Chapter 166: Seeing Feng Yun Wuji

Time flows like passing water, gone never to return!

For this realm, this first epoch resembling the initial opening of Chaos, whether gods and demons or the strong of the human race are all innate beings; in a universe where lifespans are endless, time is the most worthless thing in the world.

Tens to several million years of elapsed time, for the majority of beings in this universe, is merely a snap of the fingers.

Primeval Plane.

After Feng Yi combined with the Law of Balance, grasping part of the Supreme Law of this universe, and entered a state of secluded cultivation, the Primeval Plane returned to tranquility.

Primeval Humans continue to cultivate the new system in an orderly manner, and dispatch strong ones to preach beyond the Primeval Plane to the myriad planes, slaying gods and demons and angels, increasing the number of ascenders, continually boosting the numbers and strength of the Primeval Humans, accumulating power for the next god-demon war.

Ancient cities rose one after another, standing upon the Primeval Continent like giants, inhaling and exhaling the essence of sun and moon, forming a mysterious grand formation among themselves.

With the emergence of these ancient cities, the Primeval Plane seems to be continually growing, becoming ever vaster and more majestic, gradually giving the feeling of becoming the center of the entire universe.

It seems as if a Supreme Law representing the fundamental operation of the universe has merged into the entire Primeval Plane, causing the whole plane to ascend to a brand-new state, no longer merely an ordinary plane.

Compared to the Primeval Plane, the Sea of Light and Abyss of Darkness where the Light and Dark Sovereign Gods reside have not undergone much change; they still loom high above, overlooking all worlds of the universe, as if they will never change even after billions of billions of years.

However, the Heaven derived from the Sea of Light and the Demon Realm derived from the Abyss of Darkness are seething with undercurrents; countless angels and demon gods are dispatched to the myriad planes to obstruct the Primeval Humans' preaching.

Although no true god-demon war has erupted, the slaughter between the Primeval Humans, angels, and gods and demons has never ceased.

Obviously, the Light and Dark Sovereign Gods, though unwilling to let their true forms easily leave their divine kingdoms, remain quite vigilant about the changes in the Primeval Plane.

At the same time, the Ninth Layer of the Demon Realm.

Under the indifferent gazes of all the Light and Dark Sovereign Gods, a dark silhouette emanating endless majesty continually absorbs the pervasive slaughter qi of the universe, its aura constantly rising, faintly exuding an aura that makes the Light and Dark Sovereign Gods palpitate.

However, regarding the changes of this dark silhouette, many Light and Dark Sovereign Gods have no intention to stop it, instead allowing it to grow.

Primeval Plane, Holy Mountain.

As the holy land of the human race in the present Primeval Plane, countless human strong ones come here each day, either to pay homage to the statue of the human Sovereign God, or to contemplate the Dao insights recorded on the heavenly stele left by the Sovereign God, and some are newly ascended to the Primeval Plane, coming here to cultivate the new martial arts.

Upon the Holy Mountain, countless divine lights constantly streak across, transforming into one human strong one after another.

Hum

At that moment, a sword light streaked across the sky, landing upon the Holy Mountain, transforming into a youth in white robes—none other than Feng Yun Wuji.

At this moment, Feng Yun Wuji is like a supreme divine sword that cleaves heaven and earth, emanating a sharp sword intent that makes one's heart palpitate.

"Greetings, Sword God!"

Upon seeing Feng Yun Wuji's figure, many surrounding Primeval Humans hastily bowed, their eyes showing reverence.

If one were to ask who among the present-era Primeval Human ascenders is the most prominent, Feng Yun Wuji, this Sword God, is undoubtedly the one.

Although his cultivation time is not considered long by Primeval Human standards, his strength has already surpassed most Primeval Humans, making him one of their topmost experts.

Over these years, countless gods, demons, and angels have fallen at Feng Yun Wuji's hands, including the Dark Sovereign who speaks for the Dark Sovereign God, the Dynastic Emperor at the pinnacle of power in the Demon Realm, and the Archangel of Heaven, among others.

It can be said that, in the present era, if one discusses who besides Sovereign God Fuxi is most likely to become the second Sovereign God of the Primeval Plane among human strong ones, Feng Yun Wuji, this Sword God, is definitely a top candidate.

Thus, the current Feng Yun Wuji is also a goal that many ascenders strive for in their hearts.

On the other side, sensing the changing expressions of many Primeval Humans, Feng Yun Wuji's eyes involuntarily revealed a hint of emotion, and he subconsciously turned his gaze toward the statue not far away, entwined with endless divine light of faith.

That is the statue of the sole human Sovereign God, Sovereign God Fuxi!

Feng Yun Wuji clearly understands in his heart that, although his current strength stems from many special opportunities and his own great talent, the two supreme inheritances and two special divine artifacts granted by Sovereign God Fuxi at the outset are the fundamental basis.

