Yuan’s Ascension

Chapter 1075: A Deal

Within a rather tranquil world of the Desolation Divine Court headquarters, two majestic mountain ranges stretched endlessly, cradling a beautiful lake between them.

A large man in black robes lounged leisurely in a small pavilion by the lakeside, savoring fine wine and reading a book in his hand.

His aura was profound and mysterious. As he reclined there, the scene resembled an eternal painting.

“Big Brother, I’ve come to see you!” A shout echoed from beyond the world, entering the mind of the black-robed man.

Moments later, a youth in purple robes flew down, landing beside the lakeside pavilion.

“Tsk tsk, Big Brother, why do I get the sense that you’re becoming increasingly extraordinary?” the purple-robed youth remarked. “Just the act of you sitting here reading gives off a sense of transcendence. You’re looking more and more like an eternal lifeform. Big Brother, are you close to pioneering your own Dao?”

“Yin Luan.” The black-robed man glanced at him. “Why aren’t you hiding in your den, keeping your little girls company? What brings you here to bother me?”

“Hehe, what are you saying, Big Brother?” Overlord Yin Luan chuckled, shaking his head. “Those little girls are just for me to relax between cultivation sessions. But I’d never forget to come visit you, Big Brother.”

The black-robed man smiled faintly, saying nothing. He knew his brother’s nature all too well.

“I still can’t hide anything from you, Big Brother,” Overlord Yin Luan said. “It’s just… I’m still not over what happened at the Howling Dragon Mountain Range. Back then, working together with Zhua Wu and the others, we had nearly seized the treasure.

“But then Wu Yuan and Ming Jian ruined everything.

“Wu Yuan I can understand – he has late-stage Overlord strength and the Eldritch Court behind him.

“But Ming Jian? Who does he think he is? Merely a second-stage Overlord, yet he showed no respect at all for our Desolation Divine Court?

“I was the first to arrive and waited the longest. That treasure should have been mine.” Overlord Yin Luan grumbled resentfully. “If you had come then, Big Brother, you would surely have seized that Xiantian artifact.”

Even after tens of thousands of years, Overlord Yin Luan still harbored a grudge.

“Respect?” Overlord Bei Zhen said languidly. “How much is our Desolation Divine Court’s face worth? Ming Jian excels in Spacetime domains, while Wu Yuan is formidable in direct combat. The two of them drove back four Overlords including yourself. What more is there to be upset about?

Overlord Yin Luan pouted, clearly unconvinced by his elder brother’s words.

“As for me? Even if I had gone and defeated them, what’s there to boast about? All of you had already gone over, so I chose not to join in.” Overlord Bei Zhen shook his head lightly. “It was just some trivial treasure.”

He was a powerhouse that stood at the pinnacle of Overlords. In the vast River of Universes, aside from Overlord Yue Shan, almost no other Overlord could defeat him. He didn’t place much importance on a low-grade Xiantian artifact. At his level, breakthroughs could hardly be aided by external objects anymore.

“Trivial treasure?” Overlord Yin Luan shook his head. “Big Brother, that was a Xiantian artifact. And one quite suitable for me at that.

“With that Xiantian artifact, I might have reached the third-stage Overlord level,” Overlord Yin Luan sulked.

“Third-stage Overlord?” Overlord Bei Zhen glanced at him again. “Haven’t I given you enough treasures? You’re equipped rather well for an Overlord. Yet you still haven’t reached the third-stage Overlord level.

“I’ve given you many cultivation opportunities too, but you still can’t create an Overlord limitbreak ultimate technique, let alone an eternal one.

“Stop fixating on treasures. On the path of cultivation, Dao comprehension and creating ultimate techniques are the true way forward,” Overlord Bei Zhen said softly.

“Look at Wu Yuan and Ming Jian. Setting other things aside, their Dao comprehension level is approaching or even rivaling yours. How long have they been cultivating? Not even two hundred thousand years.”

Overlord Yin Luan was left speechless.

