supreme deity

Chapter 831 Success or failure hinges on this one move

Instead of replying to Lin Xi with his own conceptual data, Lin Rui sent a message asking: "Xiao Xi, is there something going on with you?"
The war over the artificial sky could break out at any moment, and the hidden forces of the gods are constantly emerging. Even encrypted quantum communication is no longer safe, so he has to be more cautious.

Lin Xi: My sister and I have just cleaned up the Dyson Artillery Group No. 0003. The situation is shocking. Currently, out of the 33200 soldiers in this artillery group, 6639 people have been found to have abnormalities in the mental tests. It should be because the Dream Celestial Venerable has tampered with it.

Lin Xi: There are also big problems with the hundred Dyson cannons and energy gathering devices here. The runes and parts have been tampered with. Also, the condition of the 0001 and 0002 cannon groups in front is also very bad.

While she and Lin Yi were taking care of Lin Rui's physical body, they were also busy investigating and purging the internal affairs of Lin Rui's two major groups and two major sects, including all the middle and senior managers, including Ji Xueying.

Their next target was the Dyson artillery group.

Logically speaking, the area around the sun in the Celestial Pole Galaxy should be beyond the reach and influence of the gods.

Even Lin Xi and Lin Yi couldn't extend their divine sense there. This time, they each sent their armored war dragons over so that a portion of their consciousness could descend upon the various bases of the Dyson artillery group.

They also had to bring six 'Pantheon Pivots' along, because the One-Element Two-Transformation Technique couldn't be used in that area, and they had to rely on external forces to compensate for their distracted thinking and technical computing power.

It's easy to imagine that even sending the armored war dragons there was so difficult for them, let alone other gods interfering with the Dyson artillery formation.

However, judging from the results of the three Dyson mortar groups that have been investigated so far, the situation is alarming.

Lin Xi: I have reason to suspect that Dream and Great Sun have joined forces. Based on the information I have gathered so far, Dream is likely helping Great Sun recover its power.

Lin Rui, however, was not surprised at all and calmly replied: "Da Ri, you don't need to worry about it. Can the psychological problems of the Dyson cannons be solved? Can those Dyson cannons still be used normally?"
Lin Xi: The mental aspect is fine; Xiao Yi and I can handle it. The problem lies with those Dyson cannons. I need the help of the Divine Mechanic Angel.

Their 'past lives' were also masters of the mind. The Goddess of Despair could plunge everyone into despair and could also annihilate and destroy a part of a person's soul and thoughts. The Goddess of Pain could twist anyone's soul into whatever she wanted and could also make them suffer extreme pain.

Lin Yi has now inherited the concept of 'contract' from the Divine Law Celestial Venerable. Although she has not yet mastered it, she can strengthen people's minds through divine contracts.

This time, they brought one million sheets of dragon paper with them, along with more than 500 million Mind Protection Helmets produced on an expedited basis, which was enough to ensure that the Dyson artillery garrison was not controlled by the Dream Celestial.

However, both of them had limited expertise in mechanics and runes. The reason they were able to detect the problem this time was thanks to a master mechanic they were with.

Lin Rui immediately responded: I will have Wei Fan go there in person later.

At this point, his Divine Source Armor had been improved to its limit, and the matter within its core was nearing its end, so there was no need to continue strengthening and improving it.

Lin Rui thought for a moment and then added: Also, things are almost done.

Lin Xi and Lin Yi, who were in their true forms and in charge of the defense command center at the dock base, immediately exchanged a glance, and a hint of joy appeared in their eyes.

The Divine Mechanized Angel is an important assistant to his brother's Origin Project. Since he was willing to send out the Divine Mechanized Angel, his brother must have made great progress in the Origin World.

The two women knew how perilous the current situation was. Despite the fact that their group had several Abyss beings and their overall combat strength was extremely powerful, making even the gods wary, in reality, whichever of the three parties—Dream, Great Sun, or Lord of Fate—would win, they would all be able to sweep them away.

Only if Lin Rui takes that step will they have a chance of winning.

Meanwhile, in the core cultivation room deep within the base, Lin Rui was introspecting his primordial spirit.

