High-Level Martial Era

Chapter 1762: Chapter 773: Dao Map Beyond the Fourth Step

Li Yuan felt a tremor in his heart.

First Rank? Holy Dao Potential? Core Area? What exactly is this place?

In an instant, combining countless past experiences and a wealth of information, countless thoughts flashed through Li Yuan’s mind.

“Unused Secret Treasure, easy to understand, should refer to Eternal Secret Treasure, Supreme Talisman Treasure, and the like.” Li Yuan mused, “Super Limit Weapon, what does it refer to? Top Grade Emperor Weapon or Top Level Emperor Weapon?”

And things like First Rank and Holy Dao Potential… they gave Li Yuan an initial speculation.

The Star Sky God Emperor and Master Jue Xing guessed correctly, this place should be an Ancient Ruin similar to the ’True Saint Valley’, leaning towards inheritance guidance.

“But it seems even more advanced than the True Saint Valley, with methods of probing different cultivators, easily reaching Emperor Realm Peak Level.” Li Yuan mused, “Moreover, even someone like me, a Low Rank Quasi-Saint, needs to unleash Emperor Realm Peak strength to qualify for entering the Core Area?”

In the narration of the Star Sky God Emperor and Master Jue Xing, they didn’t mention anything about the Core Area.

What does this imply?

They, both, haven’t even come into contact with it.

“Could it be only the most top-tier geniuses in cosmic history have the qualifications?” Li Yuan found this hard to believe.

The difficulty is too high.

After all, for a Low Rank Quasi-Saint to exhibit Emperor Realm Peak strength, in cosmic history, it might not even happen once in a hundred billion years, how rare is that?

At least, in contemporary times, it’s only Li Yuan.

“In any case, this is definitely a major opportunity, as long as there’s hope, it must be seized.” Li Yuan mused.

Li Yuan knew very well that in the Eternal Relics, there is hope for obtaining some incredible Secret Treasures.

Like the Source Seed, Bronze Coffin, Myriad Saints Stone Wall, and others, they cannot be classified by conventional Emperor Weapon grades, and they all originated from within the Eternal Relics.

“The Core Area is about to open, please patiently wait for a while.” That deep voice sounded again.

Li Yuan stood quietly in place, his gaze sweeping across his surroundings, but the entire passage remained unchanged.

Almost simultaneously.

Li Yuan had already transmitted his situation to the Star Sky God Emperor and the Jue Xing Divine Emperor.

Both were stunned upon receiving the news.

“Core Area?” Jue Xing Divine Emperor queried in half shock, half doubt.

“Holy Dao Potential? Alliance Hierarch, based on my ventures through many relics, the intelligence gathered suggests what they refer to as Holy Dao Potential should mean a potential surpassing the Supreme.” The Star Sky God Emperor quickly transmitted, “Could this Ancient Ruin be a place of inheritance? Intended to cultivate entities exceeding the Supreme?”

Obviously, as an existence adept at time and space, the Star Sky God Emperor has roamed many perilous lands over endless years, so knowing some secrets is quite normal.

“Alliance Hierarch, you must seize this opportunity. Our and Jue Xing’s potential is insufficient, at least for now we haven’t touched the core mysteries, but you’re entirely different.” The Star Sky God Emperor transmitted, “If you miss this Ancient Ruin, you might never encounter it again in this life.”

“Hmm.” Li Yuan nodded slightly, this Ancient Ruin has only recently emerged, and it’s uncertain if it’ll last.

If missed, there’s indeed a strong possibility it might never be encountered again.

“Disciple, opportunities are important.” Jue Xing Divine Emperor’s transmitted message was entirely different, “But such opportunities may also come with great dangers… Even without this opportunity, your future achievement of the Supreme is almost certain, and your chances of surpassing the Supreme are also great.”

“Therefore, safety first! In critical moments, it’s better to commit suicide than to take risks.” Jue Xing Divine Emperor exhorted.

“Hmm.” Li Yuan felt a warmth inside.

If this really is an Ancient Ruin aimed at cultivating Sub-Saints, its inherent methods are beyond comprehension.