“Alright then. Go on now. When you create an Overlord limibreak ultimate technique, you’ll naturally reach the third-stage Overlord level,” Overlord Bei Zhen said, shaking his head. “You must understand, if you can’t even create an Overlord limitbreak ultimate technique, you’ll have no hope of becoming an Eternal in the future even if you brute force your way to the third-stage Overlord level.

“Even if you want to become a Heaven’s Stowaway, you’d need to create an Overlord limitbreak ultimate technique first.”

Feeling utterly helpless, Overlord Yin Luan could only meekly respond, “Yes, Big Brother. I’ll take my leave then.”

Soon after, only Overlord Bei Zhen was left alone by the lakeside.

Ming Jian? My little Junior Brother is indeed progressing quickly. He’s likely not far from the ninth-level Dao Field stage. Overlord Bei Zhen mused to himself. It probably won’t be long before he reaches my level.

As for Wu Yuan? The normally confident Overlord Bei Zhen felt a hint of hesitation.

Despite his confidence, he was filled with wariness towards Wu Yuan, that legendary monstrous prodigy.

We’ll see! My little junior brother seems to be on good terms with Wu Yuan. If we can’t gather enough people in the future, we can try inviting Wu Yuan through my little Junior Brother. Overlord Bei Zhen thought to himself. This time, I’ll help out with Wu Yuan’s request.

But what does he want information on the Abyss for?

…

Wu Yuan’s body refiner self and mana body fought side by side in the Hong Hu Macrocosm and the Howling Dragon Mountain Range.

To observers, it appeared as though Wu Yuan and Ming Jian were fighting together, both displaying shocking strength.

In particular, Ming Jian’s domain techniques caught the attention of Overlords across the universe and even the megaverse.

In his debut battle years ago, Ming Jian had barely reached the first-stage Overlord level, scraping the bottom among Overlords. But now he ranked solidly in the upper-middle tier.

Moreover, as an Overlord of Spacetime, his status surpassed that of most other Overlords.

…

Within the Yuan Realm headquarters of the Greenridge Macrocosm, three figures stood in a towering temple tens of millions of li high.

Two wore black robes and stood an immense three million li tall, radiating identical vital auras. The last figure in white robes seemed tiny in comparison, only a few meters tall, like a speck of dust. They were naturally Wu Yuan’s body refiner self, ether body, and mana body.

In recent years, his mana body always accompanied his body refiner self in battle.

My new ether body is finally cultivated. Wu Yuan smiled faintly. Now, its combat power rivals that of my body refiner self from ninety thousand years ago.

Over these ninety thousand years, Wu Yuan’s body refiner self had been wholly focused on comprehending the Great Dao of Creation to the ninth-level Dao Field stage. Unfortunately, he still hadn’t created a higher-level ultimate technique.

For Overlords approaching the limits of Dao comprehension, ultimate techniques were of utmost importance.

Take Wu Yuan from years past – even with slightly weaker Dao comprehension, his self-created ultimate technique had allowed him to rival Overlords in some ways.

Now he had broken through again in Dao comprehension, but without creating new ultimate techniques, the power of his moves had only increased marginally.

It could be said that in terms of the path of Laws, the strength of Wu Yuan’s body refiner self had improved very little. This was normal – the closer one got to the upper limit, the more common it was to go tens of millions of years without qualitative changes.

What he had done over these ninety thousand years was mostly accumulation. Once he created more powerful ultimate techniques, the power of his moves would undergo earth-shattering changes.

Meanwhile, I have undergone a transformation on the path of matter. Wu Yuan thought with satisfaction. Now, relying solely on the path of matter, I can rival an eighth-stage Sovereign.

After more than ninety thousand years, Wu Yuan was getting closer and closer to fully comprehending the five thousand Primal Force Diagrams.

The strength he gained from the path of matter fell short compared to his strength from the path of Laws, but they complemented each other. This allowed Wu Yuan’s body refiner self’s overall combat power to far surpass where it was ninety thousand years ago.

And my mana body, even without the lifebound flying swords, is similarly extraordinary in strength.

Only thirty thousand years remain before the time limit that True Saint Bu Xiu spoke of.

Thirty thousand years sounded like a long time. If he continued cultivating in seclusion, perhaps his body refiner self would create an even more powerful ultimate technique.

