A Scroll of Infinite Glory

Chapter 560 The Secret of the Supreme Being

After news of the dramatic changes in the Karen Galaxy spread, the public naturally discussed it extensively.

The behavior of those biotechnology organizations that lost their elite armed forces, or even had their leaders captured, is quite intriguing.

Organizations that have always demanded independence and autonomy, requiring the Interstellar Alliance to abide by past public regulations and show sufficient respect for their respective corporate cultures, have now jointly submitted a petition, urgently hoping that the Interstellar Alliance will intervene strongly in this matter.

The matter escalated, eventually leading to a high-level interstellar alliance meeting.

The power structure of the Interstellar Alliance can be roughly divided into three aspects.

First, they are the highest-ranking officials at the Alliance headquarters. Anyone who can become the highest-ranking official has staunch supporters, and their power during their term of office is not to be underestimated.

Second, there is the Council of Elders.

When the original Grand Elder first established the Interstellar Alliance, he selected a portion of interstellar civilizations to form the initial Alliance headquarters.

Although over the years, the Alliance headquarters has developed its own comprehensive selection mechanism, capable of cultivating a new generation of talent, and the backgrounds of its members are no longer limited to the initial part of interstellar civilizations.

However, those earliest civilizations still retain enormous influence and hold a pivotal position in various fields of the Interstellar Alliance; they are the prototype of the Council of Elders.

Thirdly, each civilization, as a formal member of the Interstellar Alliance, sends its own representative to reside permanently at the Interstellar Alliance headquarters after joining, to advocate for the interests of their own civilization and to represent their attitude towards various major interstellar events.

The so-called highest-level all-member meeting, of course, requires the participation and expression of representatives from all civilizations, the council of elders, and so on.

They are mainly divided into two factions.

Some people hope that the entire Interstellar Alliance will step in to put pressure on Tai Su Cave Heaven, demanding that Tai Su Cave Heaven hand over the leaders of various parties who have been "unjustly imprisoned." As for the matter of the Human Immortal Dao Seed, it can be discussed later.

Another group believes that taking an overly tough stance against Tai Su Cave Heaven might backfire. They suggest that the Alliance headquarters send an envoy to investigate whether those imprisoned by Tai Su Cave Heaven have truly violated interstellar laws or offended Tai Su Cave Heaven's territorial security.

A very small number of people who wanted to smooth things over thought that since Taisu Cave Heaven was going to challenge the City of Transcendence anyway, they should wait until they finished fighting before making any decisions.

In short, due to the ambiguous attitude of the Supreme Ruler Dumon, the Primordial Elder once again failed to make a public appearance.

The meeting was deadlocked, and no consensus could be reached.

Meanwhile, Guan Luoyang had already accepted the invitation from the Supreme Dao Sect to meet with Optimus Prime and others.

The three Reincarnator battle groups that entered this world—the First Core and the City Beyond—have already incurred Guan Luoyang's wrath, and Guan Luoyang also disapproves of their actions.

The Supreme Dao Sect has relatively little information in this universe. They seem to be a particularly well-behaved businessman, purchasing various mineral resources and selling ecosystem modification technology, etc.

However, for a Reincarnator warband, it would be too stingy to purchase mineral resources solely through such trading channels.

Guan Luoyang always felt that they were being too low-key.

Something is amiss here. We need to go there in person to see what kind of inclinations this battle group has.

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A white crane glides across the sky.

A white crane spreads its wings, the feathers at the tips of its wings sweeping across a planet with a diameter of ten thousand miles. But when the two touch, it is as if two phantoms meet, passing through each other without any sign of collision.

These planets also have life, the most numerous of which are beasts resembling dinosaurs.

As the ethereal crane feathers swept across this celestial body, countless creatures on its surface felt a strange warmth and comfort.

One of the small Tyrannosaurus Rex, with its slightly reddish fur, suddenly knelt on its hind legs, its two short forelegs barely touching, and knelt in devout worship, overjoyed, and spoke in human language: "Ah, I understand."

A yellow Maiasaura beside them uttered a melodious voice and asked, somewhat bewildered, "What have you realized?"

"It is love and justice, it is the Golden Elixir Path."

The little Tyrannosaurus Rex stood up, head held high, and declared, "The Great Dao is wondrous; from now on, I will be called Qiqi."

