Mecha Era, Punch the Stars

"So, these tiny creatures are the prototypes of later divine beings, or perhaps the ancestors of those beings of the True and Supreme generations?"

Li Yi seemed to be deep in thought.

"Yes or no."

The God of the Realm shook his head:

"The ancient creatures of the Zhen generation did indeed originate from here, but the ancient creatures of the Tai generation had different origins."

"The so-called 'Tai' generation of ancient beings refers to beings whose corresponding biological forms have reached their peak, and whose power overwhelms all their kind. This has existed in every era of the ancient times. After all, every era will always produce individuals with extraordinary talents whose physical power is constantly surpassed under the supplement of the laws."

“The Zhen generation is naturally the progenitor, while the Tai generation may be the progenitor, or they may simply be descendants whose strength surpasses that of their predecessors.”

"The power of the Gaia Laws left behind by the God Gaia contains the power of creation and life, which has made the universe full of all kinds of creatures."

"Therefore, countless creatures of the True generation were born at that time. Although these were the ancestors, there were always some weak ones."

"After the Age of Chaos ended, what followed was the rise of various kinds of creatures guided by the Gaia gods."

"Among these beings, some are born from cosmic phenomena, such as supernova explosions, black holes, red giants, and energy rays that you call gamma rays, while others are born from laws and entirely new life forms."

"This era is also known as the Age of Chaos."

"Because after a brief period of peace, the universe experienced a greater and more widespread conflict as all sorts of different creatures rose up."

"Think about it carefully, it was originally just a struggle between stellar life and planetary life at most."

"Nowadays, life cannot be born in stars and planets. Instead, it is in various meteorites, planetary rings, stellar storms, and various organisms with completely different life forms that are born."

"In their struggle for the laws of immortality, they naturally expanded the scope of their wars to a smaller and broader range."

"In this chaotic era, two holy figures were born one after the other."

"One is called the Spirit God, and the other is called the Soul God."

Upon hearing this, Li Yi's heart stirred slightly.

Could one of these two be my future enemy?
After all, just by hearing their names, one can tell that these two must have extraordinary attainments in the special realm of the soul.

His future enemy was clearly a powerful figure whose mere thought could possess terrifying power.

Judging from this, the probability is very high.

The Soul Sequence is a core concept under the concept of life, one of the three fundamental laws.

The combined characteristics of spirit and soul can be essentially equated with the life sequence.

After all, no matter what kind of life it is, its core is still the soul, not anything else.

What is life?
If something can move, undergo stress responses, and have internal flows, does that count as life?
Based on his recent improved understanding of the fundamental laws, Li Yi suddenly realized the importance of the two powerful beings, the Spirit God and the Soul God.

Based on the fact that the Yang God destroyed stellar life and the Gaia God destroyed planetary life, the existence of the Spirit God and the Soul God likely laid the foundation for certain commonalities in later life forms.

Sure enough, the World God continued:
"These two powerful beings were born from the central point where countless new lives were nurtured, the Tian Shu Star."

"Soul Gods are born from the Silent Star Hill, the final resting place of countless souls after death." "They were born almost simultaneously, possessing unparalleled innate power from birth, accompanied by supreme ancient laws."

"The innate power of the spirit god is called the Spirit-Pointing and Wisdom-Opening Touch to the Top of the Head. Anyone whose head has been touched by his hand will be born with spiritual wisdom. If one already has wisdom, then one's comprehension will be extraordinary and extremely wondrous."

"Therefore, the spirit god was also called the Great Sage God in the early days. His existence opened the path to transcendence for many ordinary lives."

"The innate power of the Soul God is called the Hand of Unending Wisdom and Destroying Intelligence. Anyone touched by it will have their soul fall into the Avici Hell and suffer torment. Their wisdom will be greatly reduced and their comprehension will plummet in the process. If those who are not wise to begin with are touched by this, this calamity will be passed on to their descendants."

"In addition, they also share the same indestructible and formless soul, which is quite similar to mine."

"From the moment they were born, they seemed to realize their own shortcomings and the complementary role of the others. So, they each accumulated power, gathered people, and launched a great war that swept across the entire universe."

"The universe thus continued to be in opposition to the spirits and souls for over a billion years, advancing to the level of Dharma Gods, and finally, in a great battle, both attained the status of Holy Gods."

"Thus, their respective laws of spiritual wisdom and laws of the soul collided in a tremendous manner."

"Ultimately, before transcending, the two put aside their enmity and joined forces to extract the symbiotic laws of countless lives."

Upon hearing this, Li Yi's heart stirred:
"It sounds like the opposition between the spirit god and the soul god is just a performance?"

The God of the Realm shook his head:

"I'm not sure about that; perhaps it really is true. In any case, after that great battle, the chaotic era came to a complete end."

"Because the vast majority of ancient creatures born in the chaotic era died because those two holy gods joined forces to extract the laws."

"From then on, the universe entered a very long period of quiescence."

"With too many laws extracted, the upper limit of concepts within the universe has also dropped sharply, and the mysterious power of creation has been unable to give birth to new life for a long time."

"However, because the spirit god and the soul god have successfully attained enlightenment and separated themselves from the universe's respective wisdom and soul laws, the universe is more likely to give birth to souls due to the incompleteness of the universe's wisdom and soul laws."

"Originally, the soul is the essence of personality that can be condensed when one's realm reaches the level of a Dharma God."

"From this point on, after a long period of accumulation, the first souls originating from weak creatures were born in the universe."

"After the chaotic era, even ordinary strong beings have acquired many abilities such as possession, splitting into multiple bodies, and splitting their thoughts."

"And this power of law was originally possessed only by spirit gods and magic gods."

"Earlier strong individuals rarely mastered these skills."

Such changes can be described as the unpredictability of life, with fortune and misfortune intertwined.

"Of course, this step was mostly unintentional on their part. They were mostly just trying to wipe out most of their own kind or similar creatures."

"The birth of each Holy God often involves the extermination of a group of similar creatures, the retrieval of the life genetic information left outside, and the extraction of a large number of laws. I estimate that this is most likely to prevent certain errors from occurring during transcendence, which is why every Holy God makes the same choice."

"This is just my guess, but it's probably pretty close to the truth."

Upon hearing this, Li Yi's heart stirred slightly:
"In other words, the two holy gods who were born later did the same thing, not only extracting a large number of laws, but also exterminating a large number of their kind?"

"So, in essence, the so-called Holy God is no different from what the rulers of the First Age of Divinity did?" (End of Chapter)