Chapter 2433 Dao of Spacetime

Giant Sun Immortal Venerable stood mightily, in contrast to the down beaten Genesis Lotus Immortal Venerable.

"Had enough?" Giant Sun said with his arms folded.

Genesis Lotus coughed a mouthful of blood: "Dammit, if only I was given a few more years I would be able to perfect my Dao of Creation."

"If I die now my Killer Move, The Life Of A Hero, would have to waste one more of its uses."

Genesis Lotus calculated internally, the Painting Path Killer Move, The Life Of A Hero, allowed him to use the stories and positive emotions of Humans to bring him back to life.

But once it was activated it then became a Formation, that was being kept and managed by the Will he left all those years ago.

The Formation allowed Genesis Lotus to revive nearly indefinitely, but each time he did so a part of his legacy would be forgotten by the people of the world.

If used too many times, Genesis Lotus would cease to exist!

"I've tied my existence to Humanity and began nurturing my own Gu World with only Humans within the Painting World," Genesis Lotus clutched his chest as he struggled to stand up.

Genesis Lotus tilted his head up to Giant Sun Immortal Venerable: "Heh, do your worst."

Giant Sun frowned.

He knew that he could not kill Genesis Lotus due to his special body and revival method.

"I've known that Genesis Lotus has some special method that lets him keep his peak strength even after death, but only now do I understand that it's related to the Dao."

Giant Sun raised his hand forward: "So be it."

Immortal Killer Move --------- Soft Gold Crushing Pillar

A beam of condensed Luck shot at Genesis Lotus.

Genesis Lotus tried his best to defend but given that he could not use the Painting World, or risk its destruction, his Killer Moves were easily torn through.

However, just as Genesis Lotus closed his eyes, thinking he failed to carry out his mission,

*Boom*

A cloud of dust enveloped Giant Sun and Reputation Gu's view.

"Is he dead?" Reputation Gu broke the silence, flicking her wrist to blow away the dust.

When the dust settled, the pair saw a shocking sight.

Genesis Lotus was sitting crossed legged, a few feet away from where the attack had landed:

"I gotta say, that was a pretty sinister attack Giant Sun,"

Giant Sun and Reputation Gu were shocked to find that Red Lotus had taken Genesis Lotus's place!

Giant Sun quickly gained his composure: "How long have you known about Dao Emperors?"

"Hmm. I discovered it during one of my many trips through the Timeline, after all, a Dao Emperor possesses powers that far exceed your typical Dao Lord, but I quickly realized that if I obtained the Dao Emperor status, I would forever be unable to destroy Fate Gu."

Red Lotus shook his head and shrugged his shoulders: "Fate Gu is the representation of the Heavenly Dao, and a Dao Emperor may 'say' they are free from the clutches of the Heavenly Dao, yet who amongst them can go fight the Heavenly Dao?"

Red Lotus's words sparked some insight in Giant Sun: "That's why Limitless refused to become a Dao Emperor!"

Indeed, Limitless pursued something even bolder than a Dao Emperor, becoming Rank 10, Transcendent Immortal.

To truly break free of the Heavenly Dao, going far beyond the limits.

The ultimate test and proof of a successfully Rank 10 is the ability to absorb and refine Chaos!

Red Lotus nodded his head: "He was the closest Human to ever reach that stage, frightening Heaven, which is why we have decided on a compromise between Heaven and Heavenly Court. In exchange, for Humans to be able to continue surviving and thriving in the Gu World, we the Immortal Kings of Heavenly Court will serve to prevent future Dao Emperors."

Although Red Lotus spoke righteously, Giant Sun scoffed: "Hmph! While monopolizing their existences entirely for yourselves, correct?"

Red Lotus did not deny his words.

Giant Sun continued: "How hypocritical! You would deny the rest of Humanity the chance to seek immortality while becoming immortals yourselves."

Red Lotus did not directly deny what Giant Sun said: "You are right that there is a fair bit of hypocrisy on our part, but it is ultimately for the best, I fought a long hard war spanning over a Million years, to give Humanity the Freedom to chase their own success, and not be forced to take a path laid before them, and now I am protecting them from the selfish interests of Demons like Spectral Soul, Thieving Heaven and of course Fang Yuan!"

Red Lotus looked sternly at Giant Sun: "If you stand in our way, I won't mind adding one more Demon to the list."

But instead of backing down, Giant Sun released a mighty laugh: "Haha,"

Red Lotus frowned.

"Oh, Red Lotus, your words are certainly benevolent at heart, but I know the truth."

Giant Sun looked seriously at Red Lotus: "I know a heart wrecked by Love, tell me honestly did Heaven promise you the return of your Love?"

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Red Lotus's heart skipped a beat, Giant Sun had seen through him!

"Haizzz," Red Lotus sighed: "We are really kindred spirits aren't we."

Grief flashed through both their eyes.

"Indeed, we are." Giant Sun let out a tumultuous sigh.

Red Lotus stretched his hand out: "Join us, we can negotiate with Heaven to bring both of our loved ones back."

"This…" Giant Sun looked at Red Lotus's hand.

He could not deny that part of him was tempted.

How many years had it been since that fateful day, he would still be haunted by the guilt of causing his Love's death.

