Seeing Destiny Venerable, Calamity Great Supreme's expression grew even colder and his killing intent surged.
He was not stupid and had already guessed what was going on.
The sword in his hand rang nonstop.
Sword and mind were one, and at this moment Calamity Great Supreme's emotions had reached the limit.
Even his powerful Dao-heart could barely keep them suppressed.
"Very good, very good.
Destiny Venerable, I really did underestimate you."
"I merely wish to protect myself."
Destiny Venerable's expression was neither joyful nor sorrowful, as if he had seen through everything.
His Dao of Fate allowed him to see the future of all Heaven and Earth,
as though everything lay in the palm of his hand.
Calamity Great Supreme said coldly,
"You only wish to protect yourself?
I do not think so."
Destiny Venerable did not conceal it.
"I truly only wish to protect myself.
"But I also know that if Fellow Daoist Calamity attains the Dao,
I will surely die.
"Therefore, I can only act to stop you."
Calamity Great Supreme seemed angered to the point of laughter.
"You think you can stop this sovereign?"
Destiny Venerable said,
"If I fail, it is only one death.
I must at least try."
Gold Great Supreme suddenly spoke, laughing loudly.
"Indeed. If you fail, it is only one death.
You have to try."
He pointed toward Calamity Great Supreme.
"Do it."
Golden light flashed across the Insect Stele and that giant bug head suddenly burst out from the stele, charging at Calamity Great Supreme.
Only now did everyone clearly see that this giant insect had only one huge head and a very small portion of its body.
Most of the body behind the head was formed by condensed power, not true flesh.
Carrying a world-shaking aura, it rushed toward Calamity Great Supreme, continuously spraying out clouds of mist from its mouth.
The mist turned into countless sharp arrows that fell like a storm.
Calamity Great Supreme snorted coldly and swung his sword.
The Time Essence Stone and Space Divine Stone on the sword shone brightly, stirring the power of time and space and sending all the incoming arrows into other times and spaces.
At the same time, strands of sword qi carrying time and space power slashed out, splitting the fog and falling upon the giant bug head, carving one sword mark after another.
With the power of time and space upon him, Calamity Great Supreme stood as if in an invincible position.
No matter how the giant insect attacked, it could do nothing to him.
Hongmeng Stone suddenly transmitted its voice.
"So it is this fellow."
Lin Moyu asked,
"You have seen it before?"
Hongmeng Stone said,
"There was once a Six-Wheel Heaven and Earth.
"In that Heaven and Earth, besides the Supreme, there was also a Heaven-and-Earth Venom Insect.
"That Heaven-and-Earth Venom Insect possessed power close to a Supreme.
"The Supreme tried to subdue it but failed.
"Later, they fought and the venom insect was heavily wounded and fled into the Heaven-and-Earth core.
"It shrouded the core with its poison, which caused that Heaven-and-Earth's Supreme to never be able to refine the core.
"I did not expect Gold Great Supreme to have encountered that Heaven and Earth and even brought that Heaven-and-Earth Venom Insect out."
Lin Moyu said,
"It should be the Insect Stele's ability.
"It seems the Insect Stele's power exceeds my expectations.
"It is a venom insect, yet it has not used poison.
"Gold Great Supreme is still holding back."
Gold Great Supreme looked as though he was fighting fiercely, but he was still keeping a trump card in reserve.
He clearly had his own plans.
Under the giant insect's assault, Calamity Great Supreme remained unmoving like a mountain.
His counterattacks again and again faintly gave him the upper hand.
This was reasonable.
After all, Calamity Great Supreme had broken through the Great Supreme realm, while Gold Great Supreme was still only a Great Supreme.
Even with this strange insect, in others' eyes a Great Supreme was still only a Great Supreme.
Gold Great Supreme said coldly,
"Fellow Daoist Destiny, are you going to keep watching the show or start a wheel battle?"
Destiny Venerable sighed.
"This show can no longer be watched."
He pointed at Calamity Great Supreme.
"Fate, reflect.
Reverse."
In an instant, Calamity Great Supreme's fate was affected.
Attacks that should have been sent away to other times and spaces suddenly appeared right before him and, before he could react, exploded upon his body.
Calamity Great Supreme was blasted away, with many bloody marks appearing on him as if he had suffered some injuries.
"Inevitable."
Destiny Venerable twisted fate so that Calamity Great Supreme was destined to be struck by the attacks.
Even if Calamity Great Supreme used time and space power, he could not cut them off.
"You are seeking death."
Calamity Great Supreme roared.
His figure suddenly vanished.
He stepped upon time and space and in an instant arrived before Destiny Venerable, intending to kill him.
