Chapter 458: The Heaven-Deceiving One

In the heart of the ancient forest.Li An's face was serious.It seemed this trip to the Alliance Realm was more than just a game of resource scramble.Lin Lao Er's voice was deep and slow: "Since you have firmly chosen my Tree Heart Forest.""My Tree Heart Forest has also decided to have you represent me in this game.""Don't employ those you doubt, and trust those you employ.""Next, I'll tell you a story."Li An nodded heavily, listening intently.Lin Lao Er continued: "Dao Fruit.""The ultimate weapon of all cultivators.""Dao Fruit determines the strength and lifespan of a great cultivator.""Dao Fruit is everything to a cultivator."Li An frowned, thinking seriously. Lin Lao Er: "Li An, you've reached this point now.""You possess the Dao Fruit of the Second Heaven, but your Dao Fruit is only half-finished.""What you lack is the Dao Soul.""Fisting is your outer Dao, and you've now achieved some success in that outer Dao.""But your inner Dao, the Soul, is still unformed.""You should already know this knowledge.""The story I'm about to tell begins with the Dao Soul.""As everyone knows, there are eight Dao Souls in the universe.""The Divine Dao Soul, the King Dao Soul, the Ghost Dao, the Demon Dao, the Immortal Dao, and so on...""These Dao Souls determine the ultimate characteristics of the Dao Fruit, and there's no distinction between them.""All living beings followed this rule for countless years, until tens of millions of years ago, when a peerless powerhouse known as the Hunyuan Emperor appeared.""The Hunyuan Emperor actually openly questioned the entire Dao cultivation system.""Elements, spirit, and body.""The outer Dao, the inner soul." ""Identify the outer path, such as your fist path, and then identify the inner soul, such as the Shura Path.""When the outer path and inner soul merge, that is the Shura Dao Fruit of the Second Heaven Fist.""At this point, the cultivation of the elemental and spiritual realms will be severed.""The Dao Fruit dominates your body, rejecting any power other than the Dao Fruit's own attributes.""Your future can only take this path.""The Hunyuan Emperor says this is wrong.""Why does the path of cultivation become narrower and narrower?""All laws of heaven and earth should originate from the same source, called Heaven.""But the stronger we become, the further we seem from Heaven, because Heaven governs all things, while the Dao Fruit only takes one.""The Hunyuan Emperor declared that this is not about cultivating myself, but cultivating Heaven.""The Dao Fruit is a scam. It is inherently flawed, and all beings need to use the Dao Fruit to complete it.""Where does the Dao Fruit go after the death of every powerful person?""To Heaven, to repair the Heaven!" "Li An felt his scalp tingle upon hearing this, as if a deep place in his soul had been violently stimulated, and his face turned a little uneasy.Tree Two continued, "Heaven created man.""But in the end, Heaven will devour man.""All living things are merely Heaven's laborers. Anyone who cultivates the Dao will never achieve transcendence.""Back then, Emperor Hunyuan caused trouble due to his words, and was attacked by the Daoist alliance of that time.""Everyone called him a demon.""But the more this happened, the more excited Emperor Hunyuan became.""He believed that his words had touched upon Heaven's interests, and that those who pursued him were Heaven's lackeys.""The more people pursued him, the more he proved himself right.""Thus, he began his life of escape, and in the process, he pondered how to cultivate the Dao to achieve true transcendence.""What is transcendence? It is not within rules, not within cause and effect, not within heaven and earth.""This is a very profound question." ""The Hunyuan Emperor had to admit that he might not be able to find the answer on his own.""He needed like-minded people.""Rumor has it that the Hunyuan Emperor possessed a powerful charisma.""His unrestrained nature and free-spirited thinking made him disliked, but also beloved by many.""Most importantly, whenever the Hunyuan Emperor had a clue, he would immediately spread it.""He was truly engaged in research, providing insights for the myriad realms.""Finally, some of the most powerful beings hiding in the mountains were moved by his sincerity and wisdom and went in search of the Hunyuan Emperor.""Later, these people became known as the Heaven Deceivers.""There were seven in total.""Of these seven, the Hunyuan Emperor had the lowest cultivation level, reaching the seventh level of Heavenly Dao Fruit.""The other six were all above the seventh level.""Logically, those at this level should have ascended to heaven, but those six refused to enter. ""The Heaven-Deceivers are high enough to understand some of the truths of the heavens. They know that entering the Heavenly Gate might not be a good thing, and that the theories of the Hunyuan Emperor might not be wrong."Lin Lao Er suddenly became nervous and said, "Li An, one of the Heaven-Deceivers has survived to this day!""And you must know him!"Li An's face changed slightly. "Who?""Shen Ji!""What!" Li An's pupils suddenly constricted.Lin Lao Er took a deep breath and kicked up the dust."Don't be nervous. Shen Xian has a connection with our Tree Heart Forest and is one of us.""But Shen Xian is truly too powerful. Just thinking about him makes me nervous."Li An also took a deep breath, calming his mind.Lin Lao Er continued, "Seven Heaven-Deceivers gathered together. Their strength made the cultivator alliance of that era despair.""The hunt for the Hunyuan Emperor has come to an end.""Then what did they gather for?""To study the method of transcendence!" "Beyond the rules, beyond the world, beyond the heavens.""That's all I know."Li An was stunned and asked, "That's it? What happened next?""What happened next..." Lin Lao Er sighed and said, "Our Tree Heart Forest was once the base of those seven Heaven-tricksters.""They gathered here, but only stayed briefly before leaving in a hurry.""Later, they seemed to realize something and truly angered the heavens.""As far as I know, that day, I felt the aura of the Heavenly Gate opening.""But it wasn't anyone ascending to heaven.""Where the Heavenly Gate opened, it was engulfed by a surging force. It seems a fight had begun.""But no one knows the extent of the fighting.""The moment the Heavenly Gate closed, the Heaven-tricksters vanished.""Everyone speculated they might be dead.""Perhaps they're still alive.""Some also wondered if they had truly achieved transcendence and whether their legacy had survived. "But there was nothing at the center of the battlefield; everything was annihilated.""Until millions of years later.""A mysterious man arrived there.""We all called him the President.""With his own strength, he built a city that embraced all races, named Cross City, and with this city as its center, he expanded outward, creating the Hezong Alliance!""Could he be one of the Heaven Deceivers?""The Old Tree God has seen the faces of the seven Heaven Deceivers and the mysterious President.""He said nothing.""We didn't have much to do with the President either, living quietly in a corner of the Hezong Alliance.""Until many years ago.""The Old Tree God suddenly told all of us to stop clashing with the other seven families and to find a way to break away from the Eight Great Families, or even leave the Hezong Alliance.""We followed the Old Tree God's will, retreating again and again.""Until you showed up.""Just now, the Old Tree God finally relented." ""The impending storm across the heavens is related to the Heaven Deceivers.""Shen Ji has appeared.""I'm afraid the other six aren't dead!""Any Heaven Deceiver could reduce my Tree Heart Forest to ash, let alone the inhabitants of the Savage Mountains.""This is turbulent waters even the old tree gods wouldn't dare wade into.""But you're different. You're inherently special. The heir to dreams, the source of humanity's destiny, and so on...""But that's irrelevant to this incident. To us, your most special quality is that you know Shen Ji!"