Chapter 647 - 567: The Persistence of the Venerable of Immeasurable Calamity

At the beginning, Su Yuan's divine body was somewhat ethereal, but after just a moment, with the blessing of countless incense power, this golden divine body became increasingly substantial, almost turning into reality.

Feeling the continuous surge of power within the golden divine body, Su Yuan clenched his fist tightly.

He could clearly sense that when the Divinity Transformation Spiritual Power contained within his Divine Soul flowed through the divine body, a kind of miraculous mutation occurred.

It seemed to have transformed into an entirely new level.

It could be called—Immortal Power!

Of course, the incense divine body can't compare to a truly cultivated divine body, so the Immortal Power condensed from this body is also not complete.

It could be called half-step Immortal Power.

But even so, Su Yuan indeed transcended the upper limit of Divinity Transformation, becoming half a deity.

"Immeasurable Calamity Old Deng, now it seems like I am stronger."

Su Yuan quickly adapted to the change in strength and set his gaze on the Venerable of Immeasurable Calamity, who was at the same height as himself.

In the other's weathered eyes, Su Yuan saw a hint of solemnity.

Su Yuan didn't waste words with him, directly punched out.

The maintaining time of incense power is limited, not to mention that as time passes, more and more worlds and people will be destroyed, causing the offering of incense power to continually decrease.

Therefore, Su Yuan didn't have time to waste. He must kill the enemy as quickly as possible, preferably ending the battle within ten minutes.

The fist glowing with rich golden light, wrapped with Chaos Immortal Power, heavily stamped on the face of the Venerable of Immeasurable Calamity.

Under the impact of that majestic Immortal Power, the body of the Venerable of Immeasurable Calamity suddenly shook, and half of his head was unexpectedly blown up by this punch.

Unfortunately, the opponent's recovery ability was also surprisingly strong, and the shattered half of his head was instantly restored.

Su Yuan was not surprised by this, and the method to solve this almost Undying Body-like self-healing ability was also very simple.

It was to keep hitting until he had no strength left to recover from the injuries.

A fist larger than an entire galaxy pounded down like raindrops, bombardment on every inch of the Venerable of Immeasurable Calamity's body.

His flesh rapidly disintegrated under Su Yuan's barrage of punches and then swiftly recovered, while the power stored within his body was rapidly consumed.

But even so, the Venerable of Immeasurable Calamity remained expressionless, as if it wasn't him who was being beaten.

"Old Deng, at this rate, you won't last ten minutes."

Su Yuan said coldly:

"Don't you consider surrendering? As long as you are willing to surrender and stop the Primordial Great Tribulation, I am not unwilling to give you a way out after taking away most of your cultivation."

The Venerable of Immeasurable Calamity sighed and said:

"Su Yuan, I don't understand, why do you have so much popular support on you?"

"I also have the Incense Dao, so why does no one wish to support me in this universe-wide broadcast?"

Su Yuan sneered and said:

"Isn't it obvious? You have long lost the people's support!"

"Your idea of being stuck in the past, dragging the entire Cultivation Realm through reincarnation time and time again, is utterly wrong."

"We cultivators pursue progress, we pursue immortality! Anything that stands in the way of becoming immortal is an enemy of the path!"

Pausing for a moment, Su Yuan's tone carried a bit more respect:

"I know, your original intention is good. You have guarded the Cultivation Realm for so many eras and indeed deserve credit."

"Perhaps without you, our cultivation civilization would have long perished in some chaos invasion... but none of this is a reason for you to block our path."

"Venerable of Immeasurable Calamity, the old era is over, and I will lead the still-living cultivators to strive to create a new era."

"Perhaps the road ahead will be difficult, but after passing through the hardest period, everything will be reborn."

"So, please just die!"

As he spoke, Su Yuan's offensive did not weaken, but instead, accelerated.

Meanwhile, the Venerable of Immeasurable Calamity remained silent, as if pondering something, hesitating about something.

Su Yuan's eyebrows furrowed slightly, suddenly realizing that the Venerable of Immeasurable Calamity was truly not at the final dead end... He still had one last way to turn the tables.

And this way to turn the tables was almost identical to Su Yuan's way to turn the tables.

——Ascending to Immortality!

Compared to Su Yuan, whose main cultivation Dao was only at the Divinity Transformation Sixth Layer, the Venerable of Immeasurable Calamity had long achieved perfection in the Divinity Transformation Realm.

He was almost the person closest to the True Immortal Realm in the entire Cultivation Realm.

