The Nine-Wheel Heaven-and-Earth, even though it had already become wreckage, was still not much smaller than the Chaotic Ancient Wilds. It was not that it was extraordinarily huge; before it shattered, the Nine-Wheel Heaven-and-Earth was actually only about this size. Because it was too powerful, after its rules shattered into wreckage, its size did not change much, still maintaining about eighty percent of its original scale.
Lin Moyu walked upon the rules. Even at his speed, it would still take ten days to reach the core. The journey was smooth, without obstruction. But after walking for three days, Lin Moyu suddenly stopped.
The Hongmeng Gemstone spoke at the same time, "Master, something seems wrong."
Lin Moyu said, "You noticed it too. There is indeed a problem."
He had walked for three days, yet he had not drawn much closer to the Heaven-and-Earth core. If it continued at this pace, never mind ten days, even a hundred days or a thousand days would not be enough. No matter how large the Nine-Wheel Heaven-and-Earth was, it should not take him this long. What was more, he was walking upon the rules; his speed was originally extremely astonishing. The only explanation was that the rules within the Nine-Wheel Heaven-and-Earth were affecting him.
Whoosh. The Wings of Heaven-and-Earth spread. Rosy radiance poured down, covering the void.
"Submit."
With a low shout, the Wings of Heaven-and-Earth drove the rules, commanding the rules to submit. Wherever the rosy radiance reached, the void twisted as if someone were struggling and resisting within it.
Still trying to resist?
"Suppress!"
Lin Moyu's eyes shot out a sharp light. The power of the Wings of Heaven-and-Earth grew stronger, forcibly suppressing the resisting rules.
Boom! Ten thousand strands of purple lightning crashed down, densely striking Lin Moyu. The Wings of Heaven-andEarth battled against the Nine-Wheel Heaven-and-Earth's rules. The rules that had previously been altered through the Nine Heavens Fate Art accordingly lost their effect, and Lin Moyu once again returned to the status of a public enemy. The Nine-Wheel Heaven-and-Earth acted according to its rules, and punishment immediately descended.
But to Lin Moyu, this punishment was like a massage. He had changed the rules earlier only because it was troublesome and obstructed his view, not because he was afraid.
Lin Moyu bathed in the lightning, and the Wings of Heaven-and-Earth were also draped in a layer of purple light. The rosy radiance grew ever more blazing. Within the twisting void, a hazy human silhouette appeared. It flickered in and out of existence in the void, as if it did not exist in this space.
A rule-born being, and one born of space rules at that. Interesting.
Before, encountering it might have caused some trouble. But now, the Nine Heavens Fate Art descended, forcibly changing the rules. Space turned into a prison, locking that rule-born being inside. Then the prison rapidly shrank. As Lin Moyu clenched his fist and squeezed, the prison shattered like foam, and the rule-born being within was beaten into fragments.
Rules were formless, but Lin Moyu could make them take form. Rule-born beings differed from one another. They were born because of rules, acted according to rules, used rules as a sword, and also used rules as a shield. To deal with them, one had to resolve things at the level of rules. Lin Moyu had done so before.
But now, there was no longer any need for such trouble. He directly took control of the rules and annihilated them.
To those who did not understand, this was simply unbelievable, beyond imagination. But to Lin Moyu, it was as simple as eating and drinking. Refining Heaven-and-Earth and driving and controlling Heaven-and-Earth rules was something a supreme powerhouse had to learn.
Lin Moyu was not yet a true supreme powerhouse, but he already possessed a soul not inferior to one, and he could already do this.
After the rule-born being was extinguished, the scene before him abruptly changed. Countless spaces shattered. Those spaces were like mirrors, existing on the road of Lin Moyu's very first step. His earlier slow speed had been precisely because this rule-born being was secretly obstructing him. Each of Lin Moyu's steps seemed to advance countless billions of miles, but in reality he was moving from one mirrored space into another mirrored space.
The rules of the Nine-Wheel Heaven-and-Earth really are different. They could affect me without me noticing at all. Looks like I still have to be careful.
The Wings of Heaven-and-Earth no longer retracted. Rosy radiance shone everywhere. Wherever Lin Moyu went, the rosy radiance went as well. The rules revealed themselves within the rosy radiance and were all taken in by Lin Moyu's eyes.
