World version update

Chapter 265 Second Authority: Early Update

Lu Yan was deeply shaken.

Of the three answers given by the Celestial Venerable of Immortality, the first two were within Lu Yan's expectations.

A complete version of the Heavenly Dao in control of the overall situation does indeed have the ability to suppress the only one in this world.

For example, this is the case between the Heavenly Dao of the Apocalypse and the Supreme Will. If the Supreme Will had not controlled the cultivation system of the apocalypse version, it would have been impossible to fight against the Heavenly Dao of the Apocalypse, which had the home-field advantage.

As for the second world-opening treasure, the only world-opening treasure that Lu Yan knows of so far is the Gate of the Mysterious Female.

The treasures of the realm opening possess a status comparable to that of immortals. Even among immortals, not everyone possesses a treasure of the realm opening. It is only natural that if one possesses such a treasure, one can contend with the only one in the world.

However, the third answer from the Celestial Venerable of Immortality, the Divine Court of the Heavens, was something Lu Yan had never expected.

The Divine Court of All Heavens is essentially the Second Heavenly Dao that has already grown up. Its fame has spread throughout countless versions. Heaven, Paradise, Hell, and Abyss all belong to the Divine Court of All Heavens.

Lu Yan believed that these renowned divine courts of the heavens could stand against the one and only in this world, since the masters of these divine courts were all at the pinnacle of the one and only in this world.

But if we set aside these unique beings in this world and only consider the Divine Court of the Heavens itself, can it truly contend with the unique beings in this world?
Lu Yan held a somewhat skeptical attitude towards this.

Just then, the projection of will sounded again with a slightly chuckled tone.

"Young friend, you seem curious about the matter of the Divine Court of the Heavens?"

"Throughout the countless versions of this world, very few have been able to achieve the divine court of the heavens."

Furthermore, due to the unique nature of the Divine Court of the Heavens as the Second Heavenly Dao, it is almost impossible for someone to create the Divine Court of the Heavens without ascending to the level of the only being in this world. This results in the world knowing very little about the characteristics of the Divine Court of the Heavens itself.

"The Heavenly Dao is able to contend against the only one in this world because of its greatest reliance on order. The Heavenly Dao holds a unique version of order and possesses a status that rivals the only one in this world."

As the second Heavenly Dao, the Divine Court of the Heavens also possesses the Great Dao Order governed by the Divine Court. Under the Divine Court Order, even the only one in this world will be suppressed.

The only drawback is that the Divine Court of the Heavens is composed of countless gods and the authority they wield. The vast majority of these beings are unable to transcend this realm and are confined to a single version, unlike the unique being in this world who has the opportunity to transcend versions.

Therefore, the effect of the Divine Court of the Heavens suppressing the only one in this world can only be used in the main battleground of the version, which is a rather useless ability in a sense.

After all, within the current meta, even without relying on the special characteristics of the Divine Court, the Lord of the Divine Court is virtually invincible.

At this point, the projection of will said meaningfully:

"However, the inability of the Divine Court of the Heavens to transcend versions is a thing of the past."

Given your unique circumstances, if you were to establish a divine court across the heavens, you could preserve the divine order across numerous versions. Even if you do not attain the unique status in this world, you would still have the hope of being able to rival the unique one in this world.

The underworld that you, young friend, govern will become the most unique among all the divine courts of the heavens.

Upon hearing this, Lu Yan fell into deep thought.

In Lu Yan's opinion, the Longevity Celestial Venerable's statement was flawless, and the divine power of creation within his body did not give any warning, as if what the Longevity Celestial Venerable said was true.

But the most crucial question is, why would the Celestial Venerable of Longevity voluntarily reveal such a secret?
"Are you really that kind?" Lu Yan asked directly after a moment of contemplation.

Upon hearing Lu Yan's question, the projection of his will burst into laughter, its sound like thunder resounding throughout the universe, causing the entire void to tremble.

Vast swathes of shattered space, like a ravenous beast, began to greedily spread towards the projection of will, countless tiny spatial cracks weaving into a net, seemingly intent on utterly devouring it. The starlight in the void was distorted, illuminating the blurry outline of the face behind those eyes.

"Young friend, you're overthinking it!"

"I'm saying this not for you, but for myself!"

Lu Yan frowned slightly, a look of doubt on his face, his hand unconsciously tightening its grip on the Emperor's Banner. He gazed silently at the being opposite him, awaiting further explanation.

Those cracked eyes were like two shattered moons, deep and ancient, and within them was undisguised hostility.

