As the Heavenly Venerable's public palace, the Mountain and Sea Palace has no teleportation array, so a group of gods must fly there!
In the realm of gods, the solidification of space creates immense constraints. Only gods who begin to comprehend the laws of space can use these laws to counteract gravity and begin to soar!
These three levels of deities cannot even fly, unlike those in the lower realms who, without reaching the level of deities, can destroy an entire star system at any time!
"Whoosh!!" A group of celestial beings were flying north, crossing the sea at a considerable speed.
After all, he is one of the best among the upper gods. Without the God King, who can compete with him?
However, the final step is worlds apart. Once you become a God-King, you no longer need to fly; you can directly manipulate the laws of space and teleport trillions of miles!
Creating a new dimension is not difficult at all!
The God-King's conquest can shake the divine realm, but the upper gods... even if all the gods fought each other, they could not achieve this!
Therefore, it seems that the upper gods are only one step away from becoming god-kings.
In reality, the difference between the two is as vast as the difference between heaven and earth!
The speed of the group also varied, with Qin Yu and Duanmu Yu at the forefront, clearly demonstrating that their strength surpassed that of the others.
"Boom!" The escape light sped away. Cao Ya was naturally keeping pace with Qin Yu and Duanmu Yu. He didn't want to reveal too much. Otherwise, being on par with a God King and arriving outside the Mountain and Sea Palace in an instant would be an easy matter.
"I also thought that I would climb the steps of the Mountain and Sea Palace, and after passing through, I would be summoned by the Heavenly Venerable and be bestowed with precious spiritual treasures."
Cao Ya pondered, "I don't need a first-rate spiritual treasure; I would be quite satisfied with a second-rate one."
The vast majority of god-kings only use second-rate magical treasures.
First-class Primordial Spiritual Treasures are extremely rare. Apart from the Spiritual Pearls that are born with the eight royal families and refined by the eight Holy Emperors, only a few God Kings, such as the Asura God King, possess such treasures, which greatly increase their power.
Cao Ya thought to himself that with a genuine second-rate spiritual treasure, his combat strength would definitely improve.
Now, his overall combat strength is actually comparable to that of the God King who "stopped time".
However, the disadvantage in weaponry meant that Cao Ya still had some shortcomings.
His participation in the test at the Mountain and Sea Palace was undoubtedly aided by a cheat device; it would be strange if he failed!
Of course, to avoid the Celestial Venerable noticing anything amiss, Cao Ya dared not make a big fuss and had to be extremely cautious.
Without a seven-star divine weapon, although his strength reached the advanced level of six stars, he was still far inferior to a peak six-star Heavenly Venerable!
Not to mention the Celestial Venerables, who all possess the most powerful Celestial Venerable Treasures!
"We've arrived!" Cao Ya suddenly exclaimed. In the depths of the sea, islands were scattered like stars, numbering over three thousand!
None of the three stopped; they continued flying to the Mountain and Sea Palace, located on an island in the archipelago.
The guide did not rise from the sea, but was suspended in the sky!
Floating island!
There are layers upon layers of steps that extend upwards from the ground all the way to the Mountain and Sea Palace!
The steps are all in a rustic brownish-black color, and are engraved with patterns of plants, flowers, and swimming fish.
"This is the legendary Heavenly Staircase! It has ninety-nine levels. As long as a being who is not at the God-King level steps onto the last level, they will pass the test and be granted an audience with the Heavenly Venerable, who will bestow a reward upon them!" Duanmu Yu said with a smile.
"Throughout history, only a few bored god-kings have ever come here to ascend to the summit. But not a single celestial god, from ancient times to the present, has ever succeeded!" Cao Ya sighed softly. If it weren't for the system space, if it weren't for so many versions of himself, relying solely on himself, he would probably have to go through thousands of eons to cultivate into an upper-level celestial god, traversing thousands of mountains and seas to come to this place, yet still have no hope of reaching the summit and seeing the Celestial Venerable.