Before long, another rule-born being appeared, still a being of space rules. Lin Moyu was not surprised. The Nine-Wheel Heaven-and-Earth's rules were strong; there was certainly more than one rule-born being. Even for just space rules, it was possible for multiple rule-born beings to be born.
For this, Lin Moyu had only one response: send it to death.
The Wings of Heaven-and-Earth and the Nine Heavens Fate Art worked together. The path truly became unobstructed. Rule-born beings were continuously shattered. Lin Moyu bathed in lightning all along the way. Even the Nine-Wheel Heaven-and-Earth's punishment could do nothing to him.
He drew closer and closer to the Heaven-and-Earth core. On the ninth day, Lin Moyu finally saw the appearance of the Heaven-and-Earth core. Separated by countless billions of miles, Lin Moyu had already used the Soul Eye to bring the Heaven-and-Earth core into his sight.
It was still a pagoda, except it had become nine stories, representing that this was the Nine-Wheel Heaven-and-Earth.
The nine-story pagoda stood tall in the void, rotating. Each level bloomed with multicolored radiance. The radiance, like ribbons, drilled into the void. This radiance was the Heaven-and-Earth rules. Lin Moyu had seen this many times and was not surprised at all.
What truly caught his eye was that at the top of the Nine-Wheel pagoda, there was a purple bead. Lin Moyu felt this purple bead was unusual, but he did not recognize it.
"Do you recognize it?" he asked.
The Hongmeng Gemstone carefully looked at the purple bead, then shook its head. "I do not recognize it."
Even the Hongmeng Gemstone did not recognize it, which made Lin Moyu feel this bead was even more extraordinary.
Suddenly, a thread of lightning power shot out from the bead, vanished into the sky, and drilled into the rules. Lin Moyu suddenly understood why the lightning striking him was purple. The source was here.
This purple bead could exist together with the Heaven-and-Earth core and could even change the color of lightning. These two points alone were enough to prove its extraordinary nature. As for what it was exactly, once he obtained it he would know.
Lin Moyu stepped forward once and instantly arrived before the nine-story pagoda.
The Heaven-and-Earth core sensed Lin Moyu's arrival. A powerful aura erupted from within the pagoda. Countless rules surged out like a tsunami, forcibly pushing Lin Moyu back. Lin Moyu was violently shaken back ten thousand miles.
The rules of the Nine-Wheel Heaven-and-Earth were indeed strong.
The rules transformed into a rule divine dragon. The purple bead atop the pagoda automatically flew up and entered the divine dragon's body, turning into a third eye at its brow.
The rule-formed divine dragon fixed its three eyes on Lin Moyu, cold and emotionless. This was rules. Rules had no emotions and would only annihilate all who approached.
"Suppress and kill!"
The Wings of Heaven-and-Earth suddenly trembled. The Nine Heavens Fate Art descended. The void twisted. The rules shattered. The dragon's body instantly broke into several segments, but in the next breath it returned to normal again.
Dragon roars rang out. Countless cracks appeared between Heaven and Earth. Heaven and Earth were torn apart. Lin Moyu felt the power coming from the Life-Forbidden Zone.
Purple lightning crashed down. The Wings of Heaven-and-Earth shattered. Lin Moyu was blasted into fragments.
Purple light flashed. Lin Moyu completed rebirth.
How could this be?
His gaze flickered. The lightning just now was different from before. It contained annihilating power mixed in from the Life-Forbidden Zone. And he also discovered one more thing: the purple light in the lightning and the purple light that burst out when he rebirthed seemed somewhat similar.
Boom! Heaven and Earth were torn apart again. Ten thousand strands of lightning fell again. Lin Moyu was, without surprise, torn into pieces again. The annihilating power from the Life-Forbidden Zone was still a power he could not withstand.
Lin Moyu resurrected again. His eyes narrowed slightly.
Can I use this lightning to seek death?
The moment this thought arose, it was denied.
No. The interval is too long. The rule-formed divine dragon's attack interval exceeds two seconds, not meeting the conditions for seeking death.
