Chapter 1038: Black Darkness Invasion

Author: Three Hundred Jin's SmileCategory:Last Updated: 20200609Chapter Word Count: 10008 words

A few days passed.

"So that's how it is! You are very skilled in this area!""Who would have thought there was such a method?""Using this method of reproduction in a world, while simultaneously escalating war conflicts, can significantly increase the efficiency of producing powerful individuals..."

They were greatly astonished.They deeply admired the teacher of this evil god girl.After all, they came here as a group of weaker individuals, and many things they had to figure out on their own. What they saw before them was indeed a valuable lesson.

Xu Zhi realized that the lives of these enlightened beings, staying in this shop, were indeed monotonous.Every day was spent in this one shop, with no need for cultivation.They simply idled away, chatting about all sorts of topics...No wonder they were so enthusiastic and chatted so smoothly when he first arrived... It wasn't just for show; they genuinely chatted like that every day.

At the same time, while chatting, they manufactured various machines and parts.Although they also nurtured their descendant civilizations in sub-space, with many gods being born every day, no Ninth Order beings had emerged, even with a complete civilization heritage...After all, they were just newcomers over ten thousand years old, with ordinary bloodlines of two or three genes. Their aptitudes and combat abilities were not outstanding, leading to insufficient resources, so they could only cultivate in this manner.

As they liked to say, they could join other civilizations and live off their beauty to accumulate initial resources, but they didn't want to do that, as it would tie them down and sacrifice their Dao Heart.Although they had fallen, they didn't want to truly degenerate, as they still possessed some pride.

They even hesitated to go out now, knowing that many enlightened beings might secretly ambush and hunt them. Here, they relied on their craftsmanship to run a shop and earn resources.

In fact, Xu Zhi also greatly benefited from chatting, discussing the Dao, and conversing with them.He learned how to develop civilizations, the self-cultivation of "breeding pigs," and various improved "leeching" methods. Even Xu Zhi was greatly surprised, and they mutually learned a lot from each other.

"Yes, you should also study hard, and work with us to create this new weapon, and give birth to more descendants... cultivate them well," they admonished Medusa.

"Don't worry, we are only a little over ten thousand years old... still extremely young beings. Now we are honing our strength and learning skills... Once our 'Crimson Star' is fully built and our strength can protect us, then we can go out," said Naisera, the spider beauty.

The Crimson Star was the weapon they were forging.Its energy level was 6.It was considered a relatively powerful weapon; for comparison, a fallen enlightened being has an energy level of about 0.4. A higher energy level isn't always better; if you can't sustain it, there's no point.

"We are only a little over ten thousand years old. If you compare that to an ordinary life span of a hundred years, we are just teenagers... We are still minors."Naisera said calmly, "Although we have many children, we will wait until we are adults and strong enough before looking for suitable Dao companions."

"Yes, don't worry, we still have a chance. Our lives have just begun, and even though we can no longer cultivate... our children can!" Medulla also said, encouraging them earnestly.

Xu Zhi sat beside them, reading a book, studying the Ninth Order path system while listening to their words. Although what they said was true, he couldn't shake the feeling that something was off.He had also fully realized.These enlightened beings were truly ordinary, living like normal people, with nothing grand or profound about them.After all, as supreme Cosmic Enlightened Beings, they could put on a show for mortals and gods in their own extraordinary mythical worlds, calling themselves the Creator Spider Shepherd God, Lord of Azure Soft Water, legendary ancient existences who opened up heaven and earth... But in front of peers, all sorts of genuine and unfiltered remarks would spill out...They were probably too bored, just chatting idly without any regard for their image.

Shi Ji, however, had sparkling eyes and a face full of admiration. "Father," she said, "they can live like this despite what's called the 'Cosmic Enlightenment Curse,' the 'Dark Fall of Ten Thousand Years'... unable to cultivate, yet still finding joy in hardship. They are truly strong."

Xu Zhi nodded and said with a smile, "I brought you out so you could see how ordinary civilizations cultivate, understand their pain. The Great Dao is about striving! About seizing! Throughout the long ages, you must also understand this... punching billions of times a day, you must always persevere, be a diligent seeker of the Dao, only then can you have a bright future."Xu Zhi had already found a dead zone—a neutron star—for little Shi Ji to cultivate on, punching there and climbing the path to the Ninth Order.

