Chapter 4800: Peeping
The specks of soul were invisible to the naked eye, and before they found the Void of Soul, even Lin Moyu himself could not see them.
They were so tiny that not even the Undying Eye could make them out, and after flying into the hole they did not attract the attention of that giant beast.
As the ancestor of the Di Ting Beast, this giant beast shared one trait with its descendant: it loved to sleep.
While sleeping, it could still listen in on heaven and earth, but the omissions were much greater.
In short, it was extremely lazy and unreliable.
Yet its ability was so uniquely bestowed by heaven that it could not be replaced.
The speck of soul silently entered the independent space and then slipped into the spatial passage that the little tree had stabilized.
The speck of soul traversed the spatial passage, while at the deepest part of the Desolation, Lin Moyu continued using the Nine Heavenly Fate Arts, altering the rules of heaven and earth.
No one knew he was in the deepest part of the Desolation.
As long as he did not deliberately cause a disturbance, he would not be discovered, and even if that ancestor of the Di Ting Beast were awake, it would not be able to notice him.
Lin Moyu kept count of the time.
The speck of soul flew through the spatial passage for a full ten days before approaching the exit.
The speed of the soul speck was not slow, so from this one could deduce that the Hongmeng Heaven was by no means close to the Primordial Desolation of Chaos.
"Abandoning what is near to seek what is far, this should not be the case.
"It seems that the origin of the Primordial Desolation of Chaos is related to the Hongmeng Heaven but is not entirely born from it.
"The relationship between the two is not that of a tightly bound mother and child."
"That is good.
"The next things that need to be done will become much more convenient."
A great distance between them was a good thing.
Whether it was Lin Moyu's arrangements or the final great battle, this distance would keep the Primordial Desolation of Chaos from being affected.
As the speck of soul flew out of the spatial passage, a mighty aura swept over it and crashed straight into it.
Vast, heavy, powerful, austere each word could be used to describe this feeling.
This heaven was much stronger than the Language God Heaven.
Lin Moyu had been to the Nine Cycle Heaven and had personally experienced what a nine cycle heaven was like, and by comparison the difference here was indeed significant.
All these impressions were transmitted back through the speck of soul, and Lin Moyu's thoughts surged.
"As expected of the Hongmeng Heaven; it truly surpasses the Nine Cycle Heavens by a lot.
"Perhaps such a heaven really can withstand the Great Annihilation.
"Judging by the unit strength of its heavenly rules, it seems to be on par with the Myriad Beings Chessboard, but if one compares closely, the Myriad Beings Chessboard still appears to come out ahead.
"In that case, my previous conjecture was correct; the rules within the Myriad Beings Chessboard are indeed no weaker than those of the Hongmeng Heaven."
Even this preliminary sense of the place had already given Lin Moyu many answers.
Next, he needed to properly see this heaven clearly.
"The Hongmeng Heaven…
"If it can be clearly understood down to its roots, it will bring unimaginable benefits to the Language God Heaven."
The speck of soul was no different from an avatar and could also use the Nine Heavenly Fate Arts, but Lin Moyu was being extremely cautious and dared not unleash them fully, only using a tiny portion.
He did not alter the heavenly rules, only used them to see the heavenly rules more clearly, observing this heaven from the perspective of an outsider.
Layer by layer, the secrets of the Hongmeng Heaven were lifted before Lin Moyu's eyes, and before he knew it, ten days had passed.
These ten days were of immense harvest to Lin Moyu.
He had seen many things clearly and was gradually grasping the future direction of the Language God Heaven.
Even if he were discovered now, this trip would still have been worth it.
"Ten days have passed and they still have not discovered me.
"It seems that the supreme being of this Hongmeng Heaven has indeed run into a problem.
"The rules of this heaven are exceedingly thick, yet there is also a trace of disorder within them, as though the power of the heaven is slowly collapsing.
"This collapse is very slow and can last for a long time.
"It does not look like the lifespan of the heaven is nearing its end, but rather that the heaven has been struck and badly wounded and has never truly recovered.
"Could this have been caused by the Great Annihilation?
"If so, that would make sense.
"For the Hongmeng Heaven to make it through the Great Annihilation, it would have had to pay a price.