But Wu Yuan couldn’t afford to wait.

After all, he needed to hunt down a powerful Sovereign, and it might take him tens of thousands of years just to find his target. He needed to leave some buffer time.

It’s time to set out for the Abyss. But first, I should meet Senior Brother Bei Zhen. Wu Yuan gave a mental command, and a strand of consciousness from his qi refiner self entered the Spacetime Immortal Voidrealm.

…

In the temple specially created for Wu Yuan’s qi refiner self within the Spacetime Immortal Voidrealm.

Whoosh! A black-robed figure flew into the temple, smiling faintly. “Little Junior Brother.”

“Senior Brother Bei Zhen.” The avatar of Wu Yuan’s qi refiner self stood up, also smiling. “Please, have a seat.”

The two sat down across each other.

“I’ve made arrangements for the favor you asked of me before,” Overlord Bei Zhen said with a faint smile. “Since you’ve contacted me again, I’m assuming you’re ready to make your move?”

“Yes,” Wu Yuan nodded.

Over these ninety thousand years, besides focusing on cultivation, Wu Yuan had made extensive preparations for his venture into the Abyss.

On one hand, he had worked through the Eldritch Court’s vast intelligence network to gather information on the Abyss’s internal affairs, especially regarding Devil Emperor Xue Gu and Sovereign Gui Chi. In this way, he had roughly confirmed Sovereign Gui Chi’s strength and range of activity.

On the other hand, after leveraging many channels, Wu Yuan unexpectedly learned that Overlord Bei Zhen had two friends who were Devil Emperors from the Abyss. Having Devil Emperors as friends was something even the many Overlords of the Eldritch Court couldn’t boast of. In the end, Wu Yuan chose to request Overlord Bei Zhen’s covert assistance.

“Very well, as you proposed earlier, I will ask Devil Emperor Ku Mu to intervene, using the pretext of a treasure-hunting expedition to lure Sovereign Gui Chi to the Tangyi Sea in Sector 13 of the Abyss,” Overlord Bei Zhen said softly. “Then, we shall capture him.

“When you come to the Desolation Divine Court, I will provide you with a token. At that time, the Abyss Sovereign you’ve commissioned can use the token to contact Devil Emperor Ku Mu and facilitate the transaction,” Overlord Bei Zhen fixed his gaze on Wu Yuan. “But the price, as you know, is a Xiantian artifact.”

“Understood,” Wu Yuan nodded.

Indeed, this was Wu Yuan’s plan. Relying solely on his own abilities to infiltrate the Abyss and search for Sovereign Gui Chi would be far too challenging. The odds that he’d be exposed before even locating his target were high.

It was far better to offer a valuable treasure and attempt to strike a deal with a Devil Emperor of the Abyss, enlisting their aid to capture Sovereign Gui Chi.

Even if they couldn’t capture the target’s true self, seizing his ether body would be half the battle won.

As it turned out, Wu Yuan’s strategy seemed to have partially succeeded. Only partially, because there was hope of deceiving Sovereign Gui Chi’s ether body, but his true self remained elusive for now.

Even Devil Emperor Ku Mu, despite expending considerable effort, had failed to locate him.

The Abyss was unlike the universe. On one hand, it lacked macrocosms, devoid of any absolutely safe havens. On the other, the powerhouses of the Abyss constantly warred amongst themselves, and it was not uncommon for Overlords to betray their subordinate Sovereigns for personal gain.

Consequently, beings of the Abyss were incredibly slippery, especially the super powerhouses, most of whom concealed their true selves in the deepest recesses.

“Thank you, Senior Brother.”

…

After finalizing the arrangements with Overlord Bei Zhen, Wu Yuan’s body refiner self, accompanied by his ether body and mana body, swiftly departed from the Greenridge Macrocosm, making haste towards the Desolation Divine Court headquarters.

The two locations were separated by a vast distance of several hundred billion light years, yet with the speed of Wu Yuan’s mana body, he arrived in merely one hour.

Subsequently, Wu Yuan acquired the token and headed directly for the entrance to the Abyss.

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