Chapter 1440
The First Saint's Path to Despair
Chapter 1440 The First Saint's Path to Despair
Lü Yang's voice reached Chu Sheng's ears.
In an instant, Chu Sheng froze, his expression changing several times. And what happened next confirmed what Lü Yang had said.
[Variable] No response!
As the holder of the "fixed number," the First Sage, who suppressed the "variable number" for countless years, had a deep understanding of it and was even more proficient in how to borrow its mysterious power.
In his previous life, he relied on this understanding to navigate between "fixed fate" and "variable fate," saving the situation from collapse several times. However, this time, after transcending the situation, he could no longer sense "variable fate," as if he were just an irrelevant outsider.
"trap."
At this moment, Chu Sheng couldn't help but grit his teeth, and he more truly felt the trap within transcendence. This was the reason why Lü Yang allowed him to transcend.
He has indeed become stronger.
However, this also cut off his escape route and caused him to lose the glimmer of hope that exists in everything, leaving him powerless when faced with a desperate situation.
"No, I haven't lost yet!"
The next second, the First Saint rallied his strength, his body, which had just been cut in half by Lü Yang, reassembled itself, time reversed, and in the blink of an eye, he returned to his peak.
He is a transcendent being!
As long as this essence remains, he will always be superior to Lü Yang at this moment, able to suppress the Seed of the Great Dao and ensure that Lü Yang cannot become a deity.
As long as Lü Yang cannot reach the Divine Realm, no matter how strong he becomes, it will be useless, because the Divine Continent will eventually be destroyed and the final calamity will come sooner or later. When facing the true final calamity, he can survive by virtue of his transcendent nature, while Lü Yang will surely die. As long as he perseveres until then, he will still be the victor!
In short: I'm going to stall!
Thinking of this, Chu Sheng completely gave up the idea of fighting Lü Yang. His figure split in the river of time, turning into countless illusory figures.
Then, they fled!
They fled to an even more ancient time, to a more distant future, going in all directions, everywhere, just to hold out a little longer in Lü Yang's hands!
At the same time, he did not forget to continue to draw upon the power of the Great Dao Seed.
Forcing Lü Yang to restart in this way will certainly make him stronger, but it can also effectively consume the number of restart attempts, making him unable to cope with the final tribulation.
It must be admitted that the First Saint remained calm even at this point.
His response was essentially using someone else to do his dirty work, but it hit Lü Yang right where it hurt. After all, without transcendence, he was powerless to resist the final tribulation.
This has nothing to do with strength; it's purely a matter of compatibility.
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"Who says I can't transcend this?"
Looking at the struggling Chu Sheng, Lü Yang remained calm and unhurried, not in a hurry to pursue him. Instead, he stood still and began to form a magic incantation.
Immediately, the immense power emanating from the [Variable] continued to affect multiple timelines. Everyone who had met, fought, or spoken with Lü Yang in the cycle of the [Book of a Hundred Lifetimes] recalled their past memories, but Lü Yang's existence began to fade away in the next second.
Yes, forget.
The figure belonging to Lü Yang gradually disappeared from time and space, and this forgetting first occurred in the people with whom he had the least relationship.
For example, Liu Xin, and Xiao Shiye.
If we were to compare Lü Yang's life to a book, then at this moment, the extras in the book have lost their memories related to the protagonist, Lü Yang.
As they forgot about him, Lü Yang's figure suddenly blurred, and his previously locked-up energy seemed to be released for a moment.
This change naturally did not escape the discerning eye of the First Sage.
"How is that possible?"
In an instant, Chu Sheng, who had been focused on escaping, suddenly stopped, turned his gaze back, and stared intently at Lü Yang, as if he had seen something illogical.
Just a moment ago, he actually sensed the image of [transcendence] on Lü Yang. Although it was very faint, it was indeed there. And if Lü Yang had also transcended and obtained the truth from this thought of Nascent Soul, then his escape would really become meaningless!
But this shouldn't be happening.
Si Chong's transcendence took 129,600 years, not even including the countless years of accumulation before him; it was the crystallization of his knowledge and wisdom.
His detachment was also like that.
[The Other Shore] Ascension, the final and ultimate leap, although the methods are different, are the same as his hard work, the culmination of his countless years of deduction.
And what about Lü Yang?
What kind of foundation does he have? At most, he has only cultivated for a few hundred thousand years. Becoming a Dao Master is already a stroke of luck from heaven. How could he possibly design a method to transcend?
It took me countless years to finally transcend, while you are about to achieve it with ease?
This is not fair!
