Chapter 4749: The Divine Wood Sea
"At last, it is here."
The low, deep voice echoed through the void.
It was not just in one place; in several corners of the Chaotic Ancient Desolation, similar voices could be heard.
In a hidden corner deep within the Ancient Desolation, the Calamity Great Venerate slowly opened eyes that had been closed for an unknown length of time, brilliant golden light shining forth to illuminate the void.
"My Dao is about to be complete. Heaven and earth shall revere me alone."
From some mysterious corner in the chaos came waves of dragon roars, each filled with murderous intent.
"It is time to meet some old friends."
Elsewhere, the void twisted and space surged like a rolling sea, with countless spaces being born and destroyed in that moment.
A giant eye emerged, regarding the chaotic void as if it were a toy.
The border between the chaos and the Ancient Desolation was the Desolate Scar, the place where the powers of these two met and clashed.
Some believed that chaos was yang and real, and that the Ancient Desolation was yin and illusory, with chaos and the Ancient Desolation each representing yin yang and reality illusion to form a complete world.
The Desolate Scar, they said, was where yin and yang met, and if someone could fully comprehend it, they could see through the mysteries of heaven and earth and achieve the Great Dao.
In truth, no one had ever seen through this mystery, and in time this notion had become mere legend.
Yin yang and reality illusion did exist, but not in the simple way people imagined.
Chaos had its own yin yang and reality illusion, and so did the Ancient Desolation.
Anyone wanting to fathom this mystery would first have to comprehend the yin yang and reality illusion of both chaos and the Ancient Desolation.
This step was essentially comprehension of the rules of heaven and earth, and the difficulty was extraordinarily high.
In Lin Moyu's eyes, the Desolate Scar's true face was the meeting point of the rules of heaven and earth, the very core of the world.
Only Supremes could smoothly follow the rules of heaven and earth to locate the world core, and only Supremes could refine that core and thereby refine the entire world and hold it in their grasp.
Further still, they could seek out the Primordial Heaven Arts, and by mastering those, alter the rules of heaven and earth according to their own will.
Each of these steps was like a decree set in stone, strict beyond measure and supposedly impossible to overstep.
Yet Lin Moyu had completely broken these rules.
Though not a Supreme, he possessed a soul no weaker than that of a Supreme and could clearly see the rules, and he held the Nine Heavens Fate Art, which was even stronger than ordinary Primordial Heaven Arts, allowing him to casually alter the rules of heaven and earth.
Finding the world core, and even refining it, was no real difficulty for him; it was only a matter of whether he chose to do so.
Now that the great tribulation of heaven and earth had reached its peak, an object of immense importance within the tribulation an amputated tree root finally emerged.
Lin Moyu witnessed its entire emergence.
It appeared at the Desolate Scar, not at random, but with a reason.
Baptized in the purest power of heaven and earth, the severed tree root transformed into countless vines that spread through the void, forming the Divine Wood Sea.
The power of heaven and earth came from the world core and from countless trillions of living beings.
After those beings died, all their power returned to the world and was re forged into world force, the bulk of which was claimed by this severed tree root.
Within the Divine Wood, titanic trees shot up from the ground to the heavens, each boundlessly tall and vast, blotting out the sky and sun.
Any great realm entering it would be as tiny as an ant's egg.
"A chance to achieve the Dao."
Lin Moyu murmured softly.
There were two chances to achieve the Dao within the great tribulation.
The first was himself, the tribulation's chosen.
Killing him would grant a chance to achieve the Dao, but unfortunately, he was not easy to kill.
Those few all restrained one another, and in the end they failed.
The second chance was this severed tree root.
Obtaining and refining it would also grant a chance to achieve the Dao.
If someone both killed him and obtained this tree root, merging those two chances together, the probability of achieving the Dao would rise dramatically.
But if the tribulation's chosen obtained the chance to achieve the Dao, then he would almost certainly succeed.
So Lin Moyu knew very well that while those beings fought over the severed root, they also had to guard against him.
As long as he did not appear, even if they truly fought, they would still hold back some strength.
