Chapter 1000: Chapter 1000

"We must do something, otherwise when the Holy Lord achieves divine status, it will be even harder to handle," said the Dragon King.

The Innate Water Spirit said, "What you all can do is become stronger. Especially you, Lu Chenzhou, as you have the strongest talent and the fastest progress. Your immediate task is to enhance your Dao cultivation as much as possible. To oppose the Holy Lord, even with an immortal body, you need at least mid to late Ninth Rank Dao. Only in this way can you stand firm on the Dao and avoid being worn down or assimilated by the rules of the Dao. The safest would be reaching the Ninth Rank peak and Extreme Dao. The reason the Four Emperors can stand shoulder to shoulder with the divine is that they have reached the Ninth Rank Extreme at the end of the cultivators’ Dao path, where no further progress can be made."

"Ninth Rank Extreme?" Lu Chenzhou’s heart tensed.

Early stage, mid stage, late stage, peak, extreme.

Using ’all laws unite,’ he might be able to contend with the Holy Lord.

But it’s too short-lived and can only be used a few times, addressing the symptoms but not the root cause.

The best approach is to enhance cultivation and then use ’all laws unite’ as the ultimate trump card, delivering a fatal blow.

"It’s difficult... If only the heavens could grant us another 300 years," said Mr. Turtle.

Beyond the Ninth Rank, each small step in the Dao spans as much as the three steps of the Dao in the Eighth Realm.

Ancient great powers, some with extraordinary talent, often step into the Mastering Dao in a few thousand years.

But it often takes tens of thousands of years of immersion to make a single difficult step forward.

Before falling, the master of Yuan Mountain was in the late stage of the Ninth Rank Dao.

But in front of the Holy Lord, he couldn’t last a single round.

That’s why the Four Emperors are the Four Emperors, and other great powers are other great powers.

For a great power to contend against the divine, the junior brother at the early stage of the Ninth Rank Dao is indeed as difficult as ascending to heaven. Chapters fırst released on novel⚑fire.net

The Innate Water Spirit continued:

"As for the Holy Lord, we must not let Him achieve divinity too easily. Although you cannot enter above the Dao, there are things that can, such as the Clan’s Sacred Artifacts of the Divine Race or the Map of Ten Thousand Rivers... Regardless of whether these divine artifacts are incomplete, their status remains at the True God level. I, along with the mansion spirits of other divine relics, can think of ways to elevate these divine artifacts above the Dao to harass the Holy Lord and delay His time to divinity."

Upon hearing this, Lu Chenzhou remembered that the divine artifact of the Red Feather Divine Race had escaped above the Dao.

"Very well, give me ten years, and I have hope of reaching the mid-Ninth Rank," Lu Chenzhou said.

He still had two Dao Fruits unused, and there were three Dao opportunities like the Red Dust Great Snake.

Upon refining these, he could produce five kinds of Ninth Rank Dao and elevate his primary cultivation in the Chaos Dao to the mid-stage. It’s not difficult.

Besides, his cultivation techniques ’Mountain Moving Scripture,’ ’Chasing Light Chapter,’ ’Ten Feet Scripture,’ were just a step away from perfection.

All these could greatly enhance his strength.

Moreover, his clone had yet to become a great power.

He had many means, just lacking time to refine them.

The Water Spirit thought for a moment and said, "Lu Chenzhou, mobilize the Heavenly Realm experts of the Mystic Sky Alliance to search for incomplete divine artifacts in the Three Thousand Worlds and the Great Wilderness. Send them to me, and I will find ways to awaken and communicate with the divine artifact spirits to counter the Holy Lord. As for you, do not concern yourself with anything, just focus on cultivation. Lan Daogang is also about to seal as a Demigod and should be able to manage the Map of Ten Thousand Rivers. When dealing with the Holy Lord, I will let him take action."

"Okay," Lu Chenzhou breathed a slight sigh of relief.

The fallback plan of the Divine Court still held some use.

Luckily, he did not choose to become a god; advancing was actually faster than cultivating.

Of course, for others, becoming a god was the most correct choice.

