Chapter 103: Three Plans: The Mystery of Rebirth

【Dominating Eternity Starting from the Apocalypse】【】

On Blue Star, in a remote mountain range somewhere, the peaks towered, and ancient trees pierced the sky.

Like a white giant wall supporting the heavens and standing on the earth, clouds circled the wall's summit, resembling the end of heaven and earth.

This was not one or two peaks, but a continuous mountain range.

Beneath the giant wall, countless emerald-green towering trees stood, the shortest at least dozens of meters tall, the tallest reaching over a hundred meters.

From outside to inside, they gradually layered, forming distinct boundaries for the peaks.

The peaks were so tall that especially in the mountain's shadow, there were only six hours of daylight each day.

Once the sun passed noon and tilted westward, the mountain shadow's night arrived.

Boom!

Boundless light illuminated the mountain's back-shadow.

This was a massive explosion, so huge that the entire peak snapped in half at the waist.

Bang!

Endless dust surged into the high heavens, staining the blue sky black.

The heavenly pillar broke, the earth's bonds snapped.

Countless otherworldly creatures were crushed to death the instant the peak collapsed.

Accompanying it was a super-magnitude-ten earthquake, shaking the snow across the entire mountain range rolling down.

The colossal avalanche shook heaven and earth; the entire nameless mountain range seemed to have shed a layer of skin.

"Fang Shi! What are you doing!"

The Heart Demon's voice of anger came, its rage seemingly too vast for the five lakes and four seas to exhaust.

Upon entering this realm of heaven and earth, he felt his power receding at an extreme speed.

Whatever Great Dao, whatever rules, all began to become unusable.

No, not unusable.

Rather, suppressed by an extremely powerful rule.

The Heart Demon itself was formless and substance-less, existing entirely by relying on the Heart Demon Great Dao.

His Great Dao being suppressed was like removing the firewood from under the pot; all sorts of mysteries could not be activated.

His entire capability directly dropped by ninety-nine percent.

But even so, the Heart Demon's ability was enough to explode an immortal's body to pieces.

Collapsing this ten-thousand-meter peak, not altitude, but a real, solid ten thousand meters.

"Stop acting, okay? I find it very awkward to watch."

Fang Shi's voice came coldly.

Having lost his immortal body, he should have been blown to death.

Yet he was completely unharmed, landing safely upon the earth.

"Oh my, you discovered me again, truly sorry."

The Heart Demon spoke apologies from his mouth, yet his tone was full of pride.

Among it was even a joy of a great vow fulfilled.

"Truly, a heaven and earth born of sages and worthies; material rules occupy almost the entire world."

"It nearly made me unable to move my own body."

"But it also means I have broken free from the Noble's Seal and gained great freedom."

"Truly worthy of being the famous land where laws end and the Dao perishes."

Indeed, the Heart Demon had never actually expected Fang Shi to willingly help him break the seal.

His entire purpose was to force Fang Shi to return to Blue Star himself.

On Blue Star, material rules were infinitely powerful; no matter what Noble's Seal or not.

Coming to Blue Star rendered it all useless.

The Heart Demon was long no longer the original Heart Demon; having stolen the Heart Demon Great Dao, he...

His own capabilities had long exceeded the Noble's restrictions.

Had the Noble not been truly powerful, the Heart Demon would not have needed Fang Shi's arrival to leave on his own.

But upon reaching Blue Star, everything was different.

While material rules suppressed the Heart Demon's power, did they not also suppress the Noble's power?

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【Dominating Eternity Starting from the Apocalypse】【】

If the Heart Demon came to Blue Star and lost ninety-nine percent of his strength,

then the Noble's power, upon arriving at Blue Star,

lost ninety-nine point nine nine percent.

This zero-point-zero-nine difference infinitely narrowed the distance between the Heart Demon and the Noble.

Thus, the Noble's Seal was broken by the Heart Demon with ease.

"Since you have gained freedom, just go on your own."

"You take your sunny path, I take my single-log bridge."

"You should have read that rule within the Spirit Sea: the rule that immortals and gods cannot harm mortals."

"Why persist in nagging me?"

Fang Shi said calmly, his tone holding not a shred of panic.

The Inner Demon possessed his memories, so simulating and analyzing his plans was nothing strange at all.

If the Inner Demon couldn't figure it out, that would be the strangest thing of all.

Back during the Radiant Quasi-Elemental Plane, the Inner Demon clearly had the chance to stop Fang Shi from obtaining the Radiant Hound's fang.

Yet the Inner Demon simply refused to stop, no matter how fast Fang Shi's thoughts raced.

It still couldn't match the speed of an Inner Demon that was itself a celestial deity.

To say the Inner Demon didn't have time to stop him would be the joke of the century.

"No rush. What's the hurry?"

The Inner Demon's cruel, brutal voice rang out: "Since I've already read your memories—"

"My goal is absolutely not limited to just this little bit."

"Do you know why the Inner Demon Dao is called the supreme rule?"

"It's because the Inner Demon Dao is so powerful that it can obtain the memories of anyone who gives rise to an inner demon."

"From the highest celestial deities down to the most mundane mortals, none can escape the Inner Demon Dao's reach."

"One who possesses the Inner Demon Dao can obtain the Cultivation Techniques and insights of countless cultivators, turning them into one's own nourishment."

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"To push oneself to an even higher level."

"And in your memories, I've read something extraordinary."

"From that very moment, I decided I had to get you back to Shenzhou."

Fang Shi's heart was calm: "So then, the so-called Manifestation Pearl really was just to help me—"

"In case I couldn't trigger the advancement quest's reward."

