Planet Pulverizer: A Mortal's Ascent-Chapter 964: Supreme

The mid-tier deities in the Gods World could theoretically rival the Supremes, but that was only because the King of Gods had meticulously planned out their ascension path.

As long as they operated within that framework, they could exhibit miraculous powers akin to the Supremes.

However, once removed from the local advantages of the Gods World, the mid-tier deities were exposed for what they truly were.

However, the upper-tier deities were so powerful that they were not inferior to Li Pin when he had just mastered the fourth layer of the Phantom Space Technique, and in one-on-one combat, even Supremes were clearly at a disadvantage.

But as time passed and the Phantom Space Technique spread, the Supremes gradually managed to barely hold the fort.

With the constant reinforcements from the Quasi-Creators, they managed to block the first wave of assault brought by over three thousand deities.

However, this was within Li Pin and Null's expectations.

These three thousand deities were merely a single pantheon from the King of Gods. If the starry cosmos's entire strength still couldn't defeat them, then the gap between them would simply be too enormous.

Dozens of stellar-years later, Li Pin's figure appeared outside the Heavenly Retribution Divine Treasure World.

He had forcibly broken out of the Heavenly Retribution Divine Treasure World and left before its world concluded.

That was because he had not obtained any useful clues from that Divine Treasure.

The only clue he obtained was that he had learned a few secrets from the Ancient Astral World era. Through these, if he wished, he could even find some legacies left behind by some Cosmic Radiances in certain places.

However, those legacies had gone through countless stellar years of change, and whether they still existed was uncertain. Even if he did acquire them, they would hold no meaning for Li Pin.

"I yielded almost nothing from the Heavenly Retribution Divine Treasure. I hope the Supreme Divine Treasure won't be another fruitless trip."

There was no regret on Li Pin's face.

Compared to the Heavenly Retribution Divine Treasure, the Supreme Divine Treasure was once hailed as the number one Forbidden Divine Treasure. If not for the Void Divine Treasure being tied to the Void Emperor and thus taking priority, everyone would've explored the Supreme Divine Treasure first.

He took a step forward and headed straight for the Supreme Divine Treasure.

On his way to the Supreme Divine Treasure, he also briefly caught up on the state of the universe.

Seeing that the Supremes and Quasi-Creators had withstood the first wave from the Gods World, he paid it no further attention.

He sent a message to Null.

Null had recovered some data and obtained information from several Liberators from the universe of the future, but no more information had been unlocked regarding the eternals...

It seemed that even for her future self, the Eternals remained equally mysterious and unfathomable.

During their exchange, the Supreme Divine Treasure had already come into view.

As he appeared, the Supreme Divine Treasury Hall Master, who had received word in advance, had long been waiting.

Not only had he evacuated many Pioneers of the Supreme Divine Treasury Hall, but the Divine Treasure Gate was also already in a state ready to be activated. As soon as Li Pin completed the spacetime distortion, the Supreme Divine Treasure would reach its opening cycle, allowing direct entry into this Forbidden Divine Treasure World.

With his prior experience in the Heavenly Retribution Divine Treasure, Li Pin once again did not expend much effort to complete this Divine Treasure World's spacetime distortion.

Once the Divine Treasure opened, he took a step forward and entered the world directly.

As a Forbidden Divine Treasure, information about it in the outside world was extremely scarce.

But at Li Pin's level, he no longer needed much information. If he wished, he could completely transcend the operational rules of the Divine Treasure World and instantly gain the power to overturn it.

***

"A regular planet."

Li Pin stood in a place that resembled a city park, quietly establishing a connection with the planet.

At the same time, he cautiously probed the limit of power this Divine Treasure World could withstand, wary of accidentally causing the entire planet or even the entire world to collapse from excessive force.

"Hmm?"

After trying for a while, Li Pin seemed to sense something and began to move forward.

As he stepped forward, his cultivation level continued to rise.

The cultivation system during the Ancient Astral World era was vastly different. At that time, the Astral World was called the Oblivion World. One didn't need to become an Astral God to enter. Beings who could enter it were called the Oblivion Lifeforms. Later, there were realms like the Legendary Realm, and the ultimate limit for ordinary beings was the True God Realm...

While pondering, his cultivation rose step by step. One step into Oblivion, three into Legendary, and ten steps into True God.

He took his time mainly to consider the capacity of this Divine Treasure World. Otherwise, he could have gone from mortal to True God in an instant.

After becoming a True God, Li Pin tested further. If he continued breaking through, it would cause tremors in the Divine Treasure World, so he had no choice but to stop.

"So the current limit of cultivation in this phase is merely the so-called True God level?"

While pondering, he had arrived outside a villa and rang the doorbell.

Soon, the door opened, and a somewhat wary man looked at Li Pin. "Who are you looking for?"

