Chapter 1368: Destiny

**Author:** Smile of Three Hundred Pounds**Last Updated:** September 29, 2020**Chapter Word Count:** 7020 characters

The old era has decayed. In the new era, their future is likely a guaranteed tenth-tier existence, perhaps not weaker than the Immortal Sages, and they might even have a chance to contend for the eleventh tier. They could be one of the cosmic protagonists of the new era's grand trend, the ruler of this terrifying civilization... but only if they can defeat the orthodox Chaos Beings.

"My name is Renar." He thought for a moment, his broad back and powerful build exuding the aura of a hegemon, then said softly, "I'd like to invite you all to our residence for a gathering."

"How did you find us?" Kosa couldn't help but ask.

"Hahaha," Renar laughed heartily. "Did you really think you were hiding well? Living on this land with knowledge that doesn't belong to our civilization, you were noticed long ago. Initially, we were looking for underground spies hidden among our people, but we never expected to find you instead."

The few of them pressed their lips together.

Soon, they were led to a magnificent mansion garden. They entered the living room and sat down at a large dining table, where silverware was laid out, and the table was laden with fine wine and delicious food.

"Welcome to our Great Martial Arts City," Renar said. "I am the first principal of the Commoner Martial Arts High School, though I've already retired." He laughed and sat down. He looked at them, a hint of admiration on his face, and said, "Your talents are quite remarkable; you are no less gifted than I, truly unparalleled geniuses."

The few of them fell silent. No one expected that this Ninth-tier being would conceal his identity among the populace. It would obviously be a great morale booster to reveal his identity and let humanity know they had their first Ninth-tier, yet he had not.

"Rest assured, I won't kill you," Renar said, looking earnestly at Messiah. "Since you have become part of our race, you are our kin and will bring glory to our civilization. Is the map you mentioned, with its distribution of forces, truly accurate? Is our planet really that vast?"

Renar was somewhat stunned, mumbling, "To think, our land alone spans countless light-years, yet it's only a minuscule portion of this map?"

"That is correct," Messiah replied.

"Where did you obtain this map?" Renar asked directly, his voice decisive.

"Beyond the Ninth-tier are the Tenth-tier Sages," Messiah answered honestly. "They are incredibly powerful, capable of traversing an entire universe to create maps... This map of mine comes from an ancient Tenth-tier Sage."

Tenth-tier? Renar was utterly stunned. He was currently only a newly ascended, ordinary Ninth-tier, but he had heard from the bloodline beings how incredibly powerful and terrifying they were. The Tenth-tier was truly terrifying, the very end of the Great Dao!

"Where is that existence now?" Renar couldn't help but ask. "Is it Pochi, the God of Martial Arts who bestowed life and vitality upon our civilization?"

"That entity has disappeared without a trace." Xu Zhi certainly wouldn't say that the great figure had already severed his own bloodline, hidden among them, cultivated slower than Renar, and was living a rather miserable existence. A truly pathetic situation...

But undeniably, as the mastermind, his cultivation and pioneering paths were not as good as theirs. However, he would sooner or later copy their established pioneering system. Xu Zhi already understood that person's unscrupulous nature.

"Disappeared without a trace?" Renar's face was filled with shock. After careful thought, he said, "It seems our situation is very grim! We can't even defeat the underground dwellers beneath our feet. What's more, along the coast there are the so-called mysterious Myriad Heavens, and not far away, in the inland vastness, there's a group of colossal, light-year-sized beings who practice the same cultivation system as us?"

"One of their fists is comparable to a Great World; how can we fight them?" Renar fell into deep thought. This was too difficult; the future seemed bleak. They were not opponents of the same weight class.

He did not suspect Messiah or the others present of having malicious intentions. After all, they were now part of his system, on the same boat, and other races would not tolerate them. Furthermore, they bore the aura of the original "ancestors." It was clear that their original ancestors had also undergone similar physical modifications to become this race.

"As for us, we were likely also underground dwellers, bloodline beings, to begin with," Renar said. "It's just that we were transformed during the Great God Descent era over a hundred years ago, while you are being transformed now. The timing is different." Renar's words sent shivers down the spines of the three disciples before him.

"Are we like that too?" Cole asked.

"It appears so now." Renar was calm. "In a sense, you are similar to our first generation of ancestors, so I naturally won't harm you. You can reside permanently in my mansion, continue to attend school, take classes, and I can also instruct you in martial arts."

The three were immediately delighted.

"Reside permanently in your mansion, becoming your guests? That's acceptable," Xu Zhi said, not particularly minding.

Renar turned, unable to resist looking at Messiah, who was clearly one of the original mysterious ancestors. "Do you think our arrival in this world has any meaning?" he asked. Clearly, like the Chaos Beings, he had begun to ponder the meaning of his race's advent. After all, upon seeing other stronger, more perfect races, and realizing how weak his own race was, he felt there was no reason for their existence, no meaning at all...

He was merely a Ninth-tier... Far too weak! Simply too weak!

