The First Marquis of Daxuan

Su Mu looked at the creature in front of him that didn't resemble a typical Desolate Being, and listened to the story it was telling.

His story completely overturned the facts that Su Mu had pieced together from the accounts of the transcendent Jin Hong, the Black Dragon Ao Kun, and the Mysterious Master.

This was a story completely different from any he had ever heard before.

Two people planted a tree, and from that tree, countless worlds and realms emerged.

One person wants to cut down the tree, while the other wants to protect the book.

The two fought to a standstill, resulting in both being severely injured.

The defeated party's body transformed into four original Desolate Sky Creatures, who inherited the will of the fallen and were determined to cut down the great tree.

The other side, despite being severely injured, protected the large tree.

"The one who felt compassion and was unwilling to cut down the big tree was Pangu."

"Dao," the creature of the desolate sky, continued.

"Although he won, he was seriously wounded and died shortly after the battle."

Before he died, he awakened the goodness in my heart, and I came here as he instructed.

If one day the big tree is really cut down, then this place will become a new seed, and as long as I plant it, a new tree will grow.

He also told me that before he died, he left behind a hope that someone would find this place someday.

He told me that whoever came would be the one to end this conflict.

He looked at Su Mu, his eyes filled with satisfaction.

"I have waited for countless years, and you have finally come."

"Dao" of the Desolate Sky Creatures said happily.

"You mean, I am the hope that Pangu left behind?"

Do you think I can end the Great Calamity of Desolation?

Su Mu said in a deep voice.

"Yes."

"Dao," the creature of the desolate sky, said without hesitation.

Do you know what ending the Great Calamity of Desolation means?
The best way to end the Great Calamity of the Desolate Heaven is to completely annihilate you, the creatures of the Desolate Heaven.

Su Mu said in a deep voice.

"I know."

The Desolate Creature "Dao" said with a smile, "Suffering, Origin, Cessation, and Dao, the four of us were originally formed from the obsessions of that one after death, and should not have existed between heaven and earth in the first place."

Su Mu frowned. This "bitterness" was too strange. He had seen many people who were afraid of death, but he had never seen anyone as calm as "bitterness".

Sometimes, not being afraid of death is just a momentary impulse.

Desperate actions taken in a fit of rage are something many people are capable of.

But Huangtian Creature has been "bitter" here for countless years, and he has probably already carefully considered his own fate.

In such circumstances, his ability to face impending death with such composure is something few people could do.

What kind of feeling is it for someone who knows their end is death and can calmly wait for countless years?
Su Mu found it hard to accept even thinking about it.

The person who can do this is definitely not an ordinary person; he is an exceptionally ruthless individual.

"You stayed here to protect this 'seed'?"

Su Mu asked in a deep voice.

"That's only one reason; the second is to wait for you."

The Wilderness Creatures said, “Dao.”

"I have been ordered by Pangu to leave you a divine weapon of chaos."

As he spoke, he drew a weapon from behind his back.

The weapon was actually embedded in his body, nourishing him with his flesh and blood and strength.

Right at the position of his spine, he forcefully pulled out a weapon.

Su Mu's eyelids twitched as he read this. What kind of spirit was this?
To nourish a weapon with one's own flesh and blood and strength, and that weapon is destined to be given to one's enemy.

The Desolate Creature "Dao" remained expressionless as he turned the weapon in his hand upside down and handed it to Su Mu.

It was a long sword, three feet long, with a four-sided blade, each side of which was engraved with patterns of flowers, birds, fish, and insects.

When Su Mu's gaze fell upon the blade of the sword, he felt a wave of dizziness.

He was startled and quickly looked away, calming his mind and expelling the dizziness from his body.

Almost simultaneously, Su Mu took a step back, his vigilance increasing significantly.

If that desolate creature "Dao" had taken the opportunity to ambush him, he might not necessarily have died, but he would certainly have been severely injured.

Fortunately, the desolate creature "Dao" did not take the opportunity to launch a sneak attack.

