Extraordinary Awakening, starting with Samadhi True Fire

In the distant, unknown starry sky.

A land of machines.

There are many stars here, but very few planets, or rather, very few normal planets. At a glance, there are only cold, metallic lumps floating in the dark starry sky.

Sudden.

Space distorted for a moment.

The enormous body emerged from the spatial passage; it was none other than the Eternal Monarch.

"Kun, you're injured. The power of the laws of humanity?" a metallic mass the size of a planet spoke. "You went to the Fifth Universe Civilization?"

"Um."

"What are you going there for?"

"The universe is heading towards destruction; we have to find a way to escape reincarnation, don't we?"

A silence fell over the room.

Yes.

Even the Machine Monarch cannot escape the cycle of the universe. Most of the miniature universes left behind by the Third Universe are already damaged, so they should make plans as soon as possible.

......

A cold void.

A spaceship bearing the symbol of the Cloud Ruins Sacred Land is constantly shuttling back and forth.

Inside the spaceship.

"Heavenly Venerable One, why hasn't Wei Lan woken up yet?"

"Your soul is damaged, but you should be out of danger. We'll find a way to help you once we get back to the Holy Land, so don't worry."

The Celestial Venerable of Breaking Illusions offered words of comfort.

In truth, she wasn't sure either. After all, it was the power of divine magic. Even though the Celestial Venerable of Breaking Illusions had made some achievements in the realm of the divine soul, he still dared not make any move against Wei Lan. The power of divine magic could only be countered by another kind of divine magic.

Upon hearing this...

Xiao Weiqing felt helpless and could only wait.

"Damn the machine race."

"And that Aarons, idiot, a Celestial Venerable, has lived so many years in vain." Xiao Weiqing cursed.

This time, Xiao Weiqing truly lost both his wife and his army.

Wei Lan's soul was damaged, and he lost the divine magic given to him by Dekar.

"Many people, the longer they live, the more afraid they become of death," said Venerable Powang slowly. "But don't worry, this matter won't be over until the Nine Yuan Holy Land gives us an explanation."

"Heavenly Venerable, will the Nine Yuan Holy Land intervene in this matter?"

Xiao Weiqing was a little curious. Logically speaking, this matter had nothing to do with the Nine Yuan Holy Land. Could it be that the Nine Yuan Holy Land would take the responsibility upon itself?

"Hehe~"

"Under normal circumstances, I might pretend not to hear, since it would be embarrassing to talk about it."

"In the Western Regions under the jurisdiction of the Nine Yuan Holy Land, a Celestial Venerable colluded with the Mechanical Race. The Nine Yuan Holy Land failed to discover this, but it was discovered and dealt with by people from other star regions. They cannot pretend that nothing happened."

"Although Aarons was the one who started this, the Nine Yuan Holy Land can only swallow this bitter pill."

A Celestial Venerable colluding with the Mechanical Race is a matter that could be serious or minor. Even the Nine Yuan Holy Land cannot and dare not simply gloss over it, especially with the involvement of Celestial Venerables from other Holy Lands.

This is also why the Celestial Venerable of Breaking Illusions didn't even have time to check the battlefield before hastily fleeing.

If they don't leave, they might be detained. Although they won't be harmed, they will lose the initiative in negotiations.

The Celestial Venerable of Breaking Illusions continued, "Xiao Weiqing, believe it or not, the Nine Yuan Holy Land might already be negotiating with the Cloud Ruins Holy Land."

Xiao Weiqing nodded slightly, feeling that what the Heavenly Venerable of Breaking Illusions said made a lot of sense.

then.

The Celestial Venerable of Breaking Illusion smiled and glanced at Xiao Weiqing, then said, "You've lost a means of self-preservation; don't you want compensation?"

"Of course, there's also Wei Lan's."

Xiao Weiqing quickly replied.

Although Xiao Weiqing doesn't regret using the divine spell given to him by Dekar, his heart is bleeding.

