Chapter 828 This is True Ten Thousand Daos Returning to One (Part 1, 6000)

“The Grand Void is boundless, and the stars are endless.”

“Within and without Heaven and Earth, between the vast universe, there are countless powerful saints. Your teacher is certainly not the strongest, but now, I can barely be considered able to roam freely between Heaven and Earth, living as I please.”

A simple pavilion burning precious incense; a Daoist temple that looks ordinary on the outside.

Standing outside Heaven and Earth, in a palm-sized world independent within a blessed land, with many strange and eccentric Xiantian Qi Spirits (innate energy spirits) possessing various divine powers.

And a white-haired master who, although with a strange temper, is extremely protective and caring of his disciples.

All of this constituted the most precious memories of Supreme Beginning Limitless Saint Venerable during his early years of Daoist practice.

He still remembered the words he heard from the Grand Origin Divine Sovereign when he was boasting to himself, long ago when he was still a young disciple under his master's care.

At that time, his master had just won a grand Dao contest witnessed by all the worlds, directly defeating another Saint Venerable with his hard strength. He glorified the Grand Origin Heavenly Sect in front of many great powers, attracting many surrounding worlds to come and pay tribute, a magnificent scene of ten thousand worlds worshiping immortals.

Not only the teacher, but even the sweepers in the Grand Origin Heavenly Sect were high-spirited, a remarkable honor in the mortal world.

After all, if they weren't the pride of heaven in a world, they wouldn't even be accepted as sweepers.

Having won this Dao trial, his teacher seemed to finally breathe a sigh of relief. After proving his own Dao, he touched the head of Supreme Beginning Saint Venerable. After laughing heartily three times, the white-haired old man suddenly seemed dejected.

The Daoist, who had always been unruly and arrogant, shook his head and sighed softly, "Unfortunately, it's only barely considered freedom—although I have merged with the Dao and defeated a strong enemy, your master is not a fool who can't see the truth. How could I not know that there are stronger experts than your teacher in this boundless Grand Void?"

With such a sigh, this God Monarch who had merged with the Dao patted the shoulder of Supreme Beginning Saint Venerable, full of emotion, "Although I am now considered invincible in this group of worlds, being invincible is not freedom... I have to protect many worlds, teach you little brats, and spread the Dao of the Five Great Origins to the world, to glorify my Grand Origin Divine Sect."

"Just protecting many worlds is not something I can do alone with my strength. Being a little stronger is meaningless. Other God Monarchs who have merged with the Dao have plenty of ways to hold me back. Moreover, our competition is not a life-and-death battle, so it doesn't count for much."

As he spoke, the Grand Origin Divine Monarch's gaze became deep.

The old man's beard and hair fluttered slightly, and his voice seemed to come from the distant depths of space, "If I don't become the strongest, how can I talk about freedom?"

"No, even if I become the strongest, can I really be free?"

"Freedom... is extremely difficult."

At that time, Supreme Beginning Saint Venerable was still very young. In terms of cultivation realm, he had only just awakened—he was an abandoned baby randomly picked up by the Grand Origin Divine Monarch. His innate talent was not top-notch, but he was calmer than others, spoke less, and was endearing.

However, looking at his master's expression, which was both self-satisfied and sorrowful, he couldn't help but speak.

"But, Master."

He said, "If you have to become the strongest to feel freedom... wouldn't that be the least free?"

Supreme Beginning Saint Venerable still remembered the moment when his master's aura suddenly paused.

At that time, the Grand Origin Divine Monarch was stunned for a long time before laughing softly, shaking his head and saying, "That's what I say, little brat... but if you're not strong, how can you be at ease?"

"If you can't be at ease... how can it be considered freedom?"

The Saint Venerable knew.

Supreme Beginning Saint Venerable knew.

Although enough time had passed for a world to rise and fall hundreds of times, for a civilization to be destroyed and reborn thousands of times, the Daoist named Supreme Beginning Limitless Saint Venerable still remembered his master's expectations for him, knowing the 'hope' that the other party held for him.

He hoped that he could become a god who could feel 'freedom' without having to be the strongest.