Otherwise, with Lan Daogang’s strength, becoming a Demigod was far off.

Everyone discussed the detailed plan and then left the Water Mansion.

Lu Chenzhou came to the Mystic Sky Alliance and immediately convened the Elder Council.

"In the past divine war, divine artifacts shattered and scattered across the heavens. To counter the imminent True God, we need to collect many True Divine Artifacts. From now on, anyone above the Seventh Realm in the alliance must go to the Three Thousand Realms or Great Wilderness to find remnants of divine artifacts. During this period, the deities will surely find ways to obstruct us. Everyone must be cautious. Anyone who can obtain clues to divine artifacts will be rewarded with a valuable treasure or have three demonstrations of the World Dao Essence."

Though divine artifacts are strong, those in the Seventh Realm cannot utilize them, so their practical use is less than that of spiritual weapons.

Over the years, Lu Chenzhou defeated demigods and obtained many treasures.

He possessed more than a dozen high-grade and supreme Eighth Rank items, with quite a number of supreme treasures.

Merely from the Demon Lord alone, he acquired three Ninth Rank spiritual weapons and supreme treasures, all obtained after defeating great powers.

With such incentives, everyone naturally was highly motivated.

Treasures they might not lack, but the alliance leader personally consuming the World Dao Essence for demonstrations was something they urgently needed.

If one’s comprehension was adequate, a casual pointer from the strongest might let them step from the First Step to the Second Step.

Once, a mere pointer from Kunxu enabled the Sword Elder and Qingyunzi to step into the Eighth Realm.

"Rest assured, alliance leader, leave it to us."

Streams of light departed from Tianxia, many entering the Great Wilderness through the Eastern Extreme Border Tower.

The Great Wilderness was once the main battlefield of the divine war and was an absolute forbidden zone that none dared to enter.

But now, with the Divine Kingdom’s ascension, its control over the Great Wilderness has waned, making it relatively safer.

However, remnants of the Demon Saints are still very common, and without the Seventh Realm, venturing in is a journey of nine deaths and one life.

Now, Tianxia is filled with strong individuals.

Among the Martial Artists, Yaochi Immortal, Xuanwu Daoist, Hui Kong Abbot, Four Symbols Personnel, and Heavenly Master Zhang are all at the Eighth Realm.

Counting the powerful individuals recruited by the Mystic Sky Alliance from various civilizations, the number of those in the Eighth Realm is approaching fifty.

As for the Seventh Realm, it exceeds eight hundred.

Looking at the Great Wilderness, it forms an overwhelmingly strong force, stronger than any single Heavenly Sect.

With so many strong individuals assisting, the search for divine artifacts is bound to bear fruit.

"Junior Brother, Kunxu and I will also go to the Great Wilderness to take control of the situation, in case any demigods are still lurking...

By the way, the Clam Girl is about to undergo a tribulation, you should act as her protector when the time comes," said Mr. Turtle.

"Rest assured, Senior Brother. If there’s any problem, contact me anytime," Lu Chenzhou replied.

"Then I’ll go search in the Three Thousand Worlds; the flow of time in the Great Wilderness is too slow. With my talent, it’s affecting my progress," said the Dragon King.

The Candle Dragon’s machinations have made the passage of time in the Great Wilderness far slower than in the Three Thousand Worlds.

The Dragon King and Mr. Turtle are not like Kunxu.

For the latter two, making progress in a short time is very difficult, so speed doesn’t matter much.

But the Dragon King’s talent is only second to Lu Chenzhou, and with normal cultivation, he can still improve significantly before the True God descends.

"Well, I wish you an early breakthrough," Lu Chenzhou said with a smile.

He could sense that the Dragon King’s Dao level should be nearing the mid-Ninth Rank.

The path of transcendence is indeed mysterious.

Soon, the entire Mystic Sky Alliance was mobilized, and everyone began preparing for the ultimate final battle.

Regardless of success or failure, it’s worth trying; only by striving will there be no regrets.

In the inner world, Lu Chenzhou began to cultivate wholeheartedly.

