Among the ultimate treasures, a dozen were what he had seen in the past.
The Tome of Life and Death, Dream Gate, Aeon Chart, Time Source Crystal, Eternal Eye, and more.
Stopping in front of an illusory gate, Maximus couldn't help but sigh.
"I still can't pick you..."
The Plane Gate, the strongest defensive treasure, was one of the top three ultimate treasures in the Aeon Plane.
Looking at its virtual projection, yet unable to do anything, Maximus could only sigh in frustration.
The Plane Gate required one to be a Plane Master before it could be subdued.
Shaking his head, Maximus moved on to look through the other treasures.
After rummaging through over a hundred ultimate treasures, Maximus finally landed on three he liked.
[Immutable Sword: The sharpest blade of the Aeon Plane. Capable of slicing through every fabric of reality down to the essence of causality.]
[Celestial Purity: A divine treasure of purity. It can cleanse all filth, heal any wound, and shield its bearer from all harm.]
[Eternal Book: The tome of boundless knowledge. It grants limitless wisdom and inspiration, empowering the wielder with unparalleled comprehension.]
"Can I pick all three?" Maximus asked shamelessly.
"Just one. Don't be greedy!"
"Tsk!"
Looking at the three ultimate treasures he had selected, Maximus couldn't help but feel torn.
The Immutable Sword alone was enough to make him salivate with greed.
The sharpest sword, capable of cutting through anything and everything.
Although not the strongest, it was the sharpest weapon in existence.
The only limitation was that one needed to land the attack for it to be effective.
This characteristic made the Immutable Sword fall short of being the strongest blade.
As for the Eternal Book, its potential was virtually limitless.
If one possessed a vast quantity and quality of knowledge, the book might even enable the deduction of grand paths never seen before.
Treasures of this caliber couldn't possibly be offered in a Tier 10 Virtual Trial.
"I see..." Maximus sighed in disappointment.
Finally, he crossed out the Immutable Sword from his list.
Although it was awe-inspiring, he wasn't particularly a fan of swordplay.
He preferred to rely on his fists or outright crush opponents with his overwhelming power.
Furthermore, without the power of absolute speed to complement the sword's sharpness, it would be nothing more than a decorative weapon in his hands.
"That leaves Celestial Purity... and the Eternal Book,"
Celestial Purity could drastically cut down the time required for him to advance to the Overlord Realm while also granting him abilities to heal and protect in times of chaos.
It could even allow him to tap into the vast reserves of causality scattered throughout the void.
Although Maximus could generate and condense strands of causality himself, obtaining the ready-made ones would save him significant effort.
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Then there was the Eternal Book. Its potential was infinite, opening limitless possibilities that even he couldn't fully comprehend.
Although it wouldn't grant him the ability to immediately advance to Tier 12, it held the potential to allow him to glimpse beyond it.
"A million... or a book to create a million?" Maximus mused with a smile.
Closing his eyes, he did what he did best—deducing countless futures to determine which treasure would bring him the greatest benefit.
After spending the remaining hundreds of millions of strands of causality he had accumulated and meditating for several days, he finally chose the Eternal Book.
"The future is never-ending. Instead of choosing a fixed path, why not choose the one that lets me create my own?"
While the former offered a fast and efficient road, the latter promised the ability to pave his own, with limitless possibilities that far surpassed the other.
Faced with a choice between a pre-built path with defined limits and one that would allow him to create a road leading beyond all others, Maximus finally chose the latter.