Upon hearing that various spaces were collapsing one after another, Da Xing the Mad Monk wasted no time and immediately turned tail and ran.
Space collapsing was an extremely terrifying event.
Especially within the Li Palace.
Although Da Xing the Mad Monk had not yet comprehended the mysteries of the Li Palace, he knew that the Li Palace was endlessly mutable, and the spaces within it were tightly interconnected, having long since fused together. If one space exploded and collapsed, it would immediately trigger a chain reaction, causing all spaces to explode and collapse in succession, including the entire Li Palace itself.
Earlier, Da Xing the Mad Monk had been puzzled as to why even after activating his Unshakable Golden Body, he still found it somewhat unbearable, with his skin feeling as if pierced by a biting cold wind. Now he finally understood—it was because the spaces within the Li Palace were exploding one after another.
Right now, it was only the spaces within the Li Palace exploding in succession, and he was already struggling to withstand it. If the entire Li Palace were to explode in the end, Da Xing the Mad Monk could scarcely imagine the consequences.
At this moment, Da Xing the Mad Monk looked like a landlubber who had fallen into a deep-sea vortex, his hands flailing wildly, his legs kicking about, struggling frantically.
Unfortunately.
No matter how he struggled, he could not escape the Li Palace Whirlwind. Not only could he not escape, he couldn't even control his body, still spinning along with the rotation of the Li Palace Whirlwind.
Clearly, relying solely on the Unshakable Golden Body was utterly insufficient to escape from here. Just as Da Xing the Mad Monk was about to try unleashing other divine abilities, Gu Qingfeng's voice came through: "I say, Da Xing, why are you acting like a fool? What's all this pointless struggling about?"
"The damn Li Palace is about to explode! What do you think I'm struggling for? Should I just sit here and wait to die?"
"This Li Palace Whirlwind is vast and boundless. Are you sure you can struggle your way out? You'll probably be exhausted to death before you even make it out."
"..." Da Xing the Mad Monk felt like crying but had no tears.
Indeed.
The Li Palace Whirlwind was vast and boundless, seemingly without end.
When the Li Palace had first manifested, entering was easy, and leaving wasn't very difficult either, because the changes within the Li Palace were still relatively slow at that time.
But later, as the Li Palace's transformations grew increasingly bizarre, entering became hard, and leaving became even harder. In the Primordial Black Hole, one might accidentally fall into spatial turbulence, while within the endlessly changing Li Palace, although one wouldn't fall into spatial turbulence, one could become utterly lost.
This kind of loss was a disorientation of position. It was as if a person was right before your eyes, you could see them, sense them, but when you reached out, you couldn't touch them. This was because the Li Palace was changing at every moment, each transformation containing infinite mysteries. With each change, the Li Palace might no longer be the same Li Palace as before.
Just imagine, leaving during the Li Palace's changes was already extremely difficult.
And now, the Li Palace had formed a boundless whirlwind, precisely because its changes were growing increasingly frenzied. Trying to escape from within it was probably utterly impossible.
What made Da Xing the Mad Monk even more desperate was that the more he struggled and flailed, the greater the pressure he felt. Thinking of this, Da Xing the Mad Monk could only temporarily abandon the notion of escape and asked, "Then what should we do? Just wait here to die?"
"Dying isn't that easy."
"You're talking without feeling the pinch! You're thick-skinned and rough-fleshed, and you've even comprehended the mysteries of the Li Palace, completely unaffected. But what about me? If the entire Li Palace explodes and collapses, you might be able to withstand it, but this old monk's frail body certainly can't!"
At this moment.
Although both Gu Qingfeng and Da Xing the Mad Monk appeared to be spinning along with the Li Palace Whirlwind, Da Xing the Mad Monk seemed more like he was being rolled along by the waves, while Gu Qingfeng was leisurely strolling upon them.
"What are you afraid of? It's not just the two of us who've been swept in. Every being within the Li Palace, whether those Great Dao Patriarchs or the Original Sin Patriarchs, has probably been swept in without exception. If even an old bald donkey like you can't withstand it and dies here, I doubt many of them could either."
