Chapter 291: Heaven and Earth Shift, Waves of the Return Ruins

The Origin Law, vast and ancient, is the law that manifested between heaven and earth at the very beginning of this epoch's birth.

This law has never been modified and operates freely, yet it is also somewhat different.

Chen Mo is clear that the Great Abilitys of the past and present have permanent modifications to the Heavenly Law, which must surely have their uses.

If they only needed to reverse the power of the law for a short time, they would not need to expend such a great price.

The reason they had to permanently change this law must be to make it conform to the changes of heaven and earth, allowing it to exert a greater effect.

And those who come later, if they wish to fully comprehend the Heavenly Law, must start from the origin.

If the Heavenly Law were a blank sheet of paper, the law power Chen Mo previously saw had been painted with many lines by numerous Great Abilitys and powerhouses.

While he could certainly add other lines to this blank paper, doing so would undoubtedly mean the laws he mastered and comprehended would carry the traces of other Great Abilitys.

Doing this is not a flaw, but it is a hindrance.

The power of ten thousand life forces emerges and changes, Yin and Yang rotate, and thus infinite life is evolved.

Yet, thinking of this, Chen Mo suddenly understands why the Great Abilitys of the Ancient Heaven and Earth period wanted to restrict the Yin-Yang Law.

Chen Mo steadies his mind and begins to carefully contemplate the Origin Law before him.

If Chen Mo does not intend to break through to the Great Ability realm, then doing so can greatly enhance his own combat power in a short time; furthermore, if his relationship with that Great Ability is excellent, he can borrow that Great Ability's power to grasp a portion of the law's Divine Authority.

And from the perspective of the outside world, they complete the breakthrough in merely an instant.

For this reason, they decided to restrict the Nirvana Law; although they could not make it disappear completely, they could greatly delay the time when this epoch is destroyed.

But if one wishes to break through one's own shackles in the future, it is almost a fantasy.

Even Nirvana itself has the concept of existence.

However, the nothingness caused by the Yin Yang Reversal here does not even possess the concept of existence.

Yet, upon contemplating further, Chen Mo discovers a difference: the power born from the reversal of the Yin-Yang Law has too many discrepancies with the laws he had previously contemplated.

Or rather, they were not specifically trying to restrict the Yin-Yang Law; the changes brought about by the Yin-Yang Law were merely a side effect of their restriction of the Nirvana Law.

This kind of nothingness is not even Nirvana; even the Power of Silence possesses a portion of traces in heaven and earth.

This law has not been painted or modified by others; it is the most original thing of heaven and earth. Chen Mo contemplating the Origin Law is equivalent to contemplating heaven and earth.

But one thing is certain: Yin and Yang rotate, and everything remains stable.

Doing this, one's strength is indeed much stronger than a Martial Artist in the In-Charge Realm.

If this were at the time when the Ancient Heaven and Earth first opened, when no laws of heaven and earth had been modified, the living beings of heaven and earth at that time would have found it much easier to comprehend the Origin Law than now.

Chen Mo is now clear that the river he is in is not a true river, but rather the manifestation of the Heavenly Law.

The way to enter the Origin Land is different for every Martial Artist; he himself faces a river, while other Martial Artists arriving here might be walking on a Great Dao reaching the sky, or perhaps in an endless wilderness.

This kind of power is like the Return Ruins; once a Martial Artist is stained by it, they must use even more power to grind it away completely.

But regardless of how they walk, they will eventually arrive at this place.

The Great Abilitys of the Ancient Heaven and Earth period sensed that the Wind of the Return Ruins would one day completely destroy their epoch.

Every Martial Artist's method of entering the Origin Land is different; although they all arrive at the Origin Land, they are not in the same space.

Reducing everything to nothingness—this is something only the Wind of the Return Ruins can do.

The Nirvana Law, which was originally sufficient to reduce everything to nothingness, requires a relatively long time to completely annihilate heaven and earth under the restrictions of these Great Abilitys.

He seems to have not invoked those powers at all; it was merely an instant, and these Yin-Yang powers of the law returned to nothingness.

And by modifying this law, other laws of heaven and earth inevitably changed; the changes in the Yin-Yang Law were formed because of this.

And even for the Wind of the Return Ruins, wanting to reduce all things to nothingness is itself an extremely difficult task.

It is a complete return to emptiness in the true sense, unable to leave any traces in heaven and earth.

In this Origin Land of laws, there is no concept of time or space; no matter how long a Martial Artist stays here, to the outside world, it is only an instant.

Chen Mo finally understands why some Great Abilitys wanted to modify this Heavenly Law.

Chen Mo stands in the Origin Land; since he intends to break through to the Great Ability realm, he had already gained a certain understanding of this previously.

The Yin-Yang Law at the time when heaven and earth first opened has too many changes and differences compared to the current Yin-Yang Law.

The Law River surges continuously; only by going against the current to reach the end of this river can one see the most original laws of this heaven and earth.

It is precisely because of the changes in the power of Yin and Yang that life appears in heaven and earth.

