Chapter 2783

The Seventh Golden Great Age expedition fleet began entering a concealed state, retaining only a faint trace of aura, and immediately commenced an in-depth, meticulous study of the Heaven-Reaching Giant Tree and billions of cultivators. Its colossal trillion-level genius research system began operating.

Numerous research specimens were sliced, numerous soul specimens were carefully examined, and countless magic treasures, pills, spirit beasts, and other items underwent reverse engineering to deduce their craftsmanship. The expedition fleet had an abundance of relevant talent, many of whom were themselves towering figures in their respective fields.

The efficiency of the research and military-industrial system built by the ultimate perfected beings of the immortal Dao is beyond doubt.

Within just a few years, warehouse after warehouse of research papers had been produced, sent to the fleet's internal journals to exchange for merit records, and at fixed intervals, reports were dispatched to the Seventh Golden Great Age in exchange for genuine merit.

Many forbidden-zone ancient emperors temporarily halted their research activities, instead browsing the findings of other ancient emperors and exchanging knowledge.

For a time, the fleet's interior was filled with the sound of pages turning.

"The immortal Dao science of this era is indeed somewhat crude and primitive, roughly equivalent to a supreme-level civilization. Magic treasure forging techniques, immortal Dao agricultural techniques, formation techniques, pill-concocting techniques—all are very crude, essentially relying entirely on the spiritual power inherent in heavenly treasures and earthly riches, with limited transformation of the natural world."

"Just like this giant tree warship, it is entirely the result of remodeling a space giant tree that grew for tens of millions of years, utilizing less than fifty percent of the space giant tree itself, let alone surpassing material limits as later eras do, transforming decay into the miraculous."

He judged from afar.

As the will representative of the central spirit computer of the four versions, he equated to the will of the four Three-Character Immortal Scripture ancient emperors, presiding over the General Staff Department, wielding immense authority, so much so that the various forbidden-zone ancient emperors did not dare to slight him.

"Indeed so."

"The ancient sages of humanity in this era also suffered greatly."

The Solar Ancient Emperor sighed: "The totem warrior system is extremely perilous, often damaging one's foundation. Historically, the strongest totem warrior merely reached the false supreme realm, earning the title of Ancestral Totem Warrior—nothing more, and none have appeared since."

This human sage emperor has always borne a responsibility toward humanity.

In his heart, he had already begun planning a great purge against the ancient god race, supporting this era's humanity plan; even if everything were illusory, it would not matter, as long as his heart remained at peace.

"So the might of the True Dragon Immortal Clan and the Phoenix Immortal Clan was not innate since ancient times, since the dawn of creation?"

The Azure Ox Ancient Emperor chuckled lightly.

Among the army of this ancient god race, there were many dragons and phoenixes, golden crows, and others used to haul space giant trees. Though their status far surpassed that of humanity, they remained slaves, their strength not particularly formidable, their bloodlines not particularly miraculous, falling far short of the grandeur of the future primordial immortal clans.

One would imagine that, over countless millions or billions of years in later ages, the Phoenix Immortal Clan and the True Dragon Immortal Clan underwent one or more great bloodline leaps, evolving and transforming their race—from ancient god slaves to beings possessing the most excellent bloodlines between heaven and earth.

The Undying Ancient Emperor and the Barren Rock Dragon Emperor, among other ancient emperors, wore calm expressions.

Clearly, this did not surprise them; such stereotypes were originally propaganda propagated by generation after generation of dragon and phoenix ancestors to gain higher political legitimacy, making it easier for all races in the Boundless Starry Sky to submit, to accept exploitation and rule.

In the inherited memories of these forbidden-zone dragon emperors and phoenix emperors, there are indeed not lacking one or two ancestral scenes.

"Then,"

"If they are so weak, why have so many powerful beings arisen? Even surpassing the Three-Character Immortal Scripture ancient emperors, yet falling below the earth immortals?"

