Translator: CinderTL
Within the False God Hall, in a space heavily guarded by layers of Array Formations, the reincarnated body of Supreme Powerhouse Gui Ling stood before a device the size of a star, silently manipulating its controls.
His soul power fueled the stellar apparatus, causing countless photons and quantum particles to warp and calculate at speeds imperceptible to the naked eye.
This was the Imaginary Dao Venerable, a peculiar entity existing between a Dao Venerable and an Immortal Artifact.
Eons ago, when Supreme Powerhouse Gui Ling conquered a foreign race's Great World, he discovered this spirit-type Dao Venerable, captured and imprisoned it, and refined it into a kind of "supercomputer."
To further enhance the Imaginary Dao Venerable's computational power, Supreme Powerhouse Gui Ling deliberately propagated the spirit-type cultivation method, causing the birth rate of spirit-type life to increase exponentially and designating them as First-Tier Protected Species within Human Race territory.
Among these spirit-type beings, the most exceptional were captured by Supreme Powerhouse Gui Ling and fed into the Imaginary Dao Venerable, further amplifying its computational capabilities.
Over countless millennia, its computational power had surpassed the imagination of any living being.
Even the vast False God Realm was almost entirely sustained by his efforts alone.
At this moment, urged by the reincarnated body of Supreme Powerhouse Gui Ling, the Dao Venerable was rapidly calculating the cultivation methods for the void great dao.
His goal was to provide a complete cultivation path, from initial practice to perfection, in an extremely short time.
As he quietly channeled the power of the Imaginary Dao Venerable to Divination the void great dao's cultivation method, he seemed to sense something.
First, a flicker of surprise crossed his expression, followed by a wave of his hand.
A figure materialized silently in the heavily guarded space.
"Supreme Powerhouse Tian Wen?" Gui Ling greeted.
The figure that had appeared so silently was none other than the supreme ruler of the Supreme Research Institute, Tian Wen Supreme Powerhouse—one of the nine great ultimate powerhouses of the Human Race.
He was also revered by the world as the omniscient supreme powerhouse.
"Supreme Powerhouse Gui Ling," Tian Wen Supreme Powerhouse replied with a polite nod.
"You've emerged from the great dao river? I hadn't heard any news of this." Gui Ling Supreme Powerhouse deliberately injected a hint of surprise into his tone.
"Something troubling has occurred, forcing me to leave the great dao river to investigate recent events in the Cosmic Void."
Tian Wen Supreme Powerhouse's expression turned grave. "I've been observing the Cosmos for some time now. Based on my preliminary analysis, the overall operation of the universe remains stable. While there are minor flaws in certain areas, they won't threaten the Cosmos's future. The only variable is that progenitor divine being who appeared recently, almost within arm's reach—Li Chunjun?"
"Li Chunjun?" Supreme Powerhouse Gui Ling understood the gravity of the situation from Tian Wen's demeanor. "What did you see?"
"Destruction," Tian Wen replied, his gaze fixed on Gui Ling. "The complete annihilation of the great dao of the soul! Except for Supreme Sovereigns who cultivate other daos concurrently, every Dao Venerable on this path has perished."
"The great dao of the soul destroyed?!" Supreme Powerhouse Gui Ling exclaimed in genuine shock. "Who? Who could possibly destroy the great dao of the soul?"
After all, he was the source of the great dao of the soul. No one had more authority to speak on its condition than he did.
"I couldn't see clearly, but this event undeniably occurred in some future timeline. That's why I returned from the great dao river—to uncover the truth," Tian Wen Supreme Powerhouse explained.
"You've focused your attention on Li Chunjun, this progenitor divine being?"
"Yes."
The Tian Wen Supreme Powerhouse said gravely, "A progenitor divine being alone warrants our utmost attention, especially Li Chunjun. From his emergence to his current state, he has achieved this in less than forty years."
He couldn't help but sigh, "Forty years."
Forty years.
The Supreme Powerhouse Gui Ling reconsidered the number.
In truth, for beings of their caliber, forty years held little significance compared to four hundred or a thousand years.
It was akin to a billionaire valuing ten thousand dollars the same as a million.
However, Tian Wen's reminder did prompt him to take the matter more seriously.
"Forty years... even mortals often live longer than that. Achieving a Primordial Spirit in such a short time would already be considered extraordinary talent, yet Li Chunjun became a progenitor divine being in just forty years..."
Gui Ling turned to Tian Wen. "Are you saying that the great dao he has pioneered will ultimately destroy the great dao of the soul?"
"It's likely more complex than that," Tian Wen replied. "After all, I only glimpsed a fragment of the truth. The Cosmos operates through the harmonious interplay of various great daos, each inextricably linked. The collapse of even one great dao could disrupt the entire cosmic order, plunging the future into chaos and rendering time itself unpredictable."
"The void great dao..."
Supreme Powerhouse Gui Ling's expression shifted slightly upon hearing Tian Wen's words. "In truth, before you arrived, I had almost concluded that Li Chunjun was merely bluffing."
"Bluffing?"
"Indeed."
Gui Ling waved his void hand.
A torrent of data surged from the Imaginary Dao Ancestor before them, but instead of coalescing into a coherent whole, the information remained fragmented and chaotic.
This data, incomprehensible to ordinary beings, was immediately deciphered by Tian Wen Supreme Powerhouse, who possessed profound understanding of spirit-type life and the Imaginary Dao Ancestor.
