Catastrophic necromancer

**Chapter 1631: The True Origin of That Great War**

Lin Moyu’s success on the first try was unexpected. He was confident he would succeed, but he didn’t expect it to happen on the first attempt. The surprise came so suddenly.

Looking at the shining Golden Armor Rune in front of him, Lin Moyu carefully inspected it, and the initial excitement gradually faded.

The Golden Armor Rune was indeed complete and usable. However, it was not perfect. The entire rune had many inconsistencies, and once used, its effect might be less than half of what he could draw manually.

It might not even withstand the attack of a minor Divine Sovereign, let alone a Divine Sovereign. Such a Golden Armor Rune was of little use. Lin Moyu wanted a perfect Golden Armor Rune, and he had his own ideas about it. The current Golden Armor Rune was just the most basic version; there would be more advanced versions in the future with much stronger defensive capabilities.

In his vision, the Golden Armor Rune was a rune that could continuously grow and upgrade.

If it could only block one or two attacks from a Divine Sovereign, it wouldn’t be worth the effort.

Now that the Golden Armor Rune was complete and the formation had no issues, it just wasn’t perfect.

The next step was to find a way to perfect the formation and ultimately fuse a perfect Golden Armor Rune.

This would be a long process, and he couldn’t rush it.

It required repeated experiments, and he couldn’t afford to be careless.

In the core area, Ancestor Xu, the newly ascended Rune Saint Venerable, had completely stabilized his realm.

With the experience of Dao Rhythm, he had advanced further in the path of runes.

His understanding and mastery of ancient runes had also reached a new level.

Only after becoming a Saint Venerable did he realize the vast gap between the two realms.

Although both were in the Other Shore Realm, there was already a chasm between them.

Now that Ancestor Xu had become the Rune Saint Venerable, he finally understood this.

Saint Venerable Hao appeared beside him, shrouded in an invisible black light that enveloped both of them.

Their conversation was inaudible to outsiders.

Even those in the Other Shore Realm couldn’t hear it.

In fact, those in the Other Shore Realm didn’t even know that Saint Venerable Hao was conversing with the Rune Saint Venerable.

“Now, do you understand?” Saint Venerable Hao’s voice was somewhat low, seemingly calm but filled with deep helplessness and powerlessness.

The Rune Saint Venerable looked into the distance, where a divine path lay in his sight.

It seemed that stepping onto the divine path would lead to higher realms and greater peaks.

But this divine path was broken.

An invisible chasm blocked the divine path, preventing anyone from moving forward.

Looking at the chasm, the Rune Saint Venerable also felt despair.

A strong sense of despair struck his soul wave after wave, and the Rune Saint Venerable couldn’t bear it, so he had to look away.

As long as he didn’t look at it, the feeling would disappear completely, as if it never existed.

Saint Venerable Hao sighed, “Isn’t it despairing? The path ahead is broken. No matter how high your talent or how great your opportunities, you can’t move forward.”

The Rune Saint Venerable’s face turned slightly pale, and the joy of ascending to Saint Venerable had vanished. His voice trembled slightly, “Why is it like this?”

Saint Venerable Hao said, “Go to the Human Emperor Network.”

The Rune Saint Venerable connected to the Human Emperor Network. This was his first time connecting to the Human Emperor Network after becoming a Saint Venerable.

His consciousness naturally entered the Human Emperor Network, and he found himself in a place he had never been before.

“This is the Land of Saint Venerables, only accessible to Saint Venerables.”

“There are some things only Saint Venerables are qualified to know.”

Saint Venerable Hao’s voice sounded, and he also arrived at the Land of Saint Venerables, standing side by side with the Rune Saint Venerable.

In front of them were eighteen giant thrones, the Thrones of Saint Venerables.

Among them, twelve thrones were dim, and only six thrones still shone brightly.

The Rune Saint Venerable’s gaze fell on one of the thrones, which was displayed in the Human Emperor Network as belonging to him.

Saint Venerable Hao said in a low voice, “Since the Great War of the War God that severed the near ancient period, our human race has had a total of twelve Saint Venerables. Including you, only six remain.”

The six remaining corresponded exactly to the number of shining thrones.

The Rune Saint Venerable’s eyes narrowed, “What about the other Saint Venerables?”

Saint Venerable Hao shook his head, “They all stepped onto the human race’s divine path before their lifespan ran out and never returned, without exception.”

A Saint Venerable’s lifespan is about fifty thousand years. From the near ancient period to now, over a hundred thousand years have passed.

The human race has had a total of eighteen Saint Venerables, twelve of whom stepped onto the divine path after breaking through the Unfathomable Realm and completely disappeared.

The Rune Saint Venerable wanted to say something, but Saint Venerable Hao waved his hand, and a document appeared before the Rune Saint Venerable.

After carefully reading it, the Rune Saint Venerable’s expression became increasingly grave, and he muttered to himself, “So that’s how it is.”

The information he saw was only accessible to Saint Venerables.

In other words, only six people in the human race currently knew about this.

Saint Venerable Hao’s eyes carried a trace of helplessness, “Since the ancient period, a great war severed the divine path, making the path beyond Saint Venerable extremely perilous.”

“Now you should understand why, at the end of the near ancient period, various races joined forces to attack our human race.” At the end of the near ancient period, various races suddenly launched an unprecedented attack on the human race.

Over two hundred races joined forces, attacking the human race from all directions.

The four major star regions of the human race were almost entirely occupied, with countless casualties.

Finally, the allied forces of various races reached the human race’s divine city, putting the human race in grave danger.

It was at that time that Xiao Zhantian emerged.

With an invincible stance, he repelled the allied forces of various races.

Afterward, he even counterattacked the various races, and the allied forces of over two hundred races were nearly halved.

Many races fled to distant lands.

Xiao Zhantian alone severed the near ancient period, ushering the entire great world into a new era.

This history is recorded among all races in the great world.

But few know the true reason for the great war.

Even those in the Other Shore Realm of the human race didn’t know why.

The Rune Saint Venerable didn’t know before reaching Saint Venerable.

Now he finally understood that the true purpose behind the great war was the human race’s divine path.

After the ancient period, the divine path was severed, making it extremely difficult to advance beyond Saint Venerable.

The divine path is not unique; many powerful races have it.

But without exception, all were severed.

Only the human race’s divine path, though incomplete, was not entirely severed.

The true purpose of the great war was to destroy the human race and seize the divine path.

The human race’s divine path is widely known, and almost every human knows about it.

Entering the divine city and stepping onto the divine path is the dream of every cultivator.

But few know the true meaning of the divine path.

Even the Rune Saint Venerable only learned about it now!

The Rune Saint Venerable’s mood matched Saint Venerable Hao’s, slightly gloomy, and his voice was similarly low, “Has anyone succeeded?”

Saint Venerable Hao shook his head, “I don’t know, maybe someone has, maybe no one has.”

After a few seconds of silence, he continued, “The War God should have succeeded.”

The Rune Saint Venerable’s pupils contracted, “Really?”

As far as he knew, Xiao Zhantian hadn’t appeared for many years.

No one knew if he was dead or alive.

If Xiao Zhantian was a Saint Venerable, his lifespan would have long been exhausted after over a hundred thousand years.

If he wasn’t a Saint Venerable, then what was he?

What realm lies beyond Saint Venerable…

Saint Venerable Hao said in a low voice, “When the divine path opens next time, you will know, soon!”