Gods Vanish on a Cloudy Day
Chapter 14 You Give Me Road, Yo (5800)
Simultaneously obtaining the inheritance of multiple great existences, simultaneously receiving the blessings of multiple great existences, and fusing these powers into one, transforming them into one's own power…
"Wait, this description…"
After pondering for a while, Su Zhou arrived at a conclusion, his brow raised: "Isn't this description me!"
Indeed.
Although the methods might be slightly different, the fact remained that Su Zhou perfectly matched all the conditions of this hypothesis.
He had indeed simultaneously obtained the inheritance of multiple great existences, and also simultaneously received the blessings of multiple great existences, and had also fused these powers into one, achieving his own Candle Sun body and the Method of the Clear Mind.
Good heavens, no wonder these fellows wanted to capture Candle Sun, and no wonder the Dragon of Bearing the Way, as a Dao-born life, was born in the form of 'Candle Sun'—so he really does fit this definition!
In other words…
——What you guys want to capture isn't the Dragon of Bearing the Way, but me, Su Zhou!
[Fusing our power… someone has done this before, and obtained a certain success rate]
Regarding Su Zhou's guess, the World Tree first affirmed it, then said in confusion: [But the success rate is very low, and in terms of power, it is not necessarily very strong—inheritance is best suited to oneself, forcibly fusing it is counterproductive]
[Very confused, when did Equilibrium start doing this kind of thing?]
Regarding Su Zhou's guess, the Great Dao Tree first expressed confusion, then affirmed: [But His power is indeed most suitable for this type of fusion, only needing to grasp the key, the Equilibrium's affiliated can mostly master two completely different or even opposing forces, even resolving the conflicting parts, becoming stronger]
"I can do that too!"
Yala said indignantly, and then the Twin Divine Trees retorted: [You can indeed, mess everything up and combine it at will, that's no problem, the question is how many affiliated can do that?]
[If one could do that, wouldn't growing normally be better than messing around like this?]
To this, the Serpent Spirit raised its tail and pointed at Su Zhou.
Su Zhou raised his eyebrows, then pointed at himself with his thumb.
Twin Divine Trees: [...Very reasonable.]
With the information more or less sorted out, Su Zhou had a general understanding of the current situation in the Creation Realm.
The Ten Heavenly Divine System, on the surface, was competing for the Source Point Key and Xing Ying, the Dragon of Bearing the Way, but in reality, they were competing to create 'Dao-born life' and for 'Dao-born life' itself.
Of course, there were also some forces, such as the Ruins of Creation, that wanted to prevent the emergence of Dao-born life. They also had allies, each holding their own plans and purposes, launching a series of games centered around Dao-born life.
This was the highest-level action program, and its manifestation in the present world was the increasingly turbulent major star regions.
Su Zhou wasn't in a hurry to insert himself into these disputes, because he was the center of the disputes.
——You guys fight, I'll go fishing first. When you're done fighting, I'll come back and see, maybe mediate a bit.
Overall, he still wanted to see the situation of this world.
The Cosmic Divine System, as the most powerful group of experts in this world, could certainly represent a part of the concept of [Great Existence · Creation], but the countless worlds where ordinary people lived, that was the most important link in proving the Great Love.
To truly understand the concept of the Great Existence, the strong must be beaten, and the ordinary must be understood, only then can it be considered complete.
Thinking so, Su Zhou took Jiu Ming and Dechimus to the Flying Rainbow.
"Brother Zhou! You're finally here!"
As soon as he entered the cabin door, Su Zhou sensed a figure rushing towards him. He naturally reached out and hugged the other party, then *dong, dong, dong*, three crisp knocks sounded.
Knocking on his little sister's head, the young man scolded loudly: "You prodigal thing, being chased by the Six Divine Systems and not returning to the Pioneer Space? Not retreating when encountering a Venerable? Not thinking about breaking through when surrounded by Star Beasts, but playing head-on?"
"You're getting older, and your courage is getting bigger too! Do you really think it's not tiring for me to take action across time and space?"
"Wuwuwu, stop hitting me, I'll get stupid if you keep hitting me—"
Fake crying, Shao Shuangyue shrugged at Su Zhou's scolding and habitual actions. She let go, shaking her head and sighing: "The main thing is that going back so directly is not only embarrassing, but also meaningless… So far, we don't even know why they're chasing us!"
"Exploring is always about exploring some clues before leaving! Otherwise, wouldn't we still be clueless the next time we come to the Pioneer Space? What's more, I already had one hand on the return beacon at the time, so there's nothing to worry about!"
"That's the logic, but I've already analyzed almost all the information."
Su Zhou nodded, ignoring Shao Shuangyue's wide-eyed exclamation of 'What, how did you figure it all out?!' Instead, he turned his head to look at Funia on the side: "Sorry for the trouble, Funia. Taking care of my sister must be very troublesome, right?"
