A journey of survival starting from Zhetian

Chapter 604 "Bubble"

Looking at the resolute expression on Tianzhou God-King's face, the old tree felt a pang of heartache and said softly, "The disappearance of Guyuan has affected Tianzhou. I hope this matter will not cause irreparable damage to his divine heart."

Zhong Hao, the God-King, stroked his beard and sighed, "Tianzhou witnessed the disappearance of Guyuan not long after becoming a God-King. Witnessing it firsthand is completely different from reading ancient history books. We should provide him with some guidance later. As the current God-King, he bears the heavy responsibility of maintaining the stability of the entire world. His divine heart must not collapse."

The old tree swayed its half-person-high trunk and slowly said, "We do need to do some more guidance for the Heavenly Boat. After all, even for us old guys who have witnessed the fall of many God-Kings, the matter of the Ancient Abyss is not without its impact."

An old god-king, leaning on a cane, his back hunched and his body thin, said in a somewhat hoarse voice, "A living, newly promoted god-king, a successor who can shoulder great responsibilities in the future, a junior whom we have watched grow up, just vanished into thin air like this. How can we not be moved at all?"

"Without cause or reason, without disaster or calamity, the God-King rank, painstakingly cultivated for millions of years, vanished in an instant. How tragic!"

Upon hearing this, all the old god-kings present fell silent, their eyes filled with helplessness and lament.

After reaching the rank of God-King, they could clearly feel that, relying solely on the laws they mastered and their own rank, they could transcend the world and create a new heaven outside of this one, establishing their own pantheon.

But reality is quite different. The chaotic spacetime structure, disordered rules and logic, and the completely random "ocean" outside of heaven and earth "kindly" tell them that this feeling from the god-king's instinct is just an "illusion".

Even gods of the highest rank, if they dare to stray from this world, will suffer great calamity and their own annihilation is imminent. The so-called creation of a new world and the establishment of an independent pantheon are nothing but unrealistic "fantasies".

To maximize the possibility of their continued "existence" in the next second, they must rely on this world. To maintain the orderly cycle of this world and ensure its long-term existence, one god-king after another must step forward, take over the authority of the faith of all spirits, and shoulder the fate of all things in the world.

Essentially, this is about burning one god-king after another as fuel to stabilize the cycle of heaven and earth and resist chaos and disorder.

Looking at the faint divine power of faith within his body and the slightly weary face of the current God King, Zhong Hao sighed softly, "Perhaps, from the moment we old folks discovered the seemingly eternal rules beyond the 'boundary membrane,' Tianzhou had no other choice."

“As long as we still want to change our current predicament, and as long as we don’t want to suddenly and abruptly disappear one day, we old god-kings who are weakened to the extreme have no choice.”

"The only way is to consume a huge amount of divine power of faith and use the authority of the faith of all spirits to perform a great miracle to analyze this rule. What is uncertain is perhaps only when to perform the great miracle, which god-king will perform it, and whether the current god-king and the current world can bear the price after it is successfully performed. That's all."

And now, it can be said that this is a period that is quite suitable for performing great miracles.

Gu Yuan unexpectedly advanced to the God-King rank. Even though she disappeared from the world due to the calamity of the God-King baptism, the blessings she brought to the world after successfully breaking through the realm were not lost in any way. The scope of the entire world was indeed expanded, and its ability to withstand risks was also enhanced.

As the current God-King, Tianzhou's reign was not long. Both his mental state and the divine power of faith within him were at their peak. Performing a great miracle at this moment was the best choice, except for waiting for the era of two kings to return, which was uncertain when.

Suddenly, the old tree said with some unease, "Speaking of which, isn't this great miracle going on for a bit too long? Normally, it should have ended in no time. You know, back then, forcibly deducing the construction method of the 'boundary membrane' only took an afternoon, but now, it's almost a full day and night cycle."

