Chapter 1083: Deep within the ruins

After all, the Three Pillar Gods are infinite. As destiny itself, their lifespans are even more boundless. Unlike others who must integrate into the bloodline of eternal life and awaken in turns, they can directly become the most perfect guardians of the Dao, and their success is inevitable.

By this point, they had meticulously planned everything. Just as "Akina Mountain Speed" had anticipated the Super Ancient Gods would inevitably make a move when the time came, they too had calculated that the Super Ancient Gods would surely intervene to hold back the hidden entities!

However, the Three Pillar Gods were unaware of certain "secrets." They didn't know the information obtained by the players, merely thinking it was a matter of weak Tenth-tier entities, completely oblivious to what might unfold next, such as the outbreak of a full-scale Tenth-tier war!

Six Paths of Reincarnation.

The players also began to mobilize, their voices filled with fervor.

"Akina Mountain Speed was indeed correct!"

"Yes, the Super Ancient Gods are making a big move! An unprecedented, super big move!"

"The Speed God is still formidable; he had already predicted everything, truly a master of analysis!"

"We might soon see weak Tenth-tier entities break through... to attain the Ultimate Dao! Descending upon this mortal realm, and then the Super Ancient Gods will also break through, defeat them, and turn to confront the ultimate existences above!"

"The Ultimate!"

"That's the Ultimate Dao!"

"The very pinnacle of the entire universe, with nowhere further to go—that is the Ultimate!"

Everyone was discussing wildly and hotly debating, feeling very excited.

This was an unprecedented major event!

It was a frightening turning point of destiny!

If the Super Ancient Gods won, everyone would naturally rejoice, but if they failed, they feared even they would all perish! The entire civilization would be destroyed.

As this group of high-tier players departed, countless lower-tier players prayed and offered blessings. Many bit their lips as they watched them leave, knowing this was a decisive battle that could lead to the demise of everything.

It was a do-or-die situation.

"Brothers, we must fight with all our might! Give it our all!"

"Will this plan work?"

"It should be fine, we just need to create miracles and break the impossible!"

"Yes, if Tenth-tier existences can't do it, we players must also take down a weak Tenth-tier one!"

"Isn't that just crazy?"

"It's fine, even if we can't win, we have to try. No matter what, brothers, even if many of us are killed or injured, even if most of us die, we must charge ahead. This is the system of our Huaxia Earth civilization! If it falls, what will happen to our civilization? What about Earth? This is no joke!"

"Everyone, this time, let's fight with our lives on the line."

"For our parents, cities, families, and for their future liberation!"

"Yes, the nation has already begun mobilizing and funding us. This is a planet-wide battle! This is a war of civilization! We must form a regular army and not retreat!"

Some people began to continually rally the others.

This was a battle of destiny that would determine the future.

Ancient Elemental Ruins.

Phoenix sat quietly in the study, reading, her face gentle and serene, with a faint, tranquil smile. She loved this kind of life.

"The war is about to begin," Moon God Season's deep voice resonated from afar. "After this battle, if we don't perish, we will enter a period of prosperity."

"What should I do?" Phoenix asked.

"You are still too weak, and there isn't enough time."

Xu Zhi was silent for a moment. "Go to the deepest part," he said. "Isn't there a voice there that has been calling you?"

Phoenix nodded and said, "Yes, it has been calling me from deep within the ancient ruins, calling me the God of Elements."

That calling seemed to come from a distant time and space, and had begun when she first broke through to the Ninth-tier here. Although she wanted to go and see, Moon God Season hadn't allowed her to go, telling her instead to consolidate her cultivation, so she wasn't in a hurry.

In reality, Xu Zhi letting her go now was a last resort; it would naturally be good if there was any turning point in her combat power.

Phoenix began to spread her wings, adorned with colorful ribbons, and flew out of the window towards the deepest part of the ruins. The deepest part, which even weak Tenth-tier entities dared not easily enter.

A clap of thunder echoed across the sky. White electric arcs, like long snakes, crackled and slowly snaked across the area.

