Chapter 151

In the beginning of the Primordial Void, Chaos split open, time and space emerged, and the universe took shape.

Under the guidance of numerous Great Dao principles, with the aid of myriad rules, boundless planes came into being.

And at the moment Chaos was torn apart, in accordance with the Great Dao, twenty-six chief gods were born innately.

The chief gods were divided between light and darkness: thirteen light chief gods were born in the Ocean of Light, thirteen dark chief gods were conceived in the Abyss of Darkness, forming the cosmic balance of law.

At the same time, the first batch of humanity was born from the source of the planes, existing in a special plane.

The name of this plane is: Primeval!

It is a silent and desolate space, like a degenerate Dharma-ending land, yet within the void countless rays of various colors are densely arranged.

If one could see through these rays, they would discover that each ray encloses a figure immersed in cultivation.

And at the very center of this space floats a flat patch of ground, upon which stands a somewhat simple thatched hut.

On the wooden door before the hut are written three archaic characters: 'One-Line Hut'.

And on either side of the wooden door are inscribed two lines of vigorous, powerful ancient characters:

"One thought arises, in the void I seek the Dao, searching for a single thread!"

"Lay out the Eight Trigrams, exhaust all variables, man triumphs over heaven!"

Inside the hut, a tall-legged ever-burning lamp burns steadily, as if it will never go out for countless eons, illuminating a brightness of about three meters radius within the hut.

A figure wearing a purple cap and Daoist robes sits cross-legged on a yin-yang fish-shaped mat before the tall-legged ever-burning lamp, seeming immersed in cultivation.

At that moment, his aura shifted slightly, and countless black-and-white points of light appeared around him, as if forming a River of Fate transcending all dimensions.

The next instant, this figure seemed like an illusory thing; his whole body became hazy, then transformed into a Dao imprint composed of countless trigrams, as if returning to the origin.

The trigrams continually arise and cease, ever-changing, as if deducing the fateful law of the universe's initial opening and the evolution of all things.

Hum

At that moment, a drop of special 'river water' emerged from the River of Fate, directly absorbing that ever-changing Dao imprint.

The two seemed to share the same source and root, essentially one entity, with no hint of rejection.

With a boom, an illusory tremor sounded, like a cosmic big bang, but confined to a small space within the hut.

The next moment, that drop of special river water directly transformed into a tall figure clad in dark robes—none other than Feng Yi, who had crossed into this universe.

His aura continually shifted and adjusted, as if merging with that ever-changing Dao imprint, adapting to the cosmic laws of this universe.

After an unknown span of time, a humming sound rang out; Feng Yi's eyes slowly opened, within which countless trigrams flowed, constantly deducing the developmental laws of all things in the universe.

He closed his eyes, then opened them again; the visions in his eyes dissipated, his aura settled completely, perfectly harmonizing with this universe, without the slightest discord.

"Have I arrived in a new universe?"

His thoughts turning, Feng Yi subconsciously projected his mind into his own mental world.

In an instant, countless memories and insights of the Great Dao surfaced in his mind, as if they were his own experiences, perfectly absorbed and becoming part of him.

"The Progenitor of Law, Fuxi."

"The Primeval humanity, the Four Supremes."

"Thirteen light chief gods, thirteen dark chief gods."

Countless memories flowed in his mind; after a long while, Feng Yi finally digested them fully, his face showing a hint of inexplicable emotion, and he sighed, tone uncertain whether joy or sorrow: 'So this is the world!'

With the memories of this world's Fuxi, Feng Yi now fully understood the situation of this world.

After Ascension!

This is the world he has crossed into this time.

And what he has merged with is precisely the Dao imprint of the ancestor of law cultivation, Fuxi, who can be called the foremost expert in law among humanity of this universe.

This is an immeasurably vast universe, containing 10,000,000,000,000,000 planes, and also there is an ocean of light and an abyss of darkness standing atop those 10,000,000,000,000,000 planes.

Of course, compared to the heavens where the Longevity Realm and Shrouding Heaven worlds reside, this universe still falls short a bit.

Moreover, the tragic experience of the ancient human race of this world is no less than that of the Kyushu humans of the Longevity Realm, and is even more desperate.

