Chapter 3281: Truly excellent!

He changed the subject, "Alright. Let's stop talking about the past here; if we continue, we might be overheard. If you want to know everything…"

"Wait until you become a Great Venerable in the future, and those two old men will tell you. Although you can obtain the fifth gem, you certainly cannot use it yet. Do not be anxious, because your cultivation realm is still far from sufficient."

"However, there is one benefit: the scepter of calamity is a treasure above the Chaos Realm, so it will not be discovered."

"As for the due boat, you can make good use of it. Especially when going to dangerous places, the due boat can help you overcome calamities."

"I chose this name. If you do not wish to call it the due boat, you can change it to a name of your own choosing."

Great Venerable Tianzai's speaking speed began to accelerate. His hearty tone carried a sense of relief, which was understandable.

Having guarded this place for so many years, he must have been in a deep slumber, but surely there were times when he was awake.

He possessed all the memories and knew that his true self had long since fallen. The more this was the case, the harder it was to endure. Furthermore, his wait for the future was indefinite; he did not even know if his plan could succeed.

If it failed, countless years would have been spent in vain. In such a predicament, if Great Venerable Tianzai's Dao Heart had not been firm, he likely would have collapsed long ago. Now…

Lin Moyu had arrived. Great Venerable Tianzai's vigil had finally yielded a result, and his performance seemed to satisfy him.

Therefore, he was about to dissipate. Everything that needed to be said had been said; he had merely told a story.

He had not touched upon any matters regarding cultivation. Lin Moyu understood that he did not want to interfere with him.

Regardless of whether he was his reincarnation or not, he wanted him to walk a path that belonged solely to himself, even though he had layouts and arrangements.

But those were merely guidelines. The real difficulties on the road needed to be overcome by himself. Only in this way, with both cultivation and Dao Heart growing stronger together, would he eventually have the opportunity to surpass the former Great Venerable Tianzai and surpass Chaos.

To defeat that indescribable existence—all of this was very difficult. He could choose to give up at any time, but Great Venerable Tianzai knew, and he also understood, that giving up was impossible.

Chapter 4289: The Fifth Gem

He was already halfway there and could only walk to the end. Lin Moyu bowed to Great Venerable Tianzai.

"Farewell, Senior." Without a formal goodbye, Great Venerable Tianzai gradually faded away amidst loud laughter.

Following this, a golden square stele was revealed. After waiting for countless years, this consciousness of Great Venerable Tianzai had finally reached its end.

At the moment of dissipation, there was no sadness, but rather a sense of relief. Lin Moyu was likewise neither happy nor sad.

He knew that Great Venerable Tianzai likely had other remnants of consciousness remaining. This setup was massive, and the information had been scattered and separated. Like a broken puzzle, he needed to piece it together bit by bit. After Great Venerable Tianzai's consciousness dissipated…

A square stele half the height of a person emerged. The two characters "Due" appeared on the stele; this was the core of the due boat.

As long as he refined this stele, he could obtain full control over the due boat and become its master.

At that time, if he did not wish to call it the due boat, he could change the name to whatever he pleased. His soul descended into the square stele to begin refining it.

This process was not difficult for Lin Moyu. With the Chaos Ancestral Tree supporting him from behind, he did not need to worry about his soul power being exhausted at all.

Ten Dao sublimations, purifying the soul time and again, had elevated the essence of his soul. The benefits were clearly revealed at this moment; in just a hundred days, the due boat had been refined.

At this moment, Lin Moyu learned all the information about the due boat and finally knew what level of treasure it was: it was a Chaos Realm Ultimate treasure.

Among the treasures of the Chaos Realm, there were roughly three levels: Low-level, High-level, and Ultimate.

Among them, Low-level and High-level treasures could exist innately or be forged by humans. But Ultimate treasures were different; Chaos Realm Ultimate treasures were all birthed from Chaos itself.

It was impossible for humans to forge them. The due boat was exactly like this; it was birthed by Chaos.

However, it did not originally take this form; it was later modified into this shape by someone. If Lin Moyu wished, he could also change its form, but it would require a massive amount of time, and Lin Moyu could not be bothered to do so.

