Lord: Sequence Overlord

Chapter 525 The Ten Thousand Years and the Vast Wasteland

Chapter 524

"Now that we're here, what exactly are you planning?"

The Lord of Night blocked the shrunken blue star's path and loudly questioned it.

Behind it lies the final layer of the world's crystal barrier, which can be easily broken through in less than a year.

Outside is the swarm of insects; they have no other way out now.

In this situation, if the will of reincarnation still refuses to tell the truth and really breaks off relations, none of them will survive.

The blue star shrank smaller and smaller, until in the blink of an eye it was the size of a bullet.

Because of the limited space, the true form of the will of reincarnation shrank to only one foot tall and appeared in the passage wearing a mask.

The Will of Reincarnation slowly removed its mask, and the Night Lord stared at Rosen in disbelief the moment he saw its true face.

Because behind the mask of the will of reincarnation was a face exactly like Rosen's.

Apart from their different temperaments, they look exactly the same.

The mask is a special kind of seal, previously separated from countless parallel worlds on Earth.

At this moment, all the seals and barriers disappeared, and Rosen clearly sensed the undying will that shared the same origin as the will of reincarnation.

If everything before them is not an illusion, it means that he and the will of reincarnation are the same person.

"How can this be?"

Rosen also left the Ancient Tree of Reincarnation, his true form shrinking to one foot to face the Will of Reincarnation.

"I am you, and you are not me..."

The Will of Reincarnation spoke calmly.

"What do you mean?"

Rosen questioned.

"That story begins a long, long time ago..."

The will of reincarnation seemed lost in endless, distant memories, muttering to itself, "I have existed for not 1500 reincarnation eras, but more than 100,000 reincarnation eras. I arrived at this position as early as the fifth reincarnation era."

The Great Realm of Reincarnation at that time had a far more profound foundation than it does now.

At that time, each era of the Great Realm of Reincarnation would give birth to innate transcendent resources, which could enable at least several hundred reincarnated beings to transcend reincarnation. However, at that time, no one knew about the existence of spacetime reincarnation, so no one thought about breaking through the world's crystal wall to explore outwards.

Until the first appearance of the cycle of time and space, everything in the Great Realm of Reincarnation reversed time and space and started all over again.

At first, I didn't pay attention. The feeling of being reborn and in control of everything was great. I knew about the future development of the Great Realm of Reincarnation, all kinds of adventures, and the weaknesses of other beings. As the only one who knew the future, I was almost omniscient and omnipotent.

However, after four cycles of reincarnation, I began to feel disgusted by the constant repetition of life.

So I wanted to go out and see the world. In the fifth cycle of reincarnation, I led several hundred beings who had transcended reincarnation to break through the world's crystal wall and prepare to leave the Great Realm of Reincarnation. Even when we discovered swarms of insects outside, the hundreds of beings who had transcended reincarnation were fearless.

We easily left the cycle of reincarnation, fought our way through the insect swarm, and saw the real world beyond the heavens.

It was a vast wasteland stretching to the horizon. Compared to the wasteland outside, the Samsara Realm was but a drop in the ocean. In that wasteland, there were only countless swarms of insects, and countless mysterious beings even more terrifying than the insect swarms.

Don't ask me what those mysterious beings are, because I don't know what they are either.

At that time, I was not the original me; I was merely an undying will left behind by the original me in the cycle of reincarnation.

Knowing the dangers outside, the original being remained in the Samsara Realm as an undying will to prepare for resurrection.

In the fifth cycle of reincarnation, all those who transcended reincarnation and left the Great Realm of Reincarnation perished in the vast wasteland outside.

Then, in the twelfth cycle of reincarnation, after I became the original body and grew all the way to the peak of the previous generation's original body, I chose to take many people who had transcended reincarnation out to see the world again. However, this time the number of people who had transcended reincarnation was reduced because the resources for transcendence produced by the Great Reincarnation Realm were decreasing.

Those who transcended reincarnation and died outside the Great Realm of Reincarnation permanently weakened the power of the Great Realm of Reincarnation.

Because of the warning of the first generation's demise, the second generation's departure was mainly for the purpose of investigating clues.

Even if I die out there, at least I should die a meaningful death and bring back enough clues.

The wasteland, the swarms of insects, and those unspeakable, mysterious entities are the clues that the second-generation original master painstakingly sent back.

Hundreds of cycles of reincarnation followed, and for thirty-seven generations, the undying will was reborn. The thirty-seven versions of myself finally brought back even more valuable clues.

The true nature of the Great Realm of Reincarnation is actually a sea of ​​consciousness of a humanoid life form in a vast wasteland.

Those countless swarms of insects were actually insects growing from the decaying body of this humanoid life form.

Everything was polluted and corrupted by those unspeakable mysterious beings. Only the sea of ​​consciousness transformed into the Great Realm of Reincarnation, resisting the pollution and corruption. The repeated restarts of the cycle of time and space were essentially to purify the Great Realm of Reincarnation from the pollution and corruption it had suffered.

