Taoist Master Xuanhuang

Over the years, Xuanhuang has witnessed this kind of grand spectacle in the chaos.

He adapted to local conditions and created some cultivation methods specifically for use in chaos. These were not cultivation techniques, but rather secret methods.

For example, the chaotic energy is constantly impacting the barriers of the universe, and each impact is a collision between the chaotic energy and the world's crystalline barrier.

Each time the world's crystal wall was violently shaken by the impact, fragments of the law runes shattered and scattered like broken gold (law fragments). The acupoints around his body subtly pulsated in response, as if capturing those broken traces of light and incorporating the true meaning of order contained within them into the trajectory of the wisp of primordial yellow energy within his body.

These fragments are not part of the larger universe and therefore do not represent the absorption of energy from the larger universe.

Rather, it is a wondrous existence naturally born from the collision of the vast universe and the primordial chaos.

If these fragments of laws were given to a cultivator, and if that cultivator could adapt them for his own use, they would be treasures that surpass all others.

And these treasures are everywhere here.

After all, the chaotic energy is constantly eroding, and the Great Dao runes of the universe are constantly being eroded.

In other words, it occurs every moment.

The so-called immeasurable light is formed by these fragments after the collision, which surround the universe and form a layer of light surrounded by fragments of laws.

Moreover, under Xuanhuang's powerful will, it can be observed that every time the world barrier is breached, the runes are tempered, meaning they are constantly getting stronger.

Of course, there is a balance to be struck.

The speed of becoming stronger needs to exceed the impact of chaotic energy. Once the speed of transformation is slower than the impact of chaotic energy, the origin will be slowly damaged, and that's how the world is destroyed.

These scattered fragments transformed into boundless light, and Xuanhuang experienced exponential growth in willpower, cultivation, and understanding of the laws, thanks to the baptism of this boundless light.

In less than thirty years, Xuanhuang has reached the late stage of the fourth rank, which is quite remarkable.

You should know that once you enter the fourth tier, progress is no longer measured in years.

It is generally referred to as a "hui" or "yuanhui".

One cycle lasts 10081 years, and one yuan lasts 129600 years.

Once you reach the fourth level, you need to use this scale of time to demonstrate your progress.

In thirty years, Xuanhuang reached the late stage of the fourth rank, still with willpower as the primary core of improvement.

There's one more thing I need to explain.

Willpower progresses slowly from the beginning, but after entering the fourth tier, especially after willpower becomes saintly, its progress cannot be measured by cultivation level.

In other words, the progress of willpower after the fourth level is faster than that of cultivation.

Cultivation is about comprehending the laws, which are very difficult to comprehend. Moreover, comprehending the laws involves the rules of heaven and earth, which means that the rules governing the operation of heaven and earth do not allow a living being to quickly comprehend the laws.

Willpower is different; even though it may slow down cultivation speed at the first, second, and third stages.

However, once one reaches the fourth level of sainthood, willpower is no longer defined.

In other words, even the rules governing the operation of heaven and earth cannot dictate the speed of the progress of will.

Willpower is always transcendent.

Therefore, Xuanhuang was able to leap from the initial stage to the later stage in just thirty years.

As willpower increases, the understanding of laws will also break the rules.

The stronger one's will, the easier it is to comprehend the laws.

The reason why laws are difficult to comprehend is because they are too vast and too difficult to capture.

Strictly speaking, all living beings exist within the laws of nature. Only with the operation of these laws can there be cultivation for cultivators and everything else in the world.

The law is everywhere.

That is why the great way is simple, though it is omnipresent, it is vast and mysterious. If the body is a boat, then this small boat is the traveler sailing on the ocean of laws.

Facing the vast ocean, it is as difficult as climbing to heaven for a small boat to subdue it.

Only by constantly making our little boat stronger can we weather endless storms.

Willpower is like an amplifier, an amplifier.

The laws that are elusive and difficult to bear are more easily captured and comprehended under a strong will.

Furthermore, let's not forget that the essence of Xuanhuang is still the law of chaos.

One advantage of the Chaos Law is that it is a concept-like existence, meaning that once the Chaos Law is condensed, a cultivator can improve without needing to comprehend it on their own.

The laws of chaos evolve and improve themselves.

It can absorb any law and transform it into the law of chaos.

These scattered fragments of law were like mice falling into a rice jar for Xuanhuang; he didn't need to cultivate at all, as the chaotic law within his body would automatically capture them.

Previously, Xuanhuang's treasures grew on their own; now, his cultivation techniques also grow on their own.

