Chapter 43

What thing in the Primordial Chaos worldview can be called origin‑level?

Zhao Si had thought of many things before, such as the Primordial Purple Qi that could make one a sage, such as the Taiji Diagram or Pangu Banner, these kinds of powerful innate supreme treasures, and also things like the Flat Peach, which are unique innate spiritual roots, and so on.

But he had never thought it was a fragment of the Primordial Chaos's main body!

But thinking about it, the logic actually made sense, because no matter what natural treasures they are, they are merely creations and derivatives of the Primordial Chaos heaven and earth, and the thing that can most rightly be called "origin" is, besides the Primordial Chaos itself, really nothing else.

"Even if the Creation Jade Ledger is excellent, it is merely a treasure born of the Primordial Chaos heaven and earth; even if the Primordial Purple Qi is precious, it is only one of the preliminary credentials for becoming an agent of heaven and earth; even the Sage's Dao Fruit lacks the qualification to better represent the Primordial Chaos than the Primordial Chaos itself..."

Zhao Si gradually understood, then eagerly awaited the reward distribution:

"Length and width each 100,000 li, Jin Bing is really generous……"

Afterwards, the person and the cat both curiously gazed at the thing the size of a dining table:

Looking closely, I saw that on this miniaturized continent were distributed various mountains, rivers, and lakes, extremely detailed, like a sand table used for warfare, but even finer than a sand table, and also giving the feeling of standing in outer space looking at Earth's surface!

However, this continent was scorched and ruined everywhere, as if it had just experienced an unimaginably devastating war; remnants of city walls could still be seen on the ground, and there were all kinds of corpses, including huge monstrous bird corpses, as well as tigers, leopards, oxen, sheep, and so on, plus human corpses scattered across the mountains and fields……

The Merit Dharma Eye had long been bound to Zhao Si; in its view, he did not need to earn merit among humanity like the Primordial Chaos Sage's disciples, and merely doing good to animals would grant merit.

The real world originally needs no spiritual energy, so releasing spiritual energy daily in the real world yields no merit.

Huh?

"F? Good buddy, you're pressing the F key to enter a tank here……"

Sure enough!

It's just a text game after all; just looking at the text makes it hard to picture the concrete scene, but seeing it in person now, Zhao Si can directly and shockingly feel its cruelty!

The former vitality and prosperity of this land have been completely destroyed, leaving no trace of life……

But there are no animals here?

"Could it be……"

byd Earth is about to be smashed to pieces by you!

After a brainstorm, Zhao Si was scared witless; the previous spiritual energy and merit, these illusory things, could still exist only relative to himself, as long as he did not actively open the permission, they would have no effect on the real world.

"Go become the sun in heaven!"

Thus, it hovered silently in midair……

Only after a long while did he recover from the bewilderment of 'Even the ground needs to eat something?' Zhao Si couldn't help but ask about the Sage Dao Fruit, and the Sage Dao Fruit answered truthfully:

【Sun star, moon star, heavenly constellations, boundless primordial qi……】

Zhao Si expressed his feelings, then asked the phone about the use of this fragment.

Soon after, the Sage Dao Fruit automatically returned to Zhao Si's sea of consciousness and transmitted to him a large amount of information about the primordial fragments; in short, it was just one sentence:

Zhao Si, who only realized later, shuddered, and his whole self was stunned:

"A square fragment with sides of 100,000 li?!"

How can this be called a fragment? You've moved a continent far larger than Earth's surface area!

When Zhao Si opened his eyes again, he discovered he was no longer in the rented house.

"Produce primordial qi here!"

【In this game, the use of all gifts is not fixed; players can dispose of them as they wish. If a player wishes to enter or leave the fragment continent, they simply need to silently recite 'F'.

Wait! You said seize less?!

Anyway, the primordial world originally had all these things, but the fragments are lacking; they were blown away from the main body by Jin Bing, causing them unable to undergo normal heaven-earth circulation, so they urgently need to restore the circulation order.

In Zhao Si's fearful gaze, a stream of light flew out from the phone screen, and then, as he had imagined, it swelled in the wind!

But it seemed to understand its master's command; after swelling dramatically in a burst, it quickly shrank obediently, and finally, in Zhao Si's relieved gaze drenched in sweat, it became a square patch of land about the size of a dining table.

