Chapter 194: Transcendence
Even though the being that had descended to this world and merged with the statue had lived for countless years, when these images flashed in front of its eyes, it was unable to hide its inner shock.
After all, exactly because it had lived for a very long time, it knew very well what these images meant.
The images in front of it came straight from the River of Time and the lack of Chu Wuyao's traces in it meant that in a sense, she didn't exist.
Surprised, the statue started to dig through its memories, trying to find a reason that could explain this strange phenomenon.
In the end, it was finally able to find something in its old, dusty memories.
According to an ancient book it had previously read, there were indeed some beings that could jump out of the River of Time, erasing their traces and making it impossible to view their past, present, and future.
The most common such beings were called "Time Beings", and they were bloodline creatures that possessed powerful bloodlines that were related to the River of Time, allowing them to swim in the past and the future.
"However, it's impossible for a world to nurture a Time Being. Only some extremely special places in the Chaos Sea can do this"
"Moreover, even though I haven't seen a Time Being, their aura is very easy to spot and I should have been able to sense something if that woman was one of them."
The statue "shook its head" and denied the idea that Chu Wuyao was a Time Being.
But this didn't make it calm down.
Instead, it only served to make it even more restless.
After all, the other way for someone to erase their traces on the River of Time was much more terrifying and many times more rare.
"Only a being who has transcended and the people who are related to them can do this."
"And it's impossible for an ordinary transcendent being to have such ability. Even a Creation God or the so-called True Immortal should not."
'Transcendence'.
This was not the name of a realm, but a term that described the beings who had transcended, having undergone a massive transformation and becoming equal in status to the world itself.
In the Cultivation World, this was the True Immortal Realm, in the world to which the statue belonged, it was the Creation God Realm, and in the Devil World, it was the Ancestor Devil Realm.
The names and abilities of these realms differed, but they all possessed unimaginable and indescribable power, able to shatter the world with a random blow.
This was truly shattering the world and not like the Transcending Tribulation Realm cultivators who could only cause massive amounts of destruction and make the world uninhabitable.
Thinking of this, the statue could no longer remain calm.
Although this guess seemed absurd and somewhat outlandish, in its opinion, this was the most likely explanation behind Chu Wuyao's strangeness.
"I'm afraid that she has obtained the inheritance of a transcendent being.", the statue thought and its eyes couldn't help but flash with greed.
The creature who had occupied the statue was a Supreme God, a being that was even more powerful than the peak of the Transcending Tribulation Realm and was infinitely close to transcending.
As such, it knew very well what the inheritance of a transcendent being meant.
As long as it obtained this inheritance, its chances to transcend would increase many times!
Countless thoughts went through the statue's mind and it was unable to hide the murderous intent in its eyes as it stared at Chu Wuyao.
Even though it was not its real body that descended to this world but only a thought, it would be extremely easy for it to wipe her out.
In fact, let alone Chu Wuyao, even ordinary cultivators at the Transcending Tribulation Realm would find it hard to deal with one of its thoughts.
The aura of the statue surged and it looked ready to take action, but in the end, its aura retreated and nothing happened.
The greed in the statue's eyes disappeared, and it was able to calm down and regain its clarity.
"No! There is no need for me to take such risks! As long as I descend to the Immortal World and get a few opportunities, I should be able to transcend!"
In fact, although Chu Wuyao referred to this world as the "Cultivation World", this was not its real name, but the name that she casually gave to it.
After all, she didn't know if the world had a name, let alone actually know its real name.
But surprisingly, even though the being that merged with the statue was not from this world, it was surprisingly quite familiar with it.
"The Immortal World..."
"According to the legend, the Immortal World used to be one of the strongest and most famous worlds in the entire Chaos Sea tens of millions of years ago."
"At that time, let alone Transcending Tribulation Realm cultivators, even the cultivators who had transcended and reached the True Immortal Realm were not considered very powerful."
As far as the statue knew, the reason why the once famous Immortal World had now become like this was because of a major war between some extremely powerful transcendent beings, during which many powerful cultivators died and even the Immortal World itself was damaged.
Perhaps because of this damage, the environment of the Immortal World slowly got worse and worse, until finally, it could no longer accommodate those extremely powerful beings.
In the end, these beings were all forced to leave the Immortal World and wander in the Chaos Sea.
"But even though the Immortal World has been damaged and is no longer so powerful, its heritage is still not something that our world can compete with."
"There should be many powerful treasures and inheritances that were left behind before those beings left, and possibly even the secret of transcendence."
In fact, apart from all of this, there was one more important reason as to why the statue decided against taking action against Chu Wuyao.
It was afraid of the cultivator whose inheritance Chu Wuyao must have received.
Although it was likely that that cultivator had long passed away or that they didn't care about their inheritor, it was also as likely that they were still alive and considered Chu Wuyao as their disciple.
The statue knew that if this was true, killing Chu Wuyao was not only meaningless, but it would also offend such a powerful being.
If it did, it would have nowhere to hide.
After all, for such beings, let alone killing it only required one thought.
"Fortunately, such beings should not care about the competition between the two worlds."
"As long as we don't take action to cause irreversible damage to the Immortal World and don't take the initiative to offend them, they won't pay much attention to us."
"Perhaps, they may even be happy that the Immortal World has some competition."
Thinking of this, the statue looked at the kneeling cultivator that it had previously been ignoring and communicated with its thoughts:
"Don't take action against those three women. Let them go."
"You can create another inheritance after they leave and wait for other cultivators to come before harvesting their Destiny."
The statue's words paused for a brief second before it continued:
"As long as the mission is completed, I promise that I'll give you a chance to become a God."
When he heard these words, the body of the black-dressed cultivator trembled and he couldn't hide his excitement.
Wasn't this what he had been waiting for all this time? Your adventure continues at My Virtual Library Empire
Otherwise, why would he betray the Cultivation World and become the dog of these extraterrestrial invaders?
Everything he did was to obtain a better status, improve his strength, and most importantly, live forever!
"Yes, Lord! Your faithful servants will make sure to complete your instructions!", the cultivator shouted in a loud voice, his tone somewhat fanatical.
Hearing this, the statue knew that it was time for it to leave.
After all, even though it was able to divide countless such thoughts and could possess countless such "bodies", it was impossible for it to stay here and supervise everything.
If it wasn't for the fact that the formation was related to whether they could invade this world and obtain the opportunity to transcend, it would be extremely unwilling to waste its time dealing with such trivial matters.
However, before leaving, the statue took a look at Chu Wuyao.
Even though it was well-hidden and even Transcending Tribulation Realm cultivators wouldn't be able to spot it, the statue could easily see God Clone.
"She has received the inheritance of our world, but it seems to be somewhat incomplete, if not outright malicious."
"Unless she receives the guidance of a powerful person, she will have to stay in the Fake God stage for the rest of her life."
With this in mind, the statue thought of something.
"Since it is impossible to kill her, then I should give her some benefits and develop a good relationship."
The moment this thought arose, a bright white light flew out of the statue and teleported out of this secret space, before rushing towards Chu Wuyao.
"With this, if we ever happen to meet in the future, she'll owe me a cause and effect.", the statue thought.
As for the fact that it and Chu Wuyao were from two different worlds and she was very likely to fight against the practitioners of its world?
The statue didn't care at all!
The only thing that mattered to it was whether it could transcend!