The Eternal God Emperor Begins from the First Realm Breakthrough

Chapter 221: Eternity and Eternity (6k words, two chapters in one)

Chen Ping stretched out his palm with it facing upwards. A chaotic vortex appeared inside, and the majestic power of Heaven was surging in the vortex.

The vortex rotated, and twenty-four swirls were pulled out from the edge, like twenty-four arms.

Inside the vortex, there are the forces of Hunyuan and Samsara surging like a tide, the ways of heaven are intertwined, and there are endless undercurrents.

Chen Ping exhausted all his understanding of the laws of nature and simulated a complete galaxy universe.

"With Hun Yuan as the source, Samsara as the driving force, and the twenty-four phases of destruction and creation as the support, I have finally successfully realized the secret method of integrating the higher level of the Heavenly Dao."

The improvement of realm is a mysterious thing. Sometimes there will be no progress in a million years, and sometimes a huge step forward can be taken in an instant.

But in the final analysis, spiritual practice is a process of accumulation. It is a process of continuous accumulation of factors such as talent, opportunity, effort, and will, until the accumulation is sufficient, it will come naturally and the realm will be broken through.

Having realized the secret method of integrating the Heavenly Dao at a higher level, Chen Ping could now clearly feel that his body, which had been stagnant for a long time and had not been improved, began to transform again.

In the blink of an eye, the essence of divine energy that had accumulated for endless years in the divine veins beneath the ground of the Pangu Temple found a place to vent and rushed into Chen Ping's body.

The earth veins are interconnected, with Chen Ping's body as the source. The terrifying suction force spreads in all directions along the earth veins, and the impact range extends to the entire 800 states in the southern border.

Fortunately, over the past one million years, his spiritual will has been greatly improved, and has reached the peak of Tianshijizhong. He can perfectly control the power in his body. At this moment, he deliberately controls the speed of breakthrough and controls the scope of influence of the breakthrough within the eight hundred states in the southern border.

The swallowing power lasted for more than a year, until a natural and perfect Taoist rhyme emanated from the divine body. Only then did Chen Pingfang exhale a breath of fresh air, his eyes shining like torches.

I felt the tremendous power in my body and tried to control it, but soon, a feeling of fatigue came over me.

He couldn't help being surprised.

"Such a powerful physical strength, even the spiritual will of Tianshijizhong cannot fully control it?"

Chen Ping also guessed that if he broke through, his body would become even stronger and would require a stronger mind and will to control it. Therefore, in the past one million years, he never relaxed his efforts to improve his mind and will.

However, he did not expect that after taking a further step in breaking the law with force, the improvement brought about would be so great that even Tian Shijizhong's peak mental will could not be fully controlled.

"It's too slow to improve my spiritual will by relying on myself. It's time to go to the Chaos Divine Kingdom's ancestral home again and meet Bai Ze."

……

At the foot of the sacred mountain, the water world transformed by Bai Ze remained the same as before. Through the water, Chen Ping could see the purple sacred tree located in the center of the world in Bai Ze's picture.

He already knew the origin of the purple sacred tree. It was not a creation of this era, but the world tree of the previous metaphysical war galaxy. It was born at the beginning of the previous era. Even the numerous disasters only extinguished its intelligence but failed to destroy its body.

It fell into Bai Ze's hands and was integrated into the Bai Ze Tu. As a result, the Bai Ze Tu underwent some special changes and became a treasure for enhancing spiritual will.

Chen Ping walked up the mountain and entered the world on the top of the mountain where Bai Ze and Liang Yan were sleeping, without being stopped.

The yellow galaxy was still hanging high in the sky, and the body of the Liangyan at the core had begun to emit wisps of power. A million years had passed, and his condition had become even worse. In the battle in the early years of the ancient times, in order to help Pangu Hunchun Zhenjun resist the Immortal Yuanshi, buried his golden body and melted the Beize Great Wall, Bai Ze blew up his divine source and body, and Liangyan burned out his soul, leaving only a remnant.

