hsntnovel Chapter 414 The Laws of the Celestial Venerable of Myriad Manifestations
Chapter 414 The Laws of the Celestial Venerable of Myriad Manifestations
Lu Sheng stood up from the stone bed and strode out of the secret chamber.
The corridor was dimly lit. Luo Tianfei stood at the door of the command room, the blue light in her mechanical eyes flashing twice as fast as usual.
"What signal?" Lu Sheng asked.
"A message transmitted by the laws. Not a communication device, but an information entity formed purely of the power of the laws. It originated from the core star region of the Divine Court of All Things and is currently traversing the outer defense layer of the solar system."
"They stopped them?"
"I didn't stop it. The transmission of the law is not offensive; it's just a wave of law containing information. If forcibly intercepted, the information would self-destruct."
Lu Sheng walked into the command room.
On the holographic projection, a fist-sized, emerald-green orb of light was suspended outside the Earth's outer armor layer, slowly rotating.
Where is the recipient?
"The frequency of the information entity's laws closely matches Elder Xuan Yin's spiritual energy fluctuations. This letter is for her."
Lu Sheng narrowed his eyes.
The Celestial Venerable of Myriad Manifestations did not send messages through the Xuan Yin communication artifact—because the communication artifact was in Lu Sheng's possession. Therefore, he used the method of transmitting messages through laws.
The key characteristic of law-based communication is precision. The sender must be extremely familiar with the recipient's spiritual energy fluctuations in order to accurately deliver the message to the recipient's vicinity.
The Celestial Venerable of Myriad Manifestations was fully aware of the spiritual fluctuations of the Mysterious Sound.
Of course. He implanted a law imprint into Xuan Yin's spiritual core, making it difficult for her not to understand.
"Let Xuan Yin come," Lu Sheng said.
Three minutes later, Xuan Yin walked into the command room.
She had clearly sensed that mass of law-related information as well. Cultivators at the Spirit Saint Realm were extremely sensitive to fluctuations in laws, especially those that matched the frequency of their own spiritual source.
"A message from the Celestial Venerable." Xuan Yin looked at the green light cluster on the holographic projection, her tone calm.
"Do you want to look at it privately, or in front of me?"
Xuan Yin did not hesitate. "I'll look at it in front of you."
Lu Sheng nodded. "Let it in."
Luo Tianfei manipulated the system, and a miniature channel opened in the outer armor layer of Earth. The emerald green body of law information passed through the channel, flew into the atmosphere, and headed straight for the Immortal Ascension Island.
The information body passed through the wall of the command room—the law of communication can ignore physical obstacles—and hovered in front of Xuan Yin.
Xuan Yin extended her right hand and pressed it on the information body.
Emerald green light spread along her arm, forming a complete message in her mind.
Three seconds later, the light disappeared.
Xuan Yin lowered her hand.
Lu Sheng looked at her face.
Xuan Yin's expression didn't change much. But something flashed deep in her eyes—Lu Sheng wasn't sure what it was. Fear? Or something else?
"Speak. What is it?"
Xuan Yin remained silent for two seconds.
"The Celestial Venerable's original words were—"
She spoke, her voice steady, but her pace was a little slower than usual.
"Saint Lu, I'm giving you face, don't be ungrateful. I won't discuss the matter of the Seed of Origin with you anymore. Within three days, I will personally go to that star field. If you know what's good for you, step aside, hand over the ruins, and I will forgive your past actions and sign the treaty of non-aggression for a hundred years. If you don't know what's good for you—I will show you how big the gap is between a late-stage Spirit Saint and a peak Spirit Saint."
There was a three-second silence in the command room.
Then Lu Sheng smiled.
It wasn't a sneer, nor a bitter smile. It was simply something I found funny.
"Late-stage Spirit Saint?"
He looked at Xuan Yin.
Xuan Yin's expression changed slightly. "The Heavenly Venerable... he knows."
"What do you know?"
"We know you've broken through to the late stage of the Spirit Saint realm."
Lu Sheng's smile vanished.
After breaking through to the late stage of the Spirit Saint realm, he deliberately suppressed his aura, always appearing to be at the peak of the mid-stage Spirit Saint realm. Luo Tianfei's equipment could detect him because her passive scanning accuracy was extremely high.
But the Celestial Venerable of Myriad Phenomena is hundreds of thousands of miles away, how did he know?
There is only one answer.
The mark of the law.
The law imprint implanted by the Celestial Venerable of Myriad Manifestations into the core of the Profound Sound Spiritual Source is not as simple as just tracking coordinates.
It can also sense changes in the laws and environment surrounding the Xuan Yin.
Although Lu Sheng broke through to the late stage of Spirit Saint in the Abyss of the Old Gods, after he returned to Earth, even if he deliberately concealed his aura, the occasional leakage of law fluctuations in his daily life would still be captured by the mark in the core of the Profound Sound Spirit Source.
That mark is the eye of the Celestial Venerable of All Things.
"Damn it," Lu Sheng cursed inwardly.
He underestimated the power of that law imprint.
"Is there anything else?" Lu Sheng asked Xuan Yin.
"Yes." Xuan Yin's voice was even lower. "The Heavenly Venerable's order to me is—when he arrives in three days, I must fully cooperate. If I disobey in any way—"
She didn't finish speaking.
