Demon Cultivator in Abyssal Era

Chapter 735: Chapter 337: Balance of Life and Death

Should one ultimately choose a predetermined and stable path to divinity?

By choosing this path, he could surpass many Celestial Kings in a very short time and reach the pinnacle that humanity has never achieved—

God!

Becoming a god means enjoying life in luxurious spans counted by millennia!

After a long contemplation, Chu Xiu exhaled deeply, clasped his hands together, and said, "I have one more question, and I’d like Lord Blood Pool to enlighten me."

"Speak," Ashtar replied impatiently.

Chu Xiu asked, "I want to know, after becoming an Awakened, is it only through advancement trials that one can rise in tier and cannot break through on their own?"

Hearing this, Ashtar showed a peculiar expression: "Do you not know that advancement trials are a unique advantage for the Awakened? Although they are dangerous, they save hundreds and thousands of years."

"Without advancement trials, most people wouldn’t break through their bottleneck before they died of old age."

"With such a powerful ability, you surprisingly don’t want to use it?"

Chu Xiu said, "I ask the Divine Envoy to inquire on my behalf."

Ashtar stopped speaking and merely turned to look at the rift behind him, seemingly communicating with some distant presence.

After a while, Ashtar turned back and said, "There are naturally ways to do it, and there are three."

This made Chu Xiu’s expression light up with joy, and he hurriedly said, "Please, Divine Envoy, tell me."

Ashtar said, "The first method is, naturally, to use a special artifact to abandon being an Awakened."

As soon as he said this, the joy on Chu Xiu’s face significantly diminished.

He was aware of this method, much like Qin Xiang, lost in the Abyss, who used an artifact to abandon the Awakened identity, allowing him to survive a failed trial.

But giving up the identity of the Awakened means forfeiting all the associated benefits. He would from then on be unable to traverse different worlds, and many artifacts on him would become useless.

Chu Xiu had not yet grown to the extent where he could freely explore the Abyss. At this stage, he still needed to utilize the abilities of the Awakened; otherwise, he couldn’t quickly acquire resources while trapped on Blue Star.

More importantly, only the Awakened can use Cause and Effect Points.

Chu Xiu was well aware that without assistance from Cause and Effect Points, the lack of cultivation resources in this world meant he couldn’t go far on the path of cultivation.

"What about the other two methods?" Chu Xiu asked.

"The second method is to have a Divine King, or a Main God who controls certain special rules, intervene to fully obstruct the Abyss’s probing when you break through."

"However, this could provoke the Abyss’s malice, so almost no gods would agree to it."

Upon hearing this, Chu Xiu was left with only a wry smile.

Ask a Divine King for help? What nonsense is this?

Even a low-level God wouldn’t pay any attention to the current Chu Xiu.

Even Blood Pool would only look at him differently after he won in competition and achieved the position of God. It’s impossible to ask for help against the Abyss.

And Ashtar’s next words made him completely give up on this notion.

"I also just learned from the lord that quite a few Divine Kings are already experimenting with methods to oppose the Abyss. They even have specific plans to nurture talents independent of the Abyss."

"But unfortunately, even after paying a huge price, this path has ultimately ended in failure. None of the talents cultivated in this way could achieve divinity, eventually vanishing into the long years."

"To this day, only a very few Divine Kings are still attempting this."

"If you can contact them, with your talent, they might invest in you, but the Abyss is too vast. Even Lord Blood Pool needs to spend a massive amount of energy and resources to reach them, and the probability that you would meet a few of them is close to zero."

Upon hearing this, Chu Xiu sighed lightly: "And what about the third method?"

At this point, he had little hope left.

Ashtar said, "The last method is to forcibly counter the Abyss using Cause and Effect Points."

"Forcibly counter the Abyss?"

This left Chu Xiu momentarily stunned.

"Correct," Ashtar nodded, "you should also know that the essence of the Abyss is actually a complete set of rules."

"And the core of this rule is balance, i.e., the coexistence of life and death, where life breeds death and death harbors life."

"The Abyss has devoured so many worlds, and Cause and Effect Points are the ’vitality’ spewed out from those ’dead worlds’."

"When all worlds are devoured, this ’vitality’ will come together to open a new cycle of reincarnation."

"Of course, the new reincarnation has nothing to do with us. Our universe will be plunged into complete silence, and Divine Kings are researching methods of transcendence, although whether anyone has made progress is unknown. This is a secret even Lord Blood Pool cannot touch."

"Returning to your question, the more Cause and Effect Points you use, the stronger your ’vitality’ will become, and the more likely you are to break the Abyss’s limitations."

"However, the number of Cause and Effect Points required would be an unimaginable astronomical figure! And it would grow exponentially!"

"Such vast resources are absolutely beyond your capability to bear."

Ashtar’s words made Chu Xiu shake his head with a bitter smile.

He is all too aware of the reality of this situation.