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Chapter 663: Crossing the Star River
Chapter 663: Crossing the Star River
In the dim and silent starry sky, Chen Mu stood tall, the raging void turbulence around him gradually subsiding. However, he remained still, gazing into the distant depths of the void, his eyes fixed on a point in the distance.
Just as the starry sky fell silent for a brief moment, a deep voice echoed.
"An Eighth Heaven Overlord of the Void Lineage?"
A faint aura emerged, and a figure bathed in green light appeared from the depths of the starry sky, standing across from Chen Mu. With a calm demeanor, the figure said, "I am the Lord of the Heavenly Radiance Void, known as Heavenly Radiance. You seem unfamiliar to me, and I am curious about your origins and how I should address you."
This figure, enveloped in green light, was unlike the previous group of Nine Red Divine Lords. His aura was exceptionally dense, clearly indicating that he was an Eighth Heaven Overlord and a powerful Divine Lord Tyrant from the Heaven's Edge Throne.
Chen Mu glanced at his counterpart and spoke calmly, "I am Chen Mu, and indeed, I am from another realm."
The Heavenly Radiance Divine Lord shook his head and said, "The news of the impending destruction of the Boundless Star River has spread, and with your strength and capabilities, you are indeed qualified to compete for resources here."
After speaking, he gave Chen Mu a wary look and then vanished into the void.
This place was the Heaven's Edge Throne, and the Boundless Star River was an extremely vast and special secret realm within it. As the star river neared its collapse, countless resources would be born, attracting the attention of Divine Lords from all over the Heaven's Edge Throne.
Normally, the resources born in the Boundless Star River should belong to the Heaven's Edge Throne, and Divine Lords from other realms had no right to compete for them. Any such attempt would result in a joint attack by the Divine Lords of the Heaven's Edge Throne to expel the intruders.
However, there was a precondition to this.
If Chen Mu were an ordinary Eighth Heaven Divine Lord, the Heavenly Radiance Divine Lord might have taken action. Even a casual display of his aura could attract other Eighth Heaven Divine Lords from the Heaven's Edge Throne to join forces and expel Chen Mu.
But Chen Mu's strength was extraordinary; he was an Eighth Heaven Overlord and a formidable Void Lineage. This caused the Heavenly Radiance Divine Lord to frown inwardly, reluctant to engage in a conflict with Chen Mu. Moreover, the abilities Chen Mu had displayed earlier hinted at a power that seemed to surpass even the Eighth Heaven Overlord.
The Eighth Heaven Limit?!
If this Mu Divine Lord was indeed an Eighth Heaven Limit of the Void Lineage, it would be pointless to oppose him. Even if numerous Eighth Heaven Divine Lords joined forces to besiege him, the opponent would likely be able to retreat calmly.
The only one who might pose a threat to Chen Mu in the entire Heaven's Edge Throne was the Heaven's Edge Lord, who stood tall in the Ninth Heaven. Even then, dealing with an Eighth Heaven Limit of the Void Lineage would not be an easy task.
Furthermore,
The news of the impending collapse of the Boundless Star River had spread rapidly. Despite the efforts to contain it within the Heaven's Edge Throne, many nearby thrones had already responded.
Thrones like the Southern Blossom Throne and the Northern Command Throne had already sent large numbers of Divine Lords to enter the territory of the Heaven's Edge Throne.
Under normal circumstances, these Divine Lords from other realms would not dare to set foot in the Heaven's Edge Throne so easily. However, the impending collapse of the Boundless Star River would undoubtedly produce abundant resources, tempting even the lords of the Ninth Heaven, such as the Southern Blossom Lord and the Northern Command Lord. In such a situation, not even the Heaven's Edge Lord could block all these forces from entering.
In any case,
The waters of the Boundless Star River would become increasingly turbulent, and there was no need to engage in conflict with a formidable presence like Chen Mu. While the Nirvana Stone was precious, similar resources were continuously being produced, and there were other opportunities to pursue.
The Heavenly Radiance Divine Lord had also considered this, which was why he had promptly retreated without even attempting to summon the Heaven's Edge Lord. In truth, he had a close relationship with the Heaven's Edge Lord, but at this moment, the latter was likely occupied elsewhere.
Chen Mu watched as the Heavenly Radiance Divine Lord departed, his gaze unwavering until the aura of his counterpart completely disappeared. Only then did Chen Mu's expression return to its usual calmness. He looked inward, focusing on the Nirvana Stone he had absorbed into his internal world, a hint of satisfaction flashing in his eyes.
Nirvana Stone.
When the void collapses, countless chaos ensues, and various mystic powers become unpredictable. However, there is a one-in-a-million chance that a glimmer of new life can be sparked from the destruction, resulting in a unique order amidst the chaos. This phenomenon leads to the solidification of the void, forming a substantial entity known as the Nirvana Stone.
The Nirvana Stone is one of the materials required to forge high-grade Divine Weapons of the Void, making it invaluable and precisely what Chen Mu needed at this moment. On the other hand, the Divine Energy Incarnation in Inferno City lacked the resources to acquire or forge new Divine Weapons. In contrast, Chen Mu's Interface Avatar had gathered numerous strange and precious treasures during this period.
