“The Carefree Celestial Venerable.” Cao Ya was very cautious. Although he had attained enlightenment and his overall combat strength had improved, he was still not qualified to clash with a Celestial Venerable!
In particular, the three Celestial Venerables each possess a Celestial Venerable Treasure that is most suitable for them!
Of course, he wasn't as nervous or excited as the others.
In the great universes such as [Peerless One], [Sacred Ruins], [Primordial World], and [Immortal Gourd], I have seen beings at the peak of the six-star level, and even fought against them—relying on the seven-star divine weapon!
"The Celestial Venerable is in the garden," Hao Jun said with a smile, and respectfully withdrew.
Cao Ya entered the garden. The atmosphere was tranquil. There was a solitary, slender figure in a purple robe.
“Cao Ya.” The Carefree Celestial Venerable turned around, a flash of red light appearing in his black eyes!
"The Carefree Celestial Venerable." Cao Ya bowed slightly, not surprised to have also noticed the red light.
This carefree Celestial Venerable, as an ascendant, is actually the offspring of the demon race, a super divine beast of the ape clan—the Fire-Eyed Water Ape!
Qin Yu's second younger brother, Hou Fei, is none other than the son of the Carefree Celestial Venerable!
As for the Celestial Venerable's own son, why did he have to rise step by step from the first level of the mortal realm, cross the second level of the immortal, demon, and monster realms, before finally reaching the ultimate realm of gods...?
In fact, neither the native Thunder Punishment Celestial Venerable nor the Carefree Celestial Venerable spent much time in the God Realm.
Most of the time, he travels in the lower realms, hiding his identity, mingling in the mortal world, and playing around with life.
There are plenty of offspring, disciples, and successors!
However, as more and more descendants were left behind across various interfaces, they stopped caring.
At best, it leaves behind some cultivation techniques and provides abundant resources; whether one succeeds depends entirely on their individual abilities.
Hou Fei's ability to reach this point and ascend to the realm of gods is something that the Carefree Celestial Venerable would not overlook.
That's why we invited the Asura God King to take Hou Fei as his disciple!
Hou Fei is now a high-level celestial being. Although the hope of breaking through to the God King level in the future is not great, it is not entirely impossible.
The Carefree Celestial Venerable would occasionally pay attention to Hou Fei's elder brother Qin Yu and younger brother Hei Yu.
These are, of course, sworn brothers. Qin Yu is human, while Hei Yu is a bird, so they cannot possibly be the offspring of the Carefree Celestial Venerable.
Therefore, after Qin Yu passed through the Heavenly Staircase, the Carefree Celestial Venerable immediately sent a message to his disciple Hao Jun, who brought Qin Yu to the Carefree Palace.
He was unsure of Piaoyu Tianzun's attitude, and Lei Fa Tianzun would definitely not summon Qin Yu, so he had no choice but to step forward himself!
Qin Yu had this intention all along, and his unprecedented display of ability silenced all dissent.
In this respect, the choice of the Carefree Celestial Venerable was much wiser than that of the Thunder Punishment Celestial Venerable!
Of course, Thunder Punishment Heavenly Venerable also knew that Zhou Xian was not a strong person among the upper gods, and was even less than Duanmu Yu and Kui Yinhou. Letting him climb the Heavenly Staircase was a pure waste of time!
In their view, although Cao Ya was a native of the God Realm, since he had befriended Qin Yu and had been taken to the Eastern Extreme Golden Mountain together...
In a sense, they could all be considered members of the Ascended class!
Most importantly, those who are not from the eight great royal families will not be taken seriously by the Thunder Punishment Celestial Venerable!
Even though Cao Ya's understanding of the laws was unique, upon advancement, he transcended the first stage of God King and entered the level of "time acceleration"!
However, Thunder Punishment Celestial Venerable relied on his martial prowess and could have easily killed Piaoyu Celestial Venerable if he hadn't been concerned about him.
Although Piaoyu Tianzun valued it somewhat and was quite looking forward to seeing how far Cao Ya could go in the future.
But there was no indication that they were to be summoned.
