Chapter 710: Ming Fan and the Demonic Ancestor
Chapter 710: Ming Fan and the Demonic Ancestor
"Aside from myself, how many Venerated ones has Wutian contacted?"
"Five."
Venerated Wutian replied calmly, "Including you, Chen Zun, that makes seven. If you are willing to join, we will have just enough members. Any further invitations will be made with discretion, and we won't exceed nine members."
Naturally, the more Venerated ones in the team, the greater the chances of obtaining the Pure Source and Great Way treasures. However, the issue lies in the difficulty of dividing the treasures fairly among a larger number of Venerated ones.
Thus, a team of seven or eight Venerated ones is the most suitable.
After a moment of contemplation, Chen Mu said, "I have recently entered the realm of Venerated ones, and I am still unfamiliar with many matters in the universe. Please give me some time to consider, Wutian, and I will give you a response later."
Venerated Wutian was not surprised by Chen Mu's response. Indeed, as a new Venerated one, Chen Mu was not well-acquainted with other Great Way Venerated ones, let alone the matters of the Source Sea. It would be sudden for him to agree to collaborate with them right away, given his limited knowledge about the situation.
Moreover,
Chen Mu, as a Great Way Venerated one from the Void Lineage, was not the only one trying to recruit him.
At this moment, it was natural that Wutian would not force Chen Mu to join them, as it would only lead to the opposite effect. After all, the decision rested with Chen Mu himself. By taking the initiative to visit and express his intention to collaborate, Wutian had essentially achieved his purpose.
"Very well, then I shall await your good news, Chen Zun."
"By the way, other Venerated ones may also come to recruit you. Among those born in this universe's cycle, you can consider one or two of them. But for those from the previous universe's cycle or even older, it's best to be more cautious, Chen Zun. They have experienced more universe cycles, and their will has a tendency to be eroded by the Great Way, especially those on the brink of their final demise. They are more insane and not suitable partners for collaboration."
After Wutian nodded calmly, he gave a simple reminder to Chen Mu.
Venerated ones like them, born in this universe's cycle, generally had the most resilient will and the purest state of self. Although they desired the Great Way and Pure Source treasures, they were not yet at the point of madness.
However, those who had already experienced two or three universe annihilations but still failed to comprehend the second type of Primordial Way were on the verge of insanity. They would stop at nothing to obtain the Pure Source treasures.
Agreements and karmic constraints could all be ignored when the critical moment arrived.
Attacking teammates was not uncommon.
After all, Chen Mu had only become a Great Way Venerated one during the final period of the universe's end. In the eyes of those nearly insane Venerated ones, he was the perfect target for plunder.
"Alright, thank you for the reminder, Wutian. I will be cautious."
After hearing Wutian's words, Chen Mu thanked him.
As he watched Wutian's incarnation fade and disappear, he shook his head slightly and dissipated his own incarnation as well.
...
Time passed, and eventually, Chen Mu managed to send off all the visiting Venerated ones. The cosmic storm caused by his breakthrough to the Great Way Venerated realm was finally settling down.
During the universe's end, it was not uncommon for Divine Lords to comprehend the Great Way, break through bottlenecks, and achieve the Great Way Venerated realm, especially as the universe's end drew nearer. It was not unusual for two or three dozen Great Way Venerated ones to emerge during this period.
However,
The birth of a new Great Way Venerated one also made the Divine Lords in the Nine Heavens even more frenzied. Their battles in the Source Realm became bloodier and crux of their struggle was the slim chance to grasp the Great Way.
At this moment, Chen Mu resided above the Nine Heavens, within the Primordial River, transformed into a brilliant star overlooking the universe. After sending off all his visitors, he finally found some tranquility.
"System Panel..."
Chen Mu murmured softly, focusing his gaze inward towards the core of his will.
After a long journey of cultivation and finally attaining the Great Way Venerated realm, he discovered the system panel that had been hidden within him all this time, yet he had never noticed its trace.
It was attached to the core of his will, a minuscule scarlet light point, seemingly insignificant. It was hard to imagine that this unassuming observation point possessed the supreme means to assist in achieving the Great Way Venerated realm.
