Chapter 897

"And there is also the Chaos Pearl, which exists in the legends of the Primordial World and is surely a Treasure."

As Mei spoke, the breathing of everyone present grew increasingly rapid, especially that of Hua Yue and the others.

While their entire race was chasing after a single Low-Grade Spirit Tool, that neighboring mere Middle-Thousand World actually had so many Top-Grade Spirit Tools, and even Treasures!

Hua Yue felt ten thousand grievances in her heart; those guys weren't as strong as her, so why did they get to eat so well?

"By the way! There's also my Heaven and Earth Profound Yellow Exquisite Pagoda, known as the number one defense in the world; it even blocked the Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation of Tongtian!"

"A Merit Supreme Treasure!"

Kiana wiped the drool from the corner of her mouth and stood up indignantly.

"Fellow senior brothers and sisters! Fellow elders and heads! Since ancient times, treasures belong to those with virtue!"

"This Primordial World not only smears the faith of my Shushan and the Three Pure Ones of Daoism, but also shows absolutely no respect for the Great Luo of the Heavens!"

"I, Kiana, swear here! I will surely be at the vanguard! I will make the Primordial World realize its mistake!"

Ningguang and the others twitched their lips, but they were equally tempted in their hearts.

Not to mention them, even Zhongli, Kevin, and Fu Hua—those three who had reached the Refinement of Spirit to Return to Void—were tempted.

If they were just ordinary Spirit Tools, they wouldn't care; using them would be no different from using Dharma Tools.

But if they were Merit Supreme Treasures, top-tier Spirit Tools, half-step Treasures, or even actual Treasures...

Then, sorry.

An innocent man is guilty of his own treasure!

This Primordial World cannot handle these treasures; they might as well let them protect them instead.

If they want to blame someone, they should blame themselves for being too weak.

In the cultivation world where the strong prey on the weak, holding treasures without sufficient strength and having no backing behind you...

Isn't that just waiting to be robbed?

Zhongli felt embarrassed if he didn't rob them.

As for whether there would be problems if they took them...

What a joke!

As cultivators who have reached the Refinement of Spirit to Return to Void, in the current Heavens and Myriad Worlds after the Day of Dharma Extinction, they count as first-class, provided one doesn't count the Heavenly Demon territory.

In terms of backing, they still have Shushan, and they have Jiang Yan, who has reached the Refinement of Void to Join the Dao.

If they can't handle these treasures, who else can?

643. The Primordial World with a Cursed and Solidified Fate

Although Zhongli and the others were tempted, whether they could actually do it in the end still depended on Jiang Yan's intentions.

If Jiang Yan intended to use this world as a subsequent talent base like Teyvat and the Honkai world, then they would have to choose gentler methods.

Many important Dharma Treasures would also have to be given up.

After all, Dharma Treasures like the Heaven and Earth Xuanhuang Linglong Pagoda that were born alongside Laozi, as well as the Eastern Emperor Bell, the Hetu Luoshu...

These were all innate Dharma Treasures born with their owners; if they used soft methods, they definitely wouldn't be able to get their hands on them.

Who would willingly hand over their own innate Dharma Treasure to someone else?

How is that any different from giving half of one's life to another? No normal person would do such a thing.

But if the Primordial World was just treated as a subordinate world, as a training world, then sorry...

The treasures of the Primordial World should have belonged to them in the first place.

After pondering for a while, Zhongli looked at Jiang Yan and said softly:

"Sect Master, regarding those existences in the Primordial World... how should we treat them?"

Hearing this, Jiang Yan laughed dumbly, shook his head, and said:

"Head Zhongli, there is no need to be so cautious. Regarding the Primordial World, just treat it like any ordinary world."

"Of course, it is best not to commit wanton slaughter. As for the spirit herbs and treasures within, they naturally belong to those with virtue."

"If you have the heart, then naturally, follow your own wishes."

Hearing Jiang Yan say this, everyone's faces lit up with joy; Jiang Yan's meaning was already very clear.

