Alien Science Cultivation

Time slowly passed until midnight, when Zhang Qiang opened his eyes from his meditation. He hoped to find a way to break through his bottleneck before the dragon emerged from its cocoon. That way, their gamble would have a better chance of success! Zhang Qiang flashed out of the cave, arrived at the seaside, and sat cross-legged on the cliff.

Here, free from the perpetual dark clouds that hang over the Dark Forest, two full moons hang high in the sky, casting a cool glow that illuminates the contours of the sea. The depths of the sea, dark and profound, seem to conceal endless secrets and an unknown world, inspiring both awe and curiosity and yearning.

A gentle breeze caressed Zhang Qiang's cheeks, a long-lost feeling that intoxicated him. However, the waves rose tens of feet high, raising questions. Such a gentle breeze couldn't possibly stir up such high waves. What force could possibly cause such powerful waves? His mind habitually engaged in scientific analysis. "Tides... I didn't expect tides to exist in this world's oceans... Wait... tides... Night is Yin, Moon is Yang, Day is Yang... Could it be that the Tai Chi diagram refers to a single plane, and the Tai Chi sphere is the convergence of all the planes of the universe's latitudes? Then what about the two-colored sphere in my Dantian..." Zhang Qiang seemed to grasp something, yet he struggled to fully grasp it. After all, Zhang Qiang only knew the Tai Chi diagram and had never studied the Tai Chi sphere.

Zhang Qiang looked toward Dulong's cave, his eyes growing determined! He decided to take a gamble for himself. Winning would allow him to enter a new realm, losing would risk stagnating his cultivation. "Then come..." Zhang Qiang closed his eyes and immersed himself in his third dantian. Two black and white spheres of identical size and shape embraced each other. With a flick of Zhang Qiang's mind, four pinprick-sized dots appeared at the four symmetrical centers of the spheres: two black and two white. Zhang Qiang instantly withdrew his spiritual awareness, closed his eyes, and bowed his head in prayer. This was his first prayer since arriving on this cultivation planet. He didn't expect the best outcome, but simply hoped to increase his chances of success in the next bet. Originally, Zhang Qiang had planned to wait until Dulong had overcome his tribulation before returning to Xuanwu Continent to learn more about cultivation and rely on his insights to achieve a breakthrough in his dantian. However, a series of unexpected events left him with no other choice. If the modification of Dulong's DNA failed, his future would be unknown. If it succeeded, the thunder tribulation he faced might be even greater. If any link went wrong, all efforts would be in vain and he would fail miserably. His future cultivation state of mind would inevitably be affected. For Dulong and for himself, he had no choice but to take a gamble...

As Zhang Qiang prayed, time seemed to freeze. His heartbeat grew heavier, but his body remained unresponsive. A quarter of an hour later, Zhang Qiang opened his eyes. "It's over... Looks like I've lost..." he thought dejectedly, mobilizing his consciousness to check the condition of his third dantian. However, just as his consciousness reached his dantian, an invisible force within it instantly deflected Zhang Qiang's consciousness, sending it surging in all directions like a wild horse unbridled. A hundred miles around seemed to lose all energy, as if time had stood still. Waves tens of feet high stagnated at the surface, and within a hundred miles, the leaves and flowers seemed frozen in time like a photograph, a total silence. Zhang Qiang shook his dazed head in disbelief and re-examined his surroundings. This was no dream. The distant stars continued to twinkle, and the meteors in the sky continued to streak across the sky. He activated his consciousness again to check his third dantian. The sphere, once liquid, had completely solidified. Originally four dots the size of a pinhole, they grew into cylinders with a radius one-quarter the size of the sphere. Where the cylinders intersected, they connected to each other with identical Tai Chi spheres, continuing endlessly... Zhang Qiang had a feeling that if he could control the interactions of these infinite Tai Chi spheres, controlling the universe would no longer be a dream...

"Hmm? Where's my thunder tribulation?" Zhang Qiang stared at the sky in confusion. Zhang Qiang understood that the solidification of his third dantian must have marked the formation of a core. Just like his senior brothers, they should have experienced a thunder tribulation. Although he didn't understand why he hadn't experienced the foundation-building tribulation, and of course, he didn't know when he had completed it, he knew that the current state must indicate the formation of a core, and the core-building thunder tribulation should be approaching. However, a quarter of an hour passed, and the sky remained unchanged. "Could this be a failure of the core-building... But that's not right... This spiritual awareness has expanded from two thousand feet to ten thousand feet... This proficiency in controlling atoms... It seems that he can vaguely see the internal structure of the atomic nucleus. This can't be wrong! His strength, speed, and so on have all made a qualitative leap..." Zhang Qiang pondered rapidly. Finally, he let go of his thoughts, and his figure blurred and disappeared. Zhang Qiang sensed two figures coming towards him. He must have been startled by the movement just now!

After Zhang Qiang disappeared, two figures appeared in his place. "This power is terrifying... Is it the law of time or the law of space?" a blurry figure asked softly. "I don't think it's either... It seems to be a completely new force... It instantly reduces all energy in space to zero. Look at these trees, their growth continuity has been briefly interrupted... The law of time won't interrupt their growth... The force of space is even less so... Since we arrived here, there's been no sign of interruption in the space within a hundred miles... It seems our planet Gaia will have another remarkable newcomer... Haha... This kid's spiritual sense can actually detect you and me, and his escape speed..." Another cultivator with a weathered voice responded. "Old man... If you weren't afraid of disturbing that kid's enlightenment... and if you stopped me, he would have escaped right under my nose..."

"Haha..." A vicissitudes of life laughter resounded through the night sky. The laughter seemed full of excitement, as if giving the shadow beside it a step. After a moment, everything returned to calm, as if nothing had happened here.

Zhang Qiang had arrived at the cave. After using his spiritual sense to detect the two figures and sensing their powerful aura, he didn't hesitate. He disintegrated himself, transforming his body into atoms... skipping the molecular state! While this was a tremendously costly process, it was much safer, allowing him to blend into the space and flee in multiple directions as an atom, converging at the cave 5000 feet away. If the two men truly pursued him, intending to ambush him, he would have no hesitation in having Dulong lead him to the entrance to Hell. Zhang Qiang sensed their power, a power he had never witnessed before! Only by creating chaos there might they have a chance of escape. Returning to the cave, Zhang Qiang informed Dulong of everything, and the two spent the night in vigilance.

The next morning, the two men finally relaxed. Knowing they would be in grave danger if targeted by such a master, they ultimately decided to pretend nothing had happened. They faced death with their faces turned to the sky, but life would last forever. In the morning, Zhang Qiang looked at the Dulong sitting cross-legged across from him. It seemed to be getting brighter! He guessed the Dulong would pupate within the next few days! He rechecked the surrounding lightning protection facilities! Over the past few days, Zhang Qiang had constructed several more lightning rods that reached the sky. Even though Zhang Qiang himself found this a bit ridiculous, he consoled himself with the thought that something was better than nothing. Finally, he calmed down and tried to imagine the scene of the thunder tribulation in his mind.