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Above the rules lies what is called authority.

Ye Zhen now holds the power of death.

Whether it's a three-dimensional or four-dimensional life form, the difference is generally in dimensionality and size.

But mastering the power of rules is on another level altogether.

Ye Zhen had already understood this point long ago. The power he obtained from the system that could change the world was the power of rules.

Furthermore, the authority wielded by angels encountered in Timeline 1 is also of this type.

However, back then, the entire universe was simply unable to reveal this kind of power.

At most, it allows you to experience a state of harmony between humanity and nature, as if all other rules have been blocked.

Humans are simply unable to comprehend the power of rules; they can only grasp it through the power of mathematics.

This can be broken down into physical or chemical laws as we know them.

For example, the law of conservation of energy and Newton's three laws.

If this were the time in the present, Newton would very likely have grasped the rules of gravity.

In fantasy novels, this would be the power of laws.

However, before Ye Zhen broke through all of this, all the extraordinary abilities were isolated.

Even cultivation is merely a change in scale, a qualitative change in quantity.

From Tier 1 to Tier 4, then from Tier 4 to Radiant Lifeform and then to Sublime Lifeform.

Even changes in dimensions are all changes in quantity.

Quantitative change leads to qualitative change.

But after Ye Zhen fought a battle with the projection of a higher-dimensional life form, everything changed.

Extraordinary power is beginning to emerge from obscurity and become a real and viable path.

Rules are no longer something that cannot be touched.

Even after absorbing the energy of so many extraordinary individuals from the Ghost Tiger Tribe, Ye Zhen's body was only at the fourth rank.

However, Ye Zhen's body contains the power of death, albeit only a part of it.

"The narrative layer?" Ye Zhen knew that after mastering the rules, one could further master the power above the rules, which belonged to authority.

The power of authority belongs to the narrative level.

Authority, on the other hand, can rewrite the underlying rules of the entire universe.

For example, the power of the rules of death allows you to control the life and death of certain beings, and even resurrect the dead.

It can also wipe out everyone in the entire city in an instant; this is all due to the power of the rules of death.

But the power of authority can rewrite the concept of death.

You can remove the concept of death and let everyone in the universe live forever.

It is possible to reverse life and death; all of this is achievable.

This is the difference between the power of authority and the power of rules.

"How many priests like you are there?" Ye Zhen asked the priest with the shattered mask in front of him.

“There are priests like me in many tribes. We priests are responsible for communicating with the guardian deities of the tribe.”

"And the high priest is the guardian deity who manages all the tribes."

"Is the guardian deity they speak of the same god you speak of?" Ye Zhen continued to ask.

The priest scoffed, "How could that be? Guardian gods are just mythical creatures; they're not even real gods."

“I have never seen a true god; only the high priest is qualified to have contact with a true god.”

The guardian deities of the tribe were actually just various mythical creatures that had been kept in captivity.

The power within these mythical creatures was extracted and became the source of extraordinary power in these various tribes.

One priest governs one such tribe, and countless tribes, large and small, are under the jurisdiction of the high priest.

The high priest he mentioned was someone who, like Ye Zhen, wielded the power of rules.

"Take me to your high priest," Ye Zhen commanded without room for argument.

"Yes, Your Excellency." The priest was now only thinking about survival, and he flew with Ye Zhen to the center of a certain continent.

Here, towering trees stand tall, each one a true giant, piercing directly through the dome of the sky.

"The High Priest is right here." The priest, whose mask was shattered, led Ye Zhen to the base of the largest tree.

Ye Zhen could sense a familiar aura emanating from this tree.

The World Tree, or the Tree of Life, is also known as Jianmu or the Divine Tree by some civilizations.

This towering tree stands here, whether you are near it or far from it.

It gives people a huge sense of oppression.

It turns out that the tree in the sky background was just this one tree, but it was so huge that we didn't notice it.

The high priest seemed to sense Ye Zhen's arrival.

"Which god commands you to act as a rule-maker?" The high priest wore a mask identical to the one worn by the previous priest.

However, the mask looks more exquisite and gorgeous, and it's obviously different.

"You are the High Priest?" Ye Zhen glanced at him and immediately cast a death rule upon him.

The high priest's expression changed, and he immediately vanished into the void.

"The rules of the void?" Ye Zhen instantly sensed what the other party was using.

Only by mastering the rules of the void can one possibly open various passages through the absolute void.

The high priest reappeared, his expression unchanged. "Death Rules, I acknowledge your strength."

"But killing me won't be that easy."

The high priest pulled Ye Zhen into the void with a backhand.

The Void Rule allows one to pull oneself into the void, making one immune to all harm from the material world.

The rules of the void can temporarily escape into the imaginary space.

In terms of survival, you are practically invincible; no one can hit you.

In terms of lethality, dragging someone directly into the imaginary space is equivalent to an instant kill.

Therefore, whether from a defensive or offensive perspective, the rules of the void are an abnormal existence.

The high priest was very confident in his mastery of the void rules, because he had never seen anyone with void rules more monstrous than his own in all this time.

It is inherently invincible, yet capable of instantly killing its opponent, combining offense and defense.

If Ye Zhen were truly a fourth-order individual who had mastered the rules of death, that would be one thing.

But this is merely Ye Zhen's vessel; Ye Zhen's true body remains in the imaginary space.

The High Priest's move directly established a connection between Ye Zhen's main body and his clone.

"Hahaha, you want to kill me?" The high priest was surrounded by a transparent membrane that protected him from the erosion of the imaginary space and prevented him from getting lost.

"Die!" the high priest roared madly.

Because the law of death could actually kill him, but as long as he isn't attacked, it's fine.

However, upon entering the imaginary space, Ye Zhen's clone instantly turned into dust and vanished in a second.

