Chapter 1031: Response, New Nine-Turn Profound Skill!

Author: Three Hundred Jin's Smile

"Back then, their resources must have been depleted..." Phoenix murmured to herself.

After all, how formidable is a weak tenth-tier civilization? How profound must their foundations be? Just compare it to the elemental civilization ruins before us, and you'll understand the depth of such weak tenth-tier civilizations' foundations. A civilization possessing a weak tenth-tier entity must have a sufficiently large base of ninth-tier beings. Because if the number of ninth-tier beings isn't large enough, how could ninth-tier beings with perfect Dao foundations emerge? And how could they then break through to the weak tenth-tier?

Some ancient weak-world civilizations, accumulated over generations, through targeted cultivation and alternating periods spanning hundreds of thousands of years, could potentially have thousands of ninth-tier beings! Given the existence of such a massive weak tenth-tier civilization, how could their remaining assets be so meager? Generally speaking, a starved camel is still bigger than a horse... Yet, Moon God Ji, who incidentally cultivated a rudimentary Mother River civilization, even dropped the Moon God Stele and came back to her ancient native ruins to search for resources... And on the other side, things didn't look particularly affluent either.

Of course, she wouldn't voice her speculation about the ancient historical battle, the structure of the war between the Elemental Mother River Civilization and the Buddhist-Daoist Civilization.

"'Half-elemental life, originally, was far weaker than a pure-elemental life system. But once it was transformed into the structure of a Mother River civilization system, it far surpassed it!'"

Phoenix, with an expression of admiration, said, "Back then, you emerged from these ancient ruins with this mutated identity, one far weaker than your own native civilization... Perhaps you were not welcomed, but now you have long since surpassed your ancient ancestors!"

This was not flattery. In her view, the strength of the system had undoubtedly surpassed the old one. Regardless of whether it could reach that true height in the future, or even reach the ultimate tenth-tier of the Great Dao... the civilization's structure and system had already surpassed it.

"'Speaking of which, it is indeed a result of the events of the past that we have arrived at today.' Moon God Ji also smiled, looking at the elemental ruins outside, the streets and rubble.

"'When we left here back then, we were reviled, because at that time, we possessed the most shameful flesh-and-blood bodies for an elemental life race... But ultimately, we couldn't die here, living in tombs, guarding ridiculous glory. Someone needed to forge a new future; someone needed to rise again...' Moon God Ji said."

A flicker of emotion appeared in Phoenix's eyes, as if she, too, saw that most distant era. She had seen the history here and knew what the elemental race was most proud of. They were proud of being pure, flawless, perfect spirits—sacred, pure, and clear... What they most despised were creatures made of flesh and blood cells, those who bled, got injured, were evil and greedy, possessing endless desires... At that time, they must have faced resistance, hatred, and insults...

"'But you still rose again, surpassing the glory of your ancestors and ancient times, building from nothing, step by step....' Phoenix said softly."

"'One can't stubbornly cling to the past; one must look to the future.'"

Moon God Ji sat back down in the chaise lounge by the window, leisurely flipping through an ancient crystal book, smiling languidly, "And I, too, will become a part of the past. The future of this new civilization lies with you."

"With us?" Phoenix trembled.

Looking at her youthful ancestor, so languid in appearance, a feeling of pride she had never experienced before suddenly welled up within her, along with admiration for this ancient ancestor's mysterious power. It was a sense of racial pride, a family emotion of belonging, spreading within her heart. Her emotions were usually subdued, but now, looking at this young ancestor, she vaguely felt a fated sense of mission resting on her shoulders.

In reality, Xu Zhi merely chatted a few light words with Phoenix, then looked out the window. The elemental survivors were still diligently cultivating, reforming their structures, and moving elemental crystals from urban tombs across various regions, piling them up like mountains. They couldn't even enter the deepest layers, but the outer and middle layers of most tombs were like flat ground to them, completely undefended.

Xu Zhi looked at these survivors as if he had discovered a great treasure. Although he still lacked energy, pure energy resources, while still being generated daily, were no longer as crucial. At the level of a ninth-tier Dao achiever, what truly mattered to any civilization were 'rare natural treasures,' such as elemental crystals—special products found in various super-civilization ruins. And these remnant elemental crystals perfectly fit the Mother River civilization, rebuilding the entire Mother River... These survivors, moreover, could absorb vital forces, truly killing multiple birds with one stone! The 'tool-person' civilization before him—oh no... the revival of this elemental civilization was now imperative!

