Chapter 501 439: Speculation on the Origin of the Attribute Panel

He wouldn't sell ordinary resources.

But what about Great All Heavens Divine Techniques, Emperor Scriptures, and Strongest Divine Techniques? These were supreme legacies capable of strengthening the very foundation of a super-race.

It was an offer they simply couldn't refuse!

And as far as Wu Dao was concerned, he had an absurd number of Great All Heavens Divine Techniques and Emperor Scriptures. In terms of inherited knowledge alone, he could be called the wealthiest in all the heavens; even the Nine Heavens Lord would have to take a backseat.

If not for the fear of causing a world-shaking scandal and bringing unnecessary trouble to the Primordial Sect, he could have casually created an Emperor Scripture from scratch!

With Great All Heavens Divine Techniques and Emperor Scriptures paving the way,

the acquisition of Cosmic Divine Liquid went exceptionally smoothly.

Wu Dao's once-depleted arsenal was quickly replenished. From now on, he could afford to fight lavishly again.

Time flew by.

「Half a month later.」

The recasting of the Daoist Pass City at the former True Dragon Fortress was complete. The grand army of the Dragon-slaying Battlefield moved in, taking up positions at each Space-Time Node.

As expected,

once all the Garrison Cities were rebuilt,

the Martial Dao Great Emperor, Qin Zhou, also departed from the Dragon-slaying Battlefield. The situation at the Eighth and Ninth Celestial Passes was dire, requiring many Great Emperors to join the fight, so he couldn't stay for long.

After Qin Zhou's departure,

Mountain and Sea quickly staged a comeback.

It wasn't just the Golden Dragon Clan this time; several new Emperor Dragon Races had joined the fray, foolishly attempting to replicate the True Dragon Fortress. The flames of war once again engulfed the Dragon-slaying Battlefield.

Wu Dao's battle merits...

...also began a new round of rapid growth.

However,

knowing there was a traitor from Mountain and Sea within Hongyuan, he didn't reveal his fully charged Quasi-Emperor Weapon. Instead, he relied mostly on his Incarnations to fight head-on.

If a Quasi-Emperor targeted him,

he would resort to his old trick:

hiding inside the Holy Spirit Emperor's Plate and unleashing Divine Image Bombs. He slaughtered the True Dragon Race to the point that they gnashed their teeth in hatred, yet they were utterly helpless against him.

Because he was so devastatingly effective,

the other Celestial Kings in the Dragon-slaying Battlefield were full of "grievances." Every battle turned into the Primordial Heavenly King's one-man show.

They had absolutely no opportunity to earn merits for themselves.

All they could do was pick up the scraps.

In their hearts, they all chanted for this Killing God to be sent away. 'With the Primordial Heavenly King in the Dragon-slaying Battlefield, we'll never get a chance to shine.'

The Military Lord of the Dragon-slaying Battlefield, Gu Tianhuang,

naturally noticed this problem. However, he saw it as a good thing. After all, Wu Dao was his subordinate, and his achievements reflected well on him, didn't they?

But a month later,

the Dragon-slaying Battlefield was filled with complaints. The Celestial Kings were grumbling like scorned housewives, claiming they were about to "rust from disuse" and were considering transferring to other battlefields.

Gu Tianhuang finally couldn't take it anymore.

He reluctantly submitted a request to the Heaven-Sinking Army Department at the Seven Days Pass, proposing to transfer Wu Dao and see which battlefield there would be willing to take him.

It wasn't a matter of him being jealous of a subordinate's talent.

A super-general like Wu Dao, who slaughtered Great Venerables as if they were dogs, was an undisputed Overlord among Celestial Kings. Keeping him at the Six Celestial Passes was truly a waste of his abilities.

At the Seven Days Pass,

top-tier Great Venerables and Quasi-Emperors held sway.

The battlefields were vaster and more perilous, with countless formidable generals on both sides. *That* was a place fit for Wu Dao.

In fact,

there was no need for Gu Tianhuang to submit a transfer request.

Back when the True Dragon Fortress was eradicated and Wu Dao was named the Primordial Heavenly King, the Guan Lord of Chentian at the Seven Days Pass had already taken notice of this formidable general.

He had intended to transfer Wu Dao to the Seven Days Pass then.

However,

considering Wu Dao had just achieved great merit and been promoted to Celestial King, he would need time to use his battle merits to strengthen himself. Thus, the Guan Lord had held back on issuing the transfer order.

'Even the fiercest warrior needs a break, doesn't he?'