The more he learned about the history of the underground dwellers, the more terrified he became. They had only fought against them in remote areas. In their prosperous heartlands, the Tenth-tier Sages were countless. How could they resist? So if they were so weak, why were they allowed to exist? He had already felt the future was dark. Now, after seeing the map, besides the unconquerable underground dwellers, there were even more terrifying monsters outside, which made him even more silent.

"Our advent, its meaning?"

Messiah thought for a moment, then explained earnestly, suddenly saying with grandeur, "Since all things exist, they all have a reason for their existence. Existence itself is reasonable. Our meaning is extraordinary; it is the grand trend... it is Heaven's destiny!"

"Who is Heaven?" Renar couldn't help but ask, his mind wavering.

"Heaven is an unseen grand trend, the very essence of nature," Messiah said, his voice gradually growing louder, filled with fighting spirit and the valiant aura of a martial arts master. "Everything is Heaven: the sand and soil, the wind and rain, energy, and even ourselves. Do not doubt the reason for our existence; we descended in accordance with the grand trend..."

"We, in accordance with the grand trend?" Renar hesitated.

Messiah's voice suddenly became calm. "Have you not noticed?" he asked. "We may seem weak, and currently, we can never defeat the bloodline beings. They have accumulated for over ten billion years; they have many Ninth-tiers, and even countless Tenth-tiers... However, the environment is changing."

Xu Zhi felt a pang of emotion. After all, the other party was not born with innate knowledge. The Chaos Beings knew from birth, but these individuals... had to be enlightened themselves!

Messiah stood up, went to the window, looked outside, and said softly, "You should have already noticed that on this planet, by stepping on the earth, listening to the breeze, digging into the soil beneath your feet, and observing the mist in the sky, you will find... as time passes, we are gradually growing stronger, while their power is gradually weakening."

"The underground dwellers, we don't need to defeat them," Messiah said, his eyes gleaming brightly as if flames were burning within them. "They will naturally become... pathetically weak."

Renar's somewhat despairing and helpless expression gradually transformed into a brilliant glow. His fists slowly clenched as he felt the wind and the sky. "Our... era?" he murmured.

"New waves push aside the old."

Although it seemed like a matter of life and death, he wasn't flustered at all. Instead, he felt a bit of silent pity for Kuang Tu, who might not be able to handle this extraordinary world; its potential was simply too immense. Renar was tall and robust, yet not overly muscular, possessing a perfect, aesthetic curvature. Clearly, he had returned to his original, true form.

Xu Zhi still had the "Myriad Heavens and Worlds" as his fallback base. What was there to panic about? Let them be as strong as they are!

"They are all desperately striving, competing with their talents, seeking a slim chance of survival, but I don't have to," Xu Zhi said, a gentle smile playing on his lips.

"It seems this land is too vast, with countless light-year domains," Xu Zhi thought. "Some powerful and mysterious existences have already developed and are hidden within it. Ninth-tier Martial Arts practitioners..." It seemed to happen extremely fast, but it was actually quite reasonable. Allowing them to appear was not merely to transform old creatures into a new race or to provide the old creatures with a faction to escape to. It was also to create trouble for the "Chaos Beings"; the more opponents created for them, the better.

"It seems this civilization has also produced its own sages, brilliant and wise leaders," Xu Zhi thought serenely as he looked at the tall, robust man before him. He asked again, "Who are you, sir?" This person must absolutely not be underestimated. While the Immortal Sages were strong, too many prodigious talents capable of rivaling them had emerged recently.

In reality, in a sense, this civilization was also an adversarial one to himself. It belonged to the Chaos Being faction and was a new life-form system that would inevitably overthrow the old bloodline beings. More accurately, it was an intermediate race between the new and old life forms, neither fully one nor the other, appearing somewhat mediocre...

Ninth-tier?

Xu Zhi's heart immediately calmed as he continued to analyze. With his current Eighth-tier God body, Xu Zhi couldn't discern Renar's hidden realm. This meant that Renar was at least an incredibly powerful God, or perhaps... had already reached the mysterious legendary Ninth-tier. It was like this in the Myriad Heavens and Worlds, and likely the same here. Now, surprisingly, on the same starting line, someone had already broken through a step ahead of Kuang Tu. Their aptitudes might be similar, but their minds were shackled by traditional thinking, so it was natural for them to be a bit slower.

But Xu Zhi was different from them. He didn't need to go all out. Coming to this world was a matter of fate. Even in the worst-case scenario of being killed now, Xu Zhi wouldn't care in the slightest. Kuang Tu had poured in so many resources, with treasures everywhere, and vast amounts of energy to draw upon at will. Under normal circumstances, Tenth-tier Sages would have already appeared; the current Ninth-tier status seemed slow only because it was a new path.

"Kuang Tu said he hasn't broken through to God-level yet, hasn't deduced a new realm," Xu Zhi murmured. "But someone has already broken through faster than him. I wonder if he's noticed... Kuang Tu, he's at a disadvantage from the start..."

"The Immortal Sages, it seems they are also struggling to protect themselves, just as they claimed," he thought. "Starting again from the same line, they might not be able to contend with these individuals."