Thinking back to that sky-covering palm, what kind of technique was it?

A celestial being was killed without any power to resist.

Xiao Weiqing had always believed that the divine spell Dekar gave him was meant to buy him time so he could find a way to escape.

I never expected it would be used to kill the Celestial Venerable.

"Heavenly Venerable, what exactly is my senior brother's strength?" Xiao Weiqing asked.

Dekar has never openly stated his level of strength, only saying that if a Celestial Venerable causes trouble, they should come to him.

This can be seen.

Dekar is not afraid of Celestials; even if he is not a Celestial, he has the combat power of a Celestial.

It wasn't until Aarons arrived at the Cloud Ruins Holy Land and made a deal that Xiao Weiqing heard the name "divine magic" for the first time, and Dekar also personally demonstrated divine magic.

Xiao Weiqing realized that his senior brother must also be a Celestial Venerable.

but.

just now.

Xiao Weiqing realized that he still underestimated Dekar. Even if he was a Celestial Venerable, could a single divine spell he created kill another Celestial Venerable?

"I don't know Dekar's strength either," said the Celestial Venerable of Breaking Illusions.

"have no idea?"

Xiao Weiqing was taken aback; this was an answer he hadn't expected.

The Celestial Venerable of Breaking Illusions explained, "That old fellow Dekar has lived too long and rarely takes action. Over the long years, he has often done trivial things in the Holy Land that only Undying Realm cultivators do. Most people who don't know him regard him as an ordinary Undying Realm cultivator."

"In fact, he was like this from the moment I joined the Holy Land."

"In the Cloud Ruins Holy Land, everyone always addresses each other by their given names, from Heavenly Venerables to ordinary Undying Realm cultivators."

"However, one thing is certain: Dekar is stronger than the Celestial Venerable, much stronger, and all the Celestial Venerables in the Holy Land respect him greatly."

Xiao Weiqing blinked, his mind filled with a myriad of thoughts.

Isn't this the Sweeping Monk?

Looking back now, the former ruler of Nanwu Kingdom, Guixuan Tianzun, once said that when he entered the Holy Land, the battle to ascend to heaven he participated in was in charge of Dekar, which was more than 100 million years ago.

The Venerable of Breaking Illusions entered the Holy Land hundreds of millions of years ago, when Earth was still in the age of dinosaurs.

"Xiao Weiqing, do you still remember your Seventh Heaven Assessment?"

"Um?"

Xiao Weiqing was slightly taken aback, wondering why the Celestial Venerable of Breaking Illusions had brought this up.

"What you did on Changsheng Star back then led to the Holy Land convening a meeting of Celestial Venerables, with hundreds of Celestial Venerables coming to watch the spectacle. What do you think was the reason?"

"Is it because this matter concerns the interests of the Holy Land and involves many Celestial Venerables?" Xiao Weiqing probed.

The Celestial Venerable of Breaking Illusions laughed and said, "This is just one of them. Everyone is more interested in seeing who Dekar has chosen. Otherwise, why would a mere Star Lord cause such a sensation?"

"You should know that even if you comprehend the laws at the Star Lord Realm, it's just something for the Celestial Venerables to talk about. We've lived for countless years, and we've seen all kinds of geniuses."

"I see."

Xiao Weiqing murmured.

"Hey, Heavenly Venerable, since my senior brother has such strength, why is he doing those miscellaneous tasks in the Holy Land just like an ordinary immortal?" Xiao Weiqing asked, voicing his doubts.

"I heard it's because he made a mistake in the past."

"Making a mistake?"

"Yes, I heard that a long time ago, Dekar had a fiery temper. He was the kind of person who would rather fight than talk. He got into trouble and made mistakes, which is why he is the way he is now."

"As for the details, I don't know either. If you're curious, you can ask him directly."

"never mind."

Xiao Weiqing shrank back. How could he ask such a question directly?