Chapter 482: Swallowed Whole
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Supremes making an alliance to deduce the future path of cultivation?
Immortal Venerate Golden Lantern couldn’t help but smile bitterly when he heard of Jiang Ming’s suggestion.
How could they not do such a thing before?
When they did it the first time, everyone ended up intriguing against each other, unwilling to put their true inheritance onto the table. In the end, this small group that had just been formed, disbanded.
The second time they did so was during the ending of the ninth great cosmic epoch. The most ancient remnant of the Supremes formed an alliance and were the first to reveal their cultivation techniques, collecting the ancient secret techniques and abilities. Everything was revealed to the public, which then attracted a large number of Supremes.
Together, they comprehended the past, deduced the future and sought to peer into the path beyond the Supreme Realm. In the end, they managed progress by half a step forward. Right when they thought success was just around the corners, one of the Supremes who combined the strength of the crowd, deduced a terrifying technique that was capable of devouring the origin of other Supremes into his own body as sustenance.
From this, he saw the hope of transcending. He thought if he swallowed every Supreme around him, he would definitely be able to break through the shackles, force through the fetters and set foot onto the higher realms.
He started to hunt furtively.
He killed three Supremes consecutively, yet other Supremes thought that these Supremes had merely gone to other parts of the Sea of Chaos for a break and didn’t keep their disappearance in mind.
However, when this killer killed the fourth Supreme, he was discovered by Immortal Venerate Golden Lantern and a fierce battle inevitably broke out. Although they managed to kill that Supreme, the other Supremes were no longer that united.
For the third time the Supremes gathered, they all made a vow not to hide their cultivation technique and at the same time not to lay hands on each other during the deduction of the future cultivation path.
Everyone had great hopes this time around as they placed great effort to the cause.
However, there were three Supremes who became bored and went around loitering in the Sea of Chaos. The three of them discovered a lone female Supreme Expert. Since they already had conflicts among them prior to this, they struck out to suppress each other after a brief exchange of words.
As if that wasn’t all, one of the Supreme Experts actually had the intention of hitting on the female Supreme Expert. As a result, the female Supreme Expert blew herself up. A few Supreme Experts from the previous universe rushed over and discovered the whole ordeal. Raging with fury, they began to retaliate.
Initially, the alliance didn’t give much attention to the Supremes of the Previous Universe. After all, their accumulations were very undermining.
Never would they have thought that there was a terrifying existence from the Previous Universe. As this expert had been cultivating in the Origin of the Universe all the while, none of the experts in the Sea of Chaos knew about him.
This expert, who was known as the White Carnage, forced his way through and went down a path of blood bath. He forcibly slaughtered his way through the alliance. Although he himself was killed in the end, it led to the collapse of the alliance and everything was for naught.
As Immortal Venerate Golden Lantern was reminiscing about the past, he became gloomy. “I suspect that Chaos’s will is intentionally targeting us. Otherwise, how would all three alliances end in failure?”
Jiang Ming also felt that it was iniquitous when heard the stories.
Alas, the alliance of the Supremes. They even prepared precautions but still failed all three tries.
“When the previous Universe was coming to an end, a few Supremes of the most ancient times charged into the universe in despair. They wanted to try and seek for the silver chance of life within. Universes were initially born into the world and perished at the end. They thought that there might be a great encounter between the edges of birth and death of a universe. This wasn’t just their speculation, but the speculation of every one of us. However, as soon as they rushed in, they were wiped out by a sudden appearance of a terrifying power.”
When Golden Lantern Immortal Venerate talked about this part of the story, fear could be seen in his eyes as he continued, “That power was extremely peerless. It was so powerful that the several Supremes of the pinnacle couldn’t resist one bit and died miserably there and then.”
He watched the whole scene unravel with his own eyes. It was also then that he fell into complete despair.
