Yuan's Ascension

Chapter 852: First In The Divine Court (1)

Inside the battleship lay a vast world with a radius of hundreds of millions of li, complete with rugged mountains and wild terrains. Countless mortals made this world their home.

Standing within the battleship, one would never realize they were inside a vessel at all.

Wu Yuan wasn't surprised by this - any decent Dao Instrument typically contained a grotto-heaven within.

His own Black Devil Blood Hollow, being a spatial Dao Instrument, housed a world vast enough to rival an immortal nation, home to hundreds of thousands of Archimmortals and Archdeities.

Above this world.

"Ming Jian, sit," Overlord Xin Ya’s gentle voice echoed from the shroud of black mist. With a wave of his hand, an invisible force guided Wu Yuan onto a stone bench floating in space.

Overlord Xin Ya and Sovereign Bei You each took their seats on stone benches as well. The two super powerhouses maintained a rather casual attitude.

"Ming Jian, I must apologize for not consulting with you before sending you to the divine court headquarters. I hope you don't hold it against your grandmaster," Sovereign Bei You sighed, his voice tinged with regret.

"Grandmaster jests - being sent to the divine court headquarters is my good fortune," Wu Yuan responded quickly.

How could he blame Sovereign Bei You? With just a little deduction, Wu Yuan understood that his grandmaster had been forced by the circumstances. Otherwise, there would have been no need to send him to the Spacetime Dao Realm first - he could have been sent directly to the divine court headquarters.

"I already understand the situation," Wu Yuan smiled. "I was actually hoping to visit the divine court headquarters myself, otherwise I wouldn't have waited in the Dao Realm all this time."

Sovereign Bei You and Overlord Xin Ya both nodded.

If Wu Yuan had truly been against the arrangement, he could have requested that the Eldritch Court send powerhouses to retrieve him - there was no need to keep waiting.

"That's good then.” Overlord Xin Ya smiled. "Ming Jian, let me speak frankly. Though your body refiner self is a core member of the Eldritch Court, your qi refiner self was already part of our Taiyuan Divine Court's lineage before you even joined the Eldritch Court, isn't that right?"

Wu Yuan hesitated before nodding slightly.

Though he had become an eldritch warrior in his youth and received heavenly endowed eldritch tattoos from the Eldritch Progenitor, he hadn't truly joined the Eldritch Court at that time. One could technically say he joined the Taiyuan Divine Court's lineage first.

"Since you are from our divine court's lineage, inviting you to the Taiyuan True Realm now is only natural," Overlord Xin Ya smiled. "So you needn't feel any burden."

Wu Yuan listened silently - it would be false to say he felt no burden at all.

"First, within the Taiyuan Divine Court, only your master, grandmaster, myself, and True Saint Taiyuan know of your two true selves. We will keep this information absolutely confidential."

"Thank you, Overlord," Wu Yuan replied respectfully.

"Second, our Taiyuan Divine Court will spare no effort to nurture your qi refiner self, and will not force you to take any action that harms the Eldritch Court in the future," Overlord Xin Ya said. ŗaɴƟꞖĘs

"Our Taiyuan Divine Court and the Eldritch Court both command countless powerhouses. While occasional conflicts and battles between powerhouses may occur, the possibility of large-scale war breaking out is extremely small, nearly zero - you need not worry too much about this."

"Mm." Wu Yuan nodded slightly.

The Spacetime Dao Realm and Taiyuan True Realm, being the cores of two different Saintdoms, should be spaced extremely far apart.

"The Spacetime Intersection Layer is a spatial dimension higher than the Vacuum Spatial Layer," Sovereign Bei You smiled. "Though Overlord Xin Ya doesn’t specialize in Spacetime, he can still travel at near light speed through the Spacetime Intersection Layer as an Overlord-level powerhouse.

“At our current speed, one day's worth of travel in the Spacetime Intersection Layer can bring us tens of trillions of light years through the Material Spatial Layer."

Wu Yuan nodded slightly, filled with amazement.

What a vast distance!

The core regions of the two Saintdoms were probably separated by trillions of light years in the Material Spatial Layer, but an Overlord-level powerhouse only took two hours to cross this distance.

"Grandmaster, you mentioned parting ways again earlier?" Wu Yuan asked.

"Yes," Sovereign Bei You nodded. "After reaching the headquarters, you will likely meet with the supreme being, then enter the Primordial Hall to continue cultivation. After all, there are still thousands of years until the Megaverse Crossroads opens - with your talent, perhaps you can advance further."

"Advance further?" Wu Yuan was speechless.

His qi refiner self's comprehension of the Great Dao of Spacetime hadn't even reached the ninth-level True Intent stage. A qualitative breakthrough would be extremely difficult.

"There's always hope," Sovereign Bei You smiled. "Even if you don't reach the Sovereign level, it would be excellent if your qi refiner self could master Sovereign-level techniques."

Wu Yuan nodded slightly.

"Now that you’ve reached your current level, I won’t be able to help you with much. You've embarked on the path of the Great Dao of Spacetime - this extremely difficult path needs no further comment from me," Sovereign Bei You said. "Have you used the Nine Firmaments In A Thought yet?"

"No," Wu Yuan shook his head repeatedly.

His true self rarely faced life-or-death situations. The one time he nearly used it, he was saved by Sovereign Lan Yan before doing so.

"Nine Firmaments In A Thought is already the finest evasive treasure I can provide," Sovereign Bei You said. "I thought about it and prepared two treasures for you this time.

“One is called the Grimoire of Destruction." Sovereign Bei You turned his palm over, revealing a silver book that seemed to brim with mysterious and unfathomable power.

Countless complex cryptic patterns that subtly resonated with Wu Yuan's mind flowed across the book's surface.

"When this Grimoire of Destruction is activated, it can unleash an attack at the mid-stage Sovereign level!" Sovereign Bei You said. "With such a treasure, even a ninth-stage Astral Monarch would instantly perish without special protective treasures.

“A quasi-Sovereign caught off guard might even perish."

So powerful? Wu Yuan held his breath - even a quasi-Sovereign powerhouse could potentially be killed by it? What a powerful treasure!

"Of course, like the Nine Firmaments In A Thought, this treasure is mainly for defending against assassination attempts. Though the Taiyuan Divine Court rarely makes enemies, we still have some, so it's better to be careful," Sovereign Bei You said. "Such secret treasures would be useless in the Megaverse Crossroads."

"Yes, this disciple understands," Wu Yuan nodded.