His gaze fell on the purple bead. The rules within Heaven-and-Earth could not possibly draw annihilating power from the Life-Forbidden Zone in such a way. If it truly drew it in, the first thing to collapse would be Heaven-and-Earth itself. This was true for any level of Heaven-and-Earth, without exception. Even the Nine-Wheel Heaven-and-Earth was no different.
When the annihilating power of the Life-Forbidden Zone entered Heaven-and-Earth, it always had to fuse with rules. The power would be greatly weakened, unlike now, purely strong, and moreover it did not damage Heaven-and-Earth at all.
Therefore, the true root of all this was this purple bead.
Perhaps this purple bead can help me seek death. If it really works, then my search for the emptiness of the flesh body may have hope.
Lin Moyu's eyes brightened slightly. He had to obtain the purple bead.
Boom! Lightning fell again. Lin Moyu was blasted into fragments again. The pure annihilating power from the Life-Forbidden Zone was still not something Lin Moyu could withstand at present. To withstand annihilating power required multiple conditions to unite as one. The only one Lin Moyu currently barely met was his soul, but a soul alone was far from enough.
From within the purple light, Lin Moyu's voice came out. "Now this is interesting. Compared to that True Lord in the child Heaven-and-Earth, this rule divine dragon is more interesting."
Heaven and Earth tore again. Lightning fell again. This time, Lin Moyu finally acted.
The Calamity Scepter floated above his head and turned into a shield, blocking the lightning. The annihilating power within the lightning was strong, but it was not enough to damage the Calamity Scepter.
World-Burning Fire flew out and turned into a sea of fire, devouring the rule divine dragon. The Wings of Heaven-and-Earth spread at the same time. The Nine Heavens Fate Art was unleashed with full force.
"Suppress and kill!"
Lin Moyu used all his methods, giving the rule divine dragon no chance to resist. No matter how it struggled, it could not withstand Lin Moyu's attacks. Amid shrill screams, the rule divine dragon was completely torn into fragments.
Although the rule divine dragon was destroyed, the purple bead was unaffected. It proactively flew toward the nine-story pagoda.
The nine-story pagoda erupted with a massive amount of rules again, re-evolving a rule divine dragon. Along with the dragon roar, Heaven and Earth were torn into countless cracks. Purple lightning filled the sky, carrying annihilating power from the Life-Forbidden Zone, and attacked.
The Calamity Scepter produced layers of phantasmal images, protecting Lin Moyu within them. The annihilating power pierced through space, passed straight through the Calamity Scepter, and instantly struck Lin Moyu.
Defense was ineffective.
Lin Moyu was blasted into fragments in the lightning. The rules of the Nine-Wheel Heaven-and-Earth were indeed hard to deal with.
Lin Moyu was reborn within purple light. He had clearly stabilized the surrounding space just now, yet he still could not block the lightning. His Nine Heavens Fate Art could change rules, but the rule-born being evolved by the Heaven-and-Earth core could likewise change rules. Under both sides modifying rules, even if he let a single trace slip through, it was enough to be killed by annihilating power.
If not for his rebirth, anyone else would have already died completely.
The purple bead was not affected by rules, nor could it be refined by World-Burning Fire. When Lin Moyu destroyed the rule divine dragon just now, he had tried to obtain the purple bead once, and failed.
The purple bead contained an extremely high-level power. Lin Moyu had a feeling that it was not the rule divine dragon controlling the purple bead, but the purple bead controlling the rule divine dragon, even controlling the entire Heaven-and-Earth.
Lightning appeared again. With a thought, Lin Moyu activated Utmost Undying. His aura surged sharply.
The Technique Domain's ten-direction domains, Yushen Heaven-and-Earth, Undying Spirit Soldiers, and all other力量 gathered within his body at this moment, greatly raising Lin Moyu's own strength. In an instant, he broke through the Supreme realm, surpassing Supreme, infinitely close to a true supreme powerhouse.
His soul power also increased, but since his soul was originally already comparable to a true supreme powerhouse, the increase was not that large. These were secondary. What truly mattered was the undying and unperishing state brought by the technique.
It had already been verified before that even when facing annihilating power from the Life-Forbidden Zone, he could maintain an undying and unperishing state for a short time.
Lightning struck his body. The annihilating power brought Lin Moyu waves of stinging pain, but it did not blast him into fragments as before.
