Chapter 2024

Although they were all called Peak Supremes, there was actually a massive gap in their strength.

This was the case for Supremes, and after reaching the Heavenly Venerable Realm, the gap in combat strength at each rank would be further widened.

Thus, when she previously saw the hundreds of Skeleton Kings, Heavenly Venerable Qingling felt that she could still put up a fight.

If their realms continued to rise, the gap would become even larger.

Lin Moyu had now reached Peak Supreme, but he still had some way to go before reaching the Heavenly Venerable Realm. He still needed to obtain more origins, allow the Great World to promote, and receive its feedback.

He was already bound to the Great World and did not want to use other origins to raise his own realm.

"World-grade origins are hard to find, but I can fuse more rank-seven origins for the Great World to devour and improve." "This way, my breakthrough to Heavenly Venerable shouldn't be too slow."

Lin Moyu thought to himself, already having an idea.

The corners of his mouth curled up slightly. "But before that, I need to make preparations and fuse rank-seven origins into each of my spells to lay a solid foundation."

Chapter 2425: I Have a Bold Idea!

The mist gradually dispersed, and the Boundary Sea, which had been shrouded in mist for many days, appeared fully and clearly in sight once more. The sky remained as dim as ever, and the waters of the Boundary Sea continued to surge. The three previous worlds were like three fleeting passersby, leaving no trace behind. This world was just that cruel; very few would remember what had passed. No matter how glorious it once was, once it turned into history, it would never appear again. Lin Moyu felt fortunate that the Great World had finally survived its most difficult trial. Surviving a great disaster brings fortune afterward; Lin Moyu believed the Great World would have a bright future. As the mist completely cleared, Heavenly Venerable Shuizhi floated up. "Kid, return it to me!"

Lin Moyu threw the World Treasure over. "Thank you, Senior. It is returned to its rightful owner!" He then took out ten jars of fine wine and threw them to Heavenly Venerable Shuizhi as well.

Heavenly Venerable Shuizhi caught the fine wine without any politeness. "You kid, why are you so generous this time?" Lin Moyu smiled and said, "Look at what you're saying. When have I ever been stingy?"

Heavenly Venerable Shuizhi snorted. "That's true!"

Over the years, although he only gave one or two jars at a time, Lin Moyu would never refuse as long as Heavenly Venerable Shuizhi asked.

These past few years had been the years where Heavenly Venerable Shuizhi drank the most.

Lin Moyu asked, "Senior, will there be more worlds crashing into us next?"

Heavenly Venerable Shuizhi looked at him. "What are you thinking? Do you think other Heavenly Venerables are fools? Others have long seen how you dealt with those worlds."

"Even if they didn't see it, they could sense it through various secret methods."

"Those guys are all shrewd. They've long changed directions and won't come crashing into you. I can tell you with absolute certainty that everyone in this sea area will avoid you." Lin Moyu had long expected this. Being able to use the mist to trick a few more worlds was already the best outcome. He sighed softly. "There's nothing we can do about that."

"It seems that trying to promote the Great World to rank-seven next is truly not going to be easy."

Without other worlds coming over, he could only fuse origin crystals himself and provide them to the Great World.

That efficiency naturally couldn't compare to absorbing other worlds.

But now, it was his only option.

Heavenly Venerable Shuizhi snorted. "You're dreaming. A rank-seven world—how many people can actually promote their world to rank-seven?"

"Even if they can, how much time would it take? Don't start daydreaming just because you devoured a few world origins."

"Besides having enough origin, a rank-seven world has other requirements."

"Are there Heavenly Venerables in the world? How many?"

"Among these Heavenly Venerables, has anyone reached the high-level tier?"

This was the first time Lin Moyu had heard of this concept, so he couldn't help but ask, "Could you tell me in detail?"

Heavenly Venerable Shuizhi said lazily, "This old turtle is thirsty!"

If you're thirsty, drink water. The water in the Boundary Sea is enough to burst you.

Moreover, didn't I just give you ten jars? That's a hundred thousand catties! You've forgotten about it in the blink of an eye?

Lin Moyu grumbled inwardly, but his body was very honest as he took out another jar of wine and gave it to Heavenly Venerable Shuizhi.

Only then did Heavenly Venerable Shuizhi say with satisfaction, "A rank-seven world is also called a high-level world because rank-seven origins appear in it. Moreover, it is a world-grade rank-seven origin, and its value is immeasurable."

"Many Heavenly Venerables who have reached their limit can use world-grade rank-seven origins to promote to Dao Venerable."

