Chapter 1114: Nine-headed Ancient Mother

Author: A Three-Hundred-Pound SmileCategory:Last Updated: 20200706Word Count for this Chapter: 6038 words

“He... what is Emperor Zun saying?”

They had all considered that the Primordial God might have encountered a hundred unexpected variables, which was why he hadn't chosen to break through and no celestial phenomena had appeared. But they never expected such a sudden statement. It was simply like a dream!

Caroline, Emperor Qi, and the others were also stunned. The infant in the nearby cradle also felt his mind reeling. That was an ancient being of ultimate Grand Dao, a true Heavenly Saint, high above, governing the laws of the universe, standing at the edge of the cosmos, overlooking the sky, his name etched into the rules of the universe. Yet, the other party was so arrogant? It seemed that the weak tenth-tier Buddhist figure on the other side disdained breaking through to the ultimate tenth-tier, instead sending one of his disciples to handle matters here and defeat the ancient ultimate being who had descended? This was an act like that of a fool. In his eyes, it was like a beast, already incapable of resisting a dragon, sending a monkey to fight it. The disparity was too great.

“Unbelievable, Emperor Zun is incredibly bold!” Even the players were so shocked that their bone-scraping knives trembled in their hands. They gasped repeatedly. Sent by the Primordial God to suppress this ultimate tenth-tier being? This was completely beyond their expectations; they couldn't have imagined things would unfold this way. They had thought the Primordial God would choose to break through and act, but instead, he chose not to break through and let Emperor Zun handle it? It wasn't really their fault; the reversal was so immense it felt indescribable.

“Your Majesty Emperor Zun, you're going to act? That's... an ultimate tenth-tier cosmic supreme being!” a player couldn't help but exclaim. This was no game; it was terrifying. Indeed, it was no game. Such a cosmic ultimate being would naturally go all out, wishing they could exert three hundred times their strength. Who would be so pretentious as to send a disciple? However, Emperor Zun and the Primordial God actually had the same combat power; it didn't matter who acted. Naturally, it was better for Emperor Zun to act, because the Primordial God couldn't manifest his Grand Dao and couldn't appear openly; any action would reveal him.

“Your Majesty Primordial God, do you have confidence then?” another player asked in shock. Such a significant move, to have Emperor Zun act? Did he have that much confidence? This showed the depth of the Primordial God's power. Was there something terrifying hidden in the shadows?

Xu Zhi glanced at them, saying coldly, “That ultimate tenth-tier being is merely a broken ultimate tenth-tier, hardly worth mentioning.” Their eyes immediately lit up. They wanted to say something more, as if the truth of history...

Emperor Zun walked with his hands behind his back, past them, stepping towards the Stone Disc.

“You?” The Stone Disc turned around. This tall, valiant man, the strongest under the starry sky, slowly came to his senses, looking at this being who was not part of fate. He was surprised. “Who... are you?”

“Where I come from, you need not know. In this battle, my master originally did not wish to contend, to seize, or even to interfere.” Emperor Zun looked at the Stone Disc, his expression leisurely, and said softly, “But in the end, he could not bear to see the prodigies of an era fall, or a civilization become a relic, to lie dormant in this cosmic sea.”

The Stone Disc gazed inexplicably at the man before him. Though clearly a weak tenth-tier being without a Grand Dao, he gave the Stone Disc a strong sense of alarming danger. There was an aura about him that could shake the sun and moon with every move, with five types of bloodlines, defying heaven to an extreme degree.

“Your... master?” The Stone Disc's eyes instantly narrowed. He said solemnly, “Is that the being behind the Buddhist sect? A peerless mighty figure not within fate, beyond the calculations of destiny?” The other party had likely been secretly observing this land all along. To transcend fate, to be outside the Five Elements, to live beyond rules—such a shadowy, ethereal, ancient sect observing him secretly... it deeply unsettled him. It seemed to be a supreme overlord capable of calculating cosmic karma, destiny, and the unseen fate.

“What do you desire?” The Stone Disc was concise, neither humble nor arrogant.

“The destiny you perceive, my master offers you a glimmer of hope,” Emperor Zun said with a refined, gentle smile. “All things in the world have their rise and fall. Will you yield and remain subservient to the master of this land, or will you break free, become the new master of this land, and establish your own prosperous dynasty? Everything is up to you.” The young man in the black imperial robe before him had a hint of a smile in his eyes.

