In the gardens of the Voidsky Palace, where birds sang and flowers bloomed, a gathering of Cosmic Deities reveled in merriment, drinking and enjoying themselves to their hearts’ content.
“Come, come, Xueying, let us share a drink,” the Void Primogenitor leaned close to Dongbo Xueying, sitting on the grass with a wine cup in hand. “It’s a pity your master cannot witness this day. If he could, he would be overjoyed.”
Dongbo Xueying nodded faintly.
Master Gu Qi.
Slain by the Sacred Master! Yet, even now, he could not kill the Sacred Master. Even if he reached the Ultimate level, there was no hope. Perhaps only by mastering the *Illusory Realm Path* to its Ultimate form would there be a sliver of hope to slay the Sacred Master. But that was mere speculation—after all, no one in the Heart Realm Continent had ever achieved the Ultimate in the path of the soul.
“Your master loved freedom, yet he also held compassion for all living beings. That was why he opposed the Sacred Master,” the Void Primogenitor murmured softly. “He relied on his mastery of the Void Path to escape whenever danger loomed. But the Sacred Master never truly saw him as a threat. Once truly enraged, wielding the power of his Sacred Avatar, your master could crush him without resistance.”
“I, too, wish to avenge Gu Qi. But I fear—I fear dying at the hands of the Sacred Master, perishing without meaning.”
Dongbo Xueying listened in silence. Indeed, before he and the Swordmaster had grown in strength, they had been utterly helpless against the Sacred Master, forced into a defensive stance. The Realm Lord and the Witch Ancestor could withstand him head-on, yet even they could not truly defeat him. As for figures like the Heavenfool Patriarch and the Void Primogenitor, engaging the Sacred Master directly risked instant death—they could only rely on protective treasures to endure for a fleeting moment before fleeing or calling for aid from the Realm Lord, the Blade Emperor, and others.
How pitiful.
They had endured such humiliation for so long.
“Regardless, he is now confined to the Maze Corridor! With the Swordmaster and Xueying here, the Sacred Master will forever remain in hiding,” the Mountain Demon Primogenitor declared in a booming voice.
“Hahaha, after cultivating for so long, I finally have more companions to share the days ahead,” the Stone Freak grinned. “I always knew both of you possessed exceptional comprehension, capable of reaching the Ultimate before the Great Destruction. But I never expected you to achieve it so swiftly. Now, we shall likely be companions for a very, very long time.”
Dongbo Xueying and the Swordmaster exchanged a glance.
They both knew the truth—they had received opportunities from Lord Luo and obtained supreme legacies in the Heart Realm Continent. These two advantages had accelerated their progress beyond the Stone Freak’s expectations. Moreover, Dongbo Xueying had not truly reached the Ultimate level! But to deter the Jun Emperor and the Sacred Master, he and the Swordmaster had privately agreed to maintain the illusion that he had.
Let the misunderstanding that Dongbo Xueying had “attained the Ultimate” persist!
The Ultimate Void Path—its domain was formidable.
It would leave the Jun Emperor and the Sacred Master without even a shred of resistance.
If they knew the truth—that Dongbo Xueying could barely envelop most of the Chaos Void by exhausting the power of all his avatars—they might still dare to cause chaos.
*I must reach the Ultimate as soon as possible,* Dongbo Xueying thought to himself.
Whether to save his loved ones before the Great Destruction, seeking another path of survival beyond this Source World, or to strengthen his deterrence against the Sacred Master and the Jun Emperor, he needed to elevate his strength swiftly.
—
The Voidsky Palace now held an exalted status, for a single sect boasted two Ultimate-level figures.
Yet, to avoid depleting the Chaos Void’s origin power, Dongbo Xueying and the others refrained from creating more Sacred Realms. Instead, they maintained order, striving to prolong the current era of the Source World, the Chaos Void.
*Ssshhh.*
A stick of incense burned.
Its fragrance filled the quiet chamber where Dongbo Xueying sat cross-legged in meditation, his consciousness gradually aligning with the omnipresent Supreme Rules.
At last, he faintly sensed a peculiar space within the Supreme Rules—one that seemed infinitely small, beyond even his Void techniques to perceive, yet also infinitely vast, existing everywhere within the Source World.
*Hmm.*
With a thought, his consciousness effortlessly entered this strange space.
This was the Chaos Void’s core—the Origin Space. Similar to the World Heart of the Xia Clan’s world, yet far more mysterious, accessible only to the soul’s consciousness. No physical matter could enter. Its size defied conventional measurement.