At this moment, even after discovering the true core of the System Panel, Chen Mu still couldn't see through it. Even with his mastery of the Void Dao and his venerable-level insight, the glimpse of crimson he saw was still shrouded in a chaotic haze.
"A Pure Source Treasure?"
"No. The fact that I, as a Venerable, cannot discern its reality or illusion proves that its essence is indeed beyond the three Primordial Ways, as I had suspected."
Chen Mu's heart now had a judgment.
He didn't know the exact level of the System Panel's essence, but it undoubtedly transcended the three Primordial Ways and surpassed the ordinary Pure Source Treasures. This implied that the power level of the System Panel might be a Transcendent Realm that surpassed the three Great Ways!
This was a Transcendent Treasure!
In the vast world, perhaps only by thoroughly fusing the three Great Ways, transcending the physical world, surpassing the source, and transcending the power of the other shore, could one possess such supreme power to assist in achieving the supreme realm of a Way Venerable, the essence of the System Panel was still a mystery.
For Chen Mu, who had already achieved the realm of a Way Venerable, even if time were to flow backward, he would still have taken the same path, growing step by step until he attained the Way of the Venerable. However, it was undeniable that the System Panel had indeed provided numerous benefits to his cultivation journey.
It was like having an inexhaustible treasure, and its essence constantly rose with his growth.
"I wonder if I can ever discover my true path to this world."
The thought flashed through Chen Mu's mind.
With the information he currently possessed from mastering the Void Dao, he still couldn't see beyond his arrival in this world. The part before that remained hidden, blocked by the System Panel's unique power.
Chen Mu still didn't know how he had come to this world, or if he had obtained the System Panel before arriving here or after.
However,
Chen Mu now had a profound understanding of the System Panel's power.
A Transcendent Treasure, being above the Primordial Ways, was naturally ever-changing, beyond comprehension and expression. It was presented in a systemic manner, just one of its forms.
It could transform into a sentient being with spiritual intelligence or a treasure with destructive attributes. However, for now, it only manifested as the System Panel. Chen Mu also didn't have the power to completely control and change its manifestation; he could only use this single function of the System Panel.
As a result,
Chen Mu's heart didn't have too many ripples. At the realm of a Way Venerable, being able to wield a Pure Source Treasure was already the limit. It was inherently impossible to truly control a Transcendent Treasure. This Transcendent Treasure currently only served for his use.
"Since everything is unknown, I'll stop thinking about it for now."
Chen Mu quickly put aside the System Panel and the investigation into his origins for the time being.
Since he couldn't figure it out, further inquiry was pointless. He believed that one day in the future, he would surely transcend the Great Ways, attain the Transcendent Realm, and reveal all secrets. Everything would be resolved.
After briefly setting aside his distracting thoughts, Chen Mu continued to experiment with the System Panel's functions. He discovered that there weren't significant changes compared to before. He could still use the System Panel to comprehend the complete Ways of Creation and Time!
To fully comprehend these two Ways required one hundred million experience points each.
For Chen Mu, who had already attained the realm of a Void Venerable, accumulating one hundred million experience points in the Creation and Time Ways was much easier. At least in the Source Realm, resources like Source Stones were readily available.
"Comprehending the Creation Way won't be much more difficult than the Void Way. Now that I've attained the Venerable position, mastering the Creation Way won't take too long. As for the Time Way, it's indeed more abstruse and challenging. I wonder if I can comprehend and master it before the universe's extinction."
Chen Mu contemplated the data on the System Panel.
There was still some time until the universe's extinction. During this time, using the System Panel to comprehend and master the Creation Way would be almost certain, while the Time Way would be more challenging and time-consuming.
In the vast universe, during a cycle of reincarnation, out of hundreds of sentient beings who attained the Dao, only a dozen or so were rooted in the Void lineage, and those who were rooted in the Temporal lineage were even fewer, no more than one or two.
In the previous three cycles of reincarnation, many Venerated Lords were also stuck before comprehending the Temporal Dao.