Considering that his son's three sworn brothers all had a good relationship with Cao Ya, and that the Free and Unfettered Celestial Venerable personally thought highly of Cao Ya, he directly sent his disciple Hao Jun to bring Cao Ya over.
"Come, sit down and let's talk," said the Carefree Celestial Venerable with a smile.
"Thank you, Heavenly Venerable." Cao Ya thought for a moment, then sat down, but sat upright and dared not be unrestrained!
"You did well. Qin Yu just now was very reserved and couldn't let go at all. He was like one of the Eight Great Holy Emperors. He couldn't even maintain a calm demeanor!" The Carefree Celestial Venerable praised.
Cao Ya thought to himself, "That's a peak six-star expert I've met before, and I've even had conversations with seven-star experts! —Like that Heavenly Phoenix from the [Immortal Gourd] universe!"
"Haha, Cao Ya, to be honest, I quite admire you," the Carefree Celestial Venerable suddenly laughed.
"?" Cao Ya was taken aback. You're already a Celestial Venerable, why are you still admiring someone... Suddenly, he realized something.
The carefree Celestial Venerable sighed and said, "Last time, sixty trillion years ago, Celestial Venerable Mountain descended, and by chance, I became the new Celestial Venerable."
"Before that, I was just a God-King. I don't know how many trillions of years it would take for me to comprehend 'time stillness' and 'time reversal' on my own!"
"They've got incredible luck! Other God-Kings, like Luo Fan and Xue Yun, just don't have the luck to pull through."
Cao Ya was aware of these situations, and many of the God-Kings in the God Realm were even firsthand witnesses!
Luo Fan is none other than the "Number One God King" of the current God Realm—the Asura God King!
Xue Yun is the "Blood Sea Queen," one of the six reclusive god-kings of the Western Sea of the God Realm. Like the Asura God-King, she is also at the "time-stopping" level, surpassing the eight great holy emperors!
These two were originally friends of the "Free and Unfettered God King".
However, as Lin Meng favored the "Free and Unfettered God King," and with no one able to decipher the previous Heavenly Venerable Mountain treasure and cultivate to become a Heavenly Venerable, and with the time about to expire, he chose one of the experts among the ascendants.
The "Free and Unfettered God King" was that lucky one, who transformed in one leap into the "Free and Unfettered Celestial Venerable"!
It is also a powerful backer for the ascendants, enabling them to truly stand in the God Realm and compete with the innate royal family!
Piaoyu Tianzun was a disciple of Lin Meng in the Hongmeng Universe. He managed the Lin Meng Universe and, being an outsider, showed no favoritism.
Thunder Punishment Celestial Venerable was the first Celestial Venerable to ascend to the next era, and he was born into the royal family.
In order to maintain balance and prevent ascendants from being suppressed by the royal family, the second Celestial Venerable of the Evolutionary Era must also have a Celestial Venerable!
While the God Realm is important, there is only one. Compared to the infinite First-Level Mortal Realm and the Second-Level Immortal, Demon, and Monster Realm, Lin Meng definitely values the latter more!
Lin Meng himself can be considered an unconventional "ascended one".
He certainly couldn't stand by and watch the ascendants of the main universe fall into eternal night.
As for why the "Free and Unfettered God King" was chosen instead of the Asura God King or others...
All I can say is that the "Free and Unfettered God King" is not only incredibly capable and possesses formidable combat power, but is also an ascendant and has a commendable personality!
Having been handpicked by Lin Meng, the "Carefree God King" is indeed worthy of the title of "Celestial Venerable"!
On the contrary, the Thunder Punishment Heavenly Venerable is actually quite "unworthy of his position"!
After all, his Heavenly Venerable status was obtained through initiation and transmission, not through his own cultivation.
However, Cao Ya was absolutely unwilling to accept such an initiation from the bottom of his heart.
In this way, they are completely welded to the Heavenly Venerable Realm, with no chance of becoming a Dao-master!
Besides time and space, he has also cultivated the eight fundamental laws. What is the purpose of this?
Isn't it just that faint glimmer of hope for transcendence?!
If even a Celestial Venerable who has reached the peak of the Six Stars on his own cannot do it... then don't even dream of reaching the Seven Stars!