But he himself, the Grand Origin Divine Monarch, could not do it.

This was his inner demon, his great Dao, the cause, obsession, and origin of why the Grand Origin Divine Monarch could achieve merging with the Dao from being mortal.

——He had to constantly challenge other strong individuals to prove that he was the strongest.

——He had to prove that he was qualified to achieve.

——He had to prove himself.

——That he could be free.

Therefore, he sought it in vain.

So, back then, when Supreme Beginning Saint Venerable learned that his teacher had gone to the Hun Tian World to challenge Holy Evolution Immortal, one of the Five Supreme Sages of Hun Tian, known as the 'Source of Myriad Spirits', he was not surprised. He even left the Grand Origin Heavenly Sect in advance and reminded all his familiar fellow disciples to leave as soon as possible.

He knew that his teacher was no match for the Five Supreme Sages of the Hun Tian Great World, and that the Hun Tian Supreme Sages were originally famous for killing. Even if they had killed less in recent years and their reputation had improved, which of them hadn't overturned the world and reshaped the Hun Tian when they achieved Dao, forcing them to redefine the epoch cycle?

His master would inevitably be defeated, the Grand Origin Heavenly Sect would inevitably be destroyed, and even he himself was very likely to die from a trace of the aftermath that Holy Evolution Immortal casually slapped over along the causal connection.

But Supreme Beginning Saint Venerable didn't feel any abruptness or anything wrong.

——He had to challenge, he had to defeat everyone. When his teacher came into contact with the strong individuals of the Hun Tian World, he had already determined his own defeat.

Because he was such a guy who couldn't feel at ease unless he became the strongest.

Because his master was such a person... He had said all this possibility when all the disciples were accepted, and they had all agreed. Since they enjoyed the benefits of being a disciple of the Grand Origin Divine Monarch, they should bear the karmic consequences of the same identity.

Even today, Supreme Beginning Saint Venerable himself has also achieved merging with the Dao, and has seen many other God Monarchs who have merged with the Dao.

He discovered that all the powerful God Monarchs who had merged with the Dao couldn't really be considered 'free'.

Yes, even if they controlled the power of a universe, could create their own small world, could add a basic law to the universe, could create heaven and earth, could do everything that could be done in the universe... all God Monarchs who had merged with the Dao couldn't be considered free.

The Heavenly Will God Emperor had to take care of his own clan of subjects. He was the celestial tree of a world, and all things were his children. Even just to make his subjects happy, the Heavenly Will God Emperor had to tirelessly pursue higher realms, ensuring that all things could be happy under his protection.

Although the Micro-Constant Civilization almost never stopped its steps of conquering all things in order to build its eternal wonders, the desire to be higher and stronger, to build more and greater wonders, was their instinct. This race, which was not known to be great or cruel, vowed to create a truly eternal thing that would last longer than their own lives, longer than their own civilization, and be greater, only in this way could they prove the traces of their eternal existence.

As for the Ephemeral Insect Race, there was no need to mention it. These monsters existed to live, to exist, to remember, until the end of eternity... They were just bugs, what freedom was there to speak of?

Too much.

No God Monarch who had merged with the Dao could be like a desireless mortal, even if it was just 'very free' on the surface.

Because they knew too much, because their power was too strong, because they were too close to the truth, because the responsibilities they shouldered were too vast and heavy... most importantly, because of their eternal immortality, there was no death as an end, and there was no clear end to the implementation of everything.

Therefore, there was no freedom.

Freedom did not exist.

With this thought in mind, Supreme Beginning Saint Venerable let go—finally, he could ignore the things that bound him and do some things he wanted to do at will.

The actions of the Supreme Beginning Dao Sect could no longer stir his heart; the open and secret struggles between his one hundred and eight disciples would not make him feel a headache or want to dissuade them.

Although he was already very strong, he would not care if others were stronger than him; even if he wanted to refine pills to achieve the great torrent, he would not think about whether the residents of the worlds he captured, whether other Immortal Venerables or Immortals, would resist.

Anyway, freedom didn't exist, what was the point of thinking so much.