Within this enigmatic Origin Space, clusters of multicolored origin energies intertwined—seemingly chaotic, yet forming a flawless, unified operation. Each cluster represented a distinct Dao.
The Source World’s origin power had diminished greatly after the shattering of the Primordial Sacred World, dispersing into countless smaller worlds. Even then, its foundation had been severely damaged, giving rise to the Maze Corridor and the birth of the Annihilation Demons—creatures of destruction meant to hasten the Source World’s demise.
The Source World’s instinct was to nurture a new, stronger, and more perfect world.
Though weakened, its rules remained supreme.
*Hmm?*
Dongbo Xueying’s consciousness observed the swirling clusters of origin energies—interwoven, overlapping, some even merging indistinctly.
Some were closely related, like the “Light” and “Radiance” Daos, sharing many aspects. Others, like “Formless” and “Boundless,” also overlapped significantly.
Among them, two clusters felt intimately familiar.
One was vast, permeating the entire Origin Space—the Void Dao’s origin.
The other was elusive, illusory, penetrating deep into the fabric of other origins—the Illusory Realm Dao’s origin.
*Merge.*
Dongbo Xueying first directed his consciousness into the Void Dao’s origin.
*Boom!*
A torrent of information surged into his mind—vast, profound, all-encompassing. Merely reaching the second level of the Void Dao as a Cosmic Deity would allow him to leave his soul imprint and manipulate this origin power. For Dongbo Xueying, who stood on the cusp of the Ultimate, it was even simpler. Within moments, his imprint was secured.
Next, he spent a short while imprinting his soul upon the Illusory Realm Dao’s origin.
From this, he deduced that though both paths were a single step from full fusion, his foundation in the Void Dao was still deeper than that of the Illusory Realm Dao.
*If one can imprint over half of the origins, they can seize control of the Supreme Rules and ascend as a Primordial Chaos Being,* Dongbo Xueying mused.
But mastering even a single Dao to the second level of a Cosmic Deity was arduous.
Figures like the Swordmaster, the Fan Ancestor, the Annihilation Divine Emperor, and the Eternal Night Primogenitor—all at the Ultimate level—yearned to master the Void Dao to cultivate multiple avatars. Yet, they found it impossible. Each cultivator’s path was shaped by unique experiences, temperaments, insights, and encounters, making some Daos naturally suited to them and others utterly foreign.
Mastering one Dao to the Cosmic Deity level was difficult enough; reaching the second level was even more daunting.
And imprinting over half the origins?
Disregarding competition, the sheer challenge of mastering enough Daos to imprint the majority was enough to drive any Ultimate-level existence to despair.
*With two origins under my control, I can harness a sliver of their power,* Dongbo Xueying thought, shaking his head inwardly. For a second-level Cosmic Deity, wielding a single origin’s power could significantly enhance their strength. But for someone like him, already possessing Ultimate-level combat power, this minor boost was negligible.
*Pity I cannot study them in depth.*
All origins were interwoven, forming the complete Supreme Rules.
Dongbo Xueying could not focus on a single origin; he could only vaguely perceive the overwhelming complexity of the Supreme Rules.
*Compared to comprehending the Supreme Rules, breaking through with sheer force to become a Primordial Chaos Being and then mastering them seems far easier.*
No one had ever confidently claimed to decipher the Supreme Rules—it was simply beyond comprehension.
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Back in his home Source World, peace had been restored. The Sacred Master and the Jun Emperor no longer stirred trouble, perhaps resigned to await the next era.
In that era, the Source World would birth a new continent at the peak of its origin power—vast lands under the Supreme Rules’ immense suppression. Even an Ultimate-level existence would find it impossible to envelop the entire world with their domain. Then, the two might dare to challenge Dongbo Xueying and the Swordmaster once more.
Meanwhile, in the Heart Realm Continent, tranquility also prevailed.
One of Dongbo Xueying’s avatars continued cultivating beneath the Blazing Heart Divine Tree, wholly devoted to the Illusory Realm Dao, aiming straight for the Ultimate. The tree’s effects were profound—a single avatar’s cultivation sufficed.
His other avatars delved deeper into the Void Dao, already rich in accumulation, now refining the sixth killing move.
With no World Flowers left, Dongbo Xueying had no shortcuts. He could only accumulate, refine, and persist—until the moment came when he would naturally transcend that final step.
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