Chapter 2432 Dao Emperor

The sound of paper tearing could be heard, as the scroll containing the Painting World had a tear stretching across it vertically, the scroll was almost torn in two, almost, two figures were flung out with great force.

They were Giant Sun and Reputation Gu.

Genesis Lotus exited from the opposite side, blood was dripping from his mouth, he held out his hand and recalled the Painting World Scroll.

"Damnit!" He forced himself to hold back another mouthful of blood: "How did Giant Sun acquire a Dao Killer Move? And the Dao of Karma on top of that as well!"

Genesis Lotus was unaware that Giant Sun had an encounter with Reckless Savage Demon Venerable.

Not even Red Lotus knew that Reckless was actually hiding within his Stone Continent!

"Hmm, it would appear Reckless was right," Giant Sun thought back to his conversation with Reckless Savage.

"Heavenly Court is afraid of something, and I have strong reasons to believe its Fang Yuan! Either his potential scares them or something else, either way, he would be a valuable asset to us!"

Despite the name, and nature of Reckless Savage, he was unexpectedly shrewd, though he would never use unscrupulous means to win a fight, that didn't mean he would purposefully put himself at a disadvantage.

Heavenly Court had the superior numbers, including Red Lotus, they had 4 Venerables!

Meanwhile, the Northern Plains held two, Southern Border held three and the Western Desert held one.

Though the remaining 6 Venerables were nearly completely isolated and uninvolved with one another, in fact, the three in Southern Border were enemies!

Paradise Earth hated Spectral Soul and vice versa Spectral Soul hated Paradise Earth.

Fang Yuan was an ally that both sides wanted yet did not trust!

Reckless shared his insight with Giant Sun: "I don't know the specifics, but I do know that Heavenly Court wants to work with Heaven to prevent future Dao Emperors and they may even go so far as prevent future Dao Lords from being born!"

Giant Sun was deeply troubled by the news, "If what Reckless says is true, then it would impede not only mine but the potential and providence of every living being!"

Giant Sun faced Reckless directly: "Let's say this conspiracy of yours is true. Why should I believe you?"

Reckless laughed, as if what Giant Sun said was the funniest thing in the world: "Ha ha ha, it's simple, you have no choice."

Giant Sun snorted: "Hmph!"

"Don't take offence but in your current state you can at most go toe to toe with Star Constellation, in terms of raw strength, but Fang Yuan and Genesis Lotus are out of your league, and forget about Heaven, who is possessing Spectral Soul Demon Venerable, Primordial Origin and of course, me!"

Reckless began to exert the oppressive force of a Dao Emperor.

"You!" Giant Sun felt suffocated, though he felt if he unleashed all his strength he could leave and that within his HQ he would be safe, but to feel so suppressed without all these external supports… made him question and doubt himself.

"Fine. I believe you for now." With that the suppressive force vanished, Reckless clapped his hands:

"Good. Now here."

Reckless handed Giant Sun a glowing orb, the orb contained an inheritance.

"Why are you giving me this?" At the Venerable level, inheritances were just intriguing bits of information but weren't highly valued.

"Read it. I made it myself."

Giant Sun was hesitant, but he browsed through the contents:

Dao Killer Move --------- 10000 Years Of Fortune For 1000 Years Of Misfortune

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The massive amount of content gave Giant Sun a slight headache, which is impressive considering the brain of a Venerable already surpasses human understanding and bordered supercomputers territory.

"This is the culmination of my research into the Dao of Karma, I did not manage to gain much insight, but I could at least put together this Killer Move."

Reckless went on to explain the significance of Dao Killer Moves.

"That powerful!" Giant Sun stood in shock: "But I haven't grasped the Dao of Karma yet can I still use it?"

Reckless nodded, "You can. It's just an extremely profound Compound Killer Move, as you know Compound Killer Moves are formed from a mixture of different Paths that complement one another but there is usually friction between these Paths since they do not belong to the same Path."

"Fang Yuan gets around this by using Heaven Path Dao Marks to reduce the friction caused but he is probably the only one in the world, besides the Heavenly Dao, who can do that."

"However, a Dao Killer Move is what happens when you take that concept to its extreme! Having a complete grasp of how Paths are used by the Heavenly Dao, allows for one to mimic the effects of the Heavenly Dao,"

Reckless began to preach the grandiose of the Dao Emperor realm and Dao Killer Moves:

"A Dao Killer Move is like using the various Paths to create and manipulate the rules and behaviour of the Heavenly Dao displaying a power that transcends a simple Immortal Killer Move."

Giant Sun swallowed a gulp: "Then a Dao Emperor…"

"Can rewrite the fundamental makeup of the Gu World itself!"

