An invasion from the Abyss? I, a demonic cultivator, laughed.

Chapter 338 The Devoured Heavenly Dao?

Five hours later, Chu Xiu stared at the three figures opposite him.

Each figure exuded powerful energy. Although their rank was only King, their actual combat strength was definitely no less than that of ordinary heroic spirits!
Barring any unforeseen circumstances, this should be the strongest gladiator under the command of the three gods.

The main gladiator ranks among the gods are Heroic Spirits and Demigods, with gladiators of Heroic Spirit rank being hundreds or thousands of times greater than those of lower ranks.

It can be said that those above the Heroic Spirits are carefully selected, while those below are randomly accepted.

Even so, these powerful individuals who have fought their way out of countless worlds should not be underestimated.

Furthermore, just as before, the three deities had clearly prepared unique blessings for them.

Chu Xiu could sense that the three had a clear division of labor: a front-line tank, a back-line damage dealer, and a support/enhancement specialist. The three even formed a mysterious battle formation.

Chu Xiu guessed that they must have quite a few troublesome blessings attached to them.

"To the gods, are these gladiatorial combats like building equipment in a game?"

"And I am the boss they are trying to defeat?"

Chu Xiu couldn't help but find it somewhat amusing.

Just as this thought arose in his mind, a deep hum came from the sky, the horn announcing the start of the gladiatorial combat.

Without the slightest hesitation, the three gladiators opposite him seemed to be of one mind, maintaining a perfect formation and rapidly approaching Chu Xiu!

Gazing at the three figures in the distance, fully prepared and surrounded by countless spiritual buffs, Chu Xiu flicked his wrist, and a simple, unadorned heavy sword appeared in his hand.

"Let's test the waters with half the force first."

With his mind made up, Chu Xiu calmly raised his heavy sword and slashed down at the three of them!

"boom!"

The violent torrent of energy directly engulfed the area in front of him, and the three people disappeared in the destructive energy without using any special abilities.

After the raging energy subsided, a huge triangular ravine appeared in front of Chu Xiu, as if a sword had cleaved the earth into a deep pit, and the traces of the three people opposite him had vanished without a trace.

Only a few tattered suits of armor remained, buried in thick dust.

Chu Xiu was slightly taken aback. That was it?

An unprecedented silence filled the air. Suddenly, the phantoms of the other three gods in the sky began to writhe in a fit of rage, as if they were cursing some very foul language, before disappearing without a trace.

"This"

Chu Xiu was speechless for a moment. In fact, he originally wanted to give the three gods a bit of an experience, preferably with some twists and turns in the battle, so that they could continue to play next time. But he didn't expect that the three of them combined their strength and couldn't even withstand a sword strike with half of his power!

Actually, Chu Xiu had fought too many battles with the Horned Demon and was somewhat misled. The Horned Demon's ability to transmit damage and gather power through the horns on its head was an extremely powerful talent personally developed and bestowed by an extraterrestrial demon.

Ordinary creatures, no matter how sophisticated their battle formations, would find it difficult to fuse their powers so seamlessly.

What Chu Xiu didn't know was that the three gods knew they couldn't win and had no intention of fighting him head-on. The blessings they bestowed were all underhanded tricks like [Dead Soul Poison], [Reflective Damage Curse], and [Drowning Evil Spirit].

These blessings are coordinated and are a carefully designed trap by the three gods in combination with the talents of the local gladiators. Anyone else would be disgusted to the point of vomiting.

But to everyone's surprise, Chu Xiu killed all three of them with a single sword strike.

It's like you've meticulously prepared a team composition focused on chipping away at the boss's health and stacking armor, only to find upon entering a dungeon that the boss's attacks are higher than your character's health. What the hell is the point of fighting then?
This was a pure numerical crushing victory, so how could the three gods not be furious and enraged?
They probably already blacklisted Chu Xiu in their hearts.

As for the Blood Pool, it was naturally thrilled, its joy mixed with shock.

"Shh."