However, the cycle of time and space is not truly without any consumption; with each era, the Great Realm of Reincarnation becomes weaker.

One hundred and twenty-nine thousand six hundred reincarnation eras—this is the ultimate lifespan limit of the Great Realm of Reincarnation.

Of course I was unwilling to accept this; I wanted to survive in the outside world.

I no longer took any other beings out of the cycle of reincarnation. I tried my best to minimize the loss of the great cycle of reincarnation and relied solely on my own strength to keep trying to survive outside. During this period, I tried tens of thousands of reincarnation eras.

I died tens of thousands of times outside, which directly reduced the lifespan limit of the Great Reincarnation Realm by tens of thousands of epochs.

Each time I die outside, it takes several reincarnations to recover to my peak. I still have tens of thousands of chances to try and fail, but by then I no longer want to go out, because I realize that going out will only lead to death. I can't find any hope of survival outside.

Even a great life that transformed from a mere sea of ​​consciousness into the Great Realm of Reincarnation still died in the vast wasteland, rotting and teeming with maggots.

I am merely someone who has transcended reincarnation; I am utterly unworthy of living a normal life in the outside world.

Since I couldn't survive using normal methods, I started trying unconventional methods.

I was prepared for this, because after each death yielded little reward, my main focus shifted to the insect swarms outside. I couldn't survive outside, but those insects could live there forever.

I started trying all sorts of things: assimilation, fusion, mutation—I tried every method I could.

I found it was completely impossible. The swarm outside had no self. As long as you merged with the power of the swarm, you would lose your self. That great being who transformed the sea of ​​consciousness into the Great Realm of Reincarnation, perhaps it was precisely because of this terrifying pollution that obliterated the self that he ultimately perished.

Over the next few thousand cycles of reincarnation, I began to gather the wisdom of all reincarnated beings to come up with a solution.

Ultimately, it was concluded that it was impossible to survive by relying on the power to transcend reincarnation.

Because the power to transcend reincarnation is too insignificant, so insignificant that no matter what you do, you see no hope.

Since I can't rely on myself, I've decided to rely on the Great Realm of Reincarnation.

The Samsara Realm can withstand pollution for 129,600 epochs. Even in the vast wasteland, such a great being is certainly not an ordinary character. If one could completely control the Samsara Realm and gather all the power, perhaps one could survive outside.

The direction was right, but I failed because an ant can't swallow a living elephant.

Unless the elephant dies, it is impossible for countless ants to possibly devour it.

Since then, I have been constantly stimulating my immune system and weakening the cycle of reincarnation while continuing to study the insect swarms outside.

I discovered that the mysterious being might target me, so I created the Nightfall system to conceal my memories. I also created the Dark Sun system to mimic the corruption and defilement of the mysterious being.

Based on my own innate undying will, I also created a path that allows all reincarnated beings to master the undying will.

However, all of this was far from enough, until I discovered a secret.

"Rosen, do you still remember the ancient gods?"

"Ancient God?"

Rosen, combining the true nature of the Great Realm of Reincarnation mentioned by the Will of Reincarnation, instantly understood the meaning of the Will of Reincarnation.

In the ancient world of gods, countless lives were born because the gods transformed into all things.

Ultimately, all native life in the world of the ancient gods originated from the dispersed spiritual essence of the ancient gods.

If the entire cycle of reincarnation is a sea of ​​consciousness of a great being, and the continuous cycle of time and space is to resist the pollution and corruption of a mysterious being, then it is possible that all the original life in the cycle of reincarnation was transformed from the spiritual origin of this great being.

The awakening of the ancient gods will devour the spirituality of all life in the ancient god world. Will the great beings of the cycle of reincarnation do the same?
Even the ancient gods' ability to transform into all things might be an experiment guided by the will of reincarnation and destiny.

"You're right..."

The Will of Reincarnation said with a wry smile, "At the beginning of each reincarnation era in the Great Realm of Reincarnation, the first batch of life born in all universes were, without exception, life forms transformed from the spiritual essence of a great being. Tracing back to the source, all reincarnated life is the same person."

Therefore, I conceived the idea of ​​reclaiming myself and tried to devour all reincarnated life forms throughout dozens of reincarnation eras.

However, I have never been able to completely integrate the spirituality of all reincarnated beings. The spirituality is scattered by great beings, and to unite the spirituality also requires the power of a great being. It is impossible for someone who has transcended reincarnation to swallow the spirituality of more than two billion reincarnated beings.

Since we cannot completely unite all spirits into one, let's try to unite everyone's hearts.

Therefore, I began to spread the extraordinary system of the Undying Will, enabling more and more reincarnated beings to master the Undying Will. The Undying Will, mastered by all reincarnated beings, is the best medium for ultimately uniting all people.

"So what you want is the Lord's will?"

Rosen said to be constantly vigilant against the will of reincarnation seizing the will of the emperor.

"It's certain that the cycle of reincarnation started earlier."

The Will of Reincarnation looked at Rosen apologetically and said.

"What do you mean?"

