Chapter 387: The Majestic Celestial Mountain
Chapter 387: The Majestic Celestial Mountain (Subscription Requested)
On the surface of the azure lake, a four-armed man stood silently. He was only about six or seven feet tall, but his intangible aura was vast and unfathomable, especially with his four arms, which seemed out of place with the surrounding world.
"Four God Kings."
The voices of dozens of figures on the shore whispered reverently, their tones fervent.
Two hundred years ago, the strength of the Four God Kings far surpassed theirs.
And now, another two hundred years have passed, and the gap has only widened.
"Is the Celestial Gate about to open?"
The Four-Armed God King, his eyes profound, slowly opened them and spoke calmly.
"According to the timeline of this two-dimensional world, the Celestial Gate will open in two months," the leader among the figures on the shore immediately replied.
The Celestial Gate opens once every hundred thousand years, and it is the greatest event in this two-dimensional world. Countless powerful beings will gather to witness the event.
Before the arrival of the strong beings from the Myriad Races, only those at the Wu Di level have the qualification to compete for the chance to enter the Celestial Gate, and only those at the Wu Zu level dare to guarantee their ability to approach it.
As for now, with the intervention of the Myriad Race powerhouses, the threshold has been infinitely raised.
"Understood."
"We will set off for Celestial Mountain in one day."
The Four-God King spoke slowly.
Celestial Mountain is the tallest mountain in this two-dimensional world, and the Celestial Gate has always appeared above it whenever it opens. Hence, the mountain earned its name.
"Yes."
The dozens of figures on the shore nodded immediately.
"Four God Kings, we..." The leader among them hesitated slightly.
"Rest assured, you have handled many trivial matters for me in this two-dimensional world. This time, as long as I can leave, I will ask the most powerful beings to intervene and compensate for your foundational losses as much as possible." The Four-God King looked at the numerous figures before him.
These figures were all powerful special lives; in the universe, they were ancient gods who dominated their realms.
"Thank you, Four God Kings."
"We are counting on you, Four God Kings."
"It is our honor to serve the Four God Kings."
The dozens of figures heaved a sigh of relief. While foundational losses couldn't be restored, they could be compensated.
As long as the most powerful beings intervened, the price they would have to pay would ensure their losses were minimized.
Of course, the willingness of the most powerful beings to intervene was due to the Four-God King's promise to bring out the various wonders of this two-dimensional world, and these figures had contributed to their collection.
"With the strength of the Four God Kings, who in this two-dimensional world can be your match?" The leader among them asked.
The rest nodded in agreement.
Although they were all eleventh-stage special lives, they knew they had no hope of leaving. Firstly, they couldn't compete with the Four God Kings before them.
As for giving up this opportunity to wait for the next opening of the Celestial Gate, that was a matter for the nine strongest beings. It had nothing to do with them, who were slightly mediocre special lives.
Currently, the nine strongest beings in this two-dimensional world were the most powerful, and their statuses were similar. They wouldn't submit to one another, even if they were special lives.
"Alright."
"You may go and prepare now."
At the Four-God King's dismissal, the dozens of figures on the shore quickly turned and left.
Soon, only the Four-God King remained on the vast lake.
"Over the past two hundred years, I have tried to excavate and merge with the potential of the most powerful weapon within me. In terms of combat strength, I should have reached the upper limit of this two-dimensional world."
The Four-God King thought to himself.
Unlike the wonders of this two-dimensional world, his most powerful weapon had been brought from the outside.
And this created an essential distinction from the wonders held by the Myriad Race powerhouses.
The Four-God King's most powerful weapon had been refined.
The rest of the Myriad Race powerhouses, even if they possessed wonders whose power wasn't inferior to the Four-God King's weapon, couldn't refine them. They could only unleash the lowest level of power.
Within the two-dimensional world, the Myriad Race powerhouses couldn't utilize their full range of abilities and thus couldn't refine the wonders.
However, the Four-God King's most powerful weapon had already been refined in the outside world.
Even though it was suppressed after falling into the two-dimensional world, the Four-God King could still achieve unity of will with the refined weapon and slowly unlock more of its power.
Moreover, this most powerful weapon was perfectly suited to the Four-God King, allowing him to unleash its maximum combat strength.
"This time the Celestial Gate opens, I will definitely be able to leave."
The Four-God King was confident. As an eleventh-stage legendary lifeform, he was already one of the strongest among the descending Myriad Race powerhouses, and he also possessed the most powerful weapon.
With such a huge advantage, the Four-God King didn't believe there was any possibility of failure.
Within a volcano, before the boiling magma, a skinny old man sat cross-legged. His body seemed like a boiling flame, and the surrounding temperature continued to soar, causing the stone walls to start melting.
"That's about it."
"I've reached a limit."
The skinny old man exhaled slowly, and the temperature nearby began to drop rapidly. "It's time to head to Celestial Mountain and take a look."
The skinny old man narrowed his eyes slightly. "This time the Celestial Gate opens, the few old fellows who can compete with me include the Four God Kings. He brought a real ultimate weapon in, so he's quite troublesome."