In Liang Yan's body, there is the immortal power left by the immortal Yuanshi, which has been slowly eroding his remaining consciousness. After billions of years, it is about to collapse completely.

Bai Ze's situation is similar to his, and not much better.

"You're finally here. It seems like you've made another big breakthrough in your cultivation."

Bai Ze's illusory figure walked out of the Eternal Divine Sea. After his cultivation level was improved, Chen Ping was able to see the scene inside the Eternal Divine Sea. In the sea water transformed by the rules of time, two divine eggs were soaked. Both of them were covered with deep Taoist patterns. One was mixed with the rules of burial gold, and the other was mixed with the Taoist rules of quantity nightmare.

These two divine eggs should be the White Jade God Emperor and the Buried Gold White Tiger who have not yet been born.

"After practicing for a million years, I have indeed made some progress." Chen Ping smiled faintly. He has made further progress in the way of breaking the law with force. Now he has truly stood at the same level as Bai Ze.

"The last time you came, you had already integrated the five phases of the Yiqi Hunyuan Dao. Now you have made another breakthrough. Could it be that you have integrated the six phases?" Bai Ze could not see through Chen Ping's current cultivation level. He only felt that the person in front of him was somewhat similar to the former Pangu Hunchun Zhenjun, or even the supreme immortal Yuanshi. He was hazy and carried the rhythm of the way of heaven.

Chen Ping shook his head. "The difficulty of fusing the six phases is much greater than the previous five phases combined. Although I have gained some insights in the past two hundred thousand years, I am still some distance away from fusing the six phases. I am afraid it will be difficult to succeed in a short period of time."

"I came here today for two things."

"Oh? What's the matter?" Bai Ze immediately became serious when he heard that. With Chen Ping's current cultivation strength, he is already invincible in the entire prehistoric continent except for the Hongmeng Black Dragon and Hou Tu Niangniang. The matter that could make him come here so solemnly must be very complicated.

"My spiritual will has reached the peak of the beginning and the end of the world, but the speed of improvement is becoming slower and slower. The first thing is the World Sacred Tree in the Bai Ze Tu."

"The World Sacred Tree?" Bai Ze showed a look of astonishment. She had already prepared for this first thing. "The World Sacred Tree is the most ancient living being in the previous era. I was once taught by it, so I can be considered a teacher. However, since its spiritual consciousness has long been obliterated in the calamity, if you want it, then take it. It is a suitable destination for it."

As soon as Bai Ze had an idea, the Bai Ze picture from the foot of the mountain flew over and fell into her hands.

She unfolded the scroll, and in the center of the scroll, there was a purple sacred tree with a strong trunk, emitting a special power.

The next moment, Bai Ze stretched out his palm, grasped the purple sacred tree, and suddenly exerted force to pull the sacred tree out of the Bai Ze map. The price was that the Bai Ze map shattered into several pieces.

"This……"

Chen Ping was shocked. He didn't expect that taking out the World Sacred Tree would require destroying the Bai Ze Tu. The Bai Ze Tu was Bai Ze's natal artifact, one of the top artifacts in the world, and definitely not inferior to the Nine Cauldrons of later generations.

Such a magical weapon was actually destroyed by its owner himself.

Bai Ze threw the sacred tree in his hand and reached out to pick up the pieces of Bai Ze Tu.

"The World Sacred Tree and the Bai Ze Tu have completely merged into one. If I were in my prime, I might be able to separate them, but now... I can only do it this way." She collected all the fragments of the Bai Ze Tu, with a hint of sadness in her eyes. After all, it was her natal artifact that had been with her for a long time, and many disasters had failed to erase it, but today it was destroyed by her own hands.

"My injuries have long been irreversible. Even if the Bai Ze Tu is left behind, I won't be able to activate it without mastering the complete way of eternal existence. It is a good fate for me to refine it and destroy it in my hands. It is just right to use the fragments of the Bai Ze Tu as materials to refine a few magical artifacts for my two younger generations, so that they can protect themselves in the future." Bai Ze forced a smile.