The sage was completely baffled.
Lü Yang was well aware of this, and laughed heartily, "Because I'm different, and from the very beginning, I've been completely different from you."
I am a time traveler!
I have no wisdom or light, nor am I an ancient cultivator. I came from another world. From the very beginning, I have been a person who is detached from this world!
"It's just that as I've become entangled with so many people in this world, accumulating karma with each restart, it has obscured my transcendent nature, trapping me in the mortal world. In other words, as long as I erase these karmas from my body, I can naturally transcend!"
Lü Yang spoke with absolute certainty.
In this process, more and more people have forgotten his existence, and his figure has thus withdrawn from all time and space, rising to a higher place.
The transcendent energy became increasingly evident.
Upon seeing this, Chu Sheng's expression became even more frozen. However, in his state of "Supreme Forgetfulness," he would not experience negative emotions, but would only think of countermeasures.
'It's come to this now.'
Soon, just as before, he found the best solution: 'If I can't achieve the Nascent Soul stage, then I'll prevent others from having any hope of doing so!'
Upon realizing this, the First Sage immediately looked at the [Book of Divine Fortune and Mandate] in his hand, then suddenly gripped the book tightly, pouring all his boundless power into it.
Under his infusion, the [Divine Destiny Book] cracked little by little, and the Great Dao Seed that the First Saint had sent into it also erupted with a violent wail at this moment, mysterious and surging, with various colors of light intertwining. In the dim light, it actually cracked together with the [Divine Destiny Book]!
Upon seeing this, Lü Yang raised his eyebrows slightly.
"The Book of a Hundred Generations—!!!"
The next second, the dream vanished, and everything started anew. However, both the [Divine Destiny Book] and the Seed of the Great Dao remained cracked.
Uniqueness!
Although the two supreme treasures will be affected by the reopening, their existence itself will not be shaken, and they will not be repaired by reopening after being broken.
This was also the purpose of the First Sage.
"Let the uniqueness of the two treasures clash. At worst, we can destroy the [Divine Destiny Book], shatter the Seed of the Great Dao, and unleash all its power!"
The First Saint's eyes were filled with calmness, a madness called rationality. Beneath his calm gaze lay a raging torrent. In an instant, Lü Yang understood his thoughts: "Once the Seed of the Great Dao is blown up, it cannot be repaired even if it is reopened. The power that erupted has nowhere to go but will spread and boil around."
At that time, the First Saint will undoubtedly be the person closest to that great power.
"Either I absorb all the explosive power and transcend to become a god, or we'll both be blown to bits by this power. Neither of us will win!"
This is exactly the style of the First Sage.
Upon hearing this, Lü Yang immediately frowned: "You want to die together with me?"
"Click!"
The First Sage did not answer, but instead tore the [Book of Divine Fortune and Mandate] even further, causing the Seed of the Great Dao to shatter simultaneously, and the boiling light became even brighter.
"The Book of a Hundred Generations—!!!"
In an instant, the entire world was plunged into an indescribable illusion, but Lü Yang accelerated the reopening process, continuously accumulating his own power.
Both sides are racing against time.
Lu Yang wanted to quickly raise his power to a level that could completely suppress the Initial Saint, while the Initial Saint wanted to detonate the Seed of the Great Dao before that happened. In the process, Lu Yang was also rapidly severing the karmic ties on his body. However, when these karmic ties involved Ancestor Tingyou, True Man of Demon Slaying, Suo Huan, and even Ang Xiao, the World Honored One, Dao Tianqi, and others, Lu Yang's actions inevitably faltered, and he hesitated for a moment.
Should we sever our karmic ties with them?
Should we make them forget themselves too?
A brief hesitation became the deciding factor in this protracted battle. Taking advantage of Lü Yang's momentary hesitation, the First Saint completed all his preparations ahead of time!
"Boom!"
A deafening roar, like the creation of the world, erupted in the hands of the First Saint, accompanied by an indescribable, dazzling light that encompassed countless colors.
"I won!"
At this moment, the First Saint raised his head.
"Human nature, in the end it all comes down to human nature. You lost because of human nature. You were a step too slow. If you had been more decisive, I might have been the one who lost."
The voice of the First Saint gradually faded into the distance.
During this process, Lü Yang clearly sensed a mighty force that transcends all things, spreading out despite the influence of the [Book of a Hundred Generations]!
The Seed of the Great Dao has shattered!
At the same time, the First Saint was also fully prepared to meet the roaring power of the Nascent Soul stage, risking his life to refine it, and thus achieve Nascent Soul transcendence.