Chen Mu aimed to forge a high-grade Divine Weapon that perfectly suited him!
With the resources he currently possessed, he could forge a standard high-grade Divine Weapon. However, Chen Mu's ambitions went beyond that. He wanted to collect more materials to forge a 'Divine Weapon of the Ninth Heaven'!
The Divine Weapon of the Ninth Heaven was also a type of high-grade Divine Weapon, on par with Inferno City. It surpassed the Vangu Palace due to the Ninth Heaven Mystic Secret Patterns engraved within it, requiring more materials to accommodate its power.
Once forged, its might would naturally be even more powerful, as it was a Divine Weapon fit for a Ninth Heaven Divine Lord to wield.
Of course,
The prerequisite for forging such a Divine Weapon was not only sufficient materials but also the need for him to ascend to the Ninth Heaven.
The Ninth Heaven was a chasm for the vast majority of Eighth Heaven Divine Lords. Often, even after tens of thousands of calamitous eras, it was difficult to surpass. Take Vanggu Divine Lord, for instance; despite gaining immense inspiration and enlightenment from his previous discourse with Chen Mu, after several dozen eras, he still hadn't broken through that bottleneck.
A bottleneck was, after all, a bottleneck. If it were that easy to break through, there wouldn't be so many Divine Lords and Overlords stuck at this stage.
The current Vanggu Divine Lord could only be said to be one step closer to the Ninth Heaven.
But it was different for Chen Mu.
His path to the Ninth Heaven had been smooth sailing from the start, and all he needed was time.
[Mystic Arts Fusion: Aggregate, Extend, Infinite, Overlap]
[Experience: 2.88 million points]
After accumulating over thirty eras, his experience in Four Mystic Arts Fusion had reached nearly three million points. Judging by his current progress, in just a hundred more eras, he would accumulate ten million experience points.
Although accumulating ten million experience points didn't guarantee direct mastery of Four Mystic Arts Fusion, the system panel could guide him to the essence of the Dao, allowing him to directly grasp the entire process and endpoint of Four Mystic Arts Fusion. In this situation, he only needed a little bit of study and understanding. He didn't need to figure it out himself, so it wouldn't take long to achieve success.
It was like two people, one groping in the dark, searching for a winding path, with various pitfalls along the way, while Chen Mu could clearly see the entire path and simply walk to the end. The situation was, of course, vastly different.
"The Boundless Star River is getting closer and closer to its final destruction."
Chen Mu's gaze swept across the starry sky, sensing the level of chaos in the void of the Boundless Star River, and muttered to himself.
The Boundless Star River was once an immense and vast secret realm, its internal range even surpassing the size of a void domain. But as it neared its terminal phase, its void scale was constantly shrinking inward.
This phenomenon wasn't unusual in Chen Mu's eyes.
One by one, stars collapsed, turning into void black holes. The birth of these void black holes tore at the nearby void, causing the originally extended void to start contracting and shrinking, forming overlapping folds, then collapsing and destroying, turning into flat space, and then being pulled and contracted again, collapsing once more.
This process continued endlessly, with countless void black holes everywhere, causing the entire starry dome to constantly contract and shrink, while these void black holes continuously merged.
Some merged and collapsed immediately, some gave birth to Nirvana Stones and other rare artifacts, and others further collapsed and collapsed, forming even larger void black holes, tearing at a more vast range of space.
It was foreseeable that,
When the Boundless Star River reached its end, all the void black holes would converge into one, forming an unprecedentedly massive giant black hole, and finally collapsing and destroying completely.
That scene was precisely what Chen Mu wanted to witness.
Not to mention the birth of countless rare and precious artifacts, but just this process alone would greatly benefit his understanding of the Void Dao, allowing him to more deeply comprehend the changes in the void.
Currently, as far as he knew, one of Vanggu Divine Lord's incarnations was also on its way here. Obviously, Vanggu Divine Lord didn't want to miss this major event of the Boundless Star River's collapse, but his true body was trapped in the Endless Abyss. Even if one of his incarnations carried some trump cards, it could only exert the power of the Eighth Heaven threshold. If he merely wanted to ensure his safety and observe the changes in the void to gain some enlightenment, it would be manageable. But if he wanted to compete for resources, it would be extremely dangerous.
The current Vanggu Divine Lord had probably already given up on the idea of competing for resources and was focusing all his energy on breaking through the bottleneck of Four Mystic Arts Fusion, stepping into the Ninth Heaven, and becoming an unparalleled Divine Lord.
Swish.
Chen Mu didn't linger in one place for long. He scanned the nearby starry sky, and after a brief moment, his figure flickered and disappeared into the chaotic void, leaving no trace.
At this moment, the entire Boundless Star River was in chaos, with surging void tides everywhere. True Gods below the Fourth Heaven would instantly be annihilated, but for Chen Mu, it was like walking on flat ground. He calmly strode through the deep void, measuring the starry sky, searching for those void black holes about to collide or change.
An Eighth Heaven Overlord of the void could freely roam within a throne!
