A journey of survival starting from Zhetian

Chapter 738 The Root of Time
Time is up?

What time has it come?
Looking at the "Kitchen God" in front of him, Zhou Mingrui was momentarily stunned, his thoughts not quite processing what was happening.

In the next instant, He sensed that fate had changed in the unseen realm, and immediately extended His perception beyond the range of the array within [Nanshan], penetrating into the [Real World].

"In the Realm of Truth, all the laws governing heaven and earth have been affected."

"Even the illusory Great Dao that I have mastered is resonating, and there is a sense of it being out of control!"

Zhou Mingrui's expression changed drastically, his pupils contracted sharply, and his face was filled with disbelief.

However, as He looked at the suddenly dark and inexplicable sky, gazed at the countless fragments of cosmic light that were spreading with wisps of thin gray mist, and observed the myriad worlds that seemed to be undulating with countless chaotic energies, His ocean of mind was touched by something indescribable.

There was a strange sense of comfort about it?

"Daoist Master, you have broken free from the sea of ​​suffering, just as those pseudo-Other Shores are still waging a great war."

Zhou Mingrui stated in a soft voice the fact that he had been mentally prepared for, but was still surprised at the moment.

He knew that the Daoist would soon break free from the sea of ​​suffering and truly attempt to reach the other shore, but he did not expect it to happen so quickly.

Zhou Mingrui looked at the "Kitchen God" beside him. His expression was extremely calm, as if he had known all along and was not surprised at all by the strange phenomena that spread throughout the heavens and the myriad worlds.

Seeing this, Zhou Mingrui's shocked expression gradually calmed down, and he thought to himself, "It seems that the chicken soup that nourished my body and spirit just now was arranged."

As time passed, the sky over the Realm grew increasingly dark. The sound of water rose from a low murmur to a high pitch, simultaneously resounding in the ears of many powerful beings and reverberating in the hearts of countless creatures in the Realm, extending to the Nine Heavens and the Nine Netherworlds, and even to countless fragments of cosmic light.

The great battle between the pseudo-other shores has ceased.

Even with the enemy of the Great Dao right before their eyes, and those who obstruct their path and lower their chances of success, they all stopped using their supernatural powers and halted the weapons that emanated terrifying power, presenting an eerie silence.

One of the pseudo-other shores calmly analyzed, "We've been outmaneuvered. The destructive aura generated during the great battle didn't linger in the [Nine Heavens Realm] and the [Nine Netherworld Realm], but instead flowed directly into the [Real World] and countless fragments of cosmic light, accelerating the arrival of the end of the era."

"The Daoist master, or the Buddha, wanted to attain enlightenment as soon as possible, so that the end of the era would be brought forward to less than two hundred years ago, creating an environment suitable for attaining enlightenment and reaching the other shore."

After the words fell, no further sound came from the False Other Shore. Only faint wisps of light remained on the battlefield, like a dreamlike bubble.

Not long ago, the pseudo-other shore was still engaged in a great battle. They all used the power of the two shortcuts to return to the "present time point" and devoted all their strength to watching the river of time and destiny, observing the gradually rising phenomena of enlightenment "up close".

In the eyes of many pseudo-otherworldly beings who have begun to delve into "returning to the past" and "occupying the future," these changes in the present world are nothing but trivial matters. The truly terrifying anomalies, the information that truly needs to be observed and can provide one's own positioning, are rising slowly in the long river of time and destiny.

One wave after another surges, shaking the "past" and the "future," as if the concepts of time and fate are being distorted.

At this moment, all beings capable of observing the river of time and destiny saw a being with a clear halo behind its head, its form completely abstract, indescribable, and immeasurably majestic, slowly "standing up" from within this vast river.

"Boom!"

Dreamlike bubbles leaped from all the heavens and myriad realms, flowing with seven-colored rays of light, swirling with chaotic and disordered air currents, and exuding a series of mysteries of law that seemed to have already reached the illusory Great Dao.

"Mwah. Mwah."

Dreamy bubbles approached this majestic being, seemingly carrying something, and willingly became part of its "body," causing a clear halo to appear behind its head, making it even brighter.

A certain pseudo-other shore, extremely proficient in deduction, looked at the Creation Peerless in his hand, now scattered into a pile of ashes, with a puzzled expression, and murmured, "The essence of these dream bubbles is one principle after another, not the illusory Great Dao of the Creation level, but a certain aspect of 'Dao'?"

"These principles are things that one only begins to comprehend at the Other Shore Realm, so why is the Dao Venerable's progress so rapid?"

"Isn't He a false otherworld?"

