"The Heavenly Dao of the universe?"
This was the first time Xu Mo had heard such a saying.
Were Earth and the dozens of remote worlds not truly independent worlds?
The drifting bottle said, "That's right, it's the Heavenly Dao of this universe. Some call it the Will of the Universe. It is supreme, beyond description, beyond utterance."
Seeing the drifting bottle speak so mysteriously, Xu Mo frowned slightly. Then, he unleashed the Chaos Cauldron, obscuring the heavenly secrets of this region, and said,
"Since you say it is the Will of the Universe, then it should be just and impartial. But when I acted earlier, it had emotions. I could feel its anger."
The Heavenly Dao is impartial, treating all things as straw dogs.
Before the truly supreme Heavenly Dao, galaxies, universes, and all living beings should be like grass and dogs in its eyes, and it should not have any other emotions.
But during the tribulation of the Nine Tribulation Heavenly Lightning, Xu Mo could clearly sense that the will behind the heavenly tribulation was emotional and sought to destroy him.
Including when he plundered Bai Yue's lightning tribulation, and when he greeted the Heavenly Tribulation during the Old Demon Emperor's tribulation, that will had also become enraged.
"This bottle doesn't know about that, but I can be sure that the gaze watching you is related to the Will of the Universe!" the drifting bottle said.
It was part of the rules of the struggle for survival, and the struggle for survival was originally derived from the Will of the Universe, just like heavenly tribulations.
Therefore, it was particularly sensitive to the Will of the Universe.
"Will of the Universe, is there a possibility of it being replaced?" Xu Mo suddenly asked, almost scaring the drifting bottle to death!
"Are you trying to court death? What nonsense are you spouting? It is supreme. The universe is it, and it is the universe. Formless yet manifest, manifest yet formless, it is omnipresent. How could it possibly be replaced?"
The drifting bottle felt that Xu Mo had truly gone mad, saying such thoughtless things.
What was the Will of the Universe? It was the consciousness born from a universe, profound and mysterious, yet existing in reality.
Unless the entire universe collapsed, the Will of the Universe would not be affected.
The bottle flickered incessantly, extremely uneasy, as if fearing that in the next second, the gaze of the Will of the Universe would fall upon them, crushing them into dust.
However, the Chaos Cauldron was extraordinary. By obscuring a region of heavenly secrets, it isolated all scrutiny.
This also made the drifting bottle secretly heave a sigh of relief.
"Is that so?" Xu Mo hesitated for a moment, also feeling that his idea was somewhat absurd.
To be able to replace the Will of the Universe, what kind of terrifying existence would that be? Perhaps only the will of another great universe could achieve it.
"Perhaps I'm overthinking it. But this Will of the Universe doesn't seem to welcome me. What is the reason for this?" Xu Mo was somewhat indignant.
Since it was the Will of the Universe, it should treat everyone equally. Why would it discriminate?
The drifting bottle fell silent. It didn't know what to say.
With the few words you insulted the Heavenly Tribulation with, even a dog would chase after you and bite you. And you still expect the Will of the Universe to give you a good look?
"I think, perhaps it's related to you plundering heavenly tribulations," the drifting bottle could only choose this answer.
Xu Mo shook his head. "Plundering heavenly tribulations was something that happened later. I'm talking about when I was undergoing the Nine Tribulation Heavenly Lightning, the Will of the Universe wanted to kill me, and it was a manipulated killing!"
He had not forgotten that during his Saint Tribulation, at the last moment, a will had descended into the Heavenly Tribulation, manipulating the Nine Tribulation Heavenly Lightning to strike at his weak points with extreme ruthlessness.
If he hadn't sensed the danger and timely hidden in the Chaos Cauldron that time, he would have already died.
Even now, as a Great Saint, he was not confident he could withstand that Nine Tribulation Heavenly Lightning head-on.
"This..."
The drifting bottle hesitated. It had been present throughout Xu Mo's tribulation that time and had noticed the descent of that will.
"Perhaps this world does not allow geniuses who have passed the Nine Tribulation Heavenly Lightning to appear?" the drifting bottle could only come up with this answer.
"Does not allow?" Xu Mo shook his head. If it truly didn't allow it, then this Nine Tribulation Heavenly Lightning shouldn't exist in the first place.
He continued to question the drifting bottle, wanting to know if there were any records of the Nine Tribulation Heavenly Lightning before ancient times.
"No, not a single record," the drifting bottle answered decisively.
"Even those exceptionally talented individuals whose names are etched in the annals of history, the ancient emperors, only managed to pass through eight tribulations of heavenly lightning, forging supreme Dao foundations. Beyond that, there was no further path."
It paused for a moment and then said, "Actually, it's not that there are no records. In ancient times, there was an ancient emperor who reversed the path of cultivation. He remained in the Saint realm for a very long time, as if he had discovered something. Later, the ancient emperor began to re-cultivate, tempering himself in the Quasi-Saint realm for tens of thousands of years before undergoing tribulation, but ultimately died under the heavenly tribulation."
"How many tribulations of heavenly lightning did he undergo?" Xu Mo hurriedly asked.
The drifting bottle said, "There are no records. Everyone believes it was eight tribulations of heavenly lightning. But it is very strange that an ancient emperor who re-cultivated died under eight tribulations of heavenly lightning. After all, this ancient emperor had also become a saint by passing through eight tribulations of heavenly lightning before his re-cultivation."
At this moment, the drifting bottle felt something was increasingly amiss.
Before encountering Xu Mo, this "anomaly," it hadn't thought much of it. Now that it had witnessed the birth of the Nine Tribulation Heavenly Lightning, it meant that the Nine Tribulation Heavenly Lightning was real, just rarely encountered.
Or perhaps, all the peerless geniuses who encountered the Nine Tribulation Heavenly Lightning, like that ancient emperor, had all died.
"Hiss...!" The drifting bottle felt a chill run down its spine, as if it had guessed some grand conspiracy. The entire bottle turned pale with fright.
Xu Mo's expression also became solemn, and he said in a deep voice, "Looking at it this way, that ancient emperor back then must have undergone the Nine Tribulation Heavenly Lightning. It's just that he died, annihilated under the Nine Tribulation Heavenly Lightning, leaving no trace behind!"
He looked up at the sky, feeling only a gloomy and oppressive atmosphere.
"Stop guessing wildly. Perhaps it's just a coincidence. Where are there so many grand conspiracies in this world?"
The drifting bottle felt that Xu Mo had led it astray, and it had started to think wildly.
"I hope so," Xu Mo also hoped he was overthinking things.
However, setting aside the distant past, the fact remained that the Will of the Universe held malice towards him and even wanted to kill him.
He would not sit idly by. Although he didn't know why the Will of the Universe hadn't directly unleashed world-ending divine punishment to kill him, and could only act rampantly when heavenly tribulations appeared.
But this was a good thing. At least it wouldn't force him to face the Will of the Universe directly. Otherwise, with the strength of a Saint, it would be utterly insufficient.
"Let's focus on the struggle for survival first, obtain immortal destinies, and ascend to become immortals. That way, I will have more confidence!" Xu Mo muttered to himself.
He planned to make arrangements in advance to avoid being caught off guard when other worlds descended.
With a wave of his hand, he summoned a palace maid and instructed her to gather all the officials of Da Gan in the great hall, as he had important matters to announce!
The palace maid received the order, retreated hastily, and quickly went to inform the court officials.
As soon as the news spread, the entire imperial capital was thrown into a commotion.