As the scene before him changed, Chu Xiu returned to the Bloodstained Arena.

【Points earned: 6843442】

[Item Obtained: Ancient Blood *1836]

[Item Obtained: 850000 Causality Points]

As expected of a god, he was incredibly generous, giving him 850,000 karma points, along with a large amount of points and ancient blood.

Now he can successfully upgrade his mind copying to the King rank.

You can even use ancient blood to exchange for some good things.

However, these are not the main concerns of Chu Xiu right now.

He looked at the Blood Servant beside him and asked, "Lord Blood Pool, may I now answer my question?"

The Blood Servant didn't speak, but instead stepped aside and knelt down respectfully.

Just as Chu Xiu was wondering, a spatial rift suddenly opened in mid-air! An elegant man in a tuxedo slowly stepped out from the void.

The moment the man appeared, Chu Xiu tensed up instantly!
This person was none other than Astrid, the divine messenger under the Boundless Blood Pool, whom he had met once before!

When they met again, Chu Xiu's strength had improved by a great deal compared to before, but he was not relaxed at all. On the contrary, he was even more nervous than when they met before!
The reason is simple: as his strength increases, he can now feel Astrid's terror more clearly!
The power contained within that pale, thin body was absolutely unmatched by ordinary demigods. It was exactly the same feeling Chu Xiu had when he first encountered the extraterrestrial demon, and Astrid was even more terrifying!
Even though Chu Xiu's strength has improved again, he doesn't believe he can fight against such a powerful opponent.

After regaining his composure, Chu Xiu bowed and greeted the messenger: "Divine Envoy."

Astrid hummed in agreement, his bright red pupils falling on Chu Xiu as he curiously examined him.

Under that gaze, Chu Xiu felt a chilling aura envelop him, as if all his secrets had been seen through.

He felt very uncomfortable, but dared not make the slightest unnecessary movement.

After a moment, Astrid withdrew his gaze and said, "The gods value you highly and sent me here to extend an invitation to you."

"An invitation?" Chu Xiu was taken aback. "What invitation?"

“Don’t rush to say that. You’ve come to see the God because you have something to ask Him, haven’t you?” Astrid said.

Chu Xiu nodded, clasped his hands in greeting, and said, "I would like to ask the divine being for guidance on the path of cultivation for those who become gods after becoming heroic spirits, as well as to answer some of my questions about the Abyss."

Astrid nodded: "That's easy."

As soon as he finished speaking, he raised his hand and pointed, and a ray of light entered Chu Xiu's mind, instantly filling his brain with a large amount of information.

A few seconds later, Chu Xiu opened his eyes, a thoughtful look appearing in them.

The path to godhood may seem complicated, but it boils down to one thing.

That is mastering the power of the laws!
The path to godhood is to rely on the laws of other gods, merge with fragments of those laws, and use the laws that are born naturally to become a god independently. It is the path of nurturing one's own laws.

This can be divided into three stages.

These are the Law of Perception, the Law of Mobilization, and finally, the Law of Fusion!

If one becomes a god independently, there is an additional law of gestation.

In short, as long as one can integrate a complete law, one can become a god!
Different laws result in different levels of power for the gods they create. Generally speaking, the more complex and extensive the law, the stronger the god it creates.

However, if after fusion, one continues to manifest the laws of a certain system, making oneself the embodiment of the rules, and all similar laws in the myriad realms are under one's control, then that is the [Main God]!
The Boundless Blood Pool, for example, is a branch of the Law of Life that has been fully mastered: the Law of Blood.

This blood is not just the blood in the human body, but the medium through which life force is transmitted in all living organisms, and it will control all of them.

Even its physical form has transformed into a pool of blood. Since it has become a symbol of the rules, even the authority of the God-King cannot compete with it on the rule of blood.

Of course, the above things are far removed from Chu Xiu's life.