He suddenly sensed something unusual within his own mind. When he focused his mind and carefully sensed it, he immediately discovered that there were several strands of dark purple silk threads wrapped around the depths of his primordial spirit.

The moment he discovered these threads, his primordial spirit trembled slightly. It was as if countless cold threads had silently pierced through him, meandering and spreading along the gaps in his meridians and consciousness.

They wriggled in his mind like living things, intertwining like a spider web, with fine roots sprouting from the ends of these threads, trying to take root in the depths of his memories and emotions.

Not only Lin Rui's main body, but also his alternate body and the brains of the two war dragons, all had purple threads appearing on them.

Lin Rui's eyes sharpened, and he immediately activated the martial intent of 'One' and the power of purity.

A golden sun suddenly appeared above his head, its blazing light piercing his sea of ​​consciousness like a sharp sword, illuminating his primordial spirit, cleansing his flesh and blood, and wrapping the dark purple threads layer by layer, nailing them all down!
The Holy Thunder Tribulation Fire transformed into a dense electric net and wall of fire, weaving into a prison within the primordial spirit and body, repeatedly washing, examining, and refining.

He found more and more dark purple threads, which sizzled under the burning holy lightning. Some of them withered quickly and turned into black smoke, while others resisted stubbornly, even transforming into distorted human faces and letting out silent roars.

Lin Rui's concept of 'One' is indeed very close to the divine level. If it must be described in percentage, then as early as ten days ago, he had already condensed and engraved this fundamental concept to a height of 99.993%.

Three years ago, when Lin Rui was studying martial arts for the first time, he realized that he had gone astray.

Actually, it can't be said that he went astray. At that time, he cultivated seventy or eighty conceptual powers. On the one hand, he wanted to resist the erosion and pollution of the Great Sun Celestial Venerable. On the other hand, he wanted to absorb the essence of all laws, refine the essentials, and thus condense his own martial intent of 'One'.

Although this path is difficult, once it is successfully navigated, his foundation will be incredibly solid and substantial.

Moreover, relying on the Throne of Truth, he can use Soul Power Points to quickly master various martial arts, allowing him to master them at a speed a hundred times faster than ordinary people.

However, things didn't go as planned. Once one had cultivated the concept of martial arts to over 50%, it became very difficult to make any further progress.

The Throne of Truth can help him deduce and research, but it requires a large amount of soul power points, as well as the collection of divine light and immortal divine souls.

Theoretically speaking, even if Lin Rui were to kill all the current level nine realm and immortal beings, he could only push the power of thirty of them to more than 80%.

These concepts alone cannot help him elevate his fundamental techniques to the divine level; he can barely even reach 90% of their strength.

Lin Rui was able to condense his concept of 'One' to over 90% in just a few years by forcibly consuming and refining the Wuji and Lihe methods.

However, this method is extremely risky. Lin Rui has not yet been able to completely refine the soul imprints of these two Abysses, and he is always at risk of being devoured by them.

Later, Lin Rui discovered the real shortcut. He didn't actually need to understand the true mysteries of the Three Thousand Great Daos. He only needed to ensure that his 'One' could give rise to the Three Thousand Great Daos and become their starting point and end point!

If he can create a fait accompli within the Root World, then his fundamental concept will naturally reach the God rank. The more conceptual power he gathers in the future, the greater the divine power of his 'One' concept will be, and he may even advance towards transcendence!

This is essentially a 'sleight of hand'. He doesn't need to conquer every concept or every path. Instead, he directly modifies the 'underlying code' of the root world, implanting an 'underlying protocol' into the intertwined and mutually influential network of concepts, making the three thousand paths default to taking his 'One' as their foundation.

Lin Rui no longer needed to study other methods, nor did he need to understand the trajectory of every wisp of wind or the direction of every drop of water. He had already grasped the origin and destination of 'wind' and 'water', and could naturally command and mobilize the power of wind and water.

Lin Rui is doing this job now. Although it is extremely risky, laborious, and involves a lot of complicated matters, the rewards are also incredibly high.

Of course, all of this is based on the concept of 'one' that Lin Rui has refined through years of research.

