Chapter 472

As time passed, the entire Northern Wilderness Hill was shrouded in a strange aura.

This made many powerhouses of the Gravekeeper lineage quite uncomfortable, but they knew a thing or two, so they had no complaints and instead sealed off the Northern Wilderness Hill.

Of course, there were also some talented individuals among them who, through the aura of the soul lamp, faintly grasped an opportunity.

Among them was Fan Wuye.

Above the deep pit, Chu Yang stood in the air; Ye Tao and Wuming had already hidden far away, fearing they would be affected by the lamp's flames.

Under the tempering of the lamp's flames, the Immortal Emperor's remaining bloodline and the Earth Origin Essence Blood had completely merged, and the residual will belonging to the Immortal Emperor within it had finally condensed into a residual soul.

It was just that in the process of condensing the residual soul, the power of the Earth Origin played a crucial role.

Just as Chu Yang had expected, the Immortal Emperor's residual soul was developing in a special direction.

A Spirit! A Spirit that controls the laws of the world!

The soul lamp was the ultimate manifestation of 【Fengdu】's control over souls; wanting to repair a soul, or even create a soul, was not a difficult task.

But the problem was that the Immortal Emperor only had his remaining will left, not even a residual soul, so how could one talk about repairing it? If Chu Yang created a brand-new soul, even if it inherited part of the Immortal Emperor's memories, it would be an independent individual, having almost nothing to do with the Immortal Emperor.

This would be equivalent to creating a defective clone, which could not be called a resurrection at all.

Therefore, Chu Yang combined the power of the world origin with the Immortal Emperor's remaining will, and tempered the Immortal Emperor's residual soul through the flames of the soul lamp.

The soul changed in essence, but it was still the Immortal Emperor, not something else, and it carried all his memories.

The next steps became much easier; Chu Yang used the lamp's flames to constantly repair the residual soul. This process was very wonderful, and it also gave him a lot of insight and benefited him greatly.

Just before the Immortal Emperor's residual soul completely condensed into a complete soul body, that is, transformed into a "Spirit," the heavens and earth of the Northern Wilderness Hill suddenly changed color, and a dazzling golden light cut through the pitch-black sky.

That feeling was as if someone had slashed open the black curtain that covered the sky with a sword.

Chu Yang raised his head slightly, looking at the golden light shadow in the sky, and narrowed his eyes.

The golden light shadow swam in the air but did not take any further action.

That was the manifestation of the World Will's power; Chu Yang had created a World Spirit, touching its bottom line once again.

But having learned from the previous lesson, the World Will did not dare to act rashly; at this moment, it was more like it was testing and scrutinizing Chu Yang.

It was as if it were asking...

"Can you still condense the battle intent of the living beings of the Great Thousand World again now?"

Chu Yang stood with his hands behind his back, his eyes sharp, and said with a half-smile: "If you want to stop me, you are welcome to try!"

"Even if I cannot borrow the battle intent of the living beings, you might not be able to stop me now either..."

As his voice fell, Chu Yang held the soul lamp in one hand and slowly spread out the other, 【Heavenly Gate】 leaping into his hand.

Seemingly associating it with that terrifying World-Extinguishing Lightning Tribulation, the golden light shadow fluctuated violently for a while before finally slowly dissipating.

The previous confrontation had caused the World Will's origin to be damaged, so this time it was afraid, or rather, it had reservations and did not dare to act rashly against Chu Yang again.

Even if it was about to have a portion of its authority divided, the World Will could only swallow its anger in a somewhat aggrieved manner.

Chu Yang smiled, then put away 【Heavenly Gate】, and the soul lamp in his other hand trembled violently, the ghostly green flames surging out.

Painful muffled groans sounded once again, only this time, the sound was faintly mixed with a trace of excitement.

The Immortal Emperor's consciousness had recovered, and at this moment, he was in pain and happy.

The pain was because of the feeling of the lamp's flames roasting his soul, and the happiness was because he was about to return to this long-lost world.

After about another quarter of an hour, Chu Yang flicked his palm, the flames were all retracted, and then the soul lamp dissipated.

The black curtain in the sky next door slowly faded, the Ghost Gate and the Naihe Bridge gradually faded, and 【Fengdu】 appeared in Chu Yang's hand again.

Putting away 【Fengdu】, Chu Yang looked ahead, and the moment all the strange phenomena dissipated, a figure slowly condensed.

It was just that this figure looked somewhat unstable; after barely condensing into a human shape, it dissipated with a bang.

But whether it was Chu Yang or Wuming, both could clearly feel that a powerful existence had appeared in this world.

"Little friend's talent is monstrous, and your methods are unfathomable; it is truly admirable!"

A voice like a booming bell sounded, and Wuming's soul body immediately began to fluctuate violently.

"Master..." Wuming's voice was somewhat choked; if he were not in a soul state at this moment, he would likely have been in tears already.

