Chapter 665: Hope of the Great Void

"That makes no sense."

The Void Scale whispered to itself; this was a situation beyond its expectations. Could this power be on the same level as the Great Void Power? But even if they were on the same level, such a phenomenon of coexistence shouldn't occur, right?

After all, if two powers were of the same level, they should be fighting each other rather than coexisting. Especially since the Great Void Power is supreme and paramount, how could it possibly tolerate other powers peacefully coexisting with it?

Li Heng understood what the Void Scale was thinking in an instant.

His thoughts stirred slightly, causing the Source Power to degrade slightly.

Then, the next moment, this ocean—which could no longer be called Source Power, but at most Half Source Power—began to devour the Great Void Power continuously, starting to grow rapidly.

"Fellow Daoist Li, what did you just do?"

Seeing this, the Void Scale said in shock.

What it had seen just a moment ago was clearly coexistence; how did it turn into devouring in an instant? Could it be that these two powers had a delay? No! The Void Scale calmed down and observed carefully, only then discovering that this ocean, which it had been unable to see through, seemed to have undergone subtle changes, radiating a certain Dao rhyme. Although it still could not see the essence of this ocean, at least it could see its miraculous nature.

Compared to the plainness from just before, this ocean seemed more like a supreme power capable of transcending the Great Void!

"Oh, I stimulated it a little."

Li Heng answered casually, feeling somewhat disappointed in his heart. It seemed that even at this level, one did not even have the qualifications to recognize Source Power, let alone explore its essence.

"Is that so?"

The Void Scale responded with some suspicion. Hearing Li Heng's tone, why did it sound a bit like he was fobbing it off? Was the plainness from before just because this power hadn't been stimulated? But it seemed there was no other special explanation, right?

It couldn't be that the plainness from before was actually stronger, could it?

It composed itself slightly and spoke again.

"Many thanks to you, Fellow Daoist, for satisfying my curiosity. According to our previous transaction, I owe you a favor. I can help you fulfill a reasonable request; I will do my best to assist you."

After saying this, it paused.

"For instance, if that Emperor Fall attacks, I can help you."

It was obvious that the Void Scale was still unhappy with Emperor Fall, and incidentally, it also meant to pay off the favor as soon as possible.

"Fellow Daoist, were you unable to discern more information?"

Li Heng asked.

The Void Scale sighed and began, "There are people beyond people, heavens beyond heavens. I only recognize that I can measure everything, but facing this power, I realize I am merely a frog in a well. A power capable of transcending the Great Void Power actually exists!"

Its heart was extremely unsettled.

In the past Dao Master Era, the Great Void was the only stage, and the view that the Great Void was supreme and paramount occupied the mainstream; thus, the Dao Lord Path was the only Righteous Dao, and everything else was an Outer Path.

However, there were voices outside the mainstream.

For example, the Transcendence Path, which was disparaged as an Outer Path back then—some experts who practiced this path had clamored: Why should the Great Void be supreme and paramount? Who could prove it was supreme and paramount? Beyond the dim Void, there is the Wuqiong Weizhi; who could guarantee there wasn't a second Great Void?

At the time, these voices were merely questioning and lacked any solid evidence. Because no matter what evidence the experts of the Transcendence Path brought forth, they were eclipsed when facing the Dao Lords who had achieved Union with the Great Void.

For instance, there was once a Supreme Transcendent who returned from the Wuqiong Weizhi, boasting that they had transcended the Great Void, and that everything within the Great Void, such as the Great Dao, strength or weakness, could no longer bind them.

They even recounted it personally.

They said they had found a Heaven and Earth broader than the Great Void, achieved the unique position of a Supreme in that world, and then transcended that world again, climbing like an Infinite Staircase, finally surpassing the infinite steps to reach the Final Step.

Returning to the Great Void now was merely to ferry the Heavens, ferry the Earth, ferry all living beings, ferry everything, to make the Great Void sublimate, allowing their own hometown to benefit, and for everyone to rise to the heavens.

At the time, that Supreme also displayed such great power; with a wave of a hand or a slight stir of thought, the entire Great Void would tremble, as if the Great Void and all things could be born or destroyed at any moment according to the thoughts of this Supreme Transcendent.

Then, a Dao Lord appeared and suppressed this Supreme Transcendent with great ease. Before a Dao Lord, Infinite Transcendence and the great power that transcended the Great Void were all like bubbles, fragile and easily shattered.

Such things were constantly staged during the Dao Master Era.

Some believed they had found a Dao more correct than the Dao Lord's, some felt they had insight into the essence of the Great Void, and some felt there were realms above the Great Void, even personally summoning a Supreme God from the Upper Realm to descend, clamoring that the so-called Dao Lord couldn't even beat a fish in a higher interface, intending to overturn the Dao Lord's order one by one.

But the ending of these people and these events was without exception.

They were easily suppressed and killed in seconds by the Dao Lord.

Precisely because such iron-clad facts were placed before them, almost everyone at the time acknowledged this counter-intuitive Reality, believing that the Dao Lord was invincible and the Great Void Power was supreme and paramount, rather than the "people beyond people, heavens beyond heavens" that the masses had previously believed in.

The Void Scale had also always believed that the Dao Lord was supreme and paramount.

Otherwise, it wouldn't have remained unwilling to give up, still attempting to achieve Dao in the present day where one cannot achieve Dao and achieving Dao means death, secretly guiding Hun Xuan to use the Light of Dao Integration to achieve Dao and prove the Dao Lord.

After all, history had proven that no matter what mess was going on, only the Dao Lord, who could mobilize the Great Void Power to the greatest extent, was the strongest. Although history also proved that the Dao Lords were crushed by the Calamity, among many unreliable things, only the Dao Lord was the most reliable and the most likely to solve the Calamity and monsters currently rampant in the Great Void.

But now? This fact had been overturned again.

The Great Void Power could be devoured by a higher-level power, which proved that the Dao Lord who could wield the Great Void Power was not the strongest, and that there still existed something Above Dao Lord!

Back then, it was overturned by the inexplicably appearing Calamity and monsters.

There was still a reason to explain that point; after all, a Dao Lord is a person, a living being, not the Great Void or the Void Power itself. The Dao Lord was defeated, but that did not mean the Great Void or the Great Void Power was defeated.

But now, it was overturned again by this powerful force.

And it was an extremely intuitive overturning. This power devoured the Great Void Power! The Great Void Power was truly defeated! He didn't know what a Dao Lord would think seeing this situation, but seeing it himself, he only had this thought.

Furthermore, compared to the unreasonable and incredibly mysterious Calamity and monsters, this powerful force before his eyes had more power of proof; after all, this power could be mastered by people, which meant that living beings could rely on this power to reach a higher level!

Facing the Void Scale's exclamation, Li Heng remained silent.

He didn't know what to say.

Should he tell it that it was actually mistaken, and that the power currently devouring the Great Void Power was merely a weakened version of the power from before, just a Degraded Product? Better not say it; it was meaningless to say, and it would save the Void Scale from being unable to accept it.

"Fellow Daoist Li, you are the hope of the Great Void."

The Void Scale said, filled with light.