Martial World's
Ch 2109 - Distribution of Benefits
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In a room in the deepest depths of the Ancient Eon Sect, Lin Ming was sitting.
This space was an independent minor dimension, and what was left within it were the remnants of countless powerful abyssal auras. All of these auras were left behind by the powerful supreme powerhouse of the Ancient Eon Sect who had secluded themselves here before.
At this moment, beautiful Law stones swirled in front of Lin Ming, each like an ancient abyss that was slowly rotating, hovering around him.
When Eon died, he left behind not just one demon crystal, but many of them.
After sensing the Eon relic crystal, Lin Ming's demonic avatar began to move, as every inch of his flesh and blood bloomed with the aura of life and his skin began to wriggle.
The power of Laws emitted by the relic crystal was slowly drawn out like an invisible thread, quietly swallowed up by Lin Ming's demonic avatar.
The process of comprehending the Eon relic crystal was long, but it was also very smooth.
In his life, Lin Ming had sensed too many Laws.
At first he started with a simple Concept of the Five Elements. Then, he progressed to the Laws of Space and Time, the Laws of Yin and Yang, the strength of the Nine Star Dao Palace, and even expanded them to the 33 Laws of Heaven.
Lin Ming slowly discovered that all the Laws he had comprehended earlier were on the actual branch of the 33 Laws of Heaven.
And, the 33 Laws of Heaven can be further divided into two parts. One was the Laws of the universe world, and the other was the Laws of the universe body.
For example, the Nine Heavenly Shifts could be summed up as one type of Laws of the universe of the world. As for the Nine Stars Dao Palace, it could be considered a kind of Laws of the universe body.
Lin Ming cultivated the Nine Shifts Heavenly and Nine Stars Dao Palace for great success, and that was when he saw the outline of the Laws of the universe world and the Laws of the universe body; this was the Heavenly Sutra and Scripture, the Laws closest to the source of the Great Dao.
However, it was only after that that Lin Ming learned that although the Great Dao of the 33 Heavens was comprehensive and vast, it was not the only one in this world. In the Dark Abyss, the Laws were not the same.
These were the Laws that came from the Dark Abyss and the abyssals totem level. If the Asura Road Master's conjecture of the Dark Abyss was correct, then the Abyssal Laws were actually Laws left behind from the previous universe.
The higher Lin Ming stood, the more he could see.
And the more he experienced, the more he could solidify his foundation so that he could rise higher towards the peak of martial arts.
He vaguely felt that if ever there was someone capable of fully comprehending the entirety of the Heavenly Dao, then that person would become heaven, that person would be the word, that person would be everything.
It was likely the so-called peak of martial arts.
Time slowly passed. The induction of the demonic avatar with the relic crystal continued, and his understanding of the Eon Laws became even more profound.
At the same time, this avatar had a mysterious telepathic connection to Lin Ming. During the process of understanding Lin Ming also gained a lot of inspiration.
After an unknown period of time, mystical runes began to appear on the skin, flesh, and blood of the demonic avatar.
These runes were like shining stars in the universe, with waves of power from the profound abyssal Laws rippling around them …
As the power of this Law appeared around the demonic avatar, the other abyssal auras in the room began to tremble, consciously avoiding the demonic avatar as if they were afraid of its existence.
And at this time, the crystal in front of Lin Ming suddenly flashed and a voice spread to his mind.
This caused Lin Ming to faintly frown. During this period of seclusion, he was secretly counting the time that passed. He knew that there was still half a year until the Demon God Tomb was opened, and according to his original calculations he still needed to seclude himself for a period of time.
But now the Council of Elders actually wanted to call him.
As the luster of sound transmission crystals dimmed, Lin Ming stood up and pushed the room door open. His figure flickered and he appeared in the Elders meeting hall.
At this moment inside the hall, the other eight Elders of the Ancient Eon Sect had gathered in full.
They sat in a circle around a simple wooden table. The atmosphere became gloomy.
“What is it?”
Lin Ming asked.
Great Elder Eon God narrowed his eyes, judging Lin Ming without hiding it. He could faintly sense that Lin Ming's body was surging with strength. It seemed that after a short period of seclusion, Lin Ming had undergone some drastic changes.
“Mm? So fast?” lin Ming's mind stirred. According to the information he had obtained from the Demon Association Elders, there was half a year until the Demon God Tomb was opened. It's too early to leave.
The Great Elder continued, “This time, our Ancient Eon Sect will cooperate with Deep King Road, as well as other influences – Nine Nether Palace. The three influences would form an alliance with Deep King Road as the head. We and Nine Nether Palace will obey the orders of Deep King Road to a certain degree.”.
The Nine Nether Palace…
Lin Ming had heard of the Nine Nether Palace before. It was one of the six great totem level influences, and the abyss of its totem level, ‘Nether’, was dead.
The Nether seems to have been seriously wounded in a great war 10 billion years ago. After which, his life force slowly dissipated until it perished; this was the same as dying from old age.