"Sister, you can talk now. Hmm, once I swallow a golden pill, my fate is in my own hands, not in the heavens. So, let's call you Keke."

The moment she received her name, the previously somewhat bewildered mother dragon's eyes lit up with a gleam of wisdom: "Keke..."

The two little dragons are still young and inexperienced, but in the future, Qiqi and Keke will cultivate themselves on the earth, make many friends, travel through the starry sea, pursue the supreme Dao sect, and return to their sect with their master. There will be many twists and turns in their story.

Many years later, the dinosaur ancestor Qiqi and the benevolent mother Yuanjun Keke reside in this world, teaching and enlightening all living beings, imparting the highest virtues, and leaving behind a legend in this universe. It all originated from today's white crane's breath.

That's a story for later, so let's leave it at that for now.

Now, the white crane traveled through the starry sky, like a dream, and wherever it passed, whenever it encountered a living being, it would inevitably give those beings, in their ignorance, a chance to hear the Dao.

On the back of the white crane lies a continent, with nine layers of celestial clouds forming a giant cauldron overturned upon it.

If your gaze were to penetrate the atmosphere, you could see mountains formed by purplish-red crystals, azure oceans, golden deserts, and emerald-green jungles, all displaying extraordinary beauty.

Under Liu Bowen's guidance, Guan Luoyang activated a talisman that could teleport through the void and arrived on this continent.

Everywhere you look, there are crystal mountains; the flowers by the roadside are clusters of various colors; and the leaves on the trees are thin, brittle, colorful crystals.

There are several thatched huts on the mountaintop, all constructed of silver metal and thatch.

In front of the thatched hut, wine cups floated on the stream, lotus leaf cups drifted slowly, and many futons were scattered along the stream. One after another, Cybertronian monks dressed in Taoist robes drank wine and sang songs, all of which were about their own insights into cultivation.

A Transformer was practicing the Hidden Dragon Sleeping Elixir Technique, with snores emanating from the speaker on his shoulder, occasionally interspersed with a few lines of Taoist scripture, each word profound and insightful.

After drinking a few cups of fine wine, the Decepticon got up and practiced the Pine Crane Longevity Fist. It indeed had the meaning of longevity and boundless life. After a cloud of smoke, the organic metal on his body looked even more shiny.

Several human cultivators, still made of flesh and blood, each spat out a golden pill from their mouths.

Those golden cores spun in the air, spewing out ship energy, which transformed into numerous physical warships in the sky. They flew around on their ships, their ship energy thundering and their ship light splitting apart, fighting fiercely.

Guan Luoyang noticed that one of the scholars, who appeared weak and unassuming, was not participating in the fight, but possessed a terrifying sword aura that was deeply brewing within him.

"That is?"

Liu Bowen laughed and said, "That is Ning Caichen. He has already reached the peak of the Seven Stars realm, but his cultivation method is unique. He is trapped by the tribulation of love and has not been able to take the final step yet."

Guan Luoyang was curious and asked a couple more questions.

It turns out that Ning Caichen was just a young apprentice in Yong'an who went out to collect debts when he was in his hometown. Because that world was not peaceful and it was risky to go out to collect debts, he learned a few tricks of the Flying Peng Sword Technique from their manager.

After being chosen as a reincarnator, he only had a two-star rating in internal strength during the first few missions, but he relied on his swordsmanship to wreak havoc on all sides.

Even opponents with far deeper foundations than him could not withstand his exquisite swordsmanship. He had a smooth journey and quickly assembled a small team.

Later, he obtained the Pure Yang Sword Dao from the Main God Space. He entered the Dao through the sword and began to explore immortal techniques. However, in a mission world, he was bewitched by a group of monsters that had transformed into warships. During dual cultivation, he lost his true Yang.

Because of the deep affection those demons held, Ning Caichen couldn't bear to blame them. He could only ponder deeply and, from the Pure Yang Sword Dao he had learned, comprehend a method of Lu Zu's sexual cultivation.

As expected of Lu Zu, although the Golden Elixir Dao originated from Taishang, among the later practitioners, his Dao of alchemy covers the widest range of fields. Even a simple Pure Yang Sword Technique he created contains hidden mysteries.

With this wonderful method, Ning Caichen once again practiced dual cultivation, achieving harmony between yin and yang. His power did not decline but instead increased, and he quickly reached the state of oneness with the ship. He refined the ship into a ball, and the ship's energy traversed the seven seas. The ship's spirit became his Daoist companion.