"Now that there are no more demigods to kill, the only way to quickly improve my Dao level is to rely on Seed Dao and Demonstration," Lu Chenzhou murmured.

As for the Enlightenment Stele, it was originally intended for use by the disciples of the Four Heavenly Sects.

Aside from the legendary Emperor Stele, it’s not very useful to him.

"In the future, I’ll lecture on the Dao once every three years, each session lasting a year. The more I lecture, the faster I improve, and the stronger ’All Laws Unite’ becomes."

Lecturing can also foster more powerful cultivators in the Three Thousand Worlds.

In his last lecture, he directly and indirectly catalyzed the emergence of three Eighth Realm cultivators and over twenty Seventh Realm cultivators, with countless others in the Mountain and Sea Realm.

It’s no exaggeration to say that every time he lectures on the Dao, the collective strength of the Three Thousand Worlds increases by a fraction.

After setting his cultivation plan for the future, Lu Chenzhou came to the Mountain and Sea Tower.

Spending 120,000 high-grade primordial stones, he finally obtained the "Red Dust Great Snake," only to see a large, phantom-enveloped serpent soaring and coiling in his palm. Its head and tail were linked, with infinite causality mysteries flowing within, the mysterious Dao runes flickering and unfathomable.

"What kind of creature’s scale is this? Is there really such a powerful being in the world that a single scale can serve as a top-level Dao opportunity?"

Lu Chenzhou murmured to himself.

Even ordinary True Gods cannot achieve this.

None among the gods of the Ancient Divine Court were known to master causality.

"The vast universe, even upon rising to Great Power, always feels like being in a cage. No wonder the Dragon King seeks transcendence."

Lu Chenzhou sighed slightly, wrapping the scale in chaotic power and beginning to refine it bit by bit.

Seasons passed, and a year went by.

One by one, powerful beings traveled between the Three Thousand Realms and Tianxia.

The Water Mansion Spirit looked at the remnants of Divine Artifacts before him. Many were utterly destroyed and beyond awakening.

He sighed, beginning to awaken those Divine Artifacts still usable.

Many of these artifacts were once his companions, the possessions of gods who fought alongside Zouyu.

"Conservatively estimating, the combined power of these Divine Artifacts should at least trouble the Holy Lord. The key still lies with Lu Chenzhou and the Cangtian Dragon King, both having the hope of ascending to mid-Ninth Rank Dao level in the short term. Together, they can certainly contend with the Holy Lord, but to truly defeat him, it remains difficult."

The Three Thousand Worlds kept retreating their defensive lines, concentrating on protecting the Mystic Sky Realm and Xia Realm, while other worlds were to be abandoned if possible.

Otherwise, battling a True God would have widespread repercussions, with countless casualties.

The Holy Lord looked coldly at everything below.

From His True God’s perspective, every little move of the Tianxia civilization was clearly visible.

But He couldn’t be bothered at the moment and was too lazy to care.

"I don’t need to kill Lu Chenzhou either; that’s the Witch Master’s task. I just need to bring as much destruction to the Three Thousand Worlds as possible. My goal is to annihilate 99% of the living beings in the Three Thousand Worlds within ten years. This should be enough to initiate the Great Extinction Plan," the Holy Lord said.

Three years later, in the Tianxia calendar year 2370.

In the starry sky of the Xia Realm, within the world Lu Chenzhou had opened up, a chaotic Qi flow rapidly expanded, almost encompassing an entire fixed star system.

His inner world could now be called a Great World, its status on par with Mystic Sky and Kunxu.

Mystically profound Causality Dao Essence pervaded, with billions of causal threads weaving into a net, stretching into the Three Thousand Worlds.

From a distance, it resembled a vast spiderweb covering the starry sky, with Lu Chenzhou seated on a central throne, overlooking the ages and all living beings.

"This is what it feels like to control the Causality Dao, so wondrous. All things in the world are under my control."

Lu Chenzhou casually flicked a thick golden thread, and a scene emerged in his mind.

In the scene, Wang Changming was leading a team in a world, using an array to contend with a Demon Saint.