A Scroll of Infinite Glory

Chapter 559 The Golden Relics, the Cosmic War Pact

When Guan Luoyang struck the relic of the Buddha of Freedom in the World, the Buddhist mysteries within his palm technique instantly produced trillions of variations, constantly testing the most compatible state of mind with this relic.

Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva is known for his steadfastness and profound meditation. Although his inner will is unwavering, his spiritual practice can be disguised in countless ways when necessary.

As for the Tathagata Palm, which is said to be the source of all Buddhas, its many variations and complex derivatives need no further explanation.

Guan Luoyang's Vacuum Heavenly Demon Path is also known for its profound and varied transformations.

The combination of various factors allowed him to disguise his palm strike as a power nearly identical to that of the relic in an instant, driving straight in and expelling Wan Guizang's remaining true form from the relic.

That ball of light, bluish-black with hidden lines of longitude and various trigrams, just shot out from the relic.

Guan Luoyang pulled the Pangu Axe back with his other hand and slammed it down hard with the back of the axe.

The entire ball of spiritual light was instantly flattened, and all sorts of trigrams and hexagrams were imprinted on the back of the axe, as if a faint mark had been added.

Wan Guicang's unwilling voice faintly emanated from it, but the back of the Pangu Axe was the best object to suppress him, enough to completely imprison his remaining true form after his serious injury and defeat.

At this point, Guan Luoyang finally relaxed a bit, feeling that the battle was exhilarating. One by one, the past true forms he summoned behind him returned to their original time and space.

He held the relic of the Buddha of Worldly Freedom in his left hand and the Pangu Axe in his right, and looked back.

The radiance of the relic was like a bright lamp; wherever it passed, the chessboard that had previously undergone unusual changes immediately returned to normal.

The pure white light of Buddha shone once again upon the hall that Guan Luoyang had vaguely glimpsed earlier.

That hall wasn't located deeper into the black hole; in fact, it was located on the outer edge of the area where Guan Luoyang and Wan Guizang delivered their final blow.

However, because they weren't on the same route they had attacked from earlier, they didn't notice it at the time.

With his two treasures in hand and no powerful enemies interfering, Guan Luoyang was able to move more freely. After observing from afar for a while, he discovered that the hall was empty and devoid of any living beings, so he decided to explore it.

As he stepped into the hall, he immediately felt the pressure around him ease. He couldn't help but take a step back thoughtfully to observe carefully.

The materials used to build this palace could be considered seven-star materials, but they were only low-grade seven-star materials. They shouldn't have been able to offset so much of the pressure from the black hole.

Guan Luoyang took a closer look and noticed something amiss. It turned out that the hall itself was located in a region of lower pressure inside the black hole.

The gravity at the core of a black hole is so strong that it can pulverize even neutrons, and the density of matter inside is extremely high.

However, even in the core region of a black hole, the density is not completely uniform at every location.

Especially for supermassive black holes like the one at the center of the Milky Way, the pressure intensity in the less dense areas of the core region may be vastly different from that in the more dense areas.

If we observe carefully from a high-dimensional perspective that extends halfway beyond the river of time, we can also find that although the spacetime inside the black hole is violently distorted, there are some intermittent, seemingly nonexistent spacetime folds, and the pressure inside these folds is much lower than in other places.

Guan Luoyang opened his sleeves and put away the Buddha Relic of the Worldly Free King and the Pangu Axe, then slowly walked into the hall to observe them.

This domed hall is very tall, but also very crude. Apart from a white jade-like foundation, there are only thirty-six pillars, sparsely arranged in a circle, supporting the roof.

However, all these pillars have hexagonal gold patterns, with intricate symmetrical designs engraved inside.

"It's a symbol of the golden age of civilization..."

Guan Luoyang recalled that among the secret information he had consulted, there was mention of the so-called Golden Civilization.

It is said that in the distant past of this universe, before the Interstellar Alliance was formally established, the Golden Civilization was the most powerful force of that era.