The skinny old man stroked his chin, deep in thought.
Normally, eleventh-stage lives weren't qualified to possess ultimate weapons, even if they were eleventh-stage legendary lives.
Even for the peak races, ultimate weapons were considered a foundation. If an eleventh-stage life possessed an ultimate weapon, it was very likely to attract the most powerful beings to plunder.
While the most powerful beings disdained bullying the weak, they didn't mind doing so if there were sufficient benefits.
An excited middle-aged man stepped forward, his name was Yan Fu, and he was the strongest among the hidden powers. After a difficult cultivation, he had finally entered the Wu Zu realm.
For indigenous beings in the two-dimensional world, cultivating to the Wu Zu realm was incredibly challenging, and in the past, whenever the Celestial Gate opened, most of the competitors were Wu Di level beings.
As for Wu Zu? As long as one could reach that level, they would almost certainly be chosen to enter the Celestial Gate.
"Just in time before the opening of the Celestial Gate."
"What my ancestor couldn't accomplish, I will achieve."
Yan Fu's heart was filled with determination.
For the beings of the two-dimensional world, entering the Celestial Gate was the ultimate goal and dream.
However, even for a Wu Zu, entering the Celestial Gate was not a guarantee.
The Celestial Gate only opened once every ten thousand years, but the lifespan of a Wu Zu was at most only two to three thousand years, so the timing had to be right for them to have a chance.
Yan Fu's ancestor wasn't fortunate enough, as he had only become a Wu Zu eight hundred years after the previous opening of the Celestial Gate, dashing his hopes.
In the depths of the cosmic universe, a mysterious and ancient 'scroll' slowly unfurled, revealing its secrets.
Dozens of peak existence beings gazed at it with solemn expressions, their eyes fixed on the distant 'white paper'.
In the two-dimensional world, the opening of the Celestial Gate was still two months away, but in the main universe, it was merely a matter of a dozen hours or so.
The flow of time between the two worlds was vastly different, with the two-dimensional world progressing at a rate of one-hundredth of the main universe.
"The Celestial Gate..."
"This opening may be our chance to unravel the secrets of this 'white paper'."
"Indeed, if the Celestial Gate is indeed a passage connecting the 'white paper' to the outside world, then in that moment of opening, we may be able to discover some of its hidden mysteries."
"Perhaps it will even aid us in our quest to refine this 'white paper'."
One after another, the peak existence beings, the ultimate powers, waited with bated breath.
Two years had passed since they first encountered this 'white paper', and they still knew nothing about it, so all their hopes were pinned on the soon-to-open Celestial Gate.
"Yu Die, is the Virtual World ready?" Xia Qin, one of the peak existence beings, turned to the Yu Die peak existence being beside him.
"Rest assured, when the Celestial Gate opens, if there is even the slightest hint of aura leaking from the two-dimensional world within the 'white paper', the Virtual World will capture it, and the similarity of the replicated two-dimensional world will increase even further."
Yu Die nodded, her evolution path as a peak existence being was derived from the 'Virtual World', so naturally, she had mastery over it.
"Good."
Xia Qin said.
"I wonder what level that little guy has reached in his cultivation now?" Xia Qin suddenly thought.
The 'little guy' he referred to was, of course, Lin Yuan.
Ever since he learned that Lin Yuan had already reached the terrifying level of Wu Zu Nineteenth Realm two hundred years ago, Xia Qin had placed all his hopes for the evolution of human civilization in this two-dimensional world on Lin Yuan's shoulders.
After all, two hundred years ago, aside from Lin Yuan, the strongest human civilization evolutionist was only at the Wu Zu Fourteenth Realm.
As Xia Qin's thoughts raced, a voice suddenly sounded.
"Xia Qin, what are your thoughts?" The peak existence being from the Star Alliance looked over and transmitted his voice privately.
He was still reluctant to give up on the wonders collected by the human civilization's evolutionists, and he believed that as long as they could get the Four God Kings to bring them out, the Star Alliance would be able to profit handsomely from it.
The Star Alliance was not an enemy of human civilization, so this peak existence being who had achieved ultimate power through the path of a special life wasn't too concerned about human civilization benefiting from it as well.
Furthermore, with the Star Alliance taking a sixty percent cut, the more human civilization gained, the more the Star Alliance would profit.
"Let's wait and see." Xia Qin smiled and replied.
Even if the Star Alliance takes a cut, it's still better for the human civilization to get four-tenths of the profits than nothing.
"Are we going to wait and see again?" The strongest expert from the Star Alliance looked at Xia Qin, "Are there any eleventh-stage perfect-lifes among the humans who fell into the two-dimensional world this time?"
Two years ago, when Xia Qin replied, 'let me consider it', the Star Alliance's expert was merely puzzled.
But now, with the Celestial Gate about to open, and Xia Qin still saying 'let's wait and see', the Star Alliance expert wasn't foolish. He immediately inferred two possibilities.