In fact, let alone merging with the rules, or even transforming into the rules, even the most basic laws of perception are extremely difficult!
“Ordinary heroic spirits, without the assistance of the ascension sequence, will basically never be able to sense the laws in their entire lives. Only demigods are considered to have entered the threshold of sensing the laws.” “And those demigods who can use the divine authority of domains are barely able to mobilize the power of the laws.”

"However, there are differences in the ability to manipulate laws. For example, the plant domain formed by Green Princess and the Sun King's own domain are similar in principle, but their power is worlds apart. That is because the laws they control are vastly different! In terms of controlling the power of laws alone, Green Princess may not even be one-tenth as good as the Sun King!"

Chu Xiu guessed that the Heavenly Kings should have already gone far on the path of mobilizing the laws and begun to merge with them. For example, the Sun King's true form is almost a symbol of the sun, and the power of the laws has already been integrated into her body.

Theoretically speaking, she only needs to fully comprehend the laws within her body to become a god!

However, no one knows what kind of laws are considered complete! Nor does anyone know how far the current Heavenly Kings are from becoming gods!

All that is known is that this is an extremely long and arduous road. Even though the fusion of laws has begun, it is only the first step in a long journey. The sheer size of a complete law is unimaginable.

However, although he couldn't imagine how difficult it would be, it gave Chu Xiu a general understanding of the upcoming upgrade system.

However, his doubts only increased!
Because this cultivation system seems to be completely different from the cultivation methods of immortal cultivators!

During this time, in order to find the answers, Chu Xiu had been studying various information in the inheritance and had gained a general understanding of the cultivation system of immortal cultivators.

First, there's Chu Xiu's next stage, the Core Formation stage. This stage can be said to be when a cultivator has cultivated their internal mana to its peak, has their own mana core, and their combat power leaps forward.

Based on this description, it seems to be similar to being promoted from King rank to Heroic Spirit.

But then things took a strange turn.

After the Golden Core stage, there are two other realms: Nascent Soul and Divine Transformation. It refers to the process of nurturing a Nascent Soul from one's own soul and then cultivating the Nascent Soul into a Divine Transformation.

What is the purpose of cultivating the primordial spirit?

Sensing the Way of Heaven!

That's right. In the past, cultivators could only begin to master the power of laws after reaching the Nascent Soul stage! This is why Chu Xiu was so shocked when he saw Meng Xuanshu, a mere General, being able to use laws.

After the transformation into a deity, there are the stages of returning to emptiness, merging with the Dao, Mahayana, and transcending tribulation!
The literal meaning of "returning to emptiness" is to return to the void, but in fact, the void here is just an abstract term. It actually refers to using the primordial spirit to contact the Dao of Heaven.

The process of "merging with the Dao" is to combine one's primordial spirit with the Dao after coming into contact with it.

Afterwards, let the primordial spirit return to the physical body, and use the power of the laws to reshape the body, so that both the physical body and the soul are filled with the power of the laws of heaven. This is the Great Vehicle!

Finally, one must undergo tribulation to test one's own Dao. If one can successfully overcome it, it means that one's Dao is perfect and flawless, and only then can one achieve immortality! This is the ultimate pursuit of all cultivators.

But that's very strange.

In other words, cultivators who reach the Nascent Soul stage are equivalent to demigods, those who reach the Dao stage are equivalent to Heavenly Kings who have merged with the laws, and those who reach the Mahayana stage or even pass through the Heavenly Tribulation can become gods!

However.
"I'm not even a Golden Core cultivator yet, and I can already fight demigods?!"

Even if Chu Xiu's progress in cultivating various techniques was ahead of others due to the causal points, there shouldn't be such a huge gap!

Not to mention, according to some records in my mind, Nascent Soul cultivators are all incredibly powerful, capable of destroying the heavens and the earth, and are definitely not something that demigods can easily mess with.

Chu Xiu had never fought against the Heavenly King and the extraterrestrial demons, so he didn't know exactly how strong they were. But Chu Xiu had a feeling that they were far inferior to even the Nascent Soul stage, let alone the Dao Integration stage. At most, they were comparable to the Nascent Soul stage cultivators.

