Chapter 116

In the spiritual realm there was no concept of time; it seemed like an instant, yet also like after endless ages, Feng Yi finally fully digested the information that had merged into his spiritual realm, and slowly opened his eyes.

Hum

An illusory river flowed deep in his pupils, with countless streams of information drifting within, like a celestial river containing the information of the entire world.

Sensing the information sorted in his mind, Feng Yi unconsciously whispered: "Now I understand, the Heavenly Emperor Fuxi of this world actually also wants to incarnate as Pangu, and is already close to success; no wonder I came to this world and directly merged with him."

In this world, Fuxi, Shennong, and Nüwa were each formed from the essence, energy, and spirit of Pangu, this creator god, and the three share a deep connection.

Thereafter, each using their own laws and authority, they combined with certain things in heaven and earth to create their respective races.

Among them, Fuxi took the fruit formed by the divine tree absorbing the pure qi of the divine realm as his body, infused it with his powerful energy, and created the 'Gods'.

Shennong took the earth, soil, stones, grasses, and trees as his body, infused his own qi, and created the 'Beasts'.

And finally, Nüwa mixed soil and water, added her own blood and spiritual power, used her own divine essence to transform, and shaped humanity in her likeness, creating the 'Humans'.

However, after that, Fuxi found a completely new path of the Great Dao: to incarnate as Pangu.

He was no longer satisfied with merely being one of the Three Sovereigns formed from Pangu's energy; he wished to gather Pangu's essence, energy, and spirit to become the true Pangu.

Precisely for this reason, Fuxi secretly instigated the ancient war of the three tribes.

In the ancient war of the three tribes, Shennong disappeared; in fact, he was defeated by Fuxi, who seized the other's creation authority derived from Pangu, and afterwards Nüwa likewise fell victim to Fuxi's scheming.

"No wonder, as fellow creator sovereigns, the Heavenly Emperor Fuxi stands high above while the other two have completely vanished without a trace."

This thought arose in his mind, and Feng Yi unconsciously placed his mind within his body, sensing the special authority concept that had emerged within him after completely assimilating this world's Heavenly Emperor Fuxi.

It was like a seal formed from condensed rules, as if it were the collection of all the Great Dao's rules between heaven and earth; grasping this authority seemed to allow one to control the Great Dao rules of the entire world.

This is the Heavenly Emperor's authority of this realm, a special seal formed by combining Fuxi's own creation authority derived from Pangu with the Heavenly Dao's rules.

Precisely because of this Heavenly Emperor's authority, Feng Yi's assimilation of this world's Fuxi provoked the Heavenly Dao's instinctive resistance; taking this authority as a core, it gathered Fuxi's information and formed in Feng Yi's spiritual realm a figure resembling an incarnation of the Heavenly Dao—the Heavenly Emperor Fuxi.

However, Feng Yi had already completely digested the Fuxi status of the Longevity Realm; although his cultivation had not yet caught up, his innate spiritual light had transformed, and in his spiritual realm he was no different from the true primordial god Fuxi, easily obliterating and absorbing him.

"Heavenly Emperor's authority, a seal formed by the union of creation authority and Heavenly Dao's rules."

Countless thoughts flowed in his mind, and Feng Yi's brain involuntarily conjured a special mark from the Shrouding Heaven world.

Heaven's Heart Mark!

It is the special mark formed after the condensation of the universe's rules and the myriad Dao traces of the entire world.

As long as one masters the Heaven's Heart Mark, they can harmonize with the myriad Dao of the universe and become the sovereign of the entire cosmos.

Furthermore, after mastering the Heaven's Heart Mark, harmonizing with the myriad Dao and comprehending their rules can lay the most solid foundation for future cultivation; even true immortals covet such great fortune, which can be called the Immortal King's Base.

In the Shrouding Heaven universe, to truly prove the Dao and become emperor, one must take oneself as the vessel of the myriad Dao, letting one's Imperial Way's principles harmonize with the Heaven's Heart Mark, gathering the fortune of the entire universe within oneself, overwhelming the cosmos and suppressing the Dao of others.

This is also why the Shrouding Heaven universe can produce only one emperor per era.

Of course, if one's cultivation reaches a certain level, one can also restrain one's own Dao so as not to affect others.