Who fights battle after battle without any time to recuperate and improve? If they truly operated like that, no matter how many Celestial Kings Shanhai Pass had, it would never be enough.

But what the Guan Lord of Chentian hadn't expected

was that after achieving his great merit, Wu Dao didn't rest at all. Instead, he adopted the posture of a man who had gone berserk, throwing himself into every single major battle.

So much so,

that all the Celestial Kings of the Dragon-slaying Battlefield were up in arms, jointly petitioning Gu Tianhuang to get that Killing God, Wu Dao, out of their hair.

And so...

「One day later.」

「Deep within the Mire of Flesh and Mud.」

Wu Dao, who was happily counting his day's Dao Source earnings, received a "War Ban Order" from the Seven Days Pass. He was speechless. He'd been put on the "banned" list—and by his own "allies," no less.

Well,

it was really just an order for him to take a break.

He was to report to the Seven Days Pass in two months.

'Whatever. My reserves are more than sufficient to push for perfection and undergo another tribulation. My other Incarnations aren't banned, so the impact is minimal.'

Wu Dao put away the Battle Merit Order, unperturbed. With a thought, he opened his attribute panel—

[Physique: Primordial Magnetism Path]

[Extraordinary: Essence Devouring: All Things, Initial Tribulation (129,600/129,600) (+)]

[Transverse Cultivation: Infinite Primordial Scripture·Holy Body Perfection Thirty Layers of Heaven (+)]

[Divine Cultivation: Juntian Creation Scripture·Thirty Supreme Heavens (+)]

[Soul Cultivation: All Phenomena Divine Luo Scripture·Thirty Supreme Heavens (+)]

[Divine Format: Primordial Perfect Supreme God]

[Celestial Treasure: Bitter Dust Robe (Emperor's Artifact 100%)]

...

[Teleportation Points: ...]

In less than two months!

His three basic Extraordinary Dao Sources had skyrocketed from the essence of a Venerable to near-perfection, and his combat power was approaching that of a Great Venerable Perfection!

Back in Hongyuan,

such a pace of growth would have been unthinkable!

But this was Shanhai Pass!

Here, the Primordial Path manifested and bestowed fortune. The improvement of one's destiny and strength had become like game stats; as long as you had enough merit, anything was possible!

Of course,

this only applied to Wu Dao.

Others didn't possess the Primordial Magnetic Great Body, let alone the Primordial Dao Wheel 3.0. Their Dao Source conversion efficiency couldn't compare to his in the slightest.

Every step of his progress...

...was comparable to the completion of a massive engineering project.

The Tao Realm's Dragon Vein, the Spirit of Living Creatures, the Primordial Path, the Primordial Dao Wheel, the Primordial Sect, his many Incarnations, the Five Tribulations Dao Source...

...all these were the contractors and material suppliers for his power.

Not a single one could be missing.

If he had relied solely on himself, cultivating with reckless abandon, it would have been impossible to grow to his current level so quickly.

Not even with cheats!

Because...

this damn attribute panel...

He had no idea what its true origin was.

Wu Dao still had no clue, but that didn't stop him from thinking its functions were a total scam.

From the moment he stopped using it until now,

he had killed an uncountable number of Alien Species.

His Teleportation Points had long ago accumulated to a massive number beyond the imagination of any ordinary person.

But even so,

how to put it...

this Golden Finger, his attribute panel, couldn't keep up with his pace of growth.

Just as he would accumulate some Teleportation Points,

he would get stronger on his own.

Then, the number of Teleportation Points required for a single transition would increase exponentially.

To put it another way,

say it took 100 Teleportation Points to transition from the Saint realm to its first layer. Before he could even gather that much, he would have already cultivated his way to the Great Saint realm on his own.

And the cycle would repeat.

'The Little Star Mother is still the best.'

Wu Dao calmly closed the attribute panel, feeling no sense of loss or regret. He felt much more at ease carving out his own path with his own two hands.

After reaching the pinnacle of his past life,

he had already abandoned the idea of relying on the attribute panel. He hadn't used it even once since then, not even on the many occasions when he had enough Teleportation Points.

After the birth of the Primordial Dao Wheel,

any last lingering attachment he had was gone.

A transition via the attribute panel...

...at any critical juncture...

...would lead his path into unknown and uncontrollable territory.

But when he cultivated and broke through his own shackles, everything was within his control and part of his plan. Even a fool would know which path was better.

However,

the question of the attribute panel's origin...

