I'm caught in the cycle of endless competition, you're waiting for me in the apocalypse.

"Has Kwon Yuri finally lost her temper? We can begin now."

"Yes! XX!" A dark figure quickly disappeared from the spot.

………………

"Mo Cheng, are you going to the capital?"

"Xinxin, we're leaving tomorrow. You're all coming with me!"

Fu Mochen ended everyone's two-month cultivation with a single sentence.

"Anna has been in the capital for a month, moving among various nobles and becoming a famous socialite. Moreover, the North City Lord, Wei Jun, will arrive in the capital tomorrow. The lord wants us to stir up trouble and promote the spirit liquid to trick those powerful people out of their spirit stones."

"Alright! At least I don't have to be a hedgehog anymore!" As the person most traumatized by "Granny Rong," Gu Shuohan would wholeheartedly support anything that could help him escape her clutches.

"Ahan, take this needle!" An Xin flung her hand away, and Gu Shuohan collapsed to the ground...

An Xin looked at her hands in disbelief: "I can already fire needles without any material? This has given me even more inspiration!"

Wei Ran kindly squatted down on the ground: "Dude, get up, stop pretending to be dead! Xin Xin didn't use silver needles!"

Gu Shuohan suddenly opened his eyes, patted himself down, and only after confirming he felt nothing amiss did he jump up: "How embarrassing, it's become a conditioned reflex..."

Everyone was speechless...

next day

After everyone finished packing, they boarded the Ruyi and flew towards the Dark Forest. Following Fu Mochen's instructions, they found a clearing in the Black Forest.

With a wave of his hand, Fu Mochen cast an earth-based spell, raising a large stone disc hidden beneath the earth. He then placed five different spirit stones—metal, wood, water, fire, and earth—in the holes around the disc.

Fu Mochen stood in the center of the stone slab, instructing the others to stand separately. He reached out and channeled spiritual energy into the colorless spirit stone in the center. Instantly, all six spirit stones lit up with dazzling light, and different spiritual energies spread along their respective inscribed paths, ultimately forming a complex spatial teleportation array composed of multiple formations.

An Xin observed everything, sensing the constant spatial fluctuations around her. After a moment of dizziness, she struggled to open her eyes, taking in the bizarre and wondrous scene around her. She closed her eyes again, carefully sensing the various fluctuations, the transformations of different energies, and the way Chen Fa energy operated…

Before long, they arrived at an open space outside the capital.

The group snapped out of their daze, looking around blankly, waiting for their companions to move together. They eventually discovered An Xin standing motionless in the middle, her eyes closed…

"Don't touch her!" Qi Mingxuan, who was standing closest, was about to touch An Xin when he was stopped by the floating Di Ting. "Xin Xin is comprehending the laws of space, everyone, don't touch her!"

Everyone was shocked!

Time and space are ultimate laws, and she comprehended them through such a spatial transfer?

Aside from Di Ting, no one knew that An Xin had actually experienced two trans-time and trans-space journeys! The excessive distortion and extreme energy fluctuations caused An Xin to fall into a coma. But this time, the simple array and spatial movement allowed her to withstand the energy fluctuations, thus experiencing certain spatial laws.

"It must be the distortion, fluctuation, and transfer of space, as well as the spatial array, that inspired and gave her the experience, which is why she was able to touch upon the laws of space. It may not be complete, but it is a necessary path to mastering the laws of space. Because it is not complete, it will not take too long. Everyone just needs to protect her for a moment."

After listening to Di Ting's words, everyone suddenly understood. So that's how it is. In the future, when using the space teleportation array, they should try to get rid of the discomfort and comprehend it.

Everyone also gained a deeper understanding of the benefits that body tempering brought to An Xin, and they were grateful that she had insisted on having Master Chen perform a medicinal bath for everyone to temper their bodies.

A moment later, An Xin disappeared, then Qi Mingxuan's shoulder was patted, followed by Li Qingchuan, and so on, until everyone was patted, but no one saw her.

"So this is what teleportation is, spatial teleportation. If you're fast enough, you can even become invisible for a short time." As the clear, melodious female voice rang out, everyone saw An Xin reappear in the same spot.

"Congratulations, Xinxin, you have comprehended the laws of space!" Li Qingchuan congratulated An Xin with a smile.

"Thank you, senior brother. I'm still a bit short. I haven't fully mastered it yet. It's probably because I used to be fast and had some teleportation skills, so I mastered spatial teleportation first."

"Xinxin, what's the difference between your previous teleportation and your current space-based teleportation?" Qi Mingxian asked first.

"Well... even if the teleportation was fast before, its trajectory could still be captured. If you used a camera to film it and slowed down the time, you could see me in every frame. But spatial teleportation is different. There is no trajectory to follow, and it cannot be captured by a camera. It's like a small-scale spatial transfer."

"That's amazing!" Wei Ran and Gu Shuohan both looked at An Xin with starry eyes.

Fu Mochen and Ao Jue looked on with envy, mainly for the girl's quick wit.

