Chapter 763 I Have Come to Test the Dao!

What is the feeling of bearing a mission?

For ordinary people, this word is almost completely unrelated to them. They receive no attention, no one expects anything of them, let alone shoulder a mission or have any responsibility to fulfill.

Mission is meaningless and unnecessary for them because they cannot influence others, and naturally, they do not need to bear any responsibility.

But for those with a certain amount of power, whether it be supernatural or worldly, mission is always closely related to them.

Because their power and their very existence are a force sufficient to drive change in the world, their every move, if not burdened with responsibility and instead just living their lives as they please, destroying the futures of others, will be regarded as a monster detached from the civilized collective, and then be condemned.

Mission is something they must value and choose, because they have the power to influence others, and they must be responsible for the consequences created by that influence.

So, what about for gods?

For this class that transcends mortals, transcends the mortal world, this hierarchy above all beings, these eternal and immortal existences, what is mission?

Many might think that gods do not need to bear a mission.

Because they are so powerful that they do not worry about survival, nor do they worry about the opinions of others. Responsibility is irrelevant to these most powerful lives. They only need to enjoy themselves and their eternal lives.

But is that really the case?

What can gods enjoy?

——Lust? Love?

——The desire for food? The feeling of play?

——Wanting to be worshiped, wanting to be believed in?

——Wanting to be the strongest, satisfying their sense of superiority?

It's not that they don't have them. Gods are not devoid of emotion. Of course, they have these desires.

However, these desires will slowly be satisfied and fade away in the long course of time.

For mortals, time is limited, so satisfying desires is itself a multiple-choice question, even enviously regarding 'being able to satisfy more desires' as a symbol of success.

And the strong are naturally those who can satisfy more desires.

As for immortals, they can have 'I want them all'.

On the surface, it does seem so. The reason why gods are envied by mortals may be because of this.

But these things will eventually turn to dust and cannot be immortal.

Think about it, if a god has lived for endless eons, they have drunk all the fine wine in the world, tried all the delicacies in all things, they have loved passionately, with all those who can be loved, and they have also taken risks, reaching every corner of the boundless universe.

When an eternal god has traveled all the places in the world, experienced all the things in the world, and experienced all these finite and exhaustible things... then what can they do?

Could it be that they should just wait in the void, waiting for new things to appear?

Perhaps doing so cannot be said to be wrong...

But, of course not!

The mission of gods is [creation]!

Not passively waiting for the arrival of the end, but actively creating opportunities, actively starting actions, actively creating all the things that they have never seen but yearn for!

As powerful beings who are born to influence the entire world, gods are born with a mission. The reason why their eternal lives have meaning is because their powerful power can create things that have never appeared in this world!

Even if it is play, even if it is lust, 'creation' can create new ways to play, new kinds of love.

As long as there is love in the heart and constantly creating new things, gods can make finite mortals immortal along with the eternal gods.

The World of Creation, the Ten Heavenly Divine Systems, and even the Four Forbidden Zones, all the gods have such a 'mission', which is 'creation'.

And among the many divine systems, the one that focuses most on creation is naturally the uncrowned king of the Ten Heavenly Divine Systems, the de facto leader [Founding Dao].

In theory, the Ten Heavenly Divine Systems are all equal, and each does not interfere with the affairs of the others in their respective territories. They respectively control all observable areas in the universe, and are still constantly exploring and even creating new territories.

However, Founding Dao is different... As the direct heir of the former only great divine system 'Circle of Creation', possessing the most legacy of the unique divine system, they not only have the most complete and powerful inheritance of all the divine systems, but also have a foundation that other divine systems cannot match.

Even a part of them that split off has created a huge organization like 'Ruin of Creation', which is the other side of the coin of Founding Dao. In other words, if the Ruin of Creation and Founding Dao reunite, then they will become the undisputed strongest among all the Divine System Forbidden Zones.

Even without reuniting, Founding Dao is vaguely the leader of the many divine systems, leading the changes in the situation of the entire World of Creation.

'Star-Gathering Machine God · Gatt', is a Creation Machine God of the Founding Dao, even in the entire Founding Dao, he is considered a high-ranking and powerful lord.

And now, he is acting as an ambassador, riding his exclusive battleship, stationed inside the 'Light-Forged Starfield' of Equanimity Dao.

Around his battleship, there are also ambassador battleships of other divine systems. These battleships have their own characteristics, with sacred patterns engraved on them, which are the symbols of 'Revelation Dao', 'Grand Heaven Dao' and 'Magnificent Radiance Dao'.