The Stone Disc, as the strongest man on this land, was still perplexed. Was the other party some ancient being, a variable, sent to help him deal with the descending, dimension-reducing cosmic ultimate being? But was such combat power enough? A tenth-tier being without a Grand Dao, though still tenth-tier, was not in the same league at all. Yet, he always felt that even though the other party didn't wield a Grand Dao, their combat power was strangely unfathomable, giving him an extreme sense of threat.

The Stone Disc's gaze shifted, and for a moment he stood rooted, unable to grasp the situation clearly.

“Do not harbor fantasies about me, or I will suppress both you and the coming ultimate being!” Xu Zhi ignored the Stone Disc, instead looking up at the sky. He felt that no matter how distant the star cluster region, the being was likely to arrive soon, right? At this moment, the Stone Disc, with his four Abyss Blue Grand Dao bloodlines, had already neared the opponent, which was enough to prove that the opponent was not unattainable. Even in Xu Zhi's eyes, a "cripple" with four bloodlines, equivalent to having only a single Grand Dao bloodline's combat power, could fight fiercely with the opponent. This proved that the opponent was also a "cripple" and not necessarily superior. “A battle of cripples.” “But I am also a cripple, even weaker than them. They have a seat in the Grand Dao, while I only have a standing ticket.” Xu Zhi whispered, a faint smile playing on his lips, “Undoubtedly, this will be a battle of cripples... But the opponent's combat power isn't strong, which gives me a chance, a possibility to fight above my level.”

As for the Grand Dao bloodline of Abyss Blue Celestial Venerable... kill one and integrate it? Xu Zhi currently had no such thoughts, because it was already too late. Integrating a new bloodline requires a significant amount of time to adapt, to comprehend its 'principles' and experience its Dao essence before it can truly be assimilated. A temporary integration would prevent one from exerting its full combat power. That was the "Dao" learned over the lifetime of an ultimate tenth-tier being; how could it be understood in an instant? Its profoundness was unimaginable. This was why the Stone Disc in fate never considered other ultimate tenth-tier bloodlines. Because once he broke through, the opponent would immediately descend. The time was too short to adapt to other tenth-tier bloodlines. Therefore, he chose the Grand Dao bloodlines of his own race, which he could master immediately upon integration, intending to defeat the opponent by accumulating bloodlines of his own kind. But he still failed. As he had said, this only possibility of victory was gone. He could only concede! He could only calmly accept his fate!

“Fate, truly, is somewhat wondrous,” Xu Zhi murmured, gazing at the sky, suddenly feeling a surge of emotion as he recalled, “Caroline and the others were always ahead of me before, but now, in the blink of an eye, I am ahead of them again. Only, they broke through in a proper, conventional way, while I took an unusual path... a tenth-tier even without my own Grand Dao.” Before he could finish his contemplation, as he silently awaited the entity's arrival, the void violently trembled.

A colorful spatiotemporal vortex slowly spiraled in the sky, casting down beams of light as if the entire celestial pillar was twisting. A slender maiden's figure lightly stepped out of the void. “Finally, another breakthrough?” she murmured in an ancient divine language, her voice cold, like an evil ancient god from a distant void, carrying an aura of cold, disdainful majesty. She wore black stockings and a pleated long skirt, resembling a beautiful human maiden, with a fair, pure face and flowing long hair. Yet, no one felt any beauty, only an endless sense of majesty and a heavy weight of death. Because her neck was soft and slender like a plesiosaur's, and she had nine human heads, which floated softly in the void like a hydra. The nine beautiful heads each displayed various emotions like joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness, giving off a sense of ancient and vast cosmic antiquity, as if she were an ancient creature from an unknown civilization, billions of years old, carrying an unimaginable weight of primordial vastness.

“Nine-Headed Ancient Mother.” The Stone Disc showed extreme solemnity. He had, through various means, investigated the remnants of ancient ruins and obtained some information. “It is said that she is a diluted bloodline branch of the Primordial Demon God Mother, one of the first beings in the universe, who mastered space, originating from those primeval cosmic primordial demon gods. Though her bloodline has been diluted countless times by the modern era, she is still incredibly formidable and possesses...”

“An unknown ancient cosmic creature?” Emperor Zun's expression was very calm, as if he hadn't heard the Stone Disc's information. Instead, he nonchalantly tilted his head and murmured faintly, “These old antiques truly possess an unimaginable sense of decaying vastness. It seems... I will have to fight a woman.”