Chapter 17 The Third Realm

Abyss Ice Plains, by the river.

Xu Jingming sat cross-legged, comprehending the *Xin Jie Qiang Bai Juan* (Hundred Volumes of Heart Tribulation Spear). As a large amount of understanding continued to merge into his heart, it finally caused a qualitative change. Xu Jingming suddenly understood, completely grasping the essence of the power he possessed, and also understanding the essence of the timeline.

"Time and space are just the most basic framework." After Xu Jingming's mind and consciousness broke through the bottleneck, it immediately became stronger.

The mind and consciousness of the past were like loose soil. At this moment, these loose soils quickly combined, undergoing an internal transformation, forming an indestructible and extremely sharp spear.

The mind and consciousness were billions of times stronger.

A Half-Step Third Realm and a Third Realm were not even on the same dimensional level. The gap between them could no longer be bridged by quantity.

"Buzz—"

As Xu Jingming's mind and consciousness rapidly strengthened, the range of his perception also widened. It broke through the limitations of space-time distance, spreading wider and wider. Xu Jingming also discovered the other Third Realm existences.

These Third Realm existences were all incredibly powerful, their strength naturally influencing their surroundings to form territories. Within their territories, their words became law, and they could set the rules.

Xu Jingming's mind and consciousness had to avoid the territories of these Third Realms until... it completely covered the entire space-time!

"Is this the space-time where we live?"

Xu Jingming felt the complete space-time clearly for the first time.

A complete space-time was unimaginably vast. A Half-Step Third Realm could not traverse the entire space-time even in a lifetime.

"Outside our space-time, there are a large number of parallel space-times." After Xu Jingming's mental power covered the entire space-time, he clearly felt that there were other parallel space-times.

What were parallel space-times?

Each space-time was very similar! Even the living beings had many similarities. It was like a mirror reflecting countless parallel space-times.

"When a living being is born, under the reflection, countless parallel space-times have similar living beings," Xu Jingming understood. "They may have different growth experiences, different talents, and different achievements. But the essence of their lives... originates from the same starting point."

"Only by reaching the Third Realm can the essential power of a living being be unified again."

Xu Jingming had a thought.

He was like the largest magnet, constantly attracting the life essence of countless parallel space-times. Point by point, the essence of life was absorbed by Xu Jingming. When completely absorbed, Xu Jingming had a sense of completion, a sense of transcendence.

He transcended the timeline, completely gathering all his power.

While absorbing those life essences, a large amount of memory also merged into Xu Jingming. These were the experiences of him in parallel space-times.

"The road to evolution is not only about competing with other powerhouses, but also about competing with countless parallel space-times of oneself."

"Of the countless parallel space-times of oneself, only one can become a Third Realm."

Although Xu Jingming's mind and consciousness rapidly strengthened, integrating a large amount of life essence and a large amount of memories, he could withstand it all. It was as if he had experienced one life after another, clearly understanding everything they had experienced.

"Although they originate from the same source as me, their births are different, their growth experiences are different, their memories are different, they are actually different living beings."

Xu Jingming confirmed this after absorbing the memories.

"When ordinary beings die, their life essence merges into another self in other parallel space-times. The collision of mind and consciousness, will the strong seize and be reborn?" Xu Jingming understood.

The competition among countless parallel space-times of oneself was very cruel.

"So, when I was weak, if someone killed me, my life essence would naturally merge into another self in other parallel space-times. As long as I am stronger, I can seize and be reborn," Xu Jingming exclaimed.

Life essence could not be lost.

When any life below the Third Realm died, its life essence would be attracted by itself in other space-times!

When the life essence of countless space-times was completely unified, it would be the true perfection of life.

"I have become a Third Realm! And also become the final victor." Xu Jingming's mood was very complicated. He did not expect that countless space-times would hide such competition. Fortunately, he became a Third Realm in more than 300,000 years, growing fast enough!

"Rumble~~~"

After Xu Jingming's life essence was complete and his mind underwent a qualitative change, he naturally began to absorb the endless energy in the Mind Realm to perfect his own life form.

The mind relies on the physical body.

How a Third Realm's physical body is constructed depends on its own path. But undoubtedly, the energy required to be consumed is very large. Xu Jingming could only fully condense a physical body at the same time.

"The physical body is like a mental spear." Xu Jingming's physical body was like a mental weapon. The *Xin Jie Qiang Bai Juan* was originally a inheritance that tempered oneself at different levels.

The process of condensing the physical body took a full ten years, because the required energy was too huge.

When it was completely completed, Xu Jingming, who was sitting cross-legged on the Abyss Ice Plains, opened his eyes. At this moment, his body had already undergone a qualitative change. When restrained, he was like a weapon, without any power leaking out.

But if he only released a little power, it would make space-time tremble.

"This is the power of the Third Realm." Xu Jingming got up. He became a Third Realm through the mental weapon lineage! Strictly speaking, it was based on the *Xin Jie Qiang Bai Juan* inheritance.

Unlike other Third Realms, who still need to explore their own slow-improving path of the Third Realm, he had a clear path, the *Xin Jie Qiang Bai Juan*, but he also needed to bear the corresponding responsibilities.

