Wizard: I have ten trillion nanomachines

A strong wind swept across the observatory, carrying wisps of clouds. The divination stone trembled incessantly, and countless brilliant secret reports, like snowflakes, flew across the heavens to all parts of the Nine Provinces.

News of the battle in Zhenxie Prefecture, like a stone thrown into still water, stirred up a thousand waves in the court and sects of the Yanxian Dynasty.

No one expected that the four True Monarch clones would be so easily erased by the outsider, not to mention that the person also took the four golden essences and disappeared into the vast land of China like a mud ox sinking into the sea.

Inside the Zichen Palace, the fragrance of ambergris wafted through the air, permeating the carved beams and painted rafters of the entire hall.

On the dragon throne, Tantai Hong's fingertips caressed a pure white jade seal. The character "Yan" engraved on it shimmered with a faint golden light under the candlelight. It was a symbol of imperial power and authority, and also the guarantee of his survival.

Under the pretext of "investigating the remnants of heretics," he has ordered the consolidation of military power in Zhenxie Prefecture. Ostensibly, this is to prevent future troubles and eliminate the power vacuum in Zhenxie Prefecture caused by the fall of the True Lord's avatar, but in reality, it is to pave the way for strengthening his own power.

Zhenxie Prefecture is adjacent to the fragments of the alien realm and is heavily fortified. The Dao Army directly controls the killing power on the border. Holding this force in hand can not only enhance one's power but also provide cover for liaison with the alien realm.

Everyone says that emperors are the most ruthless, greedy for power, and even their bedmates and children must be guarded against.

Little did they know that in this ancient world, all the power of an emperor originated from the imperial throne.

The highest position is the imperial throne, and the greater the power of the imperial throne, the more stable one's cultivation will be.

But once he abdicates and the throne is lost, with his cultivation level, he will be reduced to a wisp of spiritual energy in the world and disappear into nothingness within a hundred years.

When it comes to life and death, who wouldn't go crazy?

Tantai Hong looked up at the starry sky outside the hall, a ruthless glint in his eyes.

There are only 43 years left.

The struggle for the imperial throne, which occurs every three hundred years, is like a sword hanging over his head, constantly reminding him of its importance.

He has to take a gamble.

If successful, one can enjoy the imperial throne for another three hundred years, or even seize a coveted position from this contest, living a carefree life and getting one step closer to the final battle for enlightenment.

Even if we lose, it's just death and the end of our lives, which is better than sitting and waiting for death.

"If I succeed in taking back all power in the Immortal Dynasty, I will be able to join the ranks of the top people in the world."

"Based on this, we will have a better chance of winning the battle for enlightenment in the future."

In this ancient world, no one understands better than him, or the True Lord, what the battle for enlightenment means.

That is the final battle that no one in control of the fruit position can escape. Once it begins, the world will be overturned and blood will pour down.

The thoughts of the Celestial Dynasty's ruler could not be kept secret from the True Lords who occupied various positions.

Upon hearing the news, the three ministers jointly submitted a memorial overnight, earnestly advising him not to lose sight of the bigger picture and cause further turmoil in the court. However, Tantai Hong simply dismissed all the memorials with the words "national affairs are of utmost importance."

All three are Golden Core True Monarchs, wielding power in their respective regions and holding pivotal positions in both the imperial court and sects.

However, once they entered the Immortal Dynasty system, they were constrained by the rules, and many things could no longer be resolved by pure force.

But that doesn't mean they have no other options.

The chess pieces were buried because they were meant to be used someday.

In an instant, undercurrents surged throughout the Nine Provinces, with various forces taking advantage of the turmoil in Zhenxie Prefecture to quietly make their moves.

Ultimately, the root of this undercurrent is not some heretical sect, nor the power shift in Zhenxie Prefecture, but the once-in-three-hundred-years struggle for the imperial throne, destined to unleash a bloody storm.

A change of emperor means the fall of the old holder of the throne and the emergence of a new vacancy.

This is a tacit game between the top beings of the Primordial Great World, a set of established rules.

The emperor wanted to forcibly prolong his reign, preserve his immortal status, and even gain the upper hand in the battle for enlightenment.

The other True Lords each had their own plans: some wanted to support a puppet ruler, some wanted to replace him, and some wanted to take advantage of the chaos to gain more benefits.

