socalfunplaces Chapter 372 World War, Source River Spirit
Chapter 372 World War, Source River Spirit
Chapter 372 World War, Source River Spirit
"Huh? What's this—!"
Only a little over a hundred years have passed since Ye Yang obtained the "Tai Su Ascension Method" from the main lineage of the Immortal Martial Sect.
Upon seeing Ye Yang again, this avatar of the True Lord of Extreme Strength was taken aback.
Because he had just broken through and had just learned to restrain primordial matter, Ye Yang's main battle immortal body was emitting extremely obvious primordial radiation fluctuations in space.
The aura of the Great Dao emanating from its body was even more intense than a supernova explosion!
Without a doubt, the person before him was definitely a True Monarch of the same realm.
"Haha, Master Jili, I've succeeded!" Ye Yang grinned.
Jili Zhenjun opened his mouth as if he had something to say, but in the end he held it back.
She looked at Ye Yang with a complicated expression.
After cultivating and refining the Dao Fruit to its limit at the Star Lord stage, one can attempt to advance to the True Lord realm, but this does not mean that every peak Star Lord can succeed.
It is true that Ye Yang has traveled through many high-quality dungeon worlds and accumulated a lot of knowledge, but don't the other star lords understand this principle?
In fact, most of the high-quality dungeon worlds that have been created since the Age of Heavens have long been visited by countless True Immortals and Star Lords.
In general, level 8 dungeons don't even require the dungeon owner to pay for an invitation; a large number of True Immortals will rush to enter and explore!
Their knowledge across the myriad realms far surpasses that of Ye Yang!
However, knowledge and experience are only one aspect of the basic requirements for promotion.
The level of one's understanding of the laws, one's own comprehension, Dao heart, spiritual strength, foundation in the Great Dao—and many other factors will affect whether one ultimately succeeds, as well as the speed and difficulty of the ascension.
Originally, in the eyes of True Lord Jili, Ye Yang, this seventh-generation disciple, was good in every way, except that he was growing too fast and his accumulation of knowledge in the laws might be insufficient.
Cultivating and comprehending the laws of the world becomes increasingly difficult as one progresses. However, there is a shortcut in the era of the heavens: the development of advanced world wars.
The full-scale development war of dungeon worlds of level eight and above is usually led by one or more True Lords, and sometimes even Heavenly Venerables will intervene. It can usually cause the laws of the entire dungeon world to become disordered.
In dungeons of level eight or higher, the world's laws are of a sufficiently high level, and the world has suffered enormous damage due to a total war. Under automatic repair, various phenomena of "laws manifesting outwards" usually occur.
This is of great benefit to the understanding of "the commonalities of the laws of the heavens".
Originally, the idea of the True Lord of Power was to wait until Ye Yang failed in his attempt to break through and hit a wall, so that he could temper his impetuousness, before taking him to participate in the war of the Source River World.
It is predicted that within the next 2000 years, another True Monarch of the Immortal Martial Dao lineage will be able to free up his hands to launch the 4th Origin River World War. After experiencing this great war, with Ye Yang's talent, he may be able to advance to True Monarch before the "great change" arrives.
The True Lord of Power had made arrangements for this talented junior, but after only a short while, this kid succeeded?
"I heard your instance world is of a very high level, right? It seems you must have gained quite a bit from it."
The True Lord Jili concealed the complex emotions in his eyes and then burst into laughter.
Although all those preparations are now useless, he is even happier now!
The Dao lineage now possesses two True Monarchs!
Among the Dao lineages of the Immortal Alliance that possess a True Monarch, those lineages with only one True Monarch account for more than 60%—the extremely powerful Dao lineages will therefore rise to an even higher status!
Both the power of discourse and the allocation of resources will at least double.
"By the way, have you made this news public yet?" asked True Lord Jili.
"Not yet." Ye Yang shook his head, revealing his thoughts: "Ancestor, as you know, because of the Void Plague, my reputation within the entire Immortal Alliance is now very high. But similarly, I've become a thorn in the side of the Void Sect and that 'Transcendent' who hasn't quite died yet."
"Once they know I've made a breakthrough, these snakes, insects, and rodents will most likely seize the opportunity to attack me."
"It's not that I'm afraid of them, I just want to fully master the power I have now before that happens."
"Furthermore, Ancestor, haven't you been unable to leave because of the war in the Source River World? I want to go to the Source River World to gain experience, fully control my own power, and then announce the news of my successful breakthrough."
Jili Zhenjun nodded: "That's possible, but the birth of a new Zhenjun is no small matter for the entire Immortal Alliance, and it can't be kept secret."
"Can't hide it?" Ye Yang frowned.
In fact, he valued Luo Yunru very much and wanted to explore the secrets about the [Gate of All Heavens] and even the mystery of his own transmigration. To ensure that he would not be schemed against, he had to master enough strength!
