Chapter 1369: Two Paths Cultivated Together?

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"Our era."

These words were incredibly uplifting.

Yet, Renald could already clearly feel the entire planet's environment changing! Those bloodlines were indeed rapidly dissipating, their power gradually weakening. Simultaneously, something was becoming complete, making them stronger and more robust, as if they were undergoing a revival.

"Our era has arrived. Is this the meaning of our birth? Are we the protagonists?" Renald mused with a touch of longing. "We are modified new humans."

"Yes, everything related to the old bloodlines will gradually fade away," Messiah said softly, standing by the window and looking at the hazy sky. "Although the future belongs to the Soul Dao and Martial Dao, our situation remains challenging."

"This is because another truly indigenous chaotic life form, cultivating the same system as us, is incredibly vast and immensely intelligent. It is said to have produced Ninth-Tier beings a long time ago."

Xu Zhi had not lied to him. This was the truth; their progress was indeed far quicker than theirs. They had appeared long ago, while Renald's people were only now deducing and giving birth to their first Ninth-Tier being.

Renald frowned. "So, even though those underground beings are powerful, and we currently can't resist them, they are not our real concern... The true enemy is outside. These current underground beings can actually serve as training for us! To temper our civilization, our strength!"

Xu Zhi nodded. It seemed the other party was very intelligent and quickly grasped the situation.

"Originally, I was quite despairing, believing that even if I broke through to the ordinary Ninth Tier, it would be difficult to catch up with the future... That's why I chose not to announce my breakthrough. But now, perhaps it can uplift morale." Renald quickly made his decision. "I will reveal the method for breaking through to the Ninth Tier."

Soon, the entire Martial Dao realm erupted in excitement.

Xu Zhi also learned the principles of the breakthrough; it was surprisingly similar to the soul and body merging. The Soul Dao and Martial Dao became one, with no longer any distinction between soul and body, transforming into a single entity. However, the process was quite intricate, requiring the tempering of one's spirit; "Martial Will" was very important... After all, this involved cultivating individual power, not borrowing from heaven and earth or integrating laws into oneself. It even seemed somewhat weaker in combat power.

Upon hearing this, Xu Zhi merely frowned and said, "Perhaps the power of the laws of heaven and earth borrowed by our era, though mighty... is ultimately not our own. Our own power, though weaker, is what is eternal."

Moreover, strength and weakness are relative. Once the power of bloodlines completely vanished, there would be no basis for comparison.

Perhaps it was only during the incomplete era of the old universe that ancient people could harness the power of the cosmos, leading to the age of ancient immortals wielding wind, fire, and lightning? Or, perhaps, one could even say: in the ancient era of this cosmic planet, a group of fungi improved nature and perfected the environment within the soil?

In any case, this grand Martial Dao civilization quickly got on track. Within a year, Renald directly announced the breakthrough method for the Ninth Tier. A large number of Ninth-Tier cultivators began to achieve breakthroughs. Even Mad Butcher was among them; lacking only a tiny bit to perfect his own breakthrough method, he grew impatient and simply cultivated using the existing method to break through.

The underground beings and the Martial Dao world fully began their conflict.

"The Martial Dao flourishes!""Congratulations to the world!""This year's top scholar is practically a monster!"

Major academies flourished, and both sides were in fervent competition. Meanwhile, Xu Zhi's three disciples also made rapid progress within that year, reaching the Sixth-Tier Martial Artist level, becoming peerless geniuses for their age.

While things developed methodically on this side, undercurrents were already stirring on the other.

Mount Akina's Speed released an assessment:

When this news appeared, countless people were instantly astonished. Emperor Messiah's whereabouts had been mysterious; he had vanished without a trace since summoning the Creator God.

Mount Akina's Speed stated: "Emperor Messiah is definitely planning something significant in the shadows, and we must be on guard! We've been investigating, and recently we finally got a lead: Melt Orange from the Mother River system revealed that Mad Butcher, the Martial Dao Immortal Saint, has surprisingly been seeking a large number of martial arts talents recently... This demand for martial arts talent doesn't align with the current logic of the Myriad Worlds, so there's definitely something amiss."

Everyone pondered carefully, and indeed, it seemed suspicious.

Mount Akina's Speed continued: "Mad Butcher is very peculiar... I've thought about it for a long time. The Martial Dao and Soul Dao are the fundamental systems of the universe. It's highly probable that after the decline of bloodlines, the mainstream era will involve cultivating these two."

Mount Akina's Speed was indeed incredibly clever. Sheila and Mu Yuling had only guessed this after seeing it with their own eyes, whereas he had deduced a possible connection to the Martial Dao merely from scattered clues.

Mount Akina's Speed further speculated: "Mad Butcher's sudden mysterious actions suggest he has likely conspired with Messiah to initiate something related to the Martial Dao. After all, if I were Messiah, I would also seek out someone like Mad Butcher, given his expertise... Currently, they are definitely developing a transcendent world in secret, cultivating the Martial Dao... The location is probably in some unknown inland area."

Everyone was astonished; Mount Akina's Speed's analysis made perfect sense, as the safest place to hide would undoubtedly be the inland regions of the Chaos Heavens.

Mount Akina's Speed explained: "I tried contacting Immortal Saints like Pheasant Ji, Liu Qi, Wen Meng, and Melt Orange, asking them to help locate the place. They started investigating from various angles but had no success... because the Chaos Heavens are simply too vast. However, recently, these Immortal Saints began their search from within the universe itself and surprisingly found something: a war between extraterrestrial beings and underground beings in a remote star system."

Screenshots appeared. One image after another was displayed.

Mount Akina's Speed declared: "This is the exact location. Look, they have already severed their bloodlines and, by following the path of the Soul Dao and Martial Dao, have become bloodline-less beings! Similar to Soul Dao life forms!"

"Based on my conjecture, it's highly likely that in the future, old bloodline beings who still retain the 'bloodline' life structure will be unable to cultivate Martial Dao realms above the Eighth Tier. They must now sever it to become new beings! Therefore, it is a wise choice for us to abandon our bloodlines now, in advance."

Mount Akina's Speed provided extensive analysis and numerous hypotheses.

"We must now secretly infiltrate their world! Sever our bloodlines and become their kind of beings," Mount Akina's Speed said earnestly.

"Won't this conflict with our Myriad Worlds?" someone anxiously asked.

"No conflict, it's a perfect match," Mount Akina's Speed explained. "In the Myriad Worlds, we cultivate by integrating reincarnated bodies into other universes... This system, however, cultivates our true bodies within this universe... If we sever the bloodlines of our true bodies, both systems can be cultivated simultaneously, pursued at the same time!"

"The only sacrifice this requires is our path as Nine-Essence Saints, achieving enlightenment in nine great universes simultaneously. However, if our true bodies from this universe, once integrated, were to die, they would truly be gone... After all, this is a parallel universe, and each life in a parallel universe is singular."

Everyone immediately grew excited, "Then wouldn't we be perfect?"

Mount Akina's Speed shook his head. "We'll have to see the specifics, but in any case, we need to infiltrate that world, let it experience the might of our Myriad Worlds, and while we're at it, observe the nearby chaotic life civilization!"

"What?" Everyone was astonished: Had the chaotic life forms already established their rudimentary civilization?

Mount Akina's Speed's expression was very serious as he said, "Yes, the first chaotic life form we released earlier has indeed stirred things up! He's not holding back at all! He's established a massive chaotic civilization in that vicinity, and we should secretly observe and study it."