Star Sky Professional

Tao Origin Layer.

Fang Xing's True Spirit Dao Seed comprehended numerous Daos, his mind entering a state of ethereal emptiness.

"The power of Dao is vast beyond compare, shifting with the world... Even worlds of the All Heavens level cannot fully suppress a single Dao..."

"How could such power of Dao possibly have divisions of innate and postnatal?"

"Therefore... the so-called postnatal transforming into innate means elevating one's own Dao Seed into an Innate Dao Seed, thereby twisting and harnessing more power of Dao, with the manifested strength being drastically different from before."

At this moment, his Panwu Dao Seed was in a strange state.

In an inexplicable space, a Pangu Demon God roared: "Panwu! Panwu!"

In the Demon God's hand, there seemed to be an axe capable of opening the heavens and splitting the earth.

And beside the Panwu Dao Seed, the Innate Spiritual Treasure Heaven-opening Axe emerged, gradually becoming ethereal...

The Panwu Dao Seed absorbed strands of innate origin, gradually acquiring traces of innate Dao resonance.

On the attribute panel, a mark emerged:

[Fourteenth Realm: Daoist (Three Steps: 2/100)]

Its progress continued to climb, seemingly without any hindrance.

"An Innate Spiritual Treasure is enough to allow a three-step Dao Lord to take the final step..."

"But I just advanced to three-step Dao Lord, yet can quickly break through... Naturally, it's the merit of the attribute panel... As long as I brush up my proficiency, I will have gains, and upon reaching perfection, I can break through!"

"This attribute panel, even as a transcendence treasure, is undoubtedly one of the most powerful kinds..."

Fang Xing sighed inwardly.

Time passed second by second.

Yet he seemed oblivious.

...

Heaven and earth turned, the universe as one.

Finally...

Within the Tao Origin Layer.

Panwu Dao roared, like a dragon with sharp claws and fangs.

Within its body, that point of Panwu Dao Seed was sublimated to the extreme, akin to a Dragon Ball, commanding the entire giant dragon.

"The power of Panwu Dao..."

Fang Xing's eyes opened, raising a hand.

At that moment, he felt his Panwu Dao power was refined to the extreme, almost breaking through the boundaries of time and space...

"Becoming a Daoist only requires complete enlightenment of a Dao..."

"But enlightening a Dao and fully mastering it are ultimately not the same."

"Now I finally understand what it means for postnatal Dao to be sublimated into innate Dao?"

Fang Xing clenched his fist; time and space seemed to shatter, plunging his surroundings into chaos.

He touched his brow and found an axe-shaped mark.

"Innate Panwu Dao Seed... Four-step Dao Lord!"

"The Panwu Dao is truly powerful..."

"Although this exceedingly elevates my combat strength, allowing me to battle ordinary Eternal Realm beings... Yet in the future, wanting to cut the Dao and reopen a Dao that belongs to me will surely be even more challenging!"

"But isn't this just right? If the Dao I create cannot surpass the Panwu Dao, what value does it have?"

Fang Xing could feel the amplifying effect of the innate Panwu Dao power in all aspects.

Even his mindset, True Spirit... were likewise affected!

This meant a four-step Dao Lord could also resist True Spirit attacks!

"Indeed, fortunately, I didn't rely on knowing the True Spirit attack secret technique to engage with akin four-step Dao Lords and Eternal Realm beings... Otherwise, I might have had to flee in panic, unnecessarily exposing a trump card."

Fang Xing glanced at the attribute bar:

[Name: Fang Xing]

[Profession: Star Martial Artist]

[Fourteenth Realm: Daoist (Four-step)]

...

At this point, he roughly understood why some four-step Dao Lords could battle Eternal beings.

"Eternal beings need to 'open a Dao'; if the Dao they originally control is not strong, the difficulty in opening a Dao is less. But beings who reach the Fifteenth Realm, even if the Dao they open is not strong, will only be slightly inferior to the Panwu Dao..."

"When the Panwu Dao is mastered to the limit, indeed, a four-step Dao Lord can battle such Eternal beings."

"But if it's the likes of Pangu Wu such Eternal beings, even the strongest four-step Dao Lords aren't their match..."

"Currently, it seems that aside from the Demon Lord and Demon Venerate, there are no Eternal beings of the Pangu Wu type among the Star Sky, Insect Civilization, Exotic Beast Civilization?"

"Speaking of which, a four-step Dao Lord who controls ordinary Dao isn't a match for ordinary Eternal beings as well... Only those four-step Dao Lords with extremely unique, top-level Daos barely possess Eternal Realm combat strength..."

Fang Xing's expression returned to calmness, took out Void Stone, and entered the Void Universe.

"Having now broken through to four-step Dao Lord, possessing Eternal combat strength... It's time to turn the tide."

As Fang Xing's sliver of consciousness entered the Void Universe.

Suddenly!

A giant scarlet letter emerged:

[The Battle of Ophiuchus Ends in a Crushing Defeat!]

[Star Sky Civilization Declares Bankruptcy!]

[The Eulogy of the Elegy Singer is About to Resonate!]

Fang Xing's expression halted, then he sighed: "As expected... heroes always arrive in the nick of time, is the perfect rescue just the sweetest fantasy and fairy tale?"

He was originally unsure of the timing for his breakthrough to the Third Step Dao Lord.

As for making it tonight, it seems to fall within the expected range?

But Star Sky Civilization did not know he was about to advance; in their calculations, Fang Xing was merely a relatively powerful Second Step Dao Master.

Whether he was present or not would not affect the crucial moments.