The old god-king slowly shifted his roots, gradually moving away from the increasingly terrifying and weary Heavenly Boat God-King. "Moreover, the amount of divine power of faith required is far too much, almost abnormal. Even the current god-king who holds the authority of faith over all spirits seems unable to maintain this great miracle."

The old tree spoke with a hint of disbelief, denying himself, "But how could that be? To wield the power over all spirits is equivalent to wielding the laws of all the god-kings throughout history, the most brilliant essence of hundreds of eras."

As Zhong Hao, the God-King, slowly moved away from Tianzhou, he said with a hint of speculation, "Perhaps this rule is more powerful than all the God-Kings of the past combined. If it weren't powerful enough, how could it exist eternally outside of heaven and earth, in that environment full of randomness?"

"This situation is probably normal."

As time went on, the divine power of faith that had gathered from all things in heaven and earth gradually became sparse. The power of faith stored in each and every statue was almost completely drained. The once vast and boundless celestial phenomena also gradually dissipated. At present, the only thing maintaining the Great Miracle's operation was the divine king's thought mentioned by the Heavenly Boat God King and the power of faith from his own body.

No matter how you look at it, this great miracle seems to be on the verge of collapse.

On the contrary, the Heavenly Boat God King felt that he was in the best possible condition at the moment.

Supported by the great miracle, he gained many insights from the stone slab engraved with the peculiar pattern of "destiny". These insights did not come from outside the "boundary membrane", but existed within this world itself, and even within his divine body and memories.

At this moment, through this stone slab with the peculiar pattern of "destiny" engraved on it, he gained a perspective completely different from that of a god-king, allowing him to look down upon his own cultivation and learning from a higher level, to observe the mysteries of the entire world, as if he had completely understood the origin of everything.

All the laws he had come into contact with were whispering their deepest mysteries. The authority of faith in all spirits that he held also told him about the laws of the gods that past god-kings possessed, dissecting for him the results of hundreds of god-kings' countless years of cultivation from the most minute details.

When all the accumulated knowledge and insights he had gained were integrated by the Heavenly Boat God King and transformed into his own cultivation, a terrifying transformation secretly occurred within his true spirit. Cracks appeared on his God King rank, and strands of astonishing divine radiance faintly flowed out from within them.

With his cultivation level now nearly breaking through to the God-King rank, everything was different when Tianzhou God-King looked at the stone slab in his hand again.

He deciphered the inscription on the stone slab, and he learned its most profound knowledge—"Destiny." This knowledge called "Destiny," this law called "Destiny," is eternal and will never dissipate on its own.

Because "fate" is equal to "existence" itself, is the ultimate goal of this world, and is equally supreme; there is nothing higher or stronger than them.

As the Heavenly Boat God King's analysis progressed, he saw deeper contents and learned that the master of this eternal "destiny" was the "ocean" floating outside the "boundary membrane wall," a "bubble cluster" that emitted a faint light and gathered together.
The Heavenly Boat God King suddenly showed a look of astonishment, but before he could continue to think, he saw a certain "big bubble" throw a "small bubble" that emitted a faint light towards him. At the same time, the knowledge he had comprehended from the "Destiny" stone tablet also revealed its true nature.

This is a scripture titled "The Mysterious Lord of Floating Life Speaks of the Myriad Transformations and the Original Self Scripture".

In an instant, the true meaning of this scripture began to operate within the Heavenly Boat God King, causing his God King origin to gradually wither, his God King soul to gradually dry up, and the God King laws throughout his body to shatter into indescribable cracks in the smallest details.

As a result, his true spirit had a clear direction for transformation, slowly moving towards a higher level, and the essence of his life gradually moved closer to the "big bubble" he saw.

In an instant, the Heavenly Boat God King learned of a higher level than the God King, a life level that the "big bubble" called the "Dao Ancestor".

If we were to name this level according to the system of deities worshipped, we might call it the Ancient Gods.

"Clang."

