Chapter 1075: The End of the Great Way, the True Dark Forest

Author: A Three-Hundred-Pound SmileCategory:Last Updated: June 22, 2020Word Count for this Chapter: 8,568 words

Mengmei: "So, Renimansgar is a weak tenth-tier being now?"

While waiting for Akina Speed and the others outside, the discussion had naturally already begun, synchronized with their own thoughts. This was especially true for Akina Speed, who was providing online guidance and advising his girlfriend. After all, among the players present, apart from him, the renowned "strategist," no one else could contend with these terrifying old monsters.

Akina Speed: "Renimansgar is already a true tenth-tier being? That's impossible!"

System Distributor: "Why?"

Akina Speed: "The principle is simple; a little deduction makes it clear. If Renimansgar were already a tenth-tier being, then the Super Ancient God and Moon God Ji, the other two factions, should also secretly be tenth-tier, right?"

"That's right."

"Thinking that way, it's not impossible that they've been hiding their true power level. So why are you so sure that Renimansgar is definitely not a tenth-tier ultimate being?" some players responded.

Akina Speed: "Alright, let's take that a step further. The Super Ancient God is a tenth-tier ultimate being, right? So why would he consider heirs? Why would he need people to protect his path and guard him while he sleeps? A tenth-tier being can freely modify their own bloodline! The Super Ancient God could achieve this just by changing his bloodline! Moreover, a tenth-tier being definitely has other ways to extend their lifespan!"

Upon hearing this, everyone felt a chill down their spines.

That's right. If that were the case, then the Super Ancient God's initial need to cultivate heirs like Caroline, Di Qi, the Three Pillar Gods, and Emperor Zun would never have existed. How could all these subsequent events have transpired? Therefore, Renimansgar absolutely cannot be a tenth-tier being.

But what about the other party? They already had absolute proof that Renimansgar was a tenth-tier being. So, with a complete contradiction, where exactly was the problem?

Akina Speed: "What truly happened in the dark history more than a hundred thousand years ago? It's become utterly bizarre and chilling... We feel the same difficulty in imagining it as these Three Heavenly Venerates."

"Indeed. Now it seems that what Renimansgar was casually discussing with the Great Octopus and the others in the room truly hides a great dark terror, just as he said. The waters are too deep."

"So what do we do now?" Everyone began a lively discussion.

Akina Speed: "Don't rush. There are too few clues right now! I'll have my girlfriend try to subtly elicit more information and see what the Three Heavenly Venerates say. What clues do they have? After all, they had shown enough sincerity towards the current Fourth Heavenly Venerate, allowing access to high-level information, even core secrets. They genuinely favored the Incense Offering lineage... By combining the clues they provide with those from the Super Ancient God, we can definitely deduce the truth of ancient times."

Immediately, everyone felt that "Car God" (Akina Speed) was indeed brilliant. This was undeniably the best approach at the moment: combining clues from both sides to uncover the truth.

"Amazing, that actually makes sense."

"Yes, first we need to figure out why the Three Heavenly Venerates are so certain that Renimansgar is a true tenth-tier being, and why that conflicts with the clues we have!"

"Indeed, if we listen to what they say and combine the clues from both sides, we can arrive at the truth."

They all found it reasonable, and even Xu Zhi thought it was a great idea.

At this moment, within the Abyssal Blue Divine Realm.

Bi Qiu fell silent for a moment, appearing surprised. In reality, he was discreetly receiving private messages from Akina Speed, constantly communicating in secret, before finally whispering, "Why do you believe Renimansgar is a tenth-tier being? The Cosmic Garden is clearly an ancient ruin of a ninth-tier civilization; there's no trace of a tenth-tier presence."

"Precisely," one of the Abyssal Blue Heavenly Venerates replied with a smile.

Bi Qiu asked, "Then why would you..."

Another Abyssal Blue Heavenly Venerate said, "A tenth-tier being residing within a traditional ninth-tier civilization does indeed seem unreasonable... However, at a certain stage of civilization, such a possibility can arise."

Bi Qiu seemed to realize something, and a hint of dread appeared on his face. "Are you saying..."

