Chapter 4748: The Perspective of a Supreme
The third round of the great tribulation of the Chaotic Ancient Desolation finally reached its peak, and the power of the tribulation, formless and intangible, affected the entire world and countless living beings.
Whether in minor worlds or great realms, whether cultivators or mortals, birds or beasts, spirits or demons, as long as they were living beings, none could escape.
In the mortal world, wars erupted everywhere and disasters were unending, with countless lives dying unnatural deaths.
Some small worlds even directly encountered calamity and, for all sorts of reasons, suddenly collapsed.
The battles between cultivators were even more intense, and their clashes swept across countless mortals, with cause and effect flooding everywhere and blood qi soaring into the heavens.
Within the great realms, great wars raged without end, and outside the realms in the chaos, it was the same.
All races and sects in the chaos and the various extreme regions were striking out madly, fighting to the bitter end.
Especially in the last hundred years, the battles had grown ever more ferocious, and quasi Venerates making a move had become routine.
Moreover, these quasi Venerates held nothing back, and even the aftershocks alone destroyed countless realms, throwing infinite karma upon them, which they simply ignored.
Within that hundred years, more than a hundred thousand perfected experts had fallen, whereas in the several tens of millions of years before this, not even close to that many perfected experts had died.
The fall of each perfected expert meant the collapse of a realm, and the deaths of the living beings inside could no longer be counted.
Ten years earlier, Lin Moyu had finished arranging his formations, after which he sat quietly in the void, watching the great tribulation and the battles erupting throughout the worlds.
Through the rules, everything he wished to see appeared before his eyes.
Aside from that deepest corner of the Chaotic Ancient Desolation, there was now no place that held any secrets from him.
He could see clearly where the Calamity Great Venerate was hiding, where the Mixed Heaven Desolation Dragon was lurking, and where "Dao" was gathering power.
Every single clash that occurred between heaven and earth was witnessed by him.
He had the power to stop them, but he did nothing at all.
This was how the operation of the world's rules worked, and Lin Moyu naturally would not interfere.
A great tribulation signified death, but it also signified a new beginning.
The lives of the dead would not be lost in vain; their life force would disperse back into the world, becoming fertile nourishment to breed new life.
Back during the second great tribulation, those ancient, powerful beings had, after death, transformed into great daos and returned their life force to the world.
Now in this third tribulation, the same thing was happening, only with different protagonists, while the essence remained unchanged.
Everything arose from heaven and earth and would ultimately return to heaven and earth.
This was a cycle, a cycle that no one could escape.
Even Supremes, when facing the Great Annihilation, could not escape.
Lin Moyu saw through all of this, and his dao heart was as calm as an ancient well, as if he had turned cold and unfeeling as iron and stone.
Yet he felt that all of this was entirely normal.
Just as a living person would not care about the life or death of countless bacteria.
When a basin of molten iron spilled onto the ground, when a volcano erupted, how many bacteria would be killed?
Would anyone care?
In the eyes of heaven and earth, those dead beings were not even as significant as ants, not even as significant as bacteria.
At this moment, Lin Moyu was just like this heaven and earth, viewing things in the same way.
He let a low voice escape his lips.
"So this is how it feels to be a Supreme?"
The Hongmeng Gem appeared beside him in an illusory form.
"More or less. When a Supreme appears in a world, after they refine that world, they can control its great tribulation, delaying it or even preventing it entirely."
"But there are a few Supremes who, even though they do not let their world undergo a great tribulation, like to artificially create small scale tribulations in certain limited areas."
"They try to use their observation of these tribulations to further their study of heaven and earth."
"This approach is only smaller in scope, but in essence it is no different from a full great tribulation, and each time they also cause the deaths of countless beings."
"And Supremes feel nothing at all about this.
If they did feel something, they would be unworthy of becoming Supremes."
Supremes were not emotionless, but they could control their emotions.
Heaven and earth were utterly impartial, and no event was inherently right or wrong from the perspective of heaven and earth.
Supremes turned themselves into incarnations of the world and analyzed and understood everything from the perspective of heaven and earth, so naturally they did the same.