...was something Wu Dao had never stopped investigating.

But this Golden Finger's origins were ridiculously profound. Even when he entered the Creator Domain, he couldn't glean the slightest bit of information about it!

By now,

it had become a complete thorn in his side.

As long as it remained, his Dao heart could not be at ease.

There's no such thing as a free lunch. Every gift bestowed by fate has a price secretly attached.

This was the principle he taught Yaya.

Naturally, he applied it to himself as well.

One thing was certain, however.

The attribute panel was very likely connected to the world of his past life. Its nature was so profound that not even a Great Celestial Venerable could detect it!

Wu Dao wasn't a fool.

It was impossible for the Bitter Dust Robe alone to block the perception of a Great Celestial Venerable.

The reason he had remained safe and sound all this time...

...was inextricably linked to the attribute panel. He even had proof: the taboo existence at the core of the Dragon Hunting Tower had tried to probe him for information on two occasions.

He had clearly felt it.

The Bitter Dust Robe should have reached its limit.

But at the critical moment, it had inexplicably held out. He suspected the attribute panel's power was behind it.

'An Extraordinary creation from my past life?'

Wu Dao speculated internally.

In his past life, he had achieved 100% Human Potential Release.

Leaving his planet and entering the cosmos was a simple feat, but he hadn't explored potential extraterrestrial Extraordinary Civilizations. Instead, he remained stubbornly on Earth, desperately searching for a way to break past his limits.

The main reason was...

...not that there was something wrong with his head.

It was that he couldn't get out!

That's right, he couldn't leave!

The star system he was in...

...was a natural cage.

An extremely hostile magnetic field existed at the edge of the system. Anyone who had achieved 100% Human Potential Release would be instantly disintegrated into nothingness upon entry. There were no exceptions.

Within his human civilization,

scientists had been analyzing that strange magnetic barrier ever since they first turned their eyes to the Grand Cosmos, but they had never found a definitive answer.

There were popular theories, of course.

A prison made by a Divine Being, a laboratory for an advanced civilization, a protective shield for the star system...

All sorts of wild, imaginative ideas.

In this life,

Wu Dao had tried more than once to reconstruct and analyze the structure of that cage's magnetic field.

But unfortunately, even now,

working with the Star Mother, he hadn't been able to glean any useful information.

That cage-like magnetic field...

...was on the same profound level as the attribute panel. It couldn't be deeply investigated or observed, and remained shrouded in a veil of mystery!

'The higher one's Life Transition, the clearer their own causal destiny line becomes. It's a completely different concept from external observation. Just because I can't do it now doesn't mean I won't be able to in the future.'

Wu Dao's thoughts drifted. He knew his current life essence was still too low to observe the high-dimensional origins of the attribute panel.

'If I achieve the Great Dao of One Tribulation...'

'...the Second Tribulation, the Three Tribulations...'

'...I refuse to believe I still won't be able to perceive the causal information related to the attribute panel!'

The reason Wu Dao was so obsessed with the attribute panel's origin wasn't due to groundless anxiety or a persecution complex.

To achieve the Attainment Dao and transcend...

...one had to break free from the shackles of the great Chain of Cause and Effect connected to all external things. He could not allow the attribute panel to become a stumbling block on his path!

'The Sea of Chaos is endless and infinite, and Hongyuan is just one of its behemoths. Perhaps the world of my past life is tucked away in some corner of that sea?'

Wu Dao's mind raced.

He had a tentative, unformed theory.

However, to observe the greater Sea of Chaos—even if he was one end of the causal chain—he would need the cognitive and information-processing abilities of a Mixed Yuan Tao Emperor at the very least!

WHOOSH...

Suppressing his restless thoughts,

Wu Dao stopped dwelling on matters beyond his current power. He sank deeper into the Mire of Flesh and Mud, accelerating the refinement of his Primordial Magnetism Path.

「Another half a month passed.」

His three basic Extraordinary Dao Sources'

essence had been elevated to the level of the Thirty-Third Heaven of the Venerable realm. With a little more refinement, his Initial Tribulation Yuan Magnetic Path would also reach perfection.

However,

an unexpected event shattered Wu Dao's peaceful cultivation—

The Primordial Sect Divine Envoys, who had been searching with all their might throughout the All Heavens, finally discovered an Emperor's Weapon!

To be more precise,

it was an undiscovered Emperor's Tomb!

The bad news was, a competitor had already appeared and a fight had broken out. Their strength was formidable!