This is Swallowed Star, not Resident Evil.

Chapter 328 Celestial Venerables, Primordial Strain

"Thank you, True Lord." Ye Yang, having escaped death, quickly thanked True Lord Ruitan.

"It's nothing, just something I was asked to do. And—" True Monarch Ruitan looked at the planet that had been destroyed and then reassembled, and said in a deep voice, "If we don't take timely measures to deal with the new methods that the Void Sect has come up with, the Immortal Alliance's losses will only be greater."

"Minghong, besides the information you reported, have you discovered any new intelligence?"

Ye Yang shook his head. He had already reported all the information he had discovered about the abilities of the Void Fungus to True Monarch Jili.

"In that case, come with me." Rui Tan Zhenjun then took Ye Yang away to board the teleportation array.

It's a teleportation array to the Silver Core Star Region.

Ye Yang was speechless. He had just returned from the Silver Core Star Region, and now he had to go there again?

"This time I have gathered enough evidence, and the Cardinals should take it seriously and allow me to take you to meet the Celestial Venerables—you can stand aside and, when they call your name, simply tell them what you have seen and heard."

"As for the treatment of personnel and crisis response, these will be handled properly."

Rui Tan Zhenjun meant that Ye Yang should just go through the motions and not express his own opinions on such an important matter, lest he displease the Heavenly Venerables.

Ye Yang knew that this was actually a form of care. Normally, as a late-blooming genius, he would have his own ideas, and the Heavenly Venerable, being magnanimous, would not care and might even think that he had his own personality.

However, if one still jumps out to make grand pronouncements on major events, it's fine if what one says is correct, but if it's wrong and one says useless things, then it's just a waste of time and a delay in seizing opportunities!

In short, if you don't see the whole picture, you'll make more mistakes if you do too much, and fewer mistakes if you do less.

"I understand." Ye Yang nodded, suppressing his anxiety.

My mother, Qian Tong, all my relatives and friends, and all the beings of the Immortal Alliance are all caught in this calamity, but there's no use in being anxious.

Soon, Lord Ruitan led him to the depths of the White Hole orbit.

It was still the Boundless Palace of the Heavenly Venerable Haotian, but this time, as soon as the two came out, they saw the True Lord of Extreme Power and a clerk wearing the uniform of the Cardinal Office of the Boundless Palace already standing in the square waiting.

"The Supreme Ancestor—" Ye Yang's eyes lit up, but then he realized something: "Is it still just an avatar?"

Previously, when True Monarch Ruitan made a full-force attack and unleashed a special energy fluctuation, Ye Yang realized the difference between the so-called "true body" and "incarnation" of a True Monarch.

Its true form is almost entirely composed of primordial matter!

Ye Yang had already memorized the subtle energy fluctuations of the Tai Su substance. Furthermore, the Tai Su substance itself had an extremely high density, causing obvious spacetime ripples to occur with every movement of the body made of Tai Su substance.

Unless a true lord or great being deliberately conceals it, these are obvious distinguishing features.

"You've arrived. Come with me inside." The scribe said, turning and leading the three into the depths of the Boundless Palace.

"Minghong, have you been corrupted by the Great Dao of the Void Sect's protectors?" True Monarch Jili walked over, placed his hand on Ye Yang's shoulder, and exuded the aura of Dao principles.

"I survived it, but I don't know if there are still any lingering problems," Ye Yang replied.

"That Void Protector probably didn't expect this kid's Dao heart to be so stable and his foundation in the Great Dao to be so solid. Therefore, he focused on taking care of Ba Ji, and corrupting him was just a side effect," said True Monarch Ruitan.

"Good job, lad!" Jili Zhenjun's eyes lit up.

After examining Ye Yang, he found that apart from his severely depleted vital energy, Ye Yang had no other injuries or Daoist wounds.

Although he was not directly confronted by the Great Dao invasion of a True Monarch level, but only affected by it, the fact that he was able to avoid any Dao injury can only mean that Ye Yang already possesses a Dao heart and will comparable to a True Monarch!

