novelraw Chapter 149
Chapter 149
Chapter 149
“What!! Impossible!!”
“How could a True God possibly remain in the mortal world!”
“All True Gods dwell above the Nine Heavens, how could one linger in the dust of the human realm!”
“Tuoba Yaoyue, have you gone mad!”
As soon as these words were spoken, the once-silent gathering instantly descended into chaos.
True God!!
These two words carried a strange kind of magic. Merely uttering them was enough to make their hearts tremble with fear.
Be it the Three Thousand Great Domains or the Ten Lands, in the end, they all belonged to the mortal world.
Only the Nine Heavens, which hung above all living beings, was the true brilliance.
Only those who had reached the level of Venerable could faintly sense the majesty of the Nine Heavens.
Only those who took another step into the Realm of Creation could truly behold the Nine Heavens!
And to truly set foot in that world, one’s cultivation must reach the Divine Dao Realm!
At the Divine Dao Realm, one’s inner body transformed into a miniature chaos, where all phenomena dissolved, manifesting as the projection of a god.
In the instant when radiance condensed into form, it could completely illuminate the path of a Great Dao. At such a level, one could command the life and death of an entire world’s living beings!
That was what it meant to be called a True God!
A True God’s body radiated Dao, their very blood carried Law. Anyone connected to their bloodline would gain boundless benefits, advancing in cultivation, attaining perfection in laws, a clarified Dao-heart, and enhanced aptitude. These were the ordinary blessings.
More importantly, an entire clan’s bloodline would be transformed. Their descendants could follow the path illuminated by the True God, and future generations would be filled with unmatched prodigies!
Any family that had once produced a True God could be called a God Clan*!
[*Changed Divine Family to God Clan]
Just like the Huaxu Family, whose ancestor had once birthed a Divine Dao powerhouse, illuminating for his descendants the twin Great Daos of cause-and-effect and thunder.
Those of the Divine Dao did not remain in the mortal world. They could ascend to cultivate above the Nine Heavens, or temper themselves in lands where spiritual energy and Daos were more complete.
But one thing was certain: there could not possibly be a True God in the Northern Wasteland!
Because Northern Wasteland was the most barren place across the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands, its spiritual energy thinnest, its laws most broken.
Among the Ten Lands, only the Northern Wasteland was without Heaven.
Its heaven, called Luo Tian, had long since shattered and vanished!
Thus, the laws here were incomplete, the Great Dao itself defective.
Anyone who had ever reached the Divine Dao Realm in this land would certainly leave.
What kind of existence was a True God?
With their solitary radiance, they could illuminate an entire Dao.
Their terrifying means were beyond imagination.
With a single thought, so-called Kings were but ants.
Even a Venerable was nothing more than a plaything in the palm of a True God!!
If the Su Family truly housed such a being, the thought was unthinkable.
The entire balance of the Northern Wasteland would be overturned completely.
Therefore, they could not believe it.
They dared not believe it!
But Tuoba Yaoyue’s eyes showed not the slightest wavering.
“Heh… Mad? I truly wish I were mad!”
“But think carefully! Two Venerables at the seventh level call him ‘Honored One’!”
“And that is only the guardians. Then what of the clan’s elders and consecrated protectors, what kind of beings must they be!”
“What kind of existence could make such mighty figures bow their heads in allegiance!”
“Other than a True God… I cannot think of another possibility!!”
Tuoba Yaoyue’s words stabbed into their hearts like bloody nails.
Their pride, their arrogance, all stemmed from their identity as a God Clan, born attuned to one or even two Great Daos, born with tempered bloodlines, their forebears having produced a True God.
This was the root of their pride!
But now, if the Su Family truly did have a True God, then their pride suddenly seemed laughable.
They wanted to refute Tuoba Yaoyue, but… every word she spoke left them unable to do so.
“No matter what, the Su Family must not be offended!”
“Even if we cannot befriend them, we must never provoke them!”
“As for me, the Tuoba Family will do everything in its power to ally with the Su Family!”
“If you insist on provoking them in the name of the Northern Wasteland Alliance, then the Tuoba Family will withdraw from the Alliance!”
Tuoba Yaoyue’s tone was ironclad.
The so-called Northern Wasteland Alliance was publicly said to be a coalition of twelve great families, but seven of them were mere puppets.
The true rulers were the five God Clans.