The ambassador battleships of the Four Great Divine Systems are now gathered into a team, they are located at the stellar port of the Light-Forged Starfield, making many civilian ships here afraid to approach.

Although it has been repeatedly stated that civilian ships can freely enter and exit, and that these gods have little to be wary of, fear is fear, and reverence is longing. So far, there are only these four ships in the entire stellar port.

Of course, there is also the Equanimity Dao fleet surrounding the entire stellar port, firmly blocking the outside of the entire port.

[What disease have these gods of Equanimity Dao contracted? Until now, no Creation Machine God has come to receive us, and they are still using these mortal fleets to surround us?]

Gatt's human form is a middle-aged handsome man with a grayish-brown beard. He sits upright on the captain's seat, sipping spiritual tea while frowning slightly, complaining about Equanimity Dao's strange response: [We had already informed them about the envoys from our Four Great Divine Systems. As a result, we've waited here for three days. Why is there still no follow-up?]

Three days may only be a moment for gods, but it is also long enough, equivalent to waiting for someone to open the door for more than ten minutes after ringing the doorbell, which is equally frustrating.

Especially since Lord Gatt considers himself to be the representative leader of the Four Great Divine Systems. Being treated so neglectfully is really a first for him since becoming a god.

The relationship between divine systems, although very different from human societies and national organizations, is ultimately a group of intelligent beings.

Since it is a group, there will inevitably be distant and close relationships, likes and dislikes. Naturally, related interest groups will be formed, and they will occasionally carry out joint actions.

Just like this time, Lord Gatt's purpose is to unite the ambassadors of the other three great divine systems to try to negotiate with Equanimity Dao, trying to add another ally to his camp before the coming era of great strife.

Even if it is not an ally, it would be good to probe Equanimity Dao's current purpose.

As of now, the situation in the entire World of Creation can be said to be chaotic, but it can also be said to be extremely clear.

It is said to be chaotic because various forces have become increasingly active recently. The originally non-interfering divine system forbidden zones have begun to generate friction in the border areas, and even several local god conflicts have occurred, causing some casualties, which is unbelievable for the World of Creation, which has been quiet for hundreds of thousands of years.

And it is said to be extremely clear because the alliances between the major divine systems can almost be said to be very clear.

The current World of Creation can be roughly divided into three camps.

The first, and also the strongest, camp includes members [Founding Dao · Beginning Radiance Heaven], [Karmic Extinction Dao · Turbulent War Heaven], [Grand Heaven Dao · Emperor Governing Heaven], [Revelation Dao · Weaving宿 Heaven] and [Magnificent Radiance Dao · Myriad Masses Heaven].

Half of the Ten Heavenly Divine Systems are in this camp, and there is also the Founding Dao, which is the default strongest in the Ten Heavenly Divine Systems, making it the number one camp in the universe today.

And the second camp is the faction that opposes the Founding Dao and other divine systems, including members [Dark Abyss Dao · Mixed Luo Heaven], [Nirvana Dao · Mí Qīng Heaven], [Reincarnation Dao · Abandoned Imprisonment Heaven] and [Exhaustion Dao · Star Distance Heaven].

The Four Heavenly Divine Systems, headed by the Dark Abyss Dao, is naturally not a weak power group.

But compared to the Founding faction, it is still slightly inferior, whether in terms of quantity, quality, or past prestige and foundation, it cannot be compared.

However, this difference in strength is only on paper. After all, in a real battle, in such a vast battlefield across the entire universe, that seemingly small gap will soon be erased, especially since the two sides in the conflict are immortal and indestructible gods, a protracted war and a war of attrition will become the established pattern.

Therefore, the key to breaking this stalemate lies in the third-party force, the Forbidden Zone Alliance.

Vortex of Strife, Extreme Heaven Tower, and Ruin of Creation, three of the Four Forbidden Zones, although they do not have an alliance declaration, this does not prevent them from having been advancing and retreating together for quite a long time. They coldly watch the internal struggles of the Ten Heavenly Divine Systems, and always maintain an indifferent attitude.

However, if they can join the struggle, then their power is enough to help the first two parties overwhelm either party and achieve absolute advantage.

Of course, neither party will place their hopes on the third party, which seems to want to be the oriole behind the mantis, so now, the delegation headed by the Founding Dao ambassador, Lord Gatt and other gods, have come to the Light-Forged Starfield under the jurisdiction of Equanimity Dao.

[Equanimity Dao · Ritual Sacrifice Heaven]

Absolutely neutral, never deviating, a divine system that takes ensuring balance as its mission.