Xuanhuang's current state could easily be written into a book: "Reborn in Chaos, I Cultivate My Own Techniques".

Furthermore, because the laws of chaos do not have a distinction between superior, middle, and inferior levels, and because it takes nine laws to condense a perfect superior law.

The chaotic laws of Xuanhuang only have an initial stage, a middle stage, and a later stage.

The fourth tier is the initial stage of the Chaos Law. It doesn't require condensing many laws; just one is enough, since all laws ultimately return to chaos.

Chaos has already represented everything.

All I can say is that this place is fantastic.

When chaotic energy collides, fragments of laws will dissipate, and one can also use this collision of celestial bodies to temper one's will.

Xuanhuang initially arrived in Chaos with great caution, but now he seems to be living in Chaos with ease.

The stones beneath his feet today are all derived from chaos.

A boundary stone.

It was a stone that was captured by the wave of chaotic energy that crashed here.

As mentioned earlier, chaos is not only composed of chaotic energy, but also includes the remnants of some living beings that died but were not yet transformed into chaotic energy.

Some are unbelievable skeletons, some are corpses the size of the world, some are vortexes formed from will and obsession, and so on.

The Boundary Stone is the only treasure that Xuanhuang can capture.

He had seen corpses before, but even someone as strong as him felt a sense of crisis he had never experienced before.

He dared not be reckless or take any risks, and did not touch the corpse.

He had a feeling that if he became interested in the corpse and wanted to make a move, it would cause a lot of trouble.

He lacks nothing—no resources, no cultivation techniques.

You can continuously improve as long as you follow the steps; there's no need to take risks.

The chaotic sea may seem to offer endless opportunities, but it also presents endless risks.

If you can't resist temptation, you'll find yourself in one trouble after another.

The only thing he used was this boundary stone, a treasure that he felt posed no risk whatsoever.

Sometimes even Xuanhuang couldn't help but wonder how he could see so many treasures in such a short time within the chaos.

It must have been guided by the will of the universe, precisely to prevent me from being unable to resist greed. Once I become greedy and want to obtain something, I will be in big trouble.

Although it wasn't a fatal crisis, neither Xuanhuang nor others liked the trouble.

According to the rules, in the vast chaotic sea, even if there are some things that have not yet been restored to their original state by the chaotic energy, there should be very few of them.

It's even rare.

He hadn't moved an inch, yet he had seen so much remnant in such a short time. Xuanhuang didn't believe there wasn't something fishy about it.

As for why the boundary stones pose no danger, it's because Xuanhuang has figured out what boundary stones are over the years.

It can be understood as the "breath of life".

It is one of the essential conditions for the existence of a world, and it is a treasure that can evolve into a world from the chaotic sea.

The world only took shape with the boundary stones.

To use a mythological analogy, it's like a piece of life-giving soil.

It was also brought by the chaotic waves and replenished by Xuanhuang.

It became a stone beneath Xuanhuang, and Xuanhuang has been cultivating on this stone all these years.

He sensed some of the Boundary Stone's power, such as its ability to counteract the erosion of chaotic energy. Like a water-separating bead, when chaotic energy impacted the edge of the Boundary Stone, it would automatically separate.

With this boundary stone, Xuanhuang can delve deeper into the chaos.

But he refrained from delving deeper into the chaos.

It remained as steady as ever, right beside the boundless light of the vast universe, with the chaotic sea on one side and the vast universe on the other.

He would hide in the vast universe whenever there was a risk, only then would he feel at ease.

Xuanhuang had speculated about how the world in the Chaos Sea was formed.
They may be seeds of a world, slowly growing from weak worlds into powerful ones.

It is possible that remnants of some worlds, after being baptized by the chaotic energy, transformed into various treasures. Some were trees rooted in chaos, and their fruits were individual worlds.

Some are like boundary stones, slowly transforming into a world.

In short, according to Xuanhuang's conjecture, the formation of the world is not of a single form, but rather multifaceted.

There were even powerful, transcendent cultivators who cleaved open a world within the chaos.

These are the reasons why the world took shape in the chaotic sea.

Furthermore, the Chaos Sea is extremely dangerous.

Even a powerful universe like this, which is about to advance to a ninth-order eternal world, will face the erosion of chaotic energy.

Even those below the ninth rank face the risk of annihilation?

So here's the question: how do people survive in ordinary worlds, those fifth-, sixth-, and seventh-order worlds?
"Perhaps the universe is at the center of the chaotic sea."

