The Abyssal Garden: No Room for the Idle

"You... activate your spiritual power..."

Tang Dashan was somewhat surprised and speculative, but then he had a thought, "You must call it Spiritual Energy, right? Give it a try and see."

Su Qi faintly activated his Spiritual Energy.

Spiritual Energy emerged from the Qi gate and connected to his fingertips, but the Magic Formulas showed no change whatsoever.

"Indeed, it still doesn't work," Tang Dashan sighed, "You can't use our Magic Formulas."

Su Qi's gaze shifted slightly, "Is that so?"

He indeed felt a mysterious strength within the Magic Formulas, but it was as if... there was a strong barrier.

"It's a bit strange, it feels the same as when I was in the mechanical world."

And at that moment,

Su Qi's Spiritual Eyes suddenly flickered as if sensing some danger, and a piercing pain arose.

At the same time,

A chill quietly crept into Su Qi's heart.

He slightly raised his eyes to look around, and his pupils changed.

"What's wrong?"

"Is there any sign when outsiders encounter something Ominous?" Su Qi asked softly.

Tang Dashan was startled, "This..."

He pondered, "Since there are so few Heavenly Descendants, I'm not sure if there is one."

Tang Dashan hesitated for a moment, "A brother once said something to me, I don't know if it's related to something Ominous or just a coincidence."

"He said,"

"He heard the sound of ticking, but it seemed to be just an auditory hallucination."

"I understand."

Tang Dashan looked at Su Qi with concern, "Brother Su, could it be that you've sensed something?"

Su Qi did not answer but merely raised his arm gently, reaching out his hand to catch something and slowly said,

"Is it going to rain?"

Tang Dashan was taken aback and looked at the sun in the Sky Dome, "How could that be."

Water droplets fell onto Su Qi's palm.

The water was tainted with pollution, murky as if contaminated.

And the Sky Dome...

Su Qi saw a thick layer of black clouds gathering overhead.

"Then, it seems I was wrong about the weather forecast," Su Qi muttered to himself.

"Good, if you detect anything wrong, tell us."

Tang Dashan wasn't suspicious; he wanted to help the outsiders as much as possible, after all, they also wanted to learn about the outside world.

After the meal, the Cultivators began their own tasks, some studying and practicing Magic Formulas, some holding a few shattered Spirit Stones and cultivating.

As for Su Qi, he was just strolling around, all the while slowly recovering his Spiritual Energy with Spirit Coins.

"Is this the Ominous..."

Su Qi extended his palm again, catching another water droplet from the sky, his gaze fixed on the Sky Dome.

The dark clouds continued to amass, dense as ink, and without close observation, it looked as though a perfectly black hole had been carved out of the Sky Dome.

Observing everyone else,

It was evident that none could see the scene in his line of sight; everyone was consumed with their own affairs, oblivious to the fact that the sun above had been obscured by dark clouds.

"And moreover..." Su Qi spread his palm open, gazing at the droplet in his hand, "This feeling of déjà vu is becoming stronger and stronger."

Black clouds, Black Rain...

It was completely identical to that moment at the dueling ground.

By now, he could almost be certain that the two were definitely related.

"So directly deducing backwards is also an option,"

Su Qi narrowed his eyes, "At the dueling ground, the essence of the Black Rain was from the Old Days, but its power wasn't as unstoppable as the true Old Days; however, it would slowly erase existence."

He looked up, "And I also know where those outsiders went."

"They didn't encounter anything Ominous; they were simply erased from existence."

"The only difference is, I can see it."

The Spiritual Eyes could see through all illusions, and even the Old Days could not hide.

At this moment, black clouds continued to gather, but it had not yet started raining, only the occasional drop of black water falling from the sky, seemingly unaffected by the surrounding wind.

"One drop at a time, it seems to have no significant effect yet, but once the black downpour begins in full force,"

"That would be troubling."

Su Qi paused, having witnessed the terrifying power of the Black Rain, which even the black-haired youth from Ancient Paradise found extremely difficult, it was certainly no small matter.

And what's more important...

What was the connection between these two worlds, and did that world have any relation to this one? Could there be any involvement with the Black Rain of the Old Days.

After about half a day had passed, the sun in the Sky Dome was still hanging high.

This world had long days, five times longer than those of other worlds, and the nights were just as long. Even now, it was only approaching noontime.

By this point, Su Qi had also more or less gathered various pieces of information about this world, which seemed to be in a declining period of law. The Cultivators here also faced extremely difficult thresholds, and out of tens of millions of people in this world,

Perhaps only one in ten thousand could barely embark on the path of cultivation.

And after the Immortal Master took control of Heavenly Mountain, he also hoarded some of the depleted resources, and relentlessly pursued and exterminated the 'Sinful Cultivators' not belonging to Heavenly Mountain, making their lives even more difficult.

"I always feel..."

Su Qi murmured to himself, "It's not just a bit similar to the plot of Old Wang and their mechanical world; it's exactly the same."

Same situation, equally scarce resources, and a powerful enemy overhead.

"If it were matched in Paradise, I'd suspect that Paradise couldn't be bothered to come up with new ideas, and just arranged two similar instance worlds."

"If it were the Mixed Fish Piano, I'd think this fellow is starting to churn out filler content."

"But here..."

Su Qi watched the Cultivators forming their Magic Formulas, his gaze flickering.