The scepter of calamity was a supreme treasure transcending Chaos, and the due boat was a Chaos Realm Ultimate treasure; these were both things that it could not destroy.

Moreover, the scepter of calamity could pose a threat to it. It seemed that its capability had reached its limit here; perhaps it could exceed it slightly, but not by too much. The chaos pearl should also be a Chaos Realm Ultimate treasure, and he needed to obtain the chaos pearl.

To make up for his own deficiencies, Lin Moyu calculated in his heart and discovered that Great Venerable Tianzai was right. The Dao was not invincible; he had every hope, and even…

Great Venerable Tianzai had once had a chance, but he failed. However, all of this was too early for him. With a thought…

Lin Moyu appeared in the palace in the Core Area of the due boat. The palace was nameless, extremely exquisite and magnificent. However, in contrast, there were many damaged areas within the exquisiteness; the due boat had clearly gone through a great battle.

Tremendous power had surged into it, causing some destruction here, and at the same time, this power had also damaged the main body of the due boat.

This was why the due boat itself had some gaps; it was also because of this that Palace Master Wushi Tianxu was able to infiltrate the Chaos Qi at that time.

If the due boat had been in perfect condition, he would not have had a chance. Decorations were scattered all over the palace.

Every single one of them could be considered a decent treasure; at the very least, in terms of their materials, they were all from the Chaos Realm.

If used for refining artifacts, one could obtain many good things. When the due boat was birthed by Chaos, it should have been empty inside. Later, it was obtained by someone who changed its form.

It became the due boat, and the things inside were added by later people, including statues, the palace, and so on.

Lin Moyu had no interest in these materials and would not admire them. With a swoosh, the Wings of Chaos suddenly unfolded. The Wings of Chaos flapped slowly, stirring up gusts of breeze.

There were raging flames within the breeze. The treasures scattered on the ground were swept by the wind and immediately ignited.

They melted in the flames at an extremely slow speed, and were then pulled by an invisible force, merging into the Wings of Chaos.

The complex patterns on the Wings of Chaos lit up, as if replenishing power. Lin Moyu could feel the Wings of Chaos gradually becoming stronger.

These Chaos Realm materials could all fuse with the Wings of Chaos, enhancing the power of the Wings of Chaos. After just a moment…

The palace had turned into a sea of fire, and everything that could be refined was burning, but the palace itself was not affected.

This palace had been refined and moved in by Great Venerable Tianzai back then; it was a Chaos High-level treasure, and the Wings of Chaos could not refine it.

Besides this, there were a few other treasures like this. With the current power of the Wings of Chaos, it could only refine and fuse Chaos Low-level treasure materials. Lin Moyu was already very satisfied with this; Great Venerable Tianzai could be considered to have left him a not-insignificant fortune.

Otherwise, these Chaos treasures would not be easy to find. Suddenly, the corners of Lin Moyu's mouth twitched involuntarily. Could this also have been calculated by him?

Thinking about it, it was unlikely. If he could even calculate the techniques he possessed, Lin Moyu felt that Great Venerable Tianzai should not have lost back then.

The refining was still continuing, and the flames were raging; this required a process and could not be rushed. Lin Moyu arrived at the deepest part of the palace, where there was a huge gap.

The gap was hideous, like the mouth of a man-eating beast, with countless cracks spreading in all directions until they vanished into the void.

This gap was the place where the due boat had been damaged back then. To be able to damage a Chaos Realm Ultimate treasure—even the Heaven and Earth Great Venerable might not be able to do it.

The perpetrator naturally surfaced. After countless years, there was still residual aura from the great battle at the gap.

Under Lin Moyu's careful sensing, he could feel that terrifying power that transcended everything. Lin Moyu felt a sense of shock once again.

That level of power had not been erased after countless years. Just as Lin Moyu was observing, a faint light flickered within the gap.

The residual power within it suddenly condensed, forming a point of light—the residual power of the Dao.

After being ground down by countless years of time, it had not completely dissipated but instead had given birth to an obsession.

Lin Moyu's arrival awakened it. The point of light was rapidly strengthening, harboring hostility toward Lin Moyu.

