Chapter 1288: Born in the Rise of Power, Perished in the Fall of Power

“Are you not the main body?” Ning Zheng suddenly asked.

The Holy Spirit said faintly, “It was merely a coincidence that you found me; after all, I am not just the Holy Spirit Immortal Venerate. I am stronger than you imagine; I could be Zhongluan in your prison, or Jiumu Qing there…”

Ning Zheng understood, “It seems you indeed left some means on them. Only after dying and awakening can one regain oneself.”

The Holy Spirit Immortal Venerate showed a trace of dissatisfaction, “I hope you consider this matter!”

“You should know, when you harness the tide of an era and overthrow the old dynasty, you are fated to die under the tide of the next era.”

“History spirals upward continuously; the old dynasty will be overthrown.”

“Born in the tide, die under the tide.”

“The me, oppressed by the era now, is also the you of the future.”

After saying this, the Holy Spirit Immortal Venerate fell, turning into a wisp of ash, death pervading the air.

Ning Zheng showed a hint of contemplation.

Holy Spirit Immortal Venerate.

In ancient times, it was the membrane of each planet’s atmosphere…

In the future, it will be the membrane of All Heavens World’s realms.

In other words, the membrane of the entire past and future worlds is him… he’s like a group of satellite eyes surveilling the world at any time.

“This old thing!” Ning Zheng cursed quietly, “Too treacherous!”

Ning Zheng suddenly reacted, understanding why the Painter wanted to destroy the canonical history of the future’s Immortal Realm and Netherworld.

Because the realm membranes of the factions under the canonical Immortal Realm and Netherworld were cameras installed by the Holy Spirit Immortal Venerate.

Secretly, the Holy Spirit Immortal Venerate has already been surveilling most of the ‘future’.

It was estimated that the Nine-State and even several surrounding worlds were covertly employing some Tauren technique by the Painter, escaping camera surveillance…

The other worlds were likely monitored early on!

He is like a Celestial Net, monitoring the All Heavens and Myriad Realms.

“Fortunately, I am somewhat introverted, mingling in the Nine-State world created by the Painter before rising… after becoming an Immortal, I didn’t visit the other All Heavens Worlds, fearing being caught by those Immortal Venerates through divination… otherwise exploring randomly could truly lead to discovery.”

Ning Zheng secretly praised the Painter for being truly formidable!

In the entire world, only our Nine-State region is beneath the lamp, obscure.

As for how he escaped surveillance?

Probably it’s the Painter, who painted a small branch of the Holy Spirit Immortal Venerate in the Nine-State realm membrane, then this Painter Holy Spirit transmits some fake imagery?

After all.

Celestial Phenomenon Immortal Venerate in the ‘future’ era has lost control; he can only attempt surveillance through conventional low-level means on this land.

But the All Heavens and Myriad Realms are too vast; escaping is not difficult.

After comprehending the brilliant contest between these two, Ning Zheng sighed internally:

“No wonder the Holy Spirit Immortal Venerate said meeting the Painter, this monster, was his bad luck.”

The defense mechanisms of the Holy Spirit Immortal Venerate can be described as comprehensive.

If it weren’t for the Painter’s super Tauren painting ability, who could distinguish themselves, it’s estimated nobody could escape the other’s surveillance.

No longer pondering much, Ning Zheng looked at the blacksmiths beside him, “What do you think we should do?”

“Perhaps… join forces with the mastermind behind the scenes?” Shao Chaikun whispered.

“Nonsense,” the Sword Fairy scolded.

Actually, Shao Chaikun was just voicing his thoughts; he felt joining forces would lead to a bad end no matter how strong the other was.

Soon, a group of blacksmiths began to confer.

The enemy’s identity was confirmed, but how to defeat them remained questionable despite revealing their health bar.

They organized their strength distribution.

Venerable Position number.

The enemy holds three Supreme Immortal Venerates.

First tier, Time, Space, Life.

Second tier, Yin, Yang, Gold, Wood, Water, Fire, Earth, Wind, Thunder, Magnetism, Ice.

The few Venerable Positions under Xian might be spies, needing inclusion.

So, historically aside from Xian, all are under his control; the other party has 14 Celestial Phenomenon Venerate Positions.

And Ning Zheng’s side?

Ring, Oath Master, Calamity, possibly adding yet-to-be-proven Ning Zheng’s Auspicious, Painter’s Creation.

Our side has five.

14 against 5, but truly in battle, one Supreme Immortal Venerate from them could defeat our five.

We lack a Supreme Immortal Venerate as a leadership figure, making combat impossible.

[Area quantity]

The battle of Immortal Venerates also demands materials and energy expenditure.

Whoever occupies larger lands has stronger logistics, longer health and mana bars.

In this aspect, we have an advantage.

We occupy 70%, the enemy holds 30%.

But the painstakingly expanded advantage looks like a profitable catch due to its size, yet cannot offset the enemy’s superior numbers.

“So?”

Ning Zheng pressed his temple, feeling irritated, “This isn’t something solvable by strategy and planning; what’s the Painter’s idea?”

At this stage, conspiracies calculations are of no use, it’s purely a comparison of numbers.

“The only saving grace is the initiation of this impossible battle lies in our hands.” Ning Zheng scratched his head.

From here, Ning Zheng made no further choices.

Pretending as if nothing happened, quietly observing the era’s progression, driving countless future civilizations forward.

…

Time flew swiftly.

Ning Zheng began slacking for a week, in the blink of an eye, it was seven hundred years later.

For the All Heavens and Myriad Realms, it was seven hundred years after humanity’s greatest ‘Battle of the Myriad Tribulations’.

Humanity ushered in rebirth amidst despair.

Long-enduring billion wars previously left all heavenly citizens in distress, countless timelines’ destruction rendered many legacy residents homeless.

Yet feeling pain led them to embrace peace more sincerely.

All races entered a thriving period, reconciliation blossomed, vast populations began burgeoning, reincarnation mechanisms moving into place.

Countless young geniuses emerged, sprouting like bamboo shoots after rain.

How large is 70% of universal territory?

Equivalent to most of the ancient River of Time!

A vast number measured in trillions civilizations.

Amidst the boundless civilizational wilderness, Ning Zheng casually tossed data of the Blue Star River Domain into a galactic cluster and left it unmanaged, fulfilling some affinity.

Throughout these seven hundred years, Ning Zheng also quietly idled.

To conveniently manage overall parallel time lines in the All Heavens and Myriad Realms, various forces jointly established the [Mount of Gods] faction.

Numerous powerhouses formed the Mount’s management based on their position, influence, identity, collaboratively managing the All Heavens and Myriad Realms.

The preliminary management influence began to form!

All civilizations were stepping into the right path.

However, in merely seven hundred years, after brief peace, various civilizations’ belligerence started resurfacing, restless.

And after the arduous era of ‘Dynasty founding’, a group of founding fathers gradually established various clans, aristocracy.

Resources began concentrating towards the pyramid’s apex, consolidating 80% towards 20% of the top-tier civilizations.

The disparity between rich and poor began to surface.

Continuing this way, 80% of the resources would further fall into 2% of civilizations.

“In realization, if a group of powerful Immortal Venerate-level civilizations doesn’t restrain, world destruction only takes a thousand years.”

Ning Zheng arrived at a terrifying number.

At this moment, a figure streaked through the sky again, still the Holy Spirit Immortal Venerate, retaining a clone lurking in the future, calmly saying:

“Do you see? Catastrophe is necessary; without calamity, these natural civilizational parasites would lead to world destruction in merely a thousand years.”