This made Su Mu trust him a little more.

"Is this the sword left behind by Pangu?"

Su Mu asked in a deep voice.

The name Pangu was so familiar to him that he felt a little awkward saying it out loud now.

Fortunately, Pangu only left him a sword.

If you left him with an axe, he might really start to question the origins of Pangu.

"Yes."

The Desolate Creature "Dao" nodded and said, "This sword was personally forged by Pangu from tree branches, and it can restrain the Desolate Creature."

With this sword, you can utterly annihilate us four original Desolate Creatures.

A look of relief flashed in his eyes.

For so many years, he has kept this sword with him, and no one knows what kind of torment he has endured.

Death might actually be a relief for him.

Su Mu slowly reached out and took the sword.

As soon as he held the longsword, a cool sensation flowed into his body through his hand.

He was startled and instinctively mobilized the power within his body.

Just then, a flash of light appeared before his eyes, and a peculiar feeling arose spontaneously.

In an instant, he felt the system panel that had disappeared from his body reappear, transforming into a force that directly flowed into the longsword.

boom!
A blinding light suddenly burst forth from the longsword.

A sword aura shot into the sky, as if a hole had been pierced through it.

The sharp sword energy lasted for several breaths before receding back onto the sword.

The strange phenomenon before Su Mu's eyes disappeared, as did the cool sensation on his hands.

The longsword returned to its quiet state, lying silently in Su Mu's hand.

Su Mu suddenly felt a connection to the sword, as if it had always belonged to him.

Su Mu flicked his wrist slightly.

Swish!
A flash of sword light disappeared in an instant.

A shocking crack instantly appeared in the ground.

A hint of surprise flashed in Su Mu's eyes.

With his current level of cultivation, it would not be difficult for him to cause mountains to collapse and the earth to split with a mere gesture.

But he just waved his hand casually and didn't use much force.

This effect is mainly due to the power of the sword.

The sword's power was beyond expectation.

Su Mu himself was a weaponsmith, and he knew very well that the sword in his hand was stronger than any weapon he had ever forged before.

Even with his current skill in weapon forging, he might not be able to forge such a powerful divine weapon.

As expected of someone who shares the same name as the creator god from his previous life, not to mention anything else, his mastery of weapon forging alone is something that even Su Mu can't match.

“Kill me, and you can absorb my power, then you will be able to deal with suffering, the origination of suffering, and the annihilation of suffering.”

"Dao," said the Desolate Sky Creature in a deep voice.

He closed his eyes, showing no intention of resisting.

Su Mu frowned.

The way the desolate creature "Dao" closed its eyes and waited for death was beyond his expectations.

Looking at the other person, Su Mu also felt a little hesitant.

It's not his style to take action against someone who doesn't resist.

Moreover, he had no enmity with the Desolate Creatures' "Dao," and the other party was no longer the kind of Desolate Creatures driven only by instinct.

To be honest, he couldn't bring himself to kill such a person for no reason.

Just as he was hesitating, the Desolate Heavenly Creature "Dao" opened its eyes again.

"Kill me, or you will be no match for the three of them: Suffering, Accumulation, and Annihilation."

"Dao," said the Desolate Sky Creature in a deep voice.

You probably don't know me.

Su Mu shook his head and said, "I don't like others telling me how to do things."

It's true I want to resolve this great calamity, but I prefer to do it my own way.

"Your own way?"

The creature "Dao" from the barren year frowned deeply. "I have already told you the whole story. You should know that the myriad worlds you speak of are nothing more than a tree planted by Pangu and the others."

Their power is beyond your imagination.

Each of the four of us possesses a quarter of his power, and if we join forces, we can even unleash seventy or eighty percent of his strength from back then.

Even Pangu couldn't completely destroy us back then, so he could only leave you as his hope.

"If you don't absorb my power, you won't be able to defeat the three of them."

The Dao of Huangtian Creatures is very frank.

This was the first time Su Mu had ever seen someone so eager to die.

The more proactive the other party was, the more certain Su Mu became of his own thoughts.

