Chapter 2501: Seeking the Root

Xiao Feng carefully sensed the qualities of this power.

After a while, he said: "If one comprehends this power, can one reach the Supreme Source Realm?"

Chen Li laughed and said: "You have it backwards; if one reaches the Supreme Source Realm, one can master this power. I suspect the Myriad Worlds Tree may be a Supreme Source Realm expert, and we are its offspring; the tens of thousands of universes here and the countless False Source Realm beings are all part of its body."

"This..."

Xiao Feng felt fear.

A single being contains tens of thousands of worlds and countless False Source Realm experts within its body!

How terrifying that is!

Chen Li also said: "I have thought about going to explore the truth of the Myriad Worlds Tree, but it cannot be approached; the harder I try to get close, the farther I drift, and the less energy I absorb."

"The stronger one becomes, the more distant it grows; perhaps it senses you as a threat and deliberately rejects you." Xiao Feng speculated.

"That is possible." Chen Li shared the same thought.

The higher-dimensional world has no lies; everything is simple.

However, the root of the Myriad Worlds Tree is too far away; they are merely fruits at the tips of its branches, making it hard to discern the truth.

Moreover, this is not a true fruit tree; when the fruit ripens, it does not fall to the ground but drifts farther and farther, gradually distancing itself from the Myriad Worlds Tree.

Xiao Feng absorbed the special power transmitted from the Myriad Worlds Tree, gazing into the distance at the myriad universes, large and small.

Suddenly he asked: "Brother Chen, you say, what is the purpose of our cultivation like this?"

Chen Li smiled and replied: "I don't know either; perhaps we are merely pursuing an answer. We have understood the essence of life, but we still do not know where the origin of the Dao lies"

where it is. Cultivation has no end, yet we wish to explore this ultimate point, heh..."

He seemed to be mocking himself.

The Master of the Universe, the Creator God's spirit...

They are truly immensely powerful.

Even False Source Realm beings cannot harm them; as long as they do not greedily compete with stronger universes, they are virtually immortal.

But the greater their power, the greater their confusion.

Their sense of time gradually fades; when observing sentient beings, they no longer measure by a single lifetime but can see through endless reincarnation, knowing each being's experiences across lifetimes.

Such omnipotent and omniscient state brings not endless enjoyment and satisfaction.

but rather a bewildered pursuit of an "ultimate" realm whose existence is uncertain.

"How long will you continue cultivating?" Xiao Feng asked Chen Li.

"I don't know; let's see when we wither away." Chen Li replied.

Xiao Feng then asked: "How do you feel about your family now? Do you still love them as before?"

Chen Li fell silent for a moment before replying: "It has faded. Although I do not want to admit it, my humanity has truly faded considerably. My human Li Ti has not seen my eldest son Chen Ping for over five million years, yet I do not miss him at all. Jie'er used to be my dearest; in the past I would never have borne to entrust her to you, but now I have let go as well."

Xiao Feng could not help but sigh.

"And you, how do you feel?" Chen Li asked him.

Xiao Feng replied: "After creating the universe, I have seen that tens of millions of years have passed; at one point I felt sorrow, thinking I might have missed my two children's childhood. Later I thought, if I were to return, you should be able to send me back to the time of my departure..."

Chen Li continued: "Not

cannot fully return to that moment; the underlying time flows on, and given the precondition of not affecting my universe's changes, the furthest time you can now return to is already 1.3 million years after your departure.

Xiao Feng gave a wry smile: "See, I told you it wasn't that simple. But..."

He paused, his tone low, and his Divine Sense said: "I now actually find this quite normal and do not feel sad. Those two children... I seem no longer to care much about them. As for my family, nowadays I only care about whether they live or die; whether they are happy or miserable in daily life, whether they are bored—I no longer wish to inquire."

Upon hearing this, Chen Li sighed: "It seems we are the same; upon reaching this realm, it will inevitably come to pass."

"Perhaps."

Xiao Feng asked: "You broke through earlier than I; have you ever considered stopping here, sealing your Primordial Spirit, and returning to mundanity?"

"Of course I have."

Chen Li replied: "I not only thought of doing that, I even created a parallel dimension and experienced it once. Yet even so, the final outcome remains the same: I will still become the Master of the Universe, and someday I will still forget my affections, leaving only myself."

"Could this be the curse of cultivation?"

Both sighed with emotion.

It cannot even be called sorrow or grief.

They have even lost the feeling of sorrow to a great extent.

Xiao Feng mastered the soul's law, which includes emotions, allowing himself to experience joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness as richly as an ordinary person.

But he knows deep down that these emotions bestowed by this method are not genuine; he and Chen Li are no different.

"There is no retreat; let us press on."

After a while, Xiao Feng said.

Chen Li asked: "Do you have

what ideas?"

Xiao Feng replied: "I want to uncover the secret of the Myriad Worlds Tree. Since the stronger one becomes, the less one can approach it, I will, while still weak, seek its root."

"This might be somewhat dangerous. We are cosmic entities, hard to approach, whereas Source Realm beings can freely roam the higher-dimensional world; should we encounter a true Source Realm expert, you would be in trouble." Chen Li advised.

Xiao Feng smiled: "Why not break through to the Source Realm myself? The cosmic entity form has many inconveniences, so I will abandon it and follow the path of solitary Source Realm evolution. I will incorporate a well-formed universe into my Li Ti as the source of life, ceasing all expansion and evolution. Then, following its perception of the Myriad Worlds Tree, I will go upstream to seek its root."

Chen Li remained silent for a long time, then after a moment said: "I begin to admire you, Xiao Feng."

Xiao Feng's mind was calm as he said: "Actually I never wanted to take this step; I would rather return to an ordinary life, free of worries, and spend a lifetime with my family. But I cannot forget the scene of Xiao Fan entering the higher-dimensional world and turning to ashes. He lifted this karmic seal for me, and I cannot repay his sacrifice. Brother Chen, take a thread of my Primordial Source back with you, so that my Dao Ancestor's old molt may accompany my family. Should I meet with misfortune and my Primordial Source dissipate, you shall emulate me and continue living."

He did not know whether he would die or be able to return.

If he were to die, his family would surely be grieved, and he did not wish to see that happen.

Xiao Feng transmitted a thread of Primordial Source and returned to his home universe.

Chen Li caught him and replied: "Good, I promise you. But you must still be careful, try to avoid mishaps. After all, I am not you."

That one

A strand of primordial source took the form of Xiao Feng, and his strength was merely at the level of a single-system material law lord.

Xiao Feng laughed loudly upon hearing this: "Don't worry, I am the biggest variable between heaven and earth, and I will never encounter trouble."

After speaking, his thoughts flowed, his will condensed.

Hum~

A Li Ti larger than the cosmic body was born.

The ocean of laws, vaster than the universe itself, directly condensed into a Li Ti form, transforming into a boundless gigantic humanoid life, approaching the direction of the source of the Myriad Worlds Tree.

Meanwhile, that Dao-ancestor-level incarnation, under Chen Li's escort, returned to his hometown, living together with his family and his two sons who had been born hundreds of thousands of years ago.