the solar system of the Earth Star.
Luo Kai called Little Vajra in his mind, but there was no response. His powerful spiritual power had disappeared without a trace in this world. Not only his spiritual power, but also his five senses had become extremely dull. Even his mind's eye that could see through all things was lost. His strength was gone, and he had returned to being a mortal.
He walked to the side of a small river and looked at his own body through the reflection in the river. It was a young man with delicate features. This was his character in the Endless Phantasmal Calamity. Was he going to relive a certain experience of the Nightmare Devil God?
His current body was a disciple of the Taixuan Dojo, named Yaoyang. The Taixuan Dojo recruited disciples all year round, and after training, they would be sent to various planets and civilizations to preach their doctrines. The Taixuan Dojo was very strict with the recruitment of disciples, even to the point of being harsh. They only recruited purebred humans who were more than 70% pure. They needed to trace their ancestry and verify their bloodline. After confirming that they were purebred humans, they would arrange for an interstellar transmission device to be sent to the Taixuan Dojo to participate in the introductory training. And this body was a disciple who had just arrived at the Taixuan Dojo … He also came from Earth.
While he was pondering, a crescent-shaped boat flew in the sky. On the boat stood two old men wearing dark gray robes with the pattern of yin and yang fish. One of the old men said to Luo Kai, who was by the river below, "What is your name, and why are you stopping here?"
The two old men's hair was as white as snow, but their skin was as white and tender as a baby's. There was an inexplicable force field rippling all over their bodies. Luo Kai could not help but be stunned.
The old man who spoke was very displeased with people like Luo Kai who looked a little silly. He said impatiently, "The Qiuling Peak is undergoing the disciple test. Go and test quickly. If you delay, you will be expelled." After that, he disappeared on the flying boat.
Although Luo Kai had lost all of his powers, his four-dimensional perception was considered to be an ascension of the spiritual level. He was not affected by anything. He could feel that there was a powerful force field in this world, and it was obvious that these old men in Daoist robes could use this force field.
He closed his eyes, calmed his heart, and carefully sensed it. The degree of completeness of this world was much higher than that of the Desire Realm. It was almost no different from the real world. He could clearly smell the fragrance of the grass, the wonderful touch of the breeze, and the ubiquitous elemental energy. He could even faintly feel the same majestic pulse deep in the earth.
After a while, he looked up at the stars in the sky that were almost within reach. While searching the memory of this body, he walked towards the Qiuling Peak mentioned by the old man.
The Taixuan Dojo stood in the vast and boundless space, as if it was transformed by a group of meteorites. It quietly revolved around a huge star. A transparent light film wrapped around the dojo. Not only did it isolate the chaotic radiation in the universe, but it also made the entire Taixuan Dojo like a fairyland. Strange flowers and rare animals from all over the universe were kept in captivity on each of the starry sky islands. To be precise, this was a fairyland.
At the foot of a towering mountain peak, a large group of people dressed in all sorts of clothes were gathered. Some of them were wearing mechanical armors that were overflowing with light, looking extremely sci-fi. Some of them were like beggars, their clothes shabby, their hair unkempt. Of course, most of them were like Luo Kai, wearing white robes that were not too eye-catching.
Luo Kai stood at the edge of the crowd and carefully combed through his memories. The people in the crowd wearing mechanical armor clearly came from a very advanced civilization, but the level of civilization of the people in ragged clothes was not bad either. The only difference between the two was that the path of civilization was different, and there was no difference in superiority. The people in ragged clothes respected a philosophy that rejected foreign materials, so they did not care much about their clothes and other foreign objects.
The Nine Extreme Dojo naturally highly respected the Way of Mathematics, which was also the materialism, but it did not reject the Way of the Mind. It was an extremely inclusive and developed civilization of the Way of the Immortals.
A flying boat landed on the square, and two old men in gray robes came down from it. One of the old men with a long beard said to the crowd that had all gathered below, "I am Zhang Ze, one of the directors in charge of recruiting disciples in the Taixuan Dojo. Those from the Earth Star, please stand on the left, and those from other derived star regions, please stand on the right."
There were obviously a lot more people from the Earth Star, about two-thirds of them. According to the recruitment requirements of the Taixuan Dojo, it meant that the human bloodline of the Earth Star was purer.
Luo Kai also stood on the right. He did not know what era the Earth belonged to, but according to the way human history divided dynasties, the Earth could be divided into five "eras" since its formation. From ancient times to the present, they were: Archean, Proterozoic, Paleozoic, Mesozoic, and Cenozoic. Some eras were further divided into several "epochs", such as the Paleozoic, from the distant to the recent, was divided into the Cambrian, Ordovician, Silurian, Devonian, Carboniferous, and Permian.
The Mesozoic was divided into the Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous; the Cenozoic was divided into the Third and Fourth Epochs. This was the crudest division of the Earth's epochs. Compared to the billions of epochs on the planet, he and the human civilization he came from were too small.
Zhang Ze then said loudly, "Okay, next I will test your physique. When the light magnets enter your body, do not resist!"
After that, a small mirror the size of a palm appeared in his hand. He waved it gently at a young man in the front row, and the small mirror immediately emitted a silver-white light that shrouded the young man.
After a while, the old man said to the recorder beside him, "B-class water attribute physique, mediocre level of body refining, medium level of intelligence development, and 70% purity of bloodline."
Zhang Ze's inspection speed was extremely fast. Soon, it was the turn of a seemingly old man, and the small mirror flashed again.
"Well … C-class wood attribute, about eight years of lifespan left, but the bloodline is quite pure, eighty percent human."
The old man who was being tested was surprised. "This thing can see my remaining lifespan!"
Zhang Ze smiled proudly, pointed at the small mirror in his hand, and said, "This is the 'Divine Mystery Mirror' of the Taixuan Dojo. Not only can it detect your aptitude and lifespan, but it can also identify some lurking demons and ghosts!"