A journey of survival starting from Zhetian

Chapter 708 The Other Shore Seems So Close
In all the myriad realms, those who are vying for the peerless projection of another self on the other shore, using it to communicate with the true form of the divine weapon on the other shore, have paused their supernatural powers and turned their gazes to the Sea of ​​Bitterness and the Realm of Truth.

A figure, nearly a hundred meters tall and surrounded by starlight, was like a giant of the starry sky, a perfect creation. Holding a star ring, he sighed, "The Bitter Sea is in turmoil. The Water Emperor is trying to reach the other shore. So many years have passed, yet he remains so resolute, unchanged."

Beside this great supernatural being, a star god who was also at the peak of creation pondered for a moment and said, "In the early days of the era, some fellow Daoists attempted to prove the Dao. It seems that the disappearance of the three Heavenly Venerables has made many of their calm and composed fellow Daoists unable to maintain their composure."

Judging from the ascension based on legends and creation, the best time to attain the other shore is undoubtedly near the end of the era.

At this juncture, they are already attempting to condense a half-formed illusory Dao fruit, relying on the attraction and pull of the "Dao" to support their inherent spiritual light. No matter how you look at it, it reveals a hint of haste.

The Creation Perfection, holding the Star Ring, shook his head slightly, "It's not just them who can't maintain their composure."

"With the disappearance of the three Celestial Venerables, there will be no next era in the myriad realms. If we do not attain the other shore, even if we are revered by all beings as great supernatural beings, we will not be able to survive."

"Without a new 'Primordial Celestial Venerable' to create the world, no matter how powerful and perfect the creation is, it will all turn into an illusion in the final calamity."

For those with great creative powers, an era may be considered a long time, but time is ultimately finite.

Whether out of a pursuit of the "Tao" or out of the instinct for survival, none of the great beings of creation want to die.

Therefore, when they sensed the instability of the Realm, they took the initiative to suppress it with their own dojos, thus delaying the duration of this era.

Therefore, after Xuanjun used the Dao of Dreams to create illusory Great Daos and actively suppressed the Real World, acting as a half-foundation for existence, they began to seek the treasures of the other shore, attempting to seize a sliver of possible life.

Therefore, upon discovering that the Water Emperor had begun to attain enlightenment, they all tacitly stopped using their supernatural powers and observed the Water Emperor's process of ascending to the other shore, comparing it with the path they had deduced for themselves.

This being, who resembled a giant of the starry sky and was at the pinnacle of creation, gestured to his fellow Daoist beside him to look at certain special areas of the [Real World], saying, "As for being in a hurry, I don't think so."

“Those who have karmic ties with the Water Emperor and may become His external tribulations have all been blocked and cannot affect His breakthrough.”

Whether the Water Emperor can succeed now depends solely on the internal tribulation of the Dao itself.

As soon as he finished speaking, this near-starry giant, having achieved perfect enlightenment, quietly furrowed his brow.

He slightly raised his head, his gaze peering above the river of time and destiny, looking at the half-formed illusory Dao Fruit that had stopped its explosive growth, and the weak river of time that had been born around it but was now gradually collapsing.

Not only Him, but all the Creators who could trace back the past and glimpse the future on a small scale discovered something amiss and began to compare it with themselves to deduce the way to reach the other shore, pondering it little by little.

However, before the great supernatural beings could deduce the problem, the Water Emperor's half-formed illusory Dao Fruit was already showing signs of crumbling, as if it could not maintain its "ascending" power, and all kinds of "laws" and "principles" were gradually withering away.

Three breaths later, a terrifying sense of collapse erupted from this half-formed illusory Dao Fruit, causing it to plummet like a meteor from the highest and deepest point of the structure of all the heavens and myriad worlds, and re-enter the Sea of ​​Bitterness.

"crash"

Suddenly, the reflection of history emerges, and a "thread" that has been connected in the long river of time is slowly pulled away, and then turns into emptiness in the chaotic "nothingness".

History has changed, and all traces of the "Water Emperor" have vanished without a trace, as if this great supernatural being had never existed at all.

All the legends of the myriad realms were stunned, realizing a peculiar change in their own memories. They seemed to have heard of the name "Water Emperor," but only in the faintest possible detail. Then, within a moment, they quickly regained their senses and continued their search for the treasures of the other shore while the great supernatural beings were "confronting" each other, unaware of anything amiss.

Only by ascending to the heights of creation and experiencing the erosion of time can one feel horrified, even bewildered, by the demise of the "Water Emperor."