"This Great Collapse Realm is connected to many versions, although all version fragments were erased during this final great battle. However, my actions and your unique circumstances have still attracted the attention of some old-timers."

The projection of his will looked up at the sky. Although the sky of the Great Collapse Realm had returned to normal after the collapse of the Eternal Heaven, Lu Yan could still feel as if countless eyes were piercing through the space-time barrier and peering at this world from the outer heaven.

Lu Yan felt a chill run down his spine.

"I was one step behind in this battle. Jiang Zhiwei's Everlasting Sword has dealt me ​​a second heavy blow, and I am powerless to interfere with you for the time being."

The projected form of will gradually became transparent, while its cracked eyes grew brighter, like a gaze that pierced through eternity.

"Young friend, what you will face next are even more tests from the unique being in this world."

Before I return, I certainly don't want my young friend to become food for those old fogies.

As the words fell, the projection of will was finally completely obliterated by the remnants of that supreme sword intent, and the immortal true spirit scattered in the void, but vanished into nothingness in an instant.

As the projection of will completely dissipated, the invisible oppression that had shrouded the Great Collapse version seemed to finally be lifted at this moment.

The Great Collapse Heavenly Dao, which had once been destroyed by the hand of Heaven, has reappeared, and the Heavenly Dao diagram covers everything within the Great Collapse version.

Without the suppression of the Eternal Heaven, the Great Collapse Heavenly Dao finally reached its perfection at this moment, and its lofty Heavenly Dao status is constantly rising.

Lu Yan had no time to pay attention to any of this, because he was still immersed in the last words spoken by the Celestial Venerable of Immortality.

Lu Yan did not completely believe the one-sided story of the Eternal Celestial Venerable. Lu Yan had been tricked by Him countless times. Facing this unique being who had lived for countless years, Lu Yan had to be extremely vigilant about every word and every sentence.

But the warning from the Celestial Venerable of Immortality reminded Lu Yan of the supreme god who had descended to annihilate the rules, and of the unique being in this world after countless fragments of versions.

After the Great Collapse version, it was almost expected that Lu Yan would be targeted by many unique individuals in this world.

Even without the reminder from the Celestial Venerable of Immortality, Lu Yan must acquire the ability to confront the only being in this world as soon as possible.

The Divine Court of the Heavens and the Second Heavenly Dao—this was the only opportunity Lu Yan could access.

"Fortunately, the deal with the Great Collapse Heavenly Dao has been completely reached, and it is not difficult to initially complete the construction of the Divine Court in the remaining time of the Great Collapse version."

In addition, the new permissions mentioned by the Great Collapse Heavenly Dao also give me some confidence.

Just as Lu Yan was pondering to himself, a version update interface suddenly popped up in front of him.

[Version changes have reached 100%, version 1.0 is about to launch!]

[The Great Collapse 1.0 version is the Great Time Travel version!]

As early as when Lu Yan began destroying the version fragments, the version change value had already begun to change dramatically. Especially after Lu Yan destroyed all the version fragments of the Nine Heavens, the version change value even reached 90%.

However, due to the existence of the Eternal Heaven, version 1.0 was never launched. Now that the Eternal Heaven has shattered, the projection of the Eternal Heaven Venerable's will has dissipated, and the Great Collapse Heavenly Dao has fully recovered and taken control of the version, the version change value has reached 100%, and this world has finally ushered in version 1.0.

On the earth, countless beings who were originally immersed in the joy of defeating the Eternal Heaven suddenly lost their will.

In their minds, information about the Great Collapse Realm and other versions is being quietly altered and assimilated, and the supreme power of the Great Collapse Heavenly Dao is significantly reshaping their understanding.

The previous version of the Great Collapse was not a complete version, so the version update could not overwrite their memories. As a result, these people were able to retain the memories and cognition of other versions, which is why they regarded the version update as coming from their own world to the Great Collapse realm.

However, the version fragments have all been shattered, and the core rules they contained have long since disappeared.

The complete Great Collapse Heavenly Dao was born, signifying that the Great Collapse version had become a complete and independent version, and they had completely integrated into the Great Collapse version, becoming the native inhabitants of this world.

The completed version of the Great Collapse will have the ability to modify memories and cognition along with version updates, and there will no longer be a situation where someone has memories from two versions at the same time.

In the memories of all living beings, with the shattering of version fragments, they will lose the right to return to their original world.

Their identities will shift from explorers of other versions to transmigrators from other worlds, allowing them to thrive and multiply in the grand transmigration version, transforming this desolate world into a prosperous one.