Zhao Si, having let out a breath of relief, held it in his arms, stroking it and speaking soothing words; under the wondrous function of the demonic words, the fat cat gradually calmed down.

"Lie down, don't!"

Zhao Si looked around full of anticipation, but could see only endless darkness, not a single glimmer of light.

Thinking, Zhao Si lifted the cluster of incessantly trembling true solar fire and issued a command to it:

"What does it want to eat?"

As soon as the few gifts were taken out, they all trembled slightly, and then each underwent changes:

Zhao Si, who only realized later, suddenly thought of something and took out several of his gifts from his sea of consciousness:

Award certificate, Azure Dragon blood, Sage Dao Fruit, Slay Immortal Sword, and Golden Crow true solar fire!

These products originating from the primordial world are, in the real world, more or less maladapted; but returning to the primordial world, they might undergo wondrous changes.

But Zhao Si pondered for a while:

"I definitely don't have the sun, moon, and those stars, but isn't the Golden Crow just the sun? The Golden Crow true solar fire should also count as a substitute, right……"

It is obvious that this is the primordial fragment that just experienced a fierce demon war, then was struck by the Zixiao Divine Thunder to exterminate demons, and finally was scoured by the Heavenly Emperor's self-detonation.

The Earth's longest equatorial circumference is only forty thousand kilometers, which is eighty thousand li, but your side is a square with sides of one hundred thousand li……

Zhao Si: ……

But this primordial fragment with sides of one hundred thousand li is a solid entity; if it really were to smash over, who knows, today might be the end of the world……

Zhao Si jumped in fright, but quickly reacted:

"Merit?"

"This place is…… the primordial world?"

Zhao Si seemed to have grasped some key information:

"When Pangu created heaven and earth, there were no humans yet, but the Heavenly Dao still issued him boundless merit, because creating heaven and earth conferred great kindness upon the universe itself."

"No light? Is it because there is no primordial sun?"

At the same time, boundless light illuminated the land, darkness receded, and the heavens and earth became entirely daytime!

"How is this to be used?"

The white-gold flame trembled excitedly, then shot up into the sky.

The first to change was the highest-grade Saint Dao Fruit; in the mundane world it silently creates only innate spiritual energy, but in the Primordial Wasteland it seems to have broken some invisible restraint, and strands of profound mystic radiance scatter outward!

Strands of celestial music sounded in response, and the Primordial Wasteland fragment also emitted a faint glow; their lights illuminated each other, as if communicating something…

But this Primordial Wasteland fragment… Zhao Si heard it clearly: it needs spiritual energy! Lots of spiritual energy!

Meow?!

The Saint Dao Fruit's intelligence is insufficient; it didn't answer this beyond-the-syllabus question.

The wondrous sensation of day and night alternating left Zhao Si in awe, but soon an incident occurred:

A beam of Xuanhuang light as thick as a utility pole fell from the horizon and struck Zhao Si squarely on the head!

"What is this?!"

【Primordial Wasteland Fragment: Rich Brother, I'm hungry! Feed me!】

……

This actually works?!

Zhao Si's eyes rolled:

"I don't have the moon and stars right now, but I have spiritual energy…"

The Saint Dao Fruit trembled, obeying its master's command, and strands of five-colored innate spiritual energy poured out; though it was little for such a huge fragment, it was continuous.

No sooner thought than done, Zhao Si immediately gave the Saint Dao Fruit an order:

"All right, all right, it's fine…"

"Moreover, the subject of my merit judgment is myself; no matter who I do good to, I earn merit, so this merit… is because I set up a sun for the fragment's heaven and earth, thus judged beneficial to heaven and earth?"

Boom!

The blazing True Solar Fire surged in the high sky, quickly turning into a somewhat illusory sun, returning to its proper duty.

This huge commotion startled the lazy fat cat that only knew how to sleep in, making it almost leap up; it hurried to the litter‑box officer's feet for comfort.

"F!"

Zhao Si complained a bit, then silently thought:

"Do you think I can produce these things?"

Zhao Si: ……

Endless darkness makes one's heart palpitate……

The next moment, he vanished in place, and the fat cat in his arms fell with a slap, scaring the lazy ghost half to death; the rental house erupted in chaos as chickens flew and dogs jumped……

And as vast amounts of spiritual energy were produced, a thin, elongated strand of Xuanhuang merit immediately fell down!

Zhao Si understood!

……

(End of chapter)