This is a bold guess by Xuanhuang.

The Chaos Sea is not dangerous everywhere. There must be places like the cradle of the world, places where there is also chaotic energy and the possibility of being washed away by it.

However, the intensity there is nothing compared to that here.

That place is the cradle of the world, a place where small worlds, the newly born seeds of the world, exist.

These seeds, as they slowly grow and become stronger, will be drawn to the center of chaos.

Or perhaps it can be said that chaos has no center, since the vast and boundless chaos makes it difficult to define what the center is.

It can only be said that the chaotic energy is stronger and more violent in this place.

Every world is born first in a cradle of gentle breezes and fine rain, and as it grows stronger, it will continuously venture deeper into places where the chaotic energy is even stronger.

Slowly, only by overcoming layer upon layer of crises and constantly transforming the world can one enter the center of the Chaos Sea.

This is the kind of world the universe is.

Another point is that the cradle of the world does not have enough energy to transform the world.

To become stronger, you must enter the Chaos Storm.

It seems that chaotic energy is constantly eroding the universe, but conversely, isn't it this violent chaotic energy that provides the energy and driving force for the universe's growth?

A brief explanation of why you can't raise a giant dragon.

From the perspective of the vast universe, His life was also a magnificent miracle.

Born in the cradle of the world, it made progress in a daze, growing from a seed world to a small world, and then to a large world, which is the seventh-order world.

This vast world is generally the limit of a single world.

A very small number of worlds can continue to progress and transform into an eighth-order world with a causal loop.

From cradle to the eye of a chaotic storm.

Along His journey, He not only entered the world He Himself, but also absorbed and captured countless worlds along the way, some of which were unable to survive and needed His protection.

Some were forcibly conquered by Him.

At this moment, these subordinate worlds and realms shattered, together forging eternity with Him.

This is absolutely a miracle that is both moving and inspiring.

The Chaos Sea is an endless world, but how many of them can be eternal, or even if there is an eternal world at all?

After all, once you reach the eighth-order world where cause and effect are intertwined, it becomes very difficult to completely destroy it.

There is a possibility of failure, but it is very, very small.

It can already exist almost eternally, so there is no need to take huge risks to advance to eternity.

How difficult is it to advance to eternity?
In fact, it is directly proportional to achievement.

The greater the power of reaching the ninth level of Eternity, the greater the risks and difficulties involved in reaching that level.

What is the world of cause and effect?

Above all else, the world seeks to transcend the constraints of its own structure.

It began to touch upon and harness the most fundamental laws of causality, attempting to anchor its existence to a more ancient and essential level. At this point, the world can be viewed as an incredibly complex and sophisticated causal machine.

The birth of every star, the rise and fall of every civilization, and even the heartbeat of every living being are all connected and guided by countless "law threads" of varying thickness that emit a faint light.

The past, present, and future are presented in a wondrous state of interweaving and collapse within this network.

If there are “path-followers” ​​walking along the threads of destiny, manipulating even a single thread can alter the course of the stars; there are also “paradox-seekers” struggling within it, attempting to break free from the predetermined trajectory.

The influence of the Chaos Sea is no longer a direct impact, but rather an attempt to pollute, distort, and interfere with the "web of cause and effect" itself. This is a crucial step the world takes towards "immortality."

As for what is eternity?

This is the end of legend, the ultimate stage of evolution.

The Eternal World itself is no longer an "isolated island in the sea," but has become part of the rule foundation of the Chaotic Sea.

It is like a flawless crystal of chaos (the Dao Fruit), quietly suspended or "dissolving" within the mother body.

On the surface, it seems to have frozen—the Milky Way has stopped expanding, and the river of time has frozen into a dazzling, solidified epic.

Sentient beings? No, perhaps there are no sentient beings in the traditional sense within it, only the most fundamental laws and the silent great consciousness that exist within the Dao Silent Consciousness.

Or perhaps, each "particle" within it is a miniature, self-consistent, and eternal model of the universe, containing information from all past eras.

It appears motionless, but in reality, it is exchanging energy, information, and laws with the Chaos Sea at the deepest level, circulating the Dao body.

The chaotic tides crash against its eternal barrier, no longer causing destruction, but rather as naturally and harmoniously as blood rushing against the walls of the ventricle when the heart beats.

It is a living epic sculpture, and its very existence is a huge "beacon," proving the ultimate possibility of order emerging from chaos and eternity moving from the ephemeral to the eternal.

It is a living monument to the great road.

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