Those two inheritances not only perfectly match Feng Yun Wuji's physique and temperament, but also contain profound Great Dao laws and insights to the utmost degree.

Even having reached his present realm, Feng Yun Wuji still feels that the profound martial truths contained within those two inheritances have not been fully comprehended.

More importantly, the two divine artifacts accompanying those two inheritances.

With thoughts turning in his heart, at that moment Feng Yun Wuji's mind stirred slightly, and he looked toward the statue before him.

"Is the Sovereign God summoning me? Finally I have the chance to meet our human race's sole Sovereign God!"

With thoughts turning in his heart, Feng Yun Wuji bowed before the statue, then took a deep breath, filled with excited anticipation, and stepped forward toward the summit of the Holy Mountain.

"That is."

"Is the Sword God heading to the summit of the Holy Mountain?"

"Could it be that he has received an audience with Sovereign God Fuxi!"

"I've long heard that the Sword God received the inheritance of Sovereign God Fuxi; now it seems true!"

A voice sounded, and upon seeing this scene, many human strong ones revealed expressions of envy.

Although Sovereign God Fuxi has not appeared for many years, all Primeval Humans know that all their current prosperity stems from this Sovereign God.

This Sovereign God is the foundation that maintains the status of the Primeval Humans!

Countless human strong ones wish to behold the bearing of Sovereign God Fuxi, yet lack the fate to do so.

Now seeing Sword God Feng Yun Wuji actually heading for the summit of the Holy Mountain, many people's hearts naturally feel envy.

Summit of the Holy Mountain.

A pond filled with blooming lotuses lies upon it, its water shimmering, mist swirling, like a fairy pool.

And in the deepest part of the fairy pool, it is dark and profound, entwined with Chaos, resembling the primordial Chaos of the Hongmeng.

A stalk of Chaos Green Lotus stands within, as if rooted upon the myriad Dao origins of the entire universe, inhaling and exhaling the primordial power of the cosmos.

Upon arriving here, this is the sight that greets Feng Yun Wuji's eyes.

His gaze was directly drawn to the Chaos Green Lotus in the fairy pool, faintly as if he saw a Sovereign God towering over all, feeling his very soul tremble.

"Come to your senses!"

At that moment, a tranquil and ethereal voice suddenly sounded beside Feng Yun Wuji's ear, as if containing the power to soothe the soul, instantly pulling his mind back from the Chaos Green Lotus.

Subconsciously turning his gaze, a tall figure in a dark robe appeared before Feng Yun Wuji's eyes.

The dark-robed figure stood beside the fairy pool, its presence harmonizing with the Chaos Green Lotus within, as if they were one entity, its aura profound and unfathomable.

Upon seeing this figure, Feng Yun Wuji's mind suddenly wavered, as if he beheld the rise of four-colored radiance—red, azure, black, and white.

The four-colored radiance flowed between heaven and earth, like the manifestation of earth, water, wind, and fire; the innate four-aspect powers intertwined, giving the whole universe a sense of reality and illusion interlaced.

In the next moment, the four-colored radiance transformed into a vortex, continually collapsing toward the center, forming a yin-yang fish that penetrates all myriad Dao of the universe, containing the universe's Great Dao law.

Fengyun Wujie's spirit shuddered slightly, countless insights surfaced in his mind, giving him a mysterious feeling as if he had beheld the universe's primordial laws.

In a daze, he felt that the figure standing before him was not the Fuxi God, but the manifestation of the universe's Heavenly Dao.

Before the thought in his mind had fully settled, all the visions in Fengyun Wujie's eyes vanished, and before him remained the inscrutable aura of the black-robed figure, as if everything just now had merely been his own illusion.

"This is our humanity's supreme guardian, the Fuxi God!"

After regaining his composure, Fengyun Wujie subconsciously entertained this thought, and a look of respect appeared on his face.

Although this was the first time he had truly seen humanity's sole God, Fengyun Wujie would not mistake Him, for the figure's appearance was almost identical to the statue on the Holy Mountain.

Thinking this, Fengyun Wujie hurried forward a step and respectfully bowed, saying, "Junior Fengyun Wujie pays respects to the Fuxi God!"

"Hmm."

Feng Yi's face bore a faint smile as he glanced up and down at Fengyun Wujie, speaking in a calm tone: "Not bad; it seems the two techniques I originally gave you are indeed suited to you, and you have cultivated them to such an extent!"

Upon hearing Feng Yi's words, Fengyun Wujie's eyes flashed with gratitude as he hurriedly said, "I must also thank the God for his gift; otherwise, I would never have achieved what I have today!"

"No need for that; everything is the choice of fate!"

A somewhat ethereal voice sounded from Feng Yi's mouth, as if coming from beyond time, instantly stirring the waves of the entire River of Fate.

In an instant, an illusory river appeared atop the Holy Mountain, within which countless images flowed; each wave, each drop of water seemed a microcosm of an era.

