Chen Mu knew nothing of the Venerable battle that had erupted within the Source Domain. When his Void Avatar shattered, he had completely lost his perception of the Source Domain's inner regions. Now, he was devoting all his efforts to comprehending the Void Dao, looking toward the Venerable path already within arm's reach.
Though Great Dao Honored Ones were stronger than those Venerable-level Aberrant Beasts, completely killing a Venerable-level Aberrant Beast was not something that could be accomplished in a short time. At the Venerable level, they were practically undying and indestructible. Even if they perished, they could only be slowly worn away.
For beings like those Great Dao Honored Ones,
Even if they encountered an even stronger, terrifying existence that had mastered three Great Daos and perhaps even fused two of them, no matter how vast the gap in strength, they would not directly perish at the other party's hands. At most, they would be suppressed.
Great Dao Honored Ones united themselves with the Dao, becoming equivalent to a portion of the Dao itself. No one could truly destroy the Source Path, and thus Venerables were naturally undying and indestructible. The only thing that could bring them close to death was prolonged suppression—suppression lasting several cosmos cycles, until they could no longer resist the erosion of the Source Path and were completely assimilated into the Dao, becoming part of it.
While Chen Mu focused on cultivating the Dao, as the Cosmos Final Tribulation drew near, the Great Xuan World too slowly came under its influence. The rules of heaven and earth became easier to comprehend, and the Source Path became easier to touch.
In such an environment,
Countless prodigies and powerhouses sprang forth like bamboo shoots after rain. They fought and slaughtered one another in the mortal world, then