"Why is it like this..?" The old Fire Spirit sighed and shook his head while mumbling to himself.
"That's right, why is it like this..?" Anguish appeared on the face of the Fire Spirit to the left of the chessboard.
"You are Su Xuan Yi's son and an Abyss Builder. Can you tell me why this game is like this?" The Fire Spirit to the right of the chessboard lifted his head and cast his gaze on Su Ming for the first time.
At the instant it looked over, Su Ming's heart trembled. The old Fire Spirit's eyes might have seemed murky, but there was an indescribable fierceness contained within them. In fact, there was also a mighty pressure in its gaze that was stronger than that of Dust Burners' Progenitor. In fact, Su Ming could sense that when the Fire Spirit looked over, the space around him seemed to have been torn apart in a barely discernible manner.
This was … an Art of the laws of fate!
"What is this game?" Su Ming was silent. He was not surprised that his identity had been recognized. He could already tell that the two old Fire Spirits were the ones Dust Burners' Progenitor had mentioned, the ones who already possessed intelligence and incredible power but did not want to leave the fifth kiln to become a part of Dust Burners. They obeyed the ancient promise and protected the fifth kiln.
Since the one thousand feet tall tree could recognize him and the Fire Spirits ignored him when they saw him, then it was not strange for the two powerful Fire Spirits who possessed intelligence to be able to recognize him.
"Your Abyss Builders' Progenitor played a game of chess against Su Xuan Yi in the fifth kiln when the four Great True Worlds surrounded him. Then, he left the fifth kiln and fought against the world outside.
"Before he left, he laughed long and hard … shook his head …"
Su Ming's expression was calm. He had gone through far too many things. At that moment, in silence, he stared at the chessboard, especially at the black piece. Time trickled by, and a long, long time passed.
"You won't understand either …" The old Fire Spirit to the right of the chessboard shook his head and sighed.
Su Ming did not speak. He continued staring at the chessboard. Gradually, the Fire Spirits returned from the world outside. They had originally returned with roars, but once they entered the empty kiln, they fell silent and squatted down in the area.
As more and more fire spirits returned, when all the fire spirits appeared, the place was once again occupied by the fire spirits, and the surroundings were illuminated by the faint flames on their bodies.
Flame Fiends' Progenitor's Nascent Divinity was seized by two Fire Spirits whose power was close to that of Almighties in Mastery Realm. His body trembled, and fear appeared on his face, but when he saw Su Ming in the distance, he was immediately stunned.
Su Ming lifted his head and said softly, "This game is very easy to understand."
His words immediately attracted the gazes of the two old fire spirits.
"Have you never left the fifth kiln before? Have you obtained your cultivation bases through training? Instead, when you gained intelligence, you gained it naturally as time passed." Su Ming swept his gaze past the two old Fire Spirits.
"What do you mean?" The fire spirit on the left side of the chessboard said in a hoarse voice after a moment of silence.
"There are nine worlds in the universe, so it can be seen that nine is the extreme, but there are not nine on this chessboard. There is an extra black chess piece, causing the game to no longer be harmonious and showing signs of chaos.
"The extra black chess piece should be an Abyss Builder, or more accurately speaking, it was once an Abyss Builder's Progenitor," Su Ming said calmly. There was a sentimental tone in his words that no one else could hear. He lifted his right hand and picked up the black chess piece on the chessboard.
Once the black chess piece was taken away, the layout of the chessboard instantly became harmonious. Five gray and four white, giving off a feeling that even though it was incomplete, it was still as round as the universe.
"Perhaps this is the nine worlds in the universe. The four white chess pieces are the four Great True Worlds, and the five gray chess pieces are the other five Great True Worlds that were destroyed in the past and are still in the void." Su Ming shook his head and put down the black chess piece in his hand once again, placing it in its original spot.
"The Fifth True World … is not one of the nine worlds in the universe!" Su Ming lowered his head and said softly. In truth, he had come to an understanding about this a long time ago, but only at that moment was he certain of his thoughts. The Fifth True World … was the fifth and also the tenth.
"This game is the epiphany of Abyss Builders' Progenitor. His long string of laughter is pride, and his shake of his head is regret. "He is proud that he messed up the game, but regretful that he did not manage to complete it.
"He left this game for … Su Xuan Yi to see because he wanted Su Xuan Yi to continue completing the game," Su Ming said calmly, his expression as calm as ever.
"Then what did you see?" the old Fire Spirit to the right of the chessboard suddenly asked.
"He wanted me to continue completing the game." Su Ming fell silent. After some time, he sighed. The secret of the Fifth True World had been revealed to him without him even noticing it.
In truth, when he thought about it carefully, if all the clues he had discovered in the past were connected into a single line, then this ball of line would depict a secret that was not complicated at all.
There was nothing to hide about this secret. This was the truth behind the four Great True Worlds attacking the Fifth True World together in the past.
Perhaps the two old Fire Spirits truly did not understand, but perhaps they did …
If they truly did not understand, then it would be because they had never walked out of the fifth kiln. Perhaps they did not know that there were Worlds and Kalpas in the Cultivation World outside.