His expression turned subtly surprised. "Nothing?"
"Correct."
Tian Wen affirmed, "Based on my calculations over the past period, there is no such thing as the void great dao."
"That's impossible."
"Exactly, it should be impossible," Supreme Powerhouse Gui Ling sighed. "The Imaginary Dao Venerable spent thirty years calculating, yet the result remained the same: the void great dao does not exist. Yet the fact remains that the Great Void Ancestral Dragon, the god above gods, and the Progenitor of All Demons—all at the dao unification realm—fell by his hand."
He said, "Since the conclusion is that the void great dao doesn't exist, I've been speculating recently whether someone is secretly supporting Li Chunjun behind the scenes, stirring up trouble—perhaps the so-called Supreme Council. But now..."
The Supreme Council's members clearly couldn't have caused a catastrophe on the scale of the great dao of the soul's collapse.
"What have you discovered?" Tian Wen Supreme Powerhouse asked.
Tian Wen Supreme Powerhouse was known as the omniscient supreme powerhouse, but having only recently returned from the great dao river, his understanding of many matters remained incomplete.
Of course, this was mainly because Li Chunjun had risen to prominence so quickly.
For Tian Wen Supreme Powerhouse, these events had occurred practically just moments ago.
"Based on Li Chunjun's 'bluff,' I deduced that someone was secretly intervening. But now that you're here, you should be able to discern the true cause."
Supreme Powerhouse Gui Ling waved his void hand.
Images of his battles against the Great Void Ancestral Dragon, the god above gods, and the Progenitor of All Demons materialized.
Though the images were blurry and fragmented, they were sufficient to vaguely discern the combatants' states during the clashes.
After observing this simple combat state for a moment, the Tian Wen Supreme Powerhouse quickly arrived at an answer.
"Source of Time!" he declared solemnly.
"Source of Time?" Supreme Powerhouse Gui Ling retrieved a hypothesis proposed by the Imaginary Dao Venerable.
This hypothesis had a very low probability.
After all, the Source of Time granted immense power at the cost of damaging one's foundation.
Most cultivators had already reached the limits of their innate potential.
Some even derived their current strength from external sources like Heavenly Treasures, meaning the Source of Time might actually weaken them.
Even those with extraordinary potential would only resort to this desperate measure in life-or-death situations, unwilling to sacrifice their future for a single battle. But Li Chunjun...
The Tian Wen Supreme Powerhouse suddenly tapped below the hypothesis.
Immediately, Li Chunjun's purchasing records for the past few years appeared.
Unsurprisingly, the largest category of purchases was Dao Pills, covering nearly all forty-nine great daos.
While the Source of Time accounted for a significant portion, it remained a relatively small fraction compared to the Dao Pills.
After all, the value of a single Source of Time was only around a thousand Dao Pills, a negligible sum compared to Li Chunjun's transactions, which routinely reached hundreds of trillions or even a quadrillion Dao Pills.
"If he truly possesses the Source of Time, he must have mastered a method to use it without damaging his foundation," Supreme Powerhouse Gui Ling said.
"Not only that," Tian Wen Supreme Powerhouse added, his expression turning grave. "His repeated use of the Source of Time proves his talent and potential are truly unfathomable. Moreover, if the void great dao you claim doesn't exist, could it be... that he simply hasn't fully developed it yet?"
"He hasn't developed it yet?" Supreme Powerhouse Gui Ling paused, startled.
"Yes. He's currently demonstrating all sorts of profound mysteries solely through the Source of Time." Tian Wen Supreme Powerhouse paused, fixing Gui Ling with a piercing gaze. "He's already displayed the power to effortlessly annihilate three dao unification experts!"
Upon hearing this, Supreme Powerhouse Gui Ling's expression turned utterly solemn.
True dao unification and the dao unification power gained through the Source of Time were not on the same level. As Ultimate Powerhouses, they understood this distinction perfectly well.
If Li Chunjun could truly wield such power solely through the Source of Time, what would happen once he achieved true Dao unification and became a genuine progenitor divine being?
At that moment, even the two Ultimate Powerhouses standing at the pinnacle of the Human Race couldn't help but feel as if they were facing a formidable enemy.
Especially Tian Wen Supreme Powerhouse, after seeing the vision...
"Li Chunjun is currently slaughtering Foreign Races indiscriminately. I recall your False God Hall controls five or six Foreign Races in dao unification, while my Supreme Research Institute has six more at our disposal. Faced with Li Chunjun's relentless slaughter, these Foreign Races, fearing for their survival, have secretly united to oppose him. This is entirely logical."
Tian Wen Supreme Powerhouse said, "I'll go and see for myself. Only by witnessing his actions firsthand can we be absolutely certain."
"I'll accompany you," Supreme Powerhouse Gui Ling's reincarnated body added gravely. "After all, you saw the great dao of the soul being devoured. I'm eager to know how Li Chunjun intends to pull me, an Ultimate Powerhouse, down from the very source of the soul's great dao in the future."
"Agreed," Tian Wen Supreme Powerhouse nodded. "With over a dozen Foreign Races in dao unification attacking simultaneously, we'll inevitably force Li Chunjun to reveal his true power. This will allow us to finally understand exactly what he is."
(End of the Chapter)
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