This was a vast cemetery. Quiet and filled with unimaginable solitude, everything was silent, as if it had been this way for over a hundred thousand years.

Drip.

Drip.

Unidentifiable energy raindrops fell, drop by drop, creating an oddly beautiful tranquility in this vast cemetery.

A faint female silhouette sat before a tombstone, like a shadow from a distant time. She looked up at the unknown sky, a faint smile gracing her lips, and raised her hand to catch a raindrop.

"Someone once said that raindrops weren't originally round; they were like clumps of white clouds, irregularly shaped drops falling to the earth. And even planets were irregular, prismatic lumps of earth, like messy piles of dirt."

"Raindrops were like mist, planets were dirt piles, the whole world was chaotic and unformed, like uncultivated wilderness. Do you think that's possible?"

The cemetery was silent. The energy raindrops continued to fall, each one perfectly round, fluttering down, splashing onto Phoenix's platinum flames and merging into them.

"I think it's possible," Phoenix smiled.

"Why?"

"Because nothing in the world is impossible," Phoenix smiled gently. "Some things don't cease to exist just because you don't believe in them."

"What a gentle being; elemental life forms are inherently pure," the woman also chuckled softly, looking up at the sky. "Do you know what the Ultimate is?"

Phoenix thought carefully. She naturally knew the method of breakthrough, but upon closer thought, she didn't quite understand; that realm was too mysterious, signifying the end.

"The Ultimate is the branches, the green leaves, the side shoots."

"The world is like a solitary ancient tree, and the enlightened beings of each era have risen to perfect the end branches and green leaves of its main trunk, making it continuously lush and verdant, and increasingly complete."

Phoenix remained silent, listening to her continue.

"As eras passed, the universe became more complete; the surface tension of raindrops became uniform, the gravitational pull of planets became a constant, and the world became uniform..."

"This is the Dao, this is the Ultimate."

"The essence of cultivation is to learn rules, gradually master them, eventually merge with them, and become the rules."

The woman smiled, summarizing the core of all cultivation in just a few short sentences. "You can take all the resources here," she said, "but I hope you can take good care of him."

"Him?"

Phoenix was slightly taken aback.

"He is the child of me and Him," she explained. "After His demise, our civilization self-destructed and became this grave and ruins, all to protect him and await the arrival of the next elemental civilization."

The woman looked towards a certain tomb, a hint of tenderness in her gaze. "Do not let him participate in war," she said, "do not let him pursue anything. He is too weak and will have no chance in his lifetime to seek the Ultimate Dao."

"Being the offspring of a Tenth-tier Ultimate being is both his fortune and misfortune..." The woman smiled. "This is a curse; the descendants of Tenth-tier beings can never truly seek the Ultimate Dao."

The rain continued to fall around them, and Phoenix remained silent.

"All last rites have been arranged."

She gazed distantly at the sky, her elemental form becoming increasingly transparent. "You are omnipresent," she said, "and I too shall transform into particles of the universe, omnipresent."

A gentle breeze swept through, leaving the entire tomb empty, everything silent.

"Be careful," a faint voice echoed. "That fellow from back then is still watching over this land; this is his domain."

Phoenix was silent for a moment. She had thought there would be many contingency plans for resurrection, believing this was a weak Tenth-tier civilization whose superior civilization was Tenth-tier, and that this woman's husband might be that very Tenth-tier being.

She hadn't expected any contingency for resurrection, no plans for a comeback had been prepared; it was just that simple... Everything had vanished.

She frantically unsealed the tomb. She discovered an incredibly translucent, faceted crystal gem, radiating unimaginable power. Next to this gem, there appeared to be another small gem, within which a sleeping life was nurtured, perfectly preserved.

"Five genes," she murmured. "It's the elemental descendant of a Tenth-tier being."

Phoenix clearly sensed everything and silently looked at the tombstone. "He," she wondered, "is he that Ultimate being who can descend into this galaxy from high-dimensional space-time at any moment?"