If not unprecedented, this is certainly extremely rare.

To possess the heart of a True Lord before becoming an immortal is something no one has been able to achieve in the last 100,000 years.

"Jili, how has the Four Great Halls responded?" asked True Lord Ruitan.

The True Lord of Extreme Strength said, "The disciples of the Heavenly Venerable of Salvation have confirmed the situation. In the sampling investigation, more than seven out of a hundred million planets have been affected, and the situation is spreading rapidly. The situation is urgent, and a state of emergency has been declared in some star sectors, and teleportation array sites have been sealed off."

"Gouchen Tianzun and Taihuang Tianzun have not yet responded, Jiuku Tianzun is taking action, and Haotian Tianzun has summoned us and other Tianzun to discuss countermeasures."

Rui Tan nodded and smiled, "It seems that it was the right thing to seek out the Heavenly Venerable of Salvation first. He has many disciples who are quick to respond to any distress. Even if it is an unconfirmed threat, he has the ability to send his disciples to investigate first."

Ye Yang had heard of the name of the Savior of Suffering, but since his hometown star region was not the main area of ​​activity for his disciples, he didn't think much of it.

But according to legend, this great being possessed a heart of great compassion, and his disciples also practiced his ideals, rushing to the aid of those in distress and relieving suffering.

To confirm the existence of void fungi, even if one knew in advance and intended to investigate, it would require at least the intervention of a Star Lord level to identify them.

Furthermore, there are requirements regarding the Dao characteristics of these Star Lords; only a select few can distinguish between ordinary dust and void fungal spores!

Otherwise, even if the Void Fungus spreads away from the Star Lord's residence, it would be impossible for it to continue spreading for so long without being detected.

After all, there is a Void Protector behind this.

"It hasn't even been 10 minutes yet, has it? To be able to mobilize so many Star Lords to search everywhere in such a short time, the disciples of the Salvation Heavenly Venerable are truly highly organized. I wonder if the other Heavenly Venerables' subordinates also have this kind of organizational ability."

Ye Yang was secretly amazed. The response time, measured in minutes, was probably just the tip of the iceberg of the Immortal Alliance's emergency response capabilities.

While Jili Zhenjun and Ruitan Zhenjun were talking, the four of them arrived at a large hall.

In the center of the main hall are seven long tables, with seven seats of honor.

Five of the honored seats were occupied, while two were empty.

However, in one of the two empty seats, there was a servant standing behind it, just like in the other five seats.

"Come on, stand here."

Jili Zhenjun led Ye Yang to stand behind a throne, which was behind the throne of Gouchen Tianzun, the Heavenly Emperor of the Western Taiji Upper Palace.

Ye Yang remembered that all the immortal martial arts lineages traced their origins back to this Western Celestial Venerable as their ancestor.

So, apart from Gouchen Tianzun and Haotian Tianzun, the other five positions on the field should be the positions of other Tianzun.

There are seven Celestial Venerables in the Immortal Alliance.

Seemingly sensing Ye Yang's confusion, True Monarch Jili explained telepathically, "Let me introduce you to the seven Celestial Venerables."

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"The Heavenly Venerables who control the Four Great Palaces are: the Supreme Azure Heaven Emperor Tianhao Heavenly Venerable, the Central Purple Star Myriad Stars North Pole Supreme Emperor Heavenly Venerable, the Western Taiji Upper Palace Heavenly Emperor Gouchen Heavenly Venerable, and the Eastern Azure Flower Nine Yang Taiyi Salvation Heavenly Venerable."

"The honored position held by Ruitan is that of the Supreme Emperor of the North Pole, the Purple Star of the Central Heaven."

Because directly addressing a Celestial Venerable by their name would trigger a response, True Lord Jili always used secret codes for telepathic communication. Ye Yang had to mentally translate the meaning to understand: "Besides the Celestial Venerables who govern the Four Great Halls, the other three are Celestial Venerables in the wild. They are: Celestial Venerable Burying the Heart, Celestial Venerable Free and Unfettered, and Celestial Venerable Chasing Light."