But regardless of their reactions, their fundamental goal is the same.

The struggle for the imperial throne, which occurs once every three hundred years, is never a gentle contest, but a naked and bloody battle.

In the midst of the conquests and battles of the Daoist tradition, amidst the clash of swords, even the highest-ranking True Lords could perish. Or perhaps, this is precisely what they desire.

Only when the old holders of the throne fall and the throne becomes vacant will they have the opportunity to allow those they secretly support or influence, or even their alter egos, to ascend to the throne.

Of course, some True Lords have considered giving up the act and directly seizing the throne, but doing so would make them the target of everyone's hatred and lead to their joint destruction by all the other True Lords.

Therefore, no one dares to take that step easily. They can only make the game more chaotic and make the rules of the game more favorable to themselves, so as to accumulate more for the battle to achieve enlightenment in the future.

The Battle for Enlightenment is the final battle that no one in the Primordial Great World who holds a position of power can escape.

The Golden Elixir True Lords either govern mountains and rivers, or the state, or the realm of war, and they check and balance each other, working together to maintain the operation of the Primordial Great World.

The battle for enlightenment is a crucible in which all the fruit positions are thrown into the Great World's rules, undergoing a brutal process of annexation and fusion, until only one "True Fruit" that transcends the Great World remains.

Simply put, the final victor will forge a Dao Embryo, transcending the rules of the Primordial Great World.

This is an inescapable fate, unless one voluntarily relinquishes their position, escapes the Primordial Great World, and goes to that ethereal outer realm, or, in other words, is not within the rules of the Immortal Path and cultivates using unorthodox methods like those heretics.

When the battle for enlightenment begins, let alone cultivators who have just completed Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment, even True Monarchs will find it difficult to protect themselves.

Only those True Lords who have already assumed multiple positions of power, and those with immense authority, can have such confidence.

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The territory of the Yanxian Dynasty encompassed most of the Primordial Great World, vast and boundless.

This land was further divided into nine provinces: Yan, Qing, Xuan, Yun, Wanfa, Tianshu, Fuyuan, Zhenxie, and Heluozhou in the very center of the nine provinces.

Heluo Continent is the capital of the Yanxian Dynasty, and it is also the place with the richest spiritual energy and the most stable rules.

Zhenxie Prefecture is adjacent to fragments of another realm, and is in a state of chaos, yet it is also the most heavily fortified.

Yunzhou, located in the northern part of the Primordial Great World, is largely occupied by the undulating Cloud Sea Mountain Range, making it mysterious and dangerous.

Luo Kunlun descended upon Zhenxie Prefecture in the northwest.

Qingyang's choice of this coordinate location was clearly intentional.

The fragments of the alien realm in Zhenxie Prefecture are fraught with danger and heavily guarded by the Immortal Dynasty. In this way, even if one dies, one can still use the power of the Immortal Dynasty and the alien realm to trick one's opponent.

Fortunately, Luo Kunlun arrived in the Primordial Great World after completing the quantumization of his consciousness, so his strength cannot be simply described by rank.

After destroying the four True Monarch clones and collecting the four golden essences, Luo Kunlun quietly left Zhenxie Prefecture and eventually arrived at Yun Prefecture in the Yuangu Great World.

Yunzhou is located in the northern part of the Yuangu Great World, and most of its territory is occupied by the Yunhai Mountain Range.

The main peak of the mountain range is hidden deep within the eternal sea of ​​clouds, and is called Qingyun Peak, which is the source of spiritual energy for the entire mountain range.

Legend has it that Qingyun Peak pierces the clouds and connects with the sky.

What makes the Yunhai Mountains so special is their "life".

The orientation of the mountain range and the height of its peaks will undergo subtle changes as the sun and moon revolve and the spiritual energy ebbs and flows.

Ordinary cultivators entering the mountains can easily lose their way if they are not careful. They may be on a flat mountain path, but in an instant, they can be swept into an unknown secluded valley by the flowing clouds, and their fate is unknown.

The clouds in the mountains are not ordinary things, but rather mists imbued with spiritual energy, which also have the effect of bewitching the mind and concealing the spirit.

These clouds intertwine among the mountains to form a natural maze of clouds, with the eye of the maze being the Cloud Peak hidden deep within the sea of ​​clouds.