Never participating in any disputes, only accepting the mediation requests of both sides to conduct peaceful witnessing. Such a force seems impossible to win over.

If it were the previous Equanimity Dao, no one would definitely waste time trying to get the other party to join their side, just like the two sides of a ball game wanting to bribe an impartial referee, it would seem a bit outrageous no matter how you think about it.

However, Equanimity Dao's increasingly active actions recently have given the Founding Dao side different thoughts.

And after Equanimity Dao used their Harmony Dao Armaments, trying to capture a lord from another world, this thought turned into action.

Yes - taking the lead in using Harmony Dao Armaments, this kind of thing, no matter how you think about it, is a foul and an overstep, completely breaking the Harmony Dao Armaments related agreements signed by the Ten Heavenly Divine Systems in the past.

This is enough to show that as an absolutely neutral intermediary, Equanimity Dao is no longer fair and detached. They also have their own little thoughts and positions.

——So, you can try to recruit them instead.

As for whether there will be penalties for breaking the contract... If it were in the past, perhaps there would be, but for the current chaotic world, who would want to push such a powerful force into the arms of the enemy?

[The power of Equanimity Dao... is second only to the Founding Dao]

At this moment, Lord Gatt stood up. This god, with his rather elegant behavior, stood in front of the porthole of the ship, gazing at the spaceport in front of him, his grayish-brown eyes flashing with divine light: [The ancient secrets they have mastered may even be greater than us who have been split——During the time when the Ruin of Creation broke away from the Founding Dao, we lost too many of the Circle of Creation era's classics, but as Equanimity Dao, who also inherited many classics, they have not yet lost them]

[If it is them, they must be able to understand our purpose, to fight against the cowards of the Dark Abyss Dao who intend to break away from the great universe and flee on their own!]

Thinking like this, Gatt couldn't help but clench his hands.

Although, for the vast majority of lower-level gods, all of this is a secret.

But for all Creation Machine Gods, especially the strong among creators like Gatt who can serve as ambassadors, the real purpose of the major divine system groups is actually very clear.

After an immeasurably long time, the second 'Doom Calamity' is about to arrive.

The mysterious calamity that once destroyed the Circle of Creation, causing the Circle of Creation's supreme expert, who almost surpassed the Harmony Dao Armaments realm and achieved 'Torrent', to fall, is now about to reappear——This terrifying calamity originates from the root of the universe and is said to be the backlash and anger of the entire World of Creation's great universe against the existence of all living beings. Neither gods nor mortals can stay out of it.

Faced with such a calamity, a group of powerful gods, led by the Founding Dao, intend to unite the power of the Ten Heavenly Divine Systems and the Four Forbidden Zones to achieve a mysterious 'plan'. As long as this plan can succeed, perhaps they can reproduce the deeds of the former supreme expert, 'Creator Ohm', suppressing the Doom Calamity, and even once and for all, completely end the source of the calamity.

And this plan requires the use of the Origin Point Key, so they are constantly collecting and hunting down all existences related to the Origin Point Key.

But the gods, led by the Dark Abyss Dao, do not think so——They are not interested in the Founding Dao's mysterious plan, which does not know how high the success rate is at all. What they want to do is to activate their respective divine system's small universes, directly breaking away from the World of Creation and drifting in the multiverse void, completely becoming an independent universe.

Simple and direct, isn't it?

Coincidentally, the Origin Point Key is also the key to their actions. The key point for them to make the small universe break away from the great universe lies in the unique power of the Origin Point Key.

One side wants to fight, and the other side wants to leave. Both sides need the same kind of divine object, and both sides will cause the other's failure.

The Forbidden Zone Group watches coldly. They seem to have other plans. The Doom Calamity does not seem to affect these powerful forces that do not rule the universe, but instead have their own unique fields of action.

Since this is the case, they can only fight each other.

It's just that the Ten Heavenly Divine Systems know each other too well. Fighting each other will never end. I am afraid that the Second Doom Calamity will begin before the two sides have finished one-tenth of the fight.

Since this is the case, even the arrogant Founding Dao can only actively send ambassadors to visit the Equanimity Dao.

Star-Gathering Lord Gatt does not mind waiting. He knows that his identity is noble. Even Equanimity Dao cannot ignore his existence. At most, they will just leave him aside.

[Oh?]

