Chapter 256 - Kong Ming

The next few days, Caelum and his group continued their journey after taking the lake that they had encountered placing it in his Myriad Miles Rivers and Mountain painting to be nourished and turned into a treasure.

The special property of the painting allows it to increase the quality of any item, turning them into a higher grade.

In those times they noticed Xiao Ning'er the next day after her wild night with Caelum. Everyone made her spit everything telling the story of her night with Caelum making all of them blushed and Huyan Lanruo teased her.

Traveling for a week causes them to join in the time frame even Xiao Xue who is pushed by them to act. Caelum accepted them already expecting the outcome thanks to his Omniscient but didn't expect it to be this early.

Despite it allowed him to see the future and other parallels all at once using parallel thought processing to manage them, unable to have a certain result.

The Law of Cause and Effect was vital to see the certain Result or effect of actions. Caelum is capable of interfering and manipulating it yet not the level where he is able to do without thinking.

In the end, he accepted them spending the time to know each other and not straight to sexual interaction. Caelum took them to his Myriad Miles River and Mountain painting to train, allowing the other two women to reach Legend rank in a few days. 

They spend most of the time diluted to get used to each other's company until they continue. Caelum, though lustful, always loves spending his time with someone in a peaceful manner.

"Is this the place?"

After a long week of travelling and finally arrived deep in a forest where a stone monument displayed covering in most and vines the effect of time. 

The four young girls had their beauty intensify after being exposed from other forms of training like Dao and Intent that Caelum made manuals. 

He was capable of pulling the knowledge that he had accumulated turning it into a book. This boosts the young girls' strength despite their cultivation becoming slower. Though, the slow is understatement as it was already at godlike level speed. 

Caelum cultivation methods he had given them three important aspects, Refining, Tempering and Cycle. This is the principle contained in his own [Heavenly Void] cultivation and only applied to them.

It would refine the energy then temper their body and soul then refined again causing it to condense leaving no flaws or crack.

Approaching the stone statue contain worlds of the dark age, it radiate a powerful intent that only those that reach the highest insight are capable of finding the stone connected to something.

"Those who follow me, shall be honored. Those who oppose me, shall perish. How arrogant…"

Caelum read the content of the text analyzing how it was etched into the stone seeing how the person let out an intent for the purpose of something.

This same phrase was in the Abyss prison that Caelum planned on visiting when he finished his bet with Shen Xiu and spent the time continuing teaching. 

"Did you find something interesting?"

Ye Ziyun asked, seeing Caelum silently standing reading the ancient text on the Stone Monument. She only saw him shake his head before turning and approaching a particular spot. 

Moments later the ground crumbled revealing a large whole deep underground. They quickly descended then moved forwards avoiding the traps along the way.

They had no use for a torch as they had already reached a level where it was unnecessary. Their enhanced senses are capable of seeing in the dark or even through walls.

"Kong ming rest here? Who is this person, there weren't any text about him?"(Xiao Ning'er)

"Emperor Kong Ming is an exclusive individual that is shrouded in mystery. He was a person who disregarded his own history in favor of something greater."

Caelum is unsure the fate that befall him but is confident that this person had long died after rising to the limit of s mortal. 

He could only guess that this person either truly died in the hands of the Sage Emperor or rose even greater escaping his own verse. The former is the most probable yet even with his omniscience it remains uncertain.

After a while, the tunnel led them to a large room where they were shaken at the sight of the skeleton of the deceased scattered around the place. 

He remained indifferent seeing Life and Death countless times made him calm yet still had his emotion and sympathy. 

"Let's bury them first before continuing. It is the least we could do for intruding."

They agreed to take the bones and place them in rows before placing a piece of cloth. He pity how these innocent people were forced to die in starvation. 

Their souls had long passed on to the samsara wheel reincarnating them. Caelum gave a small prayer for them using a bit of 'potential' to turn it into reality.

"Rest and shall find a new better life."

At that moment Caelum was able to break through his comprehension of Life and Death causing his Eternal Samsara wheel to shimmer then from his Gate of Babylon came the 106 reincarnation that Elizabeth experienced in Nanatsu no Taizai acting as a based to turn letting him experience of Life and death.

His insight expanded not just Life and death but things in between them, the negative emotion that came from life, Grief, Hatred, Envy, and fear then its reflection of Joy, Love, Sympathy, and Courage. 

The concept of Duality shifting forming something within his Eternal Samsara.

It was brief from the outside yet it took him more than a few hundred thousand years to subside and once it finished had formed a swirling Yin-Yang symbol at the middle of his Eternal Samsara wheel.

'I was finally able to use it huh? This was only a Minor reincarnation…'

The Sacred Scripture if reached a certain was capable of reincarnating himself over Nine times without the loss of insights and talent. 

What he witnessed was only the minor Reincarnation that gave a small insight about true Immortality. 

Caelum only needs an Eternal Soul until truly becoming a True immortal. His soul is already in the path to this destination where the Temporal Vine made his soul unkillable.

Once he's finished, joined back with the others continuing their exploration around the tomb, finding them standing around the stone coffin.

"Teacher Tian this coffin...it seems to block us from getting closer."(Xiao Xue)

"It's best to stand back. I'll see what I can do. You four can wait to exist and I'll just follow. Don't worry I'll be fine."

He gave a reassuring smile as the four nodded, moving first to wait for him at the exit. Caelum already knew what the coffin contained yet no one can be sure.

Taking a step forward instantly blasted by the ocean of Soul Force but Caelum used the Law of Devouring/abyss to absorb it then refined until the impurities were removed before using it to his Martial Spirit.

They roared and screeched from the sensation absorbing their nourishment turning their strength around Emperor level. 

Caelum was still at the Legend Rank but the prowess was the same as an Martial Ancestor Rank. He only stayed to be a Legend rank to fix any imperfection he could find.

One

..Two

..Three

He took heavy steps remaining indifferent from the energy until the coffin was opened revealing another page of the Temporal Demon Spirit Book.

The page hover before shooting itself straight into his forehead and absorbing the Temporal Vine. Its surface produces countless divine Sanskrit that he is unable to comprehend yet learned something new.

'The writer of the book is Nie Li from another timeline….interesting.'

Caelum witnessed how the book was created and realized the reason why it was not showing it's TRUE potential was due to the lack of Nie Li. 

That version of Nie Li had died turned into the Temporal Demon Spirit Book then given to the alternate timeline before it sent Nie Lie back again. 

The question of who was the real Nie Li and the answer was clear. They were all the same even at what point of time that is.

Boooom!!

Caelum's physical soul flared with energy   as he rose higher in insight of his Law of Cause and Effect seeing how the flow of time works.

He was unable to become a variable that was unaffected by the past but it was enough for him to kill his past self and not be affected unless he stopped his other self from killing him in the first place then erased the scenario entirely.

'In it best I have the Law of Nihility to eliminate the paradox.'