All this is because this universe possesses twenty-six light-and-dark supreme gods situated at the pinnacle of all planes, yet none of them belongs to humanity.

The supreme god, the most powerful existence in this universe, is formed in accordance with the law of the Great Dao; it innately masters a kind of the Great Dao law, possessing only innate divinity and lacking acquired humanity, and to some extent is considered immortal and indestructible.

Even if they are slain, as long as the law of the Great Dao endures, after endless ages they will still be reborn.

In this universe, the highest cultivation realm among the ancient human race is called the Supreme.

Yet before those supreme gods at the universe's pinnacle, even the human Supreme is no different from an ant, easily slain with a casual swipe.

Were it not for the Four Sacred Beasts spawned from the balance law guarding the ancient plane, and were the human Supreme able to unite with the Four Sacred Beasts, borrowing part of the balance law's power to counter the supreme gods—making them wary—and were the light and dark supreme gods also constantly locked in mutual conflict, never truly targeting humanity, the humans of this universe would likely have long since become slave tools providing faith to the supreme gods.

However, the Four Sacred Beasts are ultimately merely spawns of the balance law, not true supreme gods belonging to humanity.

In this universe's future timeline, as the light and dark supreme gods reached agreement and temporarily ceased their conflict, the ancient plane inhabited by humanity could not escape its doom, and the ancient human race was basically wiped out entirely.

Even later, the protagonist Feng Yunwuji of this universe achieved the Three-in-One God, yet he also lost his own memory and emotions, becoming a supreme god possessing only rational instinct.

Compared to the ancient human race of this universe, the Kyushu humans of the Longevity Realm, although their fate is also tragic, at least still have the schemes of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, etc.; on the future timeline they also exterminated the various sovereigns, achieving a true Longevity Realm, which is already quite fortunate.

After Ascension.

In his mind, the state of this world kept turning over, and for a moment Feng Yi gave rise to countless feelings.

What kind of luck is this?

Originally, he wanted to traverse a universe capable of fulfilling his own accumulation, to strengthen his own strength as much as possible, in order to face the impending great calamity that would arise in Kyushu.

But who would have thought he would actually end up in a world even more desperate than that of the Kyushu people!

Ah

After a good while, Feng Yi lightly sighed, slowly gathered his scattered thoughts, and began to comprehend this world's cultivation system as well as his own cultivation.

The cultivation system of the ancient human race in this world is divided into several kinds such as law, martial, and shaman, but currently the mainstream occupying the ancient plane is martial dao, which is divided into the following realms from low to high:

Ancient level, Royal level, Imperial level, Divine level, and finally the Supreme level.

What a crude cultivation system!

After comprehending this realm's cultivation system, a thought subconsciously surfaced in Feng Yi's mind.

The level of this realm's cultivation system is not low; compared to Feng Yi's cultivation in this body, the Supreme is already comparable to the Primeval God of the Longevity Realm.

However, compared to the flawless cultivation systems of the Longevity Realm and the Shrouding Heavens myriad heavens, the cultivation system of the ancient human race in this universe appears rather crude; it can even be said to be merely an embryonic form of a cultivation system, or just a rough framework.

In Feng Yi's view, the ancient human race of this realm can complete cultivation in this crude system solely because of their immense innate talent, endless lifespan, and the abundant heavenly and earthly qi of the ancient plane, forcing themselves to succeed.

If replaced by ordinary beings of the Longevity Realm and the Shrouding Heavens myriad heavens, even exhausting their lifespans would be impossible to finish the first stage, the accumulation of the ancient-level realm.

However, upon considering the situation of the ancient human race in this universe, Feng Yi faintly understood the reason.

The myriad heavens where the Longevity Realm and Shrouding Heavens reside are obviously above this universe, and their strongest beings far surpass this realm's gods; thus it is only natural that their cultivation systems are stronger than this universe's.

Moreover, those two myriad heavens have already experienced many ages' changes; in each age transition, their cultivation systems naturally become more and more perfected.

Compared to the myriad heavens of the Longevity Realm and Shrouding Heavens, this universe is actually still in the first epoch after the initial opening of Chaos, similar to the primordial era.

