Su Yuan fell into deep contemplation.
What exactly was the Zhuyuan Great Emperor thinking?
Su Yuan refused to believe that the Zhuyuan Great Emperor couldn't see the actions of the Golden Star and the Barefoot Great Immortal.
This seemed more like a test directed at him.
Regardless of how the Zhuyuan Great Emperor planned to test him, he had already taken the benefits for himself first.
Now that the Zhuyuan Great Emperor wanted to drive him away, he wasn't willing to go.
After the examples of the Golden Star and Barefoot Great Immortal spread further, even more people would surely come looking for him.
"Right, since I've already cultivated to the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm, I can retrieve my true spirit from the River of Fate!"
Su Yuan suddenly remembered something important.
He had just broken through to Great Luo when he immediately faced the mutation of the god avatars and the pursuit by the Celestial Court's powerful beings. Only now that he had free time did he remember he hadn't yet retrieved his true spirit from the River of Fate.This was also the hallmark of a Great Luo Golden Immortal. Once the true spirit became independent from the River of Fate, one could be called truly free and unrestrained, because the Heavenly Dao or other existences could no longer use the River of Fate to influence one's existence.
Su Yuan concentrated his consciousness on his main body's location.
At this moment, Su Yuan's main body had arrived at a nameless island in the Underworld where ghost energy was extremely sparse, with only a few minor ghosts wandering about.
Su Yuan sat cross-legged on the island, his Nascent Soul following the fluctuations of the Star Laws.
Following the pulse of the world's laws, his Nascent Soul separated from his physical body and rushed into the ocean of laws.
Led by the Star Laws, his Nascent Soul charged into an indescribable dimension.
A vast river of stars flowed through this unknown dimension, with each drop of water reflecting the past trajectories and possible future paths of living beings.
Seeing this river, Su Yuan felt a moment of enlightenment - this was the River of Fate.
To his surprise, he noticed several figures standing near the "riverbank."
His arrival also attracted the attention of these few people.
However, after just glancing at him, they paid him no further mind.
Su Yuan watched this scene with curiosity.
Suddenly, from the opposite bank of the river, a small boat drifted slowly over. An old man on the boat was rowing the oars, and with each stroke, it seemed like he was stirring the River of Fate itself. The fates of countless beings underwent dramatic changes due to the ripples caused by his oar.
Su Yuan silently observed this scene.
Time seemed to become worthless in this moment.
The boat that appeared very close actually took a full thousand years to row over.
Su Yuan noticed that the concept of time here differed greatly from the outside world, existing in a state of chaotic disorder. But generally, time flowed extremely fast here - while one year passed outside, a thousand years passed here.
He felt his perception of time becoming blurred. Clearly a thousand years had passed, yet it felt like only an instant.
During these thousand years, Su Yuan's Nascent Soul wasn't idle. He attempted to scoop up river water and discovered he could actually use the water to influence others' fates. However, he had to find the corresponding being's true spirit to affect their fate through this method.
With countless living beings in the world, the true spirits in the River of Fate were equally innumerable. Finding the corresponding true spirit was indeed somewhat difficult.
After the boat arrived, the old man said with a cheerful laugh: "I am the Ferryman Old Man. Do you wish to cross the River of Fate?"
"I want to go to the Middle Ancient period!" a giant tiger spoke.
"Hehe, the fare is three Fate Stones!" the old man laughed.
"Here!" The giant tiger handed over the fare - thirty crystalline stones.
The old man weighed the stones in his hand and nodded: "Acceptable, you may board!"
The giant tiger nodded, shrank its body, and stepped onto the bow of the boat.
The other figures also made their requests and handed corresponding Fate Stones to the Ferryman Old Man.
Finally, the Ferryman Old Man looked at Su Yuan.
"What about you?" the old man asked.
"May I ask where they are going and for what purpose?" Su Yuan inquired.
"Oh? New here?" The old man nodded and pointed a finger, transmitting a stream of information to Su Yuan.
In an instant, Su Yuan learned the basic information about the River of Fate.
It turned out these few were also Great Luo Golden Immortals. They were preparing to travel to more ancient periods of the River of Fate to duel with their fate-divided souls.
The true spirit was unique, but the soul was not. One true spirit might correspond to one soul, or it might correspond to tens of thousands or even hundreds of millions of souls. These souls could call each other fate-divided souls.
Once one fate-divided soul retrieved the true spirit, merging the true spirit and soul into a true soul, the other souls would become nourishment for this true soul.
The true spirit was hidden within the River of Fate. If only one Great Luo Golden Immortal soul appeared, they could clearly sense the true spirit's location.
But once two Great Luo Golden Immortal souls appeared, the sensing of the true spirit would become blurred. The more true spirits, the blurrier the sensing became.
Normally, those who broke through to Great Luo Golden Immortal were extremely rare. They only needed to defeat some Taiyi Golden Immortal level fate-divided souls, or even fate-divided souls below Golden Immortal level, to successfully sense their true spirit.
The old man asked with a smile: "Can you sense the direction of your true spirit?"
"No," Su Yuan shook his head.