Holding the Wuji Apricot Yellow Banner and drawing upon the power of the Nine Heavens, the Golden Emperor, who had temporarily broken free from the constraints of time and fate, saw far more things and events than many other pseudo-other shores and those with great creative powers.

"According to what is said in the Purple Cloud Palace, the Dao Venerable has already condensed the rudimentary form of the Dao Fruit."

"To attain the other shore of heretical paths, and with power comparable to the weaker other shore, to perfect the illusory Dao fruit to the rudimentary form of the Dao fruit."

The Golden Emperor stared in astonishment and doubt at the Daoist's indescribably majestic body and the ever-brightening halo behind his head, his emotions fluctuating wildly.

"From the beginning of this era, it was merely a legend in its complete form; by the end of this era, it had become the prototype of the Dao Fruit."

This gave Jin Huang the feeling that he was not "cultivating" at all, but rather "inheriting", "reviving", and "reclaiming" the power that already existed.

too fast!
The Daoist's cultivation speed is simply too fast!
Inside the Purple Cloud Palace, the Dao Venerable clearly stated that the nascent Dao Fruit is the end of the Other Shore Realm, and there is no realm more powerful than the nascent Dao Fruit within all the heavens and myriad realms.

According to his own understanding of cultivation and the various theories expounded by the Daoist Master in his sermons, Jin Huang believed that to achieve the initial form of the Dao fruit, one must at least reach the shore.

But unexpectedly, the Daoist Master had already reached the end of his cultivation before even setting foot on the shore!
Holding the unrepaired divine weapon in his hand, Jin Huang felt a chill creep through his heart.

He knew that he had stepped into the trap set by the Daoist Master, and he also knew that he would have to pay a high price to repay it in the future.

But at this moment, He felt that He had made a huge mistake in this "deal" with the Daoist Venerable. It seemed that a special opportunity had been thrown away by His own hands, and that He would likely find it difficult to seize similar opportunities in the future.

Having broken free from time and fate on his own, Amitabha Buddha, possessing the power of the weak other shore, sees the Dao Venerable who is "integrating" all power more clearly and more deeply.

"A special power, enveloped by these illusory bubbles, has merged into the Daoist's body, seemingly perfecting something?"

Amitabha Buddha, while maintaining his extremely faint yet clear halo, began to deduce the truth.

"This power seems to belong to the opportunity itself. Only when all the heavens and myriad worlds go through a complete cycle from creation to end can a complete Dao be born."

The process of Amitabha Buddha, who established the other shore of the Buddha's path, suddenly came to a standstill. No matter from which angle one calculated, one could not figure out what one would gain after using up the entire power of the path.

"The only two things that can be calculated are the name of this power, the power of the epochal cycle, and the complete and flawless power of the epochal cycle, which can be integrated into the nascent form of the Dao Fruit." "The rest are immeasurable, unknowable, and unnameable; any calculation will be wrong, any thought will be erroneous."

This unusual state reminded Amitabha Buddha of the three other-shore deities who suddenly disappeared without a trace at the beginning of this era.

Even now, using the power of the weak other shore to deduce information about these three celestial beings is in the same bizarre state: unpredictable, unknowable, unnameable, and prone to error with every calculation and erroneous thought.

Amitabha Buddha pondered in his heart, "If the other shore cannot be deduced, then it must be beyond the other shore?"

He watched as the Daoist gathered all the dream bubbles and began to travel back along the river of time.

He watched as all the heavens and myriad worlds gradually lost their luster, even black and white were gone, and the first kind of otherworldly phenomenon, "chaos of heaven and earth," descended completely.

His eyes gradually revealed anticipation. "The Dao Venerable clearly stated in the Purple Cloud Palace that the 'prototype of the Dao Fruit' is the end of the Other Shore Realm. Since there is a 'prototype of the Dao Fruit,' there must be a 'Dao Fruit,' which is undoubtedly beyond the Other Shore."

"To achieve the 'Dao Fruit,' you want to integrate the power of the epochal cycle into your own 'Dao Fruit prototype'?"

At that moment, Amitabha Buddha's gaze narrowed slightly. He saw the Dao Venerable return to the beginning of this era and step into the void filled with the power of the end times. Without the slightest hesitation, he went to the more ancient and distant years.

"To attain enlightenment and reach the other shore, the first step requires going back to the previous era?!"

"But the previous era, and even the more ancient eras, were completely severed by the three beings from the other side of the heavens. In the more distant past, there was nothing or no one there!"

“Looking back in this way, it's all an illusion, a blank space where there's absolutely no room to stand!”

Even Amitabha Buddha, who is now considered to have reached the other shore, changed color at that moment.
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The surroundings were empty and desolate, devoid of anything; nothing existed in the surroundings, including the directions above, below, left, right, front, back, and the passage of time.