Most of the powerful ancient humans today are still innate beings born at the universe's initial opening; their cultivation system was also explored and created by them, so naturally it is not as perfected as those of the Longevity Realm and Shrouding Heavens.

Indeed, the original ancient humans of this realm are called humans, but they are actually innate beings directly bred from the plane's source; essentially they are the same as gods, and can even be called innate gods and demons.

At the moment this universe first formed, not only were thirteen light-and-dark gods born respectively in the ocean of light and the abyss of darkness, but a special god was also conceived in the Chaos Sea.

Unlike the light-and-dark gods who each govern only a single Great Dao law, this special god commands multiple laws; once successfully conceived, its power far surpasses all gods, and it can be called the King of Gods.

However, this situation violates the realm's most fundamental law, the law of balance.

For this universe, the birth of this god is a mistake.

Therefore, under the effect of the law of balance, this special god was only half-born before being stopped, never truly coming into existence.

Meanwhile, the plane's source gave birth to the ancient human race, thereby consuming the other half of that special god's origin.

It can be said that the first batch of ancient humans in this realm are the transformation of half the origin of that King of Gods, and can be called lesser gods and demons.

Precisely for this reason, the ancient humans of this universe, though their talent cannot compare to that of gods, have become extremely powerful, far surpassing ordinary beings.

Furthermore, the cultivation environment of this universe is far from comparable to that of the Longevity Realm and Shrouding Heavens, which have experienced many ages' changes; thus these ancient humans can achieve a Supreme realm comparable to the Primeval God relying on such a crude cultivation system.

"What extraordinary fortune!"

With thoughts turning in his mind, Feng Yi couldn't help but sigh.

If not for the existence of the light-and-dark gods, the ancient humans' cultivation talent could truly be called extraordinarily fortunate.

Unfortunately, even if the humans of this realm had immense talent, they could not contend with the light-and-dark gods who, positioned at the universe's pinnacle, innately command a Great Dao law, which results in the tragic plight of humanity in this universe.

"God."

Speaking that name softly, Feng Yi compared it to the god's power in his memory of this body and vaguely estimated the strength of this universe's god.

Not as perfect as the Stone Man King born perfectly in the Longevity Realm nor the Sovereign of the Fleshly Body who is a Supreme Primeval God of Great Perfection, but it is equivalent to a Supreme Primeval God who has comprehended the myriad heavens' source laws.

However, unlike the Supreme Primeval God who attains comprehension of the myriad heavens' source laws through personal cultivation, this realm's god is innately born, almost a manifestation of the Great Dao law, devoid of personal emotion, possessing only pure rationality.

To attain the god-realm of this universe, one must not only fully comprehend a Great Dao law and condense a divine seal, but also harmonize with that law, discard one's emotions and memories, becoming a pure rational being whose only instinct is the Great Dao.

From this perspective, the god of this realm is naturally far inferior to the Supreme Primeval God achieved through personal cultivation.

"Abandoning one's memories and emotions—what's the difference from suicide!"

For Feng Yi, his memories and emotions are the most important, the foundation of his existence; if he discarded them, even attaining godhood would be tantamount to becoming another person, and he would naturally not choose that path.

Of course, for Feng Yi, who commands two cultivation systems far surpassing that of this universe, he can merely use this universe's cultivation system as a reference to enhance his own comprehension of the Great Dao; he need not actually practice this crude system.

"However, the god's legal power could be studied; perhaps it could give me insight into my future path as a Supreme Primeval God!"

Thinking of this, the situation of this universe appeared in his mind, and Feng Yi's heart involuntarily felt a hint of relief.

"Fortunately, what this universe lacks least is time—exactly what I need now, giving me ample time to complete my accumulation!"

In this universe, whether light-and-dark gods, ancient humans, or the demons of the demon realm and angels of heaven, etc., to some extent they are all innate beings or creations of the gods, fundamentally without lifespan limits.

Consequently, the beings of this universe's myriad heavens have a concept of time completely different from that which Feng Yi experienced in the myriad heavens before.

For practitioners of this universe, the least valuable thing is time; even a lowly ancient-level martial artist might spend a single seclusion lasting hundreds of thousands, even millions of years.

