Under One Person: Starting from the Inheritance of Gods

Chapter 364 Dividing Heaven and Earth; A New World Emerges: Resident Evil!

Meng Fan carefully sensed the newly acquired martial arts rule Heavenly Dao rune, as well as the illusory runes formed by the eight conceptual powers attached to it, and couldn't help but sigh.

"The world will of this Heavenly Dragon World has such great ambitions, actually wanting to transform these eight illusory concepts into real rules of heaven and earth, and then advance to a medium-sized world in one fell swoop!"

The term "Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils" is originally a Buddhist term. The eight classes of beings are all non-human beings, including eight kinds of divine monsters. Because the "gods" and "dragons" are the most important, they are called the eight classes of beings.

These eight groups include: Devas, Nagas, Yakshas, ​​Gandharvas, Asuras, Garudas, Kinnaras, and Mahoragas.

Many Mahayana Buddhist scriptures describe how, when the Buddha preached to bodhisattvas, monks, and others, there were often celestial beings and dragons among those listening to the Dharma.

Although the Eight Legions of Devas and Asuras are merely Buddhist protectors, they ultimately belong to the realm of gods and demons. Worlds that possess the rules of gods and demons within a small world are extremely rare, at least compared to the immeasurable number of worlds.

It was incredibly lucky for Meng Fan to obtain the Genshin Impact world bubble. Heaven knows how much effort the Bronze Gate put in to select such a perfect world bubble.

The fact that the Eight Legions of Devas and Asuras were chosen by Buddhism means that they are all-encompassing, covering all realms such as heaven, earth, sea, sky, and the underworld.

The Devas, also known as the Celestials, are the highest-ranking deities in the six realms of reincarnation. Only those of utmost virtue and goodness can be reborn into this realm after death, where they can enjoy great freedom, purity, and joy. In a sense, they are comparable to the gods of higher realms.

Dragons, the lords of the sea and sky, control clouds and rain. They possess great virtue and power, and are revered by the world. They are auspicious beasts, and their scales and armor further demonstrate the imperial way in the human world.

Yakshas and Asuras are evil spirits belonging to the netherworld; Garudas, the golden-winged roc, are the most divine and beautiful among feathered creatures, originally resembling demons; Kinnaras and Gandharvas are gods of song and dance, implying the eternal joy of immortality.

The last Mahoraga is a great serpent god, also known as an earth dragon or something that crawls on its belly. It was born into this form due to ignorance and anger, being deaf, dull, and ignorant, and thus delights in escaping its former state. By cultivating compassion and wisdom, one can reverse past karma and escape its former state.

It doesn't seem to have any particularly significant meaning.

However, in many worlds, deities with the status of Earth Mother often appear in the form of serpents, such as Nuwa in the East and Echidna in the West.

Just imagine: gods, dragons, immortals, demons, ghosts, and earth spirits—if this wave of the Eight Legions of Heaven and Dragons were to completely evolve their concepts into the rules of the world, the system of gods and demons would be initially complete. For the world, this would be tantamount to reaching the pinnacle in one step.

The world's strength is inseparable from the nurturing of the rules of heaven and earth, such as the common elements of earth, water, fire, wind, yin and yang, and the five elements, which are the foundation of a world.

It can also be said to be the most common type of existence.

Some smaller worlds simply do not grant the powerful beings within them the authority to manipulate these fundamental rules of the world, because these basic rules constitute the foundation of the world.

If some mentally challenged individuals were to have a momentary lapse in judgment, it could cause irreparable harm to the world, which would be intolerable for any given world.

Compared to the short span of a human lifespan of a hundred years, the world often has an extremely long lifespan, measured in millions, tens of millions, or even hundreds of millions of years.

"He" has the patience to slowly develop and improve the world, seeking steady progress, rather than acting like a mad gambler, casually granting world authority and rules to all living beings in the world, hoping that some extraordinary person or being will appear to break the shackles of concepts and rules, so as to achieve the goal of world level and rank advancement.

Unless the world has reached its dead end and has no choice but to take a desperate gamble, such as in the final moments of the world, a chosen one is born to turn the tide and save the entire world.

These kinds of examples are countless, but in the vast and boundless Chaos Void Sea, there are many examples of the failure of the chosen ones leading to the shattering of the world.

Only a minority truly succeed.

Humans possess undeniable potential, hence the title "the crown of creation," which is why most of the world has been drawn to nurturing human civilization.

Of the four great things in the realm, humanity is one of them!
Human potential, when necessary, can be transformed into resources for the improvement and advancement of the rules of heaven and earth. All living things are often bound to and linked with heaven and earth.

Once a person breaks through existing constraints, the entire world will benefit immensely. This is how the great order of the world is achieved after the success of the chosen one.

However, humans also represent variables. The weak world cannot determine or interfere with their choices, but can only guide them, especially when the world lacks complete wisdom, such as in small worlds, where humans often stumble and fall.