This formation is formless and intangible, yet it can isolate divine sense and distort space. Even a Foundation Establishment cultivator who accidentally enters it will only become food for strange beasts.

At the summit of Qingyun Peak, the spiritual energy was so dense it was almost liquefied, transforming into a babbling brook that flowed down the steep cliffs between the peaks. Along the banks of the brook grew many exotic flowers and herbs that grew alongside the spiritual energy, including the Cloud Heart Grass, which was of great benefit to even Foundation Establishment cultivators.

Meanwhile, countless exotic beasts nourished by spiritual energy inhabit the mountains.

They feed on clouds, their bodies are hidden in the mist, they are good at ambushes, and they have strong bodies and strange supernatural powers.

With all these factors combined, even Foundation Establishment cultivators dare not travel alone in the mountains.

In addition, there are many floating islands scattered around the Yunhai Mountains.

These islands are supported by thick clouds and suspended in mid-air, like stars scattered in a sea of ​​clouds.

The island has a high concentration of spiritual energy and is rich in spiritual springs and herbs, making it a natural resource point. As a result, it is often occupied by cultivation families and sects, who regard it as their base.

For hermits, the Yunhai Mountains are undoubtedly the perfect place.

Within the mountains, there are often secluded places isolated by clouds. These places are rich in spiritual energy and are not easily detected by the outside world, making them blessed lands for cultivators to cultivate in seclusion.

Luo Kunlun stayed here, on a cliff near Qingyun Peak.

The eternal sea of ​​clouds is a natural maze that ordinary cultivators cannot escape, but it is nothing to Luo Kunlun.

After his research, he discovered that the peculiarity of the Yunhai Mountains stemmed from the high-dimensional nature of spiritual energy.

After studying Reiki for many days, Luo Kunlun has concluded that Reiki is not an energy that arises naturally in this world, but rather comes from a higher dimension.

It exists in the Proto-Ancient World in a low-dimensional, bearable form, which is equivalent to being downgraded, retaining only the low-dimensional, recognizable parts.

Formless and intangible, it can easily penetrate the barriers of three-dimensional matter. The spiritual veins are the pathways through which spiritual energy flows within the world, much like the blood vessels of the human body, maintaining the extraordinary system of the entire Primordial Great World.

The direction and height of the Yunhai Mountains change subtly with the ebb and flow of spiritual energy. In addition, the residual high-dimensional characteristics interfere with perception. People entering the mountains may see a flat mountain path under their feet, but in an instant they will step into a secluded valley shrouded in clouds and mist. This is the illusionary cloud array formed by spiritual energy on its own.

Spiritual energy is the foundation of the immortal path, and also the fundamental reason why cultivators are stronger than various other paths.

Take magic in the wizarding world as an example. Magic is merely a special kind of radiation, a distortion of the world's internal energy, and cannot be compared to spiritual energy at all. Spiritual energy comes from higher dimensions, while magic is ultimately just one type of energy in this world.

The only thing that can be compared to spiritual energy is the source matter that wizards believe originates from divinity.

Looking at the source matter from his current perspective, Luo Kunlun realized it was something left behind by one or more organisms after their death. No, perhaps it couldn't even be called an organism.

Those beings may have long transcended the realm of living organisms, and are life forms of a higher dimension. The source matter is the fragments left behind after their fall.

"Spiritual energy originates from higher dimensions, and spiritual veins are the pathways through which spiritual energy flows within the world. The source of these spiritual veins should be some kind of transmission device."

"A transmission device capable of extracting high-dimensional energy."

"No wonder people in the Primordial Great World can become stronger simply by absorbing spiritual energy; it's on a completely different level from ordinary energy."

The difference between spiritual energy and metal, which is also a product of high dimensions, is that spiritual energy is the basic diffused form of high-dimensional energy after it has seeped into the Primordial Great World. It has universality, can be absorbed and refined, and can be used to nourish the physical body, operate supernatural powers, and also give birth to spiritual herbs and exotic beasts.

However, the higher-dimensional attributes of spiritual energy are relatively thin, and it will undergo qualitative changes or dissipate with spatial disturbances and changes in the course of spiritual veins, and does not possess the characteristic of immortality.

The nature of metal is different.

Metal is an immortal core condensed from high-dimensional energy within a cultivator's soul. It is a product of a cultivator's life cultivation, neither increasing nor decreasing, neither born nor dying.

