Translator: CinderTL
In the vast expanse of the starry sky, Li Chunjun silently appeared outside a Great World. Accompanying him was Dao Lord Di Jiang, the supreme ruler of the Imperial Witchcraft Sect.
"According to our latest intelligence, the Thousand-Eyed Dao Venerable is currently within the Spirit Mountain Great World," Di Jiang explained. "Long ago, the progenitor divine being of the Grand Dao of Karma left behind his comprehension of the Dao within this world, drawing countless later generations to delve into its mysteries. The Thousand-Eyed Dao Venerable, who embodies the great daos of time and soul, has chosen the Grand Dao of Karma as his third path, seeking to harness its power to achieve Supreme Sovereign status."
After a pause, he continued, "However, while we know he must be within the Spirit Mountain Great World, and that his Avatar is undoubtedly studying the progenitor divine being's insights before the Jade Wall of Heaven and Earth, we lack the means to locate his true body. Your Avatar must enter the world, capture his Avatar, and then use the connection between the Avatar and his true body to pinpoint his true location."
"Understood. Leave the rest to me."
Li Chunjun said calmly, "Be careful. And it's best to make this quick."
Di Jiang hesitated for a moment before replying, "The situation has been... off lately. It seems many Supreme Sovereigns have been summoned. Moreover, according to my sources, the Supreme Lawbringer, who's currently on duty, issued an order a year ago to convene the Supreme Council, gathering all Supreme Sovereigns and Ultimate Powerhouses. However, we're still verifying the authenticity of this information."
"Convene the Supreme Council?" Li Chunjun paused, his expression darkening.
The Supreme Council was the Human Race's highest decision-making body. It rarely convened, perhaps once every hundred thousand or even a million years. When it did, the agenda invariably concerned matters of paramount importance to the Human Race's future.
The last Supreme Council meeting had occurred over two million years ago, when three Supreme Sovereigns had silently emerged within the mechanical race. After deliberation, the Human Race's three Ultimate Powerhouses had intervened, accompanied by over a dozen Supreme Sovereigns and hundreds of Dao Venerables. With overwhelming force, they annihilated the mechanical race's leadership and reduced the mechanical race to a protected species within Human territory.
Li Chunjun didn't need to guess the reason for the Supreme Council's convocation.
Without elaborating, he simply said to Di Jiang, "Move back a bit. I'm going to locate the Thousand-Eyed Dao Venerable's true body."
"Move back?" Di Jiang paused, slightly taken aback.
Was Li Chunjun planning to forgo using his void great dao to infiltrate the Spirit Mountain Great World, capture the Thousand-Eyed Dao Venerable's true body, and then use the connection between the true body and the true body to pinpoint the Thousand-Eyed Dao Venerable's location and drag him out?
Seeing Li Chunjun offer no further explanation, Di Jiang refrained from asking more questions and retreated a considerable distance.
"Not far enough!" Li Chunjun added.
Finally, he said bluntly, "Leave the radiation range of the Spirit Mountain Great World's great dao light net."
Leave the radiation range of the Spirit Mountain Great World's great dao light net...
This would undoubtedly prevent Di Jiang from witnessing the Thousand-Eyed Dao Venerable's fall, and even...
Li Chunjun's demonstration of the void great dao's profound mysteries as he killed the Dao Venerable.
Judging by Li Chunjun's demeanor, he seemed unable to act freely as long as Di Jiang remained nearby. Forced to retreat, Di Jiang summoned a Quasi-Immortal Artifact-level Void Flying Boat and withdrew to a safe distance.
This scene appeared to have been observed by someone lurking in the shadows.
Moments later, two silent waves of Spirit Will rippled through Di Jiang's senses.
"What's happening? Li Chunjun hasn't entered the Spirit Mountain Great World?"
"Did he discover something?"
Sensing the two Spirit Will waves, Di Jiang offered a respectful greeting: "Chairman Primordial Origin, Elder Sundial."