"If they haven't reached the peak of Heavenly Venerable, they can also raise their realm by one tier. If your family background is wealthy enough, you can absorb several more rank-seven origins and directly go from a low-level Heavenly Venerable to a Dao Venerable."

"Don't doubt it; someone has actually done this."

Lin Moyu wasn't particularly surprised. The Origin Continent was so vast, with various forces entrenched, and some of those powerful sects and factions had been passed down for untold years.

Taking out a few rank-seven origins might really not be a difficult task for them.

Heavenly Venerable Shuizhi first explained the uses of world-grade rank-seven origins, and only then did he start explaining how to promote a world to rank-seven.

A world's promotion at each rank was not something that happened randomly.

In addition to the Power of Origin, it also required the cooperation of internal forces.

To promote from rank-four to rank-five, the world must have at least one Heavenly Venerable.

And to promote from rank-five to rank-six, at least five Heavenly Venerables must emerge in the world.

Promoting from rank-six to rank-seven requires at least fifteen Heavenly Venerables.

However, these are not absolute conditions. There are some treasures that can ignore these requirements and directly raise a world to rank-seven.

Everything has two sides, yin and yang, positive and negative. World promotion does not rely solely on the Power of Origin; it also requires a combination of internal and external factors.

Of course, the Heavenly Venerables do not necessarily have to come from within the world itself; the master of the world counts too.

For example, for a mid-level Heavenly Venerable like Lei Hao, once his world promotes to rank-six,

to make the world progress toward rank-seven, he would inevitably strive toward becoming a Peak Heavenly Venerable, while also strengthening his level of control over the world.

Heavenly Venerable Shuizhi drank his wine, a thoughtful look appearing in his eyes, and his tone became very experienced. "Actually, for those people, cultivating a Boundary Sea World holds an unimaginable danger besides the World Dispute."

"Once, there was a High-level Heavenly Venerable who worked very hard to cultivate his world to rank-seven."

"When he wanted to harvest the origin, a Peak Heavenly Venerable within that world suddenly promoted to a Dao Venerable."

"Then, that Dao Venerable turned the tables and killed him instead!"

Listening to the story, Lin Moyu felt somewhat amused and helpless.

A Heavenly Venerable had gone through so much trouble to cultivate his world to rank-seven; that should have been such a joyful thing.

As long as he obtained the world-grade rank-seven origin and waited until he cultivated to Peak Heavenly Venerable himself, he would have hope of promoting to Dao Venerable.

But in the end, instead of reaping the harvest, he was killed by the Dao Venerable from his own world.

Who could he even complain to?

Lin Moyu said, "It seems an extraordinary genius appeared in his world, reaching Dao Venerable through their own efforts."

Heavenly Venerable Shuizhi laughed heartily. "Like hell they became a Dao Venerable through their own efforts! What do you know?"

"That fellow was originally a Peak Heavenly Venerable. Taking advantage of the world promoting to rank-seven, he secretly snatched some origin and barely managed to become a Dao Venerable."

"And he wasn't even a true Dao Venerable, only a pseudo-Dao Venerable."

"But a pseudo-Dao Venerable is still a Dao Venerable, which was enough for him to pull off the counter-kill."

"But then again, that Heavenly Venerable was also too careless. If he had been even slightly careful, he would have had ways to counter it."

Lin Moyu nodded. "Indeed. A World Master truly possesses the power of life and death over their own world and the living beings within it."

A World Master is essentially the heaven of the Boundary Sea World, controlling the power of life and death over countless living beings in that world.

As long as they are careful enough, the other party would have absolutely no chance of a counter-kill.

Heavenly Venerable Shuizhi said, "So after that, every World Master became exceptionally cautious with their own worlds. Once a heaven-defying genius appears in the world, they will definitely control them tightly or kill them outright."

Lin Moyu said, "I suppose most people would choose to directly strangle such a genius in the cradle."

Heavenly Venerable Shuizhi nodded. "That's right. Most people do exactly that; they don't allow anyone with a higher realm than themselves to appear in their world."

Cultivators are all selfish. To them, killing is as natural as breathing.

No matter how much of a genius they are, as long as they pose a threat, they are wiped out without exception.

The Dao Heart of any Heavenly Venerable is incredibly firm; they won't have any feelings of pity or sympathy.

All they pursue is the Dao.

Lin Moyu said, "I understand what you mean. I won't let my sympathy overflow; I will kill those who need to be killed."

Heavenly Venerable Shuizhi saying all this was simply to remind Lin Moyu to be absolutely careful.

After all, he was currently in the Boundary Sea, and the time in the Boundary Sea differed too greatly from the time inside the world.