It enables the true spirit of a Foundation Establishment cultivator to reincarnate and rebuild, and is also the key to unlocking the power of a higher position.

The golden element cannot be generated naturally; it can only be formed by a Foundation Establishment cultivator refining their soul through their own cultivation path and condensing it over time. Its value far exceeds that of ordinary spiritual energy, and it is also a rare treasure for a Golden Core True Monarch.

Simply put, spiritual energy and metal are like water and air, which are ubiquitous and sustain a cultivator's basic practice. The other is like rare delicacies, which can transform a cultivator and allow them to reach a higher level.

Cultivating by borrowing spiritual energy yields incredibly fast results.

Spiritual energy is nourishment. After being absorbed and tempered by tribulation waves, the true spirit grows stronger at a rate far exceeding that of arduous cultivation.

In other worlds, Luo Kunlun spent a considerable amount of time trying to break through to the fourth ring of the Morning Star. He only absorbed four strands of metal energy and the spiritual energy of the Cloud Sea Mountains, and his true spirit grew strong enough to break through.

It must be said that this is an exceptionally favorable environment for spiritual practice.

Of course, Luo Kunlun didn't think that arriving here sooner would be a good thing.

This world is fundamentally hopeless.

Like the Wizarding World, this is a dark world where people eat each other. To avoid being eaten, one must grow rapidly by "eating other people."

Without enslavement, fraud, and indiscriminate killing, it is simply impossible to survive in this world.

However, there are differences between the two.

Wizards in the wizarding world don't have a long reach, and they're too lazy to care about many things.

As long as the dignity of the wizards is not violated, they will turn a blind eye to ordinary disputes and battles.

Wizards who reach a certain level will simply pack up and leave, departing from their original world to venture into the vast universe in search of even greater breakthroughs.

The cultivators of the Primordial Great World are different.

The superior cultivator has many ways to know what the inferior cultivator is thinking. They have all sorts of supernatural powers, such as soul-searching techniques and incantations. If needed, they can even monitor most of the world.

The schemes of the upper class are everywhere; if you do anything slightly off, they will be noticed immediately.

Once something is discovered to be amiss, what awaits you is a direct attack to kill, or even a soul-searching and soul-stealing act, leaving you unable to live or die.

If it weren't for the existence of the subspace, cultivators like Qingyang who defected would never have been able to escape the Primordial Great World.

If True Lords wanted to hunt down traitors, it would be pointless to do it personally, and powerful beings dwell in the depths of the subspace, making it easy to get themselves into trouble.

Unless the wisdom and thoughts of all living beings are eliminated, someone will always find a way to enter the subspace, and someone will always be unwilling to be controlled and want to escape this world.

The True Lords had no way to deal with this, which is why they built the Star Gazing Platform as a countermeasure, but they still couldn't stop the escape phenomenon.

However, it cannot be denied that the True Lord has an extremely high degree of control over the world.

As soon as Luo Kunlun arrived in Zhenxie Prefecture, he was noticed by the True Lords and was immediately surrounded and killed by four True Lord clones.

If he hadn't already completed the quantumization of his consciousness, he would probably have already perished.

The rigid class system in this world has long been ingrained.

Only descendants who have achieved foundation building can actually achieve it, and those who achieve foundation building must be supported by others. This is a destiny predetermined at birth; those with shallow fates find it difficult to achieve foundation building, and those with misfortune will not be able to exert their supernatural powers.

Without the support of a sect or family, and without the resources and cultivation techniques left by elders, an ordinary person, no matter how gifted, can only waste their life in the Qi Refining stage and eventually turn into a handful of dust.

And for those who are wild and untrained, the situation is even more tragic.

They are talents nurtured by various forces, or "nutrients" that are consumed.

Behind every stage of life and every opportunity, there are people scheming, even to the point of death, who will put you on a plate to become a stepping stone for others to break through.

To put it simply, this is a society where class distinctions are completely rigid.

The emergence of any new talent is not accidental, but rather the result of a balance of power and negotiation among various parties.

Only if you align with the interests of the higher authorities will you have a chance to stand out; otherwise, only destruction awaits you.

After the era of the world's early, unbridled growth passed, even if one were lucky enough to reach the peak of Foundation Establishment, or even if there was a vacancy in the Fruition stage, it would be impossible to advance further.