"I have already completed the first task. Now tell me the second task you will undertake."

Chen Ping looked at her deeply, put away the World Divine Tree, and his gaze fell on the Eternal Divine Sea behind her.

"Empress Bai Ze is an expert in the way of time. I have some questions about time that I would like to ask."

"A problem of time?" Bai Ze felt a little curious and cheered up. If it was any other question, she didn't have the confidence to answer, but if it was related to time, no one in the entire War Galaxy could surpass him, and the current ancestor of time and space was still far behind.

Chen Ping didn't say much. As soon as he thought about it, the fluctuations of the way of time began to spread all over his body. An illusory river of time flowed out from behind him, rushing forward, from the past to the future.

On the river, besides him, there were two figures exactly like him standing tall. They were his past and future bodies.

"You have actually cultivated the three phases of time to perfection?" For the first time, Bai Ze showed surprise on his face. The Way of Time did not seem to be the holy way that Pan Gu mainly practiced, but he had cultivated it to such a high level without realizing it. The Way of Time alone was enough to achieve the consistency of the second realm of the ancestor.

"After meditating on 'The Way of Eternal Three Worlds' for a million years, I have only learned one or two points of the essence of the Queen's Way of Eternal Divine Realm. Compared with the Queen's attainments in time, I am still far behind." Chen Ping said modestly.

Bai Ze looked him over carefully with a smile on his face, and said, "If I weren't dying, I would have fallen in love with you."

Chen Ping just smiled faintly and said nothing. Bai Ze's love life was a bit messy. He had the son of Zang Jin White Tiger with Zang Jin and the son of White Jade Emperor with Liang Yan. He had no interest in leaving behind a big cat descendant.

"Your Majesty, I'm here for the second time. It's about time. After perfecting the three phases of time, many questions have arisen in my mind. Time flows forward, never returning. Where does time originate? Since the path of time has future and past phases, can I follow the flow of time, travel to the past and future, change the past, or even change the future? If I send my future self to an infinitely distant future, will it affect the future world?"

Bai Ze narrowed his eyes slightly after hearing this, and after a long pause, he finally spoke, "Why do you have these questions?"

Seeing Chen Ping remained silent, she did not ask further questions. After some thought, she explained, "In the vast majority of calamities, there is no long river of time. Therefore, your first question about where the long river of time originates has the answer. It begins at the beginning of the era and ends at the end of the era."

"The three phases of time, past, present, and future, can be simply viewed as the upstream, middle, and downstream of the long river of time. Going from the middle to the upstream, going against the current, is naturally extremely difficult and will encounter enormous resistance. The more powerful the cultivator, the heavier the burden in the long river of time. The power required to send an ancestor to the past, no one under the beginning and end of the universe can do it. Whether a strong person under the beginning and end of the universe can do it, I have no way of knowing."

Chen Ping nodded after hearing this. He went upstream and came to the ancient times. What he came with was only a spiritual light. He did not have any cultivation. The only obstacle was the cause and effect he carried with him.

But the law of cause and effect is so elusive, no one knows the exact laws that govern its operation. "As for traveling from the present to the future, it's like traveling from the middle reaches to the lower reaches. As long as one possesses the ability to resist the erosion of time, traveling to the future is not difficult; even a semi-ancestor of the Way of Time can easily accomplish it. Of course, the longer one stays in the river of time, the greater the span of time spanned, and the more severe the erosion of the river, requiring a higher level of cultivation and a higher level of understanding of time to support it."

"With your current cultivation and understanding of time, you should have no problem traveling to an era billions of years from now. Of course, the prerequisite is that the era of the War Galaxy hasn't ended by then."

"You're full of curiosity about the future, and I can understand that. When I first reached the Ancestral Realm, I was also full of curiosity about the past and future of the long river of time. I also traveled along the long river of time to the distant future, wanting to see what the future world would be like."

"But what you see is not what you imagine. The future is not set in stone. In the long river of time, what you see is just an illusion of what you imagine in your mind, not the real future. Or perhaps the truth only occupies a part of it, making it impossible to explore."

