The Eternal God Emperor Begins from the First Realm Breakthrough

Chapter 104 Ancient Legend
The remaining spirit of the ancestor of creation narrated: "That is a legend that has been passed down from ancient times. I have no way of verifying whether it is true or not.

It is said that in ancient times, the universe and the earth were different from those in later generations. The heaven and earth were like a huge chaotic egg, and in the center of the egg stood an extremely desolate continent. The vastness of this continent was beyond the imagination of later cultivators. More than 90% of the matter in the entire universe was gathered on this continent.

As Queen Nuwa reached the realm of Witch Ancestor, the universe reached its carrying capacity limit, and this supercontinent collapsed, turning into countless fragments that flew to all parts of the universe.

If this trend continues, the entire universe will quickly fall into entropy growth and head towards destruction. Perhaps within a million years, the entire universe will be destroyed."

Chen Ping was shocked when he heard this. How huge would a supercontinent that gathered 90% of the matter in the entire universe be?
Compared to it, the Forest of No Return and the Holy Realm are just a small corner.

The remnant soul of the ancestor of creation continued to narrate, "Heaven and earth collapsed, and the universe suffered a catastrophe of annihilation. It was the great witch ancestors who used the Nine Cauldrons to stabilize heaven and earth, temporarily stabilizing the eight directions of the universe. However, they still could not solve the root cause. Once the power of the witch ancestors is exhausted, the universe will still be destroyed."

"It can be said that the breakthrough of the Queen of Wa directly caused this consequence. However, it was also the Queen of Wa who, in this critical moment, created the Qi Refiner lineage in the Wu Dao. They refined their own celestial souls into primordial spirits, used their primordial spirits to integrate with the Way of Heaven, and attempted to mend the flaws in the heavens."

"Empress Wa succeeded. Taking advantage of the opportunity of her soul merging with the Heavenly Dao, she achieved the unprecedented cultivation of the Heavenly Dao, truly standing shoulder to shoulder with the Heavenly Dao.

There is a legend that the current heaven was created by Queen Wa, and it was Queen Wa's sacrifice that gave us the universe we have today.

The other witch ancestors, because of their efforts to stabilize the universe, were attacked by the Heavenly Dao and suffered wounds from the Great Dao. After the Queen Nuwa merged with the Heavenly Dao, they all perished one after another, and the witch path declined. However, because of the Queen Nuwa's primordial spirit's fusion with the Heavenly Dao, the Qi Refiner lineage gradually flourished, creating a prosperous era in ancient times.

"Therefore, to cultivate the Way of Creation, one must condense the Heavenly Soul into the Primordial Spirit, and then use the Primordial Spirit to comprehend the operation of Creation within the Way of Creation. Only in this way can one achieve twice the result with half the effort. Otherwise, if one relies entirely on oneself to comprehend the Creation between heaven and earth, the Way of Creation cultivated will be reduced to the level of the Supreme Saint Way."

"So there is such a past event." Chen Ping sighed. What the remnant soul of the ancestor of creation said was just hearsay and not entirely true. At least the Queen Nuwa, who founded the lineage of Qi Refiners, did not die, but went to the wider world outside the universe. However, the half-true and half-false information in it also opened his eyes.

"So, if I want to comprehend the Way of Heaven and Earth, I must first retrieve the Heavenly Soul from the world and refine it into a Primordial Spirit?"

"Yes, that's the theory, but..." The remnant soul of the ancestor of creation hesitated to speak.

"But what?"

"Well, the Heavenly Soul is the bridge between the cultivator and the heaven and earth. The stronger the cultivator's cultivation, the stronger the Heavenly Soul will be. The weaker the Heavenly Soul is, the less connected it is to the heaven and earth, and the easier it will be to retrieve.

"With Daoist friends like you... with Daoist friends like you, the ancestor's cultivation level is probably already deeply integrated with the Heavenly Dao. To try to reclaim the Heavenly Soul from the Heavenly Dao is tantamount to making an enemy of the entire universe, and the universe's Heavenly Dao. The possibility of success is extremely slim," the Ancestor of Creation warned.

