Da Xuan Martial Saint

Chapter 1453: Chapter 697: The Path of the Venerable

Although his cultivation realm has already reached the Three Veins Perfection, attaining the pinnacle under the Venerable, looking across the vast universe, it can be said that without a Venerable appearing, I am invincible.

Among the dangerous places in the universe, aside from the Source Realm, it can be said that any place poses almost no danger to Chen Mu.

Regions like the Abyss of Eternity, to the current Chen Mu, might not be places he can leave as he pleases, but he can venture freely.

However,

having reached such a level, Chen Mu does not show any joy, his expression remains as calm as water.

Because whether it’s the Double Vein Perfection or the Three Veins Perfection, neither can be called a true qualitative change, although there has been an improvement in strength, even if his strength were to increase several times over, he would still be far from the opponent of a Dao Venerable.

Dao Venerables have fully comprehended and mastered a certain great Dao, achieving the realm of Body Unity with the Dao, the power they possess cannot be reached by simply accumulating divine power.

That can be said to be another realm.

This gap is even greater than that between deities and mortals!

In the mundane world, if one can reach the Divine Under Ninth Rank, they can barely match the weakest First Layer Heavenly Divine Realm, although the gap still exists, at least it is approachable.

But no matter how much a Divine Monarch cultivates, they cannot approach a Dao Venerable, and no amount of Three Veins Perfection is more than an ant.

Like a Divine Monarch of the Time Lineage, even if cultivated to perfection, it is difficult to defy the basic rules of the Time Dao, such as traveling back in time to kill opponents while they are still weak.

But a Dao Venerable can!

For a Time Venerable, achieving such feats is not hard!

Even a master of the Three Veins Perfection, though they may have immersion in the Time Lineage and can affect their past selves to some extent, stands completely separate from a Dao Venerable.

Only a Dao Venerable can contend against another Dao Venerable.

Like Chen Mu, if he were to base himself on the void and become a Void Venerable, he would be able to resist the methods of a Time Venerable who could traverse time.

Though Void Venerables cannot return to the past, they can achieve Body Unity with the Dao, and once they integrate with the Power of Dao, the Power of Dao naturally extends through past and future.

To attempt killing a Dao Venerable by eliminating their weaker past self is unprecedented.

Of course,

according to Chen Mu’s current understanding, Dao Venerables have probably not yet reached the level of ’one proof, eternal proof, eternally indestructible’.

Or rather, it is not fully complete to certify a Dao Venerable with just a single Great Dao, as it can only harness a single Origin Power.

Only when three become one does it truly transcend, can be called the other shore, named the Fruits of Dao, one proof, eternal proof, transcending time, void, creation, eternally residing above.

"Dao Venerable..."

Chen Mu murmured softly in his heart, summoning the system panel.

[Mysteries Fusion: Splitting, Aggregation, Extension, Overlap, Infinite]

[Experience: 34.18 million points]

"A third completed."

Gazing at the data on the system panel, Chen Mu’s eyes were quiet and profound.

The effect of the Enlightenment Green Lotus Seed was remarkably good, accelerating his experience gain tremendously, and now, with its entirety consumed, besides bringing his Time Dao to Nine Layer Heavens Perfection, it also brought the integrated experience of his Void Lineage to over thirty million points!

A hundred million experience points, neither too few nor too many, because compared to many Divine Monarchs, who have gone through countless tribulations over the long years, gathering a third of the experience is but a brief moment of time.

Furthermore,

in the coming years, he will hunt using the means of the Double Vein Perfection, with his true strength at Three Veins Perfection, making the efficiency in gathering various resources much higher than before.

As long as the harvest of Source Stones is ample, he can naturally purchase some higher-level materials in Wuxiang City, which, even if not reaching the level of the Enlightenment Green Lotus Seed, can greatly enhance his comprehension of the Dao and experience accumulation speed.

"Next is the final step toward becoming a Dao Venerable."

After a self-murmur, Chen Mu closed the system panel and collected his thoughts, beginning to organize the numerous matters of recent times.

The vast majority were messages trying to contact him, including individuals from the Time Temple, Vast Divine Palace.

After a brief contemplation, Chen Mu set these contacts aside for the time being.

No need to guess, he knew for sure that these top powers intend to recruit and draw him over.

For instance, though the Time Temple has countless strong individuals, with not just one or two Dao Venerables at the top, the Venerables do not act as guardians, and do not bother much with the affairs of the Divine Monarchs.

The Time God Association, established by the Time Temple in Wuxiang City, will not attract a Venerable’s attention even if they encounter significant trouble.

Moreover,

the Time God Association is merely a small faction within the Time Temple, formed by a small group of Divine Monarchs under the Temple’s command in the Wuxiang City area.

Here, they basically have no external support or backup, and their ability to seize resources and train is entirely up to themselves.

At most, when faced with those terrifying exotic beasts equivalent to a Venerable, they might have a faint sense of security!

This sense of security does not come from them, but because they have avatars remaining in the Time Temple, protected by the Venerables of the Time Temple.

Therefore, even a terrifying exotic beast comparable to a Venerable could at most destroy their Divine Power True Body in Wuxiang City, unable to annihilate all their avatars from afar.

In such circumstances,

whether it is the Time Temple or the Vast Divine Palace, both naturally desire to recruit this ’Double Vein Perfection’ born of chaos, realizing that having his support would suppress other forces in Wuxiang City.

Thinking about these things, Chen Mu internally shook his head. If entities like the Time Temple and Vast Divine Palace knew he has already ascended to Three Veins Perfection, their recruiting efforts would probably intensify.

Yet,

no matter how they enticed, he would not consider it.

Currently, he wishes to avoid entanglement with any power possessing a Venerable, even if the likelihood of drawing a Venerable’s attention is exceedingly small, he wishes to avoid any risk.

As matters stand, he is quite satisfied, having already traveled a third of the path to becoming a Venerable, his cultivation without bottlenecks, as long as he calmly completes the remaining two-thirds, he will be the universe’s new Void Lineage Dao Venerable!

"Hmm? Fan Gu came to find me?"

Setting aside the various forces’ contacts, Chen Mu continued sorting through other matters, and soon a faint light appeared in his eyes.

Fan Gu Divine Monarch not only sought him in Molten Fire City of the Abyss of Eternity but even personally visited his world of Da Xuan in the Fan Gu Ancient Domain.

It’s just that previously he was refining the Enlightenment Green Lotus Seed, in deep seclusion, even Xu Hongyu could not reach him.

After brief contemplation, Chen Mu slowly stood up.

He cares not for others’ contacts and requests, but Fan Gu Divine Monarch has shown him some guiding favor, although he has returned much in past interactions, since Fan Gu took the initiative to seek him, he intends to meet with him.