Thus, capturing the battle opportunity naturally meant striking immediately.

Then...

Fang Xing opened a video, discovering it was of the Ten Thousand Swords Dao Master:

Although the Ten Thousand Swords Dao Master in the video looked exactly the same as usual, Fang Xing could see the other's weakness and pain:

"The plan has failed... I hereby announce that the entire Star Sky Civilization is entering a silent state, and all major seed fleets are to immediately sever Void Communications, entering the deepest level of dormancy!"

"I believe... just wait, and humanity will certainly prevail! Star Sky will certainly prevail!"

The video ended quickly, and Fang Xing scrutinized the detailed battle reports, his eyes sharpening:

"The main fleet of the Star Sky Civilization — the Time-Space Fleet — blocked the Civilization Eulogist at the Ophiuchus civilization, directly engaging in battle... At the same time, in the depths of the universe, Mr. Han Sen and the Exotic Beast Ancestor similarly used a treasure obtained from the Transcendence Secret Realm to trap two Eternal Entities of the Insect Civilization, launching a counterattack..."

"But the highest intellect of the Star Sky Civilization miscalculated... The 'Civilization Eulogist', at the cost of severe injury, destroyed the forbidden weapon, thereby returning to aid the two Eternal Entities of the Insect Civilization..."

This was also the reason the Ten Thousand Swords Dao Master could still release an announcement after the battle.

The Civilization Eulogist no longer had even a moment to kill him, showing that the plans of the two pinnacle civilizations were highly successful, and in the Eternal Battlefield, the Insect Civilization's two supreme entities had already been driven into a desperate situation!

Unfortunately, with the Civilization Eulogist joining the battlefield, everything changed.

"The Eternal Battle ended with the two Eternal Entities of the Insect Civilization severely injured, falling into a prolonged deep sleep... As for Han Sen and the Exotic Beast Ancestor? Mr. Han Sen was similarly severely injured and must sleep for tens of thousands of years before he could awaken again, or else he would directly perish... The Exotic Beast Ancestor died in battle..."

"An Eternal Entity that isn't eternal, that's also a dark joke."

Now wielding numerous Transcendence Inheritances, Fang Xing had a deeper understanding of the state of Eternal Entities.

Eternal Entities, claimed to eternally exist across all time and space, death is by no means the end.

Even if extinguished by True Spirit, it may seem impossible for them to revive.

However, as time passes, the Eternal Mark of an Eternal Entity will still slowly reform, enabling this Eternal Entity to emerge again from time.

Only, this timeframe might be exceedingly long, requiring 'billion' years as a unit, perhaps even tens of billions or a hundred billion years.

And Han Sen's state of 'severely injured and sleeping' might require tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of years as a unit.

'Overall, the Exotic Beast civilization is finished, even if the Exotic Beast Ancestor can return in the future, it's likely that there won't be a single member of his civilization left to see...'

'And our human civilization has also lost its pillar... The Insect Civilization will continue to madly pursue all the high ranks of the Star Sky Civilization, it's crucial to find Han Sen and completely annihilate him...'

The Star Sky Civilization might drift in the universe for tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands of years.

But to hide for billions, tens of billions of years?

That's utterly impossible.

Even a period of tens of thousands of years carries great uncertainty.

Thus, as long as this point is achieved, it's equivalent to the Insect Civilization exterminating the two pinnacle civilizations, dominating alone from then on.

'The complete extinction of an Eternal Entity's conditions... the first is failure to transcend!'

'For example, a Dao Venerate of the True Immortal Realm, failing to transcend results in their Eternal Mark being completely obliterated, with no possibility of reforming...'

'Apart from this, the destruction of numerous Eternal Entities likely must wait for the genuine 'Calamity of the End', when the Time-Space River breaks, and all worlds of All Heavens fall into a state of Origin destruction...'

Because Eternal Entities are not transcendent!

They too are fish within the river; they can only leap briefly out of the water.

Once the river dries, no matter how big a fish, they will surely perish!

The so-called 'Calamity of the End' means everything speakable, knowable, and conceivable ceases to exist!

To transcend the tribulation, one must truly transcend, to the 'Unspeakable Land'!

...

Still in that virtual meeting hall.

"Mr. Fang Xing..."

The Ten Thousand Swords Dao Master looked crestfallen: "The Star Sky Civilization... is finished..."

He wasn't concerned at all about Fang Xing's absence in the great battle, as if to him, including Fang Xing would still result in the same outcome in the Battle of Ophiuchus.

Fang Xing was silent at first, glanced at the casualty list, discovering 'Star Lord of Calamity · Ymir', 'Absolute Saber · Chixing', 'Ice Emperor · Catherine' among them.

Sufficient to illustrate the brutality of this great battle.

Whereas the 'Divine Emperor of Blood Prison', once a Fifth Rank Dharma Master, now after a breakthrough became a Fourteenth Realm Dao Master, did not appear on the casualty list.

Uh, the same as him, himself.

Evidently, the locals of the Star Sky Civilization band together, discriminating against outsiders, not without cause.

"No... Although Star Sky has failed, human civilization has not yet fallen, this vast cosmic territory, we cannot relinquish it all to the Insect Civilization."

Fang Xing shook his head and said.

"What else can we do? Our reserves have been exhausted, both sides' Eternal powerhouses are asleep or dead... The Civilization Eulogist is about to sweep all."

The Ten Thousand Swords Dao Master bitterly smiled: "Even the Divine Emperor of Blood Prison is preparing to rebuild the Blood Prison Civilization, no, it should now be called the Blood Prison Alliance, about to represent the remaining human civilization in surrendering..."