Giant Sun ultimately shook his head: "It wouldn't be the same, I will not give up on her, but I neither would I be handed her like some prize, I will claim her back with my own strength!"

Red Lotus sighed: "Then don't blame me for being impolite."

Red Lotus took out Time Gu once again, but this time he inserted it directly into his chest!

As Red Lotus was no longer in the Void Sphere, he was back to being in his Will form, but using Time Gu, he could regain the strength he once held from the past.

Time Gu was the only Gu whose effects changed as it Ranked up,

Rank 6, 7 and 8 would allow one to draw power from the River of Time.

And at Rank 9 it would allow one to access everything in the Past and Present.

But only by exceeding the Heavenly Dao and achieving Rank 10 could one touch upon the Future!

As Red Lotus's body was reforming, he shouted at Giant Sun: "Did you know there are differences even amongst Daos?"

Giant Sun frowned at Red Lotus's words.

"For example, you pursue the Dao of Karma, which is a high tier Dao, but it is still shy of what are called Greater Dao. For example…"

Red Lotus then took out another Gu that shocked Giant Sun.

It resembled a pearl, it was perfectly circular and had a light pink gleam on it.

If one stared at it for too long the Gu seemed to disobey the laws of physics, it would seemingly spin and turn, even though it was completely stationary.

Giant Sun immediately recognized the Gu: "Space Gu! You actually possess both Space and Time Gu which means…"

"That's right!" Red Lotus cut him short as he inserted Space Gu right next to Time Gu, the two began orbing each other, maintaining a comfortable distance: "I am cultivating the Great Dao of Spacetime!"

Red Lotus's body began to shine, as it turned from illusory to physical to real.

He radiated a majestic aura from his body alone.

Red Lotus had truly revived!

Red Lotus took in a deep breath.

Pseudo-Dao Emperor!

"Damnit!" Giant Sun cursed.

Although Genesis Lotus was also in the progress of obtaining the Dao Emperor status, the gap between him and Red Lotus was immeasurable.

Genesis Lotus was still identifying the Paths necessary to craft his Dao Fruit, whereas Red Lotus had already begun.

Right now, Time Gu and Space Gu were in the process of refining one another, of course, if Red Lotus added other Time and Space Path Gu, the process would be faster and the quality of the Dao Fruit higher.

But considering the fact he was already using Time and Space Gu, there was little left for an improvement in quality.

Giant Sun was only slightly better than Genesis Lotus, due to the fact that the foundational knowledge was established by Reckless for him, whereas Genesis Lotus was figuring everything out by himself.

Red Lotus held two fingers in front of his face.

Dao Killer Move ---------- Unlimited Void

Instantly, Giant Sun froze.

"W-what's happening? I can't move, see or hear anything but I can still think."

To Giant Sun, he was stuck in an empty void, with no feelings, no sound alone with just his thoughts.

But in reality, it looked as if he had completely blanked out and was staring motionlessly into Space.

"Tch, damnit, master didn't prepare for pseudo-Dao Emperors!" Reputation Gu gritted her teeth: "Time to execute plan B."

In Treasure Yellow Heaven,

A large group of people were seen in front of the Great Love Alliance, but strangely no one was buying anything.

A random Gu Immortal who was walking by found it peculiar, he saw some people he was familiar with:

"Hey, what's going on? Is there a new drop on the Naughty Venerable?"

"I wish,"

"Oh," the Gu Immortal was dispirited.

"Haha, cheer up, this is equally interesting as that,"

"Oh!" the Gu Immortal perked up.

"Not like that you pervert, check out the screen,"

The Gu Immortal cast his eyes over to the screen, showcasing a Livestream of the battle within the Stone Continent!

"This…"

The Gu Immortal's friend nodded: "Yup. It's a real battle between Venerables!"

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Venerables!

The name alone would strike fear and awe into all living beings, let alone the words, Venerable Battle.

Only in recent history have there been multiple Venerables in one Era, the closest the world got to a Venerable fight in the past, is the methods of a previous Venerable going up against the current Venerable.

Though it was often one-sided, look at Spectral Soul easily breaking into the Eighty-Eight True Yang Building, or Thieving Heaven breaking into the Crazed Demon Cave.

The only exception was Star Constellation leaving behind 3 methods for 3 Venerables, though admittedly it was quite a farce as the Venerables all chose not to pursue the matter, as they realized the importance of Fate in their Eras.

The Gu Immortal asked his friend: "How long has this fight been going on?"

His friend chuckled: "Hehe, this fight? Probably about 30 minutes, but the one before that and the one before that and…"

His friend gave him little tidbits about the battles that happened previously, the even though he was not an excellent storyteller, it still caused the Gu Immortal's blood to boil: "Wahhh how could I miss such an excellent opportunity!"

He lamented, his friend pet him on the back, "Cheer up you can still view these fights,"

His friend then pointed to a booth with a growing line, "You see that? You can pay to watch the previous battles, I suggest you go now as the price goes up with each passing second of content you have to catch up on,"

His friend then handed him a black card, "Use this card and you get a 5% discount and I get some free contribution points as well."

The Gu Immortal nodded, thanked his friend and proceeded to the booth.

Similar scenes were playing throughout the steadily growing crowd.