Translator: CinderTL
False God Hall.
As one of the Nine Great Human Race Institutions that established the False God Realm, the False God Hall virtually monitored all information exchange among human cultivators.
It was no exaggeration to say that, aside from the Dao Venerables, even Quasi-Tenth-Tier cultivators had few secrets from the False God Hall.
As for cultivators in the Spirit Refinement Great Realm, the False God Hall could, if it chose to investigate, record every minute and second of their lives, from birth to death, with perfect clarity within the False God Realm.
After all, few Spirit Refinement Great Realm cultivators ever left the human race's territory.
And those who remained within the human race's territory naturally remained under the surveillance of the False God Realm—and thus, the False God Hall.
At this moment, within the False God Hall's most magnificent and imposing palace, Gui Ling, the supreme master of the Dao of Soul, patiently listened to reports from Dao Venerable Xu Yun, the Hall Master of the False God Hall, and Great Evolution Supreme Sovereign, the Vice Hall Master on duty.
Though Gui Ling had not left the great dao river, just as Gods Above Gods who had deeply comprehended the great dao of the soul could resurrect themselves through the souls of their believers, this supreme master of the Dao of Soul had already mastered the ability to create extracorporeal avatars.
He could separate his soul, reincarnating countless times, each rebirth creating an independent entity.
In the future, when these individual incarnations cultivated to the Dao Unification Realm, they would merge with his original body, allowing him to effortlessly master a new great dao.
To this day, his original body had only mastered three great daos. The other six were cultivated through this cycle of reincarnation and rebirth, merging with his original body after achieving Dao Venerable status.
His current body was his ninth reincarnated form.
The seventh and eighth reincarnated bodies had failed to break through the ninefold dao unification limit.
Now, his ninth reincarnated body had achieved dao unification over 360 million years ago. He planned to spend hundreds of millions, perhaps even billions, of years cultivating this incarnation into an Ultimate Powerhouse. Once it embodied all nine great daos, he would merge it with his original body to see if he could shatter the ultimate limit.
Of course, even though his mastery of the great dao of the soul surpassed that of the progenitor divine being who had pioneered this path, making him a true pioneer, supporting such a powerful reincarnated body with his mind—in addition to his original body—remained no simple task.
To avoid danger in the great dao river, he dared not allow his true body and reincarnated body to venture into its depths simultaneously.
This was precisely why Harvest Supreme could easily contact him.
"Interesting. It seems even the progenitor divine being has realized something," the Ultimate Powerhouse's reincarnated body said with a faint smile after hearing Dao Venerable Xu Yun and Great Evolution Supreme Sovereign's detailed explanation.
Great Evolution Supreme Sovereign, who knew his Hall Master well, felt a stirring in his heart. "Does this mean the Hall Master intends to follow the same path as you?"
"It's not quite the same path," Supreme Powerhouse Gui Ling chuckled. "Rather, this might be the correct direction. If the direction is right, it's only natural that we eventually converge, even if we start from different paths."
"Then could Li Chunjun also be the reincarnated body of an Ultimate Powerhouse?" Great Evolution Supreme Sovereign suddenly asked. "After all, his growth rate is far too rapid—completely defying common sense."
"As you said, his growth rate is too rapid, defying common sense. Among my reincarnated bodies, excluding those who died prematurely, how many truly reached dao unification in less than a thousand years? Yet he achieved this in less than a century."
Supreme Powerhouse Gui Ling clearly didn't agree with this assessment.
Dao Venerable Xu Yun, standing nearby, looked somewhat bewildered.
Seeing this, Supreme Powerhouse Gui Ling smiled and explained, "In the current world, every Ultimate Powerhouse who has reached their limit is desperately seeking a path forward. To find this path, they have developed countless new methods and proposed numerous tentative theories. However, with the great dao light net in place, the consensus remains that mastering forty-nine great daos is the correct path, though opinions diverge on the specific methods."
He continued patiently, "For example, the Explorers Guild believes we must rely on external objects, forging artifacts even more powerful than Immortal Artifacts. By imbuing these artifacts with great daos and refining them into our bodies, we can break through the power ceiling of mastering nine great daos. Others argue that the path of body-soul unification is flawed, insisting that the self is everything and that we should master the great daos through our own strength, rather than merging with them."
The Supreme Powerhouse elaborated on each approach.
Dao Venerable Xu Yun, whose understanding of these concepts was vague and incomplete, experienced repeated moments of enlightenment as he listened.
"Tian Wen and I, though one primarily studies the soul and the other the divine, share a fundamental agreement in our thinking," Gui Ling Dao explained.
"I've always believed that Mind Immortality isn't the ultimate limit of the soul. The reason Ultimate Powerhouses can only bear nine great daos is because we've reached the limit of our Mind Immortality. But the soul's potential extends far beyond this. By breaking through this barrier and elevating the mind to the eleventh realm, we might shatter the shackles that restrict Ultimate Powerhouses to fusing only nine great daos."
He paused, then continued, "Tian Wen, however, believes that Mind Immortality represents the soul's ultimate state. The reason Ultimate Powerhouses can't surpass the nine great daos is because the body-soul unification method places an unbearable burden on the soul. Alternatively, the Cosmos's suppression of Cultivators might mean that the more great daos we bear, the greater the strain on our minds. Only by emulating the progenitor divine beings—pioneering our own great daos and using them as a foundation—can we continue to bear more great daos and evade the Cosmic Great Dao's oppression of the soul."
Hearing this, Xu Yun understood the Supreme Powerhouse Gui Ling's meaning.
