Starting with Growing Mushrooms-Chapter 471 - 369: Decision and Commencement of the Trial
"Where did this guy come from?"
Liu Jun began recalling the various details about Malagas.
He appeared in the divine object introduction of the Time Savings Vault, with a storyline of being born as an ordinary person in a low-level interstellar civilization, growing up to become an interstellar miner.
On one occasion, when an interstellar mining ship returned, it found its civilization destroyed, and himself slain.
Only after his resurrection did he discover his hidden abilities, and then engaged in various closed-door cultivation, officially setting sail as a Longevity Seeker.
Liu Jun pondered:
"In the subsequent immortal object introduction, Malagas understood the essence of life by herding civilization sandboxes, and evolved the divine object of the Immortal Path."
Although the subsequent details are unclear.
But by connecting with the following introduction about the theft of the divine object, Liu Jun could roughly deduce this person’s life trajectory.
After evolving the divine object of the Immortal Path, he tasted the sweetness and began herding immortal path sandboxes, as the hidden mastermind, attempting to nurture divine objects...
He possessed divine objects from each era.
Until the birth of the thief divine object, which went to steal his lair, discovering the hidden mastermind in the world... which is the story in the thief divine object.
This hidden mastermind brewing divine objects over there, why does he seem so similar to my style, Liu Jun?
There can’t be such a powerful existence in this world.
Liu Jun mocked inwardly,
"Though I don’t know if the current Malagas has defeated that thief divine object guy... but from the clues in various introductions, it shows that his foundation is indeed deep."
What Liu Jun found most absurd was:
His story setting didn’t even have a Creator God?
The logic for producing divine objects in his world is completely different from here!
"If he’s fake, just existing in the divine object introduction, then whatever... but he’s real, so does it mean the logic for producing divine objects in the story is true?"
"In the world where he was born, could he nurture divine objects in this way?"
Liu Jun’s heart was filled with doubt.
The Immortals beside him showed expressions of uncertainty, looking at God: "What do you think about this matter?"
God came back to his senses, thought for a while, "Twelve trials, since such a change has occurred, then we naturally have to plan carefully!"
"Indeed!"
Xu Changsheng, as the main character of the cautious path, also started sweating.
Sure enough, caution drives the long voyage, it still requires careful precautions from a Longevity Seeker like him.
Even a 10% chance of an unexpected event must be avoided, isn’t the current situation proof of that?
After all, this world is filled with the ill will of "fate," "causality," and all sorts of coincidences.
Xu Changsheng mainly chooses stability, even thinking: should we just stop here, staying at the Sixth Tier?
Liu Jun watched Xu Changsheng’s changing expressions, feeling speechless.
This guy can’t be afraid, can he?
The cautious path protagonist is too timid, prepared to retreat at the first sign of trouble.
But Liu Jun was unwilling to let him work passively and retreat like this out of fear.
"Though there’s a change, there’s a saying in your era, don’t give up eating because of a choke."
God calmly stated: "If you don’t initiate the twelve trials, and let the world ascend, you’ll remain at the Sixth Tier forever, are you willing to settle for that?"
The Immortal beings present were hesitant to speak.
If possible, who would want to remain at the Sixth Tier?
Even the main world of the First Divine Era has already become the Seventh-Tier Mythical World, while their supposedly ultimate N+1 Divine Era has always been at the Sixth Tier, who could endure that?
Seeing everyone showing signs of struggle, God said, "Actually, there is a compromise approach; since the eleventh trial is so daunting, then let’s stop at the tenth trial for now."
With those words, everyone’s eyes shone brightly!
Yes indeed.
Staying at the platform of the tenth trial, they could still challenge that Immortal Heaven boss.
The world dimension at that time also elevated to the Seventh Tier level, enough for them to regain strength.
Xu Changsheng thought about it, but still hesitated.
Couldn’t he have thought of this? He did, but he felt the variables are still great.
That mysterious enemy seemed capable of seeing them in the future?
It seems like an enemy born from some kind of Time Divine Power, able to traverse time.
What if he runs ahead to be the boss in the first few trials by chance, wouldn’t that be suicidal?
Upon thinking this, just as Xu Changsheng was about to refuse, he found everyone looking at him full of expectation.
He couldn’t speak right away.
After a moment of hesitation, Xu Changsheng could only muster the courage, "We must prevent accidents, I think we should fight up to around the eighth level, and then ask you to divine for us again, to confirm the variables! What if he heads to the first few trials?"
"Destiny is only divination, while the future possesses uncertainty!"
"Certainly possible," God replied.
Receiving a positive response, cautious path specialist Xu Changsheng breathed a sigh of relief, "Then let’s go back and prepare."
Soon, everyone processed the result and left.
This wave of disturbance that startled the whole world, the large-scale divination, concluded here.
Xu Changsheng and Ying Qing were both decisive and swift, quickly returned to prepare for the Twelve Trials, bustling with activity.
Half a day after the divination.
Because God shut down the Magic Net, various divine powers began to wane.
Soil, rivers, grass and trees, divine power gradually dissipated internally.
"Ah? Era of the gods’ mythology, faded?"