"Hey, it's a small matter. Your sister at least has drive, and both her talent and personality are good. I think it's no problem!"
To this, the red-haired woman smiled and gave a thumbs up, but Funia frowned again: "We originally planned to find a remote planet in the Yúhéng Dào Star Region as a temporary base through the channels of the Candle of Hope, but now it seems that if Yúhéng Dào isn't stupid or forgetful, then our plan is likely to fail."
"Something's not right. Yúhéng Dào shouldn't be like this."
Dechimus, who had been communicating with Jiu Ming about the current situation, also became confused. He shook his head and said: "Although it might be a little risky, I want to communicate with the Venerable I'm familiar with… Venerable Su Zhou, may I?"
"No problem."
Su Zhou nodded. He also felt that something was wrong with those Yúhéng Dào Venerables before—besides the cultivation methods, where were those guys 'balanced'?
According to Yala and the Twin Divine Trees, the affiliated of the Balance lineage were very easy to talk to. As long as they were willing to sign a contract, pay the price to achieve their goals, and maintain the balance of everything, then everything was okay, no matter how cold you were to them, they would be amiable.
And if they were unwilling, they would treat you as if you didn't exist. As for wanting to break the contract, to destroy the balance of all things, then wait for a group of Yúhéng Dào experts to join forces and bombard you to death. They didn't care about ganging up or not. Balance didn't necessarily mean one-on-one, but rather the result obtained after paying the price.
——I sent a hundred Machine God Venerables to completely obliterate the enemy, so they can't even be resurrected. This is very balanced!
In short, they were sick.
But the Steel Feather Venerable and the Chen Xing Venerable before were too normal. They were so normal that they were just ordinary Venerables, without the mental abnormalities common among the affiliated of the Great Existence, making Su Zhou, who had grown accustomed to beating up lunatics, very unaccustomed.
Dechimus went to try to communicate with the Venerable, and Jiu Ming also contacted the Divine Tree Battleship next door, asking if they were willing to follow the Flying Rainbow and continue to advance.
After receiving a positive answer, the spaceship started again, and Su Zhou at this time turned his head to look at Xing Ying, who had been staying in the corner, quietly watching him.
"Ugh…"
The white-haired Dragon Girl quietly stayed aside, looking at her theoretical 'progenitor', and the 'Candle Sun Chat Group Owner' who had led her out of her predicament. In her heart, no complex feelings arose, only a sense of familiarity was sensed from the other party.
It wasn't a familiarity of blood, but… a familiarity that a person who had long been known but was far away from her suddenly appeared by her side. To give an example, it was the subtle feeling of a network friend meeting offline.
"Doesn't feel very Candle Sun-like?" This was what she felt in her heart: "Looks like just a human, and his words and actions are very casual and normal, not like a Heavenly Devil always speaking sarcastically, nor like the Divine Tree Candle Sun, whose three sentences can't be separated from his children. Is he a little too ordinary?"
——They're demons and monsters, what does that have to do with me!
Su Zhou, who could read minds, didn't even need to read minds. He could tell what Xing Ying was thinking just by looking at her expression. To this, the young man could only shake his head: "Really, you're so over-the-top in the group, but in reality, you don't know how to talk. You're a typical social phobe, that won't do."
"But don't worry, Xing Ying, you're also a member of our team now, and I've probably figured out why Candle Sun, and you, are being hunted by the heavens and many divine systems of this Creation Realm—later, I'll update a cultivation method in the group specifically for concealing one's characteristic aura, which should perfectly solve the problem of Candle Sun being hunted by all kinds of people."
"Group Leader is the best!"
Instantly, Xing Ying raised her arms and cheered.
And after cheering, she shrunk back, causing Shao Shuangyue and Su Zhou to laugh together.
Everyone present was familiar with each other, so naturally there was no estrangement, and even the Divine Tree spaceship that was following behind did not have the slightest displeasure because of the extremely close aura on Su Zhou—as probably the only Divine Tree affiliated in the Creation Realm, Su Zhou gave them a feeling as close as a family member.
Originally, Su Zhou had planned to listen to how Jiu Ming and Shao Shuangyue would choose other areas besides the Yúhéng Dào territory as the next temporary base, but it turned into a tasting of specialty foods from the major divine system jurisdictions, with both sides arguing whether the 'Soul-Stealing Terror Ant Feast' of the Dark Abyss Dao was worth a visit, or whether the 'Cosmic Goulash' of the Exhaustion Dao could be tried.
Su Zhou naturally just watched this, after all, he really didn't know enough about the Creation Realm.
However, just as the young man was smiling and watching the interaction between his little sister and her team, he suddenly trembled all over, and an extreme sense of danger surged wildly from his instincts.