A slightly heavy cracking sound rang out, and the stone slab in the hands of the Heavenly Boat God King, engraved with the strange pattern of "Destiny," shattered completely, turning into handfuls of fine powder that scattered on the ground. He, the deity of faith, leaned against the altar, his face deathly pale, nearly exhausted, and the power of the myriad spirits within him was faintly unstable.

His divine faith power was completely depleted, and his God-King soul appeared withered. His faith power and God-King consciousness had also weakened to the point that they were comparable to a group of old God-Kings who had almost burned out their God-King origins and were still recovering. His overall condition continued to decline, and the flame of his life was about to be extinguished.

In the next instant, the old tree suddenly plucked out a vibrant green leaf and placed it on the forehead of the Heavenly Boat God King. It radiated an emerald-colored light, and with its faint divine power of faith, it transformed into boundless light of life, stabilizing his precarious God King origin.

The old tree swayed, and it shouted anxiously, "Quick, come and lend a hand! I can only temporarily stabilize its essence to prevent it from collapsing!"

In an instant, an illusory rope appeared out of thin air, further binding the already weakened sense of "existence" to heaven and earth, enhancing the anchoring effect.

Immediately afterwards, a dreamlike spark entered the divine heart, pulsating continuously, nourishing the parched soul of the divine king with a faint divine power of faith.

Then, chants from different eras, yet all equally ancient and weathered, echoed within the divine city, coalescing into a corner of the false authority of the faith of all spirits, resonating with the true authority of the faith of all spirits, and gathering strands of faith power from all things in heaven and earth, merging into the divine body of the Heavenly Boat God King.

Without hesitation, the old god-kings mobilized the limited divine power of faith within themselves and used various means to stabilize the current state of the Heavenly Boat God-King as much as possible.

However, the aura of the Heavenly Boat God King continued to decline uncontrollably until it completely collapsed and broke through the God King's rank. Only then did it stop slightly, rebound, and slowly rise, eventually hovering on the threshold of the God King's rank.

However, the original aura of majesty and solemnity was gone. Instead, what appeared on the Heavenly Boat God King was a light and airy feeling, as soft as down feathers, and as ethereal and intangible as the mysteries of heaven and earth.

At this moment, the Heavenly Boat God King waved his hand, interrupting the methods used by the various old God Kings. "Thank you for your help, teachers. My current state is simply due to comprehending too many rules that do not belong to me, which has caused abnormal changes in the God King origin and God King laws within my body. I just need to make some adjustments."

Then, his eyes blazed with an unusual intensity as he looked up at the sky and murmured, "The rules of eternity exist. Through the great miracle, I have seen eternal destiny. Even in the chaotic and random 'ocean,' destiny will never dissipate on its own!"

But the next moment, a bitter smile appeared on the lips of the Heavenly Boat God King. "However, when I discovered this eternal destiny, I also saw some things I shouldn't have seen. I've probably messed up and may bring undeserved disaster to the entire world."

The old god-kings looked at each other, utterly astonished.

The Heavenly Boat God King sighed, “This eternal destiny is not something that naturally exists outside the ‘boundary membrane,’ but rather a part of a supreme being. When I see this rule called ‘destiny,’ it is as if I see Him. And He, at the same time, sees me, sees our world.”

As soon as he finished speaking, a mysterious aura began to uncontrollably emanate from the true spirit of the Heavenly Boat God King. It was like a subtle form of pollution, spreading wildly and eroding the cycle of the surrounding laws of heaven and earth. It then inscribed a Dao sign with the meaning of "destiny" into the deepest part of the entire world.

In an instant, all the old god-kings sensed that a new rule called "destiny" had appeared at the deepest part of the origin of heaven and earth.

The instant they "learned" about this rule called "fate," as they looked up at the sky, they could vaguely see countless "bubble clusters" that were glowing faintly and clustered together in the "ocean" outside the "boundary membrane," as well as a "small bubble" that had broken away from the "bubble cluster" and was "slowly" rolling towards them.

In an instant, they understood what the supreme was.

And they learned that a part of this supreme being was "drifting" toward them.

(End of this chapter)