Chapter 4787: Truly Unprecedented?
Lin Moyu continued entering the Chess of All Beings to temper his own path of formations.
Within the Chess of All Beings, the rules were incomparably heavy.
As long as one remained inside, soul power would be continuously consumed, and this method was something only Lin Moyu could use.
"No matter whether what I am doing is right or wrong, I firmly believe that, for now, the path I have chosen is the most correct one."
Lin Moyu's Dao heart far surpassed metal or stone.
Once he decided on something, he would carry it through to the end, yet if he discovered midway that it was wrong, he would also resolutely change direction without the slightest attachment.
Resolute yet not stubborn this very kind of Dao heart was what had allowed him to walk all the way to where he stood today.
The number of runes continued to decrease, and the number of formations did as well.
In the blink of an eye, more than a hundred years had passed, and Lin Moyu sensed that only three hundred years remained before the first great tribulation of the Divine Language Heaven and Earth.
While he was within the Chess of All Beings, Lin Moyu once again saw the Wall of Heaven and Earth appear.
Like a countdown of two, one, the Wall of Earth signified the first great upheaval of the Land of the Gods, and its reappearance was the restart of that countdown.
Lin Moyu temporarily ceased his work on the runes and looked out from the Chess of All Beings at the suddenly manifested Wall of Heaven and Earth, faintly comprehending something.
"The Wall of Heaven and Earth can pass through the rules of the Chess of All Beings, which clearly means the level of the wall is higher than that of the chessboard.
"Just as I speculated before, the Wall of Heaven and Earth will be the endpoint of everything, and reaching this endpoint will be incomparably difficult.
"From here on, what blocks and opposes me will no longer be other cultivators, but rather the rules formed by the Forbidden Zone of Life and the Wall of Heaven and Earth.
If there is still an 'enemy', it might only be… myself."
Lin Moyu slowly closed his eyes.
When he opened them again after a single breath, there was nothing left in his gaze but resolve.
When one game ended, Lin Moyu left the Chess of All Beings, and at that moment the little tree's urgent voice rang in his ears.
"Master, I found it, I found it."
Delighted, Lin Moyu took a single step and appeared beside the little tree.
Amidst the lush jade green branches and leaves, a single half transparent leaf stood out.
A spatial passage had already formed upon it, yet this leaf was not fully transparent and differed from those before.
Lin Moyu saw the irregularity. "Something seems off."
The little tree extended a branch, projecting an image.
In the image, a universe's remnant shone with flickering light in the void.
Even as mere remnants, the radiance and aura emitted by a Nine Cycle universe far surpassed the Chaotic Ancient Wilds.
The little tree said, "This is also my first time contacting a Nine Cycle universe. I do not know whether its world barrier is too powerful or if there is some other reason, but I cannot directly create a spatial passage inside it."
Lin Moyu frowned slightly.
With the little tree's ability, no matter how powerful a Nine Cycle universe was, this should not have happened, so there had to be another cause.
The Hongmeng Gem stared at the projection for a while, then seemed to notice something.
"I feel that this universe is abnormal. The problem is not with the little tree, but with this universe itself."
Lin Moyu gave a soft grunt. "Little tree, tell me what the situation is now."
The little tree said, "I cannot enter inside it. I can only create a spatial passage outside the world barrier, with the exit about a thousand li away from the barrier."
Lin Moyu understood.
The spatial passage that the little tree created had its exit a thousand li from the world barrier, and that thousand li still lay within the domain of the Forbidden Zone of Life.
If he wished to enter this Nine Cycle universe, he would have to face the Forbidden Zone of Life head on and cross that thousand li stretch.
A thousand li was not far, and might not even require a single step, but this was the Forbidden Zone of Life, where any who stepped in would die.
Among countless supreme powerhouses, not many had been able to traverse a thousand li within the Forbidden Zone of Life.
And he was not yet a supreme…
The Hongmeng Gem said, "If the master wants to go, not only must you cross that thousand li region, you must also blast a hole in the world barrier.
Only then can the little tree's power enter the universe and leave you a path of retreat."