[Su Zhou!][Be careful!] "Someone is attacking!"
Even before he trembled all over, such a soul communication had already sounded, it was the warning from the three Great Existences, and Su Zhou naturally reacted, but he was still a little incredulous.
"No way?! I just criticized Yúhéng Dào, and now a Dao Harmonization expert is really attacking?!"
The sudden change happened the moment Su Zhou raised his hand to protect both the Flying Rainbow and the Divine Tree Battleship with his power.
*Boom!*
In the vacuum of the universe, a deafening roar suddenly resounded, as if countless stars were all piano strings and bronze bells, struck and plucked together, playing a sound wave that was enough to make time and space roll like a tide.
For a time, the dark and empty area of the universe rippled with tsunami-like space-time distortions, and countless auras surged, like mist scattering in the sea.
In just an instant, not only Su Zhou, who was at the center of the storm, but even the other Ten Heavenly Divine Systems and the Four Great Forbidden Zones, also sensed the surging spiritual energy, and powerful auras awakened in ancient palaces, ancient planets, and even fortresses and mausoleums larger than stars, casting their eyes towards this place.
[Who… broke the silence and took the lead in using Dao Harmonization Armament?]
[How many tens of thousands of years has it been, finally someone has broken the balance and taken the initiative to attack?]
[It's Yúhéng Dào's 'Truth Judgment', hahaha, hahahaha, it's actually Yúhéng Dào that broke the balance first!]
[Ironic, ironic. Sad, sad.]
For a time, the entire star region shook non-stop, suddenly reaching its peak.
And in the dark vacuum of the universe, a giant scale, half cyan-black and half dark-gold, faintly emerged. Its existence alone caused the universe to tremble. Although all the star trajectories in this star region were still stable, in reality, they had long been out of their control. With just one command, the light of these thousands of stars would be extinguished, and then transformed into a great force for attack.
On both sides of the giant scale, many star systems were floating, some of the stars had long died, leaving only a gradually dimming star core, and some were still in their prime, releasing vigorous and fiery flames.
The stars bloomed with brilliance, moving with the giant scale's measurements, maintaining the balance of everything.
The giant scale supported the stars, its light pure and holy, like the embodiment of truth and the universe.
And a huge and unparalleled hand tightly grasped the giant scale, as if tightly grasping the authority to judge all things, the power to measure value and truth.
Its light shone down, aimed at Su Zhou and the others.
As long as the light fell, everything would be reduced to ashes. Even the theoretically immortal Yin and Bai, if they were annihilated by this attack, which could probably directly replace the cosmic constant, it would be extremely difficult to revive.
But Su Zhou's heart relaxed as he stared at the light.
"No, it's not a Dao Harmonization expert—it's just a Dao Harmonization Armament!"
"The person driving it is not very familiar with this Dao Harmonization Armament, they just know how to use it!"
In that case, run away!
[Dao Harmonization Armament · Truth Judgment], Yúhéng Dào's Heaven-Suppressing Dao Tool, was now operating across endless time and space, launched from the small universe 'Ritual Heaven', suppressing the Flying Rainbow and the Divine Tree Battleship.
Its light was vast, encompassing all things. As long as it was captured by it, it would be placed in the 'Scale of Truth' to measure its value, and receive different endings depending on the value the activator was willing to pay.
As long as enough preparation was made, even Dao Harmonization experts had to avoid its edge.
But now, the cyan-black and dark-gold brilliance fell upon the world, but was firmly blocked by the cyan-purple flames released by Su Zhou, and did not capture them.
[Eh?]
Su Zhou even faintly heard a soft *eh*, filled with incomprehension: [How is this possible…]
But in reality, it was easy to understand.
——Even the Pioneer Space took more than a day to transport Su Zhou from the Pioneer Space to the Creation Realm. How could you, a Dao Harmonization Armament, not controlled by a Dao Harmonization expert yourself, even want to move him?
What a joke, who are you looking down on!
In fact, even without the three Great Existences as passengers holding down the ship, Su Zhou might not have been captured by it.
Ultimately, Su Zhou's current strength was simply incomparable to ordinary Venerables.
When Su Zhou advanced to Heavenly Venerable, he was already considered one of the powerful ones among the Heavenly Venerables. His basic qualities and divine powers were all top-notch, and his own position, the wish power and merit he hosted, were all like this. Placed in some eras, he could completely compete for the Heavenly Emperor candidate, and the success rate would not be low.
Such an existence also held a divine object like the Heavenly God Scale—as long as the Dao Harmonization Armament could not suppress Su Zhou and prevent him from moving in the first place, then he would definitely be able to escape.
Just as the Truth Judgment released by the Dao Harmonization Armament failed to capture him, and the user felt like they were playing tug-of-war with the entire universe, the cyan-green flames released by Su Zhou suddenly shook, and suddenly bounced the capture light away for an instant.