"So, Hall Master, you believe that this progenitor divine being named Li Chunjun is a practitioner of this path? And that he has already taken the crucial first step, successfully establishing his own Dao? If he can resolve the issue of soul power, he could ascend to a realm beyond even the Ultimate Powerhouses?"
"Whether that's true or not, we'll know once we meet him," Gui Ling said. "He's curious about me, the pinnacle of the Dao of Soul, and I'm equally curious about him as a person."
As a person.
Not about the void great dao within him.
"Alright, let Harvest Supreme of the Creation Fortune Merchant Guild arrange the meeting. The venue will be the Profound Yellow Great World," Gui Ling instructed.
"I'll have the Starry Sky Group coordinate your travel arrangements immediately," Great Evolution Supreme Sovereign replied hastily.
An Ultimate Powerhouse...
Even the reincarnated body of an Ultimate Powerhouse could cause tremendous ripples with every word and action. Without careful coordination, who knew what rumors might spread throughout the Human Race's territory?
Li Chunjun received news from Harvest Supreme. Though he had anticipated this outcome, he was still pleased to have made contact with Gui Ling, the pinnacle of the Dao of Soul, so smoothly.
Moreover...
The good news didn't stop there.
As Li Chunjun set out to return to the Profound Yellow Great World, word finally arrived from Xuan Jian at the War Commission.
Xing Wu, a high-ranking commissioner within the War Commission, had personally come to meet him.
"So, you were alarmed by the False God Hall's actions, fearing they might gain the upper hand?" Li Chunjun asked, unsurprised.
While the Nine Great Institutions cooperated, they were not without their rivalries.
Wherever there are people, there is conflict.
Since Li Chunjun was operating within the Great World, Dao Venerable Xing Wu had sent only an avatar.
Yet the moment they met at the newly constructed interworld star gate in the Great World of the Gods, the Dao Venerable's avatar immediately presented a generous gift.
"Dao Venerable Li, please review this. It contains information on the 388 Great Worlds and 1,509 great clans surrounding the Human Race, all compiled by the War Commission."
Xing Wu smiled and handed over a dossier as a gesture of sincerity. "Of these 388 Great Worlds, 166 directly border our human race's three thousand Great Worlds. Among them, 81 are ruled by Foreign Races who have achieved dao unification, while the rest are occupied by Quasi-Tenth-Tier Foreign Races."
He added, "A total of 1,509 great clans are distributed across these worlds. Without exception, every clan considered 'great' possesses at least one Quasi-Tenth-Tier expert."
He chuckled. "Only those clans with Quasi-Tenth-Tier experts—those with the faintest hope of producing a dao unification expert—qualify for inclusion in our War Commission's records."
Li Chunjun knew this wasn't an empty boast.
Even the Human Race's nine immensely powerful institutions didn't bother documenting Foreign Races below the Ninth-Tier. Compared to the Human Race, such races were too weak to warrant recording.
In fact, even Council-level major powers struggled to keep track of all the dao unification-level forces surrounding the Human Race. After all, no matter how many dao unification experts the Foreign Races produced, they could never surpass the Human Race's numbers.
Even Council-level Powers only possessed detailed knowledge of Foreign Races bordering their territories.
This was precisely why Li Chunjun sought a trade with the War Commission.
The War Commission, as the Human Race's foremost institution, held the most comprehensive data on Foreign Races.
Yet even their information might be incomplete.
The Explorers Guild undoubtedly possessed hidden knowledge about Foreign Races that remained unknown to the War Commission.
"Three hundred and eighty-eight Great Worlds, one thousand five hundred and nine great clans," Li Chunjun mentally scanned the data.
These numbers...
Were not too many, but rather too few.
Especially the dao unification realm cultivators—only eighty-one!
Even if some hidden dao unification experts remained undiscovered by the War Commission, the total likely wouldn't exceed one hundred.
The Human Race had only identified such a small number of Foreign Race dao unification cultivators...
It was far too few.
So few, in fact, that after reaching Level 46, he couldn't even gather enough experience to advance to Level 47.
Li Chunjun took a deep breath.
"The War Commission has certainly put in the effort."
Li Chunjun accepted the documents, saying, "While these records meticulously detail the locations and basic strengths of each Foreign Race, they may lack comprehensive coverage of every minor detail. It would be ideal if the War Commission could assign an expert with deep knowledge of the Foreign Races to accompany me and answer my questions."
"Ha ha, that's no problem at all!" Xing Wu laughed heartily. "I'd be happy to personally explain these materials to Dao Venerable Li myself."
"There's no need to trouble Dao Venerable Xing Wu with such a trivial matter," Li Chunjun replied.
Having the War Commission assign someone like Feng Yu, a Quasi-Tenth-Tier cultivator, to accompany him was already pushing the limits.
To have a Dao Venerable observe him up close?
The value of these documents simply didn't warrant such attention.
Xing Wu understood this perfectly.
After a moment's contemplation, he said gravely, "These Foreign Races are scattered across the Cosmic Void. If Dao Venerable Li intends to eradicate them all, the travel time alone could take several millennia."
Travel time was indeed a significant waste.
The Cosmos was vast beyond comprehension.
Even for a Dao Venerable, without Star Gates, a single journey could take years, decades, or even centuries for longer distances.
"So?"
Li Chunjun gazed at him.
"After discovering the locations of these Foreign Races, the War Commission often deploys contingency plans as a precaution. When combined with the Starry Sky Group's technology, these plans allow us to directly transport our personnel to those locations in times of need."
Xing Wu met Li Chunjun's gaze, smiling. "Even transporting Dao Venerable Li himself wouldn't be difficult."
(End of the Chapter)
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