However, their memories of the "Water Emperor," and of any past interactions or connections with him, lack a sense of reality. It's as if everything related to the "Water Emperor" is merely a daydream, an alternate destiny.

This extremely illusory, unreal memory, this innate spiritual light suspended at an infinite height, clearly tells itself that "another development outside of one's own destiny" is the true reality, the original history.

The newly ascended cultivators, who had not experienced the constant changes of time, staggered a few times in the clash between illusion and reality. The illusory Great Dao they had forged half an hour earlier also showed cracks due to their Dao Hearts, showing a tendency for their laws to collapse and their realms to fall back to legendary levels.

Within Zhongshan Mountain.

Having calmed his turbulent emotions, Qiongqi murmured with a hint of bewilderment, "The Water Emperor's attempt to attain enlightenment has failed. History is about to change once again."

"So this is what happens when the attempt to attain enlightenment at the other shore fails. It's not much different from the other shore person personally erasing the past and reshaping the past."

Ao shook his head and said with a hint of annoyance, "His accumulation among us is definitely in the top three, so why did the Water Emperor fail to attain enlightenment?"

"Moreover, the failure was so bizarre, so sudden, and so incomprehensible."

Aohen saw it clearly: the Water Emperor's transformation from the illusory Great Dao into a half-formed illusory Dao Fruit, preparing to break free from the Sea of ​​Bitterness and uphold his innate spiritual light, was extremely smooth. This undoubtedly showed that the advancement method He had deduced was without error, at least in the preceding steps, without the slightest problem. Otherwise, the Water Emperor would have failed the moment he began to break free from the Sea of ​​Bitterness.

It should have become the first ancient creation to attain the other shore in this era, but due to the unformed illusory Dao fruit, it underwent an unknowable mutation, completely collapsed, and ultimately fell into the most terrible demise.

Anyone with extraordinary abilities felt a strange sense of dread about this.

The eagle remained silent for a long time. One after another, the illusory paths were arranged in a special way to form a great array, radiating the power of the four elements, pushing back the two polarities, and finally evolving into strands of Yin and Yang Tai Chi, reflecting its own memories of the "Water Emperor" from an almost overhead angle.

The process of the Water Emperor's enlightenment is described in particular detail.

[The Real World] The sun and moon have cycled three times, and the memories are reflected out, frozen in the moment when the Water Emperor reveals an enlightened expression, his body radiates the power of time, and gradually connects the traces of the past.

The eagle pondered deeply, then said with certainty, "To attain the other shore, the abilities of 'rewinding the past' and 'peeking into the future' are extremely important, even among the key factors influencing success or failure." "The Water Emperor may be lacking in both of these areas, preventing this half-formed Dao Fruit from undergoing further qualitative change and becoming fully formed."

"The three Celestial Venerables who have disappeared, including the Xuanhuang Celestial Venerable who resides in the Southern Mountains, all possess this unique and mysterious aura of time."

“Some of these mysteries completely overlap with certain characteristics possessed by those who have attained the false other shore after being in certain special ‘closest places’.”

Aohun and Qiongqi exchanged a glance, both revealing a hint of sorrow.

The illusory path they cultivate is not adept at understanding the changes of time, much less at perceiving it.

If the Water Emperor's mastery of time is among the top five of all those who have achieved perfect creation, then their cultivation in this area is almost at the bottom of the list.

Now, it will be difficult for them to attain enlightenment on the other side.

Aohun and Qiongqi both looked at Da'e. Of the three saints of Zhongshan, only Da'e's Four Symbols Dao and Formation Dao could indirectly manipulate time and had a very profound understanding of the past.

The giant eagle shook its head. "Don't look down on me. In terms of my mastery of time and my understanding of the Dao of Time, I am at most at the middle to upper level among all the great supernatural beings who have achieved perfect creation. If I want to be comparable to the Water Emperor, I still have a long way to go."

"Whether we can reach the level of the Water Emperor before the end of the era, I cannot predict."

Qiongqi's pupils were somewhat unfocused. "Even the Great Osprey can't do that?"

"Indeed, if it were that easy for new beings to emerge from the other shore, there would not have been only three Celestial Venerables throughout so many eras."

Aohen also sighed, "Our mastery of time is not up to par. In the short term, none of us in Zhongshan are capable of attempting to attain enlightenment on the other side."

"I just don't know how the other four emperors, and other like-minded people, will decide."