"Such a pity." 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝙬𝙚𝓫𝒏𝓸𝓿𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝙤𝓶
"Indeed, rarely getting to experience a glimpse of prehistoric prosperity!"
"Everyone, it’s already very good that God allows us a brief experience of the distant past!"
"Yes, only the almighty God has such supreme power, dragging the whole world into the prehistoric era by himself!"
In countless taverns, inns, and teahouses, everyone was enthusiastically discussing.
Obviously, everyone was very excited about it.
Of course, some held expectations:
"Everyone, don’t worry. When Siris, running all the way, reaches the end of our Divine Era... it means he has cleared the whole timeline!"
"Yes, once this Silk Road is cleared, we can follow the Divine Era World, moving upstream, returning to the distant past, and even going to the legendary First Divine Era World to see the prosperity of the main world!"
Hearing this, everyone looked forward with anticipation.
At the source of time is the true origin of the gods, where many myths and legends are passed down, and true unique Divine Objects are there...
And not the fictional Divine Objects of the fabricated Divine Era Worlds.
"Tracing through time, one past after another, one step spans thirty thousand years. What a brilliant and magnificent era that would be!"
Of course, there were skeptics who held opposing views:
"Magnificent? Is your brain malfunctioning, thinking we can coexist peacefully?"
"Exactly! Don’t forget, the tradition of the Divine Era is patricide, every Divine Era climbing over the previous one. We are the final Divine Era, of course we have to kill our way back step by step!"
"Huh? That’s too cruel, why is the Sixth Tier Divine Era like this, and so are we in the Seventh Tier!"
"Don’t be stupid, we are still in the Sixth Tier now!"
Just as everyone was discussing, the Magic Net spread by God began to recede, the signals weakened, gradually entering an era of internet disconnection.
But something bizarre happened.
This era was filled with Newborn Power, and people found that some soil and rivers inadvertently gained Newborn Power, and their bodies were sustained by the various Attribute Divine Powers granted by the Magic Net.
The flames still retained the Fire Divine Power through rebirth.
The water flows still retained the Divine Power of Water through rebirth.
They even gained wisdom and barely survived in this tide of Magic Net retreat.
They formed their own race, cultivating immortal power, often attacking villages, and were called monsters by the people.
Thus, due to God’s prophecy, a new race was added to the Immortal Path world, enriching the background of Immortal Path civilization.
Another year passed.
The shocking wave of God’s establishment of the Magic Net had not yet faded from people’s hearts when the sky once again resonated with extraordinary phenomena.
"I am the Immortal Venerable Ying Qing."
"I am the Pure Yang Immortal Venerable Xu Changsheng."
Two loud voices echoed throughout the sky, tearing through the heavens.
"We shall begin the test of our world, let the world ascend to a higher dimension, breaking into the Seventh Tier!"
As soon as the words fell, the whole world was in an uproar.
Boom—
A brand new era train started moving.
The world ascended.
Like a boiling eggshell, rapidly changing, nurturing; the realms, various environmental parameters were undergoing dramatic changes.
The great update of the world’s underlying program began!
The first trial world also fully descended, the first member of the Celestial Will Race emerged.
"I am Qingtian!"
As the words dropped, the world’s environment began to change dramatically, with floods spreading everywhere.
"Are you satisfied with the environmental changes in this world?"
"The sky is not a thin layer of clouds but a thick sea of clouds, the sky has oceans, and the ground has oceans."
"The world I am in is an ocean world, why don’t you stop here?"
Obviously, this member of the Celestial Will Race was also trying to entice the beings of this era, attempting to make them stop the train in this world.
"Kill!"
Just like in the prophesied stories, Ying Yun, the strongest hero on the ground, began leveling up and defeating monsters under the watchful eyes of all the immortals in heaven.
An epic battle erupted.
All the immortals in the world were watching this grand ceremony.
Soon, Qingtian was furious: "You seek death! You even want to refine me and send me to a pawnshop! Mere mortals... dare to humiliate my celestial race!"
The sky tore open, and endless floods surged down.
This made many innocent spectators on the ground look desperate, fleeing in panic,
"The flood is coming!"
"Who will save us!"
Other powerful beings also quickly acted, as they couldn’t let their lower-level citizens suffer the consequences.
Ying Qing’s wife, the she-ape, emerged with her daughter to repair Qingtian, using the pawnshop as an alchemy furnace, putting various materials of Sacred Bodies into it, refining the Stone to Mend the Sky.
Finally, they mended Qingtian.
A she-giant god refined a divine stone, and the ancient mythical legend of mending the sky spread at this time.
Of course, it would’ve been better if she hadn’t taken the opportunity to advertise:
"Rehe Heavy Industry, specialized in magical treasure development, Rehe River Sky Mending Stone, can even boil worlds made of water!"
Beside, Qingtian was furious, unleashing an even more terrifying flood: "How dare you insult me this way!"
Facing the incoming flood attack, the she-ape smiled slightly, "Everyone, please watch, we will demonstrate the next function...."
"Aaaah!"
Qingtian was directly enraged, "What do you take my heaven for?"
The she-ape continued mending the sky, glancing casually at this member of the Celestial Will Race:
"Advertisement."