At this moment, Destiny Venerable's realm seemed to surpass the Great Supreme realm, yet also did not.
He was in a very peculiar state.
Facing Calamity Great Supreme's sudden killing blow, Destiny Venerable's face did not change.
"Moo."
A bovine bellow rang out as Eternal Wild Ox moved to stand in front of Destiny Venerable.
He used his ox body to block Calamity Great Supreme.
The time-space sword fell upon Eternal Wild Ox's body and only left a shallow mark, knocking off one or two hairs.
In the blink of an eye the mark vanished.
Eternal Wild Ox had once been hailed as number one in defense.
His attack power might not be impressive,
but his defense was unmatched.
Back then even Chaotic Wild Dragon could do nothing to him.
Now it was still the same.
The sword of Calamity Great Supreme, carrying the power of time and space, could not break Eternal Wild Ox's defense at all.
"Eternal Wild Ox has broken through."
Lin Moyu could tell Eternal Wild Ox had broken through the Great Supreme realm.
His realm was on par with Calamity Great Supreme,
though his accumulation was not as deep.
Even so, it would be extremely difficult for Calamity Great Supreme to break his defense.
Sword light rained down as Calamity Great Supreme attacked from different times and spaces.
His sword strikes were strange and tricky, with countless sword lights bypassing Eternal Wild Ox, directly striking at Destiny Venerable.
Destiny Venerable drove the Wheel of Fate, twisting his own fate.
Countless sword lights passed by his side without harming him.
Calamity Great Supreme shouted angrily.
A formation plate appeared in his hand.
The plate activated and suddenly expanded, turning into a grand formation.
This formation was very peculiar.
It drew upon Heaven-and-Earth rules and poured down a large amount of rules power.
"Seal."
Calamity Great Supreme shouted and the formation fully activated, covering the surroundings.
Heaven-and-Earth rules were sealed and all Daos fell into silence.
The Wheel of Fate stopped turning and automatically shrank back into Destiny Venerable's hand.
Only the master of the formation, Calamity Great Supreme, could still wield the power of time and space within it.
Sword qi exploded as Calamity Great Supreme swept out with time and space force, wanting to kill Destiny Venerable in one blow.
"Moo."
A bovine call sounded as Eternal Wild Ox twisted his body and wrapped Destiny Venerable within it, enduring all the attacks.
The attacks shattered the void and tore Heaven and Earth to shreds.
Daos were ground away.
Calamity Great Supreme's attacks were terrifying beyond measure; every strike was enough to kill a Great Supreme.
Gold Great Supreme again drove the venom insect to attack Calamity Great Supreme.
Poison fog rolled down and once more turned into sharp arrows that bombarded Calamity Great Supreme.
Calamity Great Supreme's offensive paused and he became entangled with the Heaven-and-Earth Venom Insect again.
When the sword light dissipated, Eternal Wild Ox appeared once more, completely unharmed, and Destiny Venerable, whom he had protected, was also completely unscathed.
"Moo."
Eternal Wild Ox let out several calls.
Light rose from all four of his hooves.
A few breaths later, Calamity Great Supreme's formation exploded and was shattered.
The Wheel of Fate reappeared.
Destiny Venerable drove the Wheel of Fate, twisting Calamity Great Supreme's destiny.
Every attack from the venom insect took effect, landing on Calamity Great Supreme with unerring accuracy.
Calamity Great Supreme grunted continuously as he was beaten back again and again, quickly falling into a disadvantage.
Hongmeng Stone said,
"It looks like Calamity Great Supreme will not be able to hold out."
Lin Moyu shook his head.
"Not to that extent.
"He is pretending.
"Moreover, his attacks on Eternal Wild Ox earlier were not completely ineffective.
"Eternal Wild Ox looks uninjured on the surface, but his soul has already been shaken.
"He is very clever and good at finding an enemy's weakness.
"Those previous attacks of his were probing, seeking Eternal Wild Ox's weak point."
"Calamity Great Supreme cannot possibly be unaware of Eternal Wild Ox's unparalleled defense.
"But he also knows that no matter how strong the defense, it has a weak point."
Hongmeng Stone said,
"It seems this play will go on for a while yet."
Lin Moyu nodded, and his eyes shone slightly with joy.
"Finally found it."
He had scattered countless soul micro-particles into Calamity Great Supreme's Domain to search, and at last he had found the traces of the small world.
"It really is hidden deeply."
Lin Moyu murmured softly, with joy tinged by killing intent.
Calamity Great Supreme wanted to use the small world to restrain him, so naturally he would not kill Meng Anwen and the others.