"Amusing. The one who stood in the light has now become the one behind the curtain."
Lin Moyu laughed softly.
From this moment on, the pawn he had once been had completely leapt beyond the grasp of the Calamity Great Venerate.
The Calamity Great Venerate still did not realize this and believed that Lin Moyu remained under control.
Lin Moyu thought of the small world where he had been born.
Although its whereabouts had not yet been found, he could guess where it must be with nothing more than a bit of thought.
At present, there were only a few places in the Chaotic Ancient Desolation that could hide from him.
Either it was in the deepest part of the Ancient Desolation, the very place where the world had originated, or it was within the Calamity Great Venerate's own realm.
Aside from these two, there were no other possibilities.
The Calamity Great Venerate would not kill the people of that small world, since he still needed the small world to restrain Lin Moyu.
Even though the Calamity Great Venerate felt he already held Lin Moyu completely in his grasp, he was also cautious by nature and would always calculate one extra step.
Lin Moyu knew the Calamity Great Venerate very well and thought it highly likely that the small world was inside the Calamity Great Venerate's realm.
If it were him in that position, he would probably do the same.
"Looks like a trip to his realm is in order."
Countless particles, invisible to the naked eye, appeared around Lin Moyu.
At the level his soul had now reached, they were not just invisible to the naked eye unless someone was a Supreme, they would not be able to sense them at all.
The soul particles fused into the rules and flew into the Divine Wood Sea to lie in ambush.
In that instant, it was as if Lin Moyu possessed uncountable eyes.
He not only gazed down at the entire Divine Wood Sea but also planted innumerable lines of sight within it.
Endless vast auras approached as masses of living beings, drawn by the Divine Wood Sea, rushed toward it.
The Divine Wood Sea was a chance to achieve the Dao and the greatest lure of the great tribulation.
The moment it appeared, the tribulation's power rose to its peak.
Every being beneath the Great Venerate level was affected.
Only a few could hold their dao hearts steady; the great majority charged in like madmen, seeking to obtain the chance to achieve the Dao.
Little did they know that this chance was not meant for them and that only death awaited them.
As they plunged into the Divine Wood Sea, they came face to face with those boundlessly thick, towering trees.
In an instant, the trees came alive, with branches turning into vines that lashed down, and leaves turning into blades that tore through space and shredded all who came.
In a short time, countless beings were buried in the Divine Wood Sea, their blood spreading out and swiftly being absorbed.
The Divine Wood Sea expanded again, growing larger and exuding a bloody aura.
This place was a chance to achieve the Dao, but it was also a place of reincarnation.
The beings of heaven and earth who died here would have their life force wholly absorbed by the Divine Wood Sea, becoming its power.
Even so, living beings continued to pour in unendingly.
The void shattered, and a giant eye slowly emerged.
"At last, you have come."
Lin Moyu murmured inwardly.
"Dao" had arrived.
It did not, like the others, recklessly charge forward, nor did it allow its mind to be bewitched.
It simply observed in silence.
A moment later, a shrill and unpleasant soul voice suddenly rang out.
"You two, hiding away like this what are you afraid of?"
With its words, space shook violently.
The true body of "Dao" was the Heaven Covering Beast, which excelled at manipulating space.
It shook the void across billions of miles, leaving nowhere for anything hidden within space itself to remain concealed.
Lin Moyu was within that range as well, but he was not hiding in space.
At that moment, he was not even truly hidden.
He had simply altered the rules and used them to cloak himself, escaping everyone's senses.
Even "Dao" could not find him.
In the violently rippling void, a middle aged man in a moon gray long robe slowly appeared.
The Calamity Great Venerate had arrived.
On another side, accompanied by a dragon's roar, the Mixed Heaven Desolation Dragon revealed its true form, turning into a divine dragon stretching ten thousand miles, coiling through the void.
All three beings in the Chaotic Ancient Desolation who had surpassed the Great Venerate realm appeared here at the same time, their immense auras shaking the void.
Countless beings rushing forward had their minds shattered by that mere pressure before they could even enter the Divine Wood Sea.