The annihilating power was incomparably strong. Lin Moyu could feel that the duration of his undying and unperishing state was greatly shortened.
He wasted not a single moment. With one step, he crossed over the rule divine dragon and instantly arrived before the nine-story pagoda. He did not go to take the purple bead, but directly dealt with the nine-story pagoda.
Even though the purple bead manipulated the rules, the source of rules was this Heaven-and-Earth core. So to solve the root problem, without rules, the purple bead would have nothing to manipulate.
Relying on the undying and unperishing effect, Lin Moyu passed through layers of rule power and pressed a palm onto the nine-story pagoda. World-Burning Fire surged into the pagoda with a boom. Firelight shot into the sky and began refining it.
Refining Heaven-and-Earth was what World-Burning Fire was best at, and it was its primary ability. Even facing the Nine-Wheel Heaven-and-Earth's core, it was the same.
A shrill scream came from within the Nine-Wheel pagoda. Rules shattered in large quantities. The entire Heaven-and-Earth trembled. The rule divine dragon lost its source of rule power and began to twist. The purple bead trembled as if enraged.
Countless gaps appeared in Heaven-and-Earth. Massive lightning carrying annihilating power struck Lin Moyu. But now Lin Moyu was undying and unperishing. He ignored the lightning. The Wings of Heaven-and-Earth spread. The Nine Heavens Fate Art descended.
"Suppress and kill!"
With multiple forces combined, the rule divine dragon was once again torn into fragments.
With no rule divine dragon, the purple bead flew back to the nine-story pagoda, trying to mobilize rule power again. But now the nine-story pagoda could barely protect itself and could not erupt rule power at all.
Lin Moyu reached out with a large hand and suddenly grasped the purple bead. The bead buzzed and trembled. Lightning flickered across it, bringing Lin Moyu slight stinging pain.
Refine.
Lin Moyu was domineering. Soul power surged into the purple bead to refine it. Immediately, a惨叫 came from within the bead. Lin Moyu sneered.
So there really is someone.
Earlier, he had already realized the purple bead had spirit, but he was not sure whether it was the bead's own consciousness or someone residing inside it. Now he could be certain: someone resided within the purple bead, manipulating it.
However, this person's strength was clearly insufficient and could not fully control the purple bead.
Lin Moyu's soul was comparable to a true supreme powerhouse. With the combined force of the real and the unreal, it was extremely strong. With only one wave of impact, he smashed the guy residing inside the purple bead into scattered pieces.
"Spare me!" a pleading voice came from within the purple bead.
But Lin Moyu ignored it. His soul continued to surge like a tsunami. He did not need to ask anything. During the soul impact, he had already obtained quite a bit of information from the other party's残魂. A trick like soul-searching was child's play to Lin Moyu, not even worth mentioning.
Of course, he could also resurrect the other party and turn him into an Undying Spirit, but that would require pulling him out of the purple bead, which was too troublesome. To avoid complications, Lin Moyu chose to directly kill him inside the bead.
Wave after wave of soul power swept through, completely erasing the other party's traces. The purple bead also calmed down.
During the sweep, Lin Moyu used a soul-searching technique and obtained part of the information, learning this person's origin: the Nine Heavens True Lord, the strongest of this mother Heaven-and-Earth. Compared to him, the Purple Cloud True Lord was much weaker.
Besides the Nine Heavens True Lord, Lin Moyu also learned the purple bead's name: the Hongmeng Purple Thunder Bead.
The Nine Heavens True Lord was the strongest of this mother Heaven-and-Earth, even stronger by a notch than the Purple Cloud True Lord who came from a child Heaven-and-Earth. The two had been enemies. After the Purple Cloud True Lord ascended from the child Heaven-and-Earth, he had always opposed the Nine Heavens True Lord.
But the Nine Heavens True Lord's strength and power were both stronger, so the Purple Cloud True Lord was always suppressed. Yet it was not easy for the Nine Heavens True Lord to kill the Purple Cloud True Lord either. The two sides were locked in stalemate for countless years, until Heaven-and-Earth was destroyed. The Purple Cloud True Lord returned to the child Heaven-and-Earth with his people to avoid the disaster, while the Nine Heavens True Lord, by a chance opportunity, hid inside the Hongmeng Heavenly Thunder Bead.
