True Desolate Blood Worm

At the end of a tributary of the Blood River, the four Ancient Sacred Ancestors gathered in Li Mu's Dream Dimension.

With time acceleration, they had spent only a few years in the outside world gaining a preliminary grasp of the Ancient Covenant Curse.

That was already enough. What they wanted was not a lasting fusion. A fusion lasting centuries like that of the Ancient Sacred Ancestors would require them to completely share their Primordial Ancient Thoughts while revealing their Primordial True Names, and neither of those was acceptable to them.

They wanted only a temporary fusion. Even if it was imperfect and flawed, it would be enough.

Finally, on this day, Li Mu and the other three were ready.

"I'm starting..."

As the axis of the fusion, the Ancient Sacred Ancestor was the first to activate the Ancient Covenant Curse.

Li Mu and the other two immediately followed suit. As the power of the Ancient Covenant Curse enveloped the four Nine-Pillar Sacred Ancestors, they gradually began to merge by force. Throughout the process, the Sacred Realm centered on the Fate Sacred Ancestor's Dimension Origin Seed, the Primordial Divine Body centered on Li Mu, and the Primordial Ancient Thought centered on the Ancient Sacred Ancestor.

Finally, the Dimension Will was responsible for the fusion of their Primordial True Names.

Once the fusion of all four aspects was completed, their combined form began to transcend dimensions, little by little, from the level of a Nine-Pillar Sacred Ancestor.

Yet even after all four aspects had transcended dimensions, they still had not become a Ten-Pillar Sacred Ancestor.

Part of the reason was certainly the imperfect fusion, but the greater reason was that they had not fully met the conditions for becoming a Ten-Pillar Sacred Ancestor. After all, the Ancient Covenant Curse was an