Their technological prowess is virtually unmatched, making them invincible in their conquests of the stars.

However, they are not a war-loving race. In fact, whether due to culture, genes, or technological beliefs, the vast majority of their people maintain a kind and cheerful attitude.

The reason they gained such a formidable reputation was simply because other civilizations provoked them, and they launched a counterattack.

Moreover, great fame is not a good thing. In that era, public order was not sound. With great fame, more covetousness was attracted, and there were endless provocations and disputes behind the scenes.

The Golden Civilization grew increasingly disgusted with its situation, so it simply closed off its star sector, disappearing directly from the observation of other civilizations, and continued to focus on its ancient research.

In other words... the way to the Rainbow Sea.

They had already verified the existence of the Rainbow Sea; what they lacked was a method to reach it on a large scale.

The more one loathes the current state of the universe and the stars, the more the existence of the Rainbow Sea seems like an eternal pure land.

No one knows how long the Golden Civilization researched it. Later, several powerful civilizations broke through the Golden Civilization's concealment technology, only to find that almost all of the Golden Civilization's members had disappeared.

That race seems to have truly found a way to the Rainbow Sea. After they left, they left behind the key to unlock that route, namely the Golden Hexagonal Compass.

Unfortunately, after those powerful civilizations discovered this, they had different ideas. Some civilizations seemed to have found after research that as long as the compass was destroyed, even members of the Golden Civilization would have no chance of returning to this universe.

Some civilizations, unwilling to fall behind, see the Rainbow Sea as a natural treasure trove and are determined to immediately restart the compass to compete with the Golden Civilization for this treasure.

In the midst of a war caused by many differing opinions, the hexagonal compass split into six amulets, the whereabouts of which are unknown.

When the Primordial Elder awoke and went to visit his old friends in the Golden Civilization, he discovered all these changes, but it was too late.

Later, it is said that the reason why the Primordial Elder established the Interstellar Alliance was also related to the fact that the ruins of the Golden Civilization were almost completely destroyed by those powerful civilizations in the war.

"There are indeed rumors that the route to the Rainbow Sea found by the Golden Civilization is hidden inside the Great Black Hole."

Wan Guicang's voice came from Guan Luoyang's sleeve. Although it was faint, it had already calmed down.

"It seems this place might be one of the stations on that flight route."

Guan Luoyang said, "Dead men don't speak."

Wan Guizang snorted coldly.

An eight-star expert is not so easy to kill, but being defeated by Guan Luoyang and suppressed is no different from being dead.

In any case, this defeat has already destined him to be forgotten in the future.

His aura is still preserved at Lan Daotianwu's and the God of Wealth's places. If one is willing to pay a sufficient price, it is not impossible to revive him.

The problem is that Wan Guizang is already an eight-star powerhouse. Whether it's Lan Daotianwu or the God of Wealth, reviving him would be a very difficult task.

Those two old geezers probably wouldn't be willing to pay such a price.

As for reviving Wan Guizang at the Seven Star stage, that's even more impossible.

The concept of an eight-star powerhouse transcends time and space. Once they die, all past time periods involving them are locked away.

To extract the Wan Gui Zang from a specific time period, one must inevitably involve the entire concept of existence.

Reviving a fragment of the past is no different in difficulty from reviving the complete eight-star Wan Guizang.

Oh, all of this is based on the premise that Guan Luoyang does not intervene.

In fact, within the same multiverse, any powerful being killed by Guan Luoyang who wishes to be resurrected would inevitably trigger his senses.

If he were to interfere at a crucial moment, those who wanted to revive Wan Guizang would likely have wasted their efforts and instead be exploited by Guan Luoyang.

The more I think about it, the more I realize that reviving Wan Guizang is almost impossible.

Guan Luoyang reached out and touched the pillar, taking a bit of the substance from it with his fingers. By tracing back and calculating, he immediately saw a scene from a long time ago.

This place was indeed once a station of the Golden Civilization. That race came here following a certain route, rested for a while, and then set off again.