Primordial Origin and Sundial!
One was the Chairman of the Supreme Council, a prospective Ultimate Powerhouse standing at the source of the Great Dao of Darkness!
The other was an equally renowned Supreme-level figure!
His mastery of the great dao of time had reached an unparalleled depth.
If he could slay the Thousand-Eyed Dao Venerable and seize the Dao Venerable's position within the great dao of time, his comprehension of time would leap to a level comparable to the Tian Wen Supreme Powerhouse.
He might even surpass Tian Wen Supreme Powerhouse, claiming the second-highest position in the great dao of time, just below the progenitor divine being.
With the progenitor divine being having long since retreated to the starry sky and completely abstaining from intervening in the affairs of the Human Race, Di Jiang, having reached the pinnacle of power, was now virtually indistinguishable from a prospective Ultimate Powerhouse.
At that time, the Supreme Council would gain two figures approaching the level of supreme powerhouses, inevitably elevating their influence within the Human Race to unprecedented heights. The ambition to become the tenth great institution of the Human Race would no longer be a mere pipe dream.
"Li Chunjun ordered me to leave the Spirit Mountain Great World," Dao Lord Di Jiang said gravely. "He seems to fear that if I observe the battle, I might glimpse the profound mysteries of his void great dao."
"That doesn't make sense," Primordial Origin replied, somewhat surprised. "Li Chunjun has already declared his intention to propagate his Dao throughout the world. Why would he still conceal the mysteries of the void great dao? Besides, given the favor you did him, surely he wouldn't deny you even the right to observe from the sidelines."
"That favor is both valuable and worthless," Di Jiang countered. "After all, it was merely the exchange of a Quasi-Immortal Artifact. Moreover, is this world not teeming with the heartless and ungrateful? Li Chunjun's willingness to fulfill his promise to kill the Thousand-Eyed Dao Venerable means we haven't lost anything."
The sundial remained remarkably calm, even finding Li Chunjun's decision to deny Di Jiang close observation of the void great dao's mysteries perfectly reasonable.
"Since he won't allow you to observe, you should leave," the Elder Sundial continued. "With the two of us here, there shouldn't be any major problems."
Primordial Origin echoed his sentiment. "Indeed. Your departure will lower his guard. Our primary objective remains eliminating the Thousand-Eyed Dao Venerable. As for the secondary goal—pitting Li Chunjun and the Nine Great Institutions against each other while we provide covert support—we'll see if it succeeds. If not, we can always reconsider our strategy later."
Dao Lord Di Jiang, hearing this, didn't press the matter. He acknowledged their plan and swiftly departed from the starry sky.
On the other side, Li Chunjun calmly observed the Spirit Mountain Great World before him.
To be precise, he was studying the great dao light net that enveloped the Spirit Mountain Great World, contemplating where to strike.
The Thousand-Eyed Dao Venerable had come to the Spirit Mountain Great World to observe the profound mysteries of karma on the Jade Wall of Heaven and Earth. His true body's mental power would undoubtedly maintain constant contact with his Avatar.
Therefore, his true body couldn't be too far away.
By triggering a Great Dao backlash within the light net, the entire Spirit Mountain Great World—including any Dao Venerables hidden deep within its depths—would be forced out into the open.
For other Dao Venerables, such an act would require using themselves as bait. But for Li Chunjun...
It was merely a technique utilizing the forty-nine great daos.
Just like now...
Li Chunjun pointed a void hand toward the Spirit Mountain Great World.
A special beam of light, concealed by the great dao of chaos yet seemingly propelled by Void Power and accelerated by the great dao of time, shot toward the Spirit Mountain Great World in an instant.
Having thoroughly observed the operational patterns of the Spirit Mountain Great World's great dao light net, he applied only a slight external force to disrupt its balance, causing it to enter a state akin to "eruption"!
Silent and still.
The great dao light net seemed to tremble.
This tremor originated from the level of the great dao itself, continuously radiating Grand Dao Power outward.