At that time, his soul was already damaged. After hiding inside the Hongmeng Heavenly Thunder Bead, he could only barely control it, and could not even bring out one percent of its power. Over these years, he had been hiding in the Hongmeng Heavenly Thunder Bead, continuously refining it, but had never managed to refine it.
Holding the Hongmeng Heavenly Thunder Bead, Lin Moyu said calmly, "So it is related to Hongmeng again. The Hongmeng Gemstone, the Hongmeng Spirit Tree, the Hongmeng Heavenly Thunder Bead. Three Hongmeng-related things have already appeared."
"A Hongmeng-level Heaven-and-Earth must have existed before. These things should also have come from a Hongmeng-level Heaven-and-Earth. But whether there are other connections between them is hard to say."
The Hongmeng Gemstone asked, "Master, can you refine it? The Nine Heavens True Lord could not refine it after countless years."
Lin Moyu did not have complete confidence either. He said in a low voice, "We will only know after trying."
Soul power poured into the Hongmeng Heavenly Thunder Bead, turning into soul flame to refine it. Gradually, Lin Moyu frowned. The Hongmeng Heavenly Thunder Bead seemed impervious, like a stubborn stone. Under the refinement of his soul flame, it did not move in the slightest.
He studied the Hongmeng Purple Thunder Bead and muttered to himself, "If even my soul has difficulty refining it, then even if other true supreme powerhouses obtain it, it would likely be the same."
"No wonder the Nine Heavens True Lord refined it for countless years and still did not succeed. Refining even a tiny thread counts as him being lucky."
Lin Moyu was very clear that his current soul was comparable to most true supreme powerhouses, and his soul's combined real-and-unreal nature was stronger in essence. If even he could not refine it, other true supreme powerhouses would be the same.
In his view, it was not that the Hongmeng Purple Thunder Bead could not be refined, but that the method was wrong. The Hongmeng Purple Thunder Bead was not meant to be refined with soul flame. Another method should be sought. Now that the Hongmeng Purple Thunder Bead was in his hands, he would eventually find a way.
Just as he was about to put away the Hongmeng Purple Thunder Bead, purple light suddenly surged into the sky. The World-Burning Fire that was refining the Heaven-and-Earth core suddenly leapt up into purple flame that soared into the heavens.
World-Burning Fire had transformed.
World-Burning Fire had always been growing stronger. It constantly refined the Heaven-and-Earth core, each time stronger than the last, even capable of burning beings above the Supreme realm to death, yet it had never undergone a qualitative transformation.
This time, as it refined the Nine-Wheel Heaven-and-Earth's core, when it had refined more than half, the transformation suddenly occurred. It came extremely abruptly, without any兆. It suddenly sublimated, and the sublimation completed in an instant.
Once the sublimation completed, the refining speed sharply increased, several times faster than before. At this rate, it would not take even half a day to fully refine the Heaven-and-Earth core.
I feel that the current World-Burning Fire could even burn the soul of a true supreme powerhouse to death without difficulty.
Purple flames.
Lin Moyu's heart stirred. He took a wisp of World-Burning Fire and let it engulf the Hongmeng Purple Thunder Bead, while also merging his soul power into it.
Refine.
Using World-Burning Fire carrying soul power to refine the Hongmeng Purple Thunder Bead was Lin Moyu's sudden idea. Whether it would work or not, he would know after trying. Even if it failed, there would be no loss.
Under the refinement of World-Burning Fire, the Hongmeng Purple Thunder Bead finally reacted. But it was not the usual sort of refinement and recognition of a master.
It actually began to melt.
In the blink of an eye, the Hongmeng Purple Thunder Bead had completely melted. It merged into World-Burning Fire, making the fire's color become even deeper, so purple it was almost black.
A piece of information came through. Lin Moyu's eyes shone. He finally understood what was going on. With his temperament, he could not help but laugh at this moment.
Is this fate, or a fortuitous encounter? Who would have thought it would be like this? Something completely unknown to me would actually meet like this. Good. This is truly too good.
His tone was somewhat excited, from the heart, hard to suppress.
The Hongmeng Gemstone asked curiously, "Master, what is it?"