A thought about the Heaven's Heart Mark arose in his mind, and Feng Yi continually compared it with this realm's Heavenly Emperor's authority, discovering that the two indeed share many similarities.

However, this world is vastly inferior to the Shrouding Heaven universe, so Fuxi's Heavenly Emperor's authority, whether in power or in the essence of the Dao it contains, is far inferior to the Heaven's Heart Mark of the Shrouding Heaven universe.

"That's right; although the worlds differ, essentially they are both condensations of myriad Dao rules, so having similarities is quite normal."

Upon realizing this, Feng Yi instantly grew greatly interested in the Heavenly Emperor's authority within him, directly merging his mind with it and invoking its power to bolster himself.

In an instant, Feng Yi's mind merged directly with a vast, boundless sea of rules, as if becoming the center of the entire heaven-earth universe, and with a thought it seemed as if boundless power was added to him.

"Is this the sea of primordial rules of the Heavenly Dao, the primordial ground of the entire world?"

As thoughts turned in his mind, Feng Yi's entire figure suddenly became hazy and directly transformed into a lofty, divine authority rule, merging into a vast, boundless sea.

That is where the Heavenly Dao's rules of the entire world manifest, the source sea of the Heavenly Dao's order.

Boom—

The divine realm, formed from the shattered body of Pangu, is divided into the Four Heavens of the Sacred Realm, the Four Brahman Heavens, the Four Heavens of the Formless Realm, the Eighteen Heavens of the Form Realm, and the Six Heavens of the Desire Realm, making thirty-six layers in total; it is the abode of the godly race created by Fuxi, and among the six realms it is the highest and supreme.

But at this moment, an unprecedented upheaval occurred above the divine realm; endless rumbling sounds rose, and an ineffable, vast pressure swept over the whole divine realm, causing all the godly races to tremble.

They instinctively looked toward the source ground above the divine realm, where the sea of origin formed from the myriad Dao's rules and order lies.

At this time, a venerable, holy figure stood there, surrounded by endless order, as if becoming the center of heaven and earth, making people unable to help but kowtow.

"Heavenly Emperor!"

"Has the Heavenly Emperor emerged from seclusion?"

Boom—

Before the crowd's words had even finished, the entire source sea suddenly surged, as if forcibly fused with some special authority and concept, provoking the Heavenly Dao's instinctive wrath.

In the next moment, boundless rules directly transformed into apocalyptic thunder, carrying the terrifying aura of destroying heaven and exterminating earth, as if seeking to annihilate that figure and even reduce the entire divine realm to ashes.

The extreme terror of world-destroying intent swept across heaven and earth; all the godly races turned pale, their souls trembling, as if they too were about to fall into dead silence.

At this moment, they were no longer the lofty godly races, but became ants on the verge of annihilation.

Within the divine realm, all the godly races instinctively kowtowed toward that venerable figure in the source sea, praying that the Heavenly Emperor would intervene to stop this sudden disaster.

In the source sea of primordial rules above the divine realm, Feng Yi invoked the Heavenly Emperor's authority to empower himself, his mind merging with the Heavenly Dao's rules, as if becoming part of the Heavenly Dao, and countless insights into the myriad Dao arose in his mind.

Had it not been for the Fuxi status within him, and his innate spiritual light having transformed, placing him in a special dimension, Feng Yi suspected that he might, like this world's Heavenly Emperor Fuxi, be washed away by endless rules, leaving only divinity and no longer possessing the seven emotions and six desires.

At the same time, as he harmonized with this realm's Heavenly Dao's rules, merging divinity with the myriad Dao, it seemed to trigger some special mechanism, and his innate spiritual light began to vibrate incessantly.

In the next moment, a completely new concept suddenly appeared within his innate spiritual light; it was the residual concept that had settled after he digested the Fuxi seal of the Shrouding Heaven world, namely information about the Heaven's Heart Mark of the Shrouding Heaven universe.

Boom

In an instant, the information formed from the differing rules of the two worlds collided within Feng Yi's mind, making his heart feel as if thunder were roaring, as if it were about to be torn directly into two.

Sensing this, Feng Yi's mind stirred; the fully digested Fuxi status merged into himself, making his spiritual realm unprecedentedly stable, perfectly encompassing both, and he gradually sorted and fused them, giving rise to many new insights in his heart.