Although he has not yet met the three Heavenly Venerables of the [Stellar Transformation] Universe!
“If the God-King ascends to the summit, he will no longer meet the requirements of the Heavenly Venerables, and they will not show themselves, much less bestow any spiritual treasures,” Duanmu Yu said, shaking his head. “To complete the first task, if there are no problems, the only hope lies on the Heavenly Staircase!”
Qin Yu stared solemnly at the ninety-nine steps to heaven, his gaze resolute.
He doesn't have the same connections as Zhou Xian, so the only way for him to compete for the first spot is to reach the top!
Although the Celestial Venerable of Freedom was a powerful backer for those who had ascended to immortality, Qin Yu did not believe that the Celestial Venerable of Freedom would favor him. —He was still unaware that his second brother, Hou Fei, was actually the Celestial Venerable of Freedom's own son!
"I have a new universe, with immense power and a unique set of laws and rules. Perhaps, I have a greater chance of ascending to the ninety-ninth step than the gods of the God Realm!"
Qin Yu pondered to himself, but he wasn't in a hurry. He could first take a stroll around the more than three thousand islands.
What if the Celestial Venerable takes a liking to me and appears before me...
Well, the possibility is basically zero!
But we still have to give it a try. A ten-year mission can be accomplished in one or two years.
Thus, Qin Yu and Duanmu Yu began to wander on the Four Islands.
He also occasionally interacted with the disciples of the Celestial Venerable.
But it is clear that even the disciples rarely had the opportunity to see the Celestial Venerable.
If you are an outsider, you must climb to the top of the Heavenly Staircase!
Cao Ya did not waste this effort; his goal was to step onto the Heavenly Staircase and eventually obtain the spiritual treasure!
"Hey, Cao Ya, what are you doing?"
The disciples of the two Celestial Venerables looked on with some surprise.
“Haojun, Yaolin.” Cao Ya nodded. Haojun was a disciple of Xiaoyao Tianzun, and Yaolin was a disciple of Leifa Tianzun.
Although they were disciples of the Celestial Venerable, according to them, they only received personal guidance from the Celestial Venerable for a short period of time initially.
After that, it often takes hundreds of millions of years for them to have an audience with the Celestial Venerable!
"You want to reach the top? Difficult! Difficult! Difficult!" Hao Jun shook his head, repeating "difficult" three times.
"Without becoming a God-King, one cannot complete the journey!" Yao Lin sighed.
These two were merely celestial beings, unable to become god-kings, and thus unable to pass through the ninety-nine steps to heaven!
"Besides, since you're not participating in the marriage contest, the opportunity to become a God-King through Meteor Tear is irrelevant to you, so why bother?" Hao Jun said.
Cao Ya laughed and said, "If I could have an audience with the Heavenly Venerable and receive a spiritual treasure, I would become even stronger in the Heavenly God Realm. So, now that I'm here and standing beneath the Mountain and Sea Palace, how can I not give it a try?"
Yao Lin said speechlessly, "Aren't you powerful enough? A superior god can defeat a lower-level god, and even at a disadvantage in terms of weaponry! Such a feat is unprecedented and almost unheard of!"
“Now, you have rapidly cultivated to the level of a high-ranking celestial god—we are all aware of your situation. Without a divine king as your master, where would you find the means to maintain 'time acceleration' that can be thousands or tens of thousands of times?”
"It still depends on the individual to comprehend the laws under the light of the divine realm!"
"Even though we're disciples of the Celestial Venerable, it's not necessarily true that we can defeat you!"
Yao Lin and Hao Jun both sighed and admired Cao Ya.
Upon reaching the second stage of the God-King, one can maintain "time acceleration" within a certain area.
Ten thousand years have passed in the outside world, but hundreds of millions of years may have already passed!
It is obvious that such a situation can enable a person to cultivate faster and reach a powerful realm that is beyond the imagination of outsiders!
But who doesn't know that Cao Ya has no teacher and relies entirely on himself?
Now that he is a high-ranking deity, there is no longer any expert who would consider taking on a disciple.