Do whatever you want, and if you are going to lose, then you are inferior in skill and willing to admit defeat.

If you are going to die, then just die, there is nothing wrong with that.

——In this way, perhaps it can be considered freedom?

Originally, Supreme Beginning Saint Venerable had always thought so.

Until now.

Until he was grabbed by the neck of his Dharma body and forcibly stuffed into a great world.

Pain? Humiliation? Neither... Although the gaze of others was not meaningless, it was not something worth caring about now.

What Supreme Beginning Saint Venerable felt now was a sense of confusion.

Because, he felt a kind of temperament that he had long denied but deeply yearned for from the Primordial Candle Dragon, the young God Monarch who was forcefully pinching his neck.

Freedom.

[Why?]

Even though he was being restrained by the most brutal means, he was still puzzled: [Primordial Candle Dragon, you clearly care about many things... You came from the distant beyond for the sake of the world behind you, you were indignant about the tragic encounters of the beings under my command, you rebuked us God Monarchs who have merged with the Dao for not formulating a good and benevolent order]

[You are a good person, at least better than us. You are compassionate, broad-minded, you are decisive and resolute, you have your own goals, you have your own beliefs... you are indeed a God Monarch, worthy of the power of the praise of all beings lingering on you]

[But, that's all there is to it]

[How can you, in the situation of being entangled in so many causes and beliefs... feel freedom?]

In the eyes of Supreme Beginning Saint Venerable, the Primordial Candle Dragon in front of him, the young man with long hair, the spiritual light scattered around him was light and graceful, like a flame swaying in the wind, without any restraints, no causal connections could trouble him.

He had something to do, but he was not attached to anything. His belief was very firm, and his will was ardent, but it was not 'stubborn' or 'arrogant'.

"Why?"

Then, he heard a rhetorical question with a strange tone.

Su Zhou tilted his head, somewhat puzzled, and said, "Why can't you feel freedom in the presence of cause and belief?"

"On the contrary, you, don't you feel freedom when you carry out your Dao?"

Supreme Beginning Saint Venerable was stunned.

Just like the Grand Origin Divine Monarch back then.

And at the moment he was stunned, along with a 'boom' sound, the Daoist's head, along with his body, was smashed into the sealed universe by Su Zhou with absolute brute force, mixed with the halo of the Heavenly God Scale.

At this moment.

The entire sealed universe, the space-time close to the crack area where Su Zhou was, vibrated with bursts of spiritual energy waves visible to the naked eye. Tens of thousands of civilizations lost their control over space-time in this instant, and spacecraft traveling through space-time were shaken out of their routes.

And a smaller number of civilizations opened their observation facilities in shock, and they hastily opened observation formations and instruments used to observe many space-time cracks amidst sharp alarms.

Then, they saw a young man they were extremely familiar with, descending into that empty universe void with another powerful existence who had only half of a blurry light form left.

"Is that Lord Su Zhou?!"

"The first Ω-level spiritual energy user in our universe?"

"No... not just Ω-level! This aura... this aura is simply beyond what an Ω-level can compare to!"

An observer very commonly activated his cooling system, reversing air cooling. This mechanical lifeform said in shock, "Could it be... the realm of 'Dao Architect' recorded by our ancestors?!"

"Who is that person next to him... also equally powerful, could it be... Lord Su Zhou has already had conflicts with those strong individuals from outside the universe and won?!"

Su Zhou could hear this information related to him. Not only that, but his friends who were chanting his name on Earth did not even need to be relayed through Shao Shuangyue. They only needed to silently recite Su Zhou's name in their hearts. If Su Zhou, who had achieved merging with the Dao, wanted to hear it, he could hear it in this multiverse.

[...The Five Great Origins are the five inheritances passed down from the Grand Origin Heavenly Sect since ancient times. Although they are not yet perfect, they explain the five transformation processes of the world's birth details, and should be able to create five God Monarch Supreme Beings]

Although he was restrained by Su Zhou, Supreme Beginning Saint Venerable was actually resisting at all times.