...
Boom! Three void black holes entangled with each other, finally colliding and erupting with a vast aftermath.
Amidst the lingering ripples, a peculiar force soon emerged, causing the chaotic and tumultuous void tides to abruptly change. Within a radius of hundreds of millions of miles, the rushing void currents were suddenly pulled, beginning to rotate in a rhythmic manner.
With each rotation of the void currents, a strange curvature formed, like a perfect spiral, constantly swirling and intertwining towards the center. It seemed as if they were converging towards the center, but they could never reach the central point, or perhaps after infinite gatherings, they would infinitely approach that center.
In the center, where the void power was swirling, a faint golden-colored, peculiar substance was forming. This substance appeared to be about the size of a small clump, but in spatial scale, it was so small that it was almost non-existent, far smaller than a speck of dust.
"Golden Void Dust!"
Someone in the nearby void exclaimed in surprise.
Immediately, the entire void began to boil, and over ten Divine Lord-level auras erupted, surrounding the strange object known as 'Golden Void Dust' and engaging in a fierce battle. In just a short moment, they exchanged dozens of moves.
Amidst the intense fight, the Golden Void Dust was first seized by a Seventh Heaven Overlord, but due to its unique nature, it was difficult for a Divine Lord not from the Void lineage to keep it. So, within a few breaths, it was snatched away by the others once more.
Boom! Boom!!!
The fierce battle raged on, with clashes between Seventh Heaven Overlords occurring one after another. From time to time, the power of Eighth Heaven Overlords would also erupt.
Just as everyone was fighting over the Golden Void Dust, a terrifying aura suddenly surged from the distant void. In just a moment, the turbulent void around them calmed! In an instant,
the numerous Seventh Heaven Divine Lords present, including those at the peak and limit of the Seventh Heaven, all froze, feeling as if they were mired in a quagmire, unable to break free. They all revealed shocked expressions and looked in the same direction.
In the distance, a figure approached from afar, almost as if flashing, instantly covering hundreds of millions of miles and arriving nearby. The figure, dressed in simple attire, was none other than Chen Mu!
Chen Mu's gaze was calm. As soon as he appeared, without saying much, he directly raised his palm and struck towards an Eighth Heaven Divine Lord who was holding the Golden Void Dust nearby. In an instant, the terrifying void power condensed into a divine blade!
The blade's edge left no visible trace as it fell, and in the moment it took shape, the entire void quietly split, dividing into an abyss. The fissure penetrated through the Eighth Heaven, causing the Ninth Heaven to tremble slightly!
Hiss.
In just an instant, the Eighth Heaven Divine Lord holding the Golden Void Dust was split in half, and a horrified expression appeared on both halves of his face.
"Mu Divine Lord!"
He cried out in surprise, and the half of his body holding the Golden Void Dust immediately abandoned its grasp and disintegrated into countless specks of light, merging into the other half of his body. He then retreated swiftly into the distance!
Chen Mu didn't pursue him. Instead, he reached out, forcibly pulling a piece of the void closer, and grabbed the Golden Void Dust, bringing it close to him. Then, with two fingers, he lightly picked it up.
"It's that Void Overlord!"
"Let's go!"
The nearby Divine Lords' eyes widened in shock, and they quickly scattered like birds and beasts.
In recent times, the fame of Mu Divine Lord had shaken the four directions. Among the countless Divine Lords in Heaven's Edge Throne, none were unaware of the name 'Mu Divine Lord', knowing that he was an Eighth Heaven Overlord from the Void lineage.
In the current Heaven's Edge Throne, once Chen Mu was recognized, only those at the peak of the Eighth Heaven dared to continue fighting with him. The rest, even some Divine Lord Overlords, as long as they hadn't reached the peak of the Eighth Heaven, would usually retreat immediately.
After all, the gap in strength was too great. If Chen Mu used his void techniques to forcefully suppress them, they might be forcibly erased, a loss that no Eighth Heaven Divine Lord could bear.
Even though the Golden Void Dust was an extremely valuable treasure, no one dared to continue the fight at that moment.
In just a short moment,
the nearby void fell silent.
As Chen Mu held the Golden Void Dust, he analyzed it within a few breaths and absorbed it into his inner world. Finally, a late-arriving voice echoed from the distant void, carrying a hint of dissatisfaction.
"It's you again!"
"Let's go, he's from the Void lineage, so it's natural that he's faster than us."
Several late-arriving auras of Eighth Heaven Overlord-level Divine Lord Overlords flashed through the depths of the void. Seeing that Chen Mu had already obtained the Golden Void Dust, they also gave up on further contention.
If the Golden Void Dust hadn't been taken by Chen Mu, they might have had a chance to fight for it together. But with Chen Mu taking the lead, it was impossible to snatch it back from this Void Overlord, and even more impossible to do anything to Chen Mu.
Although the Divine Lords of Heaven's Edge Throne were somewhat reluctant about Chen Mu's blatant plunder, in the Infinite Void, strength was always respected. Chen Mu had the means, and they had no choice but to accept it.
(End of Chapter)
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