Chapter 2695: Chapter 2695 - 2696: Seventh-Rank Wu Yilang
Without a doubt, this White Bone Saint is certainly Ancestor Xingtian.
As for how he escaped the constraints of the black hole to come to this world.
Xue An had already found the answer from the incredibly vast information that Ancestor Xingtian had imparted to him.
In fact, the reasoning is very simple. The real Xingtian never left the black hole, and the White Bone Saint that appeared in the outside world was merely a manifestation of his thought.
Perhaps when the black hole was operating, there was an almost imperceptible flaw that allowed one of Xingtian’s thoughts to escape and take the form of the White Bone Saint in the outside world.
But if that were all, it wouldn’t take long for this thought to be washed away and eroded by the omnipresent spiritual energy.
The only way to prevent it from being obliterated by spiritual power and the Heavenly Dao Laws is to protect it with the power of faith.
To put it simply, this is just like those deities on Earth who achieve their status through incense and offerings.
By developing followers and increasing the power of faith to maintain their own immortality.
However, what a person Ancestor Xingtian is! Even though his earth-shattering abilities were firmly bound within the black hole, a mere thought that sneaked out held tremendous power.
You must understand that achieving status through incense offerings sounds simple, but it’s not easy.
After all, followers are not fools. They worship you and provide you with a continuous stream of sincere faith because they want you to provide them with protection.
This is especially evident in the cultivation world.
To put it bluntly, it’s essentially an equal exchange. You give me the faith power that I need, and I will provide you the corresponding shelter and abilities.
If one party cannot fulfill this, the transactional system will collapse instantly.
Especially in the cultivation world.
Because cultivators are inherently extraordinary beings and extremely realistic, asking them to sincerely believe in you is much more difficult than developing ordinary mortals.
But the White Bone Saint did it.
Not only did it, but did quite well.
At least during the first few centuries, it continuously accumulated followers through various means, and at its peak, temples dedicated to it could be found throughout many starry domains.
The immense power of faith nourished its strength, continuously elevating it.
If development continued in this way, it was very likely that the White Bone Saint would become a second incarnation of Ancestor Xingtian.
In that case, the fate of many people would be rewritten.
Unfortunately, everything halted at the most critical moment.
Because the prosperity of the White Bone Sect finally caught the attention of those high-grade fiends, and under their strong intervention, the White Bone Sect quickly declined.
As for the White Bone Saint, it shattered and fell under the hands of several top-level beings, causing the White Bone Sect to languish and eventually disappear into the dust of time.
But it wasn’t the end; there were still some people secretly worshipping the White Bone Saint.
Even though the number of people was decreasing, the faith never ceased.
For example, today, the small White Bone shrine that Ren Ning went to worship is one of them.
The reason Ren Ning worships the White Bone Saint is that at the time, the Ren Family was also one of the White Bone Saint’s followers.
Later, when the White Bone Saint fell, the Ren Family quickly switched allegiance to a major figure, thus averting disaster.
Logically, in such a situation, no one in the Ren Family should continue to worship the White Bone Saint.
But this Ren Ning is a very... very unconventional woman.
She came across a booklet by chance, which detailed the past of the White Bone Saint.
After reading it, she was moved by this tragic deity and secretly resolved to follow the White Bone Sect.
Therefore, this time, she secretly ran here, hiding it from her family.
What Xue An had just been contemplating were these details, and because Xingtian had imparted so much and such complex information to him, even with Xue An’s divine sense intensity, he needed to operate at full capacity to avoid being overwhelmed by the ocean of information.
That’s why he seemed a little dazed to Ren Ning just now.
After sorting everything out, a faint smile appeared at the corner of Xue An’s mouth.
His Ancestor Xingtian sure knows how to create a fuss.
Even though his true form was trapped in the black hole, he still didn’t remain idle and managed to stir up such a situation.
If those fiends hadn’t noticed early, he might really have succeeded.
Thinking of this, Xue An took a deep breath.
And at that exact moment, the carriage beneath him rose into the air, flying high into the sky.
They had left that barren land, and the journey ahead would be much faster.
Xue An watched the gray sky outside the window as brilliance flashed in his eyes.
There is no doubt that the world he was in now was the high-dimensional world after traversing the black hole.
But contrary to expectations, this so-called high-dimensional world didn’t seem much different from the Multiverse and Sky Beyond the Skies.
Similar mountains and rivers, similar starry cosmos.
But Xue An knew there were definitely differences.
For example, the space durability of this world was far beyond the Multiverse and Sky Beyond the Skies.
Xue An had even tested it secretly, and with his full-force strike, the space only trembled slightly, with no cracks appearing at all.
If it were the Multiverse or Sky Beyond the Skies, a single strike would shatter the space.
Simultaneously, Xue An vaguely felt that the energy ceiling of this world was also far higher than that of the Multiverse.
As for what other differences there were, Xue An hadn’t detected them yet.
In addition, the ability hierarchy of this world was quite strange.
It wasn’t like the Multiverse and Sky Beyond the Skies but followed a system similar to official ranks for naming.
For example, the lowest, similar to the Immortal King realm in the Multiverse, was called Colonel, belonging to the ranks of ninth grade.
The slightly higher level of the Minor Treasury was akin to the later stages of the Immortal King, and the next higher level, the Martial Arts Commandant, was like the Immortal Emperor.
It continued in this manner until the highest rank of the Supreme Pillar of the Nation, which surpassed the level of the Saint or even the Grand Supreme.
However, whether such an existence actually existed in this world was still in question.
The most common high-level battle power in this world was generally the fifth-grade Capital Commandant.
As for one level higher, the fourth-grade Great General was an absolute major figure.
The earlier engagement troubling Ren Ning was caused by the son of a Great General.
And this Great General is merely a minor presence.
This also shows that the hierarchy of this world is far stricter than that of the Multiverse.
After all, in the Multiverse, there are many instances of challenges beyond one’s level, but in this world, it is rarely heard.
This is because the hierarchical gap in this world is far more significant than ordinary people imagine.
As Xue An carefully arranged the information, Ren Ning finally couldn’t help herself.
"Hey, what’s your name?"
"Didn’t I tell you? I am the White Bone Saint!"
"Tch, stop lying. With your strength, at most equivalent to a seventh-grade Wu Yi Lang, how could you be the White Bone Saint? Be honest, tell me your real name!"