This left Chu Xiu completely baffled, and he stood there lost in thought.

Astrid didn't interrupt him, but simply watched quietly from the side.

After a long while, Chu Xiu finally realized something and had a startling guess in his mind.

abyss.

He astutely discovered that there was never any mention of fragments of laws in the records of cultivation inheritance.

Every cultivator cultivates their primordial spirit and comprehends the Dao of Heaven.

No one knows exactly what the Dao of Heaven is; it is a mysterious and profound force that maintains the operation of all things in the universe.

What if the Dao of Heaven were digitized and made visible to the naked eye?
Thinking of this, Chu Xiu felt a deep chill run down his spine.

At first, he only treated the Abyss's data as a cheat code in a game, but now he suddenly realizes just how terrifying the power of the Abyss really is!
Even the so-called Heavenly Way can be quantified!

If that's the case, then what use is even greater power in the face of the abyss? Even if his power increases a thousandfold, ten thousandfold, or a billionfold, it's still just a larger number.

At this moment, Chu Xiu finally fully understood Meng Xuanshu's words.

By following the rules of the abyss, one can never defeat it.

"So that's what it means?"

"No wonder, this is something even the God-King couldn't do."

Chu Xiu's expression darkened.

He finally understood why being swallowed by the abyss was an inevitable end, and that everyone could only try to slow it down.

Even the Heavenly Dao has been digitized, so how can one resist? And what is the point of resisting?

How can data that is detached from the program possibly rebel against the program itself?

Thinking of this, Chu Xiu felt enveloped by immense despair.

On the other side, Astrid, who had been observing Chu Xiu, looked puzzled.

He couldn't understand why Chu Xiu suddenly showed such an uncontrollable look of dejection after he had only explained some of the paths to advancement.

"Could it be that he feels the path to godhood is too long and hopeless in this lifetime? Tsk, his mentality is too fragile, isn't it?"

Astrid curled his lip.

Among the information he provided were several cases of people becoming gods. In each of them, after seizing all the fragments of the laws, they went through thousands of years of accumulation before becoming gods.

This is indeed too long in the short history of humankind.

He could never have imagined that Chu Xiu's ambition was so great that he wanted to rebel against the very nature of the Abyss.

After a moment of contemplation, Astrid spoke: "The path to godhood is indeed extremely difficult; otherwise, so many extraterrestrial demons would not have been wandering in the abyss for tens of thousands of years, searching for the opportunity to become true gods."

"But you are different. You have gained the favor of Lord Blood Pool, and a broad path to godhood has been laid out before you."

"To be honest, I'm actually incredibly jealous of you. To become a god after just one fierce competition—do you know how many strong people dream of this but can't achieve it?"

At this point, Astrid could no longer hide the envy in his eyes, and he almost gritted his teeth as he said, "And you, you actually gained an even greater opportunity!"

"Lord Blood Pool invites you to become a direct deity under His command."

"This means that if you can defeat other blood demons and collect all the law fragments, you will no longer become the lowest-level 'Servant God,' who can only borrow the power of the law from the 'Main God,' but rather a 'Subordinate God' who can truly control the law and whose combat power is almost indistinguishable from that of a 'True God'!"

"In the future, if you are able to advance to the [God King] level, you may also become a [Chief God] along with him!"

"This is the supreme glory that millions of gladiators pursue. In all the millennia, I have never seen you extend such an invitation to a fragile creature below the level of a Heroic Spirit!"

Astrid looked coldly at Chu Xiu: "I hope you won't be ungrateful this time."

Astrid's words made Chu Xiu slowly raise his head, a complex expression flashing in his eyes.

From the information given by the other party, he already had a general idea of ​​how difficult the path to godhood was. It wouldn't be surprising if the eight Heavenly Kings on Earth couldn't even become gods in their entire lives.

Since there is no hope of fighting the abyss, then taking this established and safe path doesn't seem like an option that can't be considered.

(End of this chapter)