Chapter 4737: If Only I Were Stronger
Counting her previous life, Lin Mohan had lived far longer than Lin Moyu, and her former realm had also far surpassed his.
However, her understanding of heaven and earth, her knowledge of the great tribulations, and her grasp of the ancient past of the Primordial Desolation of Chaos were all far inferior to Lin Moyu's.
Lin Mohan had very little desire to explore such things.
She was a sword, a sword that cleaved open the future, and she had never cared to think too much about the past.
In her previous life, she had no family and no ties.
She had only a single path: charge forward and destroy every enemy.
In this life, she had Lin Moyu, and the trajectory of her existence had changed, bringing with it a shift in her personality.
Within her unstoppable advance, there was now a trace of softness, and her sword intent had become even tougher than in her previous life.
She listened as Lin Moyu recounted the former ages of the Primordial Desolation of Chaos and learned of his plan, her beautiful eyes sparkling with a bright light.
"Xiaoyu, do you really want your big sister to become the supreme existence of this heaven and earth?"
Her clear, crisp voice carried three parts surprise.
Lin Moyu smiled.
"I remember I asked you before if you wanted to become the supreme one, and at the time you agreed, didn't you, big sister?"
Lin Mohan chuckled lightly.
"Back then, I thought Xiaoyu was only joking."
Lin Moyu said, "I was not joking. I meant it."
Lin Mohan asked, "If I become the supreme one, what about little brother?
Can one heaven and earth hold more than one supreme existence?"
Lin Moyu answered, "According to the laws of heaven and earth, it is not strictly fixed that one world can only have a single supreme, but throughout all ages, no matter how strong a world is, it has only ever had one supreme."
"One mountain cannot hold two tigers.
If two supremes appear in the same heaven and earth, conflict and contradiction are inevitable, and the strength of both will be affected."
Lin Mohan pressed further.
"What does Xiaoyu intend to do?"
Lin Moyu said, "I have another world. I will become the supreme existence of that heaven and earth."
Lin Mohan felt slightly more at ease, but still asked, "Xiaoyu must not lie to big sister."
Lin Moyu said, "I would not joke about something like this, and besides, the supreme realm is not my final destination."
Anyone could hear that Lin Moyu truly had his own designs.
For the vast majority of people, the supreme realm was the end point, and that included Lin Mohan.
No matter how lofty her heart was, before this she had never dared to hope to break through the Great Venerate realm.
Now that she had a chance to become the supreme one, it was already the furthest point she could see.
However, for Lin Moyu, the supreme realm was not the end.
Lin Mohan suddenly raised her hand and gently rubbed Lin Moyu's head.
"Xiaoyu, you really have grown up."
Lin Moyu could not help but laugh.
"Already over ten thousand years old how could I still be a child?"
Lin Mohan's elegant brows knitted together.
"In front of your big sister, you will always be a child."
Lin Moyu spoke as if coaxing a child.
"All right, all right, I'm always a child. Then let us talk in detail about what we should do next."
Stretching lazily, Lin Mohan said, "Fine. Xiaoyu speaks, I act."
She did not like to bother with thinking.
Back when the Calamity Great Venerate was arranging his plan, she had only thought it was somewhat interesting; her own path had already reached its end, so she was willing to disperse her cultivation and reincarnate to take part in it.
In truth, she had never seriously thought things through.
Her Dao heart was like her sword: simple and pure.
It was the same now.
She had agreed to fight for the throne of the supreme one for Lin Moyu's sake, but she still could not be bothered to think too much.
Since Lin Moyu already had a plan, she would simply follow his.
Even if things deviated from the plan, she could still carve out a path with the sword in her hand.
Now that she had decided in her heart to become the supreme existence, she would cut down every enemy in her way.
Lin Mohan said, "With us siblings joining forces, no matter who they are, we can cut them down."
Lin Moyu said, "The Calamity Great Venerate has not truly made a move yet, and his strength is unknown.