Lin Moyu said, "This Hongmeng Purple Thunder Bead originally came from World-Burning Fire. Now it is simply returning to its original owner."
The Hongmeng Gemstone let out an "Ah." "No way. At the start you could not refine it."
Lin Moyu said, "That is because, at the start, World-Burning Fire had not yet completed its transformation and sublimation. At that time it was still World-Burning Fire. After sublimation, it becomes Hongmeng Purple Fire."
"Only Hongmeng Purple Fire can refine the Hongmeng Purple Thunder Bead, because it originally came from Hongmeng Purple Fire."
The Hongmeng Gemstone listened in a daze, not understanding at all what Lin Moyu meant.
Lin Moyu said, "Hongmeng Purple Fire can not only refine Heaven-and-Earth souls, it is also the source of all fires, the strongest fire within Heaven-and-Earth."
The Hongmeng Gemstone said, "Oh. But what does that have to do with the Hongmeng Purple Thunder Bead?"
Lin Moyu said, "The true name of this Hongmeng Purple Thunder Bead should be the Hongmeng Purple Fire Divine Thunder Bead. It split off from Hongmeng Purple Fire as a part of it, fused with Heaven-and-Earth rules, and can evolve purple-fire divine thunder."
"No matter how it evolves, Hongmeng Purple Fire is its source. Now that Hongmeng Purple Fire has reappeared, it naturally must return to its original owner."
"The name Hongmeng Purple Thunder Bead was given by the Nine Heavens True Lord, not its true name."
"Purple-fire divine thunder comes from Hongmeng Purple Fire. Now that it has returned to its original owner, Hongmeng Purple Fire advances another step and becomes stronger."
In his palm, a wisp of Hongmeng Purple Fire danced bewitchingly. With a thought from Lin Moyu, thunder rumbled from within it. A streak of purple lightning swept out, carrying flames and shooting into the sky.
Heaven and Earth were blasted open into a huge hole. Purple-fire divine thunder shattered the Heaven-and-Earth barrier and reached straight to the Life-Forbidden Zone. Annihilating power surged in from the Life-Forbidden Zone.
Lin Moyu pointed with a finger. Hongmeng Purple Fire turned into a sea of fire, patching the hole and blocking the annihilating power. Under the impact of annihilating power, Hongmeng Purple Fire gradually retreated. And the hole between Heaven and Earth, because the Heaven-and-Earth core had already been refined for the most part, could no longer be repaired.
Lin Moyu sighed. "Hongmeng Purple Fire is strong, but it still cannot block annihilating power. If it could, I could use Hongmeng Purple Fire as armor and roam the Life-Forbidden Zone. It seems it is still not enough."
The Hongmeng Gemstone said, "Even if it is still a bit short, congratulations, Master, on obtaining this divine fire."
Lin Moyu said, "It is indeed worth congratulating. With this fire, I can seek death."
The Hongmeng Gemstone's eyes lit up. It patted its small hands. "Right. Master can use this fire to draw in annihilating power, and can also control the strength of the annihilating power. You really can carry out your great undertaking of seeking death."
Lin Moyu said, "Perhaps I can use it to find the emptiness of the flesh body and complete the union of the flesh body's real and unreal. But I only have a preliminary idea. I will only know after returning and trying."
The Hongmeng Gemstone said, "It will definitely work. Master's ideas will definitely be realized."
Lin Moyu nodded. "Before that, I must first raise Yushen Heaven-and-Earth to Nine-Wheel. Otherwise it will not be able to withstand annihilating power."
Hongmeng Purple Fire quickly weakened as the refinement completed. The nine-story pagoda was left as an empty shell. Heaven-and-Earth was collapsing at an astonishing speed.
Lin Moyu took the pagoda, manipulated the remaining Heaven-and-Earth rules, and rushed back to the child Heaven-and-Earth, then returned along the path he came.
This trip was a true fortuitous encounter for Lin Moyu. Not only did World-Burning Fire transform and evolve into Hongmeng Purple Fire, he also obtained the Hongmeng Purple Fire Divine Thunder Bead, making Hongmeng Purple Fire even stronger.
If not for this opportunity, with no relation between the two, he would never have thought to look for the Hongmeng Purple Fire Divine Thunder Bead at all. It could only be said that some things are just that miraculous. What is yours will be yours.