Among hundreds of Great Dao Venerated Lords, those who had mastered the three Daos of Creation, Void, and Time were extremely rare, perhaps one in ten. They were among the strongest beings below the four peak Venerated Lords, including the Yuan-Shi Chamber Master.
"Rooted in the Void, I should first grasp the essence of Creation," Chen Mu decided on his next direction for cultivation.
Now that he had attained the Great Dao Venerated Lord, the sense of urgency in his heart had vanished, and he became more composed in his cultivation. With the aid of the System Panel, even if the Temporal lineage was difficult to comprehend, as long as he had enough time, he could master Time as well.
Having mastered all three Great Daos, even without fusing them, he could cultivate the Pure Source Power. At the very least, he could withstand ten cycles of the universe's reincarnation and the erosion of the Great Dao. For Chen Mu, the 'Time' he possessed was still long.
From his rise from insignificance to achieving the Venerated Lord, the time spent was minuscule compared to a single universe's annihilation. In the vast river of time, it was merely a tiny fraction.
"Before cultivation, there's still something I need to do," Chen Mu said, looking at the System Panel and suddenly remembering something. A faint light flashed in his eyes.
He cast his gaze from the Nine Heavens above, illuminating the boundless universe, his vision piercing through the infinite void, until it reached the bottomless abyss at the heart of the universe. Then, he penetrated deeper, focusing on a specific location within the abyss.
...
The Bottomless Abyss.
The Deep Layer.
A team of six Nine Heavens Deus Lords was exploring the depths, searching for an exit from the Bottomless Abyss.
These six Nine Heavens Deus Lords had just entered the Nine Heavens realm and were not particularly powerful. However, working together, they were formidable enough to roam freely in the deep layers of the abyss, exploring with relative ease. They would retreat when encountering large gatherings of Nine Heavens Abyss Beasts but would directly confront other situations.
They were searching for an exit from the abyss, but as all six of them were from the Creation lineage and lacked the Void lineage's Nine Heavens, their progress was slow, and they could only explore by wandering through the deep layers.
Among them,
In the middle of the team, were two figures familiar to Chen Mu.
One wore a pale silver Dao robe, surrounded by strands of silver silk, and had a thick aura. It was none other than Ming Fan Divine Lord. The other wore a black robe, his body enveloped in surging demonic energy, was the Demon Ancestor of the Demon Ancestor Realm, Mo Ang Divine Lord!
At this moment, Ming Fan Divine Lord and Mo Ang Divine Lord both exuded auras that had reached the Nine Heavens realm.
It was indeed a remarkable opportunity for them to attain the Nine Heavens. When they joined forces to chase after Chen Mu and eventually fell into the Bottomless Abyss with him, they were only at the ordinary Eighth Heaven level.
However, within the Bottomless Abyss, they hid and eventually moved away from the lava caves, reaching another realm. Soon after, they joined a powerful force and befriended many Eighth Heaven Deus Lords within that force.
Due to the calamity brought by Chen Mu, they unknowingly harmonized with the Great Dao, and from misfortune came fortune. After their respective opportunities, they advanced further in their cultivation, reaching the peak of the Eighth Heaven.
After that,
With the arrival of the Cosmic Apocalypse, the Bottomless Abyss also underwent changes, making it easier to comprehend the Great Dao. Many Eighth Heaven peak beings successively entered the Nine Heavens, and after a period of bitter cultivation, they finally seized the opportunity to step into this realm.
Having attained the Nine Heavens, they naturally didn't want to stay in the Bottomless Abyss any longer. At this level, they were already peerless Divine Lords, and few things could threaten them. Moreover, remaining in the Bottomless Abyss would eventually lead to their downfall during the Cosmic Apocalypse. They decided to leave the abyss and go to the outer universe for their final battle.
As for Chen Mu's threat, they no longer feared him.
Although Chen Mu had already ascended to the Nine Heavens and attacked the Demon Ancestor Realm, destroying the entire Demon Ancestor Realm, in the previous cycle of reincarnation, that was in the past. But now, they too had attained the Nine Heavens, and even though Chen Mu had advanced further in the Nine Heavens realm, they had also reached this level, and together, they no longer felt as much fear.
(End of Chapter)
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