If the emperors of Shrouding Heavens, who have only a ten-thousand-year lifespan, learned of this situation, their eyes would likely turn red with envy.

But there's nothing to be done; this is simply the different situation formed by the differing laws of the myriad heavens. The myriad heavens and worlds are boundless, and all kinds of situations may occur; some myriad heavens may be even weaker, yet still possess beings with endless lifespans.

As for Feng Yi, the purpose of his transmigration this time is to find a world with sufficient time to complete his accumulation and cultivation.

From this perspective, this universe's level is not low, and its heavenly and earthly qi is extraordinarily abundant, making it quite suitable for him.

As long as he has enough time, once he achieves the Primeval God and Emperor, even further, then this universe's god will be nothing, and the crisis of the Nine Provinces can also be resolved.

After his thoughts turned for a while, Feng Yi gathered his mind, placed his spirit within his body, and began to thoroughly merge with Fuxi's cultivation of this realm.

Fuxi's cultivation in this realm is not martial arts but the Dao of Law; moreover, this body is the creator of this universe's Dao of Law and the ancestor of legal cultivation among the ancient humans.

Of course, this body's strength has already reached the peak of the Supreme, surpassing the four Supremes at the pinnacle of the ancient human race, and is only one step away from becoming a god.

However, although it seems only one step away, that step is a chasm between heaven and earth, a gulf he can never cross.

This is not only because becoming a god requires discarding one's memories and emotions, but also because the prophetic Dao comprehended by Fuxi of this realm has already been controlled by a god—namely, one of the dark gods, the Master of Schemes, Xierluo.

This god will not allow any other being to share his prophetic power; unless he truly falls, Fuxi of this realm can never attain godhood.

In this universe's original future timeline, Fuxi of this realm was directly erased by Luo when attempting to become a god, and completely fell.

However, Fuxi of this realm lives up to the title of humanity's strongest; by leveraging that special state at the moment of godhood, he merged with the river of fate, directly saw past and future, and thereby schemed against Xierluo, laying out an astonishing grand plan.

Subsequently, he gradually propelled the universe's 'protagonist', Fengyun Wujì, to achieve the Trinity God, allowing humanity to birth its own true god, and slaying Xierluo, the Master of Schemes.

From this point, Fuxi of this realm has indeed achieved true human triumph over heaven.

His consciousness freely emanating, the aura on Feng Yi's body continually underwent massive changes, and countless trigrams appeared in the void.

Each trigram is composed of extremely intricate Dao patterns, constantly recombining and changing, born and extinguished, unpredictable, as if driving the law of transformation of all things in the universe.

As these trigrams circulated, Feng Yi continually absorbed Fuxi's supreme-level cultivation from this universe; his aura rapidly strengthened, quickly matching the war-ancestor-level qi he originally emitted, and continued to rise.

"Prophecy"

Countless Great Dao laws and regulatory principles arose in his mind, all being Fuxi's insights into the prophetic Dao of this realm, directly merging into Feng Yi's own comprehension.

Feng Yi's originally mastered destiny divine ability surfaced in his heart-mind, combined with these law insights, causing his understanding of the Dao of destiny to rapidly increase.

At the same moment, the River Chart and Luo Book appeared above his head, the ten black-and-white light spots on it constantly shifting, interpreting the Yin-Yang Five Elements and the principle of the innate Great Expansion Dao.

Countless talismans continually merged into it, causing the aura of Feng Yi's natal treasure to become ever more lofty and mysterious.

Om

No one knew how much time had passed, but just as Feng Yi completely merged this realm's Fuxi-level supreme cultivation and his insight into the Dao of Prophecy, at the instant his fate divine ability underwent transformation, his spiritual sense twitched slightly, an indescribable sense of crisis rose in his heart, causing his mind and spirit to tremble violently.

The River Chart and Luo Book swiftly transformed into an illusory river of fate, wrapping around Feng Yi's side, making his whole person seem to merge with the river of fate, able to see past and future.

In an instant, a name surfaced in his mind.

One of the Dark Gods, Master of Conspiracy, Shi'er Luo!

(End of Chapter)