And as his insights arose, the Heavenly Emperor's authority within Feng Yi began to undergo continual subtle adjustments, causing the external primordial rules sea to surge and emit a world-destroying intent.

However, with the passage of time, after obtaining the Shrouding Heaven world's Fuxi information about the Heaven's Heart Mark, Feng Yi's Heavenly Emperor's authority seemed to undergo supplementation and elevation, becoming extraordinarily strong; its restriction over the entire primordial rules sea changed, forcibly suppressing the sea's turbulence and even affecting the Heavenly Dao's instinct.

Gradually, the divine realm's godly races discovered that the world-destroying thunder evolving from the rules within the primordial rules sea was not actually erupting, but continually dissipating, and that destructive aura likewise slowly faded.

Conversely, the aura of that venerable figure within the primordial rules sea grew ever more vast.

Sensing this, the Divine Race people couldn't help but relax, their gazes toward that venerable figure in the Sea of Origin Rules also grew ever more reverent.

After an unknown time, a soft hum sounded, a mysterious ripple swept across the Divine Realm, and the Sea of Origin Rules instantly returned to calm, as if some subtle changes had also occurred.

At this moment, Feng Yi's mind sank completely into his body, merging with the new Heavenly Emperor's Authority, feeling the world's fortune converge upon him, giving him a sense of omnipotence.

After comprehending the information of the Heaven's Heart Imprint contained within the Fuxi's Seal of the Shrouding Heavens World, Feng Yi's Heavenly Emperor's Authority within him has also undergone a change, completely different from before.

If the Heavenly Emperor Fuxi's mastery of the Heavenly Emperor's Authority merely amounted to being a steward of the Heavenly Dao, then the current Heavenly Emperor's Authority has approached the true Heaven's Heart Imprint, and mastering it would make one the lord of the entire Heavenly Dao.

"In a sense, I too can be considered a Great Emperor of this world!"

This thought arose in his mind, and Feng Yi couldn't help but reveal a faint smile.

Of course, he clearly knew this world paled in comparison to the Shrouding Heavens Universe; thus, even with the Heavenly Emperor's Authority, his strength was no match for the Great Emperor of the Shrouding Heavens Universe.

However, this state akin to being united with the Heaven's Heart Imprint is not without benefit: it can help him accumulate experience and lay a foundation for becoming an emperor in the Shrouding Heavens Universe in the future.

Moreover, in this state of harmony with the Heavenly Dao, Feng Yi seemed to merge with the Myriad Dao, making his comprehension of rules and principles exceptionally easy.

With this state, he could reorganize his own Great Dao path anew, strengthening his realm and insight.

After his thoughts turned, an unknown time later, Feng Yi's figure vanished into the Sea of Origin and returned to the Great Hall.

However, although he had left the Sea of Origin Rules, with the Heavenly Emperor's Authority upon him, Feng Yi was constantly in a state of communion with the Heavenly Dao for enlightenment, his realm and understanding of rules continually increasing.

Within the Great Hall, sensing his own change, Feng Yi couldn't help but exclaim: "No wonder the Heaven's Heart Imprint is called the Immortal King Foundation; this state of union with the Myriad Dao, allowing constant comprehension of its rules, is of immense benefit for both cultivation and enlightenment—one must truly unite with the Heaven's Heart Imprint of the Shrouding Heavens Universe to experience its rule changes."

Thinking this, an image of a three-legged golden crow appeared in Feng Yi's mind, and he secretly thought: "Anyway, attaining the Great Emperor's Dao is a stifling lifetime; the Great Emperor's throne shall be mine!"

As his thoughts turned, he suddenly felt something, instinctively looking outside the Great Hall, where a familiar figure reflected in his pupils.

The memories of this body flowed through his mind, and Feng Yi instantly realized who had come.

"Could it be Jiutian Xuannü?"

The information of the deity who temporarily oversaw the Divine Realm during Fuxi's seclusion surfaced in his mind, and Feng Yi spoke in a calm voice: "Come in, Xuannü!"

As his words fell, the formation restrictions outside the Great Hall dissipated, and a figure stepped inside.

(End of Chapter)