However—at that very moment.
Suddenly, Lü Yang, who had severed many karmic ties and revealed a transcendent aura, suddenly plummeted and was once again covered by the turbulent karma of the mortal world.
He himself changed his expression at this moment.
His brows relaxed, the tension of racing against the First Saint was gone, and there was even a hint of genuine relief. He then gave the First Saint a deep look.
The sage immediately understood the meaning in Lü Yang's eyes.
That glance was filled with pity.
Are you kidding me? Pity me?
No, that's not right. What was going on with his energy before that? Wasn't he supposed to be transcending? Why isn't he transcending now?
"Please, you believe everything I say?"
Lu Yang casually patted his sleeves and laughed, "What natural transcendence? If transcendence could be achieved simply by severing cause and effect, I wouldn't have to go through all this trouble."
"What's the meaning."
"So you mean I was lying to you!" Lü Yang laughed loudly, "I am a True Monarch of the Holy Sect, and a true disciple of the Sword Pavilion. You should know I wouldn't tell the truth!"
There is no transcendence at all!
Rather, it's more accurate to say that his ability to undergo three transformations and take control of the "variable" was entirely due to the divine sword left behind by his master, Shi Weixiong; it was only through external means that he was able to achieve this.
Before this, Lü Yang had never thought of transcending.
How could someone like that possibly remain detached in the face of danger?
Only a fool would believe that!
Lu Yang shook his head: "Severing cause and effect is just revealing my true nature as a transmigrator, and I'm only slightly similar to a transcendent being."
True transcendence is not so easy.
As soon as he finished speaking, the face of the First Saint froze completely, solidifying in a fraction of a second of the moment when the Seed of the Great Dao shattered and its immense power erupted.
However, Lü Yang didn't care at all and continued:
“Besides that, you made another huge mistake.”
"You seem to think that I'm the same as you."
At this point, Lü Yang shook his head: "Admittedly, I don't deny that you and I are indeed very similar, in some ways we are practically cut from the same mold."
"However, my experience is different from yours."
“Look around you, old man. At this point, you're all alone, while I have friends with powerful connections.”
"What do you have to fight me with?"
"And what makes you think I would really be willing to sever all ties with myself, abandon everyone else, and pursue transcendence at all costs?"
"Judging others by your own standards?"
"You know, now that there are more karmic entanglements and more exchanges, I've even started to find that old bald monk, the World Honored One, much more agreeable lately!"
This was a fatal mistake.
If the First Sage hadn't regarded Lü Yang as one of his own kind, he wouldn't have been misled by Lü Yang's claims of transcendence and ultimately made the decision to perish together with him.
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Lu Yang's words were like a blow to the heart, and they did indeed silence Chu Sheng for a moment, but he quickly regained his composure: "Even so, the result will not change."
Even if transcendence is a lie, the First Saint was still tricked into a dead end by Lü Yang.
It may be a dead end, but it is not a dead end.
"As long as I can withstand the onslaught of power after the Seed of the Great Dao shatters and refine it, I can still become a Nascent Soul cultivator. Whether you are lying to me or not is no longer important."
Upon hearing this, Lü Yang's eyes showed even more pity.
"It's really sad."
"Until this moment, you still don't understand your true situation. I saw it clearly a long time ago. Perhaps this is what happens when you're too involved to see clearly."
Upon hearing this, the First Saint was stunned once again.
"What.?"
What is the real situation?
The initial sage had some doubts, but he quickly put them aside and stopped looking at Lü Yang, turning instead to the Seed of the Great Dao.
At this point, there's no point in saying anything more.
The seed of the Great Dao has already shattered, and the conversation between the two sides was only made possible by the great power of the enlightened ones. Time will eventually continue to move forward.
Therefore, he only has one thing to do.
Hang in there!
'By enduring the immense impact of the shattered Seed of the Great Dao, refining it, and achieving the Nascent Soul stage, I will remain the ultimate victor!'
In this situation, distracting thoughts will only affect the purity of his primordial spirit.
Therefore, the First Sage directly abandoned his conversation with Lü Yang, and even gave up sensing external objects, focusing all his attention on the Great Dao Seed in front of him.
He was actually quite confident about this.
Because he has already abandoned all worldly constraints, leaving only his obsessions, he walks the path of the Great Dao alone, and has already transcended it one step ahead. He will surely be able to seize this opportunity!
Then, in the next instant...
"Boom!"
The shattered Great Dao Seed was like a portal that had been opened, and the torrent of power surging out from it was unstoppable, instantly engulfing the First Saint!
(End of this chapter)