"Sure enough, in the ocean of laws, all I had taken so far was a single scoop of water."
Facing the vast ocean that remained, Simon sincerely felt that he still had a long road ahead.
But wasn't such a magnificent and boundless world of laws exactly what he wanted?
Thus, ambition ignited within Simon. He resolved that one day, he would reach the peak of cultivation and witness the view from its summit.
The path of laws stretched endlessly; one could only search high and low.
After sorting through everything he had comprehended so far, Simon established the framework for his future cultivation.
With this framework, he would no longer be lost in the direction of his cultivation.
At that thought, Simon smiled happily.
After all, the earlier he clarified his own cultivation system, the greater the benefits would be in the future, and the road to the peak would become easier to walk.
"I sat here for another twenty years. After becoming a god, time really does seem to pass faster and faster."
Simon rose to his feet, looked around, and sighed inwardly.
He had now been in the Coiling Dragon World for more than a hundred years. The time he had spent here had long surpassed that of his previous life, and he was becoming increasingly integrated into this world.
"Ah..."
With a soft sigh, Simon rose and continued flying south.
"A brief stop is only meant to help one move forward."
Along the way, Simon fully spread out his Divine Sense. With a range comparable to that of a Midgod, he discovered many islands.
Most of those islands were scattered sparsely across the sea. A small number housed amphibious magical beasts, but the strongest among them were only at the Saint Realm.
So far, Simon had yet to discover any God-Level beings in the Endless Sea, which was also related to the sea's immense expanse.
Before parting with Loya, Simon had learned from him that God-Level experts definitely existed within the Endless Sea, and they were most likely Divine Beasts.
Simon had never truly encountered a Divine Beast since beginning his cultivation, so he was quite curious about them.
Of course, curiosity was one thing, but his own safety came first. If the other party was an ordinary Lowgod Divine Beast, he had many ways to deal with it. But if it was a Midgod Divine Beast, or something as monstrous as a God-Eater Rat, then he would have to be careful.
After all, even the weakest Divine Beast's Innate Divine Ability could not be underestimated.
Carelessness could easily lead to disaster.
That was why Simon did not dare relax his Divine Sense for even a moment. His two divine clones took turns monitoring an area spanning tens of thousands of kilometers.
There was another reason he maintained such broad Divine Sense surveillance: he also wanted to see whether he could find treasures such as Heaven and Earth Wonders along the way.
Unfortunately, he had encountered none so far.
"The resources of Material Planes are still far too scarce. If this were a Supreme Plane, it shouldn't be difficult to find treasures that could help ordinary people break through to the Saint Realm."
Simon also knew that Supreme Planes contained many treasures, but the prerequisite was that he had to be strong enough. Otherwise, whether he could find them—and whether he could bring them back after finding them—were entirely different matters.
Fortunately, his parents were quite strong themselves. Living another three hundred years would not be a problem.
"I hope Darren and Iseline can break through to the Saint Realm on their own. That way, I can leave for a Supreme Plane with greater peace of mind. If they still fail to break through before they die, and I fail to find treasures that can help them break through, then there will be no other choice. Once I am strong enough, I can only take a chance on the Planar Battlefield."
Simon still cared deeply about his parents in this life. The memories of being with them as a child remained vivid even now. Although he had later transmigrated here, those feelings had been perfectly inherited as well.
"If I gain nothing after exploring the continent, then I'll quickly have both my Water Element and Wind Element reach Midgod. Then I'll head to Hell. With my Soul Mutation and all my trump cards, gaining a foothold in Hell won't be difficult. I can gather some treasures there, save enough Inkstone, and take a Teleportation Formation back."
Simon made his decision in secret.
Fanny
Several months passed in the blink of an eye. Simon explored more than half of the Endless Sea's southern region. Yet his only gains were several dozen Saint Realm Magic Crystal Cores lying in his Spatial Ring.
Other than that, he had not found a single cultivation treasure he wanted.
Having long been mentally prepared, Simon was not discouraged and continued flying south.
Not long afterward, a large island appeared within Simon's Divine Sense. At the island's center stood eleven large Teleportation Formations, each radiating dazzling, multicolored light.
A moment later, Simon landed on the island and curiously examined the eleven Teleportation Formations.
"Oh? Are you planning to leave the Material Plane, kid? Which plane do you want to go to?"
A beautiful and adorable blonde woman suddenly appeared and asked Simon.
"Who?"
Simon was startled. His Divine Sense had not detected anyone here at all. But after a moment's thought, he understood. Anyone his Divine Sense could not detect had to be at least a Midgod. Then this blonde woman was most likely the Plane Guardian of the Rayast Plane.
"May I ask if you are the esteemed guardian stationed in our plane?"
Simon did not answer her previous question. Instead, he asked politely.
"Haha, am I that old? You're calling me 'esteemed'?"
The beautiful woman pretended to be angry as she asked in return.
Simon rubbed his forehead at her words.
"May I ask whether this beautiful lady is the Plane Guardian?"
Seeing that she had embarrassed Simon with her teasing, the beautiful woman did not continue tormenting him.
"That's right. I'm the Plane Guardian sent by my family to guard the Rayast Plane—Fanny Grayson. You can just call me Fanny, kid."
