A journey of survival starting from Zhetian

Chapter 641 Xiong Mo: Take a bite?
Outside of Xuanpu Divine Mountain.

An emperor who had come up the path bowed and lowered his eyes, solemnly and respectfully stating his purpose as he looked into the sacred mountain.

"We, the gods of the long river, request an audience with His Majesty the Yellow Emperor."

A unique enlightenment, as natural and spontaneous as comprehending the universe, quietly appeared in the heart of Emperor Changhe.

[Come.]
Such a clear and straightforward response made Emperor Changhe breathe a sigh of relief.

About 100,000 years have passed since that great battle, but the peculiar feeling of losing consciousness and the reality reversal that seemed like an illusion, as if nothing had happened, still haunt him to this day, and he cannot forget it.

Looking at the mountain path before him, which was filled with wisps of primordial and yellow merit energy, Emperor Changhe slowly stepped into it, passed the "Xuanpu" mountain stele, and followed the guidance of the special enlightenment deep in his heart, heading towards the place where the "Central Yellow Emperor" was currently located deep in the sacred mountain.

About fifteen minutes later, he stepped into the inner perimeter of the sacred mountain and arrived at an area where the earth's veins were reacting unusually strongly.

As he slowly looked ahead, Emperor Changhe's previously calm expression suddenly froze, and his heart couldn't help but tremble slightly.

It was a ferocious stone statue about ten meters tall, and it looked very familiar.

Even though his terrifying limbs were as if severed and had taken on a human form, the subtle, upturned eyes on his body, the overwhelming desire hidden within them to destroy the Central Divine Realm and sacrifice all the spirits of heaven and earth, and the faint, eerie and ominous aura that emanated from them, all made Emperor Changhe feel his divine body stiffen and his soul feel like it was collapsing.

The impression of that day is too deep.

As a supreme deity subordinate to the "Central Yellow Emperor," and an emperor holding divine talismans, he merely stood at a relatively insignificant juncture in the universe, maintaining a portion of the operation of that great miracle at the "end of the road to the highest level."

But when that ominous and eerie entity outside pierced through the boundary membrane, shattered the net of heaven and earth, and was about to destroy the central divine realm, an uncontrollable fear still surged from the depths of his heart.

Even though Emperor Changhe was well aware that these supreme gods and supreme Dao ancestors, apart from the great miracle being performed by Emperor Tianzhou, had several high-level backup plans at the end of the road that could temporarily contend with this indescribable being, and there was also the true being at the end of the road, "Central Yellow Emperor," who had not yet made a move.

Emperor Changhe took a deep breath, suppressing his discomfort, and bowed to the figure standing beside the stone statue.

"Changhe greets His Majesty the Yellow Emperor."

Xiong Mo glanced at the respectful middle-aged king, then turned his gaze back to the ferocious stone statue beside him, as if there was something within it that was worth pondering.

"What's matter?"

Seeing that the "Central Yellow Emperor" was so indifferent, the Emperor Changhe's brow twitched slightly as he forcibly suppressed the subtle feeling of suffocation rising in his heart.

Yes, of course something happened!
And after seeing this stone statue, there was one more thing!
He rubbed his throbbing forehead, quickly calmed himself, and respectfully asked the "Central Yellow Emperor," "Your Majesty, where is the Heavenly Boat Emperor now? Since the Great Miracle was completed, we have not seen him, nor have we been able to sense his current location through divination, deduction, or prophecy."

"The disappearance of a supreme Dao Ancestor at the half-step supreme level has not only made us supreme deities feel apprehensive, but also made the other forty-seven supreme Dao Ancestors feel somewhat uneasy."

Xiong Mo snapped out of his reverie.

The supreme Dao Ancestor who cultivated the "The Dao Scripture of the Myriad Transformations of the True Self" written by the Heavenly Boat Emperor and became yet another handy tool for him.
Xiong Mo did not turn around. He said in a calm voice, "Emperor Tianzhou was severely injured in that battle at the end of the road level. I brought him to the core of Xuanpu Divine Mountain and used the 'Earth Element' divine power to nourish him. He is currently healing."

Upon hearing the "Central Yellow Emperor's" account, Emperor Changhe broke out in a light sweat.

Can words like "damaged" and "nurtured" be used to describe a living being?

In any case, he would only use these words on the supreme artifacts he created, or when these artifacts were damaged and needed repair.

