Chapter 1010: We Are Going to Rise!

The elemental youth named Al, who was standing nearby, could no longer contain himself. He loudly asked, "Is our ancient civilization not truly powerful? Then where did our past glory come from?"

If their bloodline system wasn't strong enough, how could they have reached a Tenth-tier civilization and boasted such a glorious ancient history? Elemental beings, once formed, were almost invincible among their peers!

The young Ji merely smiled, his expression calm as he replied, "They are indeed powerful after forming... but do they even have a chance to form? Leaving aside the distant past, pure elemental beings are inevitably heading towards destruction in the future. There are simply too few suitable genes, or no genes can be found at all... What good is even the most powerful imagined future then?"

He paused, then continued, "And even if suitable genes are found, they would only be integrated genes of the same type—four genes that are largely identical with little differentiation. Without their own distinct genetic combinations, how can they be considered truly powerful?"

"Elemental life forms are indeed strong, there's no doubt about that. But other flesh-and-blood life forms are not weak either; they can even fight elemental beings. As long as they find suitable, complementary genetic combinations, they are no weaker than elemental life forms of the same tier."

The elemental youth named Al didn't refute him. This was indeed true. Their genes were all elemental, too singular, lacking genetic combinations. While incredibly formidable, if flesh-and-blood life forms had perfect genetic combinations, they too would be formidable and could indeed fight, even win.

"But that's too rare!" Al said fiercely. "For normal bloodline beings, simultaneously cultivating several incredibly powerful bloodline systems has an extremely low probability."

Xu Zhi was speechless. This elemental youth seemed quite knowledgeable about these matters, apparently well-versed in the history of ancient civilizations. He said with a faint smile that wasn't quite a smile, "Is the probability of finding all four elemental genes again, breaking through to the Ninth-tier, and restoring your ancestors' glory, higher than this situation?"

"I..." Instantly, he was completely silenced.

Their ancestors were incredibly lucky to have endured the initial accumulation and found the other three elemental civilizations. Their probability of formation wasn't high either. In essence, there was no difference between the two. Even if they could go out, finding three new elemental bloodlines and starting anew would be an extremely low-probability event, very difficult to succeed. It was no less difficult than finding three incredibly powerful bloodline genes.

The young Ji smiled and said, "Having a flesh-and-blood body means we can integrate all the genes of flesh-and-blood life... We've lost the characteristics of pure elemental beings, but we now possess both the ability to integrate flesh-and-blood genes and elemental genes, giving us more choices."

Al's heart slightly trembled. The surrounding survivors also exchanged glances, a glimmer of hope flashing in their old, despairing faces. At first, they felt that by having flesh-and-blood bodies, their race had indeed lost its ancestral glory and its two most formidable innate talents, degenerating into an ordinary flesh-and-blood race. Their race was crippled, heading towards mediocrity... But this was merely a choice they were forced to make; they had to accept the cruel reality. Yet, now that they thought about it, perhaps it wasn't so cruel. Perhaps this current path was a good choice, a new future? One with infinite possibilities?

Moon God Ji turned and walked past the stubborn youth. He looked at the bustling elemental survivors in the cave, their faces filled with despair, and said calmly, "Stubbornly clinging to glory and struggling under its weight is the most foolish thing. The path is forged by oneself; rigidly adhering to the past is idiocy.... Why must we pursue the glory of ancient ancestors? Forge your own path, and in the future, we will run parallel to it! Our descendants will reach the end of the Great Dao for the second time!"

As soon as his words fell, within the tomb, all the despondent, desolate, and demoralized elemental beings burst forth with bright hope in their eyes.

"Reach the end of the Great Dao for the second time!"

"Can we also have such a dream again?" The elemental leader suddenly became dazed, reminiscing with longing about his youth. Back then, wasn't he just like this headstrong Al, fighting for his own race? But as he continuously struggled, fought, and explored ruins, he gradually realized how ludicrous his dreams were; reality was so cruel. When he returned to the tribal tomb and saw the decrepit old leader in his twilight years, the words spoken just before his death remained unforgettable:

"There are no more chances... Our glory is completely lost... This is the world of adult elemental beings... There are no dreams."

Recalling that time, the leader suddenly fell silent, then choked back a sob and whispered, "Can we still have dreams?"

"Of course. The door to dreams has always been open for everyone who yearns to pursue them," the young Ji smiled gently.

Their despondent eyes were completely ignited with hope.

"By the way," Moon God Ji smiled and said, "enough small talk. I still hope you can build hope and not remain despondent... I came here to find out if there's a way to isolate spatial turbulence here and establish a teleportation array?"

"Yes, of course there is..." the elemental leader quickly said. "Although we are incredibly weak, lacking suitable genes to integrate and cultivate into high-tier powerhouses, we can still petition our guardian deity, 'Akaz', to separate a stable spatial transmission point to establish a teleportation array."

"That would be good," Xu Zhi smiled.

"Then we will immediately go and seek permission, contact the guardian deity." They were very excited. The elemental beings were deeply shaken. The other party told them about dreams, to believe in dreams... Indeed, they shouldn't despair. Their civilization still had hope! Now, breaking down to build up anew, why cling to the past? To rise again through a different method and civilization—that would truly revive their ancestors' glory, that is what their predecessors would have wanted to see!

"We still have hope!" The leader looked at the survivors around him, waving his fist, and said excitedly, "Over the years, many powerful Dao Attainers have fallen in these ruins. We've collected their flesh, blood, and powerful genes throughout these years... From them, we might obtain many powerful genetic bloodlines, giving us a good starting point from the very beginning!"

The surrounding survivors were all uplifted. Generation after generation, they had tried to collect the remains of those powerhouses, clinging to a glimmer of hope, attempting to integrate their bloodlines, but they had utterly failed... But now, they could rise!

"Leader, you are truly wise!" Al said excitedly.

The leader was also excited. "Isn't that right? When I was young, I was just like you, you rascal, full of hope and drive, constantly scouring ruins, searching for those Ninth-tier Dao Attainers who were slain by the guardian deity... After that, I became disheartened, feeling like I was doing something futile. But now, all that accumulated effort has finally proven useful!"

Al said excitedly, "Those who could become Dao Attainers wouldn't have poor genes to begin with. We've collected a lot, and we might be able to combine them to create an incredibly formidable gene!"

"Hahahaha, that's exactly right," the elemental leader laughed loudly. "And it's not just us. Some survivor tribes in other tombs are also like us. Come on, let's go contact those other tribes and bring over all the genes of fallen powerhouses they've collected over the past hundred thousand years! Open the treasury, and dedicate all the accumulated remains of Dao Attainers, all our savings, to that revered existence. Our elemental race has hope of rising again!"