Without a second thought, Lin Moyu took out the scepter of calamity and smashed it down directly. With a bang, this point of light was smashed to pieces. Facing the scepter of calamity, even the residual power of the Dao could not stir up any trouble.

Lin Moyu observed at the gap for a while and determined that the due boat was difficult to repair. This kind of Chaos Realm Ultimate treasure was naturally birthed from Chaos.

Although powerful, once damaged, it was almost impossible to repair. Even though it was damaged, the due boat remained a supreme defensive treasure; as long as he hid inside…

Even the Heaven and Earth Great Venerable would find it difficult to hurt him. It was still the best choice for saving one's life. However, Lin Moyu had another idea.

If his Wings of Chaos were strong enough to refine the due boat together with it, perhaps he himself could possess the abilities of the due boat.

Possessing it himself, compared to relying on external objects, was like the difference between heaven and earth. If he could really do this…

The damage to the due boat would not matter. Lin Moyu turned his head to look at the very top of the palace, where the fifth gem belonging to the scepter of calamity was emitting a grayish light.

Lin Moyu flew over and held out the scepter of calamity. The scepter of calamity burst into light. Along with the four gems on it, they all simultaneously emitted a hazy glow, enveloping the fifth gem. "Return to your place!"

Following Lin Moyu's low voice, the fifth gem took the initiative to fly into the scepter of calamity, returning to its rightful position.

In an instant, the scepter of calamity bloomed with a blinding light, illuminating the entire palace.

Chapter 4290: Wait Until You Become a Great Venerable

A friction sound came from the scepter of calamity. The positions of the five gems began to change. Originally, the five gems were arranged in a ring, forming a circle.

Now, the five gems had changed positions; the four gems of Soul, Element, Balance, and Domain were located at the top, bottom, left, and right, while the fifth gem moved to the center.

It seemed to have become the ruler among the gems, and the other gems existed around it. After the gems changed their orientation…

The scepter of calamity's rays retracted. Apart from the change in the positions of the five gems, the scepter of calamity did not look any different.

Lin Moyu tried to check the Core Area inside the scepter of calamity; it was still in a closed state, and because of the return of the fifth gem…

The independent space in the Core Area became more stable and powerful. With such solid barriers, Lin Moyu felt that even if he used all his strength, he could not enter.

He knew that before he became a Heaven and Earth Great Venerable, it was impossible to open this independent space again. The power sealed inside would not be able to return either. By leveraging the level of the scepter of calamity, he would thus be able to avoid the prying eyes of the Dao.

But in this way, if he encountered danger, he would be unable to reach his peak state to deal with it. His survival ability had become weaker.

Without dwelling too much on this problem—dwelling on problems that could not be solved was useless—Lin Moyu began to examine the fifth gem.

This gem, located in the center and clearly in a ruling state, emitted a grayish aura. It was completely unremarkable, but when his soul power touched it, Lin Moyu's expression suddenly changed.

The cause-seeking ring appeared in his hand. "Activate Effect Without Cause, sever the karma of the past!"

Lin Moyu shouted in a low voice. The power of backlash rushed over, and his soul and physical body shattered with a roar.

Purple light flashed. The just-deceased Lin Moyu was resurrected in the purple light, and then shattered again.

At the same time, immense karma attacked from all directions. The cause-seeking ring shone, absorbing the karma.

Simultaneously, it turned into backlash and fell upon Lin Moyu. Lin Moyu died time and again, and was reborn time and again.

The cycle was endless. Great Venerable Tianzai had said before that the due boat and the fifth gem both carried immense and ancient karma.

Once he accepted them, the karma would follow. Using the cause-seeking ring could avoid this karma, but using the cause-seeking ring required bearing the power of backlash. Even with Lin Moyu's Chaos-ified soul and physical body, in the face of such immense and ancient karma…

He would still be crushed by the backlash. The cause-seeking ring was a Chaos Realm Ultimate treasure, on the same level as the due boat. Its power was unimaginable. Great Venerable Tianzai's words had not been exaggerated in the slightest; Lin Moyu had just felt a massive amount of karma piercing through time and surging toward him.