Since Nether had died, the Nine Nether Palace was not very powerful, only slightly stronger than the Ancient Eon Sect. During the trip to this Demon God Tomb, the two of them had to take the more powerful Inner King Path as their leader. Like this, it would be easier to maintain their strength and survive, and naturally gain more benefits.
The Great Elder continued, “Deep King Road is the strongest of the three of us so they will definitely receive the greatest benefit. But, the percentage of the specific division will depend on the contrast of forces between the three of us. In other words, this is a comparison of martial power.”
“Oh? Martial power?” Lin Ming raised his head. It seemed that heading to Deep King Road early was so that there would be more time to compare martial power.
“The specific rules are that we, Nine Nether Palace, and Deep King Road will each choose a disciple from their list of names who wants to enter the Demon God Graveyard, respectively, and these disciples would be the strongest. We and Nine Nether Palace will pick three people each and Deep King Road will pick six people.
“Total there are 12 people. The six people between us and Nine Nether Palace will be competing with the six people from Deep King Road. The Challenge will be initiated by our side and you can freely choose whomever you want to challenge among the six people in Deep King Road. You can even repeat the challenge. Then, in the end, how we decide on a specific profit sharing will depend on the number of defeats that both sides have gained.”
As the Great Elder spoke, Lin Ming was shocked. The Dark Abyss was truly a world where power reigned supreme. Even in negotiations within the alliance, the profit sharing was based on who had greater martial power and who had lower martial power.
And looking at this rule alone, the Nine Nether Palace and the Ancient Eon Sect were too weak compared to Deep King Road. The two together could not even defeat a single one.
Deep King Road allowed the Ancient Eon Sect and the Nine Nether Palace to begin the challenge, to freely challenge who they wanted, and also repeat the challenge. In other words, Deep King Road was very confident in every one of the six people they would send. Among the six, no one was weak!
As Lin Ming thought about this, he developed a sense of vigilance towards the abyssal level totem of Deep King Road. If he were to meet Deep, he would definitely not be able to escape his grasp.
“During this strength competition, will Deep appear?”
Lin Ming asked.
The Great Elder chuckled. “Deep has not appeared in billions of years. It seems like you still don't have much understanding of the six totem level influences. ”
Lin Ming silently nodded at the Great Elder's words. When he obtained the memories of the Demon Association Elders, there was no way he would learn them all. To read the memories that spanned for hundreds of millions of years would take far too long, so he only focused on the information related to the Demon God Tomb.
The Great Elder then said, “You don't need to participate. Our Ancient Eon Sect can only choose three people to fight, so it's not your turn yet.”.
As the Great Elder spoke, Lin Ming could see traces of contempt on the three younger Elders, as well as envy.
It was clear that these three Elders would be the three people representing the Ancient Eon Sect during the competition.
They were the youngest of the eight Elders of the Ancient Eon Sect and their potential was the greatest, so they were the most likely candidates.
The disdainful expressions on their faces clearly came from Lin Ming's relatively low cultivation.
As for jealousy, it was only natural that Lin Ming had stumbled into the Book of Eon and had managed to become an Elder of the Ancient Eon Sect because of this. Being placed on the same level as Lin Ming was something they rejected.
Lin Ming did not respond, nor did he feel anything about the expressions of these three Elders towards him. After all, it didn't matter to him how high the profit sharing that the Ancient Eon Sect obtained was.
He already knew that these three young Elders had unfriendly intentions towards him. They all wanted to enter the Demon God Tomb with the Book of Eon.
“But ..” At this moment, the Great Elder suddenly changed the conversation. “Although you don't need to fight, there's still something you need to do.
“Currently, our Ancient Eon Sect is still blocking all information regarding the Book of Eon, so no one knows about it. Do you know what will happen after we announce the news that the Book of Eon has been found?”
The voice of the Great Elder was cold and cold. Without waiting for Lin Ming to reply, he said, “In the Dark Abyss, strength is everything. And if you enter the Tomb of the Demon God, it is impossible for you to hide the Book of Eon. In other words, everyone will know that the book is in your hands, so sooner or later we will have to announce the return of the Book of Eon.
“And currently Deep King Road will definitely try to bargain with us. And, the method they will adopt will definitely hand over a portion of their profits to us in exchange for the Book of Eon!”
The Great Elder coldly sneered as he said this. “Although swapping some benefits sounds good, the truth is it will be a forced exchange. And, it would be difficult for us to reject them. Even if the Book of Eon is ours from the beginning, we still cannot reject it. This is because without power, we naturally have no right to do so! Even most of the places to enter the Demon God Tomb were in their hands!
“If we are stubborn and refuse to retreat then they will threaten to leave the alliance and start pushing us aside, so that only a few of us can enter the Demon God Tomb. At that time, while we may still have the Book of Eon when we enter, we will be surrounded by enemies on all sides. We're going to be fish on the cutting board, so how can we possibly keep the Book of Eon?”
The Great Elder slowly said, his words justified and natural, without any falsehoods.
“Then?” Lin Ming's brows lifted. He looked at the Great Elder. He could faintly sense that what the Great Elder was about to say was the true purpose of summoning him here.