Simultaneous travel: Starting from returning to the main god space.

Chapter 575 Investiture of the Gods (Seeking monthly votes! Seeking further subscriptions!)

"You came……"

As if he already knew Wu Xian would appear here, the supervisor showed no surprise on his face, only a wistful sigh.

"You shouldn't have come."

"But I still... Bah! What ancient sayings? Do you think you're Ye Gucheng or Ximen Chuixue?!"

Wu Xian subconsciously replied, only to realize that he had been led astray. After making a few complaints, he focused his attention on the supervisor, his eyes flashing with golden light as he used a supernatural ability similar to the Fiery Eyes to investigate his true strength.

"Oh, that's interesting."

A moment later, the golden light in Wu Xian's eyes faded, and he looked at the indifferent and speechless supervisor with a playful smile on his lips.

"It's a bit different from what I imagined. You really are just an incarnation of the Heavenly Dao's consciousness, not a Dao Venerable."

Yes, in Wu Xian's original idea, the true identity of the Supervisor... or the Heavenly Dao consciousness, was actually the Dao Venerable who attempted to merge with the Heavenly Dao using the method of the unity of heaven and man.

He had long suspected that this most brilliant and outstanding expert in human history had not actually failed, but had truly merged with the Heavenly Dao. However, due to an accident, he lost some of his emotional memories, which led to the transformation into another personality.

Moreover, because the Heavenly Dao has not yet fully evolved, the Dao Venerable has also been restricted in his freedom and his actions have been severely limited. He even faces the crisis of being replaced by successors. Therefore, he has been planning for ten thousand years, cultivating the Confucian Sage and the Martial God to protect himself until the Heavenly Dao has fully evolved. Then he can regain his freedom and control the fate of the entire Nine Provinces Continent.

However, it now seems that all of the above ideas were just Wu Xian trying to outsmart thin air. The Supervisor is the self-generated consciousness of the Heavenly Dao, and nothing else. This has little to do with the Dao Venerable.

"In fact, the Dao Venerable had a chance to succeed back then, but what he didn't know was that the Heavenly Dao had long since developed its own consciousness. With the intention to outmaneuver the unintentional, failure was the only outcome."

At this moment, the supervisor spoke up, perhaps knowing that he didn't have much time left, so he wanted to say a few more words of truth before he "died".

It turns out that the Heavenly Dao of this world already possessed a considerable consciousness and was quite intelligent when the first Great Calamity of Heaven and Earth began.

In an era when all living beings were not very intelligent, they had already mastered the skill of directing without a teacher, staging a drama of "gathering spiritual essence to replace the Heavenly Dao," which caused countless gods and demons in ancient times to kill each other.

In the end, Heaven naturally reaped the benefits, collecting the spiritual essence of the fallen gods and demons back into the world, successfully completing its first transformation, and Heaven's consciousness matured as a result.

As for Dao Zun's fusion with the Heavenly Dao, although it failed, it did add a touch of humanity to the Heavenly Dao.

But here's the question: what is human nature?
Some say that human nature is inherently good, while others believe that human nature is inherently evil. These two views have their own explanations, and it is impossible to judge which is right or wrong.

But one thing is certain: the most basic human emotion is the desire to live, which is also known as the pursuit of advantage and avoidance of harm, or selfishness.

Thus, as the Heavenly Venerables of each generation continued to transform into the Dao, the human nature of the Heavenly Dao became more and more solidified, and it became more and more obsessed with survival, not allowing anyone to threaten its existence, and for this reason, it did not mind sacrificing the lives of all living beings.

The Battle of Shanhaiguan back then was like this, and so was the breaking of the seal by the three super-grade beings in the original work, which swept across the nine provinces. Their sole purpose was to create a powerful gatekeeper who posed no threat to themselves...

"That's a brilliant plan, truly worthy of the will of Heaven. If it weren't for me, you would have succeeded by now."