Rosen discovered that the will of reincarnation did not seem to have any ill intentions towards him.

"I said I am you, but you are not me..."

The Will of Reincarnation said seriously, "I and the Lord of Night can only say that we have the same origin. In fact, after the spirituality of the great beings dispersed into countless reincarnated lives, each reincarnated life has its own independent spiritual origin."

This is also the main reason why the unification of all spirits failed: I am me, and they are them.

But you are different. You are a new life born from the splitting of half of my spiritual origin, the complete erasure of all memories and the erasure of my self. You have a life and memories that are completely different from mine, forming a self-awareness that is completely different from mine.

At our spiritual origin, we are one person, but at the level of self-consciousness, we are two different life forms.

"Why are you doing this?"

Rosen asked, his expression filled with surprise and uncertainty.

According to the Will of Reincarnation, his relationship with the Will of Reincarnation is like the difference between him and his clone. However, this clone did not inherit the memories of the original, but was reincarnated from scratch like someone who had drunk Meng Po soup.

"Because I'm tired..."

The will of reincarnation said wearily, "I have lived for far too long, through 100,000 reincarnations. From being full of energy and confidence at the beginning to being filled with despair and losing faith later, all that has kept me alive until now is my obsession."

Under my guidance, you have grasped the lord's will, which unites all people.

The Great Realm of Reincarnation has weakened to its lowest point, and you now have the opportunity to completely control it.

But whether I can survive in this vast wasteland is a future I cannot predict.

It's possible you'll survive in the vast wasteland with all your reincarnated lives, or it's possible you'll soon perish there. I'm utterly exhausted now, and I don't even dare face the final outcome of this last glimmer of hope. So I split half of my spiritual essence, and you were born.

While Rosen was still weighing the truth of what the Will of Reincarnation had said, the Lord of Night and the Lord of Dark Sun had already made their move.

The power of the cycle of night and the cycle of darkness locks the will of reincarnation into a relentless, all-out effort to fight to the death.

However, the moment they made their move, the blue star in the hands of the Will of Reincarnation expanded and contracted.

They were instantly dragged into a parallel world inside the Blue Star. However, no matter how many parallel worlds they destroyed, there were endless parallel worlds that continued to trap them. The two beings who transcended reincarnation were instantly imprisoned by the will of reincarnation.

Although Rosen considers himself stronger than them, he will probably suffer the same fate when facing the will of reincarnation.

From this perspective, the will of reincarnation might be true.

Do you know why Earth appears so weak on the surface?

As the Will of Reincarnation handed the blue star in its hand to Rosen, it asked a question.

Rosen took the blue star, pondered for a moment, and then had an answer.

"Because when the sky collapses, the tallest person is the first to be crushed to death."

Rosen answered affirmatively.

"That's right..."

The Will of Reincarnation affirmed Rosen's answer: "How powerful the Great Being was! Yet, precisely because of its power, it was eliminated by the Mysterious Being. However, the maggots that grew from the decaying body of the Great Being have lived better and better for countless years."

The Samsara Realm is indeed powerful, but its excessive power attracts the relentless attacks of the insect swarm.

This blue planet disperses all its power; a single blue planet is so insignificant that even the emergence of extraordinary beings is difficult. However, the countless parallel worlds of blue planets combined are not weak. Weakness is merely an illusion, a strategy for survival in the vast wasteland.

Although the will of reincarnation is powerful, it can only transcend reincarnation and cannot go any further.

Therefore, Rosen quickly refined Blue Star. This time it was a complete refinement. When he was a reincarnated life, the reincarnation will could hide Blue Star's true nature from him. But now, as a reincarnation will that has also transcended reincarnation, it is impossible for him to take away Blue Star, which he has completely refined.

This means that he has easily imprisoned two powerful treasures that transcend reincarnation, and it seems that what the Will of Reincarnation said this time was true.

"How can we control the Great Realm of Reincarnation here?"

Rosen asked the question that concerned him most.

Even the most weakened of the Reincarnation Realm cannot be forcibly controlled.

The Will of Reincarnation replied, "But the purpose of the Great Realm of Reincarnation is to continue to exist. When the Great Realm of Reincarnation is forced into a desperate situation, it will actively merge into the Blue Star in your hands in order to save itself. The Blue Star in your hands is made from the world crystal wall of the Great Realm of Reincarnation."

Now only one final step remains: to completely tear open the world's crystal barrier and let the swarm of insects in.

Rosen gripped the shrinking atmosphere of Blue Star tightly in his hand. He hadn't expected that the Will of Reincarnation would prepare for a desperate battle.

Completely tearing apart the world's crystal wall means that the swarms of insects outside will rush into the Great Realm of Reincarnation and destroy everything.

Whether the Great Realm of Reincarnation, driven to the brink of despair, will escape to Earth to shed its shell is purely speculation. If the speculation is wrong, then they will have completely cut off all their escape routes. According to the Will of Reincarnation, without the power of the Great Realm of Reincarnation, it would be almost impossible to survive in the vast wasteland.

(End of this chapter)