Considering that many in the Forbidden Divine Treasure had been inside this Divine Treasure World for hundreds, even thousands or tens of thousands of stellar-years, undergoing countless cycles of reincarnation and likely having no idea who he, Li Pin, was, he chose to invoke a rule and drew the emblem of an Ace Pioneer in the air.

Upon seeing the symbol, the man visibly relaxed but still maintained some caution. "May I ask your name? I have a memory of all the Ace Pioneers in the Forbidden Divine Treasury Hall. You are..."

"I come from the Void Divine Treasury Hall. My name is Mu Yunsheng."

To avoid trouble, Li Pin directly borrowed that alias.

Mu Yunsheng was well-known among the Pioneers. Upon hearing the name, the man grew visibly more enthusiastic. "Is the Homo Sapien Alliance planning to intensify the development of the Supreme Divine Treasure?"

"I need information on this Divine Treasure World."

Li Pin did not answer the previous question and simply said, "Depending on the completeness of your data, once I clear this Divine Treasure World, I can reward you with a Divine Weapon."

The man only hesitated for a moment before deciding. "Alright. I naturally trust Lord Mu Yunsheng's reputation. Please, come with me."

With that, he invited Li Pin into the villa, then went off to organize the information.

Soon, he brought out a device that resembled a wristwatch. "This is the most common tech device on Bibo Planet. I've marked all the information I know about this Divine Treasure World in it. Once we sign an agreement, the data will be yours."

It was just a Divine Weapon, so Li Pin did not hesitate and signed the agreement immediately.

It was only then that he learned the man's name.

He was Wan Fagui, a Divine Being. He had already stayed in this Divine Treasure World for over four thousand years.

Wan Fagui explained, "The master of this Divine Treasure World is named Infinite Sovereign. The entire Divine Treasure World is divided into three stages. The first stage is the most important, marking the beginning of his rise. The second is his path of growth. The third depicts how he, after becoming a Sovereign, failed to be accepted by a master of his choice. The whole Divine Treasure is quite safe."

He wore a bitter smile. "According to our guess, there are three ways to break through the scenario, or rather, two. In the first stage, it's acknowledging a master. In the second and third stages, it's cultivating to become a Transcendent, and in the third again, it's still about acknowledging a master."

"Acknowledging a master?"

Li Pin looked at the data in his hands. "In the first stage, this Infinite Sovereign was just an eighteen-year-old student at First High School in Muleng City on Bibo Planet? Oh, orphaned, with a younger sister named Bai Xiaoya who suffers from a terminal illness?"

Looking at the file, a strong sense of deja vu washed over him. "He trained hard from a young age to become an Oblivion cultivator and got specially recruited into a top academy in the Mog Empire? Because as long as he entered a top academy, some consortium would surely invest in his potential, and he could then use that money to cure his sister..."

This setup... is totally a model situation for a story's main lead. And to think he actually managed to become a Sovereign...

"He doesn't happen to have an old grandpa with him, right?"

Li Pin couldn't help but ask.

"He didn't have one on him, but there was an old grandpa who came knocking, wanting to teach him how to cultivate..." replied Wan Fagui with a strange expression. "But in the end... he chose to call the police and had that old grandpa, a tremendously powerful Transcendent, sent straight to a mental hospital."

"A Transcendent?" Li Pin looked dumbfounded. "One of the Transcendents from the Ancient Astral World era? You mean to say that while he was still a mortal, a Transcendent from that time found him and tried to teach him a cultivation method, but he chose to report him to the authorities and had him committed to a mental hospital?!"

"Yes."

Wan Fagui smiled as he said, "The fact that this incident became Infinite Sovereign's strongest obsession and formed the first stage of the Divine Treasure shows just how much he regretted it afterward."

After hearing that, Li Pin didn't know how to respond.

A mortal and a Transcendent—the gap couldn’t get any bigger! It was simply unimaginable!

A being of that level specifically sought out a mortal to pass down a cultivation art... yet the mortal turned it down, pushing such a chance away?

Did that even make sense?

Wait...

"That Transcendent didn't reveal their identity beforehand, did they?"

"No."

Wan Fagui said, "At the time, the young Infinite Sovereign clearly mistook him for a scammer."

"Then it makes perfect sense."

Li Pin nodded.

However...

"Which Transcendent was it?"

Several Transcendents from the ancient era had already advanced to Quasi-Creators and returned to the starry cosmos. He wanted to know the answer to this as well.

He didn't mean anything by it, not to mock or ridicule; he was simply curious.

"That wasn't recorded," Wan Fagui said regretfully. "At least in the materials I possess, and among many other Pioneers, no one has found out the true identity of that Transcendent."

He paused slightly before continuing, "But according to the words of Infinite Sovereign after his cultivation reached its peak, that being... was the number one Transcendent of the starry skies! He was also one of the strongest from the Ancient Astral World!"

He paused again. "That is where the name of the Supreme Divine Treasure comes from."