"Knowing the future and influencing and changing it in the present is a paradox. If the present changes, the future will naturally change as well. The future seen in the long river of time will naturally no longer exist."

"Unless one can use their true body to travel along the river of time to the future and descend there, this isn't a glimpse into the future. Rather, it's simply crossing a period of time and directly arriving in the future, becoming a part of it. This method is the best way for a cultivator of the Path of Time to survive."

Chen Ping's heart sank. Traveling to the future in his true form? The river of time had been severed. How could he possibly reach the era he desired?

"Besides going there in person, is there no other way? I don't seek to have a significant impact on the future, just leave behind some legacy, some insights, or perhaps just send a thought."

"Leave the inheritance flowing in the long river of time, and someone in the future will find it. The future is unknown. Even if you send the inheritance into the future, what use is there unless you know what will happen in the future and there is an anchor point in the future to guide you."

Bai Ze's expression gradually changed as he spoke, and his eyes flickered as he looked at Chen Ping. "Could it be that you came from the future? How is that possible?"

Chen Ping smiled calmly and shook his head. "With my level of cultivation, what kind of power could send me from the past to the present? Even the Heavenly Dao can't do it."

"That's true. With your level of cultivation, it's indeed impossible for you to come from the future," Bai Ze dismissed the idea, but then added, "You're not entirely right. Heavenly Dao may be able to do it."

"Oh?"

Bai Ze stretched out his hand and flicked it, and the river of time under Chen Ping's feet immediately changed. The river of time that was originally flowing straight forward gradually bent. After a while, the trajectory of the river of time turned into a source, and the interface was covered by a force.

Endless rules of time flow out from one side of the vortex of force, flow around, and then flow into the other side of the vortex of force.

"Within the Great Calamity, there is no long river of time. The Great Calamity is both the source and the end of the long river of time. The distance in between is time. Standing on this river, mastering the power of the upper, middle, and lower reaches, one also masters the past, present, and future of time. The flow of time is for eternity, which is the origin of my eternal divine way."

"But eternity is not the end of time. Do you know what the ultimate state of time is?" Bai Ze asked.

"Eternity." Chen Ping said this answer without any hesitation.

"Yes, it is eternity." Bai Ze sighed lightly, and his palm continued to move the circular river of time. In the center of the river, a hazy light emerged. It was not clear. The eyes could see it, but under the mind's consciousness, there was nothing.

"What is eternity? My understanding is unchanging, unchangeable, and unchanging from time immemorial. This is eternity. The path of time within the long river of time, the past, present, and future, are all just endless cycles, endless reincarnations, one era after another, and eventually they will be lost in the long river."

“Only by jumping out of the long river of time, no longer flowing, no longer changing, and even no longer existing, can eternity be achieved.”

"I have been cultivating the Way of Eternal Life for countless millions of years, but eternity is still a mystery to me. I don't know where to begin. Time no longer exists, so how can I cultivate the Way of Time?"

Bai Ze's eyes gradually became confused, and her spirit became more and more illusory. It was obvious that demonstrating the way of time to Chen Ping had consumed a lot of her energy.

It seemed that talking about eternity touched Bai Ze's heart of Taoism. Her consciousness gradually became blurred, and she flew back to the eternal sea of ​​​​God and returned to silence.

Chen Ping stood there, thinking about what Bai Ze had said before.

The Eternal Divine Way is the highest level of Taoism that can be comprehended over the long river of time, but the Eternal Divine Way cannot be represented by the long river of time at all.

The long river of time is a circle, and eternity is equivalent to the center of the circle. Everything that happens on the arc cannot affect the center of the circle. Even if eras change and the arc changes, the center of the circle is always there without any change.

Chen Ping suddenly understood why Zhang Ruochen was able to travel along the river of time to the beginning of countless epochs ago and condense the Wuji Divine Way within the singularity of the beginning.

Zhang Ruochen was not going to the starting point of the era, the source of the long river of time, but the center of the circle outside the long river of time.

