My Dreams Connect to Ancient Times-Chapter 205 - 46: Features of the Celestial Realms, Heading to Taishan

"The report is in!"

「Shengjing, the Federation Building.」

A Federation Councillor, drenched in sweat and his face a mask of terror, announced:

"It's not that a new sun has appeared in outer space... it's... it's..."

He paused, swallowed hard, and then continued in disbelief:

"According to the research institute's findings, the fundamental rules of the world have changed... The Western and Eastern Hemispheres are still opposite each other, but they are both facing the sun at the same time!"

"How is that possible?!" another Federation Councillor exclaimed during the emergency council meeting. "Two opposite sides of the Ancestor Star, the opposing Eastern and Western Hemispheres, are facing the sun simultaneously? Do you hear what you're saying?"

The council immediately erupted into a chaotic argument. This was too unbelievable; it defied common sense and all logic!

How could two sides of a sphere face the same direction at the same time?

This would upend the most basic laws of celestial mechanics and the most fundamental laws of physics!

Amid the clamor, the Grand Speaker, who had kept his eyes closed, suddenly opened them and pressed his hands down slightly.

The noisy crowd of councillors fell silent.

Li Yutong let out a slow breath, his expression graver than ever.

"The research institute's findings are correct. I just investigated with my Divine Thought. The fundamental rules of the world have been skewed. The Eastern and Western Hemispheres are both facing the sun, but this is not a simple spatial distortion..."

He paused before continuing:

"Because the moon is still hanging in the sky over the Eastern Hemisphere!"

All the councillors silently looked out the window. The Great Sun blazed while the bright moon hung high—the sun and moon sharing the sky.

"To verify that this wasn't a spatial distortion..."

Li Yutong rubbed the bridge of his nose, his expression turning grim as he continued.

"I even went so far as to obscure the sky over the Western Hemisphere, yet the Eastern Hemisphere still faced the sun directly. But if I were to directly leave a handprint on the sun..." 𝕗𝚛𝚎𝚎𝐰𝗲𝗯𝗻𝚘𝚟𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝕞

As he spoke, he reached a hand out and thrust it into the void.

The councillors turned to look out the window, their eyes fixed on the blazing Great Sun in the sky. In the next instant, a faint handprint truly did appear upon it!

"Th-this... this..." One councillor looked around in a daze, completely unable to comprehend what was happening.

"Therefore, I have reached a conclusion."

Li Yutong said in a low voice:

"The Eastern and Western Hemispheres remain on their respective sides, and no spatial distortion has occurred. It is simply that the fundamental rules of the world have been altered. The Eastern Hemisphere has its back to the sun, yet it also faces the sun. In other words... the Eastern Hemisphere has been forced into a state of daylight!"

The twenty or so Federation Councillors who had been hastily summoned fell into a deathly silence.

This scene surpassed their understanding; it defied common sense and all logic!

After a long moment, one councillor asked with a trembling voice:

"Could it be... man-made?"

"Man-made?" Li Yutong chuckled and shook his head. "Absolutely impossible."

He paused before explaining:

"If someone wanted to tamper with the fundamental rules of the world, to force the Eastern Hemisphere from night into day without any spatial distortion, the only ones capable of such a feat..."

As he spoke, an unprecedented gravity appeared in Li Yutong's usually placid eyes.

"The only ones capable of this, as far as I know, are those in the Celestial Realms above the Immortal. Only an Existence at the Celestial Realms realm, who has evolved their Acupoints into complete heavens and earths, could do such a thing!"

"Or perhaps, an unfathomable being above the Celestial Realms. A figure of that caliber could alter the fundamental rules with their own great power, without relying on an Acupoint Heaven and Earth."

The councillors fell into silence.

The path of cultivation, according to the Daoist Collection and the descriptions from the Life and Death Second Floors that had been unearthed, consisted of eight steps.

The Fifth Step is Immortal, the Sixth Step is the Celestial Realms, the Seventh Step is the supreme and constant Eternal, and the Eighth Step..."

The Life and Death Second Floors did not elaborate further, only stating that it was called Dao Fruit.

They knew that the strongest in the Current World were only at the Immortal Realm. Furthermore, Celestial Venerables and Buddhas of the Immortal Realm couldn't even manifest in the Current World due to the frailty of the Great Heaven and Earth. It was absolutely impossible for a figure at the level of the Celestial Realms to exist in this era.

Let alone someone who was Eternal...

So how could any of this possibly be man-made?

A councillor's face turned pale as he said:

"If it isn't man-made, doesn't that make the situation even worse? If this change to the world's rules is permanent, the Eastern Hemisphere will be trapped in eternal daylight. When that happens..."

Li Yutong nodded heavily, his expression grave.

"Just yesterday, we discovered that Taishan contained a fragment from Ancient Times, concealing a Peach Blossom Spring. For such a strange event to occur today, I suspect it might be related to that Peach Blossom Spring on Taishan..."

Before he could finish speaking, the sunlight pouring through the windows suddenly vanished, leaving only the cold moonlight.

The councillors and Grand Speaker Li Yutong looked over in astonishment, only to find that the sun in the sky had disappeared. Only the bright moon remained, making the previous sight of the sun and moon sharing the sky seem like a mere illusion.

They looked at each other, their expressions growing even more solemn.

Meanwhile, as the entire Eastern Hemisphere fell into a panic, and as Immortals in the lands of the far south and the Far North awakened in a state of shock and uncertainty,

「Langya City, Sanqing Temple.」

Lu Xuan turned his left hand back over, closing the Acupoint Heaven and Earth within it. The daylight above his head instantly returned to night.

He marveled under his breath:

"It's just a nascent heaven and earth, yet it possesses such incredible power..."

Lu Xuan had already sensed that something was off. A hundred thoughts raced through his mind as he muttered to himself:

'This is definitely not right. I originally thought pioneering a heaven and earth within my Acupoints was a practice for the True Immortal level, but a True Immortal could never possess this kind of power... Could it be... the Immortal Realm?'

As he said this, his eyes lit up slightly, and he let out a self-deprecating laugh.