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Reckless gave an example:

"Let's say you cultivate the Dao of Karma, should you become the Dao Emperor of Karma it would mean that you control Karma itself! You would no longer be affected by the rules of Karma because you are the rule!"

"Then wouldn't I be able to control and influence the Karma of other Dao Emperors?" Giant Sun asked.

Reckless shook his head: "It's not so simple. While you are the new person in charge of how Karma is distributed and allocated you do not produce Karma, that still belongs to the Heavenly Dao, it's how the Heavenly Dao stays in control, a Dao Emperor is not exactly free from the Heavenly Dao, more so a High-Level subordinate."

"So, at the same level, the power of Dao does not affect one another as severely, it would be akin to you using Luck Path methods to mess with their providence."

Reckless brought forth a Purple Looking Fruit in his arms, the Fruit contained immensely powerful fluctuations:

"This is my Dao Fruit, every Dao Emperor will condense one, it contains the Dao of Power. With it, I can directly empower myself with the Primeval Essence of the entire world!"

Giant Sun's mouth was opened, gaping, "To think we were scared of Fang Yuan's potential trouble with an Imperial Heavenly Essence Treasure Lotus, but here Reckless possess something far beyond that!"

Reckless continued to explain: "But of course, there can only be 1 Dao Emperor per Dao once someone obtains the Dao of Karma no one else can touch it."

"Once you become a Dao Emperor your lifespan is intrinsically linked to the Heavenly Dao itself, Heaven can't destroy you, in fear of you destroying your Dao Fruit, causing him to not only lose access to that power but potentially destroy the entire Gu World!"

"You can think of the Heavenly Dao as the sum of the powers of Heaven and Earth and imagine it as a pie.

Now imagine that each individual Dao, like the Dao of Karma, Life and Death, Creation, Devour etc… were pieces of that pie.

Once someone takes one it's permanently gone from the Heavenly Dao.

It still exists but the Heavenly Dao can no longer control it, fully.

You see while you have basically 99% control of that Dao, you're still linked to the Heavenly Dao, if it were to collapse so would whatever Dao you possess, but as long as it exists so do you." Reckless explained.

"Thus, Heaven sees Dao Emperors as a pest and a threat, whereas Earth no longer wants to produce children that can survive in the vast Void on their own, rather she wants to shelter and spend eternity with them, even if it means being stuck in the Gu World."

Reckless then explained the whole saga and power struggle between Earth and Heaven:

"The entire Gu World is the sum of both Heaven and Earth, they are intertwined with it, the creation of Dao Emperors already causes them to lose part of their powers. Earth is benevolent and wants her children to share in all the wonders of the world, conversly Heaven is sinister and wants control strictly for himself."

Giant Sun's eyes were opened to the greater power struggle.

Essentially Earth wants to create more Dao Emperors and have them govern and rule the Gu World, like a pantheon of gods, but Heaven does not want that, he wants him and Earth to be the sole rulers of the Gu World.

This is because, grasping a Dao is not creating something from scratch, rather it is taking ownership of part of the Heavenly Dao itself!

How could the prideful Heaven accept inferior beings mooching off his and Earth's powers?

Reckless held his hands behind his back as his gaze travelled beyond the confines of the room: "For 3 million years he engaged himself in sealing Earth's will, but as they were equals he too was forced to slumber."

"However, recent events have awakened his consciousness and now the lock on Earth's consciousness is tight enough that Heaven no longer needs to pay attention to it." Reckless then turned to Giant Sun.

"Do you know what it means? It means it's time to pick a side." Reckless held his hand out: "Will you join me and Earth?"

"What choice do I have?" Giant Sun smiled wryly: "There is an already irreconcilable grudge between Heaven and I, so be it if I have to oppose Heavenly Court as well!"

The two Venerables shook on it.

Reckless then passed some Blood Path Immortal Gu to Giant Sun.

Notably Rank 8, Children Gu, Family Gu, and Blood Gu!

"These 3 Gu combined with Familial Connection Gu [1] form the core of 10000 Years Of Fortune For 1000 Years Of Misfortune. By using the connections of Bloodline to trace the providence of people from generation to generation, siphoning your own Good Luck to curse them with Bad Karma!"

Giant Sun hadn't fully understood the difference between Luck and Karma so Reckless explained it to him: "Luck is the term we humans use to describe fortuitous or unfortunate circumstances, Karma on the other hand is the Heavenly Dao's way of rewarding and punishing Good and Evil."

"While one can influence and increase their Luck, they cannot pass it on, nor benefit from the actions of their ancestors, Karma is transitive. It passes from generation to generation:

Since Reckless only studied the surface level of Karma, he didn't know too much but he speculated that at its highest level, one could attract the Bad Karma from the old generation to attack the current generation, though for now, sacrifices had to be made to attach Negative Karma onto people.