There are numerous examples of humanity bringing about its own destruction, leading to suffering or even the destruction of heaven and earth.

That's a digression; let's get back to the main point.

Tianlong World wanted to strengthen itself, so it derived eight concepts based on the rules of martial arts, attempting to turn these eight concepts into real-world rules.

Although these eight concepts have only been initially catalyzed and cannot even compare to the dragon concept in Genshin Impact's world bubble, Meng Fan can still see their potential.

All Meng Fan needs to do is use his own methods, based on gathering beasts and birds, to give them the ability of innate Qi, and then use the elixir of immortality as food, or rather, the catalytic effect of the cultivation fluid, to give them extremely high strength.

Finally, by incorporating the Heavenly and Earthly Divine Registers of the Eight Legions of Heaven and Earth, which are differentiated from the rules of gods and demons, and obtaining eight gods and demons of different kinds, one can force the development of the concept of heaven and earth and promote its transformation into the rules of heaven and earth.

So-called innate gods and demons are actually beings born with bodies governed by rules and laws, beings close to the Dao.

The innate gods and demons of the primordial world are like this, naturally close to the laws; the chaotic gods and demons are also like this, born to wield a great path, that is, the Dao principle.

Similar to the rule-based demon gods that Meng Fan wanted to create, there are actually some in other worlds, such as the Genshin Impact world.

To give another example, the eight demons in the Jackie Chan Adventures world are actually rule demons born from the rules of the Bagua. In a sense, they are immortal and exist with heaven and earth, and can only be sealed.

The so-called yin-yang balance of that world is actually quite interesting. According to Meng Fan's speculation, it is very likely to be a small level four world, or even a medium-sized world.

Once the Rule Demon God that Meng Fan has been planning is born, and the power of the Eight Concepts is injected into its body, it can grow together with it.

If the steps envisioned by Meng Fan are followed, these eight concepts will transform into the rules of heaven and earth at an extremely rapid pace.

Subsequently, Meng Fan could use this as a basis to initially build a team for the God and Demon system.

These alone provide the foundation for a push into the mid-sized world.

Not to mention the conceptual rules derived from the Eight Legions of Heaven and Earth rule system, and the promotion of the growth of other rules of heaven and earth.

The Devas, Nagas, and Garudas represent the power of wind, rain, thunder, and lightning; the Asuras and Yakshas represent the heretical paths of blood, killing, and so on; the Kinnaras and Gandharvas symbolize systems of sound waves, illusion, and emptiness; and the Mahoragas symbolize the rules of earth, creation, and gestation.

The development and completion of a higher rule often involves several other rules.

True higher beings are actually the embodiment of the Dao, the Laws, and countless rules; they are the direction of countless Daos and Laws.

This is what is meant by the master of a path, the ancestor of a path.

However, for Meng Fan, obtaining these eight higher-level rules, while giving him a chance to make a run for a medium-sized world, is not a sure thing.

What Meng Fan truly wanted was not just the Eight Legions of the Heavenly Dragon, but all the gods and deities of the Under One Person world.

Every step must be taken firmly in order to ensure the stability of the world.

The concept of the Eight Legions of Devas and Asuras, while derived from Buddhism, is not a viable approach if it is solely aligned with Buddhist teachings. For the sake of future world prosperity, it's better to adopt a more comprehensive, more comprehensive approach, like Han Xin's strategy of deploying troops. ——————

After Meng Fan fused the martial arts rules and the power of the eight concepts unique to the Tianlong world, his aura suddenly surged, but it quickly stopped after reaching a certain limit.

Meng Fan looked rather helpless. In his perception, the difference between small and medium-sized worlds was like a vast chasm, firmly keeping him outside.

Even if you completely devour the entire Tianlong World, it won't be enough to advance.

However, at the moment, Meng Fan looked at the remnants of the Tianlong World, whose world will had been destroyed by him, suppressed his thoughts, and began to "nibble away" at this feast.

The strength of the rules governing the universe is not static, and the classification of world levels also depends on the strength of the rules governing the universe.

Only when the rules of heaven and earth are strong enough can one avoid being struck by powerful beings in the world, resulting in a scene of cataclysmic destruction.

Take Zhongli for example. In the Genshin Impact world, he is a top-notch "God of War". However, in Meng Fan's level 4 small world, even with all his strength, his piercing spear can only affect an area of ​​tens of meters.

The strength between heaven and earth is like the difference between a gas and a liquid.

Fortunately, from the very beginning when he integrated into the world of Painting Rivers and Lakes, Meng Fan granted these seven original gods of the mortal realm certain elemental authority, which was equivalent to the issuance of the rules of heaven and earth.

Therefore, he still possesses the necessary strength, far exceeding his performance in the Genshin Impact world. This explains why Zhongli was able to demonstrate his abilities to the Song Dynasty emperor.

Although the current world of Tianlong has lost its martial arts rules, causing the internal energy of countless martial artists in the world to "dissipate into thin air," the remaining rules are still quite rich.