"In truth, you never once had the thought of killing me."

"You knew that relying solely on the so-called Heaven-Deceiving Art could never fool the Noble's Seal."

"Only real, outright violence is the best method to break the Noble's Seal."

"But I still have a doubt—couldn't you just quietly hide within me?"

"Why bother giving me power, giving me a celestial body, forcing me onto Blue Star?"

The Inner Demon sneered: "You think I wanted to slip away that easily?"

"Believe it or not, the moment I dared to hide within you—"

"When you returned to Shenzhou, I would be expelled."

"The Noble's Seal isn't like some rigid thing from your memories, like a computer."

"Its flexibility and adaptability surpass mortal comprehension."

"Otherwise, I would have already slipped out three months ago when you opened the Inner Demon World."

"I can only truly come to Blue Star by genuinely merging into you and being regarded by the Noble as part of you."

"Only then can I truly arrive at Blue Star."

Fang Shi said: "So then, your so-called inability to give me power—was that all a lie too?"

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【Starting from the Apocalypse to Rule Over All Ages】【】

"In truth, no matter how much power you gave me, it wouldn't affect my breaking the seal."

"You were just using my identity as a stepping stone."

The Inner Demon laughed: "No, I wasn't lying. Otherwise I could have just twisted your mind and controlled you into returning to Shenzhou, couldn't I?"

"I merely used the Inner Demon Dao to wash some power, returning the essence of that power to the Noble."

"Otherwise, you really think the Noble would leave power for me in that place?"

"The celestial body on you is essentially a part of me."

"This isn't power lent to you—it's genuine, true origin, the real power given to you."

"However, I've adjusted some usage methods. Every time you use it, you're squandering the origin."

"Leaving you unable to retain even the tiniest bit."

The Inner Demon's method was like that of a masterful smuggler.

The seal was the border checkpoint.

Fang Shi was a tourist with a two-way travel pass.

To smuggle himself in, the Inner Demon needed to obtain Fang Shi's identity.

So he forged a cargo manifest—the Noble's power.

Then handed it to Fang Shi, hiding himself within it.

Slipping past the border checkpoint.

It was also because the Inner Demon's power was so strong that he had to give Fang Shi tremendous power as cover.

And the Inner Demon's so-called breaking of the seal was merely a series of setups for these plans.

The method to break the seal was real—if it succeeded, that worked too.

If it didn't succeed, then he'd proceed with the later plans.

So no matter what, the Inner Demon was making a killing.

"In truth, smuggling into Shenzhou was my third plan."

"It's what I most wanted to carry out, but everything had to be guided slowly."

"You agreeing to my contract was my second plan."

"The so-called Fate Contract is nothing more than something that binds the weak."

"Do you think that once one reaches the level of a Sage, such things still bind her?"

"Therefore, no matter how harsh the conditions, I dare sign with you."

"Of course, perhaps after I ascend to the peak, my mood will improve."

"Reviving you as an Immortal or a God would not be without merit."

"Fortunately, I do not know how you perceived the issue of the essence of power."

"You actually thought of completing the advancement quest that must be 'completed independently'."

"To the extent that I had not yet begun to guide you."

"The third plan was smoothly implemented."

The Heart Demon, with no reservations, openly announced his plan.

To return home in wealth without showing it is like wearing brocade at night.

As a monster that manipulates hearts, the Heart Demon naturally acquired the habits of living beings.

If he did not properly display his intelligence, the Heart Demon's heart would not feel at ease.

Especially when the overall situation was already decided.

"Heh, if you must blame someone, blame yourself for giving me power, yet killing monsters yielded no experience points."

"This is truly inappropriate, given my Life Level of ten."

"If I punched Tongchang, the experience bar should have exploded directly."

"At that time, I understood that my life essence had already changed; this power is truly and genuinely my power."

"So I was essentially fighting low-level monsters, of course, they would not give me experience points."

"Sure enough, once I reached the Radiation Quasi-Elemental Plane, I smoothly completed my quest."

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【Ruling the Ages Alone Starting from the Apocalypse】【】

The Attribute Panel is never a nanny, nor is there any instruction manual; it will not give you any information beyond your cognition.

Things like First Kill rewards, experience for over-leveling and over-tiering, experience penalties, and the like.

Are all summaries made by humans after the Apocalypse.

Whether this is truly its fundamental rule, no one knows clearly.

Moreover, when you encounter illusions, Illusory Realms, or the like, as long as you perceive nothing.

It will not generate data to give you a hint unless you truly perceive it.

All data is based on things you are capable of cognizing.

When Fang Shi punched the Tongchang monster to death, a piece of data refreshed.

"Your Life Tier has risen to True Immortal Pseudo."

"You have acquired a Tier Trait."

"True Immortal Pseudo: Your Life Tier has been sublimated; you gain a +40 bonus to all related checks concerning Power, Constitution, and Agility attributes."

"Blessing of the True Immortal: Before the Blessing of the True Immortal vanishes, your soul will not suffer harm."

And after the Immortal Body was destroyed, another message was received.

"Your Life Tier has dropped to Tier One."

"You have acquired a Tier Trait."

"Qi Refining: Your Life Tier has been sublimated; you gain a +2 bonus to all related checks concerning any attribute."

The Heart Demon suddenly understood: "So that is the reason; my cultivation of the Heart Demon Dao is still not proficient enough."

"When acquiring the memories of the Attribute Panel and Tymora, there were always some oversights."

"However, it does not matter; your greatest secret is about to belong to me."

"Let me see what the mystery of Rebirth truly is!"