Chapter 644: Chapter 644 – Old Man Withered
This could be seen from the point of view of divinity cohesion. After all, the environment of the world of Gods was not so good that one could find high-purity Power of Laws everywhere. One could only rely on oneself if one could not obtain it from the outside world.
Thinking about it this way, after advancing to the ninth rank, if one wanted to advance further, one would need to cohere a pure, single law and sublimate it to a level that was sufficient to cohere divinity. Only at this level could one cohere a divinity and advance to the Demigod level.
One could imagine how difficult it would be. After all, cohering a law to that degree was a significant test of one’s aptitude and talent. Apart from the high-purity Power of Laws, one also required sufficient world’s power, not to mention cohering to a divinity. The difficulty was imaginable.
It was no wonder that unique existences like the Divine Son were so highly respected in the world of Gods. The Divine Son’s bloodline came from God himself, which he had inherited part of God’s divinity. He would automatically have a unique existence like divinity once he was born.
This was equivalent to clearing the hurdle of becoming a Demigod. Unlike ordinary existences, the biggest hurdle to becoming a Demigod did not exist for a unique existence like the Divine Son.
It was no wonder that the Lord of Darkness would treat Chen Heng as a Divine Son when he saw Chen Heng. This was because there was probably no other existence in the world of Gods other than a unique existence like the Divine Son. Chen Heng might have had his divinity before becoming a Demigod.
Chen Heng suddenly came to a realization. Some of the doubts he had in the past also disappeared.
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Time passed, and it continued to move forward. Five hundred years had passed since Bai An had become a Heavenly Venerate. Many changes have occurred in the world. Twenty to thirty generations had passed among the mortals throughout this extremely long period.
The Eternal Dynasty began to celebrate wantonly. Bai An, who had become a Heavenly Venerate five hundred years ago and the first person in nearly ten thousand years, had finally come out of seclusion. This was naturally a piece of important news for the Eternal Dynasty.
The most powerful cultivator in the current era was a Demigod, and there were not many of them. Under such circumstances, the sudden appearance of a Heavenly Venerate was like an exploding king, making people tremble and not dare to move.
Under such circumstances, the Eternal Dynasty naturally had to celebrate to boost its momentum. This was the golden age of the entire Eternal Dynasty. The Bai Family, which Bai An’s son had established within the Eternal Dynasty, became more powerful and prosperous during the past five hundred years. It was one of the most significant dominating forces within the Eternal Dynasty, only second to the Liu family.
The root of all was naturally because of Bai An. As the ancestor of the Bai Family, Bai An’s breakthrough was equivalent to the Bai Family’s breakthrough, which eventually resulted in a huge commotion. However, it was clear that Bai An did not care about everything within the Bai Family. To him, the current Bai family was no longer the same as before.
Time passed slowly. The people he cared about back then had long died, including his children. He couldn’t even find a few familiar faces in the current Bai Family. Even if they were said to be descendants of the bloodline, it was difficult for him to gain much recognition under such circumstances. He was far inferior to the Bai Family back in the mountain city.
However, even so, there was still a kinship between them. Therefore, Bai An accepted the Bai Family’s arrangements and casually responded. He walked out of the secluded cultivation ground and the Eternal Dynasty’s secret realm and came to the outside world again.
The heaven and earth’s Gen Qi density in the outside world was much lower than the Eternal Dynasty’s secret realm, far less powerful than the inside. Cultivating in the outside world would also be much slower than in a small secret realm.
However, Bai An did not care about this at the moment. If he had cared about this when he was weak, he would not need to do so now. After all, the density of Gen Qi alone has no effect on someone at the Heavenly Venerate level.
What could truly affect the existence of a Heavenly Venerate was the completion of the laws and the strength of the world itself. From this point of view, the outside world was undoubtedly much stronger than the internal secret realm.
After all, no matter how mystical and modified the Eternal Dynasty’s internal secret realm was, it could not change the fact that it was only a small world. Its Power of Laws was limited and could not be compared to the outside world.
Bai An felt even more different after coming out of the secret realm. He had just become a Heavenly Venerate five hundred years ago. Although his strength was already mighty, it had not been completely polished. His Dao Foundation was flawed and incomplete.