Hao Jun sighed and said, "In this vast God Realm, with the God King not appearing, you have nothing to fear."
"And no matter what kind of magical treasure it is, even if it is of the highest level, it cannot help the upper-level gods to rival the first-stage god-kings!"
"You can't possibly be trying to replicate what happened back then..."
As they spoke, Haojun and Yaolin both looked Cao Ya up and down with strange expressions.
They acknowledged Cao Ya's terrifying power, but the gap between the upper gods and the god-king was as vast as the difference between heaven and earth, a gap that no great hero could bridge!
"What are you thinking!" Cao Ya rolled his eyes. He could defeat the God King, but that would require revealing the power of other systems, which he had no intention of doing at the moment.
He didn't want to be exposed too early!
After all, if the Celestial Venerable had malicious intentions, he wouldn't be able to stop him!
The Celestial Venerable of Floating Feathers and the Celestial Venerable of Freedom may simply be interested and paying some attention, but they are not greedy.
But Thunder Punishment Celestial Venerable... given the personality of this Zhou family Celestial Venerable, it would be a miracle if he didn't take action!
The reason he dared to come to the Mountain and Sea Palace to gain experience and acquire the Primordial Treasure was because he had the confidence to do so.
Now, the Mountain and Sea Palace has no other manifestation of magical power; it can only be described as a special upper-level deity.
The god-kings only paid slight attention and did not have any excessive greed, let alone the supreme celestial beings!
For him to truly reveal himself, he must wait until he has achieved mastery of space and attained the status of God-King!
At that time, he will have insights into other laws and achieve great success. Even the law of time will be rapidly improved. Although it is strange, it cannot be said to be completely unreasonable!
The most obvious examples are the two sisters, the Goddess of Death and the Goddess of Life.
Not only have they mastered the laws of space, but they also have a profound understanding of the laws of time. In terms of death and life, they are the strongest in the divine realm!
The other gods and kings are basically the same; they often have other sources of information outside of time and space.
It's just a matter of the depth of one's skill; at most, one is amazed, but not astonished!
But those below the God-King level haven't even mastered the laws of space, yet they have the energy to master other laws...
This is somewhat contrary to conventional understanding. Even if one has some mastery, it is only at the beginner level or a minor achievement, and it is impossible to reach the stage of mastery!
What Cao Ya is currently demonstrating is this kind of thing, having mastered quite a few laws such as earth, fire, water, and wind, but his main focus is still on space.
Once he breaks through to the God King realm, any further displays of talent will be perfectly acceptable. His faster cultivation speed will be in line with his reputation, surprising others but not seeming out of the ordinary.
Otherwise, even the strongest systems among them, such as "Mingguang Dao," Samsara, and "Da Ri Ru Lai Quan," cannot truly demonstrate their power and must conceal their strengths!
In reality, he primarily focused his energy on the laws of space, occasionally pondering the laws of time. The other laws and rules belonged to other members of Cao Ya's cultivation, shared and acquired through practice!
As for the law of time, Cao Ya asked himself, and with his ability to draw inferences from similar cases, his understanding should not be slow.
"Time accelerates," "time stands still," "time rewinds"—no matter how difficult it is, we will not back down; there will always be a day when we can achieve it!
“To reach the top of this path, Cao Ya, even though you are strong, your chances are slim,” Yao Lin said, shaking her head.
"This is still your usual performance. Beyond this space, you have other laws protecting you. The evaluation is extremely high!" Hao Jun said. "If it were anyone else, there would be practically no hope at all!"
“Since the Celestial Venerable has set up a test, it undoubtedly means that the true limits of a Celestial God can be passed!” Cao Ya smiled and replied.
Haojun and Yaolin exchanged a glance, knowing that Cao Ya had made up his mind. There was no doubt about the resilience of such a hero!
Furthermore, they also wanted to see just how far Cao Ya could go!