Upon hearing this, Ye Yang couldn't help but ask in confusion, "Why are the names of the three unaffiliated Celestial Venerables so short?"

He could deduce a pattern from the titles of True Immortal, Star Lord, True Lord, and the Four Heavenly Venerables of the Four Great Palaces.

Those are the names of these immortals. After removing their Taoist titles, the prefixes are: two characters, four characters, six characters, and eight characters respectively.

The Heavenly Venerable corresponds to the eight-character prefix, which, when combined with his Daoist title, becomes the cross. However, the Four Great Heavenly Venerables abandoned their original titles, so the cross is always a prefix, or you could say "divine office," a fact Ye Yang already knew.

So, what's the story behind the three unaffiliated celestial beings?

"Do you know why the Celestial Venerable in the Wilderness is in the Wilderness?" asked the True Lord of Extreme Strength.

"This—this disciple does not know." Ye Yang truly did not know, nor did he make any wild guesses.

"Haha, because figures like the Celestial Venerable are transcendent, no one can force them to wield power, nor can anyone stop them from doing so!"

"Power is both a benefit and a responsibility."

"Back then, the Heavenly Venerable Haotian established the Immortal Alliance for the sake of civilization. The Heavenly Venerable of Salvation from Suffering assisted Haotian for the sake of all living beings. The Heavenly Venerable Taihuang and the Heavenly Venerable Gouchen joined the Immortal Alliance for the sake of order and common interests."

"Of course, we can no longer know the original names of these four people, but as long as they still bear their current names, power and responsibility will follow them like a shadow."

"The other three Celestial Venerables are not within the Immortal Alliance system. They are detached from the main civilization, do not need any so-called authority, and do not bear any responsibility. They only need to take care of themselves."

"Among them, the most powerful is generally acknowledged to be the Burial Heart Celestial Venerable, with only Haotian able to rival him. However, the Burial Heart Celestial Venerable claims to have a 'dead heart,' and his subordinates remain confined to their own territories, isolated from the world. Even when summoned for meetings, they merely listen and generally do not offer any opinions."

The True Lord of Extreme Power glanced at the side opposite him, where there were only attendants and no Heavenly Venerables, and said, "Those are the subordinates of the Burial Heart Heavenly Venerable. The Burial Heart Heavenly Venerable has not shown himself for millions of years. He only sends his subordinates to listen to the lectures at the Heavenly Venerable Council."

He then looked at another empty seat and said, "That empty seat, without even a servant, is the seat of the Carefree Celestial Venerable. He lives alone, playing in the mortal world, seeking eternal freedom and ease, detached from worldly affairs. He has no power below him and does not accept any followers."

Then, the True Lord of Extreme Power looked at a throne, on which was a phantom projection of a Heavenly Venerable, whose subordinates were dressed in styles that were not those of the Four Great Halls.

"That is the Celestial Venerable Who Pursues Light. It is said that he once witnessed a 'light' from beyond the universe by chance, and in one day he attained enlightenment and became a Celestial Venerable, and from then on he became a pure and true seeker of the Dao."

"His subordinates are mostly scholars and businessmen. He supports many independent research projects of the Immortal Alliance. He is also the most deeply intertwined non-celestial being with the Immortal Alliance system."

After the three Celestial Venerables finished their introductions, everyone who was supposed to be there had arrived.

"Everyone," Haotian Venerable spoke first, and Jili Zhenjun stopped communicating with Ye Yang telepathically.

Regarding the "Void Fungus" incident, let's exchange what information we have.

After saying that, he threw out a golden light, which split into five and fell in all directions.

At this moment, Gouchen Tianzun turned his head slightly and glanced at Jili Zhenjun and Ye Yang behind him.