On the contrary, he would make use of them and even help them cultivate.
After all, the layout he had made spanned a very long time line.
Even he could not be sure exactly how long it would take.
Tens of thousands of years, hundreds of thousands, even millions of years were possible.
Even if he could alter time and slow it, he could not completely stop it.
If he did not help Meng Anwen and the others cultivate, they simply could not live that long.
From the ancient battlefield remnants in the Great World back then, it was clear that Calamity Great Supreme had not only changed the time flow of the small world, but had indeed helped Meng Anwen and the others cultivate.
All signs now made Lin Moyu completely certain that Meng Anwen and the others were alive and well.
The soul micro-particles sensed unusual time fluctuations within Calamity Great Supreme's Domain and, following them, found a world.
From within that world, they then located the small world.
The small world was hidden in another layer of time and space.
Calamity Great Supreme had wrapped the small world in several grand formations.
Time in that place flowed a hundred times slower than normal.
Ten thousand years in the outside world meant only one hundred years passed in the small world.
He wanted to keep the small world stable over the long term and could not make its time flow extremely slow for ages on end, or the rules would collapse and its people would die.
This hundredfold difference was the limit Calamity Great Supreme could manage.
He had placed the small world within a Great World, using the Great World's Dao rules to continuously nourish the small world.
This meant the small world was not completely independent.
At fixed intervals, the small world would connect with the Great World and, for a period of time, form a stable passage.
During that time, the beings of the small world would clash with the beings of the Great World and great battles would erupt.
The benefit was that the small world was influenced by the Great World and its Dao rules grew stronger, raising the cultivation ceiling of the small world so that people there could cultivate to higher realms.
When Lin Moyu used his soul micro-particles to see everything clearly, he could not help but admire Calamity Great Supreme.
His schemes were indeed meticulous.
The soul micro-particles silently slipped into the small world and finally saw Meng Anwen.
No one knew how many years had passed in the small world.
Meng Anwen's little courtyard had not changed much and was the same as before.
In the courtyard, Meng Anwen and Bai Yiyuan were drinking tea together.
The soul also sensed Yan Kuangsheng's presence.
All three of them were well.
Their cultivation had improved compared to before and had now reached the Other Shore realm.
Though this realm seemed exceedingly weak to Lin Moyu, it was enough for them to live very long lives.
Back then, Meng Anwen had not even reached True God realm.
The Other Shore realm was something they had never even heard of.
Looking at them, memories surged up in Lin Moyu's mind and he wanted to appear immediately, but he knew it was not yet the time.
This small world was under Calamity Great Supreme's surveillance.
Any strange movement would be noticed and relayed to him.
Now he had to find a way to extract the small world without alerting Calamity Great Supreme.
In the familiar courtyard, Bai Yiyuan set down his teacup.
"Old Meng, you have said there is something wrong with this world.
"Exactly what is wrong?"
Meng Anwen shook his head.
"It is only a feeling.
"Many years ago, I seemed to have seen Xiao Yu."
Bai Yiyuan said,
"You started saying there was something wrong with this world from that time.
"But after so many years, you still have not found where the problem lies."
Meng Anwen said,
"Yes, I have never found it.
"But I trust my own feeling."
Bai Yiyuan continued sipping his tea.
"Sometimes, feelings are not necessarily right."
Meng Anwen shook his head.
"No, I still insist on my feeling.
"There is a problem with this world."
Bai Yiyuan sighed.
"I wonder how Xiao Yu is now.
"With his talent, he should be far stronger than us old fellows."
"Naturally.
"Even we have reached our current achievements.
"Xiao Yu can only be stronger than us."
Meng Anwen had absolute confidence in this.
Bai Yiyuan said,
"By my count, the great war with the foreign fiends is coming again.
"We must make ready.
"If there is a problem with this world, it will be there.
"I still do not know where those foreign fiends come from.
"We thought that once the demon race and dragon race were resolved, this world would finally know peace."
Meng Anwen said,
"Digging too deep into it is useless.
"It is better to prepare for the war."
Lin Moyu took in their conversation completely, confirming his own thoughts.
It did not differ much from his previous guesses.
This was roughly the situation, and there was no need to fuss over the details.
What he needed now was a way to take the small world away.
He did not possess Calamity Great Supreme's ability to control time.
Even if he did, without Time Essence Stones in hand, he could not use the same method to take away the small world.
Moreover, the small world was currently wrapped in formations.
To take it away silently would be even more difficult than what Calamity Great Supreme had done back then.
Lin Moyu pondered for a moment and looked at the formations wrapped around the small world, and a method came to mind.
"These formations restrict the small world.