Luo Yunru has not yet advanced to the True Monarch realm, but it is said that she is already at the half-step realm. Her strength is hard to say, so Ye Yang wanted to continue to consolidate his understanding to reduce the risk.
"Yes, you should be able to sense that kind of power after your advancement." "The web of causality, the will and influence of civilizations that span the entire galaxy converge to form a civilization-level Great Dao power capable of distorting reality," various forces intertwine, like a giant spider web.
"When you were weak, it was alright; your every move didn't cause much disturbance. But an event like advancing to the True Lord level causes a disturbance that's hard to hide."
"At least, the Celestial Venerables must have already noticed your presence."
Ye Yang scratched his head: "So it won't work?"
Seeing Ye Yang's somewhat distressed expression, True Monarch Jili smiled and said, "Actually—it's not impossible."
"After others ascend to the level of True Immortal, they keep adding titles and prefixes to themselves in order to gain the fortune of civilization."
You, on the other hand, have nothing but the title of "savior" bestowed upon you by the Heavenly Venerable. But precisely because of this, your karma is not as complicated, making you much easier to suppress than a typical True Lord.
The True Lord of Extreme Power took out a Bagua compass magic weapon and said, "I will lend you this Baji Star Sealing Compass to suppress karmic fortune. It should be enough to prevent cultivators below the True Lord level from spying on it, and even True Lords and great powers can be blocked to some extent."
"Of course, a True Lord who is proficient in the law of cause and effect cannot stop it, but out of courtesy, they will usually stop when they feel this obstacle."
"As for the Celestial Venerables—go and pay your respects to Gouchen Celestial Venerable, indicating that you have been promoted to True Lord, and then explain your thoughts. One of the four Great Celestial Venerables will know, and the other three will also know."
"Generally, after being promoted to True Lord, one will be summoned by the Heavenly Venerable once."
Ye Yang nodded.
Three years later, after paying homage to Gouchen Tianzun and making full preparations, Ye Yang followed the incarnation of Jili Zhenjun to the world passage of the [Source River World].
Because of Ye Yang's breakthrough, True Monarch Jili also brought forward the planned 4th Great War of the Source River World.
"The World Development War—"
Standing in the void, Ye Yang had now completely concealed all his aura and energy fluctuations, his gaze fixed expectantly on the scene—
Looking ahead at the world passage on that planet, which is 120 kilometers high.
He has never personally experienced a world development war in a dungeon of level seven or higher.
Previously, during my university years and in the realm of spirits, I would travel to worlds that had already been developed.
During the ten-thousand-year journey, the world that was still at war was only at the highest level of level seven, and it had already entered the final cleanup phase of the war, with no more large-scale battles.
Otherwise, they wouldn't have allowed someone like Ye Yang, who was completely unrelated, to travel there.
The Source River World is an eighth-level world!
The world's laws are at an extremely high level, and the level of the internal hostile powerhouses is also very high. The world's main force still exists and is in a stalemate with the Immortal Alliance coalition.
The war that follows will be incredibly bloody and brutal.
"How many units of the primordial substance are there?" asked the avatar of the Supreme True Lord beside him.
Ye Yang replied, "0.0038 units."
The density of primordial matter is extremely high; it would collapse and form a black hole in the blink of an eye. Therefore, the True Lords typically describe the quantity of primordial matter by using the total amount of primordial matter contained within the core of a spinless, extremely heavy neutron star as 1.
unit.
Supermassive neutron stars typically have very high spin, which can offset some of their own gravity, allowing them to have a larger mass, and thus a total amount of neutron matter greater than 1 unit.
Ye Yang refined a super-heavy neutron star, but that doesn't mean his body, when traveling outside, can utilize the power of all the primordial matter within the star's core!
With Ye Yang's current control, he can fill his body with a maximum of 0.0038 units of primordial substance. Even so, the total mass would be close to 40 trillion tons.
Senior True Monarchs, through methods such as spacetime compression, can carry more than 10 units of Tai Su matter!
It is said that the primordial essence that the Celestial Venerable carries with him reaches an astonishing 1 units.
"0.0038—Alright, only three years, much better than I was back then." True Lord Jili nodded and led Ye Yang toward the entrance to the world passage.
At this moment, this 120-kilometer-wide world corridor is bustling with a large number of transport ships coming and going.
Because the laws governing the level 8 dungeon world are extremely comprehensive and powerful, even Star Lord-level law field generators cannot adequately protect various devices. Therefore, these transport ships must be able to adapt to the law environments of both worlds simultaneously.
When traversing between the two realms, it is best to avoid any distortion of the laws. Even if such distortion occurs, it should not cause material deformation or fatigue.
Therefore, the design style of the transport ship is extremely simple and crude, with a style reminiscent of a post-apocalyptic, dilapidated heavy industry.
It's a bit rough, but it works well, so that's all that matters.
