Chapter 2483

"Oh?" Star Constellation appeared amused, "You want your Northern Plains to be represented in our Heavenly Court event?"

Star Constellation emphasized upon the words 'Our' as if to tell Giant Sun to pick his allegiance carefully.

Naturally, Giant Sun picked up on the que, "Of course, aren't we amicable friends?"

The other 3 Venerables sneered, but only in their hearts, they didn't want to have a complete fall out with Giant Sun.

After all, he was, seemingly, backed by Reckless Savage…and none of them wanted to deal with that headache.

"I just want the younger generation to be unaffected by the conflicts of the old. Can we agree to let the youths be uninvolved in our fight?" Giant Sun said with a radiant smile that extended to his eyes.

If one didn't know, they would assume that Giant Sun was a good-natured and righteous individual…that is until they look at his track record as a wandering philanderer.

"Of course," Star Constellation replied, "We at Heavenly Court have never implicated someone as long as they are Human."

Star Constellation's meaning was obvious; Heavenly Court is always willing to see the bigger picture.

Giant Sun frowned at being implicated as naive, but such words wouldn't truly affect him.

"It's a deal then," Giant Sun held out his hand.

"Deal."

As soon as their hands shook, a terrifying force broke out, and the phantom illusory image of 2 Dao Fruits emerged behind their backs.

The Dao of Karma

The Dao of Divination

In that brief moment, the two Venerables investigated each other's Dao Fruit.

"Oh? I didn't expect her to be walking down this path…to touch on the Dao of Divination must mean she plans to pursue that Great Dao…Damn if Heavenly Court is given time to mature there will be 4 Great Dao Emperors, they'd be unstoppable even without Great Dream!"

Not all Dao are created equally. Within the 3000 Dao are a few that rank far higher than the others.

Sometimes, the difference is miniscule, like between each of the Dao of Elements. Water beats Fire, but Fire beats Gold, which beats Earth, who in turn beats Water etc…

But for a Dao to be considered a Great Dao, it has to be indispensable to the World.

For example, individually, the Dao of Elements are certainly quite needed, but before even having the Elements, one would need space and time, and you can not have Spacetime without creation.

This was why Heavenly Court had been on the backfoot against Fang Yuan, the Daos they chose were too powerful and important, and thus, incredibly hard to master making their progress insanely slow.

Great Dao of Creation

Great Dao of Spacetime

These were already amongst the top 10 Great Daos of the 3000 Dao

Even a once in a generational genius would take their whole life to even grasp the concept of such Daos.

Not only that, but they had to develop their Daos under constant pressure from Fang Yuan, someone who has almost completed his Dao!

They are geniuses amongst geniuses, with raw talent that surpass Fang Yuan, but there's one crucial thing they lack…

Money!

More specifically, resources and Gu!

How else would one be able to leap so far ahead of the era defining geniuses?

By stealing the hard work that comes from multiple generations!

How many Blessed Lands and Grotto Heavens has Fang Yuan consumed? How many Inheritances has he accumulated? How many Immortal Gu has he refined?

Everyone has talent. Not everyone has the resources to use it.

From the handshake Star Constellation could tell that Giant Sun had not been slacking, "His Dao Fruit has the complete outline and looks solid, I'm guessing that the Grand Dream Realm has been particularly favorable to him and he's gained a deep level of attainment in his Dao of Karma…he only needs the resources to fully flesh it out."

Star constellation estimated the strengths of those present and relayed her findings to the other 2, "I would put Giant Sun as the strongest in combat power amongst the 4 of us, his Dao Fruit only needs accumulation to come to fruition, and it seems it is about 35% full."

Condensing a Dao Fruit was the next step forward to Rank 10, obtaining and incorporating a Dao into one's aperture, turning the 2 into 1. This was the step to enter Rank 10.

In theory, it would allow one to achieve pseudo-immortality.

There were 2 parts to nurturing a Dao Fruit. The 1st was to conceptualize the Dao Fruit, similar to having a Gu recipe or a Killer Move.

One would need a detailed outline of their Dao Fruit.

The 2nd part was to turn that outline into Reality, to do this, the Dao Fruit needed to bathe in the power of the paths that comprised it.

She glanced back at her peers, "Compared to Genesis, who hasn't even materialized a full Dao Fruit and Red Lotus who has managed to bring his Dao Fruit to about 15%."

This was mostly because Red Lotus had both Space and Time Gu, the 2 Core Gu of Spacetime!

Compared to that, Genesis Lotus had to make up for it with quantity…too bad Heavenly Court was broke!

"Then what about compared to you?" Genesis Lotus asked, "Who would win?"

"It's hard to say…" Star Constellation pondered: "There is not enough data to work with, if we compare just pure raw strength, Giant Sun would win, his Dao Fruit is just as complete as mine and it's filled with more Power.

"But…?" Red Lotus really hoped there was a 'But' in this sentence.

"But there's 3 of us," Star Constellation gave a sly smile through their mind link.

…

A mental facepalm could be heard ringing through the mindscape. It was so loud that Giant Sun inexplicably felt it.

"Is that the sound of a slap…but there's no vibrations in the air…am I losing my mind due to pressure?"

"Why are you so surprised? The best solution to a problem is usually the easiest one…and I'll be honest…facing Giant Sun alone is hard…but with 3 against one…" Star Constellation gave a rare smirk. [1]

This also happened within the time it takes an incense stick to burn, to Hei Lou Lan Star Constellation and Giant Sun's hand shook, and immense pressure broke out for a split second.

And then they separated.

But within that time, countless calculations, permutations, and conversations happened within the Venerables.

The two groups stared at each other for another second, and then the Heavenly Court side vanished.

"Tch, those bastards are really crazy," Giant Sun spat, past the line that divided the Northern Plain into the Central Continent.

As the spit approached the ground, it seemingly fizzled out and disappeared.

Causing Giant Sun to stare at where the spit should have landed.

"A-ancestor, why are you staring so intently at where you spat?" Hei Lou Lan didn't miss Giant Sun's actions, especially with how blatant they were.

Even though it was just a spit, it was already equivalent to a Rank 8 Killer Move!

Immortal Killer Move -------------- Pooh pooh pooh

Whatever the spit landed on would have caused its luck to drop dramatically.

But although its effects were powerful, it was relatively easy to block.

"To think they would really do this…"

[1] If anyone gets this reference, you are an OG gamer. Also, enjoy your cake