Chapter 739: Trading for Transcendence

"Resurrection?"

Upon hearing these words, the old man's expression turned strange, as if he had heard something whimsical and laughable.

"Young man, do you know what you are saying? You want to resurrect an existence whose realm is far, far beyond yours, and who has already completely passed away?"

Li Heng nodded, his face devoid of any ripples.

"You are correct; that is exactly it."

"Then what do you rely on?"

"I rely on this wisp of power in my hand."

Li Heng extended his palm, and a wisp of Source Power rose from it, causing the old man's pupils to shrink suddenly. He did not perceive anything special about this power; it was very ordinary, just like a stone by the roadside.

But under these circumstances...

This ordinariness was perhaps the most extreme extraordinariness!

"What is this thing?"

The old man asked in confusion.

A flash of disappointment crossed Li Heng's eyes. It was one thing for a Dao Lord who had always stayed in the Great Void not to know, but did this old man, who had walked the Transcendence Path for so long and could be considered a specialist, not know either?

Was this a bad thing or a good thing?

"Power that can resurrect you. However, I have already spent most of these powers for the time being, so I cannot resurrect you completely, but I can give you a sliver of a chance at resurrection."

Li Heng explained aloud.

Although he was not clear about the specific way this old man had died, he could sense that the death was extremely thorough, almost comparable to being killed by a Calamity monster.

Furthermore, the old man's strength during his lifetime far exceeded his own, so let alone the fact that he did not have many Source Points left now, even if he had three trillion Golden Source Points in his hand, he estimated he could not fully resurrect him.

In this case, he could only settle for the next best thing and come up with a compromise. In any case, for these Transcendence powerhouses, as long as they were given a sliver of a chance, they could always return quickly.

"How can you prove it?"

The old man furrowed his brows, puzzled and confused.

He did not understand; could this kind of power really give a person such great confidence? Or was it that this young man before him had never been clear about the gap between the two of them?

If he could really be resurrected because of this young man...

That would be more absurd than a novel protagonist saving the author.

"I don't need to prove it, because you have been waiting for this opportunity, and you only need to reach a deal with me, so even if we produced evidence, you wouldn't refuse."

Li Heng said calmly.

This pioneer of the Transcendence Path had a very strong desire to survive.

Having died so thoroughly, yet still lingering on until now by relying on various backup plans, it was nothing more than wanting to gamble on whether he would encounter a glimmer of survival.

For instance, if a latecomer arrived here, or a predecessor returned, or even if a Dao Lord of the Great Void noticed him—these all counted as his chances for survival.

It was just a pity that he did not know if this Great Dao Road went too deep, making it difficult for people to reach here, or if this road was not conspicuous, or if it had been abandoned; thus, this Great Dao Road had always been lonely. The old man had waited for so long, yet he had not waited for his own turning point, and the pile of campfires protecting him was also about to go out.

The old man closed his eyes and was silent for a moment.

"What are your conditions? What do you want? Do you want my power? Do you want me to raise your realm to the same height as mine after I am resurrected?"

He guessed.

Perhaps in the eyes of others, this kind of operation would be like pulling up seedlings to help them grow. But for Transcendence existences like them, it indeed possessed a certain feasibility. As long as those who were elevated did not lose their way, there indeed existed a possibility of ascending to the sky in one step.

Li Heng smiled and shook his head.

"Old man, don't think of me as so shallow. If I really intended to leave the Great Void and conduct Infinite Transcendence, then the journey you have traveled and the place you have reached might not be difficult for me."

"You are indeed very arrogant."

This young man seemed to look down on his Transcendence a little.

However, he was not angry, and commented as such.

"If one isn't arrogant, can they still be called a young man?"

Li Heng retorted.

"I don't want to engage in more verbal disputes; it is meaningless. State your real conditions. In fact, just as you said, I won't refuse at all, no matter how absurd the conditions you state are."

"Rest assured, it won't be too absurd, and I am certain you are willing to do this thing."

"I want you, after being resurrected, to keep moving forward, forward, and forward, pressing ahead undauntedly until you find the truth about the Calamities and monsters of the Great Void, and pass these truths to me. How about that?"

Li Heng said.

When all is said and done, even if this old man was a lonely ghost now, he was still a pioneer who had walked a certain distance; ordinary latecomers simply could not catch up.

Even for him, abandoning everything within the Great Void and entering the Wuqiong Weizhi to seek Transcendence would take some time, not to mention that he still had reasons to stay in the Great Void now.

Since that was the case, it was better to let this old man do the work and help him search for the truth that might be hidden in this Wuqiong Weizhi.

"Interesting. It seems the Calamity monsters of the Great Void have made you all very distressed. Clearly, the previous statement was merely my guess, yet you are still going to gamble on it."

"But even if you resurrect me, so what? Don't forget that I have already fallen into the Self Circle; looking like I am progressing, I am actually marking time and can no longer move forward."

The old man sighed.

"That is irrelevant; this power will still guide you to continue moving forward," Li Heng said, displaying the Source Power on his palm.

When all is said and done, the old man's state during his lifetime was that he considered himself invincible and Omniscient and Omnipotent, but he could not actually achieve true invincibility or true omnipotence, and he could not find the direction and path to move forward.

But as long as there was Source Power to provide guidance, this point could be ignored.

And this was also one of his hidden purposes.

He also wanted to see if, through this act of constant Transcendence and further Transcendence, he could touch a bit of information regarding Source Power. As for touching the essence of Source Power, he did not count on it. It was not that he looked down on this old man, but that this old man truly did not have this capability.

"If you have this confidence, then I have no problem."

"Good. Since that is the case, you swear by this power; I guarantee that I will give you a chance at resurrection, and after you are resurrected, you must move forward all the way to search for the truth."

Li Heng said, and afterwards, the old man did as requested, one by one.

"It is time to give you the chance at resurrection."

Li Heng's thoughts stirred, and he mobilized the vast majority of the Source Power within his body, giving this old man a chance in a very simple, crude, and unreasonable way—a chance sufficient for rebirth.

It was just like adding a new setting into a story.

He had already foreseen it just a moment ago.

Merely providing a chance for resurrection, rather than helping him resurrect at his peak, was still barely within the capacity of his own Source Power.

A moment ago, the old man's expression had still been extremely calm, even a bit skeptical, because he had not felt anything unusual and was still struggling in the Abyss of death.

But the next moment, he was suddenly stunned, his face full of surprise and joy.

In the Abyss of death, a wind had risen!