“Later, a group of Supreme Experts who were in despair, managed to forcibly charge into the Valley of the End. Forty-two of them went in yet only six of them came out at the end. The rest were all dead.” Immortal Venerate Golden Lantern’s face was filled with bitterness. “Fellow Daoist, having experienced so much, what do you think we would do if we come across the legendary World Tree, which could potentially contain the opportunity of transcendence?”
“To plunder it at all cost!” Jiang Ming replied.
Even Pan Wang nodded in agreement.
Anyone of different origin also had the same answer.
“It’s good that you can understand.” Immortal Venerate Golden Lantern said, “We ask for you to bring out the World’s Tree and together we will help it grow so that we can attain enlightenment and transcendence together.”
“I understand you, but I do not sympathize.” Jiang Ming suddenly smirked. “In fact, the emergence of you all is a great meal to me as well. All of you are Supreme Experts, who top your respective universes. As such, your hands must have also been stained with endless bloodshed. I have no qualms killing you all.”
“You’re thinking of killing us?” The Immortal Venerate Golden Lantern sneered. “To use us as sustenance for the growth of the World Tree? Alas, fellow Daoist! You’re thinking too highly of yourself! Such good words and yet it’s still too hard to persuade you. You are really courting death! Whatever! Now that we’ve already come to this point, there’s no longer any need to ramble more. Ten Thousand Calamity Formation, Ultimate Calamity Qi, descend!”
With a wave of his hand, he evoked the Sacred Formation directly. A black lightning could be seen appearing high in the sky, descending towards the top of Jiang Ming’s head in a flash.
“This is the power of Calamity that’s been collected from the destruction of many universes. It’s extremely terrifying. Coupled with the support of a great formation, who among the Supremes can even stand against this?” Just when Immortal Venerate Golden Lantern’s words fell, he saw a scene that completely horrified him.
Jiang Ming could be seen raising his head as he opened his mouth and swallowed the descending black lightning.
“Mere trickery!” Jiang Ming was still munching on the electricity.
“You, you, you…” As if the Immortal Venerate Golden Lantern had seen a ghost, his eyes almost popped out of his socket from shock. “You’ve broken through?”
“Of course!” Jiang Ming admitted, “It isn’t just me. Pan Wang has also broken through as well. It’s a shame that all of you have lost your chance to live. I no longer have the need to keep you all around either!”
*Clatter…*
The World Tree could be seen rushing out on top of Jiang Ming’s head. Its luminance of creation rose into the sky as its endless divine luminance showered the surroundings. The aura that it was naturally emanating propped up the many Sacred Formations. However, without even waiting for them to burst, all of these formations were swept off by a green luminance, suppressing every one of them.
All thirty-six Supremes didn’t even manage to struggle as they were all hung on the branches of the World Tree.
“What kind of power is this?” The Immortal Venerate Golden Lantern was extremely horrified. “Even if you’ve transcended, you shouldn’t be so strong that we can’t even resist at all!”
“You mean its power? It should be the transcendence beyond transcendence I think?” Jiang Ming merely gave such an explanation before evoking the World Tree to expand rapidly to envelope the universe in front of him.
The transcendence beyond transcendence? The Lord Saint?
Jiang Ming felt that the current power of the World Tree was now at least at the peak of the Lord Saint. It might even be beyond the Lord Saint Realm.
As the master, he could feel the horror of the power that was contained within this tree. It even made him tremble with fear. He even used to wonder what if the World Tree was sapiential and turned against him? Fortunately however, he had the support of the Human Path Record.
In just a few moments, the immense universe was swallowed whole by the World Tree.
In fact, it wasn’t swallowed. Rather, it was taken in by the World Tree into its self-evolving space of origin to be digested then.
It looked like the World Tree was keeping items into its storage. However, it was a universe this time around. The universe was so huge and contained such immense power. Yet, it was taken in just like that.
This was also the ability that was deduced by the World Tree as it continued growing and evolving.
“Pang Wang, Hong Ying, I’ll be returning to my place for a while. After this ordeal, I have a feeling that I’m going to make further breakthrough!” Jiang Ming looked at the two of them. “I’ll come back later on to help you two break through the shackles!”