One was that the Human Civilization Alliance had already partnered with other forces and entrusted them with bringing out the wonders.
The second was that there was a human evolutionist who had fallen into the two-dimensional world and had the strength to compete for the top spot, thus having a chance to enter the Celestial Gate.
Compared to the first possibility, the Star Alliance expert leaned more towards the second.
After all, as of now, he knew of all the experts in the two-dimensional world who had a chance to rival the Four God Kings.
It would be difficult for the Human Civilization to partner with any of them, and even if they did, the cut taken by the Star Alliance would definitely be much higher.
There was no need for the Human Civilization to seek distant partners when there were better options.
"Don't you know about the eleventh-stage perfect-form evolvers from our Human Civilization Alliance?" Xia Qin retorted.
He didn't mention Lin Yuan at all, not even a hint.
In the two-dimensional world, the more high-profile one was, the more dangerous it became, as it would easily attract group attacks.
The Four God Kings were a prime example, but they possessed ultimate weapons integrated into their bodies, allowing them to withstand group attacks.
"We'll see about that."
The Star Alliance expert pondered for a moment, then dropped the topic.
Even if the Human Civilization really had an eleventh-stage perfect-form evolver who fell into the two-dimensional world, they wouldn't be a match for the Four God Kings.
Even without the Four God Kings, it would be difficult for them to match the other eleventh-stage perfect-form legendary lives.
In terms of pure combat strength, at the same level, human civilization's evolvers were at a disadvantage against powerful special lives.
Eighth-stage evolvers could narrow the gap with special lives by creating an inner world, but that was just narrowing the gap.
Deep underground.
Lin Yuan sat with his legs crossed, his aura completely restrained, almost merging with the surrounding soil. However, the blood within his body was extremely viscous, and his flesh and organs were powerful to an unimaginable degree.
"Witch Ancestor Fiftieth Realm."
Lin Yuan straightened his back slightly, and the sound of his bones cracking was like a thunderous roar, causing the air around him to distort.
"Time to go."
Lin Yuan slowly stood up and gently threw a punch, sending a terrifying force through the ground, creating a wide passage where he stood.
"I wonder how my current strength compares to the Four God Kings with their ultimate weapons."
Lin Yuan wondered to himself. In terms of realm, he was certain he was higher than the Four God Kings, but he wasn't sure about combat strength, as they possessed a refined ultimate weapon.
No one knew the extent of their power in this two-dimensional world.
"In the past two hundred years, ever since I entered the Witch Ancestor's Fortieth Realm a hundred years ago, I've felt my progress slowing down. It took me a full century to go from the Fortieth Realm to the Fiftieth Realm."
Lin Yuan sighed.
The closer one got to their limits, the more difficult it became to improve.
"Never mind that."
"The Celestial Gate will open in two months."
"I can set off for Celestial Mountain now."
Lin Yuan took a step and soon appeared on the ground.
"This time, I'll go to Celestial Mountain to see the strength of the other powerhouses. If they are far inferior to me, I'll sweep through them and enter the Celestial Gate."
"If there are any with strength comparable to mine, I'll give up on this opportunity and wait for the next opening of the Celestial Gate in ten thousand years."
Lin Yuan made a plan for himself. The longer the time, the stronger he would become. In terms of realm improvement, Lin Yuan had a heaven-defying comprehension talent, far surpassing the powerhouses of the Myriad Races. Even eleventh-stage perfect-form legendary lives were far inferior to him.
So there was no need to risk his life during this opening of the Celestial Gate.
"Let's head directly to Celestial Mountain."
"No need to stop by at the Luochuan Gathering Ground or the Blood Rain Ancient Country's capital."
Lin Yuan set a direction and took large strides forward.
Ever since he entered the Witch Ancestor's Twentieth Realm, Lin Yuan rarely appeared in the Luochuan Gathering Ground because his strength was too overwhelming, and he might accidentally cause catastrophic damage to the area.
As for the capital of Blood Rain Ancient Country, aside from the first few years when he went to take a look, Lin Yuan basically never visited again.
More than ten days later.
Lin Yuan was about to arrive at Celestial Mountain.
"On this journey, I've sensed the auras of quite a few Myriad Race powerhouses."
Lin Yuan thought to himself. Most of the Myriad Race powerhouses traveled in groups. Over the past two hundred years, powerful Myriad Race experts often hunted other races, so the survivors tended to stick together.
Those who didn't travel in groups were mostly confident in their strength and were likely eleventh-stage lives.
It had been over three hundred years since the powerhouses of the Myriad Races descended upon this two-dimensional world, and now, there were less than 200,000 survivors.
Among the 200,000-plus Myriad Race powerhouses, there were only about 200 eleventh-stage powerhouses, a reduction of a third from the initial 300-plus.
A moment later.
Lin Yuan finally arrived at Celestial Mountain.
"That's Celestial Mountain?"
Lin Yuan stopped in his tracks and gazed at the distant majestic mountain, his expression turning slightly solemn.
(End of Chapter)
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