414: Chapter 414 The Laws of the Celestial Venerable of Myriad Manifestations

Lu Sheng stood up from the stone bed and strode out of the secret room.

The lighting in the corridor was very dim. Luo Tianfei stood at the entrance of the command room, the blue light in her mechanical eyes flickering twice as fast as usual.

"What signal is it?" Lu Sheng asked.

"A Law Message. It's not from communication equipment, but an information entity condensed from pure Law power. It was sent from the direction of the Myriad Manifestations Divine Court's core star sector and is currently passing through the Solar System's outer defense layer."

"Did you intercept it?"

"I didn't. Law Messages aren't aggressive; they are just Law waves containing information. If intercepted by force, the information entity will self-destruct."

Lu Sheng walked into the command room.

On the holographic projection, an emerald green light sphere the size of a fist was suspended outside Earth's outer armor layer, rotating slowly.

"Who is the recipient?"

"The Law frequency of the information entity highly matches the spirit source fluctuations of Elder Profound Sound. This letter was sent to her."

Lu Sheng's eyes narrowed slightly.

Myriad Manifestations Heavenly Venerate didn't send the message through Profound Sound's communication Magical Artifact—because the artifact was in Lu Sheng's hands. So, he used this method of Law Message instead.

The characteristic of a Law Message is precision. The sender must be extremely familiar with the recipient's spirit source fluctuations to accurately deliver the information entity to their vicinity.

Myriad Manifestations Heavenly Venerate knew Profound Sound's spirit source fluctuations like the back of his hand.

Of course he did. He had implanted a Law Mark into the core of Profound Sound's spirit source; it would be hard not to know.

"Have Profound Sound come here," Lu Sheng said.

Three minutes later, Profound Sound walked into the command room.

She had clearly sensed that Law information entity as well. Cultivators in the Spirit Saint Realm are extremely sensitive to Law fluctuations, especially those that match their own spirit source frequency.

"A message from the Heavenly Venerate." Profound Sound looked at the green light sphere on the holographic projection, her tone very flat.

"Do you want to read it privately, or in front of me?"

Profound Sound did not hesitate. "I will read it in front of Your Excellency."

Lu Sheng nodded. "Let it in."

Luo Tianfei operated the controls, and a tiny channel in Earth's outer armor layer opened. The emerald green Law information entity passed through the channel, flew into the atmosphere, and headed straight for Dengxian Island.

The information entity passed through the walls of the command room—Law Messages can ignore physical obstacles—and suspended itself in front of Profound Sound.

Profound Sound reached out her right hand and pressed it against the information entity.

The emerald green light spread along her arm, forming a complete piece of information within her Sea of Consciousness.

Three seconds later, the light dissipated.

Profound Sound lowered her hand.

Lu Sheng looked at her Face.

Profound Sound's expression didn't change much. But deep in her eyes, something flashed by—Lu Sheng wasn't sure what it was. Fear? Or something else?

"Speak. What are the contents?"

Profound Sound was silent for two seconds.

"The Heavenly Venerate's original words were—"

She spoke, her voice steady, but her speaking speed was a bit slower than usual.

"'Lu Sheng, I am giving you Face, do not be ungrateful. Regarding the seed of origin, I will no longer negotiate with you. Within three days, I will personally arrive at that Star Domain. If you are sensible, step aside and yield the ruins; I will let bygones be bygones and sign the hundred-year non-aggression treaty as planned. If you are not sensible—I will let you know how vast the gap is between a Late Spirit Saint and a Peak Spirit Saint.'"

The command room was silent for three seconds.

Then Lu Sheng laughed.

It wasn't a cold laugh, nor a bitter one. He simply found it funny.

"Late Spirit Saint?"

He looked toward Profound Sound.

Profound Sound's expression changed slightly. "The Heavenly Venerate... he knows."

"Knows what?"

"Knows that you have made a Breakthrough to the Late Spirit Saint stage."

Lu Sheng's smile vanished.

After he broke through to the Late Spirit Saint stage, he had been deliberately suppressing his aura, presenting himself to the outside world as a Peak Mid Spirit Saint Stage. Luo Tianfei's equipment could detect it because her passive scanning precision was extremely high.

But Myriad Manifestations Heavenly Venerate was hundreds of thousands of miles away; how did he know?

There was only one answer.

The Law Mark.

The Law Mark Myriad Manifestations Heavenly Venerate had implanted in Profound Sound's spirit source core was not as simple as just tracking coordinates.

It could also sense changes in the Law environment around Profound Sound.

Although Lu Sheng was in the Old God Abyss when he broke through to the Late Spirit Saint stage, after he returned to Earth, even if he deliberately restrained his aura, the Law fluctuations that occasionally leaked out during daily life would be captured by the mark in Profound Sound's spirit source core.

That mark was Myriad Manifestations Heavenly Venerate's eyes.

"Damn it," Lu Sheng cursed inwardly.

He had underestimated the functions of that Law Mark.

"Is there anything else?" Lu Sheng asked Profound Sound.

"Yes." Profound Sound's voice grew even lower. "The Heavenly Venerate's command to me is—when he arrives in three days, I must cooperate fully. If I have any act of disobedience—"

She didn't finish.

But the meaning was clear.

Detonate the Law Mark, shatter the spirit source core, and die on the spot.