No wonder there are subtle rumors about the Heavenly Boat Emperor in the circle of the Supreme Emperor, saying that he has gradually become the vessel for the consciousness of the "Central Yellow Emperor" and has become part of this indescribable being at the end of the road.

Now that the term "Central Yellow Emperor" is used, these rumors may be true.

Emperor Changhe wiped the fine sweat from his forehead, and couldn't help but recall the eerie and ominous presence outside the realm, as well as the "bubble cluster" of the "Central Yellow Emperor," causing a slight twitch in his heart.

Are all the beings at the end of the road so indescribable?

"It's not that all beings at the end of the road are so indescribable, but rather that in this special era filled with irregular changes, this indescribable form allows beings at the end of the road to 'live' and 'enlighten' more comfortably within the chaotic ocean."

"In short, the indescribable state is not actually a choice for us, beings at the end of our road, but rather a 'choice' of this era where the underlying rules and logic are chaotic. Although the laws held by beings at the end of our road are on the same level as these rules and logic, it is also exhausting to constantly fight against them."

"It's quite normal that I haven't been seen in the Central Divine Realm, isn't it?"

Xiong Mo's voice was somewhat calm, echoing in Changhe Dijun's ears.

In an instant, Emperor Changhe's expression stiffened slightly.

He hadn't spoken a word; he was just silently complaining in his mind, "The Central Yellow Emperor is so careless in reading the minds of his own gods."
Xiong Mo's tone carried a hint of helplessness, "It's not that I'm not particular, but you emperors who ascended to the top through shortcuts all cultivate the methods I created, without opening up any branch paths or creating any new cultivation system to become supreme Dao ancestors. So, in my perception, you are naturally 'transparent,' without any concealment."

"Changhe, you have attained the supreme Dao fruit and possess a third-grade Emperor God talisman. Considering the accelerated years of time, you have cultivated for nearly thirty quadrillion years."

"After so many years of accumulation and development, how come you still haven't been able to develop a new cultivation system? Even if you don't want to be like Emperor Zhong Hao and use a new cultivation system to prove the supreme Dao fruit again, you should at least be able to develop a cultivation system that points directly to the limit of the King Realm."

Xiong Mo's gaze left the stone statue and turned to the long river, his eyes filled with frustration and helplessness at its lack of ambition.

As beings who have reached the end of their journey, their own "Dao" has come to an end. If they want to continue to improve their Dao and increase their strength, they can only broaden the scope of their own "Dao," that is, expand the system they have created.

His chosen "explanation"—using his own system and his own language to interpret all methods of improvement—requires nothing more than different systems of practice and paths of evolution. He takes the essence and discards the dross, incorporating both the good and the bad into his own system, making them part of what his own "language" can explain.

If subordinates don't cultivate themselves, don't explore new paths of cultivation, and don't attain the supreme Dao fruit, how can their cultivation and strength absorb enough nourishment to improve rapidly?
If these thousands of supreme deities could be more ambitious and produce a few who have attained the Dao Fruit of the End of the Path, then He wouldn't need to go through all this trouble of setting bait and digging pits to capture a Dark End of the Path at the "Fierce Tiger" level, in order to study his Dao Fruit of the End of the Path, absorb nourishment, and continue to expand His own cultivation system.

Even He would feel weary from scheming and plotting against beings at the end of the road.

Unfortunately, there was nothing that could be done. Of all the fruit trees planted in the Central Divine Realm, only forty-eight were palatable, and the best one barely reached the level of the End of the Path.

His "Tao" and "Dharma" are always found in countless sentient beings and in the creative spirit of all things in heaven and earth.

Therefore, it is absolutely unacceptable to commit acts like those dark sovereigns, such as annihilating countless living beings and sacrificing them to the myriad spirits of heaven and earth. Such actions not only contradict one's own cultivation principles and create flaws in one's Dao heart, but also lead to a regression in one's Dao practice.

Therefore, all He could do in the Probability Era was "plant trees," hoping to harvest enough "fruits" before the end of this era to improve His cultivation and combat power.

Urged on by the main god of the pantheon, Emperor Changhe's emotions began to churn slightly.

He said with a hint of speechlessness, "Your Majesty, I have truly done my best."

"Before the 'Ordination Method' was widely disseminated, my limit was already at the Immortal level. At that time, I couldn't even create a complete 'world' from the 'Water Element' law and attain the King Realm Dao Fruit. Now that I've been able to climb the path and attain the Supreme Realm, I've really tried my best."