Yet another Abyssal Blue Heavenly Venerate said, "Yes, if this tenth-tier being had just broken through, there naturally wouldn't have been enough time to change their residence from a ninth-tier civilization. This is precisely that stage."

"Just broke through?" Bi Qiu's expression completely changed, and he couldn't help but exclaim loudly, "Your Excellencies, the Three Heavenly Venerates, according to your deduction, the truth behind the Cosmic Garden's destruction was that Renimansgar had just broken through to the tenth tier, only for another, or even several, tenth-tier beings to descend across the nebulae and kill him?"

"Precisely so," the Three Abyssal Blue Heavenly Venerates said in unison.

Bi Qiu was greatly astonished and added, "Such a deduction is based on the premise that 'Renimansgar was already tenth-tier,' but what evidence proves that Renimansgar broke through at that time? After all, one cannot observe the Cosmic Garden's battles and civilization from back then."

An Abyssal Blue Heavenly Venerate chuckled. "We indeed cannot, nor dare to, observe the ruined site where the Cosmic Garden was destroyed... But we can trace back other locations and observe Renimansgar there."

Taking an unconventional approach. If they dared not observe the enemy, did they choose to look at historical images of Renimansgar instead? The Three Heavenly Venerates were indeed cunning and had such methods.

"You don't understand that when an entity steps into the tenth tier, its existence becomes 'conceptualized.' Its past life, trajectory, path, and every step taken... all become blurred, carrying a unique aura. Even traces left when you were ninth-tier, or even in your infancy, become unobservable once you break through. If anyone tries to observe them, they will be sensed by the unseen tenth-tier entity."

Bi Qiu immediately grasped the meaning of that sentence. In other words, once you break through to the tenth tier, the planet where you originated in childhood, your growth trajectory, the star systems you passed through—all marks you left behind—become blurred. If anyone were to go to your home planet to trace your past and investigate your childhood, they would be sensed.

"However, fallen tenth-tier beings can be spied upon without fear of retaliation; their ruins can be observed..." At this moment, Bi Qiu understood what the Three Heavenly Venerates had been doing. "So, you observed Renimansgar and found that the aura he left behind was identical to that found in the ruins of other fallen tenth-tier beings... This indirectly proves everything."

"You have proven that the Renimansgar of that time was absolutely a true tenth-tier being, without any possibility of error."

"Yes," the Three Heavenly Venerates smiled.

At this point, the players' expressions became utterly solemn. It was too terrifying... The Three Heavenly Venerates were indeed formidable. Even without direct observation, through meticulous investigation of every clue, they had discerned the entire process of destruction. They had secretly calculated and studied the mysterious supreme being who destroyed the Cosmic Garden... yet that being remained unaware that the Three Heavenly Venerates had been secretly studying him.

The truth was: Renimansgar broke through to the tenth tier, which then attracted one or several tenth-tier beings to descend, directly kill him, and then leave. This was the entire process. It seemed very simple, but in reality, it was incredibly unbelievable and worldview-shattering.

One Heavenly Venerate smiled slightly and said, "So, the truth is generally clear. Now, let's deduce further: why would other tenth-tier beings kill a newly advanced one? We've pondered this for a long time and have some theories. After all, the path is unknown. For civilizations like ours, starting from our home planet, leaving the solar system, and then gradually exploring the galaxy and ancient ruins, is how we find the path to the next realm and strengthen our civilization... And our exploration of the Cosmic Garden's ruins has given us information unavailable from other ruins, leading to some terrifying conjectures."

"What conjectures?"

"You should know that the process of a being breaking through to the tenth tier involves integrating the four major bloodlines and cultivation systems of their body, converging into a fifth bloodline, a fifth gene slot, forming a 'Dao Seed'—the culmination of their lifelong study of the Great Dao... So, what would their bloodline structure be after breaking through? There should be five gene slots, with only one integrated 'Dao-culmination gene' representing their 'Dao,' while the remaining four gene slots are empty..."