“The historical record is the ninety-fifth floor, still four steps short. Cao Ya, if you can reach the ninety-sixth floor, you’ll be setting a new record!” Yao Lin laughed.
"Thank you for your kind words." Cao Ya smiled as well.
He thought to himself that he really had to be careful about the size when climbing, and he couldn't go too fast, otherwise it would arouse suspicion!
"Forget it, I'll just use my own spatial laws, plus a tiny bit of time laws, to climb the Heavenly Staircase and hone myself. Why rush to use so much extraordinary magic?"
Cao Ya thought to himself, "I'm not participating in the Snowdrift City's marriage contest, so what does this ten-year period have to do with me?"
With plenty of time, immortality is already attainable; take your time, there's no need to rush.
If one truly trains oneself, it will greatly help in breaking through to the God King realm!
Cao Ya looked up and gazed at the Heavenly Staircase, ninety-nine stories high, standing atop the island and connecting to the Mountain and Sea Palace!
"On this path, in the divine realm of the Linmeng Universe, across two eras, below the God-King level, there is no one who can reach the summit."
"But in the divine realm of the primordial universe, it's likely that some celestial beings have been there!"
"Even if no Primordial Controller was born in the more than one thousand epochs—Lin Meng comes from one of the four major subordinate universes—the number of geniuses and heroes of all kinds is absolutely countless!"
"I'm afraid there will be over a thousand Celestial Venerables! It wouldn't be surprising if there were five figures among the God-King level experts!"
Cao Ya sighed inwardly. After one epoch, the Heavenly Venerable Mountain would descend, where the God Kings would compete to select one to be initiated into the Heavenly Venerable!
With over a thousand cycles of evolution, there are at least a thousand Celestial Venerables!
The Linmeng Universe has two epochs, namely the Thunder Punishment Celestial Venerable and the Carefree Celestial Venerable.
In the future battle at Tianzun Mountain, Che Houyuan will emerge as a dark horse and become the new Tianzun!
This doesn't even include the fact that he relied on himself to master the laws of time and independently attained the status of a Celestial Venerable—a truly monstrous talent!
In the two eras of the God Realm, Qin Yu embarked on the path of transcendence, not to mention Cao Ya, whose situation was also special and therefore not included. Then there is Zhou Qing, who was ostracized in Thunder Punishment City, who will, in the future, rely on his personal talent to cultivate into a Heavenly Venerable!
It may take several epochs to find one such supreme being, but after more than a thousand epochs, there should be three digits!
Moreover, such Celestial Venerables are generally much stronger than those who rely on the opportunities of Celestial Venerable Mountain!
One is a beginner at the peak of the sixth star level, while the other is a top performer at the peak of the sixth star level!
The latter even has the opportunity to try for the seven-star level of the Controller!
No matter how difficult it is, how slim the chances are, or how many years it may take to achieve such a feat, it is still not a zero probability.
The former, however, has absolutely no hope of obtaining the seven-star certification!
Of course, the requirements for transcending the main universe are higher than those for the subordinate universes.
If one changes to a subordinate universe and cultivates to become a God-King, there is a chance to transcend; the Heavenly Venerable is even more certain to jump out!
However, by cultivating within a subordinate universe, one can only reach the level of a superior god.
Even gods rely on something like a supreme deity.
How can one then speak of attaining the status of a god-king or even a celestial venerable?
The probability of transcendence is, normally speaking, even smaller than that of the main universe!
Lin Meng's situation is too unique to be replicated!
"It is likely that only a super genius who aspires to become a Celestial Venerable and reaches the limit of the Celestial God realm can climb the Heavenly Staircase without relying on any external force!"
"Even the seed of a god-king won't do!"
Cao Ya thought to himself, "Perfect timing, I'll test my abilities too."
"His natural talent is only so-so, barely above average."
"Now that I have acquired so much extraordinary knowledge, not to mention the direct increase in power, the various profound mysteries of the Great Dao have also been of immense help to me!"
"Although I haven't advanced to God King yet, I've already gained some insights into the laws of time."
"perhaps……"
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