687 Baptism, the Vast Galaxy (1/2)

Tian Xing was astounded.

And what was more shocking was the ray of gold light fell from the heavens and on Fang Zhengzhi's body, but it had no sign of stopping. It passed through Fang Zhengzhi's body, wrapping around Chi Guyan too.

”Boom!”

Heaven and Earth were linked.

The golden ray fell from the heavens and passed through Fang Zhengzhi and Chi Guyan before it went right into the ground, as if it was a bridge between Heaven and Earth.

A bridge linking Heaven and Earth.

The sky lit up gloriously, and dulcet tunes could be heard by all.

At this moment, it was as though time had stopped, and all movements had ceased, except for this golden ray, its music of grandeur, and countless golden characters around by it.

It was the arrival of the Heavenly Prophecy and appearance of the Chosen One.

”How could this happen?! Impossible, this is definitely impossible…” Tian Xing looked upon the golden ray that was a stone's throw away from him, though he refused to believe all of these were real.

And it wasn't only him. Everyone couldn't believe it too.

It didn't matter if they were the Heaven Dao Pavilion disciples or the Nine Pinnacles Mountain disciples, everyone had their eyes widened and mouths agape upon witnessing this shocking scene.

Mu Qingfeng's body suspended in the air, stopping about ten steps away from Tian Xing. His long, white gown draped silently, and in his eyes were a mix of astonishment, peculiarity, excitement, joy, suspense, and countless other emotions.

He was shocked, but bewildered by its conclusion. He was excited and joyful because Chi Guyan was within the Heavenly Prophecy and being baptized by the Divine Message.

But he was also curious. Why was Fang Zhengzhi also in this golden ray?

Was this a coincidence?

Or was it a work of fate?

And if even Mu Qingfeng didn't know, how would the rest of them standing at the Heaven Academic Altar know anything?

Whether it was the Great Xia Dynasty's Emperor Lin Mubai, the Xian King Lin Yun, or the emperors and princes of the other two countries, everyone had their eyes locked towards the sky at the both of them enveloped within the golden ray.

But none of them uttered a single word.

So, even though everyone was shocked beyond comprehension, as they stood in front of the Heavenly Prophecy, all they could do was to admire in awe.

…

Fang Zhengzhi was as confused as the rest in the crowd.

Initially, he did not notice the golden ray shining from above him. What he knew was he was punched up into the air and rose toward the sky.

But as he flew up…

He saw Chi Guyan flying toward him.

He saw her blood-stained pink dress and her crystal-clear eyes before reached for her in an embrace.

Then, he felt as though he was wrapped in an aura of warmth.

In his arms, Chi Guyan started to emanate a glow of countless esoteric characters as golden rays of revolved around her body.

”What's going on?” Fang Zhengzhi had a little trouble grasping the situation. He had too many questions on his mind, but too little time to process them all.

In fact, when he felt that warm sensation and saw the golden rays and characters around Chi Guyan's body, he had another strange feeling.

It was as though every movement in the world had ceased.

Then, everything before his eyes vanished.

There weren't any golden characters or golden rays remaining. Even Chi Guyan had disappeared. It was a realm of silent nothingness.

”Where am I?” Fang Zhengzhi had similar experiences in the past, such as when he entered The Vast World, and when he saw the mysterious white-dressed lady when he had mastered the Rebirth Plate.

However, this was obviously not The Vast World or the world with the mysterious white-dressed lady. Instead, it was a boundless galaxy.

There were countless stars glimmering around him.

Besides the stars, there was a belt of meteorite floating around. Fang Zhengzhi could even see every crater on these meteorites.

Was it the galaxy?

If this was really the galaxy, then what was that?

Fang Zhengzhi possessed scientific knowedge - of course he knew that the galaxy was the space beyond earth. However, he didn't know that there were chains within the galaxy.

In addition, there were infinitely many of them.

They were non-reflective, and dull and black like ink. Many giant chains were linked up together, crisscrossing between the stars.

They resembled a giant, complex formation.

Most surprisingly, there was a huge, black rock above those giant black chains.

No.

There wasn't only one rock.

Fang Zhengzhi wasn't sure how many rocks there were. However, he spotted another black rock above the chains as he looked in the distance.

Its had a very similar shape to this rock above him.

Slightly further away, he could vaguely see another one at the intersection of these chains.

These black rocks gave off a terrifying aura and emitted an ancient smell.

”Crack!” And at this time, a tiny sound reached Fang Zhengzhi's ear, which made him shudder.

He didn't know why there was sound in space.

Yet he could sense it, real as ever, that the sound came from the black rock above him. He immediately turn to it.

Then, he spotted a crack in that rock.

There wasn't just one crack.

There was a total of seven cracks.

Fang Zhengzhi didn't know if there were more cracks on the top of this rock, but he felt that it could split any moment.

”Boom!” Everything was shaking.

Everything vanished again. The belt of meteorites, stars, chains and black rocks were all gone.

Fang Zhengzhi could see the golden ray, but the countless esoteric characters had disappeared.

In his embrace, Chi Guyan began to open her eyes.

Suddenly, Fang Zhengzhi had a hallucination. He could see the galaxy in Chi Guyan's eyes, like the one he witnessed just now.