"Little one, back then I went to great lengths to gather your spirit, and at the moment of my passing, I preserved your soul body from being extinguished. In these tens of thousands of years, you actually tried every way to seek death; do you know your crime?"

Hearing these words from the Immortal Emperor, Wuming's expression immediately froze, and he asked blankly: "Master... you... you knew?"

As he spoke, he could not help but look at Chu Yang, subconsciously thinking that it was Chu Yang who had told the Immortal Emperor all of this.

The Immortal Emperor's voice sounded again: "It has nothing to do with little friend Chu; my residual will has long existed in the Great Thousand Demon Extermination Array, so I have been watching everything that happened in the Northern Wilderness Continent."

"Now that my soul has been reshaped, naturally I know everything."

A smile appeared on Chu Yang's face.

He had not thought of this point, but since that was the case, it would save a lot of trouble.

The Immortal Emperor knew everything that had happened in the Northern Wilderness Hill over the past tens of thousands of years, which was equivalent to having a comprehensive understanding of the current Great Thousand World.

After all, for the past tens of thousands of years, whenever something major happened, it could not bypass the Northern Wilderness Hill.

Ignoring Wuming, the Immortal Emperor continued: "Thank you, little friend Chu, for the fortune you bestowed, but I am still unable to adapt to my current state, so I cannot meet with you."

"When I stabilize my foundation in the future, I will definitely come to thank you in person!"

Chu Yang waved his hand and said: "Senior need not be like this; letting Senior be resurrected in the form of an Earth Spirit also involves some of this junior's selfish motives."

"I presume Senior already knows about the matter between me and the World Will."

"In the future, whether it is recasting the Heavenly Dao or breaking with the World Will, I am afraid I will need Senior's help."

Do not think that the world power of the Great Thousand World is weak just because Chu Yang can defeat the World Will.

On the contrary, the world origin power of the Great Thousand World is very strong; even if Chu Yang reaches the Sovereign realm, even with the help of the battle intent of all living beings, it is absolutely impossible to contend with it.

The reason he was able to defeat the World Will was that the World Will could not fully mobilize the world origin power.

Otherwise, when the Heavenly Evil God led the Outer Evil Tribe to invade the Great Thousand World, the World Will could have completely obliterated them.

In the final analysis, both the Great Thousand World and the Heavenly Source World belong to the same Great World.

The relationship here is equivalent to the relationship between the lower planes and the Great Thousand World.

Therefore, even the World Will of the Great Thousand World must follow the laws of the Great World.

The World Will can guide the development of a world, but it cannot forcibly intervene.

What the World Will can directly influence or mobilize are only forces that are unclear, such as luck and heavenly tribulations. As for the external manifestations of the Great Thousand World, such as mountains, rivers, time, space, and all living things, it can only exert indirect influence from the side.

These are the foundation of the Great Thousand World, and also the embodiment of the world origin.

The Immortal Emperor became the Earth Spirit, mastering the power of the Earth Origin, which is equivalent to having ultimate control over the world's earth origin.

With just a single thought, he could cause mountains to collapse and continents to sink.

At the same time, he could easily create a certain continent, or mountain peaks.

For the World Will to do this, it would need to use the world origin power to guide it from the side, and then achieve its goal over a long period of time.

But the Earth Spirit can do it at any time.

This is equivalent to...

The World Will is more like a high-and-mighty "Chairman," able to coordinate from the center and manage the general direction of a company.

But the decisions it makes need to be implemented by the people below and completed with the cooperation of multiple departments.

The Origin Spirit is the top leader of a certain department; as long as he gives an order, this department will run rapidly without needing layers of approval and without any resistance.

This example might be a bit inappropriate, but it is relatively intuitive...

Of course, under normal circumstances, the World Will could easily descend a world-shaking tribulation to obliterate the Origin Spirit.

But Chu Yang's existence has become an unstable factor, making it afraid to act rashly.

"Little Taozi, time to go!"

Chu Yang beckoned to Ye Tao, who hesitated for a moment before wrinkling her nose and coming to his side.

Looking at Ye Tao's appearance, Chu Yang said thoughtfully: "Does the aura of the soul lamp make you feel uncomfortable?"

Ye Tao tilted her head and thought for a moment, then asked back: "Soul lamp... is that the oil lamp that smells very bad and emits green fire?"

Chu Yang nodded, unable to help but feel that Ye Tao's description was somewhat funny.

Ye Tao pouted and said: "I don't like it! That smell is too bad! And it makes my body very uncomfortable!"

Chu Yang said no more; this was clearly due to the rejection of Ye Tao's own bloodline.

But he also possessed Ye Tao's bloodline and did not feel any discomfort, which must be due to their shared origin.

Just at this moment, Ye Tao suddenly said out of the blue: "But the lightning you use to strike people emits an aura that makes me feel very comfortable; can you..."