"They say I'm quite simple and easily deceived," Shi Ji said.

"It's fine, you don't need to practice those things... scheming and intrigue are for the weak and resource-poor... right now, you just punch, punch, punch..."Xu Zhi said with a smile, "Instead of studying other things, it's better to specialize in these... If your mind is complex and your Dao Heart is muddled, your cultivation speed will slow down, your punching speed will slow down, and you'll hesitate...Look at the Martial Arts Alliance Leader, so poor he only has a cloak. He was originally a very smart person, but he never liked to use his brain. Who could defeat him?"

Little Shi Ji nodded vigorously.

Xu Zhi smiled.The child was still young, less than a thousand years old. Maintaining the purity of her Dao Heart, punching, punching, punching, was very important.Dao Changsheng back then had a pure, glass-like heart. He didn't scheme, bravely cried, bravely laughed, and spoke honestly, which is why he progressed so quickly. The Martial Arts Alliance Leader was the same...

Thirteen more years passed.

Xu Zhi discovered that their pace of life was incredibly slow.Unimaginably slow!For Xu Zhi, it was thirteen years, but for them, it was just a few hours of shop operation.After all, unlike Xu Zhi, this fallen civilization didn't throw themselves into "high-dimensional space-time" to court death; only their own civilization was accelerated.They lived at the normal speed of biological life.

"At the normal, 'elderly' pace of these enlightened beings... they could lie around for several more months with no change at all. For me, a few months is already several millennia; I might even break through to the Ninth Order by then.""In these few millennia, Caroline and Di Qi might have fully accumulated power, cultivating the Nine Revolutions Mysterious Art to the Ninth Order combat level, sweeping everything before them, and returning to an invincible state within their realm!"Xu Zhi listened to their conversations and felt that life passed by very blandly. The pace of these "elderly" individuals was too slow; their lives weren't exciting at all.Life is about burning bright. What's the point of an enlightened being living so long? Two or three years would be enough; either break through or die, it feels neat and exhilarating.

And getting their bloodlines and cells?They weren't without caution.Moreover, an enlightened being's bloodline is inherently difficult to obtain. Soul and flesh are one; every cell is fused with the soul. It's impossible to scrape off even a tiny bit of skin from them, unless you forcefully attack and cripple them.

These past few days, a few enlightened beings occasionally appeared, coming to buy and sell things. Xu Zhi only observed them from time to time.But he also listened to them share strange gossip and secrets, gaining a significant amount of insight!

"That deity who came this morning, don't let his ancient attire fool you; he might seem unremarkable on any planet, but in his civilization, he's known as the Dragon of Bewitching Shadows. In their ancient Xiyaxi myths and legends, he is the supreme cosmic being who created heaven and earth... His inner sub-space extraordinary world has a population of a staggering 170 billion! Tens of thousands of gods, with countless divine systems interwoven."

Xu Zhi sat in the shop, feeling quite envious.How rich was that?These fallen civilizations were all incredibly wealthy, frantically gathering resources... they were vastly different from the Abyssal Blue Divine Realm next door, whose people only knew how to cultivate diligently without actively collecting resources.

"And that dark green slug who just left, don't let his appearance fool you, he is...""So, don't underestimate anyone. Every being here is terrifying, controlling a vast world, a cosmic overlord over billions of living beings."

Xu Zhi sat in the shop, staring at the retreating figures of these enlightened beings, feeling a pang of envy again.He even felt the urge to follow them and pull off a heist.But he couldn't beat them, so there was nothing he could do.

"Your eyes are full of longing, so you must work hard..." Naisera watched him, his face full of admiration as he looked at the enlightened beings leaving the shop. She couldn't help but sigh, then encouraged him earnestly.

By afternoon, Medusa was still studying, an unexpectedly mundane and boring routine."Have you heard? A Ninth Order genius with a perfect Dao foundation just emerged from the lineage of the seventeenth 'Inspector.' They just broke through... and have already left their extraordinary world and come outside..."

"They actually came out? So lucky? That's like winning the lottery, isn't it?""Yes, it's said that as soon as they broke through to a complete Ninth Order enlightened being, they were directly sent outside... That enlightened being was completely bewildered at the time, unaware that there was such a world outside, or such a cosmic structure... With the knowledge of a well-bound extraordinary world, they were immediately bound by a divine ring lock."