As a complete miniature world, everything could be packed up and taken away by Meng Fan, becoming resources for his "progress".

He really wants to improve!
With a wave of Meng Fan's hand, chains of rules pierced deep into the Heavenly Dragon World, slowly pulling it closer. Countless fragments of rules were being absorbed by the chains, as if being swallowed up.

At one point, the world of Tianlong could no longer withstand the pressure. The complete rules of heaven and earth shattered and collapsed completely. It could no longer support the original size of the world. The surface of the earth was covered with dense cracks, the heavens and earth wailed, and the sea roared.

With a deafening roar, the Tianlong World shattered into hundreds and thousands of fragments, scattering towards the surrounding Chaotic Ruins Sea.

The rank formed by these world fragments is the world bubble, and there are even level four and level three world bubbles among them.

The saying "When a whale falls, all things are born" applies here. If these world bubbles are left unattended and allowed to drift in the Chaotic Ruins Sea, they may be swallowed up by the Chaotic Ruins Sea in a thousand or so years.

If you're lucky, you might find a world where you choose to integrate, but that possibility is almost zero.

Without a complete world as its foundation, a mere bubble of a world cannot exist for long within the chaotic void sea.

How could Meng Fan let these world bubbles go? These were all "resources"! He saw endless chains of rules shooting out from the illusory world of the Painting Rivers and Lakes behind him, binding and anchoring these world bubbles.

Subsequently, they even pulled these world bubbles and "recycled" them into the world of "Painting Rivers and Lakes".

Just like when the Genshin Impact world bubble descended, huge islands appeared in the sea of ​​the Painting Rivers and Lakes world.

Furthermore, a country called the Great Song Dynasty appeared out of nowhere to the south of the Great Tang Dynasty, which is a relatively large piece of the world fragment.

Meng Fan devoured the entire feast, then wiped his mouth, let out a burp, rubbed his stomach, and said, "This was a good meal. Looks like it'll take a while to digest."

Then, they crossed the portal and left.

Only the chaotic flow of energy remained to fill the void that originally belonged to the Tianlong World.

That's how it is in the Chaotic Void Sea. Every moment, worlds are destroyed and new worlds are born. No one will notice the collapse of a small world.

After all, it's too insignificant, isn't it?

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Inside the bronze gate.

The moment Meng Fan returned, the bronze portal seemed to emit a joyful buzzing sound after devouring the Tianlong World.

Because it changed the fate of the Tianlong world, its original river of time and space was captured by the bronze portal and transformed into rich spacetime energy.

Then, a star suddenly appeared as Meng Fan was examining the other planets.

Meng Fan cast his gaze downwards, and the bronze portal transmitted basic information about the world that had just appeared into Meng Fan's mind.

This is a post-apocalyptic world stained with filthy blood.

Among them are humans struggling in agony, and hundreds of millions of zombies roaming freely.

The sky was forever shrouded in a leaden gray haze, as if even the sunlight had been corroded away by a virus. The dilapidated skyscrapers stood like tombstones, their glass curtain walls long since shattered, leaving only empty windows, like countless pairs of lifeless eyes staring down at the wandering corpses below.

On the streets, the asphalt pavement is cracked and peeling, and rusted vehicles are piled up haphazardly into mounds of scrap metal. Occasionally, a gust of wind sweeps by, stirring up dust and withered yellowed pages, perhaps still bearing old news headlines: "Umbrella Corporation Announces Successful Development of New Vaccine."

In retrospect, it was nothing more than the last lie before the opening of hell.

The zombies dragged their mangled bodies slowly, their skin bluish-gray and festering, their eyes cloudy like moldy latex. Inhuman roars emanated from their throats, their vocal cords long since rotting, yet they stubbornly repeated their thirst for flesh and blood.

Deeper into the underground laboratory, the Licker's long tongue rustled through the darkness, the Tyrant's heavy footsteps sounded like a death knell, and the Tracker's electronic eyes glowed crimson in the shadows.

These monsters, created by human technology, are rumining the remnants of civilization with their fangs.

The survivors huddled in dark corners, the metallic gleam of guns offering them only a sense of security. Someone had carved "NEVER GIVE UP" into the wall with a dagger, but beneath the words lay dried, bloody handprints.

Some people held radios and tried to tune them in vain. Occasionally, amidst the static noise, snippets of "survivor camp" would flash by, disappearing in an instant like bubbles from a drowning person.

At the source of all this, in the deepest part of the Hive Base, in the giant incubation chamber, lie many high-ranking officials of the Umbrella Corporation, much like Noah's Ark in Western mythology.

However, no one knows where this ark will sail!

The world's will convulsed in agony at this moment, as if experiencing the pain of impending death, but mixed with a certain hope, a new rule was being conceived.

The constant collision between destruction and creation sparks new ideas.

Humanity's self-destruction has given the world a new choice!

(End of this chapter)