It was as if the "coverage" of the great dao light net had suddenly expanded severalfold, completely encompassing starry skies that had previously remained outside its reach.
As the great dao light net abruptly expanded, the Dao Venerable-level beings had no time to react before colliding with its power.
This collision not only exposed the Dao Venerables hidden outside the Spirit Mountain Great World but also triggered a Great Dao backlash.
Li Chunjun clearly saw one of the Dao Venerables' own great dao violently tremble the moment it came into contact with the great dao light net.
The great dao light net was attempting to erase this Dao Venerable.
From the near-instantaneous fluctuations of the great dao of time and the Void Power emanating from the Dao Venerable, Li Chunjun immediately recognized his identity.
"Thousand-Eyed Dao Venerable," he said, his expression utterly calm.
He took a step forward, Void Power extending from him with incredible speed, bringing him beside the Thousand-Eyed Dao Venerable.
"Li Chunjun!"
By this time, the Thousand-Eyed Dao Venerable had also recognized the suddenly appearing Li Chunjun.
Shock and fury flashed in his eyes. "What are you doing?"
Then, as if realizing something, he exclaimed, "The Supreme Council?! You've sided with the Supreme Council?! No! You're one of them! Has the Supreme Council been backing you all along?"
The Supreme Council?
Li Chunjun's heart stirred slightly, but his peripheral vision unconsciously swept across a patch of starry sky in the distance.
The great dao light net erupted, not only flushing out the Thousand-Eyed Dao Venerable's true body but also forcing two figures hidden in the shadows to reveal themselves.
These two...
He didn't recognize them.
But the Imaginary Dao Venerable's database contained records of them:
Primordial Origin, guild master of the Supreme Council, and Elder Sundial.
Their sudden appearance, seemingly having been lurking on the outskirts of the Spirit Mountain Great World all along, explained why the Thousand-Eyed Dao Venerable suspected Li Chunjun of being a Supreme Council agent, sent to eliminate him on their behalf.
After a moment's thought, Li Chunjun understood the Thousand-Eyed Dao Venerable's misunderstanding.
He also grasped the sequence of events leading to Primordial Origin and Elder Sundial's emergence, as well as Dao Lord Di Jiang's request for him to assassinate the Thousand-Eyed Dao Venerable.
Though he understood this was a simple case of using someone else's hand to kill, he didn't care.
After withdrawing his gaze from the two Supreme Council Sovereigns, Primordial Origin and Elder Sundial, he reached out directly to seize the Thousand-Eyed Dao Venerable.
As the Thousand-Eyed Dao Venerable desperately resisted the backlash from the Spirit Mountain Great World's great dao light net, the great dao of the soul and the great dao of time simultaneously manifested in his hands, surging toward him.
"You think you can use the power of the great dao light net to turn against me and defeat me? Keep dreaming!"
The Thousand-Eyed Dao Venerable immediately called for help from the surrounding Human Race powerhouses. Then, the profound mysteries of the great dao of the soul and the great dao of time erupted, colliding with the two Grand Dao Powers manifested by Li Chunjun.
The clash between the great daos lasted only a moment before Li Chunjun frowned.
"Your comprehension of the great dao of the soul is far too weak."
With a wave of his hand, the Thousand-Eyed Dao Venerable's pupils contracted violently as his great dao of the soul was astonishingly eroded and dissolved by Li Chunjun's own great dao of the soul.
"The great dao of time is acceptable," Li Chunjun remarked, clenching his void hand again.
His great dao of time rapidly clashed with the Thousand-Eyed Dao Venerable's, each collision refining and perfecting both.
Then, his gaze shifted to the sundial nearby, which had also been exposed. "I've heard your comprehension of the great dao of time is quite profound as well? Join the fray."
With these words, a portion of the great dao of time surged forth, sweeping toward the Sundial Supreme Sovereign, who theoretically should have been his ally.
(End of the Chapter)
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