Mrs. and Mr. Smith-Chapter 2380 - 2378: Testing the Waters

In an instant, his Desolate Divine Eye flickered with endless Spatial Rules, and the air filled with the performance and changes of Spatial Qi.

Ethan Smith had an epiphany.

This is the basic interpretation of the Way of Spatial Rules, and all powerful spatial spells are based on this.

Just as with characters, no matter how complex, they are all composed of one by one stroke.

Understanding this, whether creating his own techniques later or learning existing ones, would be of immense help.

His divine soul shrank slowly like a balloon, and the force of this soul consumption made Ethan shiver.

To swim in the Sea of Space was an opportunity for sudden enlightenment.

At this moment, his divine soul was extremely distant from his body, and if it were consumed too much to return, the body would become an idiot.

Thus, many only dare to swim above the Sea of Space, not daring to touch this Sea of Laws.

But now, Ethan had his plan; previously, when his soul burned to enter Jun Yixian’s world and his soul burst with tens of times its power, he saw a vague character.

Although he had not seen it clearly, he had felt it, and later in the Spatial Transmission Channel, with the Second Stage Desolate Divine Eye, he saw the same character; he wanted to try to see that character in the Sea of Space with the Second Stage Desolate Divine Eye.

He was unclear about what the character was, but he knew it was a higher-level spatial rule.

If he could observe that character clearly, he could make arrangements.

He took a deep breath and hesitated no longer.

His divine soul plunged into the Sea of Space like a leaping fish, and instantly numerous abstruse Spatial Rules information filled his mind like water, the vast amount of information almost making Ethan’s head explode.

Ethan forcibly blocked this information and then his divine soul eagerly probed deep into the Sea of Space.

His divine soul consumed at a terrifying rate, and if he were an ordinary True Saint Fourth Grade cultivator, upon entering the Sea of Laws, their soul would likely be consumed completely, not to mention delving deeper into the Sea of Space.

Among the deep sea, countless statues of various heights stood in the water, lifelike and vivid.

To Ethan’s surprise, these statues seemed as if they were living beings; he could feel their clear divine sense fluctuations.

However, Ethan merely glanced past them, as he dived deeper by dozens of meters.

Seeing that half of his Divine Soul Power had been consumed, he suddenly activated the Second Form of the Desolate Divine Eye.

In a flash, the seawater before him slowly receded, replaced by billions of Laws threads, which under the gaze of the Second Form Desolate Divine Eye, slowly receded as well.

A huge character slowly emerged from the seafloor, and the moment it appeared,

Ethan felt an extremely furious will explode violently; that will had survived for who knows how long.

Ethan was merely brushed by it, and felt an uncontrollable urge to kneel; it was a Deep Soul Restriction, something he couldn’t control.

His soul was instantly covered with cracks, and far away at the Taylor family, his body suddenly shook.

Blood slowly seeped from his eyes, corners of his mouth, ears, and even the skin on his entire head, looking extremely frightening.

And as the character surfaced, the millions of statues slowly bent their knees.

The scene was incredibly eerie, in the Divine Sea of Space where not even light existed, innumerable statues suddenly knelt.

Around that character seemed to be concealed by thick clouds, which even Ethan’s Second Form Desolate Divine Eye couldn’t see through clearly; he only had time to glance at it before hastily leaving.

In a flash, the character was once again covered by a billion Laws threads, and the Sea of Divine Soul was once again filled with water.

Ethan felt for a moment like he was carrying a mountain on his divine soul, and he could only clench his teeth to float up a distance before feeling so drained that he couldn’t leave.

His Divine Soul was shackled by an Iron Chain of Rules, being dragged towards the deep sea.

At this moment, in the Sumeru Ring Space, a hundred Heavenly God Pills suddenly combusted into Medicinal Qi, which then surged into his body at the tips of Ethan Smith’s fingers.

Instantly, a supremely pure Divine Soul Power flowed into his Divine Soul.

Ethan Smith finally found the strength to struggle, exerting all of his Divine Soul Power, he burst through the water’s surface.

Then, sensing the position of his main body, his Divine Soul instantly returned.

"Hiss!"

A mouthful of fresh blood was violently expelled; Ethan Smith took out several more bottles of Heavenly God Pills.

Dozens of Heavenly God Pills poured into his mouth as if they cost nothing; if anyone else saw this, their jaws would certainly drop.

These divine pills, just one of which would be enough to heal a Divine Soul’s injuries, were being consumed by Ethan Smith like beans.

The fearsome medicinal strength continuously healed Ethan Smith’s Divine Soul injuries, slowly repairing the cracks in the two Divine Sense Avatars.

"Good, I made it in time!"

Elder Baker was sweating profusely; just before Ethan Smith departed, he had communicated that if anything was off with his main body, to immediately burn the Heavenly God Pills to replenish his Divine Soul Power. This was how they managed to pull Ethan Smith back in the nick of time.

Otherwise, his Divine Soul would have been forever lost in the Heavenly Dao Sea.

And at this moment, at another location of the Taylor family.

Sebastian Taylor suddenly appeared within Finlay Taylor’s room.

"Did you also sense it? Something has happened in the Sea of Space. Right now, there are violent storms in the Sea of Space as if Heaven’s Path is enraged. The mark I left in the Sea of Space is in danger, too."

Sebastian Taylor’s face was grave.

Many cultivators deeply linked with the Spatial Rules felt Heaven’s Path’s rage in their Divine Soul.

This night was destined to be sleepless.

After a long time, the towering waves that stretched from the Divine Soul gradually dissipated.

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Back with Ethan Smith, it took nearly three days to heal his Divine Soul.

Had it not been for the terrifying healing effect of the Heavenly God Pills, this injury might have taken half a year or more to recover from.

Ethan Smith stood up, feeling a surge of pain.

These Pills, casually taking out just one, would be a Top Grade, ninth-rank Elixir.

In this one trial, he had squandered hundreds of Heavenly God Pills; his reserves were nearly exhausted now.

"Was it successful?"

Elder Baker asked in the Sumeru Ring.

"It’s unclear. The Origin Character was extremely vague; even the Second Stage Desolate Divine Eye couldn’t see it clearly. Just perhaps in that instant, there was a blurred memory."

Ethan Smith replied to Elder Baker, his hands continuously moving, trying to reconstruct that character.

"This is already extremely fortunate. In the memories of my legacy, the Origin Character is the foundation of the Billion Rules. Unless it is a mighty realm cultivator, one has only the chance to glimpse a hint. The fact that you were able to observe that character this time is already a stroke of great fortune," Elder Baker said in awe.

"Mm, I sensed it too. The deduction of this Origin Character is incredibly fearsome. Even just an outline requires the expenditure of terrible chaotic qi. This sort of consumption is too much for my Glazed Saint Body to withstand."