New Chapter: Beware of Supreme Treasures
The Star River Brilliant, a spaceship floats, and in the distance there are asteroid fields and cosmic dust. From a distance, it is silent and profound.
The Life Pool was not calm; it had been secretly listening to the news here and couldn't help but speak up.
"You've had some contact with him?" Wang Xuan turned to look at it.
"I almost became just a passerby in my life." The Life Pool emitted a fluctuation of consciousness.
The "passersby" it refers to generally means the owners throughout history, whose lives are very short in its eyes.
Those passersby, no matter how brilliant or extraordinary, could hardly escape a Mythological Era, which would end in five or six thousand years, or even ten or twenty thousand years.
This period may seem short in some supernatural tales, but in the real world, even ancient civilizations in the Old Earth have only existed for a few thousand years.
Upon closer examination, this period of time is actually not short.
"Back then, he brought me some diagrams, claiming they contained the refining methods for the Dao Burning Lamp and the Sky-Veiling Mirror, and that they had their supreme core patterns, which tempted me..."
The Life Pool criticized itself. It had spent some time with Wang Yusheng and found that he was indeed very powerful. However, after Wang Yusheng studied it for a long time, he wanted it to go to the Thunder Sea outside the Highest Mental World to undergo tribulation and try to transform into the Burning Dao Pool. It ran away immediately.
It suspected that Wang Yusheng wanted it to transform into a helmet in preparation for a long journey.
"Then how did my brother pass away?" Wang Xuan asked.
Wang Zesheng said, "He obtained a Paper Cutting Knife was suspected to be from the Old Saint Era. He also had a very strong suit of armor. Later, he set up a super Teleportation Array and went far away along the Supernatural Light Sea."
While it's impossible to prove that some people successfully left the Vanished Mythological Era, the disappearance of some powerful figures also doesn't indicate a complete failure.
When discussing these matters, Jiang Yun helped Zhao Qinghan refine the fragment of the Darkness Heart to make it more beneficial to her.
"My grandparents are extraordinary people; they finally couldn't keep it a secret any longer," Wang Xin said with a smile.
Wang Xuan looked at his parents and said, "Am I someone with Roots background? But I don't really feel any family tradition; I'm more like a rogue cultivator."
If written in the style of Old Earth sensationalist headlines, it would be: My parents are big shots, a rogue cultivator's rise to power, my arrival in this world was just an accident...
Wang Zesheng admitted that back then, they let things take their natural course and did not actively guide him onto the path of cultivation because the mythological era was coming to an end and it would be difficult to achieve anything.
Later, the couple were surprised to find that he had set off on his own, and in a very special way, so they stopped interfering.
"Since you've paved your own way, then go ahead and forge your own path. If we get involved, it might be a bad thing."
They believed that Wang Xuan's approach was effective and unconventional, and in a sense, he was a remarkable person in his early stages.
In their view, if Wang Xuan continues to follow his own path and reaches the pinnacle, he won't need to revisit the mortal Human World or undergo repeated trials; he might even achieve the Dao of Dao-imperialized.
Now that they had come to the truth and were no longer hiding anything, the two gave Wang Xuan some things this time, including their cultivation experiences and some Old Saint Ancient Text they had obtained after killing the foreign "tattooed people".
These are all extremely important, and now they have transformed them into a treasure trove of knowledge and given it to Wang Xuan.
However, the two suggested that Wang Xuan should not look at it or study it at this stage, unless he has no other way out and has truly reached the end, then he can study it and verify it.
They believe that Wang Xuan should continue at his own pace, and this is their heartfelt opinion. It is also the reason why they have been observers all these years and have never corrected his path of cultivation.
Wang Xuan nodded. Looking back now, many things have an answer. Not long after Wang Ye and Wang Xin were born, Robot No. 81 sneaked in, but was inexplicably struck by lightning and fell from the clouds. This was Old Wang's doing.
Today, they admitted it too.
Moreover, there was indeed an old man in Yuncheng who sold chaos. He was an extraordinary person and also a member of an opposing faction. He was killed by the two of them.
The Wolf King's death was also related to them; he was killed by Wang Zesheng's grip on his hand.
"Why don't you try to leave this universe?" Wang Xuan asked.
It's clear that Wang Zesheng and Jiang Yun have remained in this universe for more than one Mythological Era, and they show no intention of traveling far away.
"We have our own path and way, which is to hone our flawed bones in a harsh environment. We have come this far and do not want to change our approach."
One can imagine that if they were to enter other universes after achieving perfection, they would adapt well to being in foreign lands.
This survival-of-the-fittest approach has consumed a great deal of their time, and some incredibly powerful individuals have fallen along the way.
"Some people are hard to beat in terms of combat strength alone, but they get lost at a certain stage, degenerate severely, and become ordinary people. They only wake up before they die and realize their true Roots, but by then it is too late."
Wang Zesheng and Jiang Yun took a relatively safe approach, preparing various backup plans, the most serious of which occurred in the later stages of this Mythological Era.
Yan Mingcheng and Bai Jingshu's unexpected arrival to "stay" actually awakened them; otherwise, it would have taken them many years to regain their past consciousness.
There is even a chance that they will completely become ordinary people and never awaken to their true nature.
"Yan Mingcheng and Bai Jingshu are both good. Perhaps they also realized something in the final stage," Wang Zesheng said.
Wang Xuan remained silent. Putting himself in the shoes of the Demon Lord's parents, he imagined how shocked and speechless they must have felt, being observed and silently watched instead.
"My mortal brothers and sisters..." Wang Xuan asked.
"That Mythological Era has vanished. The world has changed, and everything has disappeared." Jiang Yun's eyes held memories and longing.