The Star Sky God Emperor obviously hopes I go all out, since only by surpassing the Supreme might there be a slight hope in the future to free the entire Cosmic Realm from the shackles of cosmic reincarnation.

But Jue Xing Divine Emperor’s perspective is entirely different.

In fact.

Li Yuan also transmitted what happened to him to the Heart Dream God Emperor, yet even such shocking news only elicited a single word in response: “Since you’ve sent a True Body to explore, let your other two Main Battle True Bodies head to Demon Heart Lake as soon as possible.”

It seems the Heart Dream God Emperor couldn’t care less.

“Could it be.”

“Even such a mysterious and powerful Ancient Ruin fails to move the Heart Dream God Emperor?” Li Yuan sighed inwardly.

He finally understood why the Chaos God Emperor and Jue Xing Divine Emperor always regarded the Heart Dream God Emperor as a senior, and believed in any word unconditionally.

It’s too mysteriously unpredictable.

The more Li Yuan interacted with the Heart Dream God Emperor, the more he felt the other’s unfathomability.

Seemingly possessing just Emperor Realm Peak strength, yet the demeanor and composure outstrips even the Dominator.

…

Outside a vast and peculiar golden sphere, Li Yuan’s Main Battle True Body stood amidst the clouds and mist.

“Let’s wait a little longer.”

“After clarifying the Core Area’s situation and confirming no danger to the True Body entering the Ancient Ruin, it’s not too late to leave.” Li Yuan mused.

He also had many doubts in his heart.

Right after entering the Long River Ruins, he inexplicably attracted hordes of powerful Ancient Spirits pursuing him.

Now, as he is about to approach the Ancient Ruins Sea, he’ll encounter such a powerful Ancient Ruin emerging on its own right away.

Are all these truly coincidences?

“Hmm?” Li Yuan’s Main Battle True Body squinted slightly, seemingly seeing through the layer covered by endless golden light into the scenes deep within the Ancient Ruin.

“Is it a Dao Map too? Doesn’t seem much different?”

…

Inside the Ancient Ruin, accompanied by the tremors of time and space, Li Yuan’s other True Body was already in a strange area.

This was a spherical space, completely enclosed.

In different directions from Li Yuan, enormous purple patterns appeared.

Arranged in two rows, one above the other.

Each pattern in the upper row was vast and endless, each one towering millions of kilometers high, and within each pattern, countless purple threads interwove and converged, complicated beyond imagination, with every thread exuding a vast aura, like the supreme eternal scroll.

Moreover, although those countless purple threads appeared to be fixed, they were in fact constantly transforming, continually morphing and creating different mysterious waves.

The patterns in the lower row, however, were exceedingly simple, with only a few threads…

“Nine patterns in the upper row… it’s a Dao Map! It’s an Eternal Dao Map.” At first, Li Yuan was somewhat puzzled.

But in a mere moment.

He gradually sensed the mysteries contained in the nine purple patterns in the upper row… clearly, they contained the Dao Map of different Top Eternal Daos.

“This is the Myriad Spirit Dao…”

“This is the Great Destruction Dao…”

“This is the World Dao…” Li Yuan first identified the four Top Eternal Daos he had comprehended.

But immediately, he fell into deep shock.

“Why are these Dao Maps so perfect? Why are the mysteries so concealed? At first, I didn’t even notice them?” The more Li Yuan observed these Dao Maps, the more incredible he found them: “The mysteries are concealed to the extreme, as if the Eternal Dao is thoroughly perfect and flawless.”

Perfect and flawless Dao!

Eternal and indestructible!

“The conceptions of these Dao Maps indeed contain only the mystery of a single Dao, not a fused Dao, does it mean they have already surpassed the Fourth Step of the Eternal Dao?” Li Yuan felt indescribably shocked.

Any Eternal Dao, reaching the Fourth Step is the ultimate, this is almost an iron law acknowledged over billions of years of cosmic time.

“Could it be that, without fusing Dao, a single Top Eternal Dao can also surpass the Fourth Step? Can it also reach a higher level?” Li Yuan mused.