While his realm hadn't increased by much, the realm of the cultivators inside his world had already become very high.

Once they surpassed him, a counter-kill became possible.

Lin Moyu said, "I will reach Heavenly Venerable and become a World Master as soon as possible. However, I… I have a bold idea."

Heavenly Venerable Shuizhi showed a very interested look. "Tell me about it. How bold is it?"

Chapter 2426: The Strongest Path, You Kid Must Be Crazy!

Lin Moyu was indeed very bold. The words he spoke next left Heavenly Venerable Shuizhi thoroughly shocked.

Heavenly Venerable Shuizhi couldn't even bother to drink his wine. With his mouth wide open and his neck stretched out, he stared blankly at Lin Moyu. "Y-You… you want to cultivate your world to rank-nine?"

Lin Moyu smiled. "Is there any reason why I can't?"

Heavenly Venerable Shuizhi dunked his head into the Boundary Sea, letting the freezing water clear his mind, before shouting loudly, "I think you've gone mad!"

Lin Moyu smiled. "I also said it's just a bold idea of mine. While it's bold, it shouldn't be to the point of being crazy, right?"

Heavenly Venerable Shuizhi snorted. "What do you know? Do you know why those Heavenly Venerables are so anxious to start harvesting the origin as soon as they cultivate their worlds to rank-seven?"

Heavenly Venerable Shuizhi revealed another secret, which was also an unwritten rule.

Once a world reaches rank-seven, its Power of Origin becomes extremely powerful, and the aura of the origin will diffuse very far. If it is not harvested in time, this aura will attract the attention of countless people.

Before long, the news will spread, and then the Dao Venerables will come.

Heavenly Venerable Shuizhi said, "When the Dao Venerables come, can you block them? And it won't just be one or two coming; there will be many! A rank-seven origin is more than enough to make Dao Venerables act."

Lin Moyu fell into silence. "It seems I was indeed inconsiderate."

It wasn't that he was inconsiderate, but rather that he simply had no idea such a thing could happen.

Heavenly Venerable Shuizhi took a large gulp of wine. "So, the World Dispute ends at rank-seven. Don't think about unrealistic things."

Lin Moyu pondered. "It seems if I want to cultivate the world to rank-nine, it cannot be done within the Boundary Sea World. Senior, if I fuse the Boundary Sea World with my Rule World, do you think it's feasible?" Heavenly Venerable Shuizhi spat out a mouthful of wine, his eyes wide. "After I said all that, you still don't want to give up?" Lin Moyu chuckled. "We're just discussing it. Just tell me, is it possible?" "Shut up and let me think."

Heavenly Venerable Shuizhi tilted his head, taking sip after sip of wine, thinking continuously.

Throughout his long life, within his countless memories, he searched and pondered the possibility of what Lin Moyu had said.

A ten-thousand-catty jar of aged fine wine was visibly nearing its bottom.

Heavenly Venerable Shuizhi finally spoke, "It's not entirely impossible. Someone indeed did this once before.

"However, his Boundary Sea World was only at rank-four at that time.

"That fellow did indeed fuse his Boundary Sea World into his Rule World, then actively ended his World Dispute and withdrew from the Boundary Sea."

"Afterward, others tried to copy him, but most of them did not succeed."

"According to the information obtained later, to fuse the Boundary Sea World into the Rule World while still preserving the origin of the Boundary Sea World, several conditions must be met."

Heavenly Venerable Shuizhi rummaged through his memories and finally dug up those dusty recollections.

World fusion was not as simple as moving the living beings and resources from the Boundary Sea World over,

instead, it required merging the two worlds together, with rules taking the dominant role.

The prerequisite was that the two worlds had to be extremely similar.

Secondly, the instinctive consciousness of the Boundary Sea World must not resist.

Lastly, the Rule World had to be powerful enough; otherwise, it would be unable to carry the Boundary Sea World.

None of these conditions were easy to fulfill.

Just the prerequisite alone was enough to stump a vast number of people.

For the Rule World to be extremely similar to the Boundary Sea World was another point that would stump many.

When transforming from the Primordial World into a Boundary Sea World, although it could be influenced by the master's will, some fundamental aspects would not change.

And by that time, a Heavenly Venerable's Rule World would have long since been set in stone.

The last condition wasn't easy either, unless the Boundary Sea World was still very weak.

Once the Boundary Sea World grew strong enough to reach rank-five or rank-six, the Heavenly Venerable's Rule World would instead be unable to accommodate it, making fusion impossible.

Heavenly Venerable Shuizhi chuckled. "Dumbfounded, aren't you? Now you know how difficult this is."