Chapter 140: Expanding Horizons
Early in the morning.
Du Qianjue opened his eyes, moved his body slightly, and then helplessly looked at his side.
Xue LingLong was smiling, her ice-blue eyes curved like crescents. Her fair, slender hands were wrapped around Du Qianjue's neck, and one of her long legs was draped over his waist. Such a scene made Du Qianjue sigh.
"My beautiful wife has such terrible sleeping habits, and she loves to kick the blankets."
Then.
Rubbing his waist, where Du Qianjue felt a pinch, he went to brush his teeth, muttering to himself, "Is pinching the waist a natural talent all women are born with?" Du Qianjue sucked in a breath of cold air.
"You're the one who said I have bad sleeping habits," Xue LingLong said, rolling her eyes annoyedly.
Du Qianjue grinned, quickly finished his morning routine, and holding Xue LingLong´s hand, they went to find Du Busi.
In the Sect Master's Hall, since Jin Peng was in seclusion, the often-slacking Du Busi was finally sitting in the Sect Master's seat again.
"You're going out again?" Du Busi twitched his mouth, his face full of speechlessness, "Does our Sect really repel you that much, always thinking about running outside?"
"Not at all, it's just that I need to travel," Du Qianjue rolled his eyes.
"Staying in the Sect all the time is useless. With my current rate of cultivation, I can break through to a Titled Douluo before I turn twenty. Staying cooped up and cultivating all day is useless for me."
"Alright, alright, you brat, scram," Du Busi said with a mock scold and a smile, "With Xue LingLong accompanying you, I'm also reassured about your safety. It's good for you to go out and gain some experience."
"Don't worry, I'll take good care of him," Xue LingLong nodded.
Du Qianjue looked at Xue LingLong, his sense of security through the roof.
Living off a powerful partner sure is sweet!
Xue LingLong also turned to look at Du Qianjue, smiling sweetly.
"I can't bear to watch this," Du Busi clicked his tongue and covered his forehead, turning back to the Sect's affairs.
"Uncle, we're off then," Du Qianjue said with an awkward cough.
Du Busi waved his hand without even looking up.
"Go on, then."
After leaving the Sect, Du Qianjue and Xue LingLong flew at an altitude of five thousand meters.
Extreme cold currents swept past them, with ice flowers blossoming behind them like a stunning trail. The ice flowers that bloomed dispersed into vapor before reaching the ground, vanishing from sight.
"Xue'er, do you know? From my perspective, this world is very strange," Du Qianjue said with an intriguing expression.
"Hmm? Why?" Xue LingLong was slightly startled.
"How high are we right now?" Du Qianjue asked.
"About five thousand meters," Xue LingLong pondered for a moment before responding.
"And what's the temperature around us right now?" Du Qianjue continued.
"Minus one hundred and thirty degrees or so. This temperature is close to the extreme of ice," Xue LingLong immediately responded, the topic clearly in her wheelhouse.
"Is there a problem with this temperature?"
Is there a problem? Absolutely!
The surface temperature is similar to Earth's, but Earth's troposphere could never reach minus one hundred degrees, especially not with such a drastic temperature change.
Such conditions would be unreasonable in any world.
Only beings like Xue LingLong, who have been accustomed to these temperatures since birth, would find them normal.
Anyone from another world would find it bizarre.
"Have you ever tried flying to the highest point?" Du Qianjue asked again.
Xue LingLong was taken aback and shook her head.
But Du Qianjue's question piqued her curiosity.
What's at the highest point?
Perhaps only Di Tian, who came from the God Realm to this world, would know.
Du Qianjue looked towards the horizon, where the Earth showed a slight curvature.
"Look at the horizon," Du Qianjue gestured, "See how the land curves. If you continue along that curve, what shape does it ultimately form?"
"From an infinite perspective, continuous curves ultimately form a sphere."
Xue LingLong blinked, feeling a chill. Every time Du Qianjue entered this enigmatic state, he would reveal some unsettling 'truths.'
"Do you mean to say our world is spherical?" Xue LingLong ground her teeth, sensing an inexplicable fear.
Du Qianjue nodded slightly, sighing, "Perhaps only Di Tian has realized this; he actually experimented himself, flying from one end of the world to the other, eventually returning to the starting point."
"He even flew to the very end of the sky."
"Although you are the supreme ruler of the far north, perhaps you have never sought to understand these things?"
Xue LingLong shook her head with a bitter smile, her conventional thinking unchallenged until now—who would question what seems like common sense?
Only Di Tian, the Douluo Magellan, would play out the drama of a global journey.
"You always need to know these things; I'm just broadening your horizons early," Du Qianjue stroked Xue LingLong 's silky silver hair, smiling gently.
"What's at the highest point?" Xue LingLong nestled into Du Qianjue's embrace, as if only he could provide her with security at that moment.
"A barrier."
"It's a barrier that envelops the entire planet of Douluo, unbreakable even by a being like Di Tian, who is nearly god-like."
"Is it from the God Realm?" Xue LingLong 's eyes flickered coldly.
"Yes, but it's necessary," Du Qianjue shook his head, explaining, "The dangers outside the planet are not something that beings below god-level can withstand."
"Having the strength to leave the planet doesn't mean you have the strength to survive outside it."
"Moreover, the barrier also serves to block beings with the potential to become gods. The number of powerful beings the God Realm can accommodate is limited, unless it expands. At this point, the God Realm has reached its limit; without expansion, unless it relies on divine inheritance, becoming a god is impossible."
Xue LingLong clenched her fists tightly, then let them go weakly. She had been mentally prepared for the impossibility of becoming a god; she just wanted to strive as hard as she could.
"But don't worry, this barrier can't stop me," Du Qianjue suddenly smiled, grinning widely.
Relying on the accumulation of time to become a god, with the God Realm's barriers, it's impossible to reach the almost god-like state of Yun Ming after ten thousand years.
But Du Qianjue had the shattered divine core of the Ice-Fire Dragon King and the Dragon Pill of the Light Holy Dragon King!
All he needed was a medium!
(End of Chapter)