Starting with Growing Mushrooms
Chapter 647 - 507: The First Dynasty of the Immortal Path
In the following days, war raged on outside.
Various news of the battles frequently reached us, heralding the arrival of a new era of cultivation, and young geniuses indeed emerged.
Among them, Ying Qing and Xu Changsheng joined forces to fully establish the framework of the Immortal Path.
These two were not exactly saints.
Accompanying Magaras, they madly fished, treating the three thousand mortal worlds as their elite training base, deceiving them into ascending.
Moreover, those Nine Numbers Gods gradually made their appearance!
Liu Jun even took the initiative to spy on one of their Nine Palace Grid meetings once.
During their discussions, they indeed began researching a new numerical system and analyzing the potential existence of 0.
But unlike those described in the Divine Object introductions, they almost confirmed the existence of 0 through their repeated discussions.
Furthermore, they boldly speculated:
is the God of Merchants.
The God of Merchants nurtured nine subordinate gods using their own Divine Power.
These people even unabashedly came over to inquire of the God of Merchants.
Regarding this, Liu Jun did not conceal the truth and directly told them, "I am indeed the 0 position."
At this, these geniuses indeed felt relieved.
"I knew it, there is no love or hate without reason in this world!"
"Now I can boldly use this Divine Object."
"I knew it, there must be something! Now I am assured."
To say the least, the people of this universe have been oppressed too much, they really do not dare to believe a gift without strings attached is true.
In this regard, they truly do not mind.
Has the God of Merchants ever had a shortage of affiliated traders under them?
Now in this situation, they consider it as having just nine new affiliates on the spot, seen as the subordinate forces of the God of Merchants.
Anyway, these individuals are quite open-minded.
...
In the three thousand mortal worlds, Crystal Country.
The third generation Emperor of Crystal Country, growing old and frail, looked at his comrades from the days of contest, who had attempted to slay gods with him.
"Ladies and gentlemen, I am about to ascend to the Immortal World, after I leave, you must stay on guard in your positions!"
This Emperor of Crystal Country had immense ambition throughout his life, attempting to kill the God of Faith, yet he was ultimately booted around like a soccer ball and now has lost his spirit.
Although he secured a numerical Divine Position for his nation, he was grievously injured during that altercation, hastening his aging to death.
He looked at the ministers below, "If I don’t ascend now, I fear there will be worries of death!"
His voice was aged, filled with a sense of vicissitude and helplessness,
"In my life, I have arduously guarded the human territories, now I have allied with more than ten companions of Ninth Layer Divine Vortex, together occupying two cosmic human forbidden zones."
"The foundation, I have already left it, next, it’s up to you to carry it forward."
"Hereafter, as I ascend to the Immortal World, I may no longer return to the three thousand mortal cosmos. The foundation of this human world relies on you young people."
Indeed, after he ascends, he cannot come back.
Because his lifespan was running out, and he could only survive through the special geographical environment of the Immortal World.
If he returns here again, he still faces the dilemma of a "lifespan limit."
With the exploration over the years, people have largely confirmed that once you ascend, returning to the human world with extended reach is very difficult.
"The Ninefold Godhead, we have almost perfected it."
"Yet the Tenth Layer, there is no way, the future journey depends on you."
Saying so, this old man ascended in one breath.
Boom!
The Gate of Death opened.
This old man walked out of the Death World and arrived in what was called the Immortal World.
Only to see an ethereal aura here, beyond the cosmos, one could vaguely see a chaotic sun slowly floating.
Various Immortal Palaces stood tall, surrounded by Divine Beasts.
Here, there were almost no worries of lifespan, and one could feel the rich Power of Laws.
"Welcome."
Magaras looked at this Crystal Emperor, seeing a mortal leader ascend to the Immortal World was of great historical significance.
Indeed a good start!
Following this, it completely set the stage for the Immortal Path era.
It can be imagined how many will ascend subsequently.
The Crystal Emperor nodded, "Esteemed Divine Spirits, is there any future planning now?"
"Our plans comprise two aspects, the first is research into the Ninth Tier Ten Levels of realms... the second is, how to perfect this Immortal World cosmos."
For Magaras and others, the Ninefold-Ten Levels is a necessary work process.
Magaras, observing this scene, looked at the Death God beside him and laughed, saying, "Ladies and gentlemen, let us jointly usher in the era of the Immortal World."
One after another, driven by ambition, prepared to accomplish great things.
This day was proclaimed the first year of the Immortal Path.
In the Immortal Path year 165, the human world welcomed a massive wave of powerhouses nearing their lifespan limits, a vast ascending frenzy was born into the world.
Immortal Path year 297.
The human world had cycled through three generations, and the Immortal Path had wholly found its track.
The nine digital gods gradually teamed up, altering various laws, jointly modifying several parameters, the world dubbed them: Nine Respected Numbers.
Immortal Path year 543.
The human world prospered, with the population already cycling through five generations.
The Immortal Path had fully matured, propagating through Essence, Qi, and Spirit... and combined with traditional Magic Divine Power, forming a brand-new Immortal God system.
However, the Ninth Tier Tenth Level breakthrough yielded no results.
Immortal Path year 756.
A supremely talented genius emerged from the Human World, named Chang.
With grand ambitions, in just sixty years, he established the Immortal Path Chang Dynasty, leading the Immortal Gods who followed him, crossing over a hundred civilized cosmos, establishing forbidden zones.
"I shall establish the legendary Ninth Tier Tenth Layer realm!"
With bold aspirations, he led numerous geniuses under his command to drive the era forward.
The heavenly Ying Qing and Magaras personally manifested avatars to discuss the Way with this mortal.
The God of Faith, Xibo, also couldn’t resist appearing in person, personally descending into the mortal empire.