In an environment that is infinitely close to the true "nothingness" and infinitely close to the true "Tao", Xiong Mo's sacrificial power covers his entire body, resisting everything that returns him to the true emptiness of the nameless. Behind his head, a bright and clear halo that is almost reaching the ultimate other shore is constantly constructing an almost complete universe, anchoring his own "meaning of existence".

"This feeling is so familiar, almost identical to 'eternal silence,' with differences so small as to be negligible."

Xiong Mo reached out and made a light stroke, and suddenly a series of special lights appeared before his eyes, but they vanished in an instant, becoming a dreamlike bubble that was completely submerged in "nothingness".

“True ‘nothingness’ is meaningless. If we want to continue looking back on the past, this ‘nothingness’ must become meaningful.”

Having deciphered the hidden meaning within, Xiong Mo made a gentle gesture, and a long banner, shrouded in chaotic energy and resembling both an axe and a sword, instantly appeared in his hand.

Name: Pangu Banner/Axe that Creates Heaven
Level: Half of the Transcendental Dao Fruit

Source: World of One Life / Wilderness World
special:

1. The Cycle of Creation: It contains the methods and insights of transcendence of the Primordial Celestial Venerable.
2. Primordial Symbol: It contains a symbol of the world in this lifetime called "the cause of all effects".
3. Creation of Chaos: Within a single world, using this divine weapon to perform the act of creation will inevitably bring great power upon oneself.
4. From nothing to something: Returning from illusion and emptiness.
Note (left by Yuanshi Tianzun): Your tools for creating the heavens have fallen into other worlds.

Xiong Mo gently raised the long banner in his hand, and a sense of closeness instantly surged from this divine weapon into the sea of ​​his heart.

Pangu Banner: ()
That's right, this guy is the Chaos Divine Weapon that I was born with in the "Wilderness World", and now it has been sent here by the Primordial Celestial Venerable.

Moreover, it is quite obvious that it directly replaced the original Pangu Banner of Yuanshi Tianzun.

Xiong Mo complained, "Although this isn't the first time I've seen this comment, it's like they're trying to drag me into this world and take my place. They're not even trying to hide it."

"Speaking of which, didn't I fail in the Dao of Sacrifice in the 'Wilderness World,' and all my information disappeared without a trace?"

"Primordial Celestial Venerable, from which corner did we find you?"

Pangu Banner: (ω)
Xiong Mo sighed softly, "Alright, you still don't know anything."

The power of the nascent Dao Fruit surged, emanating wisps of brilliant Dharma principles that flowed into the Pangu Banner.

In an instant, a wisp of the power of creation came from the myriad worlds behind him, and even the chaos in the distance projected a special power to bless him.

In a daze, Xiong Mo felt that the entire "One World" was gathering a vast power for him, making the power of the Other Shore within his body constant and inexhaustible.

"The blessing of the entire 'world'. No wonder that at the beginning of creation, the Primordial Celestial Venerable was the most powerful otherworldly will."

"If I had this kind of 'world' level enhancement in the 'Covering the Sky World,' I might dare to let Zhen Yuan's clone directly attack the plateau and explode with the plateau's will."

Xiong Mo's expression turned serious. The characteristics of the Dao Fruit, the power of the Dao Sacrifice, and a wisp of incomplete epochal cycle power extracted from the "current time node" were also integrated into the [Pangu Banner], which he then slashed fiercely at the blank space in front of him.

"boom!"

Strands of chaotic energy were born from nothingness, the forces of Yin and Yang gradually separated, and the pure and turbid energies gradually separated in a specific way. The illusory images of places near the Dao also converged and became a substantial projection, becoming the "reality" of this "past era".

Xiong Mo did not stop what he was doing. With each step and each wave of the banner, countless worlds were forcibly created, giving the illusory past a tangible reality. He walked through the blank space and traversed the historical years that had been cut off by the three innate beings from the other side of heaven.

At the same time, the three figures of the otherworldly beings who existed in past eras gradually dissipated and then reassembled.

Their faces underwent indescribable and unknowable changes compared to "the past," and were remarkably similar to Xiong Mo, as if they were a projection of this Daoist master's other self.

Xiong Mo's "existence years" also extend directly to the true earliest era through this special "bearing and bearing" process.

The Pangu Banner stopped waving. Xiong Mo looked at the special "barrier" in front of him, took a deep breath, and stepped into it.

The dazzling light of time silently unfolds before our eyes, reaching the pinnacle of magnificence and beauty.

"The Root of Time."

(End of this chapter)