It looked like the Saint Venerable was grabbed by the neck, but were the God Monarchs who had merged with the Dao such inconvenient objects? If he was careless, it was very likely that Supreme Beginning Saint Venerable would grab Su Zhou's hand with his neck and seriously injure Su Zhou with his head.

It was just that his attacks were difficult to shake Su Zhou's defense no matter what. The feeling was like a vast torrent pouring into the sea without a ripple, making it difficult for him to imagine why the Primordial Candle Dragon's endurance would be so powerful.

After being silent for a long time, and confirming that he could not break free, Supreme Beginning Saint Venerable slowly opened his mouth: [Endless time, only Ancestor Supreme Polarity Dao Venerable, Master Grand Origin Divine Monarch, and I have achieved merging with the Dao, and have empirically proven the highest achievements of these five inheritances]

[And the ultimate goal of the entire inheritance of the Five Great Origins is to pursue 'freedom'... All things are born after the fact, and even the many Void Demons, known as innate divine demons, are just acquired things that exist after the birth of the multiverse. And acquired things cannot reach the realm of freedom]

[If someone can learn the Five Great Origins, they can trace back to the source and create the source of light of this boundless Grand Void]

Saying this, Supreme Beginning Saint Venerable slightly opened his eyes.

A round of pure colorless but extremely shining firelight lit up.

The fire of origin, the light of creation, the source of the divine opening... it has many names, and for 'Grand Origin Divine Monarch' and 'Supreme Beginning Saint Venerable', this is the 'power of existence'.

In the world shrouded by the Grand Origin Divine Monarch's Great Dao in the past, the power of existence was the foundation of the Grand Origin, and it was also the root of all existence. If the power of existence was lost, everything of an existence would disappear, whether it was the memory of others, the records in books, or the records in the world, everything would be forgotten, cease to exist, and completely disappear.

Existence is the foundation of the universe, and it is also the foundation of all things in the multiverse.

[But Master failed]

Supreme Beginning Saint Venerable slightly shook his head: [He could not trace the true spirit back to its source]

[I know this idea is very evil, but if even the true spirit cannot be traced back, how can the Grand Origin essence of this boundless Grand Void Myriad Worlds be restored?]

[Master could not accept this point, so he was determined to seek out the Holy Evolution Immortal, known as the 'Source of Myriad Spirits', to trial Dao, wanting to rely on fighting with this Supreme Sage who had the deepest research on the true spirit to comprehend the eternal and immortal essence of the true spirit]

"Sigh..."

Su Zhou listened to Supreme Beginning Saint Venerable's words, then slightly shook his head and sighed, "This is not your fault... the fact that the true spirit cannot be erased is the truth of the multiverse. You are actually walking the right path, but you are entangled in the wrong place."

"Destroying the true spirit? You can't compete with the creator of the multiverse - even Transcendents can't."

At this moment, taking advantage of Su Zhou's opening, Supreme Beginning Saint Venerable resisted a few more times.

He raised his wrist, and the dark vacuum of the sealed universe immediately surged with a torrent of rainbow light composed of runes - a God Monarch in the 'Thought-Dyed Void' realm, even if he went to other universes, could also display his Great Dao and immerse his Great Dao into the universe.

In this endless torrent of rainbow light runes, pitch-black rifts and space-time distortions emerged... Supreme Beginning Saint Venerable used runes to distort the basic constants of the surrounding world, causing a weight of dozens of kilograms to collapse into a black hole, and the weight of a mountain could tear open the space-time of the universe, creating space-time rifts leading to the outer void.

He filled Su Zhou's surroundings with such distorted black holes and space-time, intending to reverse and banish this powerful enemy to the void of the multiverse... At that time, he, who could contact Supreme Beginning Heaven and also knew a little about Su Zhou's methods, would naturally not lose the first move so quickly and fall into a disadvantage.

But Su Zhou seemed to have anticipated all this. He didn't do anything superfluous, but only accelerated the acceleration of the entropy increase around him. The distorted low-mass black holes evaporated one after another, like dust burned to ashes in the fire, and the space-time rifts were even repaired by the universe's own restorative power, as if they had never been damaged.