In this environment, the lifespan limit of 100 years will no longer exist in the Great Time Travel version.

The world has been turned upside down, and everything is renewed.

As the only one who remained unchanged, Lu Yan quietly observed the changes taking place in this world, using his supreme divine powers to manipulate creation in an attempt to capture everything under the version changes.

However, the information contained in the entire world is too vast, and even with supreme supernatural powers and the Golden Elixir of Tao, it is difficult to capture even one ten-thousandth of it.

Unlike the Spiritual Awakening version, the Great Transmigration version update lasted for a full day.

As the Heavenly Order that enveloped the world gradually dissipated, Lu Yan also awoke from his state of enlightenment.

Lu Yan slowly raised his right hand, and a wisp of the aura of version change appeared in his palm.

Although extremely faint, Lu Yan could sense the power of renewal contained within it.

"This rule should be called: Innovation."

Lu Yan muttered to himself.

The rules for observing version changes are not particularly magical in terms of attack, but in some special versions, even a wisp of this change can turn into a spark that sets off a major change that affects the entire version.

Once a version change is completed through innovation, it can even shake the very foundation of the current version, almost a killer move against it.

"It is somewhat useful."

Lu Yan pondered to himself.

Although Lu Yan would not oppose the Heavenly Dao in most cases, mastering the rules of reform is a precaution.

"To be able to discern the rules of innovation from just one version change, this supreme divine power to manipulate creation is far more mysterious than I imagined."

Lu Yan looked inward at himself and focused his gaze on the supreme divine power that had already been conceived within the Great Dao Golden Core.

Although he had already mastered the ability to manipulate fate, this supernatural power was too profound and vast, and even Lu Yan could hardly comprehend even a fraction of it in such a short time.

The essence of manipulating creation is to create all things. As long as things do not exceed one's own cognition, realm, or status, they can all be created by manipulating creation.

Lu Yan repaired the broken sword precisely by utilizing this characteristic of manipulating nature.

The Broken Sword was originally an ordinary object. Even though it had long since decayed and collapsed in other versions, the workings of fate could disregard cause and effect and forcefully repair this ordinary object.

However, if the broken sword reaches the level of a magic weapon, the difficulty of repairing it by reversing time and space across versions increases ten thousand times, which exceeds Lu Yan's limit and is difficult to complete.

Beyond simply creating things, the manipulation of creation itself can also condense the Great Dao and establish rules.

The rules of innovation were created by the Strategist of Creation based on version changes, but at this stage, Lu Yan's position is limited, making it difficult to exert their true effect.

In addition, the ability to manipulate creation, like the previous supreme divine power seed, can empower all things.

However, the previous supreme divine power seed was to empower all laws with the Heavenly Gang position, while the current manipulation of creation can create all laws out of thin air, and everything is born according to Lu Yan's thoughts.

"If one possesses the unique status in this world, wouldn't one be almost omnipotent in manipulating fate?"

At this moment, Lu Yan thought of the words spoken by the Celestial Venerable of Immortality.

It can create something from nothing and reverse the course of fate. It controls all things in the Jambudvipa world; it is omniscient and omnipotent!

Lu Yan initially thought it was an exaggeration, but now it seems that if the only one in this world were to control and manipulate creation, it would probably be close to being truly omniscient and omnipotent.

"The potential to influence destiny is too great; we must calm down and explore it diligently."

If one can master it, it is not impossible to reverse the process of becoming a Nascent Soul cultivator while still in the Golden Core stage.

If we also resolve the gap in rank, we can create a complete divine court of all heavens.

A wild idea flashed through his mind, and even Lu Yan couldn't help but waver.

Just as Lu Yan was pondering, the version update interface in front of him changed again.

[Fixed the "Major Collapse" version's foreign fragments; you can now obtain privilege rewards!]

[Current progress: 800%]

Lu Yan immediately composed himself and focused his attention on the version update interface.

These familiar, fragmented words undoubtedly come from the Great Transcendent Heavenly Dao.

After destroying the Intelligent City, the Great Transcendent Heavenly Dao created a fake mission to lure Lu Yan into destroying the version fragments. Lu Yan saw through the deception and didn't pay attention to it afterward.

But unexpectedly, after everything had settled down, the Great Collapse Heavenly Dao brought out these fake missions again.

The text on the interface changed again.

[Task complete, second permission unlocked: advance update]

[Early Update: Freeze time-space causality, forcibly starting the version update ahead of schedule.]

(End of this chapter)