Hearing this, an incredible thought emerged in Bi Qiu's mind. One primary bloodline, with the remaining four empty gene slots, meant that they had essentially reverted to a one-gene life, capable of integrating new bloodline genes... But for such beings who had reached the culmination of the Dao, how could they possibly value other ordinary bloodline genes? Naturally, they would seize the "Dao-culmination" bloodline genes of other tenth-tier beings and integrate them into their own gene slots. If this conjecture was true, it was terrifying. A tenth-tier Dao-culmination being would likely have to kill other beings, seize their 'Dao,' and integrate it into their own empty gene bloodlines—one, two... They would need to kill four ultimate beings to completely perfect their bloodline again.

Akina Speed's girlfriend was completely stunned. This was too terrifying.

"Do you understand? According to our conjecture, a newly breakthrough tenth-tier ultimate being is the ideal target for other entities!" one Heavenly Venerate said with a hint of bitterness. "When a weak ninth-tier being breaks through to a weak tenth-tier and begins to condense a 'Dao Seed,' it causes phenomena throughout the entire galaxy, creating a resonance that is detected by other ninth-tier beings, allowing other fallen ninth-tier entities to seize it... So, the aura caused by a tenth-tier breakthrough will undoubtedly be sensed by other ultimate beings!"

This Abyssal Blue Heavenly Venerate was filled with bitterness, shaking his head and saying, "How truly terrifying! Only today do we understand why... why ultimate beings of the Great Dao are so few! Because breaking through yourself is already unimaginably difficult... and then, as a weak tenth-tier being, you'll be besieged by other fallen civilizations. The moment you break through to the tenth tier, you'll attract a siege from other ultimate beings!"

At this, the players felt their scalps tingle. This was unbelievably difficult! As a ninth-tier being, you just broke through to a weak tenth-tier, condensing a Dao Seed, only to face a siege from other fallen ninth-tier beings trying to seize your Dao Seed. As a weak tenth-tier being, you just broke through to the tenth tier, condensing the Great Dao, only to face a siege from other tenth-tier beings trying to seize your Great Dao bloodline. Caught between two attacks, how could one possibly break through to this ultimate realm? It was just too difficult!

At this point, the players had completely understood and agreed that the Three Heavenly Venerates were indeed formidable, and their deduction was extremely logical, providing the most perfect explanation.

"This perfectly explains why only Renimansgar was killed, and not the other weak tenth-tier being! Because Renimansgar broke through. If he's the target, they wouldn't kill the other weak tenth-tier; they'd let him grow, wait for him to break through, and then kill him to seize his power. This is the most reasonable explanation!"

"At the same time, this perfectly explains why a weak tenth-tier being would commit suicide. Witnessing such a terrifying truth, seeing their master painstakingly break through only to be instantly killed, how could they not despair? There was simply no hope; they might as well commit suicide... This makes it understandable."

This conjecture was extremely reasonable, perfectly explaining all contradictions.

However, the players realized that there was still one fundamental core contradiction that hadn't been resolved! All of this was based on the fundamental condition that "Renimansgar broke through to the tenth tier," but they knew that Renimansgar hadn't broken through to the tenth tier at all!

"This is too contradictory!"

"Yes, at first I thought these Three Heavenly Venerates were unsophisticated and must have guessed wrong, but now that they've explained it, it feels so logical and well-founded that even I'm starting to think they're right (confused)."

"Yeah, I'm also starting to think that the Renimansgar from back then must have died. So who is this Renimansgar now? (Utterly bewildered)"

"What on earth is going on?" Everyone was discussing animatedly; it was simply too contradictory. Renimansgar was alive and well, right before their eyes! This was even stranger than an unsolved mystery!

Everyone couldn't help but ask their strategist, Akina Speed.

"Even now, combining clues from both sides, there's still a huge contradiction."

"Yeah, where exactly did things go wrong?"

Faced with everyone's heated discussion, Akina Speed fell silent for a moment. He quietly organized his thoughts, then suddenly said, "It seems very contradictory, but after combining the clues and information from both sides, I've unraveled the entire truth! The Renimansgar from back then did break through to the tenth tier and was descended upon and killed by an unseen entity... However, Renimansgar also successfully faked his death and escaped! The reason is simple: the true answer to the mystery lies with the Cosmic Garden's butler, 'Mr. Darkness'!"

With Mr. Darkness? Everyone was bewildered. Hearing Akina Speed's successful decryption, which lived up to their expectations, they were utterly astonished and quickly asked why.

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