Chapter 580: Great Venerable

It is absolutely not as vast as Infinite, nor as long-lasting as Eternal.

But it is an extremely unreasonable thing.

An ordinary object, even a small knife, if given a sufficiently deep Absolute characteristic—for example, absolute armor-piercing—can easily slice through defenses at the universe level or even the Heavens and Myriad Worlds level; the situation it manifests is just that unreasonable.

For instance, there is a rumor Li Heng learned about the Great Void from the past. It is said that a Sacred went to a forbidden area somewhere in the Great Void to adventure, hoping to obtain further opportunities.

As it turned out, they did indeed obtain an opportunity and walked out of the forbidden area alive. However, a small wooden hammer followed above their head, tapping it at every moment; it could not be blocked, nor would it disappear.

The force of each tap from this small wooden hammer was not great, no different from an ordinary person patting someone, but it could ignore the Sacred's defenses, directly piercing them to act upon the source of that Sacred, dealing direct True Reality damage that could not be repaired.

Thus, as time passed, that Sacred was tapped to death. After the small wooden hammer saw its target was tapped to death, it also turned into a stream of light and returned to that forbidden area.

This incident terrified many Sacreds at the time, all thinking it was some kind of curse that had merely manifested as a small wooden hammer. But eventually, a mighty figure came out to dispel the rumors, saying that it was not a curse, but a wonder with Absolute power.

Ever since that incident.

Such rare Absolute wonders only gradually appeared in the mainstream view, causing many Eternal Sacreds to flock to them, even wanting to use this to comprehend the Absolute Great Dao.

Although there has been nothing since then.

However, one can also see the unreasonableness and Terror of the Absolute Great Dao from this. If one cannot turn the Absolute into the relative, then the situation manifested by the Absolute Great Dao is true crushing.

It can be said that it is even more efficient at killing cannon fodder than the Eternal and Infinite paths. Even if not killing cannon fodder, the might manifested by the Absolute Great Dao is not inferior to any path.

And now, Li Heng is also going to start being unreasonable!

Absolute Element, condense!

Li Heng whispered in his heart, intercepting the essence of countless eras, condensing Great Dao Runes, and using Source Power as an auxiliary to extract the Absolute true meaning contained within ancient hearths; at this moment, it was finally a success.

Eternal, Infinite, Absolute!

The final piece of the puzzle has been collected, and the Light Orb symbolizing the Absolute Element has already successfully condensed, illuminating Li Heng's spirit platform Great Thousand Worlds, shining in all ten directions, causing his strength and status to soar rapidly!

What is a Venerable? Does the Void take this as the supreme?

Perhaps this term really does have such a meaning.

But in Li Heng's view, a Venerable at this stage has only barely broken away from the ocean of the Great Void; they cannot be called truly superior to the Great Void at all. It can only be said that they are gradually breaking away from the Great Void's control; it cannot be said that the Great Void takes this as the supreme. A Venerable might need to respect the Great Void, but the Great Void does not necessarily need to respect a Venerable.

If one compares the Great Void to a family.

Then a Venerable is a child who has reached the age, is legally an adult, and is qualified to leave the Great Void. But this does not mean they can truly stand on their own or have the ability to leave the Great Void. They can be called a leaver of the Great Void, but not a Transcender.

Reality is just like this.

Plenty of adults, even those who have been adults for a long time, still have to ask their parents for money; they have no ability to be self-reliant at all. Their status is adult, but in reality, they are not adults at all; they are still giant babies.

But being unable to be self-reliant is only temporary.

An adult child will eventually be able to earn money, become an adult, completely break away from the control of their family and parents, and even start another family. As long as there are no accidents or extreme situations, this is just a matter of time.

And at this moment, because of the collection of the three puzzles of Absolute, Infinite, and Eternal, Li Heng is able to glimpse this level. Although he still belongs to the Great Venerable Realm, he is more transcendent than a Venerable and initially possesses the ability to be self-reliant; perhaps he can be called a Great Venerable!

However, Li Heng knows that this is only being able to glimpse the traces of the Great Venerable Realm; to ascend to the realm of a Great Venerable, this is not enough. The higher the realm, the greater the span; after collecting the three puzzles, one must go a step further, or even several steps, to truly ascend to a Great Venerable!

Then simply go for it in one breath!

With his current Venerable realm, which has slightly broken away from the Great Void, and the Great Venerable realm, where he can stand on his own after ascending, he should be able to withstand the End Tribulation Karma of the Great Void and open up the Jade Pure Realm Clear Subtle Heaven, which symbolizes the Cause of All Fruits, Yuanshi Tianzun, without suffering too powerful a backlash.

With a movement of his mind, he consumed one thousand Golden Source Points to open up the Jade Pure Realm Clear Subtle Heaven and manifested his own Absolute Transformation Body to sit in town in the Clear Subtle Heaven. Instantly, Li Heng's status and strength soared further, beginning to cross the supreme chasm and ascend toward the Great Venerable Realm.

But this is still not enough. He cannot break through that layer of membrane and can only reach the peak of the Venerable realm.

Li Heng's expression was calm; he was not surprised. Although he had collected Infinite, Eternal, and Absolute, the Absolute Great Dao had been comprehended only just now, and the Jade Pure Realm Clear Subtle Heaven had also just been opened and had not yet been developed. If he could ascend so easily, that would be the strange thing.

He once again invested ten thousand Golden Source Points to develop and sublimate the Jade Pure Realm Clear Subtle Heaven, making it equal to the other two Heavens, balancing the Three Heavens, and driving the comprehension and development of the Absolute Great Dao.

His strength and status soared once again.

At this moment, the shackles of the Great Venerable realm finally began to loosen. If one were to manifest its substance, one would surely see dense cracks, as if it could be poked through at any time, but it just would not break.

Even at this moment, he felt even stronger resistance.

This kind of resistance did not come from some mysterious intuition, but from the vast Great Void around him, which was sucking onto him, not letting him ascend to achieve the Great Venerable status. There were even faint Causal Chains descending, locking everything about him, as if he could not think about ascending to stand on his own until he paid off the karma of the Great Void.

So hard, difficult to ascend? And this Great Void acts so ruthlessly; to ascend and stand on one's own, one must first pay off the debts. Can it not be so poisonous?

Is it okay to pay off the debts after ascending and standing on one's own?

He tried to discuss it with the Great Void, to bargain. But it was very clear that the Great Void did not possess a personality; it was an objective reality that only followed its own mechanisms and did not pay attention to Li Heng.

Li Heng frowned; it was a bit troublesome now.

The shackles of the Great Venerable realm were about to break but had not yet broken; they looked fragile but were still solid. He did not know how much more power was needed. Even more critical was the obstruction from the Great Void. Adding the two factors together directly made the breakthrough somewhat impossible.

Moreover, he only had two hundred and seventy thousand Golden Source Points left, and each Heaven required one hundred thousand Source Points to develop, totaling three hundred thousand; his two hundred and seventy thousand were simply not enough.

Developing only two Heavens would likely not break the realm.

Unless...

Use Basic Source Power to substitute for Golden Source Points!

Although this would temporarily turn him into a pauper and bankrupt him, the arrow was already on the string and had to be fired.

Li Heng's eyes lit up. Now he had two hundred and seventy thousand Golden Source Points, which meant he only had a gap of thirty thousand Golden Source Points, and he still had plenty of his own Basic Source Power; now there was a chance!