Sixth Ring Wizard

Helag longed to see the surface of the river, but then he realized he was at the bottom, at the bottom of the Mother River.

Although he could not sense anything below him, as if it were a bottomless void, Hrag still knew that he was at the bottom of the river.

Herag didn't know how far it was from here to the river, but he knew it must be very far.

It's already so difficult to just move around in the mother river, let alone swim to break through the surface. It's as difficult as climbing to heaven.

Herag even doubted that even a legendary ancestor like the Thousand-Eyed Ancestor could achieve this.

He is already considered one of the stronger beings among the eighth-level rulers, at least from the perspective of the power of the Mother River.

But it is still very difficult; even twisting his neck requires all of Helag's strength.

The strength here is just a feeling; in reality, it's a combination of the power of one's bloodline, soul, and body. It takes mobilizing all that power to barely turn one's neck, and even then, the angle is very small.

If one wanted to roam freely here, Hellagur felt that one would have to be at least a progenitor-level being.

He suddenly realized that even an ordinary level eight ruler probably couldn't move an inch.

It was only because Hrag's infinite bloodline power was strong enough to bear enough power from the Mother River that it was able to move slightly.

The Mother River was silent, with only souls, bloodlines, and power flowing through it from endless planes.

Here, time loses its meaning, because time itself is merely an insignificant part of the river.

Herag didn't know how long he had been soaking, but when the time came, he naturally withdrew.

The first thing he did after leaving was to check the time. Thankfully, only three years had passed.

Herag was genuinely afraid that this advancement would take tens of thousands of years, and by the time he emerged, all his old friends would be gone, and he would no longer see any familiar faces.

From his past life to the present, Herag has experienced the fear of being utterly alone and helpless.

Now that he finally has family and friends, he doesn't want to experience that kind of loss again.

Herag couldn't help but chuckle self-deprecatingly at this thought, as it is said that the advancement of a power system is essentially an advancement of one's life level.

The current Helag can no longer be considered an ordinary human, but many of his human traits have been preserved without any change.

Herag thought this was a good thing.

Hellagur seeks eternity and personal strength, but not to turn himself into a stone.

After advancing to the eighth level of Overlord, Herag once again attempted to communicate with the Mother River.

In an instant, he found himself back at the bottom of that river.

"So that's how it is..."

Herag understood why there was a power gap between an eighth-level Overlord and a seventh-level Legendary. Putting aside bloodline runes, the power of the Mother River they could obtain was on a completely different level.

A level seven legendary being can only obtain a drop of the Mother River's power by communicating with it.

However, when an eighth-level Overlord communicates with the Mother River, he is directly immersed in it, his entire being enveloped in its power, and the amount of power he can obtain is naturally enormous.

After returning to the bottom of the mother river, Helag tried to swim again, but was completely unable to move.

His attempt had exhausted all his strength, and now he could only stay at the bottom of the river, unable to move even a finger.

Herag assessed the situation and estimated that it would take about seven or eight days before he could attempt to move around in the river again; he needed time to recover.

After emerging from the Mother River, Horag returned to the Abyss Plane with a belly full of questions, and arrived at the Lava Cave.

The first thing the Thousand-Eyed Ancestor said when he saw him was, "You have walked a different path from him."

"Him?" Herag roughly guessed who the Thousand-Eyed Ancestor was referring to.

The Thousand-Eyed Ancestor nodded and said, "Yes, I was referring to the Thunder God."

"When I fought with Ryan before, he told me that the progenitor of the Thunder God no longer exists. Will the progenitor also perish?" Herag asked.

Only when the bloodline runes one has condensed are recognized by the Mother River can one attain the position of Ancestor.

Each ancestor is directly connected to the Mother River, and their soul, bloodline, and power are one with the Mother River.

Therefore, theoretically speaking, as long as the mother river does not perish, the ancestor cannot perish.

Their blood and power will flow out of the Mother River and spread to various places in the endless planes, where they will grow and thrive. Eventually, they will flow back to the Mother River and return to the body of the progenitor, strengthening the progenitor's power.

This process repeated itself endlessly, and even if the progenitor did nothing, he could not continuously grow stronger.

The Thousand-Eyed Ancestor, an ancient ancestor, grew stronger step by step because of this, until it became so unfathomable.

In response to Helag's question, the Thousand-Eyed Ancestor remained silent for a moment before saying, "Ancestors will certainly not perish, but if it is a choice they made themselves, then it is different."

"Your own choice?" Herag seemed to have caught something, but couldn't quite grasp the idea.

The Thousand-Eyed Ancestor explained, "The Thunder God released all his bloodline, soul, and power, returning them to the Mother River. This was his own voluntary choice, which is why it happened."

"Why?" Herag asked.

Herag didn't understand the meaning of what the Thunder God Ancestor was doing. He had already become an ancestor and stood at the top of the endless planes, so why did he release himself and return to the Mother River?

"He wanted to break through, but he realized that with his current abilities, he couldn't achieve that. So he released himself and started over," said the Thousand-Eyed Ancestor, seemingly very familiar with the story of the Thunder God Ancestor.

"Breakthrough? There are even higher realms above the progenitor?" Herag keenly caught this information, somewhat incredulous, but also somewhat understanding what the Thousand-Eyed Progenitor meant.

He originally thought that the ninth-level progenitor was already the pinnacle of the endless planes, but judging from what the Thousand-Eyed Progenitor said, it was probably more than that.

A Thousand-Eyed Ancestor's enormous black eyeball flashed with light as he said, "I don't know either. No one in the Abyss Plane has ever taken that step. No one knows if a higher realm exists. It's just that in the ancient legends of the Endless Planes, there is such a realm that can transcend the Mother River."

"ancient……"

The Thousand-Eyed Ancestor is an extremely ancient being, and the Abyss Plane is also an ancient plane of the Endless Planes.

These are ancient legends even for the Thousand-Eyed Ancestor. How long ago must these legends have been?

The River of Transcendence, as described by the Thousand-Eyed Ancestor, reminded Herag of his time at the bottom of the river.

He suddenly realized that jumping out of the river would mean transcending the mother river.

The more Hrag thought about it, the more likely it seemed. No wonder he had such a strong urge to go and see the river; it appeared to be instinctive. (End of Chapter)