However, the Yin-Yang Law he comprehends here, with Yin Yang Reversal, does not support any power but instead disappears directly.

Completely returning to nothingness, as if there are no traces of existence in heaven and earth.

Therefore, in the In-Charge Realm, there is the saying of "sudden enlightenment"; while it is called sudden enlightenment, for a Martial Artist, a very long time may have actually passed.

In the outside world, the reversal of the Yin-Yang Law of heaven and earth will give birth to the Power of Silence; the Power of Silence will dissolve all things and will no longer give birth to any possibilities.

Because the destructive power of this law is indeed somewhat too great.

And now, although the difficulty has increased, Martial Artists also have another advantage.

If a Martial Artist wishes to break through to the Great Ability realm, they must contemplate the Origin Law.

Not only that, through this situation, Chen Mo can guess that the powerhouses of many previous epochs must have also restricted the Nirvana Law.

Otherwise, according to the original power of the Nirvana Law, the Return Ruins would have been an impossible region to exist.

Only when the Nirvana Law is restricted and the time required to completely annihilate an epoch is lengthened can the Return Ruins exist.

Chen Mo has come to this Origin Land; the laws he practices and senses are all laws from when heaven and earth first opened, without any changes.

Therefore, the Nirvana Law evolved by his invoking the power of the Origin Heavenly Law is also an Origin Law.

Chen Mo carefully senses and compares the gap between the Heavenly Laws; the Yin-Yang Law within his Small World is likewise transforming toward the Origin Law.

Not only that, the Yin-Yang True Gang is also changing; in the future, when Chen Mo executes the Yin-Yang True Gang, he can make it evolve into the Origin Law, instantly reversing Yin and Yang, allowing all things to return to nothingness, without leaving even a trace of having ever existed.

Contemplating the Origin Law does not increase a Martial Artist's power much, but it changes the way a Martial Artist uses power.

For example, this Nirvana Law; although Chen Mo could annihilate all things when executing it previously, the efficiency was not high.

Now it is completely different; the power he exerts when using the Nirvana Law will be dozens of times greater than before.

This kind of change is like a piece of steel; holding it in one's hand to swing as a weapon can certainly cause harm to others.

But if it is forged into a weapon for use, its lethality will instantly increase many times over.

Chen Mo is practicing and seeking the Dao here, and is also taking advantage of the convenience of this place to attempt to perfect his own Secret Skill.

Once a Martial Artist reaches the Mastery Realm, they can attempt to create their own Secret Skill and use it to face enemies.

The difficulty of creating a Secret Skill that belongs solely to oneself is actually relatively low.

The drawback is that this Secret Skill, once created, can only be used by the Martial Artist themselves; others cannot learn it at all.

And wanting to create a Secret Skill that others can learn is very difficult; even Great Ability powerhouses cannot all do it.

A Martial Artist naturally uses the power they possess and the laws they have comprehended with ease.

But if one wants to popularize this secret technique so that everyone can practice it, then a great deal of time must be spent modifying it step by step.

Chen Mo has no such intention at the moment; as long as the Secret Skill he creates can be performed by himself, that is enough.

The Yin-Yang Law is one of the laws that constitute the origin of heaven and earth.

If there were no such law to stabilize the balance of Yin and Yang in heaven and earth, the entire world would be a chaotic void, and all things would almost cease to exist.

Using this to create a Secret Skill, its power is definitely top-tier within the same realm.

There is no concept of time in the Origin Land, so Chen Mo can practice and seek the Dao here with peace of mind, perfecting his own Secret Skill.

I do not know how much time passed, but the secret technique he created finally took shape.

This method was named by him as the Yin-Yang Annihilation Method, and it can also be called the Yin-Yang Millstone.

This method was created by utilizing the boundless power of nothingness born from the reversal of the Yin-Yang Law of the heaven and earth origin.

Performing this method can evolve a field, reducing everything within the field to annihilation and nothingness.

But doing so will undoubtedly consume a great deal of power; to reduce everything to nothingness, Chen Mo must expend a corresponding amount of power.

However, this method has another use: Chen Mo can use it to restrict enemies, reducing everything around the enemy to nothingness.

In this way, even if the opponent has powerful strength, it is extremely difficult to unleash it.

And doing this does not annihilate the enemy, but only reduces everything around them to nothingness, so the power consumed by oneself will be much less.

Furthermore, the most important thing is the Yin-Yang rotation, which can wear down all things in heaven and earth, turning them into one's own resources.

If someone falls into this Yin-Yang Millstone, unless their power is strong enough to break out instantly, the longer they stay inside, the weaker their strength will become, until they are finally unable to escape and are completely refined by him.

In addition, the flow of this Yin-Yang power can also bring boundless life force to oneself, sufficient to nourish and create all things in heaven and earth.

The Creation Dao of the heaven and earth origin is not restricted like the Annihilation Dao.

Chen Mo masters the Yin-Yang Dao, and by exerting Creation Power, he can derive thousands of profound mysteries.

The boundless life force can be used for self-protection and reinforcement, and can also be used to nourish and revive all things.