Lu Sheng leaned back against the chair, his fingers tapping on the armrest a few times.

"Three days."

Myriad Manifestations Heavenly Venerate said he would arrive personally within three days.

For a Peak Spirit Saint Cultivator to fly from the core area of the Myriad Manifestations Divine Court to the vicinity of the Old God Abyss, considering his speed and intermediate spatial jump capabilities—three days was a reasonable time.

"Luo Tianfei, if Myriad Manifestations Heavenly Venerate travels at full speed, what is the fastest he could reach the Old God Abyss?"

"Based on the distance from the Myriad Manifestations Divine Court's core area to the Old God Abyss, the limit flight speed of a Peak Spirit Saint plus the spatial jump Laws he likely possesses—the fastest would be two and a half days. Three days leaves a margin of error."

Two and a half days.

Lu Sheng stood up.

"He said three days. In reality, he might arrive in two and a half. He intentionally said an extra half day because he wants to catch me off guard."

"That is a possibility," Luo Tianfei said.

Lu Sheng turned to look at Profound Sound.

"What do you plan to do?"

Profound Sound looked up and met Lu Sheng's gaze.

"I... do not wish to be his tool."

"But you have his mark in your spirit source core. He can kill you with a single thought."

"I know."

"You know, yet you're still gambling?"

Profound Sound did not answer.

Lu Sheng looked at her for three seconds.

"Go back for now. I need time to think."

Profound Sound bowed and exited the command room.

After the door closed, Lu Sheng slammed a fist onto the table.

It wasn't for show. He just had a surge of frustration suppressed in his chest.

He originally thought he had made sufficient preparations—his Late Spirit Saint strength, the reinforced defenses of the Old God Abyss, Earth's ancient metal armor, and thirty Anti-Rule Turrets.

But Myriad Manifestations Heavenly Venerate had directly laid his cards on the table.

No more talk. I'm coming to take it myself.

"Peak Spirit Saint." Lu Sheng repeated those three words.

Late Spirit Saint versus Peak Spirit Saint. A difference of one minor stage.

How large was the gap of this one minor stage?

He knew better than anyone. The gap between Mid Spirit Saint and Peak Mid Spirit Saint Stage was already very obvious. From Peak Mid Stage to Late Stage was another qualitative change. From Late Stage to Peak—

"I can't win."

Lu Sheng very calmly made this judgment.

In a head-on clash, he couldn't beat Myriad Manifestations Heavenly Venerate.

Even with his new Law Resonance ability and the Physical Body bonus from the Dragon God Sequence, the win rate in a direct battle—would not exceed thirty percent.

Thirty percent. Too low.

But—

"Who said I was going to fight him head-on?"

Lu Sheng's eyes lit up again.

"Luo Tianfei."

"Present."

"Bring up the defense layout of the Old God Abyss. Then bring up the parameters of the Anti-Rule Turrets on Earth's periphery."

"Both at the same time?"

"Yes."

Lu Sheng sat back in his chair, staring at the holographic projection in front of him.

He didn't plan to fight Myriad Manifestations Heavenly Venerate head-on.

He was going to turn the battlefield into his home ground.

The Old God Abyss—that was the fortress where he had spent three days laying down Law formation patterns.

If Myriad Manifestations Heavenly Venerate wanted to break through the defense of that spherical space, it would take at least ten to fifteen minutes.

Fifteen minutes.

"In these fifteen minutes, what can I do?"

Lu Sheng's finger drew a circle on the table.

"Luo Tianfei, what is the maximum range of the Anti-Rule Turrets?"

"With Earth as the turret base, the maximum effective range is thirty thousand miles. Beyond thirty thousand miles, the energy attenuation is too rapid to cause effective damage to a Spirit Saint Realm target."

Thirty thousand miles.

The Old God Abyss was an eight-hour flight from Earth. Far exceeding thirty thousand miles.

The turrets couldn't hit the Old God Abyss.

"Then what if we dismantle the turrets and mount them on a spaceship?"

Luo Tianfei was silent for a second.

"Theoretically feasible. But we don't have a spaceship large enough to carry an Anti-Rule Turret. The turret's energy supply module is extremely bulky; ordinary aircraft cannot accommodate it."

"Then build one."

"Build a ship capable of carrying an Anti-Rule Turret?"

"It doesn't need to be too big. Just enough to carry one gun. It just needs to be able to fly to the Old God Abyss and fire one shot. That's enough."

Luo Tianfei's mechanical eyes flashed several times as she performed high-speed calculations.

"If it only carries one turret, coupled with a minimized energy supply module—we would need an aircraft at least fifty meters long. With the existing ancient metal reserves and the production capacity of the Blacksmith Camp—"

"How long?"

"Twenty-four hours."

"Too slow."

"This is already the limit."

Lu Sheng grit his teeth.

Twenty-four hours. Myriad Manifestations Heavenly Venerate would arrive in two and a half days at the earliest.

There was still a margin of one and a half days.

Barely enough.

"Start work. Start work now."

"Understood."

Lu Sheng stood up and strode out of the command room.

He took a deep breath in the corridor.

Two and a half days.

He only had two and a half days to prepare everything.

And then—

He was going to flip the table on Myriad Manifestations Heavenly Venerate at the Old God Abyss.