The searing purple fire became Hongmeng Purple Fire. Its power became even stronger. Burning a Supreme to death was effortless. Even a true supreme powerhouse could not endure it. Paired with Utmost Undying, there was a full chance to kill a true supreme powerhouse.
Lin Moyu wanted to find a true supreme powerhouse to test it on, but unfortunately, in this era, the only true supreme powerhouse was Lin Mohan. He did not dare test it on Lin Mohan. That would be asking for a beating.
Returning to the Chaotic Ancient Wilds, he turned and entered Yushen Heaven-and-Earth. This time, the Nine-Wheel child-mother Heaven-and-Earth he had obtained was even stronger by a notch than an ordinary Nine-Wheel Heaven-and-Earth, enough for Yushen Heaven-and-Earth to gorge itself.
Heaven exploded and earth cracked. The nine-story pagoda shattered with a boom. The Undying Dao hung in the void like a nine-heavens galaxy. Life force turned into a waterfall and poured down, irrigating within it. Heaven-and-Earth began to re-evolve, and it was the re-evolution of a Nine-Wheel Heaven-and-Earth, pure to the extreme. Pure Heaven-and-Earth power surged out crazily. Yushen Heaven-and-Earth opened its mouth wide and absorbed with full force.
Nine Heavens Fate Art.
Lin Moyu used the Nine Heavens Fate Art to speed up Yushen Heaven-and-Earth's absorption. The absorption speed of the already Eight-Wheel Yushen Heaven-and-Earth was already extremely fast, but now that what was evolving was a Nine-Wheel Heaven-and-Earth, Yushen Heaven-and-Earth still could not absorb it in time.
From this one could see that the difference between Nine-Wheel Heaven-and-Earth and Eight-Wheel Heaven-and-Earth was enormous.
From the start of the evolution, Lin Moyu knew that Yushen Heaven-and-Earth could not possibly advance to Nine-Wheel Heaven-and-Earth this time. The gap could not be bridged all at once.
But it did not matter. Yushen Heaven-and-Earth's foundation was already solid. The little tree's earlier feedback to Yushen Heaven-and-Earth had helped a great deal. As long as he found one more Nine-Wheel Heaven-and-Earth, it would probably be enough.
Soul particles flew out, helping Yushen Heaven-and-Earth absorb the excess Heaven-and-Earth power. The soul particles were small, but their appetite was huge. Each one could devour an enormous amount of Heaven-and-Earth power. The more Heaven-and-Earth power the soul particles absorbed, the stronger his soul would become.
Lin Moyu faintly felt that the soul's union of real and unreal might be stronger than he had imagined. There were still many mysteries he had not discovered.
Everything proceeded step by step, orderly and well-arranged. Yushen Heaven-and-Earth became stronger, and the little tree benefited as well, growing together. And as the little tree grew, it could feed back to Yushen Heaven-and-Earth even better. The two complemented each other and benefited each other.
If the first Heaven-and-Earth Great Calamity were not about to arrive, Lin Moyu would not even need to rack his brains to search for Nine-Wheel Heaven-and-Earth. If he simply continued in this state, in as little as ten thousand years and at most a few ten-thousand years, Yushen Heaven-and-Earth would certainly reach the Nine-Wheel Heaven-and-Earth standard.
Unfortunately, the Heaven-and-Earth Great Calamity was about to arrive. There was not that much time for Lin Moyu.
There were extremely few Nine-Wheel Heaven-and-Earth. There were only nine in total. Now that he had obtained one, there were eight left.
The Life-Forbidden Zone was a vast void. Finding Nine-Wheel Heaven-and-Earth within it was extremely difficult.
Lin Moyu pondered. Besides the little tree, were there other ways to find Nine-Wheel Heaven-and-Earth?
Everything had a sliver of hope. There were several paths to becoming a true supreme powerhouse. Methods to find Nine-Wheel Heaven-and-Earth definitely did not stop at one.
The little tree is searching, and I cannot be idle.
Lin Moyu began to deduce. Various methods emerged, then were denied.
Going into the Life-Forbidden Zone to search was not realistic. Moreover, the little tree was already searching. Each root was its eye. If even the little tree could not find them, going himself would be the same.
