Transmigrating over ten thousand years late, I was forced to become a mighty presence - Chapter 538

Chapter 538: Chapter 238 Great True Being_1
 

“Little Clarity Void Grotto Heavens? Reserve Sacred Sage?”

Shen Yuan immediately understood, realizing that the Xu Hao before him hailed from the Grotto Heavens Sacred Land, and like Gong Buyu, had used special techniques to weather the passage of myriad ages and survive into later generations.

Regarding these individuals, Shen Yuan had also acquired some information from the sect side.

A myriad ages ago, the 10 Great Grotto Heavens Sacred Lands used special methods to seal away some sacred sages of the sects, hoping these peerless geniuses could transcend a myriad ages and be reborn in a new era.

Some believe this was because the sacred sages of the 10 Great Grotto Heavens Sacred Lands sought to avoid the era of the Supreme Taoist and ascend to the Immortal Realm in the next era.

Others think that the 10 Great Grotto Heavens Sacred Lands had foreseen the Great Schism and wanted their sacred sages to inherit the sects’ legacies after a myriad ages to compete for dominance.

With the lengthy passage of time, the exact truth had become inscrutable, but those sacred sages of the Grotto Heavens Sacred Ground who avoided the calamity for a myriad ages indeed became one of the greatest legacies of their time.

These sacred sages had not been tempered by the Spirit Energy Exhaustion era; their paths were not eroded by the depletion, with hopes to reach even higher realms.

In their minds, they also possessed precious knowledge passed down from a myriad ages ago that could complete the inheritance lost by the sects during that span of time.

When Shen Yuan participated in the Great Dao Debate, he had vaguely heard that the sacred sages of the Grotto Heavens Sacred Land were about to emerge, but he never expected to encounter one here.

However, the Xu Hao before him was merely a reserve Sacred Sage, hailing from the same Little Clarity Void Grotto Heavens as Yu Ke, whom Shen Yuan had almost casually killed ages ago; their statuses were quite comparable.

Moreover, judging by his tone, this Xu Hao, the Sacred Sage, seemed to be an “old acquaintance” from thousands of years ago.

Looking Xu Hao up and down, noticing his sour expression, Shen Yuan realized that his previous rhetorical questions had been interpreted by Xu Hao as dismissive arrogance, which explained his emotional agitation.

Shen Yuan had no intention of explaining himself.

Having slain a Void Refining True Monarch from the Little Clarity Void Grotto Heavens a myriad ages ago, he was already at odds with the preeminent Grotto Heavens Sacred Land of this era; there was no need to care about the attitude of a reserve Sacred Sage.

Shen Yuan glanced at the seething Xu Hao with a detached voice, hinting at his thoughts:

“Is it really just a spar?”

At these words, Xu Hao’s rigid expression turned even more sullen, and the two Spirit Refining True Beings behind him looked perplexed.

In reality, once he had clarified Xu Hao’s identity, Shen Yuan realized that Xu Hao’s claim of having exchanged blows on Lesser Mount Sumeru a myriad years ago was likely him trying to aggrandize himself.

Their altercation must have occurred in one of the subsequent journeys through time enabled by the Heaven’s Decree Secret Order.

A myriad ages ago, Xu Hao was nothing more than a reserve Sacred Sage from the Little Clarity Void Grotto Heavens, at best a notch stronger than Yu Ke, who was also a reserve Sacred Sage.

In the previous traversing through a myriad ages, Shen Yuan, with only Qi Training Stage cultivation, had easily overwhelmed Yu Ke.

Now, his cultivation had reached the Peak of the Spirit Transmutation Stage, his Primordial Spirit formed, stepping into the realm of the Yang God; his strength was incomparably greater than before.

Waiting for the next journey through a myriad ages, Xu Hao would definitely not be his match, and the so-called past exchange was very likely to end with a defeat at the hands of Shen Yuan.

Having his past exposed on the spot, Xu Hao became restless, forcefully suppressing his rage as he said sternly:

“I heard you chose not to seal yourself but instead weathered the myriad ages of Spirit Energy depletion using your own strength, walking freely in the world, attracting the wariness of many.”

Pausing, Xu Hao sneered.

“Others may not know the secrets within, but being a cultivator from the same era, how could I be unaware?

Even if you somehow ascended to the Earth Immortal Realm during the Great Schism through some means, you couldn’t possibly roam freely in the present world.

Whether it’s the oppression of the Nine Tripod Cauldrons or the incomplete Heaven and Earth rules, your cultivation would be diminished.

Even if you have stepped into the Earth Immortal Realm, at best, you are only slowly regaining your power as the Heaven and Earth rules become whole. It’s impossible to preserve your cultivation under such circumstances.

That means, even if you deliberately conceal it, you cannot hide the fact that your true cultivation is only at the Spirit Transmutation Stage limited by the external Heaven and Earth!”

With those words, Xu Hao’s piercing eyes flashed with densely-packed formation patterns, the intricately miniaturized formations etched within his gaze as if he could penetrate all laws and discern karma and Heaven’s Secrets.

Shen Yuan felt a chill in his mind, as the Star Astrology Divine Power that masked karma and Heaven’s Secrets had to be triggered silently; starlight converged into a veil of silver gauze, shielding his true nature from Xu Hao’s probing.

Xu Hao felt the starlight assault his vision like countless swords piercing into his eyes, the sophisticated formation patterns shattering in an instant, with streaks of blood spilling from his sockets.

“Hahahaha! I see it!”

Facing backlash, Xu Hao was not angry but instead laughed heartily, stepping forward into the sea of clouds before him.

The overlapping clouds parted as if pushed by an invisible force. As Xu Hao’s foot fell, the wave-like sea of clouds dispersed in all directions, leaving a swath of tens of miles cleared in one fell swoop.

At this moment, Xu Hao’s Taoist robe billowed, and he no longer concealed his formidable aura which erupted suddenly from his being.

Spirit Transmutation Peak, Spirit Refining Early Stage, Spirit Refining Middle Stage… all the way up to Spirit Refining Peak, a colossal Sun God Dharma Image stood towering above the sea of clouds.