It's just a pity that he has too many Daoist partners and has also created too many ship pellets.

It is important to understand the way of sword cultivators. The sword pellet is the golden core, and the golden core is the path of cultivation. In his case, each ship pellet points to a different path of cultivation.

Unwilling to abandon any of his Daoist companions, he had no choice but to cultivate all the Daoist paths, which naturally made the practice increasingly difficult.

"I see."

Guan Luoyang nodded slightly and smiled, "I don't think this is necessarily a calamity. With such a solid foundation and such profound cultivation, every major breakthrough will inevitably bring even greater benefits."

"I see that although he is only at the peak of the seventh star level, his combat strength is really extraordinary. Before I break through to the eighth star level, I may not be his match."

Liu Bowen stroked his beard and smiled: "Brother Dao, you flatter me. However, Ning Caichen is indeed the most promising one within our Supreme Dao Sect. His ship-pill Dao is widely known within our battle group, and even among several battle groups that are on friendly terms with us."

While the two were talking, Liu Bowen had already invited Guan Luoyang to the top of the highest mountain.

Master Qingtianzhu emerged from the thatched hut, holding the Three Treasures Alloy Ruyi in his hand, wearing the Wanhua Zhongzi Longevity Robe, his steps steady, reciting a poem.

"To recognize the nameless, to understand the mysterious spirit, to grasp the secrets of heaven and the affairs of the world, and to guard a quiet and secluded corner."

Master Qingtianzhu bowed to Guan Luoyang, saying, "Honoring the Primordial Heavenly Venerable!"

Guan Luoyang returned the greeting.

Optimus Prime glanced at Guan Luoyang, then at Liu Bowen.

After Liu Bowen communicated with Cang Ri Tian Shi, some messages were sent back, suggesting that they might be from a multiverse organization outside of a certain main god space.

However, as soon as Optimus Prime saw Guan Luoyang, he knew that this person was most likely also a reincarnator, with various auras of having traveled through various worlds, including those related to the main god's light sphere.

However, Liu Bowen's level of understanding was insufficient; even with his divine wisdom and ingenuity, he was unable to perceive the truth from this perspective.

In front of the thatched hut, there were many futons and long tables. After exchanging greetings, they sat down on the futons. With a flash of light, fragrant tea appeared on each table.

"Since you entered this world, I have heard about your actions."

Optimus Prime's deep voice boomed, echoing around the room, "Regarding the matter of the Human Immortal Seed, Fellow Daoist's pure and benevolent heart is truly admirable. However, isn't it a bit too hasty to challenge Blue Path Heavenly Martial to a duel?"

Guan Luoyang took a sip of tea and smiled, "What is there to fear about that Lan Daotianwu?"

Optimus Prime said, "Fellow Daoist, you should not underestimate Blue Dao Tianwu. He is extremely ambitious, ruthless, and ungrateful. For his own selfish gain, he will surely cause great harm to all living beings in the world. If he were just an ordinary person, he would probably have been eliminated by the ambitious people of the native universe long ago. How could he have dominated a region and lived so freely until now?"

"Leaving aside other matters, this person has been at the eighth-star realm for quite some time now. In my humble opinion, his foundation is probably superior to yours..."

As he spoke, a sudden thought struck him, and he sensed something amiss. He then secretly activated the method of calculation using the Magic Orb, a direct descendant of the Primordial Celestial of Cybertron.

This method of calculation has also drawn on the strengths of many schools in the Main God Space, and has been innovated and improved. Even experts of the same eight-star level can do some calculations.

However, Optimus Prime was a highly accomplished Taoist master, with impeccable manners and demeanor. Halfway through his calculations, he realized that the strange feeling he had just experienced was related to Guan Luoyang.

It would be too impolite to calculate the number of guests, so the calculation was stopped.

However, he had already guessed that the reason he had acted on impulse just now was because there was something wrong with what he said. This matter concerning Luoyang's foundation was probably more mysterious than just the initial stage of the eighth star.

In fact, for an eight-star powerhouse, simply accumulating time is no longer meaningful.

Indeed, there is still much room for improvement in the destructive power of an eight-star expert.

If there were no interference from other powerful beings of the same level, and they were given hundreds of millions of years, their aura could even permeate every corner of the entire universe.