At this moment, Lin Rui was only a hair's breadth away from the abyss. If he wanted, he could cross that threshold within 10 minutes. If he were willing to pay the price and expend more of his vital energy, he could even force his way across with just a thought.

The reason Lin Rui has kept this 0.007% uncrossed is because he is worried about triggering the Root Tide, which would alert the three God Kings.

Especially the Great Sun Celestial Venerable, who had a deep connection with the Root in the past, is very likely to sense the changes in the Root.

Fortunately, this being had just swallowed the source core and essence of the Divine Law Celestial Venerable and was currently refining it; otherwise, Lin Rui would not have dared to act so recklessly in the Origin World.

Lin Rui's most important task now is to take advantage of the gods' inattention and quickly gather the three thousand Great Daos within the Origin World, making it his own as soon as possible.

However, as he delved deeper into the work of sorting out connections at the root, the conceptual net he wove grew larger, and the number of concepts he connected increased, the backlash from the remnants of those ascended races became increasingly fierce.

Their mental power was terrifying; it could not only break through the power of Lin Rui and Luo Wangshu, but also keep them completely unaware until they left the Origin World, at which point they revealed some traces.

It wasn't until a full ten minutes later that these dark purple threads were completely cleared and refined by Lin Rui's Holy Lightning Tribulation Fire.

Lin Rui was still not at ease, so he sifted through his primordial spirit again and again until he was sure that there was no residual foreign power in his primordial spirit and flesh before he ended his spiritual cleansing.

Fang Ranran had already noticed Lin Rui's unusual behavior, but dared not disturb him. She stopped her work and looked at him with great concern.

She had been sharing a room with Lin Rui for the past few months, and she had witnessed this situation many times.

Although Lin Rui has always managed to pull through, this time the situation seems to be particularly serious.

At this moment, not only was his aura extremely chaotic, but wisps of purple mist were also surging, reflecting a distorted human face within.

Countless dark purple threads were seeping out from the void rift, following the trajectory of Lin Rui's aura, and burrowing towards his brow like venomous snakes.

Although these threads and purple mist were eventually burned away by the Holy Lightning Tribulation Fire, the remaining eerie power still lingered around him, forming a distorted chaotic aura. Only when the chaotic aura gradually dissipated did Fang Ranran feel a little relieved, but she still couldn't help but worry: "Xiao Rui, what's going on? What exactly has corrupted you? It feels like it's getting worse."

The problem is that even the Great Sun Celestial Venerable has been forced by Lin Rui to start anew and reshape his divine body. What kind of being is qualified and capable of polluting and eroding Lin Rui's primordial spirit?
Lin Rui opened his eyes and saw Fang Ranran's worried expression. He immediately smiled and said, "There's no such thing as a free lunch. If I want to gain the power to fight against the gods, I naturally have to take risks—"

As he spoke, he noticed a faint purple light emanating from Fang Ranran's helmet. He immediately raised his hand and grabbed a wisp of faint purple mist from beside Fang Ranran.

A holy white flame immediately ignited in Lin Rui's palm, refining the purple mist. He said casually, "But don't worry, I have a plan. Everything is under control."

In reality, it was certainly not as easy as Lin Rui made it out to be.

The 'spirits' of these ascended races are basically on the same level as the gods, or even surpass them, and each one is very difficult to deal with.

These forces, unable to penetrate his primordial spirit, instinctively tried to drag him into the source, while simultaneously beginning to corrupt those around him, leaving no stone unturned.

At that very moment, Lin Rui's expression suddenly changed, and he looked up at the void with surprise.

He saw tens of thousands of silvery-white bands of light suddenly extend from the surface of the Celestial Pole, stretching out in all directions, connecting not only the 12 satellites, but also forming a magnificent network of light that spans the starry sky.

Some of these light bands intertwine and connect with each other, while others pierce the void like the roots of a giant tree. They pulsate silently in the vacuum, sometimes contracting into slender threads, and sometimes expanding into a river of light several kilometers in diameter, with a torrent of runes flowing on their surface like liquid metal.

As time went on, this magnificent net of light began to cover the entire Celestial Pole like a giant silver dome, its surface flowing with brilliant light, as if it were a projection of the stars in the universe.