Emperor Chang, tall and imposing, clad in a black imperial robe, remained undefeated even when meeting gods, sitting on the divine throne as he met the God of Faith, the ruler of the Human World.
Xibo was not offended by his arrogance, "The advancement of the era is the responsibility of all, I am willing to support you as a pioneer, giving land if you need land, giving people if you need people... I can draw out 1,500 worlds in the Human World for you to govern."
Emperor Chang showed a hint of surprise, "Aren’t you afraid I’ll annex your realm? Overthrow you?"
But Xibo laughed and said, "There is always a limit to lifespan, a man’s dynasty is destined to collapse after your death, turning into nothingness, so how could I fear a mortal emperor destined to disappear in the dust of time?"
Emperor Chang was even more surprised, "What if I break through the Ninth Tier Tenth Layer and start slaying gods?"
Hahaha!
Xibo laughed heartily, utterly fearless, "If you can break through, indeed reaching the threshold of god-slaying, then come at me!"
Xibo, relying on his immortality, naturally had no fear.
What level of strength can a mortal truly achieve?
Now with the opening of the Immortal Path, nine Numeric Gods have emerged. They not only sense the arrival of a prosperous age but also feel an invisible sense of urgency.
Because the Ninth Tier Ninth Layer devours 20% of the universe’s matter.
The Ninth Tier Tenth Layer devours 100% of a parallel cosmos’s matter, which is an extremely high difficulty!
As the era accelerated, over hundreds of years, generations passed, and nearly every god soon realized:
The Ninth Tier Tenth Layer is indeed unimaginably difficult!
Thus, they chose to unite to push a mortal emperor to step out into that realm.
Moreover, the Immortal and Mortal worlds will compete for victory through this.
Emperor of Chang Country, upon hearing this, said, "Since you’ve divided 1,500 lands for me, naturally I should show some results. By the way, should these lands promote your teachings?"
"Of course, they must believe in the gods!" This was Xibo’s bottom line.
Thus, after this conversation, the Human World officially entered a new era.
The Divine Right Era.
Every piece of mortals’ land was bestowed by the gods!
The mortal emperor governs the nation, but mortals still must have faith in the great gods.
Thus, Emperor Chang began to muster great armies, stationing them across multiple dimensions, aiming to unify them into a single force, respected by all races, and acclaimed as the Emperor of Nations Chang.
Thus, the Human World finally ushered in a whole new era and structure!
Establish private schools, spread immortal methods, teach divine laws...
Even regarding the teaching of divine laws, the reclusive Chaos God Bal personally descended to bless Emperor Chang on earth.
The gods bestowed blessings upon a mortal, greatly facilitating his path!
This led the Human World to rapidly develop; under the pressure of lifespan, the geniuses of each era unleashed unprecedented drive.
Emperor Chang himself, a perfect fusion of virtue and conduct, led civilization to flourish!
The nine Numeric Gods also intervened personally, "Emperor Chang, we will assist you with favorable weather, reform the discordant numbers; whatever you require, feel free to speak!"
Thus, the parameters of clouds, soil, gravity...
As they spread, they constantly modified, coordinated, and moved towards completeness, making the cosmos more habitable, amending many incompatible defects.
Seeing this, Liu Jun was not surprised, "These nine Numeric Gods are described as very powerful... but that’s within the description of divine objects where only their gods appear."
"If placed in reality, these gods’ combat power would likely be insufficient, as they don’t originally belong to a combat-oriented field, categorizing as support gods."
After all, they were merely low-level divine objects.
Moreover, the others continued to explore their so-called two-dimensional numeric realm, attempting to pair them.
These mathematicians will likely need some time to break into that field!
The Immortal World, 1000 years.
The dominance of mortal Emperor Chang finally, at this memorable moment, began attempting to lead his strong followers to assault the Ninth Tier Tenth Layer.
He chose not to ascend.
For the gods do not need his ascension, but rather, to devour a portion of the universe in the Human World, further condensing the divine vortex, and stepping into the next realm.
At this moment.
The No. 1 universe was cleared out.
Only this mortal overlord, Emperor Chang, stood alone on a mountain peak.
The powerhouses from other universes all gazed at this scene, looking into the distance, feeling Emperor Chang’s overwhelming and terrifying divine vortex, oppressive like the vast sea.
"It’s unimaginable how strong Emperor Chang is now."
"Indeed, the previous mortal overlord, the third generation Crystal Emperor, didn’t even dare break through, choosing to ascend to the Immortal World to escape the concern of lifespan."
"In my opinion, the third generation Crystal Emperor stands no chance against Emperor Chang for even a hundred moves! He’s just too powerful!"
As the era progresses, with the massive population base of over three thousand multi-dimensional cosmos, the first era’s geniuses surfaced with high significance.
They sense that even at the same realm, Emperor Chang’s current combat power is incredibly terrifying, and his combinations of divine vortex spins are exceedingly formidable.
Even gods from the heavens, discarding their divine positions, would be slain by this genius at the same realm!
This is his great significance.
"Today, I, Emperor Chang, intend to break through the worldly boundaries, to take a step forward!"
Emperor Chang, full of spirit, decided to gamble his life in this bold attempt.
Many gods secretly doubted him, speculating that perhaps many generations of mortal emperors would need godly assistance to tread this path.
As the first explorer, the risks seemed immense.
Otherwise, why would the gods each bestow their gifts, greatly facilitating the way?
At this moment.
A Butterfly Cage Vehicle suddenly appeared in the sky.
Through a window, a figure could be vaguely seen with a butterfly on their shoulder, and this scene shook everyone to their core.
"Emperor Chang, I grant you new birth, Immortal Power... you can be reborn repeatedly, even if you fail the breakthrough, you can try again."