The Secret Skill he created is actually just a method to better use his own power.

The strength of its power is entirely based on his own strength; the stronger his own strength, the stronger the Secret Skill he performs.

The secret technique Chen Mo has created now is only a prototype; to further perfect it, his own strength must continue to improve.

He did not waste any more time and began to continue comprehending the Origin Great Dao.

Although there is no concept of time here, no matter how long one stays here, it is only an instant.

But even for a powerhouse in the Mastery Realm, comprehending the Origin Great Dao still requires a lot of mental effort.

When his mental effort is exhausted, Chen Mo has to exit this state.

It will not be so easy to enter this place to comprehend the laws and the Great Dao next time.

Therefore, one must seize the opportunity to fully comprehend the Origin Yin-Yang Law here, so that one can break through to the Mastery Third Heaven.

Coupled with the Secret Skill that already has a prototype, the Great Ability realm will not be far away.

Chen Mo merged his mind and spirit into one, carefully comprehending the Origin Law.

The Yin-Yang Law from when heaven and earth were first opened unfolded slowly before him like a scroll.

This scroll was pure, with no one having yet written upon it.

The laws within Chen Mo's Small World were also changing as he comprehended.

Upon understanding the Origin Law, Chen Mo entered the Mastery Third Heaven.

As he thoroughly comprehended the Origin Yin-Yang Law, Chen Mo did not leave the Origin Land yet; his mental effort was not exhausted, and he could still stay here for some time.

Chen Mo began to further attempt to change the Origin Law; a Martial Artist in the Great Ability realm is capable of reversing the power of laws, making them serve their own purposes.

And if one can reverse the Yin-Yang Law, one can even complete the change from nothing to something.

One can even make the Yin-Yang Law evolve into boundless chaotic power; Yin-Yang reversal and the overturning of heaven and earth are all within one's own thought.

Most importantly, a Martial Artist in the Great Ability realm controls the power of the Dao; even if they do not deliberately exert it, every gesture carries the Great Dao True Meaning.

The Great Dao True Meaning can damage anything and is indestructible.

A powerhouse who has reached this realm can be said to have truly distanced themselves from other Martial Artists.

If they are unwilling, other Martial Artists will find it extremely difficult to hurt them, even if they try their best.

And even if they form an Array, when facing such a powerhouse, they can only protect themselves and cannot hurt them.

The only thing that can contend with a Great Ability is another Great Ability.

During the Ancient Heaven and Earth period, a Great Ability was the anchor of a faction; as long as they existed, no matter how many other powerhouses were lost, the faction could not be considered to be in decline.

Wanting to achieve the Great Ability realm is, of course, not that easy; even though Chen Mo could practice and seek the Dao in the Origin Land, he still failed to fully master the reversal of the Yin-Yang Law by the time his mental effort was exhausted.

Chen Mo was not surprised by this; if the Great Ability realm were really that easy to achieve, the number of Great Abilities in the world would not be so small.

As his mind and spirit slowly withdrew from the Origin Land, Chen Mo took out the Thousand Tribulations Sword Pill; this pill was gifted by Senior Yin Qianming and has the effect of focusing the mind and stabilizing the original intent.

Using it to restore his own mind and spirit at this time is naturally the best choice.

Besides this pill, there is also the White Jade Ruyi gifted by Bai Yuling; this White Jade Ruyi can also help him nourish his mind and spirit.

Chen Mo swallowed the pill and held the White Jade Ruyi, restoring his own mental effort.

Not only that, he focused on three tasks at once, taking out the various resources he had previously obtained, such as the Mirage Spirit and the various medicinal pills accumulated in his Storage Ring.

Of course, these treasures were naturally far from enough; Chen Mo pondered briefly and then took out the Ten Thousand Sword Gourd and the Karma Fire Compass.

These two supreme treasures naturally contained unimaginable power, and Chen Mo intended to refine them directly.

Doing this was, in a sense, a waste of heavenly treasures, as these supreme treasures would disappear from then on.

But in order to deal with the coming unexpected events, he had to make a trade-off.

Moreover, as his own strength grew, and even further once he reached the Great Ability Realm, the utility of this Ten Thousand Sword Gourd would also be greatly diminished.

Having made up his mind, the Yin-Yang Millstone within his Small World began to rotate, starting to grind down the Ten Thousand Sword Gourd and transform it into cultivation resources.

Chen Mo then guided these powers to continuously pour into the Transformation Pearl; once the Ten Thousand Sword Gourd was completely ground away, he took out the Karma Fire Compass and threw it in as well.

As this supreme treasure vanished, the Transformation Pearl was once again fully charged.

Yet at this very moment, an unimaginable upheaval struck between heaven and earth, and Chen Mo could clearly sense this power.

Outside Juhaiguan, the water of the Boundless Mirage Sea was rioting and roaring; it was incomparably furious, wanting to tear open this pass.

Chen Mo did not waste time paying it more attention; he decisively activated the power of the Transformation Pearl to bring about his own Mortal Transformation, as he wanted to charge directly into the Great Ability Realm.

(End of this chapter)