Chapter 423: Die or Become Heaven?

Aside from Sui Ren Shi, Fu Xi, and Nüwa, Huáguó's mythology may have even more transcendent beings.

"The reason the Four Great Mythologies are called the Four Great Mythologies is likely the number of these transcendent beings," thought Jiuzhou Di Yi Xian, recalling the number of transcendent beings in Huáguó's mythology.

It is widely known that in the cultivator world, for a faction to grow strong, besides fresh blood, it needs one crucial condition: depth of heritage.

The strength and quantity of this heritage determine a faction's status and power.

Transcendent beings are the supreme combat power of the Primordial Battlefield, the standard by which the Primordial Realm measures a mythology's strength.

The stronger and more numerous the transcendent beings in a mythology, the greater its status and power.

The Four Great Mythologies earn their title, stand unshakable above all other mythologies of the Primordial Realm, and remain beyond reach—undoubtedly due to the difference in transcendent numbers.

Gao Xiang Hong couldn't help but recall the words the Demon Lord and Void Lord had brought back from the altar.

The Mesopotamian mythos that nearly destroyed Earth was ruled by Hades, whose strength should be at the Supreme level.

Remember, Hades is one of the Twelve Olympians of Greek mythology, ranked among the top three in status and power, and second only to Zeus, equal in stature to Poseidon.

None of the other Twelve Olympians could match Hades.

Yet this one of the Twelve Olympians, Hades, possessed Supreme power—but did not reach Transcendent.

One can boldly guess that among the third-generation Twelve Olympians, only Zeus may have reached Transcendent; the rest likely remained at Supreme, and some might not even have achieved Immortal.

Of course, this doesn't mean Greek mythology had only one Transcendent—don't forget the first and second generations of Greek Twelve Gods.

But even adding the first and second generations to Zeus's generation, the total number of Transcendents probably wouldn't exceed three or four.

Greek mythology may have three or four Transcendents, while Huáguó's mythology alone has three known Transcendents—Sui Ren Shi, Fu Xi, and Nüwa—not to mention Huang Di, Yan Di, and other ancient Huáguó figures whose reputations rival Fu Xi and Sui Ren Shi.

The number of Transcendents in the Four Great Mythologies far exceeds that of other mythologies.

"Oracle bone script—the oldest script of Huáguó—was it truly left behind by Sui Ren Shi the Transcendent, or Fu Xi the Transcendent, or Nüwa the Transcendent?"

Curious, Gao Xiang Hong turned his gaze to the Celestial Stele.

Since the Supernatural Incident, he himself had become Supernatural; Gao Xiang Hong had extensively studied history, the Bestiary of Life, and other knowledge, with special emphasis on Huáguó's mythology and history.

Becoming Supernatural brought not only changes to power and physique, but also enhanced mental capacity and greatly improved learning ability—he could absorb knowledge effortlessly.

Soon…

"…a deception… an ancient deception…

Dead… my mythology is dead… die or become Heaven…

We who fear men, even in death remain men, fighting the Chaos Era… buried here, was our fate already sealed?"

Deception?

Does it refer to the game between Him and another player, or to the game between His predecessor and another player?

The Chaos Era—what era was that?

Gao Xiang Hong and the other two stared blankly; they had never heard of the Chaos Era.

Could it be an era even older than the Tai Chu Era?

There's another possibility: the Chaos Era might simply be another name for the Tai Chu Era.

Names like Tai Chu, Tai Gu, and Shang Gu are all labels later generations gave to those eras—people of the Tai Gu Era never called their own time "Tai Gu," just as modern people don't call their era "Tai Gu."

They only call it "modern."

But their attention wasn't on this—they were focused on another phrase.

"Die or become Heaven?"

Gao Xiang Hong murmured softly; he had heard "become Heaven" before.

When the River of Time first appeared, seven Transcendents from the future arrived; fortunately, the First Holy Spirit intervened and protected them as they stepped into the past.

He still remembered: those seven Transcendents from the future called themselves "Heaven."

Does the "become Heaven" on the Celestial Stele mean the same as what those seven Transcendents called themselves?

If it does, does that mean the past side also had "Heaven"?

No!

Perhaps it's not that the past side had "Heaven"—but that those "Heavens" were the same as the future side's "Heavens."

This passage on the Celestial Stele sent chills down their spines and gave them headaches—mainly because it was so fragmented, revealing only the writer's fury.

Someone must have betrayed!

All three of Jiuzhou Di Yi Xian's minds flashed this thought.

The most chilling phrase was "die or become Heaven"—they thought of the seven Transcendents from the future who had stormed upward, calling themselves "Heaven." Were those seven future Transcendents truly from the future?

Perhaps they chose to become Heaven to avoid death.

And the one who carved the Celestial Stele might have been one of those who refused to become Heaven—thus his mythology perished, and he erected this stele.

They had gained some information—but the mist grew thicker.

This Transcendent who carved the Celestial Stele was involved in that game—the game tied to "becoming Heaven." Was this the reason for the game's conflict?

"Wait, this is…"

Suddenly—

Tian Xie Jian Xian, while observing the Celestial Stele's inscriptions with Gao Xiang Hong, searched for other peculiarities, glanced behind the stele, and gasped.

The Celestial Stele was enormous—tall as a building.

Standing before it, they had not noticed its rear.

Now, looking back, Tian Xie Jian Xian saw a tomb behind the Celestial Stele.

The tomb was smaller than the surrounding graves, appearing desolate and ruined—just a mound, with a broken tombstone standing atop.

Yet it was precisely this small, broken tomb that startled Tian Xie Jian Xian.

Worldly aura—he felt an ancient, primordial world aura emanating from this tiny, ruined tomb.

As if at the dawn of Chaos, when heaven and earth had just been born.

This tomb was not built from earth or stone—it was built from a world.

Hiss!

Gao Xiang Hong, having learned the truth of the tomb from the Heaven-Evil Sword Immortal, drew in a deep breath of yin energy.

My heavens!

To use an entire world as a grave—what a monumental act! It's the legendary practice of using heaven as a quilt and earth as a bed.

The key is, this world is not an ordinary one—it was born from chaos, not crafted by mortal hands.

Supreme!

Only the Supreme could use a world born from chaos as a grave.

"Sigh, the characters on the tombstone have blurred and faded." The Jiuzhou Di Yi Xian looked at the tombstone; its inscriptions had worn away over countless ages, and a large portion was missing.

Even so, they were certain—this small, broken tomb must belong to the Supreme who carved the Heavenly Stele.

"The grave of a Supreme—if this got out, how many gods and demons would go mad for it?" Gao Xiang Hong sighed.

He faintly understood why the Hangu Pass was filled with graves: not only because the dead wished to continue guarding the Imperial Pass, but also perhaps because they sought peace in death.

Those who fought on the earliest battlefields were at least gods and demons—beings powerful enough to drive one mad, let alone immortals, demons, the Undying, or the Highest. If they learned of these graves, living beings would inevitably spy upon them.

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