"Even a general direction?" the old man said.
"I have no sensing of my true spirit whatsoever," Su Yuan said.
The old man frowned: "That's impossible. You are already a Great Luo Golden Immortal - sensing your true spirit is your first priority. Interference from other fate-divided souls should be minimal."
Hearing this, Su Yuan seemed to think of something and said: "What if among my fate-divided souls, there are also many Great Luo Golden Immortals?"
"How could that be possible?" The old man immediately shook his head, then nodded: "If that were truly the case, you indeed wouldn't sense your true spirit. But breaking through to Great Luo Golden Immortal is a miracle among miracles. For one true spirit to have even one Great Luo Golden Immortal fate-divided soul appear is one in hundreds of millions. How could there possibly be several Great Luo Golden Immortal fate-divided souls?"
The old man found this quite unbelievable.
But Su Yuan faintly detected something amiss.
Su Yuan took a deep breath and asked: "What are Fate Stones?"
The old man smiled and said: "You can enter the River of Fate to retrieve them. Fate Stones are crystals evolved from true spirits whose all fate-divided souls have perished. If you search the river bottom, you can still find them."
Hearing this, Su Yuan looked surprised: "So that's other people's true spirits?"
"Correct, but true spirits without fate-divided souls cannot resist the erosion of the River of Fate and will directly transform into Fate Stones. I need these stones. If you want to ride the boat in the future, you'll still need Fate Stones as fare!"
The old man paused and said, "Since you have no Fate Stones and no destination to go to, I'll say no more! Farewell, young man!"
The old man began rowing the oars, and the boat quickly skimmed across the surface of the River of Fate, heading toward the river's upstream.
Su Yuan's expression turned grave.
His main consciousness crossed over to the God Realm Sea.
Throughout the God Realm Sea, there were now numerous mental clones present.
"Correct, but true spirits without fate-divided souls cannot resist the erosion of the River of Fate and will directly transform into Fate Stones. I need these stones. If you want to ride the boat in the future, you'll still need Fate Stones as fare!"
In just three days.
Su Yuan found his target.
Su Yuan's consciousness floated in mid-air, looking down at a remote area within a large plane below.
Here existed a human kingdom that worshipped a minor deity of weak divine power - the Wind God!
And his name was Yuan Su!
The name itself wasn't remarkable, but this Wind God's appearance was identical to Su Yuan's!
Su Yuan penetrated through the divine kingdom barrier of Wind God Yuan Su and saw Yuan Su cultivating within his divine kingdom.
"Why is the entry occupied?" Yuan Su murmured to himself.
His words struck like thunder in Su Yuan's mind.
Su Yuan's heart shook. In that instant, an astonishing pressure instantly suppressed the entire divine kingdom.
Time and space seemed to solidify. Yuan Su, who had been whispering moments before, instantly froze.
His movements, expression, heartbeat, and even his thoughts became stagnant.
Su Yuan immediately performed soul searching and was astonished to discover that this Yuan Su wasn't a transmigrator but a native being of the God Realm Sea.
However, the time he obtained his system was also a hundred years ago. Relying on several entries, he quickly broke through to godhood. After becoming an eternal deity, his cultivation slowed down significantly. He remained at weak divine power, still far from the next realm.
Su Yuan remained silent for a moment, his fingertips slightly trembling.
The Yuan Su before him instantly evaporated. His body, including his soul, divine spark, and even the entire divine kingdom, disappeared without a trace in an instant.
In that moment.
Within Su Yuan's main body.
He felt his soul foundation inexplicably strengthen by double, and he gained some comprehension of minor wind laws, though these comprehensions were already useless to him. But the significance was different!
On the system panel, a new prompt appeared.
【Name】: Su Yuan
Su Yuan remained silent for a moment, his fingertips slightly trembling.
【Level】: lv1: Cross-world Traveler (2/100)
【Realm】: Early-stage Great Luo Golden Immortal (3/100)
【Eternal Entry 1】: To be chosen
Su Yuan looked at this completely new panel information, his pupils contracting.
He felt his soul foundation inexplicably strengthen by double, and he gained some comprehension of minor wind laws, though these comprehensions were already useless to him. But the significance was different!
The system had undergone new changes, changes that caught him completely unprepared.
This foretells a major event!
He had numerous potential enemies, and these enemies might all possess entry systems.
However, defeating these people also had benefits - he directly plundered Yuan Su's four entries.
They were respectively 【Twice the Result with Half the Effort】, 【Wind Messenger】, 【Multiple Clones】, and 【Travel Expert】.
The Twice the Result with Half the Effort entry could double cultivation effects. The higher the entry level, the higher the doubling efficiency.
This entry had effects similar to 【Balanced Work and Rest】, but clearly that guy hadn't fully utilized this entry.
As for 【Wind Messenger】, 【Multiple Clones】, and 【Travel Expert】, they were basically useless to Su Yuan, who directly ignored them.
Overall, there was still value. 【Twice the Result with Half the Effort】 was already an extremely significant improvement for him.
This foreshadows a major event!
What he was most curious about was - what exactly was this Eternal Entry?