"They can also be used by me."
Calamity Great Supreme would never imagine that his formations could change owners.
The soul micro-particles flew into the formations.
They were so tiny that even the formations did not notice them.
With Lin Moyu's current level in the Dao of formations, these formations of Calamity Great Supreme were nothing in his eyes.
Controlling them was easy.
To be safe and completely avoid Calamity Great Supreme's notice, Lin Moyu chose a more cautious approach.
He first located the spots where runes needed to be laid, and only then sent the soul micro-particles there to draw the runes.
That way, he could avoid the runes flying through the air.
As soon as they were drawn, they would already be at their target positions.
This would slow things down somewhat, but greatly reduce the chance of being discovered by Calamity Great Supreme.
Since Calamity Great Supreme was currently fighting outside, he was unlikely to pay attention to what was happening inside his Domain.
Carefully altering the formations, Lin Moyu spent half a day to change their ownership.
At the same time, using the original formations, he set up a new formation hidden within them.
Even if Calamity Great Supreme inspected them, he might not see it.
The function of this new formation was simple: open a channel so that Heaven-and-Earth rules could silently flow in.
Lin Moyu intended to use Nine Heavens Fate Technique to modify the Heaven-and-Earth rules and quietly move the small world into the Word-Spirit Heaven and Earth.
Beyond that, he had to create a projection of the small world to maintain the illusion that it was still there.
In this way, Calamity Great Supreme would not notice and his play could go on.
Outside, the battle was still raging.
This great play was far from its finale.
While arranging formations, Lin Moyu also kept an eye on the fight outside.
Gold Great Supreme, Destiny Venerable, and Eternal Wild Ox were working together against Calamity Great Supreme, and on the surface they held the advantage.
Chaotic Wild Dragon was still madly roaring and entangled with Dao, and they would not finish in a short time.
Thus Lin Moyu had ample time.
At this moment, he had become a true spectator, watching them perform, watching them turn pretense into reality and fight with real fury as the battle grew more and more intense.
Every side was striving to seize advantage, like a storm.
He was at the eye of the storm, in the calmest place.
As long as he did not move, the storm would continue for a while yet.
Everyone present wanted to attain the Dao.
They all wanted the Shentree Sea, and they all wanted to kill him.
At the same time, they would never allow him to get the Shentree Sea.
So they fought to the death, yet still watched against him.
Lin Moyu understood this clearly.
So he did not move and simply watched the show while handling his own matters.
Inside Calamity Great Supreme's Domain, his formation was complete.
Calamity Great Supreme's formations had officially changed owners.
The entire process was silent and known only to Lin Moyu.
Even Calamity Great Supreme himself did not sense it.
Lin Moyu had not only taken over those formations but had also set up an entirely new formation of his own inside them.
This new formation quietly opened a channel, connecting the small world with the outside via the power of rules.
While Calamity Great Supreme fought, he still kept an eye on Lin Moyu.
So did the others.
They all watched for Lin Moyu.
Once he made a move, their attacks would immediately turn on him.
They would absolutely not allow him to obtain the Shentree Sea.
This was their bottom line.
Throughout all this, Lin Moyu did not move.
He simply watched quietly and did not even speak.
"Only the final step remains."
Lin Moyu thought to himself.
Everything was ready.
He only needed to bring the small world out.
Under the cover of the formations, the small world began to leave its original position and, along the channel Lin Moyu had opened, exited the Domain.
The soul micro-particles escorted it, guiding Heaven-and-Earth rules to conceal the aura of the small world.
At the same time, at the small world's original location, a projection appeared.
The projected small world was vivid and lifelike, with everyone alive and well, indistinguishable from the real thing.
Even if Calamity Great Supreme came to look, if he did not carefully discern, he would not see the difference.
Not long after the small world left its original spot, two giant eyes appeared in the void.
They were a pair of bestial eyes flashing with light, sweeping across the void.
The small world that was leaving immediately stopped.
The soul micro-particles used soul power to protect the small world, ready to fight at any time.
Though tiny, they were not without power.
The small world was far too fragile.
If they truly fought, the aftershocks alone could destroy it.
"A Domain rules administrator."
Lin Moyu saw that the owner of those beast eyes was a Domain administrator, like the Candle Dragon from before.
Acting on Calamity Great Supreme's orders, he managed the Domain.
If the small world showed any unusual movement, he would definitely notice, and then Calamity Great Supreme would know.
The beast eyes swept through the void and saw the small world projection that Lin Moyu had created, but found nothing wrong.
Then they slowly closed and vanished.
Calamity Great Supreme was cautious, but the gap in level could not be bridged.