Without the permission of the True Lord, even if you have condensed the golden nature, you are not allowed to attain enlightenment or touch the threshold of the fruition.

This world is so hopeless; there is no normal path to upward mobility.

If Luo Kunlun had directly transmigrated here, he probably wouldn't have been able to break through to the Qi Refining stage, and by now the grass on his grave would be two meters high.

Fortunately, he transmigrated to the wizarding world, a remote place beyond the wizards' sight, which gave him room to grow.

Lo Kunlun cannot deny that many of his actions over the past few centuries have been irrational.

Because ultimately, he was still a human being, even if he wasn't a good one.

"Dwelling on the past is useless; the most important thing now is to make use of this world and become stronger."

After absorbing the four golden elements and a large amount of spiritual energy from the Cloud Sea Mountains, Luo Kunlun's True Spirit Light had grown to a certain extent and was ready to advance to the next realm.

The fourth ring of a wizard is the Morning Star Wizard, which corresponds to the Golden Core True Monarch of the Primordial Great World.

However, they are two completely different systems.

The wizard's fourth ring morning star ultimately serves as their primary element. A wizard's power originates from the analysis and plunder of the world's essence, which is then inscribed into their soul through runic models.

This is a highly aggressive way of cultivation, so they travel through the heavens, using each world as a springboard to plunder resources, analyze rules, and eventually reach the pinnacle.

However, the Golden Core True Monarchs of the Primordial Great World take the attainment of their position through the attainment of the Golden Core as their anchor, thus inheriting the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth. The position is the concrete certification of the authority of Heaven and Earth, and is the "seat" of the Great Dao's rules.

Although the True Lords also plunder and compete for resources and territory, their true purpose is to build a suitable altar for the inevitable battle for enlightenment, so that the Great World can be used as a furnace to devour each other's positions and compete for that one true fruit.

One is a traveler, using the heavens as a ladder to climb higher and higher. The other is a master strategist, using the world as a chessboard to gamble with life and death. It's hard to say which is better or worse; they simply chose two completely different paths.

The Morning Star Wizard, based on a solidified model, interlocks rune models, manifests the true spirit, strips away pure consciousness and energy essence, and condenses into a Morning Star suspended atop the sea of ​​consciousness.

That morning star is the essence of the wizard, the embodiment of the rules.

Wizards often claim to be seekers of truth, but what is truth?

Truth is the correct reflection of objective things and their laws by the subject. Its core is the correspondence between the subjective and the objective, with objective content and subjective form. Practice is the sole criterion for testing truth.

This is what makes the Morning Star Wizards unique: their thoughts and their facts.

The realm of a third-circle wizard is a rudimentary interference of subjective will with objective laws, an unformed rudimentary form of rules.

Within the domain, wizards can distort energy and alter the form of matter, but such interference is ultimately superficial and cannot touch the essence of the rules.

The Fourth Ring Morning Star True Spirit Realm is to purify and reshape this "rule prototype", using absolute will as a hammer and the True Spirit Morning Star as an anvil to forge its own unique subjective rules.

Then, the rules are projected onto reality, completing the qualitative change of "rule manifestation".

This means using the true spirit as a guide to forcibly project independent rules onto a localized area of ​​reality, thus completing the true "manifestation of rules." This requires the true spirit to shed its mortal nature and condense into a morning star suspended at the pinnacle of cognition; wherever its light reaches, that is where the rules take effect.

My flame will never be extinguished.

"I say space is a barrier."

I deny your existence.

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As long as the rules exist, the wizards exist. Even if the physical body and soul are completely annihilated, as long as the Morning Star remains, the realm of rules will not collapse, and the wizard's consciousness can exist eternally within the rules.

Conversely, if the morning star dims, cracks will appear in the rules, and the system will be devoured by objective laws. At best, one will lose all cultivation; at worst, one will be annihilated, body and soul.

Where rules manifest, there lies the realm of truth. Within this realm, the wizard's rules are everything—except for infinity.

Infinity—this seems to be something written into the very essence of the Mother River.

Perhaps the Mother River itself is infinite, so it does not allow another infinite to exist, or perhaps infinity itself includes everything, and further division is meaningless.

It's not those complex large numbers in the debate game; those are just mathematical constructs that might be manifested by those in higher positions, but that's just wishful thinking, and they'll be covered up by the wishful thinking of those in even higher positions.