Vanished into thin air!
Chapter 465 The Great Annihilation God King
"You actually killed him! You actually killed him... Even though he was just a small fry, killing him in front of me really makes me very unhappy!" A rooster-like voice came from a middle-thousand world in the void.
"Old rooster, you're nothing but a useless puppet, what's there to be unhappy about? Over the past tens of thousands of years, you've really gotten worse and worse!"
A terrifying creature, half-human and half-scorpion, stepped into this Middle Thousand World.
This world is entirely made up of desert, with thick layers of yellow sand that feel soft and fluffy underfoot, carrying the unique, delicate scent of sand. It's actually quite solid underneath, so you don't feel like you're sinking in.
However, no moving objects can be seen on this planet. In terms of perception, apart from yellow sand, there is no other matter, including life, on this planet.
A completely lifeless planet, devoid of even a drop of water. This area is during the planet's daytime; the blinding sunlight shines on the desert, creating a shimmering, almost ethereal scene. If viewed from a distance, it might easily be mistaken for a vast desert on Earth, offering none of the unique features of an alien world.
In this vast and endless desert, a terrifying creature appeared, half-human and half-scorpion. Its upper body was that of a handsome man, and its lower body was that of a scorpion and a centipede. It was none other than the terrifying God King.
"It's you? The King of Terror! You actually escaped? How is this possible?" A brief moment of astonishment was followed by ecstatic joy.
For these gods and demons who once roamed the world and dominated the vast universe, tens of thousands of years of confinement was truly an ordeal.
"Whoa... Tell me quickly, how did you escape from the restrictions of the Immortal Monument, King of Terror? You're really free! Help me escape..."
As soon as the rooster-like laughter subsided, it suddenly changed and transformed into a human voice. Then, the entire space swelled and dispersed, the desert receded like the sea, and a flat area appeared before the terrifying god-king, as dazzling as glass. On the flat area, a giant stone tablet stood tall.
Unlike the sealed terrifying god king, this stone tablet, although also square in shape, is carved with a demon god with a human body, bird head, and blood-red rooster comb. Its body is upright, and its hands are like bird claws, but it shows endless divine power and carries the aura of the ancient times, which is extremely domineering and commands countless demon gods.
The Great Annihilation God King!
This stone tablet is one of the "Immortal Monuments" forged by the Eternal Emperor. The demon god carved on it is the "Great Annihilation God King," one of the five ancient god kings. It is not a relief, but the true form of the Great Annihilation God King, serving as the spirit of the tablet.
"Hahaha..." The terrifying god-king laughed loudly, stirring up endless yellow sand, and said, "Great Annihilation, you have destroyed this world to such a state, it is truly a great annihilation, a great destruction. But destruction is easy, rebirth is difficult. If you cannot comprehend the mysteries of life, you will never be as good as that immortal serpent of the Dao..."
"Enough with the nonsense! At his peak, even the four of us God-Kings combined couldn't defeat the Immortal God-King. Quickly break the seal..."
Seeing the mocking smile on the lips of the terrifying God King, the Great Annihilation God King with a human body and a bird's head chuckled and shouted, "So you thought you could devour me? Heh heh... You've been suppressed for tens of thousands of years, and you've lost your physical body capable of shattering the vacuum. You can't devour me. I've received news that the ruler of Panxing controls the Yang God's thoughts of Panhuang and may possess the immortal Token of Changsheng. Although you've escaped, you should be careful not to be sealed away again... So, let's join forces! Let's join forces, disrupt this world, fight until the heavens and earth are turned upside down, and recreate the glory of the ancient demon gods ruling the vast world... I've heard that gods and demons have also descended from beyond the universe. This is truly wonderful..."
“Great Annihilation, saving you isn’t impossible, but…” The handsome man with the upper body of the terrifying god-king revealed a wicked smile and said, “…how about I offer this immortal monument that seals you as payment?”
"What's wrong with giving you this divine artifact if I can escape this predicament!"