As long as he was willing to take the last step, even during the battle with Su Yuan, he could still transform his mortal body into a divine body and ascends to immortality.

At that time, without the help of the Primordial Great Tribulation, most of the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi in the universe would be drained by him, and Su Yuan, this false god, would be easily suppressed by him.

When that happens, Su Yuan really would have no chance of defeating the opponent.

There are only two paths he could take: one is to bravely face death, and the other is to abandon everything and flee into the chaos in disgrace.

But he didn't want to choose either path, instead just relentlessly strengthening his offensive.

Five minutes passed swiftly.

And at this moment, the aura of the Venerable of Immeasurable Calamity had already greatly diminished.

In such a weakened state, it seems... he can no longer complete the steps to Feathered Ascension to Immortality.

Su Yuan furrowed his brow tightly and asked in a deep voice:

"You obviously have the chance to break through to the True Immortal Realm and the chance to kill me, so why haven't you broken through yet?"

Facing this question, the Venerable of Immeasurable Calamity answered calmly:

"If I were to become immortal, then what's the difference between us?"

"Young man, do you think my aura has fallen to its lowest point and that I've completely lost any chance of turning the tide?"

"Let me tell you frankly, at every moment before my life reaches its end, I can directly become immortal, without any bottlenecks or obstacles."

Su Yuan's expression froze slightly.

The Venerable of Immeasurable Calamity continued:

"But then what? After I become immortal, all the Spiritual Energy in the universe will be cut off."

"Unless I intend for the Cultivation Realm to turn into a society full of mortals, I must find a way to introduce new sources of Spiritual Power — that is, to explore chaos, unravel Chaos Qi, and transform it into pure energy."

"And if I were to do so, then there would be no difference between you and me."

Su Yuan was silent for several seconds before asking in some surprise:

"You have always known my plan?"

The Venerable of Immeasurable Calamity said indifferently:

"Naturally, your previous talk of wanting to kill me to become immortal was absolute nonsense and not your true intentions."

"You are too kind, and love your family and friends too much, even every intelligent being in the universe."

"If you were to become immortal, you would certainly seek their welfare, using your special physique that can absorb and convert Chaos Qi, allowing everyone in the Cultivation Realm to have an endless supply of Spiritual Energy."

At this point, the Venerable of Immeasurable Calamity sighed once more:

"If we both follow this path, then the probability of you successfully achieving it is far higher than mine."

"I must admit, I feel sadness and jealousy about this."

"Yet I must also admit that I truly am an outdated ruler who should be swept into the trash heap of history; the new era requires new leaders."

Su Yuan frowned as he listened to this lengthy monologue from the Venerable of Immeasurable Calamity and asked suspiciously:

"So... you've figured it out?"

The Venerable of Immeasurable Calamity said:

"Fighting till now, besides entering True Immortal Realm, I can't think of any way to win against you, and becoming immortal itself means violating my principles, which also counts as losing."

"So from this perspective, I actually haven't figured it out, I've just lost."

As he spoke, he raised his hand and clenched it heavily.

The Primordial Great Tribulation, which was constantly expanding outward, finally stopped moving.

Upon seeing this, Su Yuan also slowly halted his attack, looking at the Venerable of Immeasurable Calamity with both caution and admiration.

The Venerable of Immeasurable Calamity looked up, gazing at the Chaos Creatures that continued to pour in endlessly.

"The conflict between you and me has seriously drained the Cultivation Realm."

This elder who had ruled despotically in the Cultivation Realm for countless millennia murmured:

"Since you need to usher in a new era, it seems the task of mending the heavens must be handed over to me."

Saying this, he turned his gaze back to Su Yuan, while the gray light pillar connecting heaven and earth behind him, the materialized Primordial Dao, rapidly shrank, transforming into a gray, approximately thirty percent deficient bone disc.

The bone disc circled around the Venerable of Immeasurable Calamity once, then directly entered Su Yuan's body.

At this moment, the Primordial Dao became completely whole.

"Old Deng, you..."

Su Yuan stared at him blankly.

The Venerable of Immeasurable Calamity said calmly:

"Become immortal soon, and before you do, I will first help you fend off the forces from chaos."

With these words, the immense body of the Venerable of Immeasurable Calamity rapidly melted, transforming into a substance very similar to Mending Heaven Stone — a liquid of five colors.

This five-colored liquid surged upwards, enveloping all the rampant Chaos Creatures, rushing towards that enormous crack in the World Wall, forcing the Chaos Creatures back and sealing the rift.