Those children and their descendants, generation after generation, have all become untraceable with the passage of time.
Over the years, they have often traveled far and wide, perhaps searching for Vanished fragments, watching people come and go on the planets where they once lived.
During the conversation, Wang Xuan brought up the question of whether or not to go to the Supernatural Central World.
"That place is indeed more dazzling than this one. Whether it's the Old Saint Era, which is only vaguely rumored, or the present, there must be terrifyingly powerful experts there. Otherwise, the Darkness Heart wouldn't have suffered such a terrible fate, and the past and present wouldn't have been so passive. That world is very mysterious, and its foundation is unfathomable."
In their view, the Supernatural Central World truly deserves its title as the center, as all myths radiate from there, and the rise and fall of the Extraordinary is related to the changes and shifts of the central universe throughout history.
One day, they will set foot here, and when they talk about these things, there is a murderous glint in Old Wang's eyes!
The two suggested that Wang Xuan should go there. He had not experienced the infinite brilliance of the Mythological Era, and now he had no one to communicate with and was figuring things out on his own, which was too "isolated".
The world of cultivation should be a vibrant tapestry of diverse paths, a place where different flames of light collide.
Of course, they also warned Wang Xuan to keep a low profile, otherwise, given his level of cultivation, his appearance might very well be his end.
After the Life Pool was revived, he had been observing Wang Zesheng and Jiang Yun. He couldn't help but ask, "What era are you from? Do you have any former names?"
It is certain that these two individuals have never been seen in history and strongly suspects that they used aliases.
In particular, they were actually Wang Yusheng's parents, who should theoretically be famous throughout the world. However, back then, no one knew that the "passerby" standing at the pinnacle of immortality had hidden extraordinary parents.
"We've always been unknown and have little fame. Even when we achieved significant cultivation, we didn't attract much attention," Wang Zesheng responded, adding that even when they did take action, it was only out of self-defense.
The Life Pool remained silent, sensing that it had encountered two formidable figures. It refused to believe that the two who had reached this point hadn't possessed a terrifying Killing Intent. Even if they were low-key, they couldn't possibly remain unknown once their strength was sufficient.
Wang Xuan was also quite curious about his parents' identities and past in the Mythological Era.
Zhao Qinghan smiled, thinking that her parents were probably good at hiding their true intentions and preferred to stay behind the scenes. Their so-called self-defense probably involved killing powerful figures to prevent them from making a sound.
"You've really misunderstood. Most extraordinary people are unknown. The famous extraordinary people are all dead. We're just being cautious and are simply watching the others compete on stage," Wang Zesheng said.
Life Pool suspected that it wasn't unfamiliar with extraordinary individuals; they were all initially the strongest beings of their respective Super Civilization, renowned throughout the world, who would eventually become extraordinary in the next era.
It emitted a wave of consciousness and said, "The Previous Incarnation of this extraordinary person, if not the strongest in the previous era, was at least among the top three, and all of them had astonishing identities!"
To illustrate this, it specifically cited two examples, mentioning the names of two people.
"The two people you mentioned, from two different super Mythological Era, are indeed legendary, but they both died in the end, right?" Jiang Yun said.
The Life Pool pondered for a moment, then fell silent. All indications suggested that the two or three extraordinary individuals it had come into contact with had mostly turned into skeletons.
"Dad, extraordinary people are often unknown. You should keep a low profile in the future," Wang Ye advised earnestly.
Wang Xuan wanted to laugh, but seeing his snow-white hair, he couldn't laugh anymore.
The Life Pool fell silent. Instead, Wang Zesheng brought up the Supreme Treasure, warning Wang Xuan: "From now on, you must be careful about both prohibited items from the outer universe and Supreme Treasures from the Mother Universe. Don't believe everything you hear."
"Aren't we trustworthy?" the Life Pool asked, displeased.
Wang Zesheng ignored it and said, "In history, some of the extraordinary people I know were suddenly killed by the treasures they carried with them."
Upon hearing this, Wang Xuan's pupils contracted. Had the treasure suddenly backfired?
Life Pool retorted, "That's just an isolated case. I've also heard of extraordinary individuals who wanted to devour a supreme treasure and replace its consciousness with their own!"
Jiang Yun also spoke up, saying, "The seals, inkstones, Paper Cutting Knife, and other items left behind from the Old Saint period are all spiritual and sacred, possessing their own mysteries. There must be a reason why later generations want to destroy them. We don't understand that old era and cannot judge it. Correspondingly, could they correspond to the New Saint Era, with new special items, etc.? If you come into contact with them in the future, you should be on guard."
This time, after Wang Zesheng and Jiang Yun returned, they did not rush to leave, but tried to find a way to Extend Life of Zhao Qinghan and her grandchildren.
130 years Supernatural Finale, Wang Xuan entered the deep space of the universe to undergo a great tribulation. The process was magnificent and extremely terrifying, comparable to the tribulation of becoming an immortal.
On that day, the lightning seemed to engulf the entire starry sky.
After achieving the Ninth Stage of Nurturing Life, he has now taken another step forward, which, theoretically speaking, is the great tribulation of ascension!
He withstood the lightning, was reborn from the ashes, his physical body was not shattered, and it was impossible for him to ascend to immortality.
That year, Wang Xuan withstood the great heavenly tribulation and became Ten Stages limit-breaking Master of Nurturing Life, which was equivalent to becoming an immortal, and his physical body would live on forever!
Also in that year, he further researched how to Extend Life of mortals and achieve immortality. He discussed this with Wang Zesheng and Jiang Yun, and incorporated several methods that the two had worked on for many years.