The rooster with the crimson comb immediately spoke, but inwardly he sneered, thinking: "Give it to you? Dream on! Among our five great god-kings, you are the weakest. Your terrifying mental projection has no effect on me. I've been sealed for tens of thousands of years, and my strength has dropped drastically. Fortunately, I devoured all the essence of this world, and with the blood food brought by several humans, I've barely retained the strength of the peak of flesh and blood transformation. As long as I devour you and let your abundant essence merge into my body, I will surely recover to the Thousand Transformations realm. If I devour another god-king, reaching the peak is not impossible!"
Come! Break the seal, and we will become one...
"No problem. It will take time to break the seal. I also obtained a method to break the formation by chance. Let me study the divine formation of this monument!"
The God of Terror continued to gaze upon the immortal monument that sealed the God of Destruction, and indeed, the sealed divine runes were different. However, this did not stump Jiang Liu. The God of Terror had briefly deceived the God of Destruction, and with less interference, Jiang Liu easily analyzed the vast mysteries of the divine runes through the "Lord of the Future."
Having the experience of breaking through the immortal monument of the terrifying god king, and with the assistance of the "Lord of the Future," this King of Ten Thousand Buddhas immediately opened his eyes again, with lines of divine runes flashing in his nine eyes.
An immense aura of calculation and computation emanated from the "Lord of the Future," a significant improvement over Jiang Liu's previous calculations using his primordial spirit. This Lord of the Future could calculate everything, pierce through the eternal future, and even possessed the ability to calculate the afterlife.
Calculating the immortal monument is naturally quite simple.
When the Great Annihilation God King, this blood-red rooster, began to show some impatience, the Terror God King revealed a wicked smile, his physical body constantly changing.
A man dressed in brocade robes, wearing a purple-gold crown, with a straight posture and a majestic figure like a demon god, appeared before the astonished eyes of the Great Destroyer God King.
It was Hong Xuanji!
Hong Xuanji was manipulated by Jiang Liu!
"Human! That was definitely the aura of the God-King of Terror just now, there's no mistake. Could it be that you've completely taken control of the God-King of Terror!"
The crimson rooster comb atop the Great Annihilation God King's head grew even more vibrant, as if stained with blood. A terrifying aura brewed within him as he roared, "Human, I know you, Hong Xuanji of the Great Thousand Worlds. I never expected you to possess such strength. Truly, the younger generation is formidable! However, do you think you can claim the Immortal Monument with such power? Come, let me see just how strong this human, capable of devouring a terrifying God King, truly is..."
"They're nothing more than fish on a chopping board, rooster heads waiting to be slaughtered. No matter how much they resist, they can't escape my grasp..."
As soon as Hong Xuanji unleashed the Wheel of Life and Death, he severed the connection between the Immortal Monument and the earth. With a grab of his hand, endless runes condensed into endless chains, wrapping the Immortal Monument layer by layer. Then, Hong Xuanji brought it into the Ship of Creation.
The Great Annihilation God King couldn't even muster the power to resist.
Jiang Liu deduced the power of the Yang God of the Longevity Emperor through the "Lord of the Future," further enhancing his control over the Immortal Monument. Even if someone came with the Longevity Token that controls the Immortal Monument, they would not be able to easily take it from him.
If another "Immortal Monument" is obtained, and then the "Future Lord" deciphers it day and night, it will be enough to reproduce part of the Yang God's power of the Eternal Emperor.
Chapter 466 Soaring Through the Stars
Having easily suppressed the Great Annihilation God King and taken his immortal monument, Jiang Liu drove the Creation Ship to continue sailing through the chaotic void.
The Eternal Emperor sealed the five ancient god-kings and forged five immortal monuments. Jiang Liu was preparing to comprehend the Yang God Dao, which required obtaining all five immortal monuments. If even one was missing, the Yang God Dao would be incomplete, and all his previous efforts would be in vain.
Now that he has already obtained two monuments, Jiang Liu doesn't mind putting in a little more effort to collect all five.