In that instant, he activated the Heavenly God Scale, opening a huge gate of time and space.
Not having time to pre-determine the location, nor having time to think so much, Su Zhou did not hesitate, he directly took the two spaceships into the subspace rift, and then quickly controlled the Heavenly God Scale to close it.
In an instant, Su Zhou and others disappeared into the real universe, leaving only the newly manifested Truth Judgment floating in the vacuum of the universe, looking rather awkward.
But obviously, regardless of whether the operator was stunned or not, they quickly reacted, and then continued to use the Dao Harmonization Armament, forcibly opening the subspace rift, and then sending a force into it, following the 'traces' and directly attacking Su Zhou and others!
Su Zhou naturally knew that since the other party had the courage to dispatch the Dao Harmonization Armament to capture them, they would naturally not lack the determination to track them down, but how skilled was he in controlling the Heavenly God Scale? Coupled with the experience of mutually beating up the Void Sect Master and traversing hundreds of worlds, he didn't even need to think, he could easily go to one world after another, and travel freely in the present world and subspace.
And Yúhéng Dào continued to chase, although they couldn't figure out why it had failed before, and they didn't understand why the other party's experience in traversing time and space was so rich, but in terms of pure power, they would definitely not lose.
For a time, it could be seen that an incomparably bright time-space vein instantly connected all the hyperspace channels within several light-years.
The boiling spiritual energy distorted time and space, even causing the starlight to shatter and distort, and all of this was just the result of a ray of light from the Dao Harmonization Armament.
Su Zhou naturally knew all this, but compared to Shao Shuangyue and others, who were exclaiming in panic and had even placed their hands on the return beacon, he was much calmer. On the contrary, he had the leisure to observe the powerful force chasing closely behind him.
——It is indeed Yúhéng Dào, that's right.
The attackers were indeed the gods of Yúhéng Dào.
But, besides that… there was also an extremely pure force hidden in the aura of the Great Existence's affiliated.
"As expected, there's a problem with Yúhéng Dào."
Thinking so, Su Zhou originally planned to continue running for a while, to see if the aura of Yúhéng Dào that was chasing would weaken—anyway, he didn't have the star map of this Creation Realm, and he couldn't recognize the terrain for a while, so he could only fly around randomly, without any plan. Since that was the case, he might as well drag it out for a while.
He wanted to see if his consumption from running away was greater, or if the other party's consumption from using the Dao Harmonization Armament was greater!
But at this moment, he heard a gasp.
"Venerable Su Zhou, I've contacted that Yúhéng Dào Venerable!"
Dechimus, who had been seemingly in contact with the distant other side since just now, said loudly: "He said, he told us to run quickly, the current Yúhéng Dào is no longer the original Yúhéng Dào, they are all crazy evil gods who have deviated from the 'Path of Balance'!"
"He also sent a string of encrypted space-time secret keys, saying that if we want to escape the tracking, he can help. The guys from Yúhéng Dào can't get through this space-time node, even the Dao Harmonization Armament can't!"
"Can you believe this kind of crap?" Hearing this, Funia immediately widened her eyes, she couldn't help but complain: "Although it might be true, it's more likely that the other party is tricking us into a trap!"
"If it were me, I would definitely take a gamble, but now it seems that Brother Zhou can run away on his own, so let Brother Zhou decide!" This was Jiu Ming's view, and Shao Shuangyue nodded in agreement: "As for us, we would probably be caught from the beginning, we can only choose to believe, of course, it is also possible that we simply can't arouse the enemy's interest."
"As expected of my brother, he provoked a Dao Harmonization Armament attack as soon as he descended!" She even had the mood to brag a bit.
"Shut up." Su Zhou replied unhappily: "I already sensed the content of the communication just now, this guy is not lying, he is indeed here to help us—the aura of this guy who is communicating with Dechimus is very upright, he is a proper Balance affiliated, different from the ones before."
"Dechimus, give me the space-time secret key."
"Yes!" Dechimus immediately soul-transmitted the space-time secret key to Su Zhou, and after Su Zhou observed it slightly, confirmed it, sensed that there was indeed no problem on the other side of the space-time, and the three Great Existences didn't say anything, he immediately activated the Heavenly God Scale again, opening the space-time leading to the other side of the secret key.
Deep, secret, and revealing endless solemnity—the other side of the space-time was not some ordinary hiding place, but a certain extremely sacred sanctuary.
"Interesting, interesting, it seems that the internal problems of Yúhéng Dào are bigger than I imagined!"
But so what? Su Zhou laughed loudly and directly started teleporting.
Silver light flashed.
The Flying Rainbow and the Divine Tree Battleship disappeared.
A few seconds later, the belated light of judgment could only see a silent blank in the subspace.