240: Chapter 240 Heaven's Ruthlessness Is Actually a Good Thing

This time, the dream deduction was not as smooth as imagined; there were still huge obstacles before him.

However, Chen Xing no longer vomited blood. After another death, he had not only progressed in his Concept, but also pioneered two peculiar kinds of light: hope and despair.

With the Twelve Light Spirits added to his body, he had long surpassed the theoretical limit. These methods were applied within the dream, making him become even more resilient.

"Your Dao violates the Heavenly Will, so it is normal for it to be a bit difficult."

Just at this moment, a black-haired girl appeared abruptly at the edge of the Lightning Pool, watching him quietly.

Chen Xing turned his head sharply. This girl was only 1.6 meters tall, her aura peaceful, carrying the immaturity of youth and youthful liveliness, yet she herself was very quiet.

He knew clearly in his heart that the more it was at such a time, the less he could trust a young appearance.

"Senior, this Junior is dull-witted, please offer your guidance!" Chen Xing stood up.

"My surname is Wang."

"Senior Wang."

"When ordinary people pioneer a Divine Position, their Dao is at most at the True God-Grade; those with slight Aptitude can be counted as Heavenly God." The black-haired girl nodded.

"Is mine a Main God?" Chen Xing asked.

"No." The girl replied.

"I didn't expect it to be so weak..." Chen Xing fell into deep thought.

The black-haired girl watched him quietly and said: "Generally speaking, the Divine Positions pioneered by peerless Prodigies are at the Main God, or even God King level."

"Like the experts of your world, people like Zhong Yang and Mo Xin are at the Main God-Grade or even Quasi-King-Grade Divine Position." She added.

"Oh?" Chen Xing's eyes lit up. Looking at it this way, his still needed to rise a bit higher.

"What about Hua Zizai? Is he King-Grade?"

"He has surpassed King-Grade and is considered a Quasi-Emperor. The peerless Prodigy who died from the Yao Race is the same."

Chen Xing was surprised; he hadn't expected Hua Zizai and Yao Wuxie to be so formidable.

But it made sense; after all, they had a gap of a whole tier compared to the experts ranked after second place, so this was reasonable.

"Then I must at least be Quasi-Emperor-Grade, right?" Chen Xing couldn't help but ask.

"Emperor-Grade." The black-haired girl's answer was always so unexpected.

Chen Xing was stunned. Emperor-Grade—that was a taboo in the great Universe, an ultra-powerful being that was not permitted to exist.

It seemed there was a reason why the pioneering of this Hunyuan Divine Position was so difficult, but this was also good.

In this way, it meant that as long as Chen Xing succeeded, he could claim to others that he had the Aptitude of an Emperor, making him worthy of the name!

"Those are two different things." The black-haired girl seemed to see through his thoughts and poured a bucket of cold water on him on the spot.

"The so-called Divine-Grade or Emperor-Grade is actually like the honorifics you use for Geniuses, such as Little Heavenly King or Big Heavenly King; it refers to you having that Aptitude."

"But you must know, Aptitude is Aptitude. It gives you a qualification, but it does not mean you will definitely succeed in the future."

"Some people are gifted and are called Little Heavenly King, said to have the Aptitude of a Heavenly King in the future, but when the time actually comes, let alone a Heavenly King, I'm afraid even becoming a True King is a problem, and they get stuck at the Main God Realm and cannot advance."

Hearing this, Chen Xing nodded.

Indeed, even if he pioneered a Saint-Grade Divine Position, so what? It only gave him an entry ticket, not a guaranteed pass.

In the final analysis, one still had to rely on oneself and seek within.

"My Divine Position is Emperor-Grade, so it is normal for it to be a bit difficult." Thinking of this, Chen Xing sat down cross-legged and attempted to calculate other directions.

A year passed.

Chen Xing had performed the calculation tens of thousands of times, but each time he failed, sometimes even sustaining serious injuries.

However, this was not without gains. Every failure let him know which method was unfeasible, and next time he would know how to adjust.

"Senior Wang, what is your view on the restrictions of the Heavenly Dao? I wonder if you faced the same problem back then?" Chen Xing raised his head and couldn't help but ask.

Hearing this, the black-haired girl seemed to fall into distant memories.

After a moment, she opened her mouth: "The Heavenly Dao is ruthless; this is its most cruel, yet also its most gentle aspect."

Chen Xing said: "What is your point of view?"

The black-haired girl said: "The Heavenly Dao has no emotions. It will not favor you just because you are a favorite of heaven. Even if all things wither, as long as it does not violate the rules, it will not produce a shred of pity."

"But the reason I say this is also a gentle point is because it does not favor anyone."

"...You have the same thoughts as me." Chen Xing smiled slightly.

"If the Heavenly Dao had emotions, it would favor a certain living being—it could be a human, a Dragon, or a demon. At that time, it would be unfair to other races."

"Correct. It is precisely because the Heavenly Dao will not favor any side that the competition is so fair."

The black-haired girl nodded slightly: "But Saints are the exception. In a sense, the appearance of God Kings, Great Emperors, and Saints all bring extreme disasters."

She seemed to think of some unpleasant memories and said: "God Kings control a Universe, and they themselves are the will of the Universe. They can act completely according to their own wishes."

"Emperors are like the Universe Sea, and Saints manipulate the great Universe, running rampant across the heavens. They have strength on par with the Heavenly Dao, yet they do not need to follow the rules and have no restrictions; they can act according to their own ideas."

"At this time, it is best to only hope that such experts are also ruthless, but that is impossible, such as Evil Path Saints like the Calamity."

Chen Xing was silent, sighing slightly in his heart.

"Judging by your appearance, Senior, it seems you once suffered from this kind of oppression?" He asked.

"Once, yes. But we were trapped in a Universe, with three Quasi-Kings above our heads. They wanted to kill one party to achieve the position of God King, and we were just sacrifices." The black-haired girl's tone was flat, as if she had long seen through it.

"Is that how you perished, Senior?" Hearing this, Chen Xing couldn't help but feel a sense of regret.

After going through the thousands of major checkpoints earlier, he could feel this Senior's talent and innovativeness; it was extremely strong.

"Hmm... I was strangled in the cradle early, dying at the edge of the battlefield." The black-haired girl nodded.

"However, even if I had been alive at that time, I'm afraid it would have been useless, because the Universe had already begun to collapse, and I, being only a Main God, could not have survived."

"Then... Senior, do you have any last wishes? Perhaps this Junior can help?" Chen Xing said.

"I have no regrets. It is you instead; the checkpoints you face are the most difficult." The black-haired girl shook her head slightly.

"I will teach you a method that can resist the impact of the Heavenly Dao."

"Oh? Please speak, Senior!"

"It is still the Dream Dao."

The black-haired girl raised a finger and said seriously: "You construct multiple layers of dreams, starting the deduction layer by layer, but the side effect is that it is very easy to get trapped in the dreams and not be able to come out."

Chen Xing thought about it seriously and felt it was feasible.

Constructing several layers of dreams to temporarily resist the Heavenly Dao, then utilizing the last layer of the dream to deduce, perhaps he could find a way out?

"Understood, thank you, Senior!"

Thinking of this, Chen Xing was somewhat excited and immediately began to act.

"If it doesn't work, then continue to push through the checkpoints." After the black-haired girl finished speaking, she turned into lightning and disappeared.