The Mixed‑Sky Wild Dragon was once number one in the current era, with extremely powerful combat strength, and has since partially merged with heaven and earth, making him difficult to deal with."
"The Heaven‑Shrouding Beast obtained that strange flower during the second round of tribulations, shed its physical body, and transformed its soul into 'Dao'.
It is skilled at manipulating space and must likewise be handled with care."
"So I plan to make them form a three‑legged balance of power, forcing them to keep each other in check and preventing them from going all‑out against me.
Up to this moment, the Calamity Great Venerate still does not know that I have already seen through his plan and tampered with his twelve grand formations."
"When the great tribulation reaches its peak and that tree root appears, it will definitely draw the three of them out to fight over it."
All three wanted to attain the Dao during the great tribulation and become supremes, so they would definitely try to seize that tree root.
The root was the treasure of the tribulation.
Although it might not guarantee their attainment, it at least offered a chance, and as long as there was a chance, they would not let it slip by.
At the same time, they would all try to find an opening to kill him.
However, since he had not followed their expectations and slaughtered countless living beings to accumulate enough worldly karma, in their eyes killing him could likewise not guarantee one hundred percent that they would attain the Dao.
Moreover, killing him would not be easy.
He would resist, and they still had to guard against each other.
Whether to kill him or fight over the treasure of the tribulation, neither could ensure that they would definitely become supremes.
To increase the probability of becoming supreme, the best option for them was to do both.
That was their path, but in Lin Moyu's eyes, there was another route: proving the Dao through strength.
Relying on no external object, borrowing no karma, and establishing no grand vows only using one's own combat power to accomplish one's own Dao.
This was the path Lin Mohan would walk.
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Lin Moyu said, "That tree root, the treasure of the great tribulation, is enough to drive the three of them to battle over it.
When their fight has almost reached its conclusion, that is when we make our move."
"We kill them and complete our own Dao."
"However, the Calamity Great Venerate was once an old acquaintance of big sister's.
Can you really bring yourself to strike him down?"
Lin Mohan laughed freely.
"In those days I called him Dao‑brother, and he truly was the one among us who walked the furthest ahead.
But I have always disliked his methods: too troublesome and not direct enough."
"And besides, he deceived us.
Since that is the case, I will show him what it means to be straightforward.
"For a Great Venerate to do things in such a roundabout way really does not befit a Great Venerate."
Lin Moyu could hear her meaning clearly.
Lin Mohan was in fact very angry angry at being tricked.
She would strike at the Calamity Great Venerate, and when she did, it would be ruthlessly, without mercy.
Lin Moyu said, "Aside from those three, there are others to watch out for: the Fate Venerate and the Eternal Wild Bull.
They may also break through the Great Venerate realm."
Lin Mohan was stunned for a moment.
"The Fate Venerate is still alive?"
Lin Moyu nodded.
"Back then, he peered into the future and saw the Calamity Great Venerate's arrangement, but did not expose it, using a feigned death to slip free."
"He was a divine herb who survived the second round of tribulations, and he and the Eternal Wild Bull are friends.
With his ability to deduce the future, he has likewise been scheming for many years, and when the great tribulation arrives, he will have plenty of chances to break through the Great Venerate realm."
"If the two of them do break through, they will naturally contend for the position of supreme as well, and with two of them together, they will not be easy to deal with."
"In addition, there is the Metal Great Venerate.
He was once the Golden Sun Divine Lord and has also survived until now.
"The insect stele he left me does not feel simple at all.
Even though he is 'only' a Great Venerate, he can still make me feel danger.
This fellow must be watched carefully."
Lin Mohan said, "One after another, they are truly troublesome.
If this old lady could just be a bit stronger, I would finish them off one by one with a single sword, kill them all, and leave them no life to fight over anything."
Lin Moyu laughed.
"That is exactly the second thing I came here to do this time."