Chen Ping frowned again, unwillingly saying, "Empress Wa first achieved Wu Zu through Wu Dao, and later founded the Qi Refiner lineage. She must have merged her Heavenly Soul and cultivated her Primordial Spirit only later. Her realm at that time was not that of an ordinary ancestor. If Empress Wa could succeed, why can't I?"

"Wa Huang is Wa Huang after all..." The remnant soul of the ancestor of creation stopped talking as soon as he opened his mouth. Seeing that the young man in white was not angry, he breathed a sigh of relief and continued, "Wa Huang's situation was different. At that time, the universe was facing the crisis of collapse, and the Heavenly Dao itself was also weakened. Helping Wa Huang to achieve the great way of the soul would also be of great benefit to the Heavenly Dao itself. Naturally, the Heavenly Dao would not interfere.

But the universe is different now than it was back then. It's not in danger of collapse, so how could they easily release the Heavenly Soul of an ancestor? That would consume the very source of Heavenly Power. If it's really the Emperor Nuwa's Primordial Spirit that has merged into the Heavenly Power, then if you want to retrieve the Heavenly Soul, it would be like battling against the Emperor Nuwa. How do you think you compare to the Emperor Nuwa?"

"Is the Heavenly Soul related to the origin of the Heavenly Dao?" Chen Ping's tightly furrowed brows relaxed a little. Queen Nuwa was no longer in this universe, so he didn't have to worry about competing with her. Otherwise, he would really have to consider whether to try a different path.

The state of the origin of the Heavenly Dao did not seem optimistic either. It fell into the hands of the Ancestor of Time and Space, and was suppressed by him with the Ring of Civilization in the Tianshi Wuzhong Mountain in the God Realm.

In ancient times, Qi cultivators were once very popular, but later they were lost in the long river of history. In later generations, only a few cultivators were able to cultivate the Heavenly Soul. Could it be because the origin of the Heavenly Dao was suppressed by the ancestors of mankind?

Chen Ping had some guesses in his mind, calculating the chances of success if he cultivated his primordial spirit.

"No, the Heavenly Soul is one of the three souls. If the Heavenly Soul merges into the Origin of Heaven, then whether the Origin of Heaven falls into the hands of Ren Zu or merges with Zhang Ruochen, the Heavenly Emperor, then my Heavenly Soul will also fall into their control. We absolutely cannot let this happen."

Thinking of this, Chen Ping made up his mind. Even if it was not for the purpose of practicing the Way of Creation, he would still take back the Heavenly Soul from the origin of the Way of Heaven. It always felt a bit strange to have his soul in the hands of others. Maybe someone would use this as a handle to hold him back in the future.

"I want to cultivate the Way of Creation and I also want to retrieve the Heavenly Soul. Ancestor of Creation, do you want me to take your ancestral enlightenment myself, or do you want to hand it over yourself?"

The remaining soul of the ancestor of creation looked bitter. Has it finally come to this?

He sighed deeply, "Forget it, fellow Daoist. I can cut out the part of my soul memory that relates to the Way of Creation and Heaven and give it to you. I only ask that you spare a remnant of my soul. I can survive for a long time, but being able to survive is enough."

Seeing him like this, Chen Ping had some thoughts in mind. With the advent of numerous calamities, the rules of heaven and earth had already changed. The remnant souls of ancient masters, with the help of external forces, had the opportunity to descend into the real world, relying on methods such as possessing other bodies, and had the opportunity to live another life.

The Ancestor of Creation had great cultivation during his lifetime and was a strong man among the ancestors. It would be a pity if such a strong man was left in Lihentian to waste his days and disappear in the final battle in the future.

The reason why the Quantum Organization can help the remaining souls of the ancient strongmen to descend is because of Gong Nanfeng, the ancestor of destiny behind them.

As a fellow ancestor, there is no reason why he cannot do what Gong Nanfeng can do. It’s just a little more troublesome.

"There's no need to slash out your memories. Just relax your mind and let me comprehend. Once I'm done, if you're willing to submit to me, I can give you a chance to be blessed."