"Moreover, it's not that I haven't developed cultivation systems, but most of the ones I've developed can only lead to the limit of immortality. Very few can lead to the King Realm, and even those systems that can lead to the King Realm are difficult to deepen further and cultivate supreme light on the body's surface."

"The limit of the King Realm, which cultivates unparalleled light, may be that the accumulation is still insufficient."

A bitter expression appeared on Emperor Changhe's face. How could he not want to create a supreme cultivation system and be revered as the Supreme Dao Ancestor by countless beings and all spirits of heaven and earth?
However, even with his current understanding of the supreme realm, he is unable to extend the cultivation system he created to the limit of the King Realm, which can generate supreme light and can be called quasi-supreme. His cultivation has truly reached its limit.

The difficulty of cultivating a well-established system is more than ten thousand times greater than that of cultivating a system that one must create independently.
Within the bottleneck of generating supreme light, the difficulty between the two may differ by hundreds of millions of times.

Perhaps, with more years of experience and improvement in his cultivation, he will be able to continue to progress on the cultivation system he created and break through his current bottleneck.

After calming his somewhat troubled mind, Emperor Changhe looked at the ferocious stone statue and asked hesitantly, "May I ask Your Majesty, that stone statue seems to be from that indescribable being beyond the realm. It gives me a very strange and ominous feeling."

A hint of a smile appeared in Xiong Mo's eyes. "Of course it will give you a strange and ominous feeling. This stone statue is the original body of that strange and ominous one, and it is the most core part. There are also the mysteries of his cultivation system inside."

Xiong Mo turned around, looking at the Changhe Emperor who was already in a daze, and invited him in a friendly manner, "Would you like to join me in comprehending the evolutionary system within him?"

"Although one's consciousness and true spirit may often be corrupted by some strange and ominous things, as long as one can withstand it and constantly fight against the 'non-self' things in the body, one can extract some of the 'Tao' and 'Dharma' insights from this supreme being, thereby improving one's own cultivation."

"Once you have enough insights into these 'Tao' and 'Law,' you can find the location of his Dao Fruit at the end of his path. This is a being who has explored the realm of the end of the path quite deeply. As long as you can dig out his Dao Fruit and digest it completely..."

"Then, Changhe, you should be able to advance one of your cultivation systems to the supreme level. You might even step into the deepest part of the supreme realm and have a high probability of seeing some of the scenery in the eyes of the supreme being at the end of the road."

"This is a shortcut to instant success, want to give it a try?"

Changhe Dijun was somewhat bewildered by the invitation extended by the "Central Yellow Emperor".

Without the slightest hesitation, he quickly shook his head, refusing decisively.

What talent and ability does he possess to do such dangerous and terrifying things? If he dares to do them, those terrifying and ominous things will devour his soul completely, allowing the "non-self" things that are born within his body to completely replace him.

Furthermore, Your Majesty, is it really appropriate to take away the fruits of others' humanity and then digest them?

This really looks like the work of an evil god.

"What's inappropriate about it?" Xiong Mo chuckled and patted the thigh of the stone statue beside him. "He wanted to destroy my orchard, burn my fruit trees, and sacrifice my servant god as a human sacrifice. So, can't I eat him instead?"

"These are the rules for survival in a chaotic ocean."

Upon hearing this, Emperor Changhe's eyelids twitched wildly several times.

My Yellow Emperor, I too have entered the Chaotic Ocean and seen those supreme beings who have never known the Central Divine Realm. Do not deceive me.

In most cases, they will not attack unless there is a direct conflict with the supreme beings beyond the realm. They may even engage in a discussion on the Dao when they show goodwill, exploring their own path forward and discussing the "Dao" and "Dharma" of cultivation systems.

Xiong Mo did not refute what Emperor Changhe was thinking.

He simply reached out and groped around on the stone statue beside him, eventually reaching inside and pulling out a "fruit" that emitted an ominous black aura yet exuded a subtle Daoist fragrance.

Then, he waved his hand and released the subtle fragrance from the "fruit," letting this special aroma drift to the nose of his own deity, causing a hint of longing on its face, while also making it inexplicably pale.

"Click. Click."

Xiong Mo put the "fruit" to his mouth, took a few bites, and demonstrated.

"This stuff smells awful, but tastes delicious."

"Really not going to take a bite?"

(End of this chapter)