In a world steeped in antiquity, Xu Xiao suddenly appeared in a small alley, but no one outside paid him any attention.
"I've gone to twelve worlds in a row to create confusion. This is the thirteenth world. I shouldn't have left too much of a trace, right?"
Xu Xiao, feeling somewhat unaccustomed to it, used his Telekinesis to reconstruct his clothes, transforming them into a brocade robe, before leisurely walking out of the alley.
Previously, it would have been possible to accomplish this with a mere flick of divine power. However, now that Xu Xuanpin has returned to the chaos to nurture her own lineage, it is unknown when it will be completed, and Xu Xiao has also lost the convenience of divine power.
"But this is for the best. Although I don't know how long He will need to stay in the DC Universe, without this help, I can let go of my dependence."
"Since mastering the Dao of Desire, I've relied on more convenient and useful divine power, and I've forgotten to cultivate my own strength."
"Furthermore, after He appears, regardless of whether He will clash with me, my true form still needs to become stronger before He does."
Xu Xiao pondered.
Seizing power from the DC Universe to advance Xu Xuanpin's career was a plan he had long ago made, but how long it would take was hard to say.
Due to the difference in the flow of time, perhaps in other worlds it was only a moment, while in DC, Xu Xuanpin had already been conceived and completed her ascension.
Perhaps he traveled through dozens of worlds and attained the Golden Immortal, while the other party was still being nurtured in chaos.
Unlike the usual world where time stops after he leaves, time continues to flow in the worlds where his clones exist.
For example, Apocalypse, who is still half-avatar in the Marvel Universe, is also considered Xu Xiao's clone after becoming the God of Mutants. He can inform Marvel of the changes in various worlds.
There's not much to say, really. It's just that various multiverses keep appearing around those chosen ones, following the trajectory of fate.
Because they exist in two different worlds, and because the flow of time is different in each universe of the multiverse, the flow of time between Xu Xiao and Apocalypse is highly unpredictable.
Xu Xiao could only tell Apocalypse the plot he knew, leaving it to Apocalypse to decide how to manipulate Mutants powers to radiate influence and seize authority from Marvel.
Of course, this is something that will take a long time to produce results, and Xu Xiao is not in a hurry.
"The disorder of time, my path to becoming a Daluo Immortal—this is something I will inevitably have to face in the future."
"However, for now, I still need to develop one of my own paths to the level of Golden Immortal!"
Besides the Dao of Desire, Xu Xiao also possesses: the Telekinesis awakened by something from outer space, the human Gene Lock accidentally unlocked by taking gene serum, the Dao of Cultivating Perfection passed down to Guangchengzi through martial arts, the chakra Chakra Fruit gained from consuming the Chakra Fruit, the spatial power comprehended through the World-Crossing Gate, and a slightly accomplished Dao of Cause and Effect.
In this process, the only way to improve the Chakra system is through the Ten-Tails absorbing life-bearing planets to accumulate Chakra Fruit, and Xu Xiao basically has no chance to intervene.
Through the research of Orochimaru scientists, the Ten-Tails has split and replicated, and is extracting Chakra Fruit from several life-bearing planets in worlds controlled by Xu Xiao.
So far, he has eaten dozens of Chakra Fruit, but accumulating enough chakra to break through on this path, even if it doesn't take thousands of years like the God of Ōtsutsuki Shibai, is still a long time to accumulate.
Through scientific experiments and the deduction of Mutants powers, Xu Xiao discovered that the path to Gene Lock had an extremely slim chance of success.
Developing the human body can only proceed at the microscopic level. Cultivating it from the cellular level to the inner universe is a path that requires a great deal of effort.
He did have some ideal worlds in mind, such as high-martial-art worlds like the Sea Tiger World, but he didn't have enough time.
Although Xu Xiao can use the Golden Pupil of Myriad Phenomena to quickly bypass the process of comprehending cells and constructing an inner universe, it will still take him a very long time to achieve the goal of forging his own magnetic field rules with the Dao of Magnetic Fields, successfully condensing his own Great Dao, breaking through the limitations of the world, and obtaining that immortal characteristic.
And of course, there's another point: pure power aggregation, pure energy, is too weak!
"Before the rules and the Great Dao, the idea of shattering a galaxy with a single punch, or even Eternity, is a joke."
"Although reaching that level will inevitably lead to the understanding of one's own rules and power, in general, without the support of the Dao and the mastery of the rules, pure power is nothing more than a dog on the street."
Xu Xiao deeply understands this point.
The war that just broke out in the DC Universe is a case in point. If Xu Xiao didn't have Xu Xuanpin, the clone of the Dao of Desire, he wouldn't have been qualified to plan so much.
The World Power is a trump card, not a power that can be used to fight anyone at will; it is a power that diminishes with each use.
Even Xu Xiao himself, without borrowing Xu Xuanpin's divine power, could at most fight against the Lantern Entity, the embodiment of emotional power, and had no chance of devouring them.
As for the subsequent combination of the enhanced Death Black Lantern and the will of the universe, representing the Death Essence of the negative forces of the universe, if Xu Xuanpin's Dao of Desire had not also reached the critical point and was about to transcend, there would have been no possibility of resistance.
It's important to understand that Death Essence seem to be relentlessly pursued by Xu Xuanpin, its very appearance has already caused the death of all living beings and planets in half the universe, making it an absolute cosmic destroyer.
If He weren't merely a manifestation of the rules governing the death of the DC Universe, Xu Xuanpin would have had a hard time dealing with Him.
Those so-called beings capable of destroying stars or devouring planets are far too insignificant compared to an existence that can directly manipulate the laws of the universe and whose mere actions can bring the entire universe to the brink of destruction.
"Therefore, the only way for me to overtake others at the last minute and achieve my own success is to maximize the power of cultivation."
"Comprehend the primordial spirit, comprehend the Dharma Body, and thus Dao Merging, ultimately transforming from mortal to Heavenly Immortal. Afterward, find a way to condense a unique path to the Golden Immortal realm, gathering a trace of immortal golden essence!"
"This is also my true purpose in coming to this Journey to the West Great World!"
Xu Xiao stood on the ground of the mortal realm, gathering his power and trying his best to blend in with the ordinary people around him.
The Journey to the West Great World is a world with the Six Paths of Reincarnation, the Three Realms Five Elements, and powerful figures from all sides.
His trip this time was risky, but it was also out of necessity.
"Let me see if I can ride the waves and set sail again amidst this Journey to the West Calamity!!"
Xu Xiao smiled and then followed the flow of people into the city.