The ancestor of creation did not take Chen Ping's words to heart. What kind of luck could he, a remnant soul, have? Could he be allowed to live again?
As for letting go of your mind, once you let go of your mind, all your secrets will no longer exist. But compared with life and death, what are secrets?
If this could really prevent his residual soul from being refined, and if he didn't lose his understanding of the laws of nature, and if his strength wasn't severely damaged, he could accept it.

"I am willing to relax my mind and cooperate with fellow Taoists in enlightenment."

Chen Ping nodded with satisfaction, and under the guidance of the ancestor of creation, he came to a special place in Lihentian, the time turbulence area.

The speed of time flow here is different from that in the outside world. One day in the outside world may be several years or even decades in the turbulent zone. This is more powerful than the time acceleration provided by any time artifact in the world.

But in Lihentian, all laws do not exist. Apart from strength, there are no rules of heaven and earth. No matter how long one stays in the time turbulence zone, it will not help the cultivator to comprehend the Tao, unless it is a special case of refining the residual soul of an ancient strong man.

The remnant soul of the ancestor of creation relaxed his mind and allowed Chen Ping's powerful mental power of the mid-ninety-fifth stage to penetrate into his soul and see through all his secrets and insights into Taoism.

In his memory, the understanding of Taoism only occupies a very small part. Most of it is the memory of Lihentian over the long years, and some are the memories of the ancestor of creation during his lifetime. Because it is a remnant soul and it has existed for too long, the memory of ancient times has become incomplete.

Chen Ping just glanced over these memories that were of no help to him, and only carefully examined a few memories that were helpful to him, such as the way of creation, the cultivation methods of Qigong practitioners, and the cultivation of the Heavenly Soul. Even so, this part of the memory was still vast, and it would take a long time just to read it all. It would take even longer to completely digest it and transform it into his own Taoist attainments.

In the memory of the remnant soul, the ancestral divine way of the ancestor of creation was not complete. It took Chen Ping nearly ten years to unravel the ancestor of creation's divine way and piece it together bit by bit.

The Divine Way of Creation contains four branches of the Heavenly Way of Creation at four levels of perfection, that is, the four phases are perfectly integrated, and four phases have reached great success, and one phase has reached small success.

The Way of Creation, like the Way of Destruction, is divided into emptiness and fullness, yin and yang. Yin emptiness, yang emptiness, yin fullness, and yang fullness each have nine phases. The Way of Creation of the ancestor of Creation corresponds to the nine phases of yin and fullness.

The fusion of the nine Yin and Shi phases of the Way of Heaven of Creation is also a road to heaven that leads directly to the beginning and the end of heaven. Unfortunately, the talent of the ancestor of creation was a little lacking after all, and he only achieved the perfect fusion of four phases, which is still a long way from the perfect fusion of nine phases.

But it was precisely because of this that the imperfect Taoism, or even the slightly accomplished branch of the Way of Creation, was of the greatest help to Chen Ping. His attainments in the Way of Creation were too low, and he had no help from the Heavenly Soul. Even with the help of the remnant soul of the ancestor of Creation, he could only start from the basics, not expecting perfection, but only seeking to achieve a small degree of success first.

More than ten years passed, and Chen Ping finally took an important step and cultivated one of the nine phases of the Yin-Shi of the Way of Creation to the realm of minor success.

He had been exposed to the way of creation for many years and had accumulated quite a lot of knowledge. After comprehending the way of creation, he could be said to have made great achievements.

"Finally, I have achieved a small success and taken the first step." Chen Ping felt emotional and had a deeper understanding of the vastness and difficulty of the way of creation.

Concentrate your mind and draw your mental strength out of the residual soul of the ancestor of creation.

The ancestor of creation waited for a long time before taking back control of himself. Seeing that Chen Ping really did not attack him, he breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that this ancestor of later generations was a man of his words.

"Since you have already comprehended the Dao of Creation, I will leave now. From now on, we may be separated by vast distances, and I hope we will never meet again."

After saying this, he was about to fly away.

Chen Ping smiled, stretched out his five fingers, and his palm turned into a prison world.

"Originator of Creation, why are you in such a hurry to leave? I said I would give you a chance, and I must keep my word. Follow me, and I will help you live your life again."

(End of this chapter)