The amount of energy they can control will be infinitely close to the total amount of energy in the universe. Destroying galaxies and recreating star systems would not be difficult for them.

However, this kind of simple energy accumulation is meaningless to those of the same level of strength.

By interfering with the timeline of this multiverse, we can replace the situation where "the entire universe is tainted with the aura of the enemy" with a desolate parallel universe, and then cut it in the timeline to temporarily isolate that parallel universe.

What good would it do for an opponent to cause even the greatest destruction in that parallel universe?

Therefore, the focus of an eight-star expert's cultivation is no longer simply the accumulation of time and energy, but rather the interaction, collision, verification, and enlightenment with experts of the same or even higher level.

Only in this way can one comprehend the essence of one's own Dao.

For an eight-star powerhouse, possessing this Great Dao Essence is like having a spring, giving them the opportunity to eventually reach the nine-star level and cultivate the prototype of their own Dao Fruit from within this spring.

Therefore, in the division of eight-star powerhouses into the initial, intermediate, and advanced levels, the so-called foundation no longer refers to the simple energy intensity, but rather the completeness of the Great Dao essence.

Guan Luoyang, despite not having reached the eighth-star realm for very long, seems to have already made considerable progress in his understanding of the essence of the Great Dao.

Although Optimus Prime did not continue to calculate or probe, many guesses had already subconsciously flashed through his mind.

"Could it be... that this fellow Daoist is someone who has comprehended the state of non-emptiness and freedom ahead of time?"

Guan Luoyang seemed to sense something, knowing that Qingtianzhu had secretly made calculations, but stopped halfway through. He couldn't help but laugh and said, "I know that the sect leader meant well, but the challenge to Lan Daotianwu was not something I did on a whim. I'm afraid I will have to disappoint the sect leader's good intentions."

Optimus Prime remained unsmiling, saying only, "Since that's the case, I have some experience from fighting against Blue Path Heavenly Martial, which I'll share with you, fellow Daoist."

He produced a wisp of spiritual light and sent it toward Guan Luoyang.

Guan Luoyang accepted it without hesitation.

Optimus Prime added a few more words of advice: "Lan Daotianwu also has a nine-star treasure by his side. When we fought, neither of us used our sect's treasures because we were wary of each other. This treasure is of utmost importance, so you must be extremely careful with it."

Guan Luoyang had anticipated this.

According to his understanding, if we exclude the influence of the leader of the Swan Song Legion, the scale of the three major warbands, including "Beyond City", is actually similar to that of "Undying Song".

The reason why the Swan Song Battle Group has such a treasure as the Primordial Golden List to suppress its foundation is because of the opportunity of the group leader himself.

Even without a leader or a gold list, judging from the development level of Jade Cauldron Master and the others, the Juechang Battle Group is capable of possessing at least one nine-star treasure.

Then how could the three major battle groups, such as the City Beyond, not have such treasures as their foundation?

Guan Luoyang didn't talk about his preparations; he simply began to discuss philosophy with Optimus Prime.

Once you reach the Seven Stars level, even completely unrelated systems can communicate without difficulty.

Moreover, the immortal cultivation methods involved in the Cybertronian Golden Elixir Manual have many similarities with the immortal cultivation system that Guan Luoyang comprehended. When discussing the Dao, it is easier to verify each other's insights and gain a lot.

Many cultivators from the Supreme Dao Sect were also captivated by their profound discussions, becoming completely engrossed and offering their own insights.

Even though the combat power of six-star and seven-star experts is not as strong as that of eight-star experts, their wisdom and innovation are also commendable, which immediately turned this discussion into a grand event.

After several days of such discussions, Optimus Prime watched as Guan Luoyang's foundation grew stronger, and he couldn't help but have other ideas.

Once the discussion came to an end, Optimus Prime dismissed most of the members of the Supreme Dao Sect, leaving only Liu Bowen behind.

Liu Bowen seemed to have a premonition of something and looked at Optimus Prime with some surprise.

Optimus Prime nodded slightly and solemnly said to Guan Luoyang, "I will not try to persuade you any further about your challenge, but I have something else to tell you."

Guan Luoyang said, "I would like to hear the details."

"This universe..."

Optimus Prime slowly began to speak, "A cataclysmic disaster is imminent!"

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(End of this chapter)