Even though he was hiding behind the True Lord of Extreme Power, Ye Yang felt an incomparably sharp will descend upon him at that moment, faintly containing endless cold killing intent, which made his back go cold and his whole body tremble.

Fortunately, this feeling was only momentary. Gouchen Tianzun had no ill intentions; it was merely a trace of his will that unintentionally caused the pressure.

Besides Gouchen Tianzun, the other three Tianzun who caught the golden light released by Haotian Tianzun also glanced at Ye Yang, their various disapproving thoughts sweeping over him.

It is conceivable that the information provided by Haotian Tianzun must have pointed out that Ye Yang was the original discoverer and some of the information providers.

As for the attendant of the Burial Heart Celestial Venerable—he merely received the golden light, which transformed into a golden jade book. It was unknown whether he read the information within it. He simply stood silently without uttering a word, not even glancing at Ye Yang.

"Here is the survey data of my Eastern Paradise on 370 million stars." At this moment, the Heavenly Venerable of Salvation also threw out a ball of blue light, which also split into five and fell in all directions.

For a moment, silence fell over the scene.

All the celestial beings are reading the documents at hand.

Gouchen Tianzun was the first to act. He casually tossed Haotian Tianzun's Golden Jade Book in front of Ye Yang and said, "Take a look and write down any additions."

There was a slight smile on his face, but his voice was low and cold, without any emotional fluctuation, as if his face and vocal cords were separate.

"Disciple obeys." Ye Yang quickly accepted it.

The Immortal Martial lineage reveres Gouchen Heavenly Venerable as the highest ancestor below the Dao Ancestor, and the Jili Dao lineage is no exception. Therefore, Ye Yang can refer to himself as a disciple in front of this Heavenly Venerable.

Using his divine sense to read through a large amount of information, Ye Yang discovered that in addition to the data he had provided, there was also an analysis report compiled by the Cardinal Office of the Boundless Palace.

The information provided by Ye Yang only constituted a small part; the Cardinal's report made up the majority.

It summarizes and analyzes the patterns of recent extreme attacks by low-level Void Cultists, as well as a recent macroscopic population flow model across the entire galaxy.

Several possible transmission routes of void fungi are identified.

Then, researchers in the field of microbiology were contacted to conduct matching analysis based on multiple characteristics of void fungi, and to screen the original strains selected for void fungal culture.

Finally, the probabilities of the original entity are ranked:

The first place winner even came from a dungeon world that Ye Yang recognized somewhat: Cui Li Star Sector 374-8-FIE48.

The suspected pathogen is named "Primary Species".

The reasons are as follows:

First, recently, an incident occurred in which the world dungeon master of the 374-8-FIE48 instance in the Cui Li Star Sector colluded with the Void Cult. Using a Void Cult attack on a transit city as an opportunity to attract attention, they secretly completed an illegal transaction of "Primal Bacteria".

Second, the "primordial bacteria originating from the 374-8-FIE48 copy world" possesses the ability to differentiate into super-adaptive bacterial communities, enabling it to coexist with the Zerg in the 374-8-FIE48 copy world, and even serve as a gene pool for the Zerg in that world.

Third, the original strain mutated after being transferred to the main world's law-based environment, and thus acquired a divine soul.

Four----

The more Ye Yang looked at it, the more it resembled the original strain. In the end, he was completely convinced that the Void Fungus was originally cultivated from this so-called "primordial strain"!

"So—given that the Void Fungus is too invasive to successfully create clones, perhaps I should choose this primordial species?"

A longing arose in Ye Yang's heart.

As the data also states, the original strain has unlimited potential, but compared to the differentiated super-adaptive bacterial community, the original strain itself is like an underdeveloped baby. It is not only fragile, but also consumes a lot of energy and has a very low energy conversion efficiency.

In other words, despite its exceptional adaptability and boundless potential, it grows and multiplies very slowly.

When it comes to coping with various environments, the original bacterial species are significantly weaker than the differentiated bacterial communities.

But for the purpose of creating clones—this is an excellent candidate!

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