However, the environment of a black hole is too complicated, and even Guan Luoyang couldn't clearly calculate the specific trajectory of that flight path.

He closed his eyes, and with a thought, he arrived above the river of time and space, looking down at the black hole.

Even from the perspective of the long river of time, this supermassive black hole is an extremely dangerous vortex.

It's not impossible to find a safe flight path from it, but it would be too time-consuming.

Moreover, when it comes to celestial bodies like black holes, it's difficult to use time acceleration techniques to speed up observations.

The supermassive black hole warps spacetime and cannot accurately jump back to the present moment after a long period of observation, thus creating the effect of "instantaneous observation".

When an eight-star powerhouse jumps around in the long river of time in the universe, he cannot travel through too far a point in time in his true form, not only because it might provoke a reaction from other powerhouses of the same level in the same universe.

Another reason is the need to counteract the effects of these supermassive celestial bodies in the universe. The further back in time the jump goes, the stronger the pressure from the flow of time becomes.

Unless there are no other powerful beings involved in time and space, and the changes only affect the civilization history of a small region, with no connection to other civilizations and minimal causal relationships, then it would be quite simple.

For example, if Guan Luoyang were to go to a remote planet that had never been discovered by the Interstellar Alliance, where there were no entanglements of countless causes and effects, no powerful beings who had reached the Seven Stars, and only a few hundred billion intelligent beings.

That would be enough to easily turn back the timeline of that planet to tens of millions of years ago.

But that would be meaningless. If he wanted to use the changes on that remote planet to alter the course of the Interstellar Alliance from the past, then countless causes and effects would be triggered and entangled, involving the pressure of the entire universe, which would still directly weigh on Guan Luoyang, the main figure.

Therefore, it's more practical to focus on the present.

"A giant black hole!"

Guan Luoyang sighed and returned his attention to the hall.

"I wonder how much time the Golden Civilization spent observing such a route back then; it's truly admirable."

He pondered for a moment, and suddenly a purple figure emerged from his body.

Her face was veiled in light gauze, she wore a purple silk skirt, her hair was piled high like clouds, and her wrists and neck were fair and white.

As Zi Yuanjun turned his head, a gentle smile naturally appeared in his eyes. He said, "It is indeed a good place. Let me cultivate here and also ponder the details of that route."

Zi Yuanjun has the widest range of knowledge and the strongest pioneering spirit in the material martial arts system of the Earth Mother God Clan. In this respect, even Taiyuan God Lord and Guji Heavenly King are definitely inferior to her.

Moreover, Guan Luoyang's understanding of her was the most meticulous, making this projection's potential extremely high.

Having Zi Yuanjun here is the best choice at present.

Guan Luoyang nodded slightly, then took out the Pangu Axe again, left the area, and slowly moved forward in the black hole until he was completely out of the range of the great black hole.

Without the influence of the black hole, Guan Luoyang felt instantly relaxed, as free as a fish leaping in the vast sea and a bird soaring in the boundless sky.

He wielded the Pangu Axe, cutting a rift in the cosmos, stepped into it, and when he reappeared, he had already traversed half of the Milky Way and returned to the Karen Galaxy.

The battle here is now coming to an end.

The spying parties from all sides, whose numbers were already far fewer than the group of fierce and ruthless individuals who had emerged from the spaceport of the Kingdom of Karen, have now all been suppressed.

Commander Qu Ao of the Black Flag Alliance's Fourth Fleet, Eternal Night Sleepless under the command of the God of War, and White Eye of the Galaxy Eye—these three are quite troublesome.

It's not just because they are powerful, but also because they each have an eight-star expert behind them, who have put in a lot of effort to leave behind a way to save their lives.

After the eighteen projections of the mind realm dealt with everyone else, they joined forces to block the three of them, but only ended up in a stalemate.

As soon as Guan Luoyang returned, he heard the sound of a zither floating behind Bai Yan, the sound of horns coming from the mirror of the Demon Lord Changsi, and loud laughter coming from the top of Commander Qu Ao's head.

