Longevity Martial Arts: Starting from Inner Core Skill

The original Black Fog Spiritual World, which had appeared in the real world, could only be seen by Wang Sheng, and he could only see it.

It seemed as if it was right in front of his eyes, a mere Instant Teleportation away, yet no matter how he approached, the distance remained the same, forever unreachable.

Close at hand, yet far away at the world's end.

The Spirit World is a mysterious entity that exists in the present world but does not make contact with it, and Wang Sheng didn't know what this peculiar state was all about.

Just as he was planning to find a way to get closer, the Spirit World underwent another change.

The Spirit World, due to the actions in the real world, was continuously compressed, shrinking incessantly, until it could no longer accommodate even a single person.

But the Spirit World wasn't devoid of everything.

There was something like green smoke—Wang Sheng had always believed it was spiritual power.

And as the Spirit World was compressed to its limit, it meant that these powers were also compressed.

So, even though it was getting smaller, the Spirit World felt like a balloon inflated to its maximum, ready to burst at any moment.

It wasn't long before the spiritual power inside seemed to have been compressed to its limit.

Bang—

Like a balloon exploding, all the spiritual power burst forth, slithering about like little snakes.

Before long, these powers seemed to have found their target, surging toward the ground like fish swimming through water.

"If I'm not mistaken, these things should be harvested from humans. Are they returning to their bodies?"

Wang Sheng's Divine Thought focused on the location of Qingshan Village.

Sure enough, the power divided into countless streams and then entered the bodies of the villagers.

"Everyone has it, even the newborn babies are not an exception. Could there be an even more powerful harvesting method?"

Previously, there had always been a force attempting to obtain something from newborn babies, but it had been thwarted by Wang Sheng.

He thought that those infants had not been harvested.

But now it seemed that this was not the case; they had been affected even before they were born.

"I didn't notice at all... The Spirit World has already affected everyone."

Still, countless powers squeezed out, and Wang Sheng had time to observe exactly what was happening.

After the forces that emerged from the Spirit World merged into human bodies, the people seemed unchanged, both in aura and spirit, just like before.

"Is there no change, or am I unable to see it?"

Wang Sheng knew that even though his own power surpassed many others, there were things he might not be able to see clearly.

"Or is the change not something that happens overnight?"

Regardless of which possibility it was, what could be certain was that this power's return was more than likely not a matter for suspicion.

He had already investigated, and what emerged from the Spirit World was indeed from human bodies.

Unfortunately, his power was still insufficient to clearly see the origin.

As time passed, more and more power surged out from the Spirit World. He noticed two energies merging into the bodies of Da Bai and Yun Xiao.

"Spirit beasts too are being harvested?"

Wang Sheng was surprised, but soon he came to terms with it.

"Yes, spirit beasts are obviously also affected, but I hadn't realized that they, too, were being harvested."

Spirit beasts, influenced by the Human Race, were evolving towards humanity.

Wang Sheng had thought it was just that, but now it seemed that the Spirit Clan not only gradually turned into humans but also became the subjects of harvesting.

"Dire!"

He couldn't help but sigh.

Not only were they facing annihilation, but they were also being fleeced.

"Although I really want to see what is inside Da Bai and Yun Xiao's Spirit Origin, there are more important things to attend to now."

The energy squeezed out from the Spirit World was almost done, and the core of the Spirit World, the vortex, also gradually revealed its true nature.

"Eyes?!"

Wang Sheng felt a sense of horror.

The original vortex, as the stored power in the Spirit World dissipated, had turned into something resembling eyes.

Inside the eyes, there seemed to be an abyss, the pupils lifeless, apparently swallowing everything.

"Isn't the vortex a naturally occurring phenomenon, how could such man-made eyes appear?"

Wang Sheng had been investigating the nature of the vortex for a long time and had concluded that it was naturally formed and nurtured by the world.

Born from the world, then through the path of the Master of Destiny, gradually becoming the core of the Spirit World.

But when the vortex revealed its nature as the Spirit World dispersed, Wang Sheng fell into deep self-doubt.

"Did I make a mistake in my judgment, or is this eye also a natural occurrence?"

He didn't know what to conclude.

"Anyhow, let's figure out a way to get closer first. Ordinary methods won't work... naturally, it's the Spirit World, so let's use Divine Thought, Chang Zai!"

The Five Internal Gods were the extension of Wang Sheng's own will, possessing both a real aspect and a spiritual aspect.

For the moment, that was the only approach he could think of.

There was another way—to shrink himself and return to the Spirit World, but this method carried significant risks, and he was not willing to chance it.

Thus, trying out the spiritual aspect of the Five Internal Gods was worth a shot.

Chang Zai appeared, somewhat ethereal because it was the spiritual side.

Wang Sheng didn't concern himself with the details and directly attached his consciousness to Chang Zai, beginning to approach the eyes within the Void.

This gamble paid off.