Ye Tao seemed to be somewhat hesitant, but finally said with anticipation: "Also... strike me once?"

Chu Yang was stunned, then somewhat unable to laugh or cry.

Actively asking to be struck by lightning? What kind of strange hobby was this?

But after a second thought, he understood what Ye Tao meant.

The soul lamp is a manifestation of the 【Fengdu】 origin, while the Divine Thunder Jade Mansion is a manifestation of the 【Heavenly Gate】 origin.

Ye Tao was clearly repelled by the 【Fengdu】 origin due to her own bloodline, but felt close to the 【Heavenly Gate】 origin instead.

This discovery made Chu Yang feel slightly pleasantly surprised.

The power of Ye Tao's bloodline that he had refined would more or less lose some of its original characteristics, especially in the case of a shared origin, and would not produce any rejection of the other powers he possessed.

As the source of the bloodline, what Ye Tao felt was naturally the most intuitive.

Since she felt close to the 【Heavenly Gate】 origin, it meant that Ye Tao's bloodline and the 【Heavenly Gate】 origin had some kind of commonality.

If the two could be combined, plus the Super God Ultimate Gene, could it strengthen the power of the Return to Ruins?

Chu Yang felt it was quite feasible and had unlocked another topic worth researching.

The two soon returned to the Gravekeeper Village; Wuming did not follow, as this guy now had his heart set on the Immortal Emperor and was deaf to other things.

The Immortal Emperor also needed some time to adapt to his current state, which would allow the master and servant to catch up properly.

In the small courtyard, the Green-Shirt Sword Saint was still standing there, staring intently at the "Slash Heaven" characters Chu Yang had left on the stone table, sword intent condensing in his eyes from time to time.

The Undying Lord had changed his posture; he was now sitting on a stone stool, no longer staring at the "Reincarnation" characters, but looking slightly upward toward the distance.

That direction... was exactly where the deep pit was! A smile appeared on Chu Yang's face; the characters he had left for the Green-Shirt Sword Saint and the Undying Lord were like two keys, helping them open a door respectively.

But whether they could cross the threshold, or even enter the hall, would depend on their own comprehension and fortune.

Clearly, the Undying Lord's comprehension was very high, and he was also very suited to this path.

Therefore, in the process of Chu Yang resurrecting the Immortal Emperor, the Undying Lord had seized the fleeting opportunity and gained some enlightenment.

Chu Yang did not stay long in the small courtyard but found an elder of the Gravekeeper lineage.

Learning that Fan Wuye had also gained some enlightenment and was in seclusion, Chu Yang was slightly surprised but did not think much of it.

After saying hello, he took Ye Tao and left the Northern Wilderness Hill.

The current Northern Wilderness Hill could be described as a mess; previously, it was only because the Northern Wilderness Continent was almost sunk and split apart that the Northern Wilderness Hill was formed.

After experiencing the two great battles between Chu Yang and the Heavenly Evil God, and between himself and the World Will, the Northern Wilderness Hill had suffered a devastating blow once again.

The current Northern Wilderness Hill, except for the area covered by the Great Thousand Demon Extermination Array, had almost completely collapsed.

It was conceivable that before long, the Northern Wilderness Continent, which had been brilliant in ancient times, would be completely submerged in history.

Bringing Ye Tao back to the Shenzhou Continent, Chu Yang directly summoned Tang Huo'er, as well as all the core high-level officials of the Great Xia Dynasty and the Yunlan Sect.

Unifying the Great Thousand World in one year was a major event, whether for the Great Xia Dynasty or the Great Thousand World, or even for Chu Yang himself.

And in this one year, he would formulate a set of laws and, combining the various factors of the Great Thousand World, gradually perfect this set of laws.

Formulating laws was not a difficult task for him; Chu Yang entered the Soul Palace and directly "freeloaded" a complete set of laws from the Ming Empire Chu Yang.

The situation in the Ming Empire world was somewhat special, with demons, monsters, and even Daoism and Buddhism; in a sense, it was quite similar to the Great Thousand World.

Therefore, the laws used by the Ming Empire Chu Yang to govern the world could be completely copied to the Great Thousand World.

Of course, the laws still needed to be further perfected and some changes made to adapt to the Great Thousand World.

However, this kind of thing did not need Chu Yang to do it himself; he handed it directly to the high-level officials of the Great Xia Dynasty and the Yunlan Sect.

Tang Huo'er previously had experience in formulating the sub-management system and the Great Xia laws, so this was not difficult for her.

But seeing her teacher hand everything over to her and becoming a "hands-off" manager again, this young Great Xia Empress could not help but feel a bit resentful.

Her way of expressing dissatisfaction was also very simple: she pestered Chu Yang to accompany her to inspect the entire Shenzhou Continent... (End of chapter)