Chapter 138: Calamity, Dominator, Old God!

"The Oya Continent is part of the Aristide Divine Source Kingdom."

"Even the human lifeforms of the Oya Continent possess the bloodline of the ancient inhabitants of the Aristide Divine Source Kingdom."

"As the Trial God of the Aristide Divine Source Kingdom, I also wish for the Oya Continent to shine anew amidst its dim silence."

"If possible, I would certainly open trials to allow many talented transcendents to grow stronger through the trial grounds."

"But the problem is, this trial ground is a broken one."

"The mountain ridge path, the dark jungle, the black desert, the gale canyon—all these ahead are intact."

"However, the trials of the second segment, accumulating seven teleport points, each seems to be broken."

"Over these millions of years, I have opened it many, many times."

"The intelligent beings that entered include the prosperous goblins and dwarves of the ancient era, later the blood clans of the dark age, the powerful wolf clans, the shadow elves who love darkness, and even the dragons of the Asian era—I have let them all in."

"After countless experiments,"

"I finally confirmed that five of the paths are absolute death traps. None of the intelligent beings who traveled through those five teleport points ever returned."

Listening to the words of the Old Man of the Ghost Sea, Gune felt his scalp tingle.

"That's too treacherous!"

"Using others' lives for experiments."

"Seven teleport points, five death traps, not a single one returned."

"Over so many years, countless transcendents have died."

"Good thing... at least I'm not the pathfinder." Gune comforted himself inwardly.

"On second thought, should I ask the Old Man of the Ghost Sea to throw those foreign experts, heretic followers, and the Southern Church guys into the death paths?"

Before Gune could speak, the Old Man of the Ghost Sea seemed to guess what he was about to say.

"In this trial, don't have so many crooked thoughts."

"With your talent, the possibility of becoming a god at the Saint level is not small. What I tell you is more about your future, not limited to scheming to kill others."

"The Old Man of the Ghost Sea truly understands human nature."

Since he said that, Gune saw no need to speak further.

"But I still think it's better to kill them all here." Gune thought secretly.

"Actually..." the Old Man of the Ghost Sea said softly.

"You only see the crisis of the Oya Continent's transcendent world."

"But you don't see a greater crisis brewing, drawing ever closer."

"A greater crisis?" Gune's expression turned grave.

To be honest, the Northern Empire still had the strength to resist the invasion of the evil gods.

That alone was a crisis that could destroy a world. Was there something even greater?

"Those evil gods, when they came to the Oya Continent world, crossed a distance in the stars that wasn't too far."

The Old Man of the Ghost Sea began to explain gently.

"Of course, even if not too far, the crossing time far exceeds the lifespan of ordinary people."

"And nearby, there is a transcendent world called Gulongtan, which is the core of this cluster of transcendent worlds."

"Even the large transcendent world Gulongtan is a marginalized one."

"Gulongtan, a large transcendent world, is very weak. Among the large transcendent worlds I know, any one of them has the power to destroy Gulongtan."

"What you see now is the Oya Continent experiencing the 'Source Tide,' shining in the starry sky, attracting nearby evil gods who covet this world and invade it."

"But... the Gulongtan world cluster is constantly moving closer to the Source Tide region."

"In no more than a hundred to two hundred years, when Gulongtan large transcendent world enters the far reaches, it will emit an extremely dazzling light, lasting for a very long time—at least a thousand years of brilliant radiance."

"Back then, the Aristide Divine Source Kingdom attracted the descent of terrifying Old Gods precisely because it emitted too dazzling a source radiance."

"Even without the descent of Old Gods and Dominators,"

"those powerful war races, such as the insect race and the mechanical lifeforms,"

"they urgently need such dazzling, source-rich transcendent worlds."

"Once they discover the radiance of this marginal world, they will launch war, and then the Calamity War will descend."

"At that time, this region centered on Gulongtan transcendent world, along with nearby hundreds of transcendent worlds, none will be spared; all will fall into the Calamity War."

"You must understand, even the Aristide Divine Source Kingdom at its peak dared not claim it could defeat those Calamity beings."

"And this weak Gulongtan will surely be easily occupied. Then all life on the Oya Continent will be killed by those Calamity beings, becoming incubation grounds for their races."

"That is why I tell you that a greater crisis is brewing."

After hearing the Old Man of the Ghost Sea's words,

Gune rubbed his brow slightly.

"This really is... when it rains, it pours. The existence of evil gods alone had the entire transcendent world on the brink of destruction."

"Adding the coming Old Gods and Dominators, and even the Calamity beings—this isn't just making an already poor family worse; it's like using a bulldozer to level the whole family."

"So..."

The Old Man of the Ghost Sea explained gently.

"I tell you not to limit your vision to these current evil gods, but to value your own growth."

"This seemingly hopeless situation may not be without a turning point."

Gune stared intently at the Old Man of the Ghost Sea.

"I told you earlier, of the seven teleport points, five are death traps, places of no return."

"But, based on information brought back by transcendents from the remaining two teleport points' world fragments,"

"one seems to have merged into a strange war."

"It appears to be a war between mechanical spiders and a race called the Abyss Blade."

"Entering there, if lucky, one can return safely, thus passing the trial."

"But if unlucky and caught in the war, death is almost certain."

"On such a battlefield, those below Transcendent Master are cannon fodder."

"Even Transcendent Masters fall in droves. This shows the power of the mechanical race and the Abyss Blade race. I preliminarily speculate that this might be a battlefield between two high-dimensional transcendent worlds, or top-tier large transcendent worlds."

"You must understand, in the world of transcendents, survival and war are the themes; only the strong have the right to survive."

"As for the other teleport point's region,"

"it is a very powerful large transcendent world, perhaps not inferior to the Aristide Divine Source Kingdom."

"And another purpose of your trial is to enter that large transcendent world. Try to obtain the world coordinates of that transcendent world, preferably a treasure like a teleportation artifact to that world."

"Obtain the world coordinates and a teleportation item?"

Gune didn't understand why that was necessary. Couldn't the Elemental Forbidden Ground teleport directly?

The Old Man of the Ghost Sea, clearly aware of Gune's confusion, explained softly.

"I told you earlier, Gulongtan large transcendent world is a very marginalized one."

"Even if you spend a long time entering that world, you won't get much of what you need. So that world is not suitable for your growth and cultivation."

"More importantly, Gulongtan lacks the ability to connect to other transcendent worlds."

"That means, no matter how powerful you become, you will never leave this world cluster."

"You will still be trapped in this region."

"And this trial ground is also broken; energy accumulates very slowly."

"The next opening might be hundreds of years away."

"If the Calamity War truly descends, there may not be another chance to open it."

"Under the Calamity War, this trial ground will also be destroyed, and I will die."

"So, this teleportation into another world may be your only chance in this lifetime to contact the outside world."

"Therefore, you must obtain the coordinates of a large teleportation array in that transcendent world."

"Or more safely, obtain a treasure that can directly teleport you to that world."

"At least, in the future, if the whole world is destroyed, you will have the ability to leave."

"Of course, that's the worst case. The good case is that, after obtaining the coordinates,"

"you can establish a teleportation link, continuously enter that large transcendent world, and grow rapidly there, becoming an extremely powerful deity."

"You must know, your talent is extremely rare. Even in large transcendent worlds, it's hard to produce such a transcendent prodigy as you."

"If you can truly become a peak deity, you might be able to protect this world when Gulongtan's radiance attracts the Calamity War in the future."

"This... is what I truly want to tell you."