"From this, it can be inferred that the reason he wants to take my Language God Heaven is not only to advance himself but also to restore his Hongmeng Heaven.
"But why does it feel as if this heaven is already beyond recovery?
"And why did he create the Primordial Desolation of Chaos?
"What is the point of it?
"That still requires further investigation."
Using the answers gained over the past few days, Lin Moyu continued his deductions, hoping to learn even more, while at the same time guiding the speck of soul to continue deeper into the heaven.
He did not alter the rules but simply followed along them.
The speck of soul was extremely fast; no matter how vast the Hongmeng Heaven was, it would not take too long to fly a complete circuit around it.
The Hongmeng Heaven was enormous, and the number of living beings within it was astonishing.
Powerhouses were as numerous as clouds, and along the way Lin Moyu had already seen several beings at the Great Venerable realm.
By such a count, the total number of Great Venerables within the Hongmeng Heaven was certainly not limited to nine.
There were even more quasi–Great Venerables.
In only a few days, he had already seen dozens.
"The upper limit of Great Venerables is nine, but that applies only to the Nine Cycle Heavens and those below.
"Perhaps in the Hongmeng Heaven, it does not apply."
Lin Moyu thought of his own Undying Spirit Soldiers.
Their combat strength was no weaker than that of Great Venerables, yet their number was as many as trillions.
Of course, the Undying Spirit Soldiers merely possessed great combat strength and could not be treated as true Great Venerables, but they still served to illustrate a point.
The number of Great Venerables should be determined by the strength of the heaven.
In the Nine Cycle and lower heavens, the upper limit of Great Venerables was nine.
In the heavens above the Nine Cycle level, the number of Great Venerables would therefore not be limited to that figure; the precise number would be difficult to calculate.
Lin Moyu had a guess that in the Hongmeng Heaven there might no longer be a hard limit on the number of Great Venerables.
As long as the heaven was strong enough, their number could be infinite.
"The Hongmeng Heaven and the Nine Cycle Heavens are very different.
"Its rules are not only thicker but many aspects of it have changed.
"There should still be only one supreme being.
"A heaven cannot tolerate two supreme beings, or the heaven would inevitably fall into chaos.
"The one who corrects all must be a single person."
"But beneath the supreme being and above the Great Venerables, there may well be quite a few others.
"Furthermore, the core of these thick rules should also be different and must have undergone a qualitative transformation."
Having refined so many heavenly cores, Lin Moyu understood them very well.
Between the Six Cycle and Seven Cycle Heavens, the heaven did undergo a qualitative transformation, but the core of the heaven remained in the shape of a pagoda, unchanged in essence.
Now, from a Nine Cycle Heaven to the Hongmeng Heaven, the core of the heaven should itself have undergone a qualitative change.
To support such a powerful heaven, the core needed to be powerful enough as well.
"There is no way it would simply become a ten tiered pagoda by adding another level.
"That would be too unreasonable."
The speck of soul continued onward and finally saw the existence of beings beyond the Great Venerable realm, and there was more than one.
In an instant, three such beings came into view.
The three beings beyond the Great Venerable realm stood together as if guarding something.
A streak of rosy light connected the three of them and pierced through heaven and earth like a pillar supporting the sky, propping up the entire heaven.
"What are they doing?"
Lin Moyu watched from a distance and did not dare to approach too closely.
After all, those were three existences above the Great Venerable realm, and it was entirely possible they possessed some special ability that could detect him.
He strained to see, looking through the rosy light to catch sight of the thing between the three, but he was too far away and the light too dazzling, making it very difficult to see clearly.
Lin Moyu carefully observed by way of the rules and finally managed to make it out, and his heart instantly gave a jolt.
"This is…"
He saw a section of tree root the root of the Hongmeng Spirit Tree, identical to the root of the Hongmeng Spirit Tree that had appeared during the great tribulation of the Primordial Desolation of Chaos, except dozens of times larger.
The three existences beyond the Great Venerable realm were actually guarding a severed root of the Hongmeng Spirit Tree and using it as a foundation to gather their combined power into a pillar that held up the heaven.
"Why are they doing this?"
"No, something is wrong with the positions of those three.
"A formation!"