The Divine Ring Lock is one of the most precious secret treasures beneath the Cloud Star Dao Fruit. It can imprint a mark and leave a backdoor, allowing for absolute control, even if the target's strength surpasses one's own in the future.

"How tragic.""Indeed, how could they know that the gentle, kind, great ancestral gods who provided countless resources to create their worlds would do this to them?""It's not like we're any different; we do the same to our own extraordinary worlds.""There's no other way. They are born to serve us... Although it feels a bit cruel, to survive, the path of Dao-seeking is paved with bones..."

"I now hear that this enlightened being with a perfect Dao foundation has been locked by a divine ring and is being treated as a treasure... being frantically cultivated, just waiting for them to break through to the weak Tenth Order, and then they'll be slaughtered like a pig!""Too tragic!"

"You keep saying 'tragic'.""So, isn't the Seventeenth Inspector also about to break through to the weak Tenth Order?"

"Hehehe, I don't know... The Seventeenth Inspector's group, the ancestor of this clan, might not be able to suppress it!How many Ninth Order clansmen has he cultivated over the years? All imperfect Ninth Orders, there are already over thirty of them. These descendants and disciples work for him; after all, they are of the same clan and all fallen enlightened beings, sharing common goals with their ancestor...But what now? They will be very envious of this perfect 'Dao Seed' of their own clan, formed by the convergence of their four bloodlines. Aren't they going to make a move?"

"Ah! That's too tragic!"The green-skinned jelly girl exclaimed, then again said, "How tragic!" "This is what it means to succeed by relying on that batch of Ninth Order descendants, and also to fail because of them... He's created enemies for himself! Those disciples who failed to break through to enlightened beings will now compete with him... The Seventeenth Inspector's internal structure is going to fall into chaos... They'll be fighting among themselves, the master craftsman and his disciples, sons, and descendants across countless generations, all vying for resources."

"This isn't the first time something like this has happened; we might end up like this too in the future."

"You're thinking too much. What kind of important figures are the top hundred supreme inspectors? We barely have a chance to even get into the top thousand... We might already be dead."

"Indeed, being ranked high means strength, and strength means more resources. More resources mean more descendants can be bred... The probability of a being with a perfect Dao foundation appearing is entirely built upon investing vast resources.""That's just how it is. If your aptitude isn't enough, you can only rely on resources."

"Oh, by the way, I heard earlier that the Third Inspector, Ju Xiao, went to encircle and suppress the Abyssal Blue Divine Realm... and brought back that strange news: Buddhism."

"The Third Inspector? Ju Xiao! A taboo figure of that level, who has already transitioned from a fallen being to one with a perfect Dao foundation—that's a terrifying figure of the highest caliber! If only one could marry such an existence..."

"Don't even think about it. The Seventeenth Inspector, after surviving this wave and seizing the Dao Seed, might only then be able to rival an existence like the Third Inspector... Such beings can break through to the weak Tenth Order at any time. They've only been accumulating their foundations because they fear others ganging up on them. Once they break through, they'll be at least a weak Tenth Order with more than 10 paths."

"The ultimate in the universe, how truly desirable it is," they said, sitting in the shop, numbly manufacturing mechanical parts, gazing at the sky outside.

Xu Zhi found it bizarre and interesting.Such audacious tactics exist?It was just like an assembly line.Cultivating dozens of defective products, finally producing one finished product, but then having to face competition from those very same dozens of defective products?

Another half day passed, equivalent to fifty years in Xu Zhi's world.Xu Zhi was still secretly touring here, learning the mechanical system of this civilization, helping to manufacture various law-distorting mechanical parts, cores, and components in the shop.Suddenly, a massive roar completely erupted."It's a wartime alert."Stepping out of the shop, Naisera said with a solemn expression, "It requires all of us to enter high-dimensional space-time. It seems... the previous Buddhist sect, which several inspector-level beings went to investigate, the result is probably... not good!"

Medusa sat nearby and smiled.They were simply countered by natural enemies.Controlling machinery?It was fine before, but now they've acquired the Mech Pillar God... Your machinery might already be infected, leading to the terrifying and bizarre scenes of the Til Civilization.