Chapter 704: Nine Nines Return to One

"Does Daoist friend truly believe in such a thing as a Route Map?"

Void Balance asked with surprise.

In his previous way of thinking, if one wanted to reach the end or the origin of the Time-Space Mother River, one could only rely on one's own hard power to cross the unimaginable Infinite time and space, straight to the destination.

But looking at it now, could there be another way?

After all, this Li Heng, Daoist friend Li, who possesses power surpassing the Great Void Power and is extremely mysterious, does not seem to oppose this statement.

"Whether one believes it or not, one must at least try. Besides, if one wants to reach the end and origin of the Time-Space Mother River, it is not necessarily the case that there is only one method of relying on one's own hard power. Is there a possibility that some peerless experts once paved the way for all living beings?"

Li Heng smiled.

This remark was also a conjecture in his heart; after all, a path that could lead to the Shikong Zhongmo or Shikong Qiyuan? No matter how one looked at it, it did not seem like a product naturally conceived and generated by the Great Void.

After all, the purposefulness was too strong.

It is like organisms evolved under natural selection, which will always carry many unnecessary and very fragile evolutionary structures; it is difficult for highly efficient, extremely purposeful evolution to appear.

"What Daoist friend says also makes some sense."

Void Balance pondered for a moment and replied as such.

To be honest, if it were not the mysterious and unfathomable Li Heng, who possesses Terror power, saying these words but someone else, he might have already spoken up to refute, or even slapped them across the face; after all, this kind of thinking was too ethereal and whimsical.

"I wonder where that Route Map is?"

Li Heng asked.

"Since Daoist friend wants it, I naturally will not refuse. However, can this Route Map serve as the price for our transaction?"

Void said.

Li Heng pondered for a moment and nodded, "Yes."

Although he could use Wudao Gong to go to the future end, he did not yet know which route that Wudao Gong took to reach the future end.

Since that is the case, it is better to be prepared; let's get that Route Map first, as more paths mean one more choice.

Void Balance was overjoyed and hurriedly took out the Route Map.

After that mysterious guest traded with him back then, he had not taken this matter or this Route Map to heart, as they were all too ethereal things, but he did not expect that it would come in handy now, and be of great use.

What a pity.

If he had known, he should have traded more with that mysterious guest.

While pleasantly surprised, he could not help but feel regretful.

A piece of paper hung in the Void, appearing before Li Heng's eyes. The map depicted some very strange, profound, and mysterious patterns, as if they were the Dadao Zhiyuan, and it seemed to be filled with mist.

"How is it, Daoist friend Li, is this paper real?"

Void Balance asked curiously here.

He was not only because he was a bit curious himself, but also because if this Route Map were fake, he would have been happy for nothing; he couldn't exactly force a sale, could he?

"It is real."

Li Heng took a look and replied.

This map was filled with mist, giving one a sense of unfathomable mystery, but it could not deceive his eyes; he parsed the true meaning within the map at a glance, and the patterns depicted were indeed a route map leading to the future end of time and space.

Moreover, just looking at it with the naked eye, one might see it wrong. So he had just used Source Power to appraise its authenticity and found it to be real. However, what surprised him was that even though he used Source Power to appraise it, he still could not identify who the mysterious guest mentioned by Void Balance behind this Route Map was.

This could not help but make Li Heng sigh that the Great Void is vast and boundless, truly hiding dragons and crouching tigers; he did not know from which corner such a mysterious and peerless expert had popped out.

Thinking this way, he himself must absolutely not be arrogant.

Although he had a premonition that as long as he was willing to invest Source Power, he would definitely be able to dig out the mysterious person behind this Route Map, there was no need for that.

After all, Source Power does not fall from the sky.

"I will accept this Route Map, but I will say this first: even with this Route Map, it can only offset half of the cost; Daoist friend Balance must still produce the other half."

Void Balance was happy to hear this.

"Many thanks, Daoist friend Li, this is enough."

He had thought that this Route Map could at most offset ten or twenty percent; he did not expect it to offset half, which was truly beyond his expectations.

"Since that is the case, what else can Daoist friend produce?"

Li Heng asked.

He knew as soon as he heard it that the conditions he offered were far lower than the price in Void Balance's heart. But it did not matter; after all, trying to take advantage of a merchant is a very troublesome thing, and once entangled, it would be very annoying, so it is better to turn a blind eye.

Anyway, what he produced was only a Degraded Product of Source Power.

And the cost was so low it was almost non-existent.

"In that case, how about I further reveal to Daoist friend the matter of the Tenth Dao Lord that I mentioned before?"

Speaking of this, Void Balance immediately shielded the surrounding Void as before to prevent any peeping, and his tone became extremely serious and earnest.

"Speak, I will evaluate the value of this news."

Li Heng responded calmly.

His subtext was very obvious, even directly laid out. Want to offset the other half of the cost? That is fine, produce information of sufficient weight, otherwise, forget it.

"I naturally will not let Daoist friend down."

"Although I told Daoist friend before that the Great Void can carry ten Dao Lords, and that the Tenth Dao Lord is the Zhongjie Daozhu, surpassing the other nine, I did not say how one can achieve the Tenth Dao Lord, the Ultimate Dao Lord."

Void said.

"Does Daoist friend Balance mean that you know?"

Li Heng asked with surprise.

He was very skeptical about the authenticity of the information behind Void Balance's words. After all, if Void Balance and his kind knew the method to achieve the Tenth Dao Lord, they would not easily speak of it.

"We know, but this news is uncertain."

Void Balance answered frankly.

"I see, then speak freely, it still counts."

Li Heng frowned, waved his large hand, and replied.

"With your assurance, Daoist friend, I can rest easy. It is said that to become the Tenth Dao Lord, one must gather the Great Dao of the other nine Dao Lords, nine-nine returning to one, reaching the ultimate sublimation."

Void Dao spoke, his tone slightly smug.

After all, he had just traded for two "Dao Lord Runes" from Li Heng, which contained the true meaning of the Dao Lords' Great Dao, in a sense putting him a step ahead of others.

Upon hearing this, Li Heng's expression became somewhat strange.

So that is how it is?

It is just that this is a bit too cliché.

This possibility was not hard to guess; he had thought of this point before when his mind was wandering, but a guess is a guess, and a fact is a fact, so these words from Void Balance were still useful.

At the very least, it confirmed the credibility of this conjecture.....