Chapter 462: Source of Dreams

"Kid, tell me, where did you obtain this void thing?" Meng Lao pressed, "In theory, such a treasure shouldn't exist within your Primordial Universe."

"Inside a Cosmic Vessel sailing the Cosmic Sea, I estimate that vessel came from the Origin Continent marching against the Cosmic Sea, or perhaps it was drawn here from another dimension by the Original Will," Xiao Yu stated his conjecture outright.

Facing a peerless powerhouse like Meng Lao, he held nothing back.

The other party knows even the foundations of the connection system, so he could never be deceived.

"Origin Continent? The birthplace of your world's Primordial Chaos Principle?" Meng Lao laughed, "This world is getting more and more interesting!"

"Huh?" Xiao Yu was puzzled.

When he says the world is interesting, does he mean the Origin Continent, the Cosmic Sea, or something else?

"Good kid, don't aim too high; knowing this now won't do you any good," Meng Lao formed a divine hammer with his right hand and struck Xiao Yu's head once.

Xiao Yu covered his head and rubbed it.

The blow just now still hurt quite a bit.

"Meng Lao, is that Void Source extremely precious?" Xiao Yu asked, puzzled why Meng Lao made such a fuss upon seeing the Void Source.

Meng Lao had certainly awakened long ago, yet previously, when he saw the Nether Wind Orb, the Nine Heavens Thunder Crystal, and the like, he didn't disturb Xiao Yu.

Why does this Void Source possess such mystery that it caused Meng Lao to appear suddenly?

"Kid, once you grasp the true meaning of the void, you won't be so indifferent," Meng Lao stroked his beard and smiled.

"Meng Lao, are the void and the emptiness the same?" Xiao Yu asked, confused.

"No, emptiness is a space devoid of any matter or any law's fluctuations. It mainly repels all formation," Meng Lao laughed, "Whereas the void is both zero and infinite; it can be meaningless nothingness or an all‑encompassing whole—void is the foundation of existence."

"Oh, I don't get it," Xiao Yu said, still unable to distinguish the real difference between emptiness and void.

He grasped the literal meaning, but that understanding is not concrete and is far from true enlightenment.

"You don't need to understand it now; just know that once your World Seed absorbs this Void Source, it will have a solid foundation— the firmest foundation. Your future growth will have no limits and no shackles," Meng Lao said.

Xiao Yu nodded slightly.

Though he still didn't comprehend, he understood that the Void Source was the best for him and beneficial to his future.

"Absorb it," Meng Lao said, then vanished.

"He left already," Xiao Yu thought to himself; he had intended to ask more questions.

Now that Meng Lao had departed, he calmed his mind and began absorbing the Void Source.

Unlike any other treasure, the World Seed devoured the Void Source in but an instant.

The World Seed's ingestion began and ended almost simultaneously.

Yet the changes in the World Seed that had absorbed the Void Source were only just beginning.

"Boom—"

Resonant booms echoed from within the World Seed.

Inside the World Seed, endless spacetime began to separate, no longer overlapping.

The laws of metal, wood, water, fire, earth, wind, thunder, light, time, space, and Soul Law were gestating; beyond these eleven, Xiao Yu even saw an Unknown Law also taking shape.

"What kind of law is this?" Xiao Yu had never comprehended such a law before.

The gestating law contained endless profound Secret Patterns, exceedingly complex—far more intricate than the sum of the Primordial Universe's Ten Fundamental Laws.

As the law began to gestate, the interior of the World Seed suddenly underwent violent change, with endless spacetime expanding explosively.

From its original ten kilometers, it surged to ten thousand kilometers… one hundred thousand… one million…

When the spatial diameter reached ten trillion kilometers, the surge halted and gave way to slow growth.

Within the world, various laws continued to gestate and evolve.

Xiao Yu kept observing the changes inside the World Seed.

Time drifted; ten thousand years passed in an instant.

After ten thousand years of observation, Xiao Yu gained deeper insights into the Ten Fundamental Laws and the Soul Law.

"The Way of Laws is truly unfathomably profound; the more I contemplate, the more I sense my own shortcomings. So‑called enlightenment is still far from omniscience," Xiao Yu thought.

As the World Seed evolved, Xiao Yu felt it had entered the gestation stage; it no longer needed, nor could it, absorb any more treasures.

All previous plans were nullified by the absorption of the Void Source.

At the same time, Xiao Yu attained some understanding of the Twelfth Law, which resembled an Illusory, Fantasy Law.

Like a dream coming true.

Or it could be called the Imaginary Law, the Hypothetical Law.

Either works.

However, that's merely Xiao Yu's current comprehension.

Though the World Seed is still in gestation, it has gained some power; Xiao Yu can generate an absolute World Domain spanning millions of kilometers around him.

Within this World Domain, Xiao Yu is like a true deity.

"Not bad, not bad; even though it's still in gestation, it has already formed a World Domain," Meng Lao materialized inside the domain and laughed.

"Meng Lao, how could you appear here all of a sudden?" Xiao Yu was shocked.

"Kid, I feel my wings have hardened!" Meng Lao glanced at Xiao Yu.

"No, how could there be? Absolutely not," Xiao Yu shook his head, even if it were true, he couldn't admit it.

"The strength of a World Domain is tied to the world within you; only when your internal world grows to the magnitude of the Primordial Universe might you repel me," Meng Lao laughed, "Besides, the entire Inheritance Space is merely a lingering echo of my own World Domain."

"Ah, I see!" Xiao Yu suddenly understood.

"Otherwise, how do you think I cut off the Original Will of the Primordial Universe, allowing me to discuss Origin Universe matters here?" Meng Lao laughed, "Speaking of it, the operation mechanism of the Supreme Law on your world's Origin Continent is truly fascinating."

"Perhaps it's to prevent low‑realm beings from prematurely accessing everything on the Origin Continent, like a novice village's protection," Xiao Yu smiled.

"Perhaps. I forgot to tell you earlier: after absorbing the Void Source, all the laws that had previously permeated the world will be gestated into sources of law. The Twelfth Law within your World Seed is the Dream Source, or you could call it the Fantasy Source; this Dream Law still follows the principle of equivalence," Meng Lao smiled.

"Mm." Xiao Yu nodded slightly.

"Go out, your world's gestation period requires many long years." Meng Lao began to drive people away, as if recalling something, and solemnly admonished: "Remember, in non‑emergency situations, do not use the world's fundamental force, do not let the Original Will think you are its enemy."

"Understood."

Xiao Yu nodded heavily, then immediately left the Inheritance Space. (End of chapter)