Chapter 594: The Journey of Escape

Li Heng raised his eyebrows slightly.

"I wonder what the grand plan of your Multiverse Alliance is?"

The Multiverse Alliance was extremely mysterious; to this day, he did not even know where the Multiverse Alliance was located. Now that the Multiverse Alliance was showing him favor and wanting to win him over, he was in no rush to deal with them.

At this moment, the hearts of the Venerables were extremely conflicted.

They had not expected that their Multiverse Alliance would not only have to concede and bow its head, but even offer this Great Venerable extra benefits to win him over and let him come into contact with the Alliance's grand plan?

They had never seen such a fawning appearance.

One had to know, this Third Elder had always been arrogant and haughty; among so many of them, there were few Venerables the Third Elder even looked upon, yet he was now fawning over this Great Venerable like this?

Although they did not know what schemes this Third Elder had.

But right now... this situation was truly hard to accept!

What was even more stifling was that even if they found it hard to accept, they had neither the qualifications nor the strength to say anything more. The words of this Third Elder alone were enough to represent all of them, the Venerables, and represent the Multiverse Alliance.

"Great Venerable, do not be impatient. As long as you agree to this old Daoist, you will surely become an honored guest of the Multiverse Alliance. When the time comes, the position of Elder or even Vice Alliance Leader is something our Multiverse Alliance can grant. Furthermore, those Secret Techniques and supreme treasures that can shield one from the gaze of the Great Void and reduce suppression and exclusion, we can present them to you one by one."

"We are all our own people, after all."

The Third Elder squinted his eyes and smiled.

If Li Heng were an outsider, he would indeed feel pained to have to take out extra benefits and resources to give to Li Heng. But if Li Heng were not an outsider, but one of their own within the Alliance, then he would not feel so pained; it would all be internal consumption anyway.

As for whether this would lead to the backlash of a guest usurping the host? He was confident that if they utilized the true foundation of the Multiverse Alliance, they could still suppress a Great Venerable who was excluded or expelled by the Great Void.

The reason it was not used now was because the consumption was too great and it was not worth it, and furthermore, it was a critical period for their plan, so it was not suitable to stir up more trouble, and the Alliance Leader had not returned yet.

Moreover, the Alliance Leader might not necessarily be unable to contend with a Great Venerable.

The Third Elder thought of that mysterious figure and pondered.

Even if he could truly win him over for their own use, the interests of the Multiverse Alliance would be the interests of this Li Daoren, and there would be no need to worry about any guest usurping the host.

The stronger Li Daoren was, the stronger the Multiverse Alliance would only become. Having a Great Venerable on the surface to hold down the fort was enough to suppress all dissent!

"Fellow Daoist, do not just talk about benefits."

Li Heng shook his head and smiled.

The Third Elder of the Multiverse Alliance seemed convinced that he would be suppressed and excluded by the Great Void, which was why he was fawning over him with Secret Techniques or supreme treasures. However, he was completely unaware that he was not being suppressed or excluded by the Great Void at this moment.

This was essentially shooting at a target that did not exist.

Whatever Secret Techniques, whatever supreme treasures, whatever positions of Elder or Vice Alliance Leader—in reality, none of them were as interesting as that Great Dao Ark or the Multiverse Alliance itself.

The Venerables were already numb by this point.

Fawning was one thing, but to fawn to this extent? The position of Elder was one thing, but he never expected that he would even dare to promise the position of Vice Alliance Leader; that was a position truly below one person and above ten thousand.

Third Elder, did you ask the Alliance Leader when you promised this position? They held deep suspicions in their hearts, but none dared to speak out, not wanting to end up like Xingzun.

"Rest assured, the Multiverse Alliance would not dare to plot against the Great Venerable. It is just... this matter involves secrets. Very well, to express the sincerity of our Multiverse Alliance, I am willing to disclose a portion of the information to the Great Venerable!"

The Third Elder appeared hesitant for a brief moment, then gritted his teeth. The expression on his face changed from hesitation to determination, carrying a hint of heartache, as if he had truly made a major decision, giving off a great sense of sincerity that was highly infectious.

Li Heng looked at the old Daoist performing before him with a smile that was not quite a smile.

Immediately after, a golden light screen descended around the two of them, blocking the flow of information inside and out. The Third Elder spoke, "Great Venerable, please forgive me, it is just that this matter is quite secretive; even some of the Venerables within our Alliance are not qualified to know, hence this."

Looking at the Third Elder, who was full of sincerity, Li Heng nodded.

"I know. Get straight to the point, please speak."

"Understood. The Great Venerable should know of the matter regarding the Disaster monsters?"

The Third Elder asked Li Heng.

"Naturally I know. The grand plan you speak of concerns this?"

Li Heng nodded and said.

"Naturally it is related to this. The origins of the Disaster monsters are mysterious; it is unknown when they appeared, and they seem to have always existed, spreading throughout the Great Void."

"These Disasters and monsters have extremely strong corrosive power. Even if we forcibly set up a Source Point to cut off an era and form a massive Shikong Gouhe Shenyuan, it still cannot stop these things; it can only delay them for a little time, and in the end, they will still be spread and eroded by them. Thus, countless eras up and down the Time-Space Mother River have suffered deeply from them."

"It can be said that there is no pure land without Disaster monsters."

As the Third Elder spoke, he sighed and became sorrowful.

"If they were only widely distributed, that would be one thing. As long as the power of the Disasters and monsters is not strong enough, they are just ants to be crushed at any time, and even if they cannot be killed off completely, it does not matter much."

"But the Disasters are extremely unreasonable. To this day, no one has been able to truly annihilate a Disaster. Even if you reduce it to Emptiness, it can be reborn and return shortly after, becoming stronger than before. Furthermore, the upper limit of the Disasters and monsters seems to be endless. As long as you attract the attention of a Disaster or monster, then no matter how strong you are, you will be submerged and devoured by increasingly powerful Disaster monsters, without exception!"

Li Heng nodded; he was very clear on this point.

For example, that Unknown Disaster that spread throughout the Great Void—although he could easily kill the split bodies of the Unknown Disaster long ago, if he had to face its true self, it would undoubtedly be certain death.

Knowing that Li Heng was responding and seeing such cooperation, the Third Elder continued.

"This old Daoist has seen more than once how Venerables like us, who can be called the Supreme ones of their respective eras, were submerged by Disasters and monsters. A Disaster you could slaughter at will the previous second could become strong enough to instantly devour you the next."

"Disaster monsters spread throughout the Great Void and have destroyed countless eras, but everything has a glimmer of life. In these countless eras, there are always lucky ones who can escape their own era and preserve the Fire Seed of hope. These Fire Seeds of hope and the surviving powerhouses of the eras gathered together, and naturally, our Multiverse Alliance was formed."

"And in these long years, we have used countless methods to try to annihilate the Disasters and monsters, but it has always been to no avail. In the end, we learned one thing: only the Disasters and monsters are invincible."

"Since they are invincible, we can only flee. Thus, the Great Venerable can see that the Multiverse Alliance is an Ark, constantly fleeing from the future and the present toward the more ancient past."

"But even in the past, there are Disasters and monsters, so we can only keep fleeing. This is simply a journey of escape with no end, without any hope."

The Third Elder's complexion became bitter and desperate.

Yet, in an instant, his eyes lit up, and he spoke.

"But fortunately, the current Alliance Leader has great talent and bold vision..."