Worlds were the Essence of a World. The Essence of a World could only allow a limited number of cultivators to become World Planes. It could be compared to positions. There were only a few fixed positions, and once they were occupied, the people who came later would either have to leave to search for the Essence of the World in other Worlds to obtain its acknowledgement, or they would have to kill and snatch the position.
Aside from this, there was no other way. Unless they could bear with their level of cultivation coming to a permanent halt, they would have to choose one of the two options.
Similarly, as they continued cultivating and obtained the acknowledgement of the Essence of the World, they would be able to form Plane Kalpa Realm. Once this Kalpa Realm appeared, it would be Lunar Kalpa Realm, and when it gathered together again, it would be Solar Kalpa Realm.
This was the law of the universe. All lives could only practice cultivation under this law … Su Ming had been uncertain about the Fifth True World before this because of his inborn ability as an Abyss Builder.
This inborn ability was a blatant snatch. It was a domineering evil, a madness that allowed him to stand above the laws of the universe and ignore them. He did not need the Essence of the World, and neither did he need to fuse with ten thousand worlds to form a kalpa, because the power of his Possession could surpass everything.
It was precisely because of his uncertainty towards his inborn ability that Su Ming … formed a guess about the Fifth True World in the depths of his heart.
He could already imagine how the Progenitor of Abyss Builders, as the prodigy of the current generation, had used his inborn divine ability to Possess all lives, overturn the universe, and ignore the laws, allowing his body to reach an incredibly terrifying state.
Because of it, it was only natural that he would attract the attention of other powerful warriors, and it would make sense that he would be killed.
However, there was still a question in Su Ming's heart. If he could solve it, he would be able to understand everything.
The stronger the Progenitor of Abyss Builders was, the more of a threat he would pose to other people, but he would not be able to attract the four Great True Worlds to attack him together and destroy all the lives in the Fifth True World. He had also nearly exterminated all the Abyss Builders. Even if he had been a baby in his mother's womb at that time, it would have been difficult for him to escape the fate of being cursed.
This … did not make sense.
Unless the Progenitor of Abyss Builders had done something that angered the heavens and the people, forcing the other four Great True Worlds to take action … but with the Progenitor of Abyss Builders' level of cultivation and wisdom, there was no way he would not know what would happen once he became the center of attention. There was no way he would do something that would incite the anger of the four Great True Worlds that they could not resolve.
'There's another possibility …' Su Ming lifted his head and looked at the stone wall above him. There was a hint of sentimentality in his eyes. He remembered the Duke of Crimson Flame's words in the past. He had mentioned that the Progenitor of Abyss Builders was only half a step away from becoming a supreme existence. He might only be half a step away, but in truth, his offensive abilities could already allow him to fight against two supreme existences!
The Duke of Crimson Flame might have been in Lunar Kalpa Realm, but in that era, the cultivators in Lunar Kalpa Realm could not see too far ahead. The supreme existence he mentioned was the Masters of Fate, Lives, and Death, but once Su Ming gained an understanding of the Masters of Fate, Lives, and Death, he knew that those in Mastery Realm were also Masters of Fate, Lives, and Death, and it was the same for those in Death Realm. In fact, Sublime Paragons could be said to have come from Masters of Fate, Lives, and Death, but they were different Realms, and the difference between them was like heaven and earth.
If that was the case, then there was a possibility that the supreme existence … was the Realm of Sublime Paragons, which meant that the Progenitor of Abyss Builders was only half a step away from becoming a Sublime Paragon!
However, his offensive abilities could allow him to fight against two Sublime Paragons!
'This possibility is … that no matter what we practice, there will always be a checkpoint. The breakthrough of this checkpoint is the same as the Essence of the Worlds that all lives cultivate. There is a fixed position for them.
'There can only be one Sublime Paragon in each of the nine Worlds in the universe. This is the rule.
'That's why there are only four Sublime Paragons in the four Great True Worlds, and they stand above Kalpa Lords like Dao Chen. If the fifth True World was one of the nine Worlds in the universe, then the destruction of that World would not have happened.
'But the fifth True World is not one of the nine Worlds in the universe. Because of that, once the Progenitor of Abyss Builders becomes a Sublime Paragon, then one of the four Sublime Paragons from the four Great True Worlds will definitely die!
'There are only four spots, and they are all filled, but there is one more person who is a great threat to the four of them … the Progenitor of Abyss Builders!' Su Ming fell silent. This was his guess, but he was somewhat confident that his guess … was the true reason behind the fifth True World's destruction.
He sighed softly and lowered his head to look at the black chess piece on the chessboard. After remaining silent for a moment, a brilliant light shone in his eyes. He lifted his right hand and picked up the black chess piece once again, holding it in his palm.
Su Ming originally did not want to take this path, but he knew that it did not matter whether it was Su Xuan Yi or himself, as long as they took that step, they would definitely suffer the same fate as the Progenitor of Abyss Builders.
If that was the case …
'Then let's fight!' A freezing glare appeared in Su Ming's eyes. He clenched his right hand, and the black chess piece disappeared from his palm.
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