To cross the world corridor, one must first pass through a military camp and a large checkpoint. People and goods must undergo strict checks on their composition or identity before being allowed to pass.
Of course, Ye Yang, being with True Lord Jili, didn't need to go through those cumbersome procedures.
The world portal remains open, meaning the two worlds are constantly connected. The main world's legal system is more extensive and complete, so the boundary between the two worlds lies on the other side of the portal.
Even after passing through the passage, Ye Yang could still sense the many stars he had refined and the fungal clones that filled many planets in the Milky Way.
—For disaster prevention purposes, and to maintain the bodily functions of some cultivators whose physical bodies have been damaged by mycelial parasitism, Ye Yang's mycelium is still spread across various disaster-stricken planets.
In fact, besides Ye Yang, the Eastern Paradise and the Scholars' Association have each launched their own research results on primordial microorganisms and participated in routine inspections and disaster prevention work in various parts of the Immortal Alliance.
"Maintaining the constraint of 0.0038 units of primordial matter has consumed one-third of my mental energy. If I want to unleash the full power of these primordial substances, I will need to consume another one-third of my mental energy."
"I'll leave one-third of the last share to prepare for any unexpected situations that might arise with the Immortal Alliance," Ye Yang thought to himself.
Unlike devouring the world.
After advancing to the True Immortal realm, he could sense that the so-called "cloning technique" was no longer of much significance.
The higher one's level of understanding, the more one feels this.
For cultivators in the Immortal Dao system of the main world, after reaching the Immortal level, the focus is entirely on the stars they have refined!
The mental energy gained from having an extra clone is insignificant compared to that of a single star.
For them, there are only three dimensions that affect combat effectiveness: energy, control, and realm.
The realm includes the understanding of laws, the understanding of the Great Dao, and immortal techniques and supernatural powers, while the energy dimension mainly depends on the total power of the stars.
"Control," or mental manipulation power, can be freely allocated after reaching the Immortal level.
Ye Yang has three clones and 36 stars, all of which are elements that can increase mental strength.
The first and second clones were too small to be detected; the third clone, the fungal clone, and the 36 refined stars were the main sources of increased mental strength.
Ye Yang can concentrate all his mental energy on one body or distribute it among multiple bodies.
However, the sum of mental strength is always greater than the sum of its parts. Only by concentrating all mental strength on one point can one unleash the strongest fighting power!
Clearly, this campaign in the Source River World will not primarily target enemies like the Void Fungi or the Transcendent Ones, which are adept at gathering and dispersing, and are unpredictable and shapeless.
Instead, they are top-tier powerhouses who have fought and grown in this world!
Therefore, Ye Yang chose to concentrate most of his energy on a single combat body.
boom!
As Ye Yang passed through the boundary of the world's laws, which resembled a soap bubble flowing with seven colors, he felt a series of blockages within his body. The power of the Great Dao spontaneously began to operate at high speed, and the countless primordial substances within his body, compressed to their extreme, finally stopped showing signs of collapsing and exploding.
But this also made Ye Yang's entire body glow white, as if he were a person of light.
Within a radius of hundreds of kilometers around him, a field of laws spontaneously formed, distorting all things and maintaining its own rational existence.
"How are you? Are you getting used to it?" Jili Zhenjun asked with a smile.
"Not bad — this level eight world lives up to its reputation; the pressure from the laws I feel is indeed great."
Ye Yang's incandescence lasted only three seconds before it slowly cooled down, and the law field also quickly contracted until it shrank to only about 1 millimeter in size on his body surface.
"When I first descended upon this world in my true form, it caused the heavens and earth for eighty million miles to change color, and blood rained down incessantly. The will of heaven and earth, that is, the spirit of the great river, personally descended, using the primordial water of heaven to erode my body, and then gathering lightning from all directions to strike my head, dragging me into the abyss of muddy earth."
The True Lord of Extreme Strength laughed, "Only after I and the allied forces exerted all our strength to cripple it and suppress it at the Eye of the Source River did those annoying anomalies disappear. Otherwise, you wouldn't be so relaxed right now; the Great River Spirit would definitely have come out to welcome you."
"The river spirit is quite enthusiastic," Ye Yang said with a smile.
But he thought of the primordial cosmic will that devoured the world, and that supreme rule.
When the Immortal Alliance forces enter the Devouring World in a large-scale manner in the future, they will certainly face similar but more severe suppression.
"Among the myriad worlds, some possess a so-called world will," and their cultivation systems have relatively balanced mechanisms and values. Others are similar to the main world, where all things compete freely under the frosty sky, lacking a so-called world will and any balancing mechanism whatsoever; all balance and stability are achieved naturally through evolution."
Recalling his many experiences during his previous travels through various worlds, Ye Yang couldn't help but express his feelings.
"Let's go to the central army camp and introduce you to your future subordinates," said True Lord Jili.