Mythological origin

The metaphor about the sun and the endless earth seemed to be just something Bai Mo said casually, and he didn't go into any further detail.

The power of the universe, which originated from him, was guided and infused into his corpseless avatar, which represented a single obsession, and ultimately manifested as the seemingly endless land beneath everyone's feet.

The endless earth's obsession is extremely simple: since people are always fighting for living space and resources, then create an infinitely expanding world to end all of this.

Bai Mo's thoughts once again swept over the outline of this grand obsession.

He disliked the current universe, its basic structure being too empty, cold, and isolating civilizations like islands at an almost hopeless distance.

It's like scattering countless precious sparks of fire carelessly in an endless, dark desert, leaving them to fend for themselves, unable to touch each other, and reducing the contact between civilizations to a rare miracle.

This does not align with his preference for possibilities and evolution.

Therefore, he decided to reshape everything slowly but surely in his own way.

Civilizations should not be permanently separated by this empty chasm; they deserve a more intimate and easier platform for communication.

This system, built with the power of Tao as its bricks and the endless earth as its core, has the long-term blueprint of becoming a transit station and integrator for the entire universe.

It's like a constantly growing, strange network with countless interfaces, gradually connecting every discovered or known world.

It's not just about physical connections, but also about slowly and continuously bringing them closer together at the level of rules, energy, and even existence, ultimately merging them into one and creating an unprecedented and unimaginable super stage.

At that time, the distance between civilizations will no longer be an insurmountable void, but a measurable and traversable journey on this endless land.

The reason why the immortals of Terra feel "endless" is because the Endless Land is constantly connecting to new worlds. The speed at which new maps expand is faster than the speed at which they explore, so naturally, they can never reach the end.

……

Temporarily withdrawing his thoughts from the endless earth, Bai Mo's gaze fell on the other end of the round table, on a figure sitting quite far away from him.

"Was it you who discovered 'Ten Grounds Unmoved'?" he asked calmly, his tone more of a confirmation than a question.

This statement instantly brought the somewhat tangent topic back to his most important objective in coming to Terra.

The one named was Cuomo, this true genius of the new generation.

However, when Bai Mo's gaze fell on him, Como felt a familiar tension, originating from the depths of his soul, quietly gripping his mind.

Compared to when they last met, when he was a newcomer with only a vague understanding of Terra's complex and secretive history, Komo is now a completely different person.

Since his last encounter, he has spent decades becoming an archaeologist, digging, piecing together, and sorting out fragments of the past that have been deliberately sealed away by time and power from the dust of history and the ruins that have been deliberately buried.

Those true records and secrets about the Earth Era, about the Autumn of the Spirit River, about Bai Mo and the existence of many taboos.

If he had not now attained true immortality and possessed the qualifications and strength to engage in equal dialogue with those ancient beings, many historical truths would never have been revealed to him, not even a crack in the surface.

Those ancient beings who personally experienced the Earth's era and have survived to this day have always been reluctant to discuss that past, shrouded in too much mystery, pain, and unspeakable power, regarding it as a scar on civilization and a potential taboo. Even so, Cuomo's path of exploration is by no means smooth.

In the process of accessing certain core secrets, he had to make a large number of soul oaths or special contracts with strong causal constraints that had to be strictly sealed.

As a newly ascended immortal, he is indeed "qualified" to know many truths that ordinary people cannot access, but "knowing" and "spreading" are two different things.

Much information is like a precious gem that carries radiation; those who know it must bear its weight and ensure that it does not spread uncontrollably, lest it trigger unpredictable chain reactions.

Komo knew better than anyone that the name Bai Mo was the most central and unavoidable focal point in all the historical vortexes of the entire Terra civilization, and even humanity in a broader sense, since the turning point of fate known as the "Autumn of the Spirit River."

Furthermore, since he himself was able to break through the barrier between immortals and mortals and achieve the true immortal Dao fruit, there must be countless intricate and difficult-to-clarify relationships between him and the other party in the dark.

This understanding gave him a sense of awe and an indescribable complexity when facing Bai Mo.

At this moment, he was no different from the guys from the White Land beside him.

……

“That’s right, ‘Ten Grounds Immovable’ is a dark magic I comprehended before the final firing of the bullet bow.” Despite the immense pressure, Como did not try to evade or embellish, but readily admitted it.

This was no secret among Terra's upper echelons.

Almost everyone knows that "Ten Grounds Immovable" is a dark magic that Cuomo "suddenly realized" in the last few minutes before the slingshot entered the irreversible firing program at the last moment of civilization's survival.

It was precisely because of this great achievement of rebuilding the empire from the brink of despair that Como won the favor and gratitude of many True Immortals at the time, and obtained a massive amount of resources and full support. This enabled him to rise in status after advancing to True Immortal, eventually becoming one of the most powerful figures in the empire, second only to the oldest Three Tribulation True Immortals.

“But I feel,” Como changed the subject, looking directly at Bai Mo, and voiced a long-held doubt, “that the ‘Ten Grounds Immovable’ that I possess seems incomplete. It… is missing something more crucial, something more substantial.”

He was very clear-headed. Bai Mo would never speak without reason. Since the topic was directly related to "Ten Places Unmoved," the other party must know some inside information that he had not yet come across.

Instead of waiting passively, it's better to actively raise questions, which may lead to the truth.

The Ten Grounds of Immovability that Cuomo comprehended during a critical moment has a rather unique form.

It is not a single spell or supernatural power, but rather a coherent "inheritance" system with a clear path of advancement.

Starting from the fifth rank, each realm has its own corresponding, systematic spacetime-based black magic, progressing layer by layer, with power and mystery deepening with each level.

It's like a cheat code that unlocks new forms as the holder grows, but Cuomo has never been able to see where it ends.

Upon hearing that Bai Mo's question focused on "the Ten Immovable Grounds," all the True Immortals around the round table, regardless of what they were originally pondering, immediately concentrated their attention.

The atmosphere suddenly became even more solid, and even the subtle energy flowing in the air seemed to slow down. (End of Chapter)