This Primordial World was theirs to do with as they pleased.

Since that was the case, then naturally, the treasures would belong to those with virtue.

Zhongli also quietly breathed a sigh of relief, but then turned to look at Jiang Yan with some confusion, saying softly:

"Sect Master, there are many experts in the Primordial World who have reached the Refinement of Qi to Refine Spirit, and there are even many peak cultivators of that stage. Why not incorporate this world into Shushan to expand our Shushan's foundational strength?"

This remark made everyone pause for a moment, and then they looked at Jiang Yan with curiosity.

"It's very simple."

Jiang Yan smiled lightly:

"Any other world, such as the Great Qin, the Great Ming, and so on, all have the possibility of evolution."

"But the Primordial World is an absolutely fixed world. No matter what happens, unless a Great Power exerts all their effort to enlighten it, it will absolutely never evolve."

"The upper limit of the world is fixed, and the upper limit of the existences within the world is also fixed."

"This is the simplest, deterministic world."

"That is, when this world was born, the end of the world had already been decided."

"From the moment the Primordial-flow system was born, no matter what happened in the middle, in the end, there would still be similar plots, similar developments, and similar endings."

"Perhaps this is the punishment of the Great Luo for this system of worlds, or perhaps it is simply the imprisonment of the Dao upon these system worlds."

"Simply put... every world possesses different possibilities. For example, in another Teyvat, perhaps the Geo Archon is not Zhongli."

"In another Honkai world, Otto became a saint praised by the whole world."

These words left Otto feeling somewhat embarrassed.

But after a moment, Otto said thoughtfully:

"In the world of science, this kind of speculation should be called a parallel universe."

"A similar concept, I suppose."

Jiang Yan nodded slightly and said softly:

"The Heavens and Myriad Worlds are so vast; even if they aren't parallel universes, it doesn't necessarily mean there isn't a second version of you."

"Perhaps it's a parallel world line, perhaps it's another space-time; the tributaries extending from the long river of time are infinite, and everything is therefore infinite."

"And among the Heavens and Myriad Worlds, there is only one kind of existence whose ending is anchored—what we often call the Great Luo, the trinity of past, present, and future, verified once and verified forever."

"Great Luo has no concept of time, no concept of space, and no concept of self, true self, or other selves."

"Great Luo is Great Luo. No matter what happens, no matter what kind of development occurs, Great Luo becoming Great Luo is an inevitable outcome."

"I once heard that a certain Great Luo, before ascending to Great Luo, had a sudden thought that he could become a Great Luo, and so... he ascended."

Kiana said incredulously:

"I think I can become a Great Luo, so I become a Great Luo? Isn't this the 'Power of I Think So'?"

Jiang Yan was amused by her and nodded with a smile.

"Yes... but you should also understand that it wasn't that he became Great Luo just because he wanted to; rather, from the very beginning, his essence was Great Luo, so his thought was fact."

"He is Great Luo, so his past, his present, and his future will all be Great Luo; this is a terrifying characteristic. For example, in this era, if a new Great Luo were to suddenly be born, their process of being conceived, born, growing up, cultivating, becoming an immortal, and verifying the Dao would all be seen clearly by others."

"May I ask, at what point did he become Great Luo?"

Kiana hesitated for a moment and said softly:

"The moment he verified the Dao?"

Jiang Yan shook his head, and Theresa said thoughtfully:

"The moment of conception?"

Jiang Yan shook his head again and smiled:

"Very close."

"Strictly speaking, it should be before the Heavens and Myriad Worlds appeared, when all Daos were still in the Primordial state, before all time began, and before any Dao appeared."

"He had already become Great Luo..."

644. The Primordial World is a Large-Scale Decline Script

Hearing Jiang Yan's words, everyone was stunned and stayed where they were. After a long while, Jean stammered:

"But, didn't the Sect Leader say that this newborn Great Luo truly had parents and a birth process..."

"But I never said he wasn't Great Luo at that time."