Jiang Liu was quite eager to learn about the power of the Eternal Emperor. He was the first person of the Primordial Era, the first Yang God, the teacher of the ancient Holy Emperors, the creator of the Immortal Path, and the person closest to the other shore. Throughout the long river of time, among all Yang Gods, he possessed the highest magical power and was the most mysterious. Such titles were sufficient proof of his immense strength.
The runes on the two monuments obtained by the river flow are endless, and the power they reveal is extremely vast. Even if the future lord deciphers them day and night, he will find it difficult to fully decipher even a trace of the Yang God Dao of the Longevity Emperor in a short period of time. He can only obtain some supernatural powers to drive the immortal monuments.
Firstly, there is the incompleteness of this monument. Only when the five monuments are united will the true power of immortality emerge.
As the Creation Ship moved, it traversed the infinite space and plunged into the chaotic void. The scene before it suddenly changed, like the center of a galaxy, densely packed with stars, each star separated by billions of miles.
The mysterious outer world is home to countless civilizations and numerous planets teeming with life.
Each plane can only give birth to one Great Thousand World, containing countless Middle Thousand Worlds. The Journey to the West world is no exception. After the primordial chaos shattered, Hongjun built the Great Thousand World based on four continents, while the countless fragments of the primordial chaos drifted in the chaotic void, becoming small worlds.
The world is as vast as the stars.
The ancient philosophers traveled and spread their teachings, disseminating the many principles and techniques of the world within this endless star field.
The Ship of Creation was running at full speed, speeding through the void, scanning and archiving the planets it encountered along the way, and creating star maps.
The Lord of the Future is like a super brain with endless uses.
I awoke from my meditation to find myself deep in space. All I could see were countless stars floating together, forming a bizarre and wondrous world, a world a hundred or even a thousand times more complex than the vast universe.
The stars here are basically the size of Earth, and they have oceans, forests, and all kinds of abundant resources.
Numerous large, fireball-like stars float among these stars, continuously providing them with power; these are the Sun Stars in the outer heavens.
On every living star, there are nations, sects, and cultivators, forming a complex environment and power structure. These stars each have their own civilizations, existing since ancient times, with histories as long as the world itself.
It must have been conceived at the same time as the rest of the world.
Although the goal was to find an "immortal monument," the journey involved traversing a significant portion of the starry sky. The "Lord of the Future" constructed models, analyzed, and speculated, discovering that the population of this outer realm was dozens, even hundreds, of times that of the vast world.
In this vast world, the total population is approximately four billion, while according to the information obtained, this outer heavenly light is a central world with a population of ten billion.
On other stars, such as Li Fu Star, Du Star, Heng Star, and others that the Creation Ship has already scanned, each large star has hundreds of millions of people, and some smaller stars have millions or tens of millions of people.
The total population of hundreds of stars, large and small, would be at least tens of billions, or even hundreds of billions. This is an extremely large number, which is terrifying to think about.
With a population of hundreds of billions, how many hidden talents are among them? How many exceptionally gifted individuals have emerged? Over tens of thousands of years, how many moving and tragic stories have unfolded? How much culture is worth studying, and how much human geography is worth reading?
Everything that happened along the journey of the Ship of Creation was recorded and studied by the "Lord of the Future".
With such a large population and such a vast and complex starry world, Jiang Liu finally understood why the philosophers of the Middle Ages had spent decades coming here to spread their civilizations.
However, despite being separated by vast distances and possessing once brilliant civilizations, these civilizations were still destined to be invaded.
In this world, the Great Thousand World is at its lowest point, lacking powerful figures. Compared to the era a thousand years ago when countless brilliant minds emerged, it hardly resembles the Great Thousand World at all. Meanwhile, Panxing is growing ever stronger, producing powerful individuals in abundance. Panxing, the central world, needs to support billions of people, ensuring they have enough to eat and wear, and allowing them time to cultivate. Necessary plundering is therefore indispensable.