The high priest found it a little strange, "Why did they disappear so quickly this time? Shouldn't they have had some time to struggle?"

This wasn't the first time the High Priest had pulled people into the imaginary space. He had used this trick to kill countless people before, including many who were several realms above him.

Not to mention mythical creatures.

Even mythical creatures that have comprehended the rules are no match for the rules of the void.

Even ordinary life forms would struggle for a while after arriving in the imaginary space. They wouldn't dissolve in an instant like Ye Zhen in front of them.

Suddenly, the high priest noticed that something had been left behind where Ye Zhen had dissolved.

This is imaginary space, so what can be preserved here?
That must be some incredible treasure!
The high priest quickly floated over.

When the high priest saw the object, he immediately screamed, "It's authority! It's the authority of death!"

As someone who had comprehended the rules of the void, the high priest immediately recognized that what lay before him was the power of death.

But the next second, a vast and boundless aura came from the infinite distance.

The entire imaginary space began to vibrate.

The high priest had never seen such commotion in the imaginary space, yet the authority of death was right before him.

But the anomalies in the imaginary space made him uneasy.

Reason told him that he needed to immediately leave the imaginary space and return to the material world; as long as he returned to the material world, everything would be fine.

In the imaginary space, there is no up, down, left, right, front, back, or any concept of time or space.

There is neither truth nor falsehood.

Everything is an indescribable concept.

But his greedy self told him that just one more time would be enough.

The power of death is right before your eyes; it's within your grasp, and you can become the next god.

Such a voice kept echoing in his mind.

"I'll risk it all! Fortune favors the bold!" The high priest gritted his teeth and did not leave the imaginary space, ignoring the tremors that shook the entire imaginary space.

He reached out to grab the power that represented death.

In the imaginary space, things that seem to be right next to you may be things you can never touch in your entire life.

What may seem like a mere step away could take you 100,000 years to reach.

The imaginary space is such an illogical place.

However, the high priest was someone who had mastered the rules of the void, and he felt that he was already familiar with this place.

Having grasped some of the patterns here, he would be invincible unless he encountered those imaginary life forms.

But just as he reached out to touch the power of death.

A human hand reached out and seized the power of death before he could.

The high priest was completely dumbfounded; anything could happen in the imaginary space.

However, it is absolutely impossible for a human being to appear like him.

The High Priest is the only one who has mastered the rules of the void.

Normally, authority and rules are unique.

Once you've grasped it, no one else will ever be able to.

But the gods somehow managed to divide the power of authority.

However, the rules are still unique, so the rules are unique throughout the entire universe.

The high priest looked up and saw a person who looked exactly like Ye Zhen from before.

However, the aura emanating from him was completely different from before.

It was a difference in the dimension of life; the high priest suddenly felt extremely insignificant.

It's like an ant standing before the universe.

Why did Ye Zhen, who had just died in front of me, suddenly come back to life?
"It's the rule of death, it must be!" The high priest knew that as long as the rule of death was used in reverse, it could bring the dead back to life.

But the high priest had only ever experienced that sense of vastness and infinity with the gods.

"You...you are a god...a deity?" The high priest's voice began to tremble.

Ye Zhen picked up the power of death as if it were a small pebble on the ground.

"Thanks to you, otherwise it wouldn't have been easy for me to meet my clone again." Ye Zhen grasped the power of death the moment he touched it.

"I can spare your life." The moment Ye Zhen spoke, the void bubble on the high priest's body began to dissipate.

The high priest was squeezed out of the imaginary space and returned to the real material world.

Ye Zhen seized the void rules from the high priest.

The high priest returned to the real world, his whole body drenched in cold sweat.

Previously, when I came into contact with the gods, I only did so through the World Tree.

Because the gods are still asleep, they will return one day.

"Was that a resurrected god?" The high priest couldn't believe it, but that aura was definitely not something that any sublimated life form could possess.

Even if a life form is elevated, it cannot survive in the imaginary space and will remain as if nothing is wrong.

Having gained control over death, Ye Zhen instantly understood everything.

Because all information is recorded in the authority of death.

To seize power is to seize control of all the underlying rules of the world.

The power of authority was beyond Ye Zhen's imagination.

Because this is part of the underlying code that makes up the entire universe.

Whoever wields the power of authority possesses the ability to create the universe.

The universe can be created with a single thought; it is not a problem at all.

Ye Zhen's vision is expanding infinitely, constantly rising from the fifth dimension to the sixth dimension.

Until Ye Zhen saw the entire sleeping high-dimensional spiritual realm.

The higher-dimensional spiritual realm covers the cosmic membrane, enveloping the entire multiverse.

All the timelines and causes were presented to Ye Zhen.

Ye Zhen saw all the sleeping gods who had once had names in history.

They each had only a vague concept, perhaps because too much time had passed.

Perhaps for some other reason, all of them fell asleep.

Having grasped the power of authority, Ye Zhen gained access to the universe.

Countless parallel universes gave rise to the multiverse.

Looking down into the multiverse, one sees that different authorities form the foundation of the universe.

Those slumbering gods project a trace of their power and influence into various universes.

To spread their own information in those universes.

Only in this way can they be immortal.

All the gods were in a state of semi-sleep.

Only Ye Zhen is currently conscious and is the only one who can still wield power.

The previous God of Death was just a wisp of his consciousness that was awakened by an accident.

If it weren't for Ye Zhen, the God of Death might have truly returned to the material world and thus truly awakened.

Ye Zhen came into contact with countless powers and seized all the powers from those gods.

Countless personalities exist within his mind, each controlling all power.

From a five-dimensional life form to a leap after gaining power, Ye Zhen observed all of this from outside the multiverse.

"I see?" Ye Zhen exclaimed in surprise. (End of Chapter)