At this moment, a powerful energy wave rippled outwards, forming concentric circles that distorted the surrounding space.

Lin Rui sensed that the twelve satellites and nearly four hundred artificial canopy bases in the fourteen base cities were operating at full capacity, and a large number of supporting fusion reactors and antimatter reactors were also supplying the canopy with a continuous stream of energy, making the canopy shine even brighter.

"What a master of destiny!" Lin Rui thought to himself that this master of destiny was truly remarkable, managing to pull such a trick on the gods at this particular time.

"The artificial canopy has been connected?"

Fang Ranran also sensed the situation outside, and her expression changed slightly: "At least 30 base stations with a capacity of 5 million people have been connected, and the capacity of this canopy is at least 1500 billion people! Will the gods start a war immediately?"

Their preparations are not yet complete; at least 340 warships are still on the slipway, including 14 Light-class battleships, and the construction of 12 Brilliant Altars is nearing completion.

Meanwhile, the Lin sisters' cleanup of the Dyson artillery group has only just begun, and the urban defense array renovation projects of the sixth, seventh, tenth, and eleventh base cities are also nearing completion.

"No!" Lin Rui shook his head: "We humans have a saying that the first rafter to stick out will rot first. There is a similar proverb on Tianji Star. Even the Abyss among the gods does not dare to act rashly and become the target of all the gods. The Dream Celestial Venerable can still suppress it for the time being, but he is also in a lot of pain right now."

Lin Rui's lips curled up slightly, revealing a sarcastic smile.

It can be suppressed, but it will only last for ten or twenty days at most.

The Celestial Venerable of Dreams forced the gods to sign a divine covenant, prohibiting the deployment of a new foundation. But now that the complete celestial canopy is right there, can the gods sit still?
It's become increasingly difficult for the gods to unite against the Lord of Fate and the Supreme Celestial Venerable.

Now even the Abyss has seen hope; with the foundation of the Lord of Fate now in place, they are qualified to enter.

Lin Rui sighed inwardly. He had actually hoped that the Lord of Fate could help him buy more time, but things didn't go as planned, and this Lord was already planning to overturn the table.

Less than 15 minutes later, Lin Rui said almost the same thing in front of his master.

Luo Wangshu stood by the porthole, looking at the lava lake ahead: "Where do these bases connect to the sky, and who owns them?"

“Several base cities have them.” Lin Rui said calmly, “Goddess Ao Jue’s people rushed over immediately to take over and ensure the safety of these bases.”

Luo Wangshu immediately raised his eyebrows, realizing that the Abyss in the Middle must have been connected with the Lord of Fate, but this did not violate the divine covenant of the gods.

"It seems a storm is brewing!" Luo Wangshu said, one hand on the sword at his waist, a sharp glint in his eyes. "Xiao Rui, you need to speed things up. Our success or failure hinges on this."

She then turned to look at Lin Rui, her eyes full of meaning: "Your true form is with your little fiancée, isn't it? This duality technique is really convenient."

Lin Rui's heart skipped a beat. The topic had jumped too quickly and suddenly. He was thinking about how to answer when he saw Luo Wangshu shake her head: "I think she has had a hard time too. You should treat her better in the future."

Lin Rui then recalled the fatigue that Fang Ranran was trying to hide in her eyes, and his heart was filled with pity and guilt.

He also knew that Ranran was in a very bad mood. In the past few months, not only had all the affairs of Ruifang Forest Group and the Bright King Cult been on her shoulders, but she also had to hide in that secret room for more than five months without going out. It was practically like being imprisoned.

In the days that followed, Lin Rui continued to follow the established procedures, meticulously untangling the increasingly well-organized web of concepts at the root of the matter.

Seventeen days later, Lin Rui received an email from the Dream Celestial.

When this god-king sent a message to Lin Rui a few months ago, he used a divine thought to penetrate the multiple defenses of the dock base and directly enter his sea of ​​consciousness. Today, however, he sent him an email through a quantum communication terminal.

Lin Rui opened the email, glanced at it, and sighed. The Dream Celestial Venerable had finally located the Lord of Fate.