Although some tasks in the Central World are handled by puppets like the "Yellow Turban Warriors" and "Spiritual Warriors," such as the arduous physical labor of farming and manufacturing, resources are of paramount importance. The planet Panxing has only a limited amount of resources, such as mineral deposits, and it's impossible to conjure more; it can only maintain its strength through plunder.
That is why the vast and boundless lands of the world are what the Central World truly yearns for—the expansive wilderness, the endless oceans and grasslands, and even the deserts of the Western Regions—can provide a home for countless people.
After seeing the information analyzed by the "Lord of the Future," Jiang Liu truly understood why the Central World wanted to invade the Great Thousand World.
First, there is the pressure of population growth; second, the Great Thousand World is, after all, the legendary immortal realm, the source of immortality. Going to the Great Thousand World is equivalent to attaining enlightenment and ascending to heaven.
Gradually, the Ship of Creation penetrated deeper into the sphere of influence of the Central World Star.
The Central World is full of experts, especially Xu Yi. I met him once, and in that brief glance, he almost broke through the portal constructed by "The Vanished One". Now that I think about it, that Xu Yi was not his real body, but probably just a thought.
As the leader of the Central World, Xu Yi possessed the thoughts of the Yang God Pan Huang. Jiang Liu could not fathom just how powerful the Yang God was, but the "Lord of the Future" calculated that he was equivalent to a Great Luo Golden Immortal.
Even if the thoughts of a Yang God are not equivalent to the Yang God, even if it is only a fraction of the power of a Yang God, it is still the power of a Yang God! It is the power after transformation, which cannot be compared to nine tribulations of lightning.
Although Jiang Liu's physical body has reached the realm of countless transformations, his spiritual path is still only at the Xuanxian realm. If compared with the tribulation of Yang God, he is equivalent to the strength of eight tribulations.
Eight tribulations of lightning—in a direct confrontation, they would be utterly unable to withstand the power of a single strike from the Yang God's thoughts.
During its flight, the Creation Ship arrived at the edge of the central world of the planetary system defined by the "Lord of the Future," and carefully glided across it.
Chapter 467 The Silent Heavenly Prison
There, a colossal azure star hovered in the air, rotating at an imperceptible speed. Jiang Liu knew then that this was the mysterious Central World.
The Central World is the location of the ancient Panhuang Holy Emperor's lineage.
Now, even more experts are emerging. Jiang Liu sensed many powerful auras, and countless formidable spiritual thoughts were densely packed in the void, forming a dense, invisible net.
If any unusual entity enters the range of the Skynet, it will likely be immediately detected by the experts in the Central World.
Although Jiang Liu also wanted to truly test his skills against "Leader" Xu Yi to see just how powerful he was, whether Pan Huang's Yang God Thoughts were stronger, or his own merit treasures were more powerful.
Jiang Liu had always kept in mind the grudge of his ignominious escape from the chaotic void back then.
However, now is not the time for the final battle, and he must restrain himself. Otherwise, if he were besieged by many experts from the Central World and the Heavenly Dao gathered a large number of experts, he would probably have to flee in a sorry state again.
They carefully traversed the Central World. Fortunately, Jiang Liu had anticipated this situation when he modified the Creation Ship and set up some invisibility and anti-sensory formations, so the experts on Panxing did not detect them.
As they continued flying, numerous barren stars reappeared in their perception, clearly having been plundered by the Central World and left as desolate planets.
Some stars are simply ruins, deserts; some are piled high with countless rotten garbage, so foul-smelling that they are practically garbage waste stars.
Jiang Liu had a purpose in coming here. According to his memory, he knew that the God King Gou Li was sealed in the Dead Silence Prison of the Central World.
Meanwhile, in the desolate Heavenly Prison, the "Future Lord" had already pinpointed its location through calculations. They had traversed for several days, the stars growing increasingly sparse, barren, and desolate, a scene of utter darkness and cold.
Because these stars are no longer illuminated by the sun.
The environment is also getting worse.
Suddenly, everything changed. All the stars disappeared, and it seemed as if I had entered a strange and mysterious space, or as if I had arrived at the true center of the Milky Way.