Gazing at the illusory river beside him, Fengyun Wujie felt a sudden daze; his mind instantly sank into the River of Fate before him, and countless images flowed in his heart.

In that daze, he felt as if he had undergone an extraordinarily vivid dream.

In the dream, the ancient human race had no God of its own and remained under the oppression of gods and demons.

In the end, the entire antiquity was destroyed, and the ancient human race was nearly wiped out.

"No."

It seemed like an instant, yet also like endless ages later, Fengyun Wujie snapped back to awareness, finding that nothing before him had changed; he was still atop the Holy Mountain, only a brand-new memory continually flowing in his heart.

"An illusion? No, it's too real, as if it were some true future event!"

His thoughts turning, Fengyun Wujie subconsciously fixed his gaze on the figure before him, a hint of doubt in his eyes as he asked, "Fuxi God, what just happened? I feel as if I had just undergone a terribly frightening nightmare."

"That was not a dream, but the future of the ancient human race on a certain fate line!"

Saying this, Feng Yi's tone carried a hint of ethereality as he softly said, "That is the future on a certain fate line where I failed to attain Godhood and the ancient human race had no God of its own."

"The future of a certain fate line."

Fengyun Wujie's heart jolted; he instantly recalled the identity of the person before him—the Lord of Fate who commands the laws of destiny.

"No wonder the Fuxi God can let me see the futures of different fate lines!"

This thought arose in his mind, and Fengyun Wujie's thoughts flowed with the tragic future of the ancient human race on that special fate line, involuntarily giving rise to a feeling of relief.

Fortunately, the Fuxi God attained Godhood, giving humanity its own God!

Thinking this, Fengyun Wujie hurriedly bowed before the figure, respectfully saying, "Humanity thanks the Fuxi God for his great grace!"

"No need for that; I too am a member of humanity."

Feng Yi casually waved his hand, his tone suddenly shifting as he asked, "Wujie, do you wish to become a God?"

"Ah?"

Fengyun Wujie froze on the spot, seemingly not expecting the Fuxi God to ask such a question, momentarily dazed.

"That's a God!"

"The supreme being of the entire universe!"

Fengyun Wujie naturally desired to become humanity's second God; not only him, but all ancient humans wished to become Gods to oppose the Light and Dark Gods.

However, Fengyun Wujie did not understand what the Fuxi God meant by those words.

Having glanced at Fengyun Wujie, Feng Yi did not wait for an answer before his tone shifted again, asking, "Wujie, do you know the origin of the ancient human race?"

"Origin."

A flicker of doubt appeared in Fengyun Wujie's eyes; recalling the holy temple scriptures he had read, he subconsciously said, "Were they not born from the source of the planes?"

"Yes and no."

Feng Yi shook his head, then gazed toward the distant heavens and earth, saying, "Billions of years ago, when Chaos first opened, the first to be born were the Light and Dark Gods; they governed different Grand Dao principles, each Light God corresponding to a Dark God, the two balancing each other, thus conforming to this universe's most fundamental law—the Law of Balance—which is the fundamental principle sustaining the cosmos's operation."

Having said that, Feng Yi glanced at the attentively listening Fengyun Wujie and continued, "But in fact, aside from the twenty-six Light and Dark Gods, the universe also nurtured a Fourteenth God, who belonged neither to light nor to darkness yet innately commanded many Grand Dao principles, surpassing all the Light and Dark Gods in strength."

"However, this situation violated the operation of the Balance Law, breaking the universe's equilibrium; thus, the Fourteenth God was halted as soon as it had half-formed."

"To counterbalance the Fourteenth God, under the workings of the Balance Law, humanity was born, conceived from half the origin of the Fourteenth God combined with the power of the planar source."

"One could say that the humanity of this universe came into being merely as a tool created by the Balance Law to prevent the Fourteenth God's full emergence."

"As a tool, once humanity fulfilled its mission, it naturally had no further reason to exist."

"This is precisely why, in the fate line you just witnessed, antiquity and the ancient human race were ultimately destroyed."

Saying this, Feng Yi's eyes also involuntarily showed a trace of emotion.

These insights only came to him after he truly mastered the Balance Law, gradually dawning upon him.

It can be said that the ancient human race in the original work was destined to be destroyed, for the Fourteenth God had already become ineffectual, and humanity was no longer needed to counterbalance it.

To the Balance Law, humanity as a tool now serves no purpose.

The ancient plane where the ancient human race dwelt, as well as the four holy beasts guarding humanity, are all manifestations of the Balance Law, containing part of its power.

Thus, antiquity was destroyed, the ancient human race nearly exterminated, and the Balance Law once again became the fundamental law sustaining the universe's operation.

Meanwhile, a series of calm voices continually sounded in Fengyun Wujie's ears, like claps of thunder, causing his heart to surge with tremendous waves.

Humanity is not actually the master of the universe; it is merely a tool created by the Balance Law to check the Fourteenth God!

This truth utterly overturned his worldview.

(End of chapter)