The Calamity Scepter might have worked in the past, but that would require leaving Heaven-and-Earth and looking down over the void of the Life-Forbidden Zone. Once he left, the Calamity Scepter would most likely not come back. This method was also not feasible.
As for fate deduction, even the strongest fate cultivator since ancient times, the one known as the all-knowing True Lord Seeker-of-Knowledge, found it difficult to accurately lock onto a Nine-Wheel Heaven-and-Earth. Asking him to deduce the rough location of a Seven-Wheel Heaven-and-Earth might still be worth trying. Deducing a Nine-Wheel Heaven-and-Earth would almost certainly fail.
And now, the True Lord Seeker-of-Knowledge was only a remnant soul. Unless he were turned into an Undying Spirit, but the moment that thought arose, it was immediately denied. Lin Moyu had a bottom line. Doing that was absolutely not acceptable.
However, it was not impossible to go ask him. After all, those two had lived for countless years. What they had experienced and seen was far more than Lin Moyu. The Hongmeng Gemstone looked from the outside on a macro scale, while they had personally experienced things within Heaven-and-Earth. The results might differ.
With a thought, a soul avatar drilled into the Po-Cang Crystal.
Inside the Po-Cang Crystal, the two old men stared at each other, playing chess. They were playing a special kind of chess that Lin Moyu had never seen. It looked extremely complex. The chessboard was three-dimensional. Along its length, width, and height were one hundred and eight thousand lines each, forming a cube suspended in the void. Within the board, lines crisscrossed in all directions, chaotic beyond measure.
There were more than two factions in the game. It was a multi-faction melee. They each controlled one faction, while the other dozen-plus factions were evolved by them, with their spirits automatically controlling them.
Lin Moyu did not interrupt. He stood to the side and watched quietly.
At a glance he could see that within this chessboard was contained the Great Dao of Heaven-and-Earth. It was not something ordinary people could play. At the very least, one had to be a Supreme to be qualified to participate.
After watching for a while, Lin Moyu roughly understood the rules. This chess looked complex, yet it was somewhat similar to formations.
Po-Cang Emperor was extremely strong and crushed the current age, but in chess, he was not as good as the True Lord Seeker-of-Knowledge and was at a disadvantage. If not for several other factions interfering with the True Lord Seeker-of-Knowledge, Po-Cang Emperor's forces would have already been wiped out.
Po-Cang Emperor's voice came to his ear. "Young friend, are you willing to enter the game and fight?"
Lin Moyu smiled. "Sure, but I do not know the rules."
Po-Cang Emperor said, "No matter. As long as you enter the game, the rules will naturally become known."
Lin Moyu agreed. With a thought, in one corner of the board, an additional faction appeared.
Lin Moyu also received all the rules of this game at the same time. This game was called the Chess of All Living Beings. It had only one purpose: survival. Whoever survived to the end won.
Within the game, after each period of time, a great catastrophe would occur. Each catastrophe would kill many forces. To survive, one had to develop and grow. To develop and grow, one had to obtain resources and raise strength. For that, one had to eliminate other forces and seize their resources.
One could also search for wild resources, gain resources through exploration, and raise strength.
Lin Moyu had just joined and had limited resources and limited forces, but his position was in a corner, attracting no attention. Disasters would also not reach here, giving him enough time to develop.
Lin Moyu began to play according to his own approach. The world in the board was somewhat similar to the real world. It seemed one could set up formations, but one's own strength could not be displayed in the board.
The soul was useful. The stronger the soul, the more forces one could simultaneously control. Those extra forces could only fight automatically.
The more Lin Moyu played, the more something felt off. He felt that his forces were like an expedition team in the hands of a true supreme powerhouse. He himself had become the true supreme powerhouse, controlling an expedition team to attack other Heaven-and-Earth and scour for resources.
The entire chessboard was like the Life-Forbidden Zone, with countless dangerous regions. Those wild resources were like undeveloped fragments of Heaven-and-Earth wreckage.
This Chess of All Living Beings is not ordinary.
Lin Moyu's heart stirred. He realized something was not right. But since he had entered the game, he would act boldly. Win or lose did not matter, but he had to act according to his own will.
Soul power spread out, and he began to lay formations.