Even after entering the universe and refining its core, he would still need to come back out, so a retreat must be kept open.
Lin Moyu said, "You are that certain I can cross a thousand li of the forbidden zone?"
The Hongmeng Gem giggled. "If you could not cross it, you would not be thinking this much.
Since master is thinking about it, then there is certainly a way."
Having stayed with Lin Moyu for so long, the Hongmeng Gem was already very familiar with his way of handling things.
Lin Moyu chuckled softly and did not respond.
He lightly closed his eyes and pondered.
There was a way; there had not been one before, but now one seemed to exist.
These years in the Chess of All Beings had not been spent in vain.
His Dao of formations had already surpassed Heaven and Earth.
According to his own categorization, his formations now belonged to the level above Heaven and Earth.
And above Heaven and Earth lay the Forbidden Zone of Life.
Back when he divided formations into two tiers, the benchmark had been the Forbidden Zone of Life.
In his deductions, formations that stood above Heaven and Earth could allow him to survive in the Forbidden Zone of Life.
At present, he was still a short distance from the endpoint of the formation Dao and could not yet survive there for long, but surviving for a short while long enough to cross a thousand li should not be a problem.
However, everything above was only his deduction.
If that deduction was wrong, then he stood a high chance of dying in the Forbidden Zone of Life.
Once he entered it, there would be no turning back.
If he died in there, he would be truly dead; even rebirth would not help.
Whether or not to risk trying it was the question before him.
"I have already reduced my runes to ten. These ten runes contain all the runes I have ever mastered, and nearly all of them have transformed into violet runes. The formations laid with them have more than a thousand fold increase in power compared to before.
"Even if a supreme powerhouse entered my formation, if luck was slightly against them they would fall within it, and even with good luck they would have to shed a layer of skin."
Lin Moyu had immense confidence in his Dao of formations.
If he used a grand formation for protection, he might indeed have the chance to cross that thousand li region of the Forbidden Zone of Life.
As long as he could come into contact with the world barrier, he could smash a hole in it, and the Calamity Scepter had never disappointed in that regard.
At that time, the little tree would be able to slip inside and establish a spatial passage within the universe.
After thinking everything through, Lin Moyu stepped onto the leaf and entered the spatial passage.
This time, the distance was extremely great.
Lin Moyu walked for a very long time within the spatial passage.
The little tree had searched according to the direction given by Seeking Knowledge True Lord for several hundred years before finding this place, so it was naturally far away.
His gaze penetrated the spatial passage into the boundless void of the Forbidden Zone of Life, and he could feel the terrifying power within it.
The formless power of annihilation was everywhere and could destroy all living beings that entered.
The power of annihilation specifically targeted living beings and was not as terrifying toward treasures like the Calamity Scepter.
Moving at the fastest speed, he walked for more than ten days and finally arrived at the end of the spatial passage.
Standing at the exit, he saw the remnants of a universe.
The universe's remnant had an irregular shape; it had probably been spherical before, but the Great Annihilation had come, the world's rules had shattered, and it had turned into wreckage, contorting its outward form.
Lin Moyu could sense the barrier outside the remnants.
The barrier radiated a heavy power of Heaven and Earth.
Even as a Nine Cycle universe in ruins, it remained incomparably powerful.
The exit of the spatial passage was a thousand li away from the universe.
For any supreme powerhouse, that thousand li was a fatal distance, nearly impossible to cross.
The Hongmeng Gem said, "Master, why do we not just forget this? It is too dangerous. We can wait and find another chance.
"In truth, an Eight Cycle universe is not bad either. It would still be unprecedented."
Lin Moyu laughed lightly.
"So called 'unprecedented' only applies to this era of the Great Annihilation.
In the era of the previous Great Annihilation, there may even have been a Hongmeng Heaven and Earth, and people who crossed the Forbidden Zone of Life.
"Since we have come, we must at least try, or it would be hard to feel at ease."
With a single thought, several runes flew out, leaving the spatial passage and unfurling into a grand formation within the Forbidden Zone of Life.