The House Takes All?
All sorts of immortals were holding a banquet in the heavenly palace, filled with laughter, songs, and dances.
Lu Li's figure was ethereal, but as he entered the banquet, everyone instinctively made way for him. Lu Li saw the person sitting in the main seat, the Jade Emperor, dressed in bright yellow robes and wearing a crown. His face was almost identical to Lu Li's.
"You've arrived?" the Jade Emperor said with a light laugh, waving his hand, and the gods all withdrew, leaving only Lu Li and the Jade Emperor facing each other.
"I can now be called the Lord of the Zhou Tian Universe, or you can call me the Heavenly Dao. Do you want to choose my path?" The Jade Emperor, or rather the Heavenly Dao, asked Lu Li.
"How are you doing now?" Lu Li asked softly. He didn't answer Tiandao's question, but instead asked about the other party's situation.
"I have completely extracted the Twisted Root, thus establishing my Heavenly Doros. I, in conjunction with Gheros, have completely eradicated Daoros from this world, and I have also put Gheros back on track. He cannot stop his trajectory because of this. I have once again knocked down the rank of the Snake People Iger. His old wounds have not yet healed, and his Yellow Skin..."
When the Jade Emperor mentioned the Yellow Skin, a hint of doubt flashed across his face. He then said, "The Yellow Skin has never appeared before; it's as if they've already left this world."
"I'm more inclined to believe that He is hiding His true nature." Lu Li closed his eyes and thought for a while before saying, "Your thinking is too deeply bound by the Heavenly Dao and this world. This future is not what I need!"
This future Lu Li researched the subsequent development of cultivators. The difficulty in the development of cultivators lies in the fact that after wielding a large amount of twisted power, their own thinking will be distorted and biased towards the Twisted Root.
Lu Li borrowed the characteristics of the Twisted Wonders and created the Dao of Immortality through alchemy. Cultivators refined Golden Core by harmonizing lead and mercury, thus uniting the will of all cultivators around a central point.
That Golden Core was a communicator, forming a Heavenly Dao. Everyone's will condensed, embodying the will of Heaven, backing up their own consciousness, and finally digging out the foundation of the ownerless, Twisted Root completely.
Ultimately, it was the cultivators... no, they should be called immortal cultivators. Cultivators cultivate true sincerity, true immortality, and true freedom, while immortal cultivators cultivate to become gods, puppets of gods who obey the Heavenly Dao.
Under the overwhelming power of the cultivators, Lu Li killed Iger, banished Doros and Gheros, and everything seemed perfect.
Unfortunately, Lu Li is now mixed with the will of too many cultivators. Although he is still Lu Li, his mind has been restricted by those wills. In short, this Avatar World Association, but only in this world.
"Perhaps that's true, but isn't that our mission?" the Heavenly Dao said. "Initially, we were separated to serve as nails, driven into the main world. But due to our mistake, we've been expelled from the main world, so our purpose is gone!"
"You have been infected." Lu Li looked at the Heavenly Dao. The path of walking is like this. If you are not careful, you will lose yourself. The will of all living beings becomes the Heavenly Dao, but it also restricts the Heavenly Dao. Just like Theseus, the original Theseus has completely changed his appearance. Even if the ship is still sailing, his appearance has been completely changed.
Suddenly, the entire world trembled, and the Heavenly Dao's expression changed. The very foundation of the world had been compromised. Pushing aside the clouds, cracks appeared everywhere in the sky and the earth split open, with countless long, dragon-like Burrowing Demon Worm emerging from the ground.
"Shude Meier, the Yellow Skin is actually Him, this eternal Voldemort. He burrowed into the very source of the world, biting through the very foundation of its existence. No wonder we've never seen him before. His goal was never to obtain the position of the Twisted Lord, but to destroy this world. Or rather, if it wasn't his, he would rather destroy it. You've lost everything, Heaven's Way."
Lu Li shook his head and said, "Because the Heavenly Dao is about to unify the entire world and turn it into a fortress of the Heavenly Dao, Hugh De Meier overturned the chessboard and completely Destruction this world."
Shude Meier is the supreme leader of the Burrowing Demon Worm race. Some say he was once a divine dragon, but during the apocalypse, he underwent Mutation to survive, giving rise to the Flood Dragon race. However, this is not the mainstream view. His current status and strength are roughly equivalent to Iger and Dagon. But as expected, no being should be underestimated. With this one step, the Heavenly Dao lost everything.
The heavens and earth began to crack. Although it was only a false future, the scene of the world's Destruction was truly spectacular. A rusty red planet flew by, taking away a part of the world's foundation. A strange gray structure flashed by, taking away the other part of the foundation.
And so, the world was divided up. Lu Li had underestimated these beings; they were the ones in control. For them, this was just a matter of how much they would win.
"That's how we saw who the pushover was." Lu Li said with a smile to the gradually crumbling Heavenly Dao. In the end, Shude Meier did not lose, Gheros did not lose, Doros did not lose, Lu Li himself lost most of it, the Heavenly Dao lost everything, and there was another one who lost everything, Iger.
Iger, who instigated the war between humans and snakes, appears to be a formidable force, but that is his last stand. If Lu Li acts based on future information, he will likely face defeat.
Doros and Gheros are the bookmakers, Shud Meier is a thug with the power to overturn the table, Iger is an unlucky gambler blinded by greed, and Lu Li is a fat sheep who has already fallen into the trap. Even if he withdraws, he will lose this Avatar. There is no such thing as surrendering and losing half.
"It looks like the house will win no matter how you look at it." Lu Li opened his eyes again, a slight smile on his lips. Although his understanding of time had greatly improved after this period of research, Lu Li didn't believe that it surpassed that of a peculiar life form like Doros.
"Maybe what I'm seeing now is what He wants me to see." Lu Li imagined the worst-case scenario, even worse if he had gambled blindly and dragged Gresta and the others into the mess as well.
Lu Li, carrying the woman with the ponytail in his hand, continued on his way. After more than three hundred time travels to the future, in most cases, cultivators failed to develop their skills. They were either pulled away by hostile entities and completely surrendered to the Twisted Root, or they were exposed and wiped out along the way. However, Lu Li also had a great vision for the future of cultivation.
The most successful instance was probably the previous conversion of cultivators into immortal cultivators. As long as we prevented Shude Meier from Destruction the foundation of the world, it seemed like there would be no problem. But even a fool could tell that it was a trap.
"Looks like I need some killer moves to turn things around," Lu Li grinned.