The primordial singularity existed before the birth of the War Galaxy. There was no time and space within the singularity. Precisely because there was no concept of time and space, the supreme eternity of time and the supreme infinity of space could be comprehended by Zhang Ruochen and integrated into his own holy will.

Nothing is something, from nothing to something, there are infinite possibilities.

Chen Ping thought of Xukuo. Dazhao gave birth to Xukuo, and Xukuo contained infinite things.

Non-existent time is eternity, non-existent space is infinity. Perhaps the ultimate goal of all the laws of the world is nothingness? Is it emptiness?
As for why he was able to come to Taigu, he previously thought it was because of the spiritual light. Because he did not bring any cultivation, only pure consciousness, he was able to come to Taigu.

But now, his thoughts have changed. He was able to come to Taigu most likely because of Zhang Tiandao.

Only the Heavenly Dao, which is at the center of the circle, can move an existence at any point on the arc to another point by means beyond imagination.

It seems that he may not have come to the ancient times against the long river of time. It is also possible that he jumped out of the long river of time with Zhang Tiandao, crossed the center of the circle, and then fell on the other side of the arc?
Once this bold idea popped up in Chen Ping's mind, it could not be shaken off, and he felt more and more that this might be the truth of the matter.

But he still hasn't figured out the difference between going upstream and 'taking a shortcut'. Does this mean that he can send his future body into the future without being bound by the river of time?

Putting away the long river of time, Chen Ping walked out of Bai Ze Mountain, left the ancestral home of the Chaos Kingdom, and returned to the Pan Gu Temple.

After taking out the purple World Sacred Tree, Chen Ping couldn't help but feel a sense of desire deep in his heart.

"I hope you don't disappoint me."

He released his divine consciousness to wrap around the World Sacred Tree. As the divine consciousness penetrated, the World Sacred Tree began to gradually dissolve and merge into his divine consciousness, nourishing his spiritual will.

Mysterious powers continued to merge into his soul and temper his will. For a time, his soul strength, mental will, and mental power were all growing at an extremely fast rate.

……

Three thousand years later, with the last mysterious power merging into the soul, the World Sacred Tree completely disappeared from heaven and earth.

Chen Ping exhaled like a dragon, and felt stronger than ever before, with a natural sense of relief.

The powerful body beyond his control was a heavy burden to him. After refining the World Sacred Tree, Chen Ping only felt that his spiritual will had undergone a level leap. He did not really reach the level of endlessness, but he should be considered to have stepped into it.

The mental will can perfectly control his body, and Chen Ping also knows what level his current strength has reached.

The limit of the beginning and the end of heaven, or the limit under the way of heaven.

He could already clearly feel the oppression from the War Galaxy's Heavenly Dao.

This is the limit of what the Heavenly Dao can bear. If you go any further, you will either break the Heavenly Dao or leave the War Galaxy.

Perhaps this is the reason why Queen Wa traveled far away to the Virgo Supergalactic Ocean.

"Is this the limit under the way of heaven?" Chen Ping looked up at the sky, as if he could see the way of heaven operating in the dark.

He had a feeling that if he could break the laws of nature and transcend them, his life level would undergo an unimaginable leap.

However, feeling the limits of the Heavenly Dao and breaking the limits of the Heavenly Dao are two completely different concepts, and the difficulty level is not even a level.

Pangu Hun Dun Zhenjun was able to step half a foot into the endless heaven, so he should have reached this level. Queen Nuwa, who realized the complete way of creation, must have also reached this level.

But none of them achieved the feat of breaking the limits of heaven. One died in battle, and the other chose to travel far away from the domain and his whereabouts are unknown.

Chen Ping stretched out his palm and exerted a little force, and the void in front of him was torn apart. In the endless nothingness, the vast and boundless river of time rushed forward. The future stood on the river, looking at the endless and distant downstream.

"Whether we succeed or fail, we have to give it a try. Let's go."

After muttering to himself for a while, the future phase set off downstream along the river of time, carrying with him the insights from the ancient times, to meet his true self billions of years later.

(End of this chapter)