"My life form has completely jumped out of the timeline, and even space-time cannot record my true life imprint." Xu Jingming thought.

"Whether it is the past, present, or future, other living beings cannot窥探 (kuī tàn) my traces. Similarly, if I die... I cannot find my imprint in the long river of time, and I cannot be resurrected."

Xu Jingming understood this.

The Third Realm can resurrect other high-dimensional beings.

But if the Third Realm itself dies, unless the Ultimate existence takes action, it is impossible to resurrect.

Wanting the Ultimate existence to take action? Obviously, the difficulty is very high.

"Hu."

With one step, Xu Jingming left the abyss and came to the Nantian 3609 territory.

Looking at this familiar territory, Xu Jingming felt his own influence on the territory.

"The feeling in the abyss is not strong, but coming to this territory, I have already begun to influence this territory." Xu Jingming could feel that a powerful life form would naturally and invisibly affect all the living beings in a territory.

"So for my long-term residence, I have to formulate rules and create a territory suitable for me. It can also reduce the impact on ordinary living beings."

Xu Jingming also understood.

Why the residences of the Third Realm existences all make rules with words. If rules are not made to suppress influence, weak lives will be unknowingly affected and polluted.

"The more perfect my territory is built, the greater the assistance to me. Other Third Realms coming over will also be suppressed by my territory." Xu Jingming understood at this moment, "No wonder the Third Realm can never die unless they are looking for death."

"In one's own territory, strength can be greatly increased."

"Different systems have different distinctions. There are also condensed avatars, which can be hidden in the past and even future timelines."

For those below the Third Realm, going to the past and future is almost impossible.

But the Third Realm, which transcends the timeline, can easily go there, just like an ordinary person walking from one room to another.

Xu Jingming stood here, and his weak avatars had already tried to go to the past timeline.

His weak avatar's life essence was already the Third Realm, but there was not enough energy, and it needed enough time to improve.

"The past timeline is actually the events that once happened. If I don't intervene, they will proceed as in history. If I intervene in the past and affect the fate of some living beings... it will affect the current living beings." Xu Jingming secretly sighed.

The Third Realm can change history to a certain extent.

"As for the future timeline, there are too many variables in the future. The future branch I go to may collapse into darkness at any time."

"Unfortunately... it is very difficult to go to other parallel space-times." Xu Jingming shook his head slightly.

When he became a Third Realm, he naturally absorbed the life essence of all the parallel space-times of himself. But to cross the entire space-time and arrive at another space-time! There was a very huge resistance.

Xu Jingming was a little interested in other parallel space-times, but he was not so eager.

What he was more interested in was... the 'long river of time and space' in his own space-time.

"I can feel the countless dead living beings in this space-time." Xu Jingming's eyes could travel through time, seeing his parents, wife, daughter, and other family members who were approaching the limit of their lifespan.

He could directly bring his family members from the past to the present!

"Words follow the law, I can give them eternal life." Xu Jingming was happy in his heart, and life forms were strong enough to be able to formulate rules on a small scale.

"Wu Ming, congratulations." Lord Yu Huo's voice came from afar. He was the first Third Realm to congratulate.

Xu Jingming turned his head to look. His eyes passed through the obstacles of time and space, saw Yu Huo City, saw Lord Yu Huo with good intentions, and he smiled: "Thank you, Lord Yu Huo. I was able to become a Third Realm. It was also thanks to Lord Yu Huo sending me to the Ultimate Land."

"I have helped countless living beings, but you are the only one who has become a Third Realm." Lord Yu Huo laughed, "In the end, it depends on oneself."

"Wu Ming, congratulations." Lord Lou Ye congratulated from afar.

The weak living being that he easily dragged into that painting had now stood at the same height as him.

"Lord Lou Ye." Xu Jingming also nodded slightly. That silver paper was indispensable for him to get to where he is today.

"Before, when I saw you, Wu Ming, obtaining the inheritance of the Ultimate Land, I guessed that you would soon become a Third Realm." A figure bathed in cyan light looked over from afar, "As expected, in a short period of time, you have already reached this step."

Xu Jingming looked at the other party: "Master Ke Ye."

Xu Jingming had never had a good impression of Master Ke Ye.

"Congratulations."

"Wu Ming, congratulations."

One Third Realm after another transmitted their voices from afar.

The 35 Third Realms in the entire space-time had different thoughts, but they all congratulated Xu Jingming. After all, they were located in the same space-time, and they would have to deal with each other frequently in the long years to come.

Xu Jingming simply dealt with one by one.

"Wu Ming, congratulations, you are really fast to become a Third Realm." Drunken Weng was also among them.

"Thanks to the opportunity given by the Ultimate existence." Xu Jingming said modestly. He did not realize the relationship between Drunken Weng and his grandfather, Old Master Xu. In fact, the Third Realms in this space-time did not notice it.

Under Drunken Weng's deliberate concealment, Old Master Xu and Drunken Weng had no causal or aura connection, and the Third Realm could not detect any traces.