But the meaning is quite clear.
The detonation of the law imprint shattered the spiritual core, resulting in instant death.
Lu Sheng leaned back in his chair and tapped his fingers on the armrest a few times.
"Three days."
The Celestial Venerable of All Things said he would personally arrive within three days.
For a cultivator at the peak of the Spirit Saint realm to fly from the core area of the Myriad Manifestations Divine Court to the vicinity of the Old God Abyss, three days is a reasonable timeframe, considering his speed and spatial jump ability.
"Luo Tianfei, if the Celestial Venerable of Myriad Manifestations travels at full speed, how quickly can he reach the Ancient God Abyss?"
"Based on the distance from the core area of the Myriad Manifestations Divine Court to the Old Divine Abyss, the maximum flight speed of a peak Spirit Saint, combined with the possibility of mastering the spatial jump law, would be at least two and a half days. Three days is a margin for error."
Two and a half days.
Lu Sheng stood up.
"He said three days. He'll probably arrive in two and a half days. He deliberately exaggerated the time, just to catch me off guard."
"That's possible," said Luo Tianfei.
Lu Sheng turned to look at Xuan Yin.
What are your plans?
Xuan Yin raised her head and met Lu Sheng's gaze.
"I... do not wish to be his tool."
"But you have his mark within your spiritual core. He could kill you with a single thought."
"I know."
"You still gamble knowing that?"
Xuan Yin did not answer.
Lu Sheng looked at her for three seconds.
"You go back first. I need some time to think about it."
Xuan Yin bowed and left the command room.
After the door closed, Lu Sheng slammed his fist on the table.
It wasn't something I did to show off. I was just holding back a grudge.
He thought he had made sufficient preparations—the strength of a late-stage Spirit Saint, the reinforced defenses of the Old God Abyss, the ancient metal armor of Earth, and thirty anti-rule turrets.
But the Celestial Venerable of All Things laid his cards on the table.
That's it. I'll take it myself.
"Peak of the Spirit Saint realm." Lu Sheng repeated these four words.
Late-stage Spirit Saint versus Peak Spirit Saint. There's only a one-rank difference.
How big is the difference in this small step?
He knew it best. The difference between the mid-stage and peak of the Spirit Saint realm was already significant. The leap from the peak of the mid-stage to the late-stage was another qualitative change. And the leap from the late-stage to the peak—
"We can't beat them."
Lu Sheng made this judgment very calmly.
In a head-on confrontation, he couldn't defeat the Celestial Venerable of Myriad Manifestations.
Even with the new ability of Law Resonance and the physical enhancement from the Dragon God Sequence, the chance of winning a direct confrontation is no more than 30%.
Thirty percent. That's too low.
but--
"Who said I was going to fight him head-on?"
Lu Sheng's eyes lit up again.
"Consort Luo."
"exist."
"Retrieve the defensive layout map of the Old Divine Abyss. Also, retrieve the parameters of the anti-rule turrets on Earth's outer perimeter."
"Two at the same time?"
"right."
Lu Sheng sat back in his chair, staring at the holographic projection in front of him.
He did not intend to confront the Celestial Venerable of Myriad Phenomena head-on.
He wants to turn the battlefield into his own domain.
The Old God Abyss—that was the fortress where he spent three days setting up law array patterns.
It would take the Celestial Venerable of Myriad Manifestations at least ten to fifteen minutes to break through the defenses of the spherical space.
Fifteen minutes.
"What can I do in these fifteen minutes?"
Lu Sheng drew a circle on the table with his finger.
"Luo Tianfei, what is the maximum range of the anti-rule turret?"
"Using Earth as the base, the maximum effective range is 30,000 li. Beyond 30,000 li, the energy decays too quickly, making it impossible to inflict effective damage on targets at the Spirit Saint Realm."
Thirty thousand miles.
The Old God Abyss is eight hours' flight distance from Earth. Far exceeding thirty thousand miles.
The turrets cannot reach the Old God Abyss.
"What if we disassembled the turret and installed it on the spaceship?"
Luo Tianfei remained silent for a second.
"Theoretically, it's feasible. But we don't have a spaceship large enough to carry the anti-rule turret. The turret's energy supply module is extremely large; it can't be housed in a conventional spacecraft."
"Then let's build one."
"Build a spaceship capable of carrying a rule-breaking turret?"
"It doesn't need to be too big. Just one cannon will do. Enough to fly to the Abyss of the Old Gods and fire one shot. That's enough."
Luo Tianfei's mechanical eyes flashed a few times, performing high-speed calculations.
"If only one turret is to be mounted, along with a minimal energy supply module—it would require a flying vehicle at least fifty meters long. Given the current reserves of ancient metals and the production capacity of the blacksmith camp—"
"for how long?"
"Twenty-four hours."
"Too slow."
"This is the limit."
Lu Sheng gritted his teeth.
Twenty-four hours. The Celestial Venerable of All Things will arrive in as little as two and a half days.
There's still a day and a half left.
Barely enough.
"Let's get started. Let's start now."
"clear."
Lu Sheng stood up and strode out of the command room.
He took a deep breath in the corridor.
Two and a half days.
He only had two and a half days to prepare everything.
Then--
He wants to overturn the table with the Celestial Venerable of Myriad Manifestations in the Old God Abyss.