After hearing the supervisor's "self-disclosure," Wu Xian sighed with emotion, then looked at the supervisor curiously, as if he had thought of something:
"If I may ask, if the Heavenly Dao were to complete its evolution in the future and possess the power to easily crush those of the highest rank, what would you do to Xu Qi'an?"

After hearing this, the supervisor remained silent for a few seconds, then sighed and said, "The conditions for the advancement of the God of War require my approval and spiritual essence. If he conflicts with me in the future, I will naturally have a way to retrieve the spiritual essence, and there will be no more God of War in the world."

"Wow! As expected of you! You're really cunning. I bet you already figured this out back in ancient times, when the martial arts system was first established."

Wu Xian clicked his tongue in amazement, his tone devoid of any disdain or mockery, even showing a hint of admiration. The Heavenly Dao's scheme truly transcended time; whether it was the Dao Venerable, the Confucian Sage, or the myriad beings of the Nine Provinces, they were all merely pawns on his chessboard, and the player had always been only him—the outcome was already predetermined.

Unfortunately, he was unlucky and ran into Wu Xian, who fell from the sky and smashed the chessboard. Who could he complain to?

"Alright, I've finished asking my questions. You can proceed now."

Wu Xian stood with his hands behind his back, looked at the supervisor, and suddenly spoke.

Upon hearing this, a hint of surprise flashed in the supervisor's calm and composed eyes, but he quickly regained his composure.

The next second, obscure incantations emanated from this pure white space.

The language of the incantation is not the official language of the Great Feng Dynasty, nor any language of any human or demon race in history, nor even the language of gods or demons.

It is more like an explanation and translation of the laws of heaven and earth, and it possesses incredible power in itself.

Soon, as the chanting reached its peak, a vortex singularity composed of clear light appeared above this pure white space.

The ethereal tornado, hundreds or even thousands of feet tall, was incredibly powerful, unleashing a terrifying attraction that struck Wu Xian, attempting to extract the spiritual essence from his body.

This suction force is a million times more terrifying than Huang's innate divine ability [Devour]. It is the core power of the Heavenly Dao, capable of forcibly devouring the spiritual essence of living beings, transforming it into a part of the Heavenly Dao, and returning it to the world.

In the original work, the supervisor used this move on Ara. If it weren't for the intervention of the Gu God, Ara wouldn't have had a chance to appear in the final battle.

Within the space at the core of the Heavenly Dao, this power of transformation into the Dao clearly became even stronger, and even multiple Super Grade beings working together could hardly withstand it.

but……

"Is this your last act of defiance? To be honest, I'm a little disappointed..."

Wu Xian stood motionless amidst the swirling aura enveloped in clear light, then raised his hand and snapped his fingers.

In an instant, the vortex of clear light above their heads collapsed and dissipated with a snap, just like a candle flame being extinguished, and the space returned to calm.

"There's something you actually said that's very true."

Wu Xian teleported to the front of the Supervisor, raised his hand and placed it on the top of his head, and said calmly, "The Way of Heaven should be impartial and selfless, and should not have independent will, so... farewell, Supervisor."

Click! !
As soon as he finished speaking, Wu Xian slightly closed his palms, and the supervisor's body shattered like fragile porcelain, then exploded into dust, leaving no trace of consciousness, returning to the state of the beginning of time.

Rumble————! ! !
A blazing white halo spread out, and a fierce wind suddenly arose in the originally empty pure white space. A single eye slowly opened in the high sky, and boundless pressure descended. It was the manifestation of the Heavenly Dao after losing its independent consciousness.

Wu Xian looked up and met the gaze of that single eye, letting the wind and storm in the void blow against him. His body remained unmoved, as if the majesty of the Heavenly Dao was not so strong in his eyes.

After an unknown amount of time, Wu Xian raised one hand, his five fingers spread wide, and his vortex-shaped single eye showered down boundless golden light.

One by one, celestial characters spiraled down, arranged in yin and yang columns, and under Wu Xian's will, they finally combined into a golden list, on which were written three characters that only Wu Xian and Xu Qi'an could understand—

The list of gods!
(End of this chapter)