This short Dao contest would occur tens of thousands of times in a second. The fleeting spiritual light formed a bright halo around them, both sacred and dangerous.

However, as Supreme Beginning Saint Venerable's own Great Dao gradually imprinted on the sealed universe, and his own power became more and more proficient, and his resistance to Su Zhou became greater and greater, this Saint Venerable suddenly discovered that Su Zhou showed a smile when facing him, who was gradually regaining all his strength.

"Don't you understand yet?"

The young man said calmly, "You haven't even understood why I pulled you into my old home... You don't still think I'm trying to block your connection to your Great Dao, do you? How could I not know the essence of Thought-Dyed Void?"

"Letting your Great Dao condense in the sealed universe, increasing the strength of the sealed universe... that is my purpose."

"And no matter how strong you become, you can't defeat me, because you haven't even understood what this 'incarnation' that is fighting you is."

[What are you saying...] Supreme Beginning Saint Venerable originally wanted to frown and ask Su Zhou what he meant.

But, in the next moment, he, who wanted to continue asking, was immediately stunned.

Because, the Daoist saw that behind Su Zhou, who was pinching his neck and looked like an ordinary human, another Su Zhou with an equally powerful aura, who was also a God Monarch, but had dragon horns and an aura that was more inclined to carefree demonic nature, like a demon master, unpredictable, suddenly walked out.

[What is appearing here is an incarnation]

The dragon-horned Su Zhou squinted his eyes, and his slightly narrowed dragon pupils carried a hint of contempt, a look that would not appear in the eyes of the human Su Zhou.

[All your attacks against me have been evenly distributed to all the incarnations from the beginning]

And in the next instant, another Su Zhou, wearing a haori robe and with eyebrows and eyes more like a divine bird, walked out from nowhere. His tone carried a hint of disappointment: [It's very simple to break it, you just need to block my connection with the multiverse - of course, you can't do it, why am I on good terms with the Pioneer Space, and I also have the Heavenly God Scale myself?]

[I was originally helping the Pioneer Space transport the world, so I didn't come back so quickly]

Boom! At this moment, another grand and majestic voice came, and not only inside the sealed universe, but also outside the sealed universe, the many God Monarchs who were concentrating on waiting for the battle result between Su Zhou and Supreme Beginning Saint Venerable suddenly were shocked.

Because, along with violent space-time fluctuations, floating in the multiverse void, what was in the vision of the many God Monarchs was a huge and ferocious divine tree giant ship.

That was also Su Zhou. The communication sound that shook the void rang out, shaking the space-time: [I only came because I heard the call of my friend - otherwise, I wouldn't want to care about you ordinary God Monarchs at all]

[I have a lot of things to do, I'm very busy... and the dangers that follow me are definitely more terrifying than you think]

Su Zhou's declaration with a clear threatening tone, although it would not be taken as a joke by the many God Monarchs, it would not make them feel fear.

Even a few particularly arrogant God Monarchs showed disdain... They would certainly admit Su Zhou's strength, but they didn't believe that in this multiverse, besides those elusive great torrents, what else could make a God Monarch perceive danger.

However, as more and more Candle Dragon incarnations appeared, as more and more Su Zhou incarnations returned from the many corners of the multiverse and gathered around his main body.

A trace of astonishment and hesitation also rose in the hearts of those God Monarchs.

[How is it possible?!]

[How can he have so many incarnations whose strength is comparable to his main body?!]

[A God Monarch world can only support one God Monarch incarnation, Primordial Candle Dragon... how many God Monarch worlds does he have?!]

How terrifying is the threat that he calls 'dangerous'...

Although they had such doubts, in the next moment, they no longer needed to doubt.

Because, the vast and mighty aura, enough to sweep through the heavens and myriad worlds, causing countless space-times, countless immortals and gods, and countless demons to fall into fear and despair, was sweeping in with irresistible force.

That was the end, the void, the silence, the desolation.

That was twilight.

The aura of 'Twilight' followed 'Candle Dragon'.

It should have been finished in 10,000 words, but today there is not enough time, and the leave slips have also been used up, so I can only send half of it. I will try to finish the next half before morning.