However, it seems that the waiting has finally paid off. With a burst of space-time fluctuations, the gray-brown-haired lord raised his head and looked towards the space-time gate of the stellar port, his eyes showing relief: [Finally here]

[This power fluctuation seems to be 'Wild Prayer Machine God · Beranell'. He is also a veteran Creation Machine God of Equanimity Dao. It seems that Equanimity Dao is still sincere]

Nodding slightly, Gatt turned around, preparing to walk out of the battleship, together with the ambassadors of other divine systems, to go to the stellar port and meet with that Lord Beranell, and then begin to discuss the next matters.

But... at this moment.

In the surrounding space-time, violent space-time fluctuations suddenly came again!

[Hmm?]

At this moment, not only Lord Gatt, but also the ambassadors of the other divine systems, as well as Lord Beranell, who had just teleported over, raised their heads and looked towards the direction where the space-time fluctuations were deliberately made and therefore unusually large.

Each side showed a suspicious look.

The ambassador side felt that it might be the second lord sent by Equanimity Dao; while the Equanimity Dao side felt that it might be another ambassador from the Founding Dao side——The aura at the other end of the space-time fluctuations, which seems to be anything, is too easy to make people, when they have preconceived notions, mistakenly believe that it is the existence of the other party.

So, they were all wrong.

What came was a Zhú Zhòu (Candle Dragon).

Buzz!

Just as the fluctuations reached their peak, and a strong man crossed the long space-time, a violent spiritual energy hum suddenly sounded, causing thick spiritual energy lightning bolts to explode in the vacuum, and lightning surged across the vast universe like a tide.

Even the lords could only see a young humanoid figure, although not large in size, but with a posture that seemed to occupy half of the universe's starry sky in this overly violent lightning.

The black-haired youth's eyes were bright with divine light, and his cyan-purple dragon pupils swept across the Light-Forged Starfield. He had his arms crossed over his chest, a long saber at his waist, a long spear on his back, and a virtual longbow floating beside him, surveying all the strong men present.

In the youth's eyes, gray mist and gears were turning, and the distant light of silence seemed to penetrate the universe's space-time, piercing through cause and effect.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Just this gaze, just this one look, caused the faces of all the lords present to change drastically, and even all of them unanimously released their full power, releasing all of their auras!

In an instant, accompanied by a series of roars, a burst of divine light of various colors lit up around the stellar port of the entire Light-Forged Starfield. Behind the humanoid figures of the lords, many visions and giant god images emerged——That was their true form, the true form of the 'Machine God Body'.

Originally, the true form, which would only be shown in battle and in the divine palace, should not appear in such a diplomatic occasion, but how could they bear it?

That illusion of being seen through everything, not only the weaknesses of this body, but even the past and the future seemed to be seen through, simply made all the lords shudder, and even directly enter a state of battle!

[Who exactly is it?!]

Gatt was the first lord to react. He shouted in a low voice and took a step forward. This strong man from the Founding Dao looked at the youth, his tone suppressing anger: [Strange strong man, why have you come?!]

However, he did not hear a reply.

On the contrary, he heard the sound of a saber being drawn.

Clang...

Clang!

Walking out of the space-time tunnel slowly, the youth's steps were neither hurried nor slow. Even using the Reincarnation Seal and his own coercion to directly stimulate all the lords present to reveal their true forms and fundamental auras was just something he did casually.

He even had time to send a message to Kastararo on the other side of space-time, answering her previous question.

At this moment, the youth was just walking forward normally, and then smoothly drawing out the Extinction Blade. All the movements were as natural as flowing water, done in one go, as if containing Dao and reason.

At this time, Lord Beranell, the Wild Prayer Machine God of Equanimity Dao, suddenly sensed an incomparable danger. This Machine God's true body was a strong man with a two-headed and six-armed god statue. He opened his eyes wide and saw a solemn and pure, and even unprecedented and unheard-of strange divine power suddenly erupted from the blade, and before he knew it, it had already filled the universe's starry sky in front of him, as if permeating everything!

Innovation... new things are naturally also creation, a part of creation.

Or rather, creation itself is also a part of innovation.

Su Zhou did not care about this trivial matter. Anyway, as long as it was correct, he was willing to understand, willing to accept, willing to try.

Then, innovate it.

"My name is Su Zhou, the Primal Zhú Zhòu."

At this moment, facing the tense lords of the various divine systems, the youth, confident in his correctness, grinned, he extended the Extinction Blade forward, pointing directly at Lord Beranell, whose face changed drastically, and then laughed wildly: "Crossing the Glacial Void, traveling through the heavens and myriad worlds to this place, it is not for anything else."

"But to test the Dao of the Ten Heavenly Divine Systems with my blade!"

I had a bit of writer's block today, and I sorted out the detailed outline, so it was a little slow.