One ancient emperor asked.

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This is truly extraordinary; in the eyes of later ages, since immortal Dao technology is so clumsy and the utilization efficiency of heaven and earth so low, they ought not to possess great power—everything defies common sense, as absurd as seeing a future interstellar superwarship appear in a feudal-era cold-weapon battle.

The expressions of the various forbidden-zone ancient emperors immediately turned solemn.

Seeking truth from facts is the most fundamental requirement of immortal Dao science; no matter how clumsy this era's immortal Dao technology may be, their strength being very great is a fact, and such an extreme contradiction must have a reason.

This question has been repeatedly pondered and considered many times by the forbidden-zone ancient emperors.

"The source of all this,"

"ought to lie in Pangu's creation of heaven and earth."

The Undying Ancient Emperor spoke slowly.

He pointed his finger, and in the center of the conference room unfolded a structural dissection diagram—this was precisely the full structural dissection diagram of the Three-Star Ancient God Black, as well as hundreds of One- and Two-Star Ancient Gods, involving bloodline, soul, skin, bones, memory, meridians, and all other structures.

In the Supreme Great Sun Immortal Dynasty, below the earth immortal level, undoubtedly the foremost in bloodline research were the forbidden-zone emperors of the Dragon and Phoenix Immortal Clans, the authoritative scholars of immortal Dao in this scientific direction.

"When Pangu cleaved heaven and earth, he left behind vast amounts of innate primordial creation."

"It is precisely these creations that gave rise to the ancient god race, granting them immense power even when immortal Dao technology was extremely crude, yet they could only use this power in a dazed manner, unable to trace it to its source or exhaustively investigate its essence."

"To arise by this, must perish by this."

"The mighty bloodline and innate creation blocked the step-by-step research of immortal Dao science from nothing to something."

The Undying Ancient Emperor presented his view, which immediately gained the agreement of many forbidden-zone ancient emperors.

"The power of bloodline indeed interferes with immortal Dao research."

"Especially when one cannot control one's own bloodline power."

The Nine-Leaf Sword Emperor said lightly: "In ancient mythology, innate gods and demons are often seen engaging in licentiousness, devouring their offspring, splitting open their wives' abdomens, transforming into a white ox to seize the god-king's wife, and frequently launching life-or-death wars over beauty—compared to cultivators of great divine abilities, these innate gods and demons are rather like ordinary people, driven by various instinctual desires."

"I believe this is the manifestation of the ancient innate gods and demons being controlled by their bloodline instincts."

"Their power comes from bloodline and innate creation through consumption, not from their own talent and endowment; moreover, the bloodline instead strongly controls and influences the intellect and talent of the innate gods and demons, leaving them mired all day in reproduction, desire, irritability and anger, unable to calm their hearts, making it difficult to develop a splendid immortal Dao science."

"Otherwise, with the computational power of a Three-Character Immortal Scripture ancient emperor and a lifespan of two billion years, they ought to have given rise to a splendid immortal Dao civilization."

"Laziness and sloth, copulation—these are the most basic hues of life, forever seeking the Dao, a life without regret, this is nearly the realm of a philosopher-king, transcending the self—this is not the original state that living beings ought to have."

This Weed Sword Emperor is precisely an example of one who has completely mastered their bloodline.

His bloodline is undoubtedly extremely noble, a top-tier forbidden-zone emperor, yet all this noble bloodline came from his own gradual self-evolution, a single individual across generations completing the entire evolutionary process that a race would take billions of years to undergo—his talent and endowment are terrifying.

One forbidden-zone emperor after another spoke, gradually perfecting this second Golden Great Age era ruled by the ancient gods.

This is the era left behind by Pangu's creation of heaven and earth, such creation continuing until the Third Celestial Spirit Golden Great Age era, after which it came to a complete end, the era of innate gods and demons thoroughly concluded, and postnatal beings began to step onto the historical stage.

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