"Hello, Fanny. I'm Simon Herbert. I didn't come here to travel to another plane. I was simply curious to see what the legendary Plane Teleportation Array looked like."
Simon could also tell that she seemed to be from some great family in a Supreme Plane and did not care much for formal etiquette. He was merely surprised that this kind-hearted guardian was such a beautiful woman. After their brief interaction, he found her young and pretty in appearance, lively in personality, and likely easy to get along with.
"Goodness, kid, you came here to sightsee? Do you know that you interrupted the inspiration I had finally managed to find? If I fail to break through to Highgod because of this, I'll blame you for it all. Hmph."
Fanny wrinkled her delicate little nose and pouted.
"Huh?"
Simon was dumbfounded to find himself saddled with such a huge accusation for no reason.
"Still, since you didn't know, I won't hold it against you. Who told me to be the magnanimous Miss Fanny?"
As Fanny looked at the tall and handsome Simon before her, who also exuded an airy, tranquil aura, she could not help feeling fond of him.
A man with such a temperament was rare even in Hell. She could not bear to tease him too much.
Simon sized up Fanny's chest and found that she truly had a great deal of reason.
Then he praised her.
"Miss Fanny is truly broad-minded and generous."
"Hahaha, of course! If I didn't have such a good temper, kid, you would have been thrown into the sea to feed the fish long ago."
"Then thank you, Miss Fanny, for showing mercy."
Simon could not help feeling fond of the charming and adorable Fanny as well.
"Think nothing of it. You're rather pleasing to the eye, after all."
After chatting back and forth, the two quickly became familiar with each other. They began calling one another by name, found a patch of grass, and casually sat down to talk.
"Simon, did you become a god only recently? When I traveled across the continent before, I never saw you."
To Fanny, "recently" meant within the last hundred thousand years...
"That's right. I only became a god a few decades ago, so it's perfectly normal that you never saw me, Fanny."
"Only a few decades? You're so young~"
"Are you very old, Fanny?"
"I've been stationed here guarding this plane for nearly a million years. What do you think?"
Simon had not expected that this charming young beauty, who looked around eighteen, was actually more than a million years old.
But considering this was the Coiling Dragon World, where one could attain immortality at the Saint Realm, it was not so strange.
"Hehe, then you really are quite old. Where are you from, Fanny?"
"Me? I'm from the Supreme Plane—Hell. My family is in Fenglan City on Bifu Continent. Simon, let me tell you, my grandfather is a powerful Chief God Envoy! You probably don't know what a Chief God Envoy is, right? In any case, it means an incredibly, incredibly powerful Highgod."
"A Chief God Envoy..."
Simon naturally knew that Chief God Envoys were at least experts on the level of Asuras or Prefects. Moreover, to be favored by a Chief Sovereign, one had to be an Asura of considerable caliber. He had not expected Fanny to have such an impressive background.
"Is that so? Then I'll have to cling tightly to your thigh in the future, Fanny."
"Haha, go right ahead! I only have a little over a hundred years left of my million-year term as a Plane Guardian. When the time comes, Simon, you can follow me to Hell. I'll look after you."
Fanny patted her chest boldly as she made her promise.
"I'm also planning to head to Hell and make my way there after breaking through to Midgod. If it's convenient for you then, Fanny, we might as well go together."
Simon said happily.
At those words, Fanny smiled happily too. Her star-bright eyes were filled with joy.
"It's fine even if you don't break through to Midgod. How long have you even been a god? Breaking through to Midgod isn't that easy. In another century or two, I should be close to becoming a Highgod too. Once I break through, I'll take you to explore Hell!"
Fanny declared with high spirits.
Based on Fanny's experiences during her many years in the Rayast Plane, it was extremely difficult for Material Plane natives to break through to Midgod in a short period of time. After all, even Fanny, who was considered a minor genius in her family, had spent several hundred years and relied on many auxiliary treasures to advance from Lowgod to Midgod.
Fanny believed that even if Simon was talented, it would already be impressive for him to break through to Midgod within a thousand years.
Simon smiled as well.
"I feel that at most, I should be able to break through to Midgod in the Wind Element within a hundred years. Do you believe me, Fanny?"
"What? A hundred years? Simon, you aren't joking, are you? It's not as if I dislike you for being a Lowgod. Bragging isn't good."
"Haha, then how about we make a bet? We'll bet on whether I can break through within a hundred years. If I can, I win, and Fanny, you have to grant me one request. If I can't, I lose, and I'll likewise grant you one request."
Seeing how beautiful and gullible Fanny was, Simon suddenly thought that, as someone from a great family in Hell, she should have quite a few good things on her. She most likely possessed the cultivation treasures he had been painstakingly searching for.
"Hmph, a bet it is. I want to see whether Simon, the genius who became a god in mere decades, can really break through as quickly as he boasts."
Looking at the adorable Fanny, Simon smiled knowingly, and his motivation to cultivate became even stronger.
And so, amid their endless conversation, the two people who had clearly just met felt as though they had known each other for a very long time.
Fanny found it strange too. This was the first time she had experienced such a feeling in her long life. For no reason, she felt a little afraid, yet also expectant.
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