He will not kill the "Dao" before him.

"How do you know I'm no match for the three of them if we haven't even fought?"

Su Mu smiled calmly and said, "I don't know just how strong Pangu and the other person you mentioned are."

But I know that even those as strong as them are dead.

Therefore, even the strongest person can be killed.

If that person could be killed back then, then you, who are now merely remnants of their will, can certainly be killed as well.

I don't need your power; I can still fight them off.

As they were talking, Su Mu had already put the sword away.

"I came here to see Pangu, but since he is no longer here, I shall take my leave."

After Su Mu finished speaking, before the Desolate Heavenly Creature "Dao" could speak, he stomped his foot and soared into the sky.

call!
A golden light flashed and disappeared in an instant; Su Mu had vanished into the horizon.

The desolate creature "Dao" frowned as it watched Su Mu's disappearing figure.

After pondering for a moment, he swayed slightly and disappeared into thin air.

…………

Su Mu flew for hundreds of thousands of miles before finally stopping in the void.

He glanced back at the area shrouded in seven-colored light, but it was almost completely obscured now.

At this moment, Su Mu suddenly took out the long sword.

Swish!
He flicked his arm and threw the longsword away.

The longsword transformed into a streak of light and instantly disappeared into a desolate, uninhabited planet.

The sharp sword energy pierced through the rocks, and the long sword went straight into the core of the planet.

With a rumbling sound, the planet began to rotate again, and the ground quickly returned to normal. No one could see that a sword was hidden in its core anymore.

"The Dao of Desolate Heaven Creatures, his words must contain both truth and falsehood."

After doing all this, Su Mu muttered to himself in deep thought.

"Pangu should really exist, the origin of the Desolate Heaven creatures should also be true, and even the tree in the myriad worlds should really be planted by Pangu and another person."

However, the story of him being moved by Pangu and guarding hope for Pangu is probably 70% false.

Su Mu's expression became extremely serious.

He didn't know what the other party's purpose was.

But he was certain that if he had really used that sword to kill the desolate creature "Dao," the result would definitely not have been as the other party claimed, that its power would have been absorbed by him.

He could believe that the "Dao" of the desolate creatures had been influenced by Pangu and no longer insisted on "cutting down trees".

But he absolutely did not believe that the other party could be moved to the point of not caring about his own life.

Whether it's a human or a creature from the wilderness, everyone has their own purpose in doing something.

They wouldn't give up their lives for no reason; in fact, they seemed rather eager to do so.

Su Mu didn't believe that such a person existed in the world, so he didn't even dare to keep that sword with him.

"The power left in my body by the system panel has merged with that sword. As long as I don't carry this sword with me, even if the Desolate Heaven Creature's 'Dao' has any schemes or tricks, it won't be able to outwit me."

Su Mu thought to himself.

His real purpose in coming here was to find the mastermind behind the system panel that was installed on him.

We haven't seen the person behind the scenes yet, but we've learned some of the truth.

Judging from the reaction of the desolate creature "Dao", it seems that he really doesn't know about the existence of the system panel.

Therefore, the system panel may indeed have been created by Pangu.

Since Pangu has passed away, could it be that he left behind the system panel because he really wanted to find someone to take his place and protect the tree from being cut down?

Su Mu felt that the Huangtian Creatures' account of this matter was only half true and half false.

Or perhaps even the creature "Tao" of the famine-stricken era itself did not know Pangu's true intention.

"The only thing that can be confirmed now is that Pangu must have really passed away, otherwise the 'Dao' of the Desolate Heaven Creatures would never dare to use so many underhanded tricks."

Su Mu pondered to himself, "If that's the case, then the system panel itself should be fine, at least it won't have any negative impact on me."

The only thing I need to be wary of now is the 'Dao' of that desolate creature.

"No, it should be the Desolate Creatures—Suffering, Accumulation, Extinction, and the Way!"

Su Mu's expression grew increasingly serious.

Of the four original Desolate Creatures, Su Mu has already personally seen two of them.