Lin Moyu's current state was roughly the same.
He watched the changes in heaven and earth without much emotion, and he did not deliberately suppress himself.
This did not mean that he was merciless and unrighteous; on the contrary, he had an even deeper understanding of heaven and earth.
Why could Supremes only be born in great tribulations?
Because during a great tribulation, countless beings died and their life force returned to the world, giving the world enough power to support the birth of a Supreme.
The evolution of life within the world had consumed boundless power, and only when these beings died and their power returned to the world could that door to Supremacy be opened.
Now that the tribulation was nearing its peak, more than half of all living beings in the worlds had already died or been injured.
But it was still not enough.
Though many had died, they were not strong enough and still could not provide enough to support the emergence of Supremes.
Through the rules, Lin Moyu could see the power the world was gathering, and he knew that a bit more was needed before that door to Supremacy would truly open.
The Hongmeng Gem asked, "When does Master plan to make a move?"
Lin Moyu replied, "No rush. Those few fellows will be acting soon. There are also a few quite interesting ones.
Right now, they are actually not in this world…"
A thought stirred in the Hongmeng Gem.
"Master means the Fate Venerate and the Eternal Desolation Ox?"
Lin Moyu lightly shook his head.
"Not just them. There is also the Gold Great Venerate.
The situation is rather intriguing."
With Lin Moyu's current ability, he could find the Fate Venerate even if that opponent was hiding in the gaps of destiny.
The fact that he could not find the Fate Venerate now could only mean that the Fate Venerate was no longer in the Chaotic Ancient Desolation.
At this moment, the only places in the Chaotic Ancient Desolation that could hide from him were the remnants of worlds connected behind those spatial passages.
Not only were the Fate Venerate and the Eternal Desolation Ox gone, but the Gold Great Venerate was also absent.
Aside from those three, however, the other Great Venerates were all behaving themselves.
The Ninth Month Great Venerate of the East Extreme had already re evolved the Eastern Extreme Sea of Flames and merged herself into the flames to hide, wanting to avoid the great tribulation in this way.
The Great Venerate of the North Extreme had also hidden himself away.
He had already sworn upon his dao heart that he would not raise a hand against Lin Moyu, so there was no point in him coming out again.
No matter what opportunities this tribulation might hold, none of it had anything to do with him.
The Star Authority Great Venerate of the West Extreme had entered the deepest part of the Western Extreme Pure Land, similarly intending to avoid this great tribulation.
These Great Venerates were very clever.
Although they greatly desired higher realms of power and, under the influence of the tribulation, were all itching to move, they ultimately chose to preserve their lives and stay out of it.
Among the Four Extremes, only the Gold Great Venerate had made any moves.
This old monster, who had lived from ancient times until now, was anything but well behaved.
Lin Moyu had seen some things within the worlds and understood where the Gold Great Venerate's confidence came from, but unfortunately…
In the Upper Domain, the White Zhong Great Venerate, and in the Central Domain, the Bo Yang Great Venerate and the Purple Star Great Venerate, were all similarly behaving themselves.
Although their own strength had already faintly surpassed the Great Venerate level, they knew full well how strong Lin Moyu was.
They held fast to their dao hearts, resisted the lure of the great tribulation, and sought only to survive it.
Once the tribulation passed, they would still be Great Venerates Great Venerates standing above billions with only one person above them and that was enough.
In the Lower Domain, the Black Cloud Great Venerate was, at that moment, beside the Spatial Divine Mountain, arranging a formation.
With just a glance, Lin Moyu knew what that formation was for.
He did not disturb Black Cloud, knowing this was the handiwork of the Calamity Great Venerate, while Black Cloud was merely that Great Venerate's puppet.
The Great Venerates were still somewhat smart, but the less intelligent quasi Venerates were not.
Several quasi Venerates were sharpening their blades, already preparing for the final battle.
"You too will become the sacrifices that open the path to Supremacy."
As Lin Moyu's words fell, the great tribulation finally reached its peak.
At the border between chaos and desolation, vast stretches of space suddenly shattered with a thunderous roar!