And now, Tuoba Yaoyue was willing to leave the Alliance for the sake of the Su Family.
In her heart, the Su Family’s importance already surpassed that of the Northern Wasteland Alliance!
After speaking, Tuoba Yaoyue ignored the others’ gazes, turned around, and left directly.
“The path of the Ancestors has never been wrong…”
As she walked, her eyes seemed to reflect a crimson blood pool.
Within the pool, scarlet blood boiled, forming four words: “Upon meeting Su, submit as vassal.”
The Tuoba Clan’s True God had once illuminated the twin Daos of Fate and Destiny, leaving behind a blood pool that could glimpse a thread of the future.
This was why Tuoba Yaoyue valued the Su Family so highly.
“Upon meeting Su, submit as vassal… Just what kind of existence is the Su Family…”
Tuoba Yaoyue’s mind churned with countless thoughts.
…
In the mountains, time has no years; in cultivation, years pass like moments.
Four years passed in the blink of an eye.
During these years, great changes had swept through the Northern Wasteland.
The Great Qin Empire expanded ceaselessly. Excluding Tianfu Domain and Tianhuo Domain, even the Jinli Domain had fallen under Qin’s control.
The empire’s destiny surged like the midday sun, and the First Emperor’s cultivation became even more terrifying!
And yet, all the Northern Wasteland powers turned a blind eye. None sought to hinder Qin’s advance.
Through Qin, they could glimpse the terrifying shadow looming behind it.
The name Su Family pressed upon the hearts of all Northern Wasteland powers like a mountain.
Now, all beings of Northern Wasteland knew of one supreme clan: the Su Family.
The top powers, especially, were filled with dread, for the Su Family was suspected of harboring a True God.
Thus, many great families sought to ally with the Su Family.
Especially those prodigy-bearing families who had once mocked from the sidelines in Tianhuo Domain. In these years, they constantly reached out to the Su Family under the pretense of gratitude.
The clever ones saw clearly the terrifying foundation of the Su Family.
If they did not ally now, in the future they might not even get the chance.
They even encouraged their younger generation to form ties with Su clansmen. If both sides were willing, they urged them to marry as Dao-companions.
The most shocking case was that of the Linyuan Zhang Clan’s direct daughter, who married an utterly ordinary Su clansman.
Everyone thought the Zhang Clan had gone mad.
But later, they realized the Zhang Clan was the smartest of all!
Because, when the Zhang Clan later provoked the Northern Wasteland Alliance and faced imminent annihilation, that daughter returned with her ordinary Su husband.
And in that instant, the grandiose Northern Wasteland Alliance quietly withdrew!
From then on, every great clan understood just how far the Su Family would go in protecting its own.
Yet the Su Family did not shelter all without exception.
If someone dared misuse the family’s name and disgrace its reputation, then a blazing sun would fall from the heavens, annihilating everything!
…
On Lingxiao Peak.
Su Zhou slowly opened his eyes, his cultivation aura surging.
His realm had broken through to Sun Veiling, eighth level.
At this level, most cultivators needed at least a hundred years to advance a single stage. Even unmatched prodigies required decades.
But for Su Zhou, this breakthrough had passed in but an instant.
His rapid rise in cultivation left others speechless in awe.
Before him stood a youth, only eleven or twelve years old. His figure was upright, black hair flowing, eyes bright as the stars.
His brows carried heroic vigor, his gaze unwavering, as though nothing in the world could block his path.
It was Su Hao, the one who had once been stripped of the Supreme Bone.
Now, his cultivation had reached Moon Grasping Realm, third level.
At the age of twelve, to possess such cultivation, this had never been heard of under heaven!
His combat strength was unmatched. Within his Supreme Bone, several mighty Dao-patterns were carved.
After years of nurturing, those Dao-marks had condensed into an unimaginably terrifying Law.
He had never yet unleashed it.
No one knew how terrifying it would be.
“Do you have confidence?”
Su Zhou gazed at Su Hao, his voice warm.
“Yes!! Grandfather Family-Leader has raised me all these years, I will never betray your expectations!”
Su Hao’s voice carried innate confidence.
As though there was nothing in this world he could not accomplish.
“Good.” Su Zhou nodded slightly and continued,
“Though I forged you a new bone, if you reclaim the old one and refine it to its utmost…”
“Then even this bone will ascend to another level!”