However, the opportunities within Tianzun Mountain—those numerous spiritual treasures containing the mysteries of the laws of time—might, if obtained, could potentially trigger a breakthrough, accelerating the path to becoming a Tianzun…
Cao Ya pondered for a moment. The descent of Tianzun Mountain occurs once every epoch and will last for a period of time. The special spiritual treasures inside are full of the mysteries of time. If there are capable people, they can observe them and directly attain the Dao!
If no one succeeds, at the last moment, Lin Meng will personally select a God-King to receive the empowerment, force-feeding him the understanding of the laws of time and enabling him to become a Heavenly Venerable!
This is similar to the process of refining divine essences and main divine essences within the [Panlong] universe.
For other god-kings, spiritual treasures are important, but the final choice of the Heavenly Venerable is even more crucial!
But for Cao Ya, it was completely different.
He didn't care about the choice of the Celestial Venerable, but he was extremely envious of Lingbao!
"You've already reached the level of 'time acceleration,' tens of thousands of times faster, which isn't bad. Reaching hundreds of thousands or even millions of times faster in the future is no problem."
The Celestial Venerable of Freedom smiled slightly, looked at Cao Ya, and said, "But 'time stillness' is not so easy, and as for the final 'time reversal,' no one can truly comprehend it!"
"My second senior brother and I both relied on the opportunities presented by Tianzun Mountain."
"The eldest brother's situation is different again, so we can't generalize."
The senior and second senior brothers he mentioned were Piaoyu Tianzun and Leifa Tianzun.
Cao Ya understood that among the three Heavenly Venerables, the Feathered Heavenly Venerable was the strongest!
He was also a true disciple of Lin Meng! He could be called a "personal disciple," while the latter two were merely nominal disciples.
At this point, the Celestial Venerable of Freedom hesitated for a moment, but still said in a deep voice: "Time and space are the foundation of cultivation in the God Realm. Apart from these, other laws are merely trivial matters."
"But that's before the Celestial Venerable Realm! Once you become a Celestial Venerable, if you want to advance further..."
"Life, death, destiny, destruction, and the eight fundamental laws are all very important."
The Carefree Celestial Venerable sighed. His Celestial Venerable status was bestowed upon him by his master, not earned through personal cultivation. Even after a thousand or a hundred epochs, there was still no hope of breaking through.
The same applies to the second senior brother, Thunder Punishment Celestial Venerable; only the eldest senior brother, Floating Feather Celestial Venerable, still has a slight possibility of being the controller!
"Your situation is very favorable for the future," the Carefree Celestial Venerable said with a smile. "You can spend more time on the eight fundamental laws."
"There's no need to rush to become a Celestial Venerable—actually, rushing won't help!"
Cao Ya nodded. Although he understood these circumstances, the Celestial Venerable Xiaoyao was unaware of them and thought he was clueless. Therefore, his guidance was of great kindness.
"The next descent of Heavenly Venerable Mountain is not far off. You don't need to compete for that last and only Heavenly Venerable spot. Instead, you can seize the spiritual treasures of Heavenly Venerable Mountain and study them," said the Carefree Heavenly Venerable.
As soon as he finished speaking, the Carefree Celestial Venerable waved his hand again, and two spiritual treasures appeared in mid-air.
"A second-rate Primordial Spiritual Treasure!" Cao Ya's eyes lit up.
"When you were climbing the Heavenly Staircase, you were merely a high-ranking deity. It was only after an epiphany that you attained enlightenment and became a king. You deserve a reward," said the Carefree Celestial Venerable with a smile.
"Both of these spiritual treasures are second-rate."
"Don't look down on it. Primordial spiritual treasures are formed by heaven and earth. The crafting of them requires not only superb skills but also primordial spiritual energy."
"Neither my second senior brother nor I have many spiritual treasures. Mainly because these things are not very useful to us. We just collect them when we come across them while traveling through endless realms, but we don't wait for them to appear."
"Only the eldest brother has so many treasures on him!"
As he spoke, even the carefree Celestial Venerable felt a little envious. Of his master's three disciples, he and his second senior brother were just there to make up the numbers, while only his eldest senior brother was truly valued by their master.