Three voices, three illusory figures, condensed separately.

The blue-eyed man was tall and held a harp. His face was hidden in the darkness, with only one bright blue eye showing: "So the Kingdom of Karen has such a powerful figure backing it up."

Within the precious mirror, flames roared and horns blared. There were no figures, only voices: "Return my generals immediately! The matter of the Immortal Seed can be temporarily set aside. Otherwise, the flames of war will consume the entire Karen Galaxy!!"

A black flag materialized out of thin air, then suddenly unfurled, its tip pinned down by a military boot. A black and red overcoat fluttered in the wind, its shoulders, chest, cuffs, and hem adorned with countless badges.

The Doomsday Commander had a fierce appearance, a messy short beard, and wore an exaggerated captain's hat. He casually glanced around and said, "Hahahaha, Qu Ao, you're such a waste."

"My friend, how about I have Qu Ao become your godfather, and you join our Black Flag Alliance, becoming... a King of the First Rank! What do you say?!"

Guan Luoyang remained calm and waved his sleeve.

The first spaceport of the Kingdom of Karen, along with the Karen main star behind it, caused the entire space to tremble, undulating like waves.

A few seconds later, this area of ​​space rapidly condensed, gradually becoming clearly separated from the surrounding starry sky.

Those Seven Star experts who had already been suppressed finally realized that the first space port of the Karen Kingdom and the Karen main star had long been moved away, and there was nothing in this space at all.

What they had seen before was just a painting.

It's just a scroll depicting planets, ports, a dark space background, and distant starlight.

As the scroll shrank to its final size, it transformed into a piece of cloth, which floated to Guan Luoyang's side and merged into his robes.

They cut divine robes as paper, gathered primordial chaos as ink, used the Minghong Blade as a brush, and collected starlight as color.

This is the scroll painting. Some of the aftershocks of the battle between the many Seven Star Masters had spread there, but it was calmly preserved without any obvious damage or clues.

Commander Doom and the others were speechless upon witnessing this scene.

"My Tai Su Academy is also known as Tai Su Grotto Heaven."

Guan Luoyang said in a clear voice, "A grotto-heaven is a world within a cave, open and bright, capable of being large or small, rising or falling, unburdened by circumstances, unfettered by worldly things, undisturbed by celestial phenomena, and unrestricted by terrain, infinitely changeable, and carefree."

"Therefore, one can be called an immortal within the grotto heaven."

He surveyed the starry sky with a detached expression, "If you dare to interfere with my affairs again, even if I slaughter all your generals, what can you do to me?!"

The Doomsday Commander's expression darkened slightly, and the blue-eyed man suddenly raised his voice.

Amidst the flames of war, a shadow suddenly appeared, with two horns on its head and a majestic figure, staring at Guan Luoyang.

Before they could speak, Guan Luoyang laughed and said, "Even if you want to sacrifice your blood to my swords and axes, you'll have to take a back seat."

"I killed Wan Guizang today, but I also found the martial arts of the City of Transcendence quite interesting. Fifteen days later, I will go to the City of Transcendence to fight Lan Daotianwu."

"After I defeat him, you can all come and ambush him together."

Before he finished speaking, Guan Luoyang waved his long sleeve, and Bai Yan and the other two were all taken away by his sleeve. The three illusory figures were also swallowed up by his sleeve and disappeared without a trace.

Not to mention those seven-star powerhouses who had already been suppressed, even Liu Bowen and others were shaken to their core at this moment. They were stunned by Guan Luoyang's actions and words, and remained in a daze for a long time, sensing that a great storm that would shake the universe was about to arrive.

But without even waiting for the future, on this very day, an unprecedented storm had already swept across the StarNet.

The changes in the Karen Galaxy, the creator of the Human Immortal Dao Seed, and the announcement from the Tai Su Cave Heaven spread throughout the entire universe!

(End of this chapter)