Without any further delay, after making some arrangements and instructions to Fang Ranran, he directly used his true form to pass through the secret room and flew into outer space.

Lin Rui's armored war dragon also flew over, transforming into a four-foot-long dark gold dragon, and landed on his shoulder.

At this moment, within the mysterious and vast ring of the Celestial Pole, countless strangely shaped meteorites, ice crystals, small satellites, and stardust drifted slowly in the tranquil void.

Suddenly, ripples spread through the space, and powerful auras swept in like surging waves, shattering the long-standing tranquility of the place.

The Celestial Venerable of Dreams appeared first, still wearing a dreamy white robe woven from starlight, his body radiating rainbow-like divine light.

His appearance seemed to freeze the surrounding space, and his powerful pressure caused nearby meteorites to stop moving and float in place.

The deity's eyes were as sharp as a hawk's, coldly staring at a small satellite in front of it that was about 6,200 kilometers long and 4,000 kilometers wide and high.

Although it's called a small satellite, its size is actually not much smaller than the Earth's moon. However, compared to the twelve moons of the celestial pole, it's really nothing.

The Celestial Venerable of Dreams' gaze pierced through layers of mist teeming with primordial matter, revealing the planet's outer surface, its surface starkly covered with constantly writhing dark purple crystal clusters—likely stellar material resulting from the erosion and contamination by primordial power.
The Lord of Destiny's secret base is hidden here, shrouded in layers of spacetime barriers and the mists of fate. Before the Dream Celestial Venerable discovered this place, in the perception of the gods, it was like a tiny speck of stardust hidden in a vast star ring.

Lin Rui then appeared, hovering about a thousand miles away from the Lord of Fate. The two gods of the Central Continent also arrived one after the other. The silver-armored goddess released a time crystal chain from her fingertips, turning the surrounding area into solidified amber. The fiery red-haired man spread his arms, and space twisted into a vortex-shaped mirror in his palms, refracting countless overlapping star ring projections.

They stood side by side, displaying a vigilant and wary demeanor.

Next was Yu Youyuan of the Eastern Abyss, clad in dark gold armor. His vertical pupil, shaped like a yin-yang symbol, was also observing the small satellite ahead, its light gleaming mysteriously.
Although he was injured in the divine war a few months ago, he still exudes divine might and radiates a powerful aura of truth, making him someone not to be underestimated.

At this moment, numerous gods, including the Northern Abyss, the Western Abyss, the Devouring Celestial, and the Lord of Darkness, appeared. They were all different in form and their auras were powerful and eerie.

The Northern Abyss remained unchanged, with a massive, ice-blue sword embedded in another giant meteorite not far away, its single eye at the hilt observing the satellite; the void power of the Western Abyss swirled around them, with void rifts appearing from time to time; the Devouring Celestial exuded a terrifying aura that devoured everything, seemingly able to suck everything around him into endless darkness, while the Lord of Darkness concealed himself in the shadows, only his pair of scarlet blood eyes flashing with a cold light, sending chills down one's spine.

After observing the small satellite, Lin Rui continued to sense and observe the gods.

These beings are trapped beneath the celestial canopy and cannot escape the Celestial Pole Star for long, so those who come are all alien entities.

Lin Rui sensed the state of these alien entities. He discovered that even in the Northern Abyss, the weakest region within the Earth Federation, the alien entities' strength had reached over 80%!

Even the Undying Dragon Lord arrived at this moment. He had also completed his transformation, and his three-thousand-meter-long dark gold dragon body was encircled in a distant nebula.

Interestingly, none of the gods gathered here, except for Lin Rui and Meng Huan, brought their war dragons.

The gods then observed each other, and their gazes subsequently focused on that mysterious base.

The base was shrouded in an even denser power of origin, along with various laws of destiny and divine power of truth, obscuring its interior even from the sight of the gods.
However, just from that powerful concept of destiny and truth, they knew that the Lord of Destiny and the Supreme One must be inside.

The air was thick with tension, as if a taut string could snap at any moment, and the situation was on the verge of exploding.

All the gods are secretly gathering their strength, preparing for the impending divine war.

(End of this chapter)