Whether it is suffering or the Tao, the power is unfathomable.

Even in a one-on-one fight, Su Mu wasn't confident of victory against them.

And there were actually four of these powerful desolate creatures!

The strength of Huangtianyuan was greater than Su Mu had imagined.

"No wonder you agreed so readily back then."

If they use all four of the ten methods—suffering, origination, cessation, and path—they can almost certainly win four of them.

The remaining six matches are also evenly matched.

In this way, Huangtianyuan has a very high chance of winning seven games.

"Without having to fight to the death with all the realms, I can harvest 70% of the beings in all the realms. If I were in your shoes, I would have readily agreed to the contest too."

Su Mu smiled bitterly to himself.

He was too clever for his own good.

However, on the other hand, he had too few chips in his hand. Facing a Huangtianyuan with such strength, he only had the Transcendent Jin Hong by his side.

He couldn't fully trust even the powerful Xuanxuan Shangren, so he could only use his limited strength to deal with Huangtianyuan as much as possible.

Being able to replace the Great Calamity of Desolation with ten matches is already the limit of what he can do.

The idea of ​​simply wiping out all the creatures of the Desolate Heaven, as Jin Hong, the Transcendent One, thought, to prevent the Great Calamity of the Desolate Heaven from happening again, is simply unrealistic.

If they had that ability, would they still be worrying now?
It was precisely because the strength of the myriad realms was far inferior to that of the Desolate Plains that he had no choice but to try every means to maneuver.

"but--"

A glint of light flashed in Su Mu's eyes.

"We are not entirely without a chance of winning!"
If some of the words of the Desolate Creatures' 'Dao' are true, then the four original Desolate Creatures were the manifestation of the will that exists on par with Pangu.

"If I can find a way to counter them, I can defeat all four of them at once!"

Su Mu was never one to easily admit defeat.

Although the current situation has almost reached a point of despair, Su Mu is still full of fighting spirit.

He has three years left.

He has already instructed Dongfang Liuyun and others to cultivate the Daoist scriptures.

Ordinary Desolate Creatures are no longer a threat. As long as they can find a way to restrain the first Desolate Creatures, they can win these ten matches!
"That powerful being was killed by Pangu. Theoretically, his obsession should have been filled with hatred and fear towards Pangu."

If I could find the remains of Pangu…

A thought popped into Su Mu's mind.

If he could find Pangu's remains and forge them into a divine weapon, it would surely be able to subdue the first generation of desolate creatures.

"However, although Pangu is dead, he may not have left behind any remains..."

Su Mu shook his head, rejecting his own idea.

Even if his remains were left behind, he was, after all, a senior figure, and it would be somewhat inappropriate to use his remains to forge a divine weapon.

"Their weakness still lies with Pangu. Since Pangu killed him, Pangu's power must be able to restrain them."

Su Mu pondered to himself.

He knew very little about Pangu; he only learned the name from the creature "Dao" in the desolate sky.

The words of the Desolate Creatures' "Dao" can be trusted, but not entirely. Su Mu decided to first try to investigate matters related to Pangu, so that he might be able to find the weaknesses of the four original Desolate Creatures.

"If this tree in the myriad realms was planted by Pangu and another person, then it means that they existed before the existence of beings in the myriad realms."

At that time, there weren't even any first-generation Desolate Creatures.

Where did those two come from?
Since they existed, they must have left some trace.

As Su Mu pondered this, he strode forward.

His body transformed into a streak of light and flew towards the direction where Master Xuanxuan was.

Of all the people Su Mu had ever met, the two who knew the most secrets were Jin Hong, the Transcendent One, and Master Xuanxuan.

Su Mu had a hunch that while the transcendent Jin Hong might not know of Pangu's existence, the Xuanxuan Venerable certainly did!
Master Xuanxuan has a mysterious background and knows many secrets that others do not. Su Mu is well aware that he is hiding many secrets.

This time, he absolutely had to get Master Xuanxuan to speak. (End of Chapter)