Cao Ya probably knows more about the related secrets than Xiaoyao Tianzun. For example, Piaoyu Tianzun knows about the existence of Hongmeng, but Leifa Tianzun and Xiaoyao Tianzun absolutely do not!
Therefore, Cao Ya's gaze was fixed on those two Primordial Treasures with intense intensity!
"Haha, they're all yours." The Carefree Celestial Venerable laughed and said, "One is a Purple Gold Sword, and the other is a Blue Lightning Hammer."
"Thank you, Heavenly Venerable!" Cao Ya accepted the items, performed a blood oath to recognize them as his own, and also learned the general functions of the two spiritual treasures, both of which were offensive treasures.
Immediately, the Carefree Celestial Venerable waved his hand, Cao Ya bowed, and then withdrew.
When he left the Palace of Leisure, many of the upper gods around him had already wandered around the more than three thousand islands again, hoping to be noticed by the Celestial Venerable of Floating Feathers.
Cao Ya shook his head inwardly. The Celestial Venerable Piaoyu had come to congratulate Qin Yu. How could anyone else possibly have the chance to meet him?
Cao Ya didn't believe he would ever meet this strongest Celestial Venerable in the Lin Meng Universe.
Even after passing through the Heavenly Staircase, the Celestial Venerable Piaoyu did not show up, so don't expect anything more!
"Buzz." Cao Ya's divine sense spread out. This time, he became a God King and no longer needed to hide it.
"Cao Ya, the God King!"
In the realm of gods, dozens of god-kings, whether because of the marriage contest or because of the previous enlightenment scenes, were all paying attention to the Mountain and Sea Palace.
Cao Ya's current power, which he can now display without restraint, is not bad even among those in the God King realm.
Naturally, he earned the respect of all the god-kings!
"Asura God King, Blood Demon Queen, Ethereal God King, Eastern Holy Emperor, Northern Holy Emperor..."
Cao Ya had preliminary exchanges with all eight royal families, the three ascended forces, and all the God-Kings.
His divine consciousness radiated outwards, reaching the East Sea, West Sea, South Sea, and North Sea of the divine realm, where there were hidden god-kings.
In fact, since these reclusive god-kings are unwilling to get involved in the conflicts of the divine realm and are focused on comprehending the laws of time and pursuing the position of Heavenly Venerable, they are undoubtedly very careful to conceal their aura and even use some special means to hide themselves!
This was also to avoid being discovered by other god-kings and being forced into the turmoil!
The fall of the God of Life tens of thousands of years ago further intensified their desire to live in seclusion!
Even those powerful god-kings perished in the struggle. So what's the point of unifying the divine realm? Could it help them master the laws of time?
Since it's not helpful, why bother getting involved?
Of course, there are also many other god-kings who know that the Heavenly Venerable's hope is slim. They can fight for power and profit and influence the divine realm, which is also a great fun and a way to pass the time. Otherwise, they would not be so willing to cultivate hard for billions of years, but it would be difficult to endure.
However, the reclusive god-kings, despite their various methods, could not stop Cao Ya's divine sense from discovering everything.
The power of a purely divine system cannot achieve this.
Now that he has become a king, Cao Ya can appropriately utilize other magical powers in certain aspects.
His power rivals that of a god-king who can "freeze time," making him difficult for even the most skilled reclusive god-kings to detect.
Cao Ya is only particularly careful in the territory of Xue Yun, the "Queen of the Blood Sea" in the West Sea.
In other areas, there is no risk of exposure.
Cao Ya used his divine sense to locate Qin Yu, exchanged a few words with him, and then left the Mountain and Sea Palace.
Having obtained the spiritual treasure and attained enlightenment as a king, he truly had no need to remain.
After Qin Yu finished offering his congratulations, he couldn't help but feel encouraged. If I become a God King, would I still need to participate in the marriage selection event?
With the God King proposing marriage and Uncle Lan present, the Arctic Holy Emperor will definitely agree!
"Huh?"
Qin Yu was suddenly surprised. From the depths of the island, a young man with silver hair, silver eyes, and three black horns walked out, a slight smile on his cold face.
"Never seen him before! Is he a disciple of the Celestial Venerable Piaoyu?"
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