"What other spatial abilities does it have?" Li Qingchuan suddenly asked.

"There are also abilities such as invisibility, spatial blades, telekinesis, and at the highest level, the ability to tear through space to roam the universe, and even create small spaces."

“Xinxin seems to know it all by heart, as if she’s very familiar with it!” Li Qingchuan laughed, but his laugh was quite strange, and you could even see the jealousy on his face.

—Strange, what does Senior Brother mean by that? That smile is so creepy!

"Yeah, have you guys read any post-apocalyptic novels? They describe space-based superpowers!"

—I can't exactly tell you that I'm from the apocalypse and that I have a space-manipulating expert by my side who not only has a huge space but also super strong combat power!

"So, Xinxin, isn't your light-based energy similar to that of post-apocalyptic novels? It has healing, protective, and purifying functions, right?" Wei Ran liked reading comics, especially the kind with a hot-blooded, high school vibe, but he didn't have much time to read them. The only post-apocalyptic comic he had ever read was adapted from a novel, so he did have some knowledge of the post-apocalyptic novels that An Xin mentioned.

"Um... I'm an energy that suddenly awakened, and it's very similar to the one in the novel, so I named it Light Energy!"

One lie requires a hundred lies to cover it up, that's absolutely true! An Xin was inwardly crying.

"Alright, let's go. Don't keep the World Lord waiting." Fu Mochen interrupted the "interrogation" at the right time.

………………

The capital city, the seven-story pagoda

"This is where the world's main office and residence are located." An Xin looked up, quite interested in the building that resembled a temple pagoda.

"Xinxin, let's go. We can see the whole city of Beijing from up here." Fu Mochen called to everyone to take the elevator to the 7th floor.

"Welcome, Xin'er!"

As soon as the elevator doors opened, Xie Zi'an appeared with a warm and friendly expression.

"This is where you usually live? It's so spacious."

An Xin was stunned. The entire 7th floor, probably 4 to 5 square meters? Just a bed, a few cabinets, a few floor lamps, and a sofa…

"Don't you take showers? Don't you need to take care of your personal needs? Don't you have a bathroom at home?" Gu Shuohan asked three questions in a row out of curiosity.

Xie Zian glanced at Gu Shuohan with disdain, chuckled lightly, and shook his head with his eyes half-lowered: "You can't talk about ice with a summer insect."

"Ao Jue, what does he mean?" Gu Shuohan nudged Ao Jue next to him with his elbow, looking at him with an expression that said, "Is he seriously ill?" while seeking an ally.

"Hey, you little rascal, you don't even understand this! He's mocking your low cultivation level and low intelligence. Even if I explained it to you, you probably wouldn't understand!" Ao Jue patted him sympathetically and explained, "When your cultivation level is high, you don't need to eat. You can obtain energy from various sources, and if you don't eat or drink, you won't need a toilet. As for bathing, a simple cleaning spell can solve the problem, saving time and effort. Once your cultivation reaches a certain level, there will be no more impurities inside or outside your body, so you won't have such troubles anymore!"

"But it's less fun if you don't eat! Taking a bath is also very enjoyable..."

"Alas! A frog in a well cannot discuss the ocean, and an ordinary person cannot discuss the Tao! This is perfectly exemplified in you!" Ao Jue shook his head, indicating that he could not help.

On the other side of the room, huge glass windows cover almost the entire wall, offering a view of small manor houses of varying styles.

"This is the territory of the powerful and wealthy. Anyone who owns a manor in the capital is basically a monster who thinks he has the world under his control." Xie Zian's voice was soft and devoid of any emotion.

"Are they like celestial officials? Do they govern this space with you?" An Xin asked curiously.

"I suppose so. The ghosts come from various different times and spaces, and have various different ideologies. I've spent decades regulating the world's basic laws, economy, and politics. I had some ghosts with similar ideologies assist in management, so even if I were to fall into a deep sleep, the world wouldn't descend into chaos." Xie Zi'an gazed into the distance, seemingly lost in memories. "Day after day, year after year, they became the most powerful group of ghosts. But since their power and wealth had no descendants to inherit, they united the ghosts from the same world into a 'family,' which later became a nobility..."

"Then they became increasingly greedy? They even stopped respecting you, the Lord of this World?"

"Time blurs memories. They've forgotten my abilities, forgotten my identity, and many ghosts even want to replace me. It's ridiculous..." Xie Zian covered his eyes and chuckled softly, his laughter filled with helplessness, bitterness, and loneliness.

"But I'm here, Xie Zi'an, I'm here!" An Xin felt despair, a suffocating loneliness, as if an abyss was swallowing the man before her. She tried to believe in him, tried to give this man a little warmth and sunshine. Just like what the Heavenly Emperor they spoke of did, she wanted to give him a bond, a place to rely on, a hope!

Xie Zi'an felt the warmth emanating from the girl's small embrace, as if a seed had been planted in his heart, a seed of hope...