"That was truly burning the boats, to have such determination, to abandon their homeland just to wipe out the Immortal Realm."
Wan Lei, engrossed, couldn't help but interject.
"Indeed. The Sun God was at his wit's end. But even then, the God Race's forces were still very strong, with their main gods participating. The Immortal Realm was no match.
At this critical juncture, the five Children of the Plane, along with a good friend from the Ghost Realm, journeyed to the Ghost Realm.
They helped their friend seize the position of Ghost Emperor, who is now the second-generation Ghost Emperor, the ruler of the Ghost Realm.
After obtaining the title of Ghost Emperor, the six of them embarked on the path to Sainthood together in the Ghost Realm.
Back then, because the Origin Plane's supreme authority was incomplete, the number of Saints that could be achieved within a single realm was limited. The Immortal Realm already had seven Saints. With their numbers, they had no choice but to go to the Ghost Realm.
The God Race launched a full-scale assault on the Immortal Realm continent. The Sect Master gathered all his forces in the Southern Territory, fighting a brutal Southern Territory defense battle.
In that battle, both the Immortal Realm and the God Race suffered immense casualties. The entire Southern Territory was littered with corpses and thick with smoke.
Even the Immortal Realm's Saints, Starfall Sword Saint Yao and Qitian Great Sage, both perished.
Tian Zun, Tang Huang, Bodhi, Heavenly Emperor, and the Buddha struggled to hold the line.
Fortunately, at the last moment, the five Children of the Plane and their friend, the Ghost Emperor, all achieved Sainthood. They arrived in the Immortal Realm with reinforcements from the Ghost Realm and the Dragon Tribe, engaging the God Race in a head-on, decisive battle.
No matter how powerful the God Race was, they could not win against the counter-offensive from the other two realms of the Origin Plane. They were ultimately forced to retreat from the Immortal Realm continent.
That battle inflicted heavy losses on the God Race. Eight of the twelve main gods died, and even the Sun God perished under the siege of the five Children of the Plane."
"Wait a moment, the Sun God died? Then how can you say the Sun God is your leader now?"
"Can you please stop interrupting? You're breaking my train of thought. Listen quietly.
The Taiyin God, along with the remaining main gods and the army, retreated to the God Realm. And how could the surging Immortal-Ghost allied forces simply let them escape?
They pursued them directly to the God Realm.
However, just as they were about to completely annihilate the God Realm, the three Unique Gods appeared.
They directly crushed the five Children of the Plane with a single grasp and sent the Immortal-Ghost allied forces reeling back to the Immortal Realm with a single palm."
Wan Lei and Fang Xiaoyu listened, dumbfounded. Holy cow, the Children of the Plane just died like that? And the enemy had such powerful trump cards like the Unique Gods?
This doesn't add up. The logic is flawed. If they had such powerful trump cards, why didn't they use them directly? Why suffer so many casualties among the main gods?
"Do you also find something amiss? If the five Grand Immortals hadn't revealed the truth of that year later, we would still be in the dark.
The Unique Gods are not just the Unique Gods of the God Race, but the Unique Gods of the entire Positive Plane.
A plane's supreme authority is divided into four parts. It can be said that a universe is composed of these four core elements.
They are Time, Space, Matter, and... Energy.
They only had three, which meant their supreme authority was incomplete. Therefore, if they wanted to obtain complete supreme authority, they needed the cooperation of the Energy Unique God. By absorbing the Energy Unique God, they could achieve complete authority.
But the problem was, there was no Energy Unique God. So, they decided to create one.
They predicted that the Energy Unique God would emerge from humanity. To expedite the appearance of the Energy Unique God, they instigated the twelve main gods to launch an invasion against humanity.
After all, nothing could accelerate the growth of the Children of the Plane more than war and the peril of extinction.
As they had hoped, the five Children of the Plane successfully achieved Sainthood. Only with a Saint's true spirit, comprehension, and affinity with energy did they have a sliver of a chance to become a Unique God.
The three Unique Gods did not care how many humans or gods died. They only cared about whether they could obtain complete authority.
"There's no shortage of people like that anywhere."
Wan Lei thought of Liu Naiweng, who was also willing to bring about devastation for his own ascension.
"Yes. They chose the five Children of the Plane, destroying their bodies, souls, and even their true spirits, transforming them into the most primal energy bodies.
Later, I don't know how it happened, as the historical records are not clear, but the five Children of Destiny reawakened their sentience. However, they were merely energy, without bodies or souls. In the end, they achieved the five elemental positions of the Energy Unique God.
But they divided one supreme position into five to achieve the Energy Unique God status. When facing the other three complete Unique Gods, they were naturally at a disadvantage because they were incomplete.
But they were human. Humans are weak yet powerful. Weak because humans are born as mortals, but powerful because this race possesses infinite potential and hope.
Later, somehow, the five Children of the Plane modified the rules of the Origin Plane, making energy supreme and the other three subordinate. They successfully absorbed the three Unique Gods, gaining their three authorities. Combined with their own energy authority, the four supreme authorities merged, and they obtained complete supreme authority.
They became the supreme and omnipotent deities of the entire Positive Plane.
They were Immortals, humans, not of the God Race. Therefore,
They renamed the authority of Unique God as... Immortal Venerable."
Wan Lei and Fang Xiaoyu were deeply shocked.
Was this the origin of the five Immortal Venerables?
Truly great destiny, great fortune, and great authority. Even from these vague historical records, one could glimpse the immeasurable peril involved.
Compared to them, what Wan Lei and Fang Xiaoyu had experienced was truly insignificant compared to the five Immortal Venerables.
"The three Unique Gods transformed into five Unique Gods, and the incomplete supreme authority became complete. From then on, the Positive Plane had true deities, true masters.
The Five Elements Palace also naturally became the leader of the entire Positive Plane.
The Five Elements Palace had the five Immortal Venerables, numerous Saints, the most elite young disciples of the entire Positive Plane, and the best resources.
It could be said that the Five Elements Palace was the holy land of the entire Positive Plane.
But did you think the story ended here?"
"There's more?"
Wan Lei and Fang Xiaoyu were startled. Everything seemed to have ended happily, and it wasn't over yet?
"Of course not.
Just as the war ended and everything settled down, a special race suddenly appeared and attacked the Ghost Realm.
They traversed the sea of suffering, traveled a great distance to the Positive Plane, and launched their attack."
"The Demon Race?"
The two spoke in unison.
"Yes, the Demon Race. In the Negative Plane, energy is also supreme, with the other three suppressed. But the Demon Race possesses complete energy positions, the seven Demon Lords.
Whereas our Positive Plane's Immortal Venerables are only five, and two positions have yet to be claimed."