***

Online Forum.

The entire 'Spore Evolution' game forum was already buzzing with activity, countless posts scrolling ceaselessly. Meanwhile, inside the 'Six Paths of Reincarnation' world, countless players, while assembling and evolving their Asura Dao bodies, were also excitedly following the developments. The first encounter with Moon God Ji!

Undoubtedly, this was shocking. Although they had long anticipated entering the full ninth-tier era and becoming next-dimensional beings, as inheritors of the Huaxia Buddhist-Daoist Earth system, they might come into contact with the true layers of reality, but they hadn't expected... the opponent to appear so quickly!

"The Mother River Civilization is quite troublesome."

At this moment, seeing the entirety of the elemental civilization ruins, they found it terrifying. Originally, this Mother River civilization was already formidable, but it turned out that even these massive ancient ruins of a weak tenth-tier elemental civilization were their ancient relics. If they obtained so many resources, something major was bound to happen!

"How do we fight this? Infinite energy, physical immunity, immortal traits... Who can withstand that? Any one of these traits is monstrous, but they have all three stacked together."

"Mother River! Mother River!"

"Too strong! The Elemental True Spirit hides in the Mother River's source; once it dies, it resurrects at the source!"

"This is literally a player's respawn point! A civilization like this exists?! (Completely dumbfounded)"

Infinite energy, similar to the Nine Revolutions Mysterious Art, was not surprising. After all, to have contended with it back then, they must have had similar means; it would be strange if they hadn't. But physical immunity was quite bothersome... It was like half of your attack methods were rendered useless! The Nine Revolutions Mysterious Art, martial arts, the entire race's bodies, various body cultivation techniques to their limits, like the Pangu Battle Body, would be completely useless... Although so-called physical immunity couldn't make them entirely unattackable—pure power, when strong enough, could naturally obliterate elemental energy... However, they were still largely countered, and most punches and kicks would be a waste of stamina. It's like water overcoming fire: if the fire is large enough, it can also evaporate water, but at the same power level... it's clear which one counters the other more effectively.

"How do we even fight this? We might not even win a direct battle... And even if we did, their elemental bodies are immortal; their true form is at the Mother River's source, able to resurrect at any time. At most, they'd just lose some strength."

"Monsters! This is unplayable!"

"Cough cough cough, others also felt our Nine Revolutions Mysterious Art and Radiant Buddha were unplayable... but this one right here is truly disgusting."

"Heh heh, how could ancient curses be so easily broken? If they weren't strong, they wouldn't have destroyed the flourishing ancient Huaxia civilization." Someone, being rational, reminded everyone that they had been too arrogant earlier.

"It's fine, brothers, let's grind! We'll research a way to crack it. There's no problem that can't be solved with enough grinding. If one liver isn't enough, add another one!"

"Speaking of something similar, the Quantum Battle Body is a bit like the Mother River civilization, always hiding in the shadows, remotely controlling things...."

***

On the other side.

Cute Girl, Alchemy Emperor, Mt. Akina Speed, and others had secretly gathered.

Mt. Akina Speed's voice was calm. "It seems it has indeed happened... The quantum mini-TVs we created, which formed the foundation of our civilization, are still not enough, not stable enough to evade this ninth-tier catastrophe."

"There's no other way. We can only use the mini-TVs to do some small business. In combat, we really can't compare to those monsters. After all, we're too weak. To forge iron, one must be strong oneself, and our hard power is still insufficient." Alchemy Emperor said softly.

"However, we've also thought of a way to counter the Mother River Civilization without needing to specially evolve a new species to target this type of elemental life!" Mt. Akina Speed smiled.

"Yes, regarding elemental energy, from the very beginning, we had special species designed to counter this type of 'life form.'"

Cute Girl paused, then said, "The Nine Revolutions Mysterious Art has been stagnant for so long. After Dao Changsheng, there have been almost no new versions... Although Emperor Qi made modifications, his was the Great Luo Heavenly Scripture, a messy fusion of things like gaudy golden demonic cores serving as blood cells. No one can learn from him.... Now, it's time to advance the third orthodox version of the Nine Revolutions Mysterious Art."