The eagle turned its gaze toward the east of the Real World, waiting for something.

Originally there were fourteen fellow Daoists, but now that the Water Emperor has perished, He cannot guarantee what the other fellow Daoists will think or whether they will give up completely.

However, the other two fellow Daoists, whose mastery of time is comparable to or even surpasses that of the Water Emperor, will most likely not give up.

Now is not before the end of the era, nor is it the easiest time to attain the other shore, but the current time is the most suitable time to attain the other shore.

In all the myriad realms, there are fewer than ten peerless divine weapons whose essence is the Other Shore, and there is no true Other Shore being. The Xuanhuang Heavenly Venerable of [Nanshan] has also made a promise not to obstruct it. The most dangerous thing, which might have come from the obstruction of the Other Shore being, no longer exists.

If we cannot achieve enlightenment and reach the other shore in one fell swoop now, in the future, when the Xuanhuang Heavenly Venerable in Nanshan is tired of suppressing the Real World and the end of the era is approaching, the environment we will face will be more complex, and the chances of success will be even smaller.

The Great Osprey asked itself, if its mastery of time were at the level of the Water Emperor, and its chances of success were now around 20%, it would surely fight with all its might, with the mindset of "If I hear the Way in the morning, I can die content in the evening".

Before the many powerful beings had to wait long, in the east of the Realm, wisps of vibrant light, imbued with life, danced in the gentle spring breeze. A strange phenomenon appeared: a large ailanthus tree, imbued with the power of time, rose into the sky, supporting a cloud of auspiciousness permeated with the essence of the wood element.

This is the Wood Emperor, who now sits serenely on the canopy of the great ailanthus tree, his expression calm. He raises his own auspicious cloud, causing a seed, supported by the cloud and bathed in rosy light, to rise.

The Wood Emperor murmured to himself, "The Water Emperor encountered some problems in 'recalling the past' and 'peeking into the future,' which prevented the half-formed illusory Dao Fruit from undergoing further qualitative change. As for the many perfected creations, it is highly unlikely that they can properly handle these problems."

“Looking back at the past is not my forte; the only area I can improve on is ‘peeking into the future.’”

The Wood Emperor reached out and lightly pointed to the seed on the auspicious cloud above his head, causing it to begin to curl up and evolve into a powerful life force and a divine charm related to matter, transforming into a semi-formed illusory Dao Fruit with different charms such as "creation," "decomposition," "reconstruction," and "derivation."

With a splashing sound, the Wood Emperor's innate spiritual light was lifted up by the half-formed illusory Dao Fruit, rising even faster than the Water Emperor to the highest and deepest point of the structure of all the heavens and myriad worlds.

Having gained a perspective that overlooks all the heavens and myriad realms, a look of understanding flashed in the eyes of the Wood Emperor. He gained a deeper understanding of the enlightenment that the Water Emperor had made when he appeared, and he thought of the Mysterious Lord and the Xuanhuang Heavenly Venerable in the Southern Mountain, who had constructed a pseudo-other shore, a "place close to the Dao," based on his understanding of the "Dao."

The Wood Emperor muttered to himself, "The characteristics of the other shore are basically present. In other words, Xuanjun has already achieved 'past time forming a line' and 'occupying a part of the future'."

"If my speculation is correct, he is currently in that 'place of near-the-path' adjusting his illusory Dao fruit, or beginning to take a further step, truly approaching the level of the three Heavenly Venerables. But under such circumstances, why not directly attain the other shore? For him, the difficulty should be almost non-existent."

As if seeing the gaze of the Wood Emperor, a ray of gaze carrying the power of the other shore also emanated from within [Nanshan], meeting His gaze.

The Wood Emperor was the first to focus his attention, as he was currently on the path to enlightenment and not a time for distraction.

He then caused his half-formed illusory Dao Fruit to expand, instantly connecting all traces of this era in the river of time, allowing every Wood Emperor of the past to merge into the half-formed illusory Dao Fruit, thus continuing to strengthen its power.

The Wood Emperor did not stop; He continued forward along the river of time, stretching into the future.

At the same time, the expanding, semi-formed illusory Dao Fruit resonates with the future trend, a profound alignment from "vigorous growth to prosperity." All sorts of future possibilities are being occupied and converged in a direction more favorable to Him.

Suddenly, the Wood Emperor felt a special push that made his journey easier and allowed him to see and influence more of the future.

The process of seizing a portion of the future went very smoothly, and the other side seemed to be just around the corner.

(End of this chapter)