Five hundred years had passed by now. Although he had not polished his foundation to perfection, he had made up for some of his past mistakes and had reached a Heavenly Venerate level.
His Qi Blood was mighty now. The Qi Blood soared into the sky and had reached a terrifying level, causing people to tremble in shock. His aura alone would be enough to cause a small world to collapse if he did not try to suppress and conceal it. He could even turn the world into a void and vanish into the vast sea of Qi Blood.
A wisp of his aura was emitted, almost obscuring the sun and moon when he stepped out of the secret realm and arrived in the world outside. It formed a considerable sky screen, sucking away all the Gen Qi in the surroundings.
Even the several Earth Heavenly Weapons in the Eternal Dynasty could not help but automatically awaken when he walked out, emitting light as a vast radiance was emitted and surged as if they were a little nervous. Fortunately, this feeling only lasted for a while and then disappeared in the next moment.
Bai An quickly reacted. The mortals adjusted their state, completely suppressing their Qi Blood and aura, and didn’t allow the supreme Heavenly Venerate aura to spread and affect the surrounding scenery. Otherwise, the entire Eternal Dynasty would have been affected, and no one knew how many people would have been killed or injured by that wisp of aura.
Bai An came to the outside world. Bai An sighed in his heart as he looked at the blazing sun and felt its warmth, “Things changed, and so did the people…”
He walked into the Eternal Dynasty and couldn’t help but sigh softly, looking at the brand new faces of disciples walking in and out. The young and tender faces had a vitality that couldn’t be ignored, making people feel gratified.
Bai An couldn’t help but think of himself back then when he seemed to be the same. He joined the Eternal Dynasty at a very young age and became a disciple of the Eternal Dynasty.
Bai An was almost 7,000 years old now, an age he couldn’t imagine back then. Back then, when he sneaked into the Eternal Dynasty to take revenge for his father, he probably never thought that he would spend so much time there. Thinking about it now made him sigh.
Bai An didn’t join the Eternal Dynasty with good intentions back then. However, he had already left a deep mark there, looking back now. The bloodline he had left behind had grown stronger in the Eternal Dynasty and had become a symbol, an indispensable part of its power.
Countless people in the Eternal Dynasty worshiped the legacy Bai An had left behind. He was regarded as the Eternal Dynasty’s martyr senior and was revered by many. Bai An’s reputation resounded throughout the ages and had not been extinguished for nearly seven thousand years, and was regarded as a legend by many descendants of the Eternal Dynasty.
Time was indeed an incredibly magical thing. It could easily change too many things. Sometimes, just thinking about its changes would make people laugh involuntarily.
Bai An felt that if someone had told him what had happened back then, he would not have believed it. However, now, he just smiled indifferently and didn’t think much of it.
“I don’t see many familiar faces anymore…” Bai An walked out of his secluded cultivation. Along the way, the current emperor of the Eternal Dynasty and the family leader of the Bai Family came out personally to accompany and welcome him.
“Only a few disciples of your generation are still alive. Most of them have already passed away.” The current emperor of the Eternal Dynasty said.
In reality, if ordinary cultivators were unable to advance to the Nascent Transformation Stage and awaken their true spirits, they wouldn’t even be able to live past the limit of two thousand years, not to mention the disciples of Bai An’s generation.
Furthermore, even if the Eternal Dynasty had tens of thousands of disciples in each generation, how many could advance to the Nascent Transformation Stage and awaken their true spirits? The number was certainly not many. It was not an exaggeration to say that it was one in ten thousand.
Even if they were at the Nascent Transformation Stage, they could only live for three to four thousand years in this world. It was impossible to reach seven thousand years unless they advanced to become a Demigod.
Therefore, Bai An could not find many familiar people in the Eternal Dynasty. However, even if there weren’t many, there were still some remnants.
Soon, Bai An met someone he was familiar with. It was an old man with white hair, wearing a luxurious robe. His aura was powerful, but his Qi Blood had already declined, and he could pass away at any time. Seeing this old man beside Bai An, the current emperor of the Eternal Dynasty, quickly went up to him and supported him.