A mere Domain administrator could not see anything.
He had not even reached the Chaotic realm.
There was no way he could see through Lin Moyu's handiwork.
Not to mention him, even if Calamity Great Supreme himself came, he would have to examine very carefully to notice anything.
Just like when Calamity Great Supreme once used a clone to pose as the Mysterious Master in the Great World; who there could see through it?
Such gaps in cultivation were hard to overcome.
After the Domain administrator detected nothing unusual, the small world began to move again, slowly leaving the Domain along the channel.
The projection of the small world remained, and the formations still existed.
Outwardly, everything seemed normal.
Calamity Great Supreme noticed nothing, and Meng Anwen and the others inside the small world also felt nothing.
Thus, right under Calamity Great Supreme's eyelids, Lin Moyu used his own methods to forcibly take the small world out of the Domain.
The process was extremely smooth, but Lin Moyu knew that the moment the small world left the Domain was actually the most dangerous.
In his plan, once the small world left the Domain, it would enter the Word-Spirit Heaven and Earth.
This meant stripping the small world out of Chaotic Wild Desolation.
Such a thing completely violated Heaven-and-Earth rules.
It would not only provoke the resistance of those rules but also alert Calamity Great Supreme.
Moreover, this process would take around ten breaths of time, enough for Calamity Great Supreme to do something drastic.
He had to find a way to distract Calamity Great Supreme.
Whoosh.
Heaven-and-Earth Wings suddenly unfurled, covering billions of li.
Lin Moyu's sudden change instantly drew everyone's attention.
Those in combat all turned to look at him.
Lin Moyu smiled calmly.
"Keep fighting, do not mind me.
"I was just getting a bit sleepy from watching and wanted to move a bit of technique to wake myself up."
Aside from unfolding the Heaven-and-Earth Wings, he made no other move.
Calamity Great Supreme faintly sensed something was wrong, but could not say what.
Gold Great Supreme's eyes turned.
"Friend Lin, you want a chance to attain the Dao, do you not?
"This old man can help you, for one condition."
Flowers requested.
Lin Moyu looked at him with a smiling face.
"What condition? Please, senior, speak."
Inwardly, he thought that the radiant path Gold Great Supreme had woven earlier, as if to let him enter the Shentree Sea along it, was something he himself knew was impossible.
He knew perfectly well he could not get in and that Calamity Great Supreme would never allow it, so that favor had been entirely for show.
Now, it seemed Gold Great Supreme was once again standing on his side.
Lin Moyu did not mind chatting with him for a few sentences.
Those few sentences would certainly draw Calamity Great Supreme's attention over, giving him enough time to send the small world into the Word-Spirit Heaven and Earth.
Lin Moyu's expression remained calm, as if he truly meant to negotiate with Gold Great Supreme.
Gold Great Supreme said,
"This old man knows Friend Lin is caught inside little brat Calamity's scheme.
"Though I do not know what means he used to threaten you, with your current realm there are some things you need not care too much about.
"This old man no longer wishes to remain in this Heaven and Earth.
"If Friend Lin gains the chance to attain the Dao and steps into that realm, you need only promise this old man one thing:
"Find a suitable Heaven and Earth for me."
This condition seemed trivial, almost nothing at all,
but Lin Moyu knew very well it was not so easy.
The key word was "suitable" Heaven and Earth.
What was a suitable Heaven and Earth?
Where would there still be such a thing?
There were only Heaven-and-Earth remnants.
From this, it was clear that Gold Great Supreme wanting him to obtain the Shentree Sea was not a simple matter.
With thought in his eyes, Lin Moyu's gaze swept around and he suddenly understood.
Gold Great Supreme wanted to kill him, but not now.
He wanted to wait until Lin Moyu refined the Shentree Sea and became a Supreme, then strike.
The Heaven-and-Earth Venom Insect in his hand had not yet used its full poison.
Its greatest venom had never been unleashed.
The venom came from another Heaven and Earth and contained the most turbid and filthy essence of that Heaven and Earth.
Even a Supreme would be in serious trouble if poisoned.
Hongmeng Stone transmitted its voice.
"Master, he wants to poison you at the moment you attain the Dao,
"using that to let the Heaven-and-Earth Venom Insect recover and fully become a Supreme.
"Back then that venom insect used this method against a Supreme, but failed.
"Master must be careful."
What Hongmeng Stone said was exactly what Lin Moyu had already thought.
However, for now...
Lin Moyu smiled faintly.
"What you say is reasonable, senior,
"but I am not a heartless man.
"There are those who have shown me kindness.
"If I can repay that kindness, I must do so."