Others might not understand Da Xing the Mad Monk, but Gu Qingfeng knew this old bald donkey always liked to hide his capabilities. Even though the old bald donkey seemed uncontrolled within the Li Palace Whirlwind, with his Buddha-light distorted and blurred, in truth, he hadn't shown his true abilities at all.
Take the Unshakable Golden Body Da Xing the Mad Monk had activated at this moment. The moment he summoned it, the Buddha-light around him began to distort and blur, and it remained so even now.
One must know that the changes of the Li Palace Whirlwind were growing increasingly intense, its power more and more terrifying. If Da Xing the Mad Monk truly only had this much skill, he would have been torn to shreds by the Li Palace Whirlwind long ago. The fact that he could maintain the Buddha-light of his Unshakable Golden Body in a distorted state meant his strength was certainly not limited to this. It further indicated that this old bald donkey's control over power had reached an unimaginable degree, where not even a shred of strength would be wasted.
Moreover, the Li Palace Whirlwind was changing at every moment, yet Da Xing the Mad Monk could remain inseparable from Gu Qingfeng. This showed that even if Da Xing the Mad Monk hadn't fully comprehended the mysteries of the Li Palace, he couldn't be far off.
It was just that this old bald donkey, Da Xing the Mad Monk, preferred not to show his mountains or reveal his waters—perhaps he was planning to play the pig to eat the tiger.
Regarding this, Gu Qingfeng couldn't be bothered to say anything more and continued observing the Li Palace Whirlwind.
The Breath of Original Sin grew denser and purer.
The Light of Original Sin also grew brighter and more dazzling.
The countless Ancient Ruins had long since vanished, leaving only an unbroken chain of Ancient Ruins.
For some reason, Gu Qingfeng had a feeling, as if he had fallen into a temporal black hole, as if time was flowing backward and they were about to arrive in the Desolate Ancient Era.
Yes.
This was exactly the feeling, especially as the Breath of Original Sin grew purer, the Light of Original Sin brighter, and the unbroken chain of Ancient Ruins fused together—this sensation grew increasingly intense.
Not only he felt this way; Da Xing the Mad Monk was no exception. He too felt as if he had fallen into a temporal black hole, about to arrive in the Desolate Ancient Era.
Furthermore.
Da Xing the Mad Monk's avatars were spread throughout the Nine Palaces of the Desolate Ancient Era. He clearly knew that not only had the Li Palace turned into a whirlwind, but the Kan Palace, Zhen Palace, Xun Palace, and all the other Nine Palaces of the Desolate Ancient Era were the same. All were undergoing frenzied changes, forming a mysterious whirlwind that swept everything within the Nine Palaces of the Desolate Ancient Era into it.
In other words, if the Source of the Li Palace was about to emerge, then the Sources of the other Nine Palaces of the Desolate Ancient Era would also emerge in succession.
Only, it was unknown what secrets the Source of the Li Palace contained.
What secrets the Sources of the Nine Palaces of the Desolate Ancient Era contained.
The only certainty was that the secrets contained within the Sources of the Nine Palaces of the Desolate Ancient Era were all related to Original Sin.
"Not good!"
Da Xing the Mad Monk sensed something was amiss. The rotational speed of the Li Palace Whirlwind was growing increasingly frenzied, feeling as if it was about to spiral out of control. The pressure he endured also grew stronger. If the earlier pressure had been like waves crashing one after another, the current pressure was more like a tsunami, instantly engulfing him.
"Judging by this momentum, the entire Li Palace is about to explode!"
With that, Da Xing the Mad Monk's expression immediately turned solemn. He saw the monk bring his palms together in prayer. The originally distorted and blurred Buddha-light around him instantly stabilized, transforming into a radiant Buddha statue that shone with boundless light. Even more astonishing was that the moment Da Xing the Mad Monk brought his palms together, he, who had been spinning along with the whirlwind, miraculously came to a complete standstill, motionless in place.