Chapter 609: The Mystery of the Runes

This was a question Li Heng had always wanted to ask.

In the Great Void, the Time-Space Mother River flows silently, piercing through everything; logically speaking, there should be no obstacles at all, and the entire Great Void should be one great era—how could it be divided into countless eras?

"Does the Great Venerable not know?"

The Third Elder asked in surprise.

"I have my own thoughts, but I want to hear the thoughts of your Multiverse Alliance. Listening to both sides brings clarity, while listening to one side brings darkness; this has been true throughout history," Li Heng said calmly.

"The Great Venerable is wise; so that is how it is."

"Actually, regarding the division of the Great Void into countless eras, my Multiverse Alliance only has a partial understanding. At first, we believed this matter of countless eras was artificially divided; the Time-Space Source Points that isolate each era show traces of human intervention. Our Multiverse Alliance has also done such things, using Time-Space Source Points to create massive Time-Space Faults and the Abyss, in order to intercept the Calamity and monsters chasing after us."

"Oh, at first?"

Li Heng caught the keyword.

"Correct, at first." The Third Elder nodded.

"Because after that, our thoughts changed somewhat. Because our Multiverse Alliance has traveled all the way from the future to the present and toward the endlessly ancient past, passing through countless eras along the way. Although there were fellow travelers and fugitives with our Multiverse Alliance during this time, in the end, they either merged into our Multiverse Alliance or were left behind entirely."

"Since then, our Multiverse Alliance has been the vanguard constantly heading toward the more ancient past; we have verified this fact using many methods, and it is always the same."

"But when we headed toward the more ancient past, there were still countless era divisions, and there were still Time-Space Source Points isolating the eras. Especially at that time, our Multiverse Alliance's detection methods had already matured, and we discovered that although the surface of the Time-Space Source Points had traces of human intervention, the interior was perfectly natural, incomparably ancient, like the Dao itself."

"At this time, we believed that the Time-Space Source Points were naturally gestated by the Great Void, and the Great Void spontaneously formed countless eras."

"So what are your thoughts now?"

Li Heng clearly caught that the Third Elder's words were still describing the past of the Multiverse Alliance and did not involve current thoughts or attitudes, so he asked directly.

"Seeing mountains as mountains, seeing mountains as not mountains, seeing mountains as mountains again. Great Venerable, you should understand these are three realms, three stages. Our Multiverse Alliance has also experienced these three stages, so now we still believe that the Time-Space Source Points are artificial, not natural."

"At least, not truly natural."

The Third Elder said with a complex expression.

"Because after our Multiverse Alliance's detection methods reached their peak, we truly touched the core inside the Time-Space Source Points and discovered that there were identical Runes inside every Source Point. This Rune has no supernatural power; it is merely inscribed inside every Time-Space Source Point, as if someone is declaring ownership of the Time-Space Source Point to all living beings, manifesting their own existence."

Li Heng nodded, "Then I understand."

"I wonder what that Rune looks like?"

He continued to ask.

The Third Elder did not hide anything and directly manifested the appearance of that Rune. After all, this matter had spread long ago; although it involved secrets, for true powerhouses and the true upper echelons, this was already a recognized fact.

Looking at the Rune before him, Li Heng was somewhat surprised.

Because he discovered that this Rune was actually not a Chinese character, nor was it any oracle bone script; in any case, it had nothing to do with any script from his past life, it was completely different.

He shook his head gently, lamenting that he had been biased after all.

He had actually thought he might encounter the shadow of Chinese characters again?

It was just that the specific meaning of this Rune...

He utilized the realm and power of a Great Venerable, comparing it against the myriad Great Daos, and even the entire Great Void, but he was still unable to discern the meaning of this Rune; it was a chaotic void.

"Does the Great Venerable know the meaning of this Rune?"

Seeing Li Heng fall into thought before this Rune, the Third Elder asked cautiously. Could this Great Venerable of mysterious origin know some inside information?

"I don't know now, but I will know soon."

Li Heng replied calmly.

With a thought, he used Source Power to analyze the meaning of this Rune. This time it was unexpectedly smooth; without using much Source Power, the Rune obediently opened its heart to the Source Power.

【Tsk, it's really miserable here, but I visited.】

Visited? Li Heng raised an eyebrow; interesting. Was the person who left this message here for tourism? And what did "here" refer to? Could "miserable" refer to the invasion of the Calamity and monsters?

"What did the Great Venerable learn?"

Seeing the anomaly, the Third Elder asked curiously.

Could it be some earth-shattering secret?

"I did learn something, but it looks more like someone's travel mark?" Li Heng responded calmly.

"Travel mark?" The Third Elder was puzzled.

"It's just that some people go to special places for sightseeing, and then, not satisfied, they leave a mark in various places saying they visited."

Li Heng glanced at the Third Elder and said.

This sentence did not contain much information, so saying it didn't matter; it was also a good chance to test the Multiverse Alliance's reaction.

The Third Elder frowned upon hearing this; is that how it is?

There are Time-Space Source Points between every era, and there is a travel mark left inside by some person? Isn't this a bit too... inconceivable? If the person saying this weren't Li Heng, weren't the Great Venerable, he would find it hard to believe.

Li Heng did not continue to pay attention to the Third Elder; he was thinking about one thing. That is, although the Runes of every Time-Space Source Point are the same, are the meanings contained within them truly all the same?

He wanted to verify this, so his figure disappeared from where he stood, leaving behind a sentence. "Old Daoist, wait here; I'll be back shortly."

The Third Elder nodded subconsciously, then realized something was wrong—this Great Venerable hadn't given him the Great Dao protection yet! But by then, Li Heng had already vanished without a trace.

He was somewhat dumbfounded; what should he do now?

Could this Great Venerable have taken the benefits and run? If it were any other existence, he wouldn't be worried about this, as the benefits of the Multiverse Alliance are not so easy to take.

But facing the Great Venerable, that was truly hard to say.

Li Heng was traveling upstream along the Time-Space Mother River, arriving at the boundary between two Great Void eras. Here existed a Time-Space Source Point, isolating the two eras, making them unaware of each other's existence, both believing themselves to be the most ancient.

With the power of a Great Venerable, he quickly found the deeply hidden Time-Space Source Point and manifested it before him, his consciousness stepping into the Time-Space Source Point to find the identical Rune.

He performed the same operation as before: Source Power analysis.

Soon, another sentence appeared, a shocking opening.

【Haha, are you tracking me...】