Swallowing the Stars: Starting with a Meteor Tear

Chapter 324 Past Life and Present Life (Part Two)

"What's your doubt?"

Zhou Yang fell silent for a moment upon hearing this.

Previously, he had fantasized countless times about meeting this person behind the scenes, and he had indeed brewed many questions in his mind that he wanted to confirm with him in person.

However, as time passed, especially after he had spent millions of years devouring the world and had his own family, relatives, friends, teachers, and fellow disciples, he gradually became less eager for some so-called truths.

The man in black robes opposite him didn't urge him, but just watched him quietly, holding a white jade wine cup in his hand and drinking by himself.

It was only after a long time that Zhou Yang finally spoke:

"Then please tell me, what is the purpose of going to such lengths to arrange all this? And why was I chosen?"

The mysterious man in black robes nodded and temporarily put down his wine glass.

"It all started several epochs ago. Oh, an epoch is a term we use to calculate time. One epoch corresponds to about sixty quadrillion years in this world."

The man in black robes said, "Several epochs ago, my cultivation technique had already reached its peak, and Brother Hongmeng and the others had cultivated for countless years. During a casual conversation, Brother Hongmeng suddenly asked in confusion, 'Is the Realm of the Controller the ultimate realm?'"

"Brother Hongmeng was the first life born in the entire Hongmeng Space. After being conceived by the Hongmeng Space, it took him an unknown amount of time before he learned to create the universe and create life, which led to the existence of us who came after him."

"Even with the 'Hongmeng Golden List' which was born with him, Brother Hongmeng can control the fate of almost all life in the Hongmeng space. Therefore, he named this realm the 'Hongmeng Controller' realm."

"Logically speaking, once we reach the realm of Hongmeng Controllers, the fate of almost all life in the entire Hongmeng Space is under our control. This is already the highest authority and realm. However, Brother Hongmeng does not think so."

"According to his thinking, since the Primordial Chaos Space was able to give birth to his intelligent life, are there other special spaces similar to the Primordial Chaos Space outside of it? Or, is the so-called Primordial Chaos Space, and other powerful spaces of the same level, located in an even more powerful and vast world?"

As the man in the black robe spoke, an expression of endless longing appeared on his face.

For powerful individuals of their caliber, ordinary things are hardly enough to pique their interest; only a wider world and a higher realm can truly attract them!

"To verify Brother Hongmeng's conjecture, Brother Hongmeng, Brother Linmeng, and I joined forces to activate the power of the Hongmeng Golden List. Sure enough, when the power of the Hongmeng Golden List was pushed to its limit, we vaguely sensed the existence of another vast world similar to the Hongmeng Space!"

The man in black robes looked at Zhou Yang and smiled, "That's right, it's the world you were in before."

"The Primordial Golden List is a rare and wondrous artifact born from the Primordial Space. It possesses the supreme power to control and stabilize the entire Primordial Space, and can even allow us to glimpse the existence of other 'Primordial Spaces' of the same level."

"However, the barriers between different 'Primordial Spaces' are terrifyingly strong, and the stronger a person is, the stronger the suppression they experience. Although we can sense the existence of that world, we cannot enter it at all, not even with an avatar. Therefore, we have devised an extremely daring plan!"

As he spoke, he glanced at Zhou Yang, his eyes clearly filled with immense joy. "The moment you returned to this world, I knew our plan was extremely close to success!"

"Um?"

Hearing the words of the man in black robes, Zhou Yang's heart stirred.

"Back to this world?"

He couldn't help but ask.

"That's right!"

The man in black robes nodded. "Our original plan was to select a life form and 'smuggle' it into that world for reincarnation. In order to avoid triggering a backlash from the world barrier between the two 'primordial spaces,' this life form had to be weak enough to not cause any rejection from that world."

As he spoke, he looked at Zhou Yang and explained with a smile, "As I just mentioned, with the help of the Hongmeng Golden List, we controllers can control the fate of almost all life in the entire Hongmeng Space. The reason it is 'almost' is because in each era of the Hongmeng Space, there will be some people that even we cannot see through. We call these people 'people with unpredictable fates'."

"Since fate is unpredictable, we naturally cannot foresee their future achievements. Perhaps someone will emerge who can rival me and my second brother Lin Meng, and you—"

He gazed at Zhou Yang, a hint of satisfaction flickering in his eyes. "You were originally one of those 'people of unpredictable fate' in the universe I created, and also the reincarnated person we chose to 'smuggle' into that world. Of course, to ensure the success of the plan, I left a small gift in your soul with a wisp of Xuanhuang Qi, which I suppose you've already felt."

"So that's how it is."

As the man in black robes recounted his experience, Zhou Yang gradually came to understand the origin of his transmigration to the Devouring World.

It turns out that all of this was indeed being manipulated by a 'mastermind' standing at the highest level. What surprised him even more was that the 'Earth' he lived on before transmigrating to the Devouring World was actually in the universe created by this 'big shot' in front of him, and he was a so-called 'person of unpredictable fate' in that universe.

It sounds unbelievable, but upon closer examination, it makes perfect sense.

"wrong!"

Zhou Yang suddenly spoke up in a question, "Since you just said that your power is completely unable to enter that world, then what about those novels I saw on Earth about the experiences of people from that other world, about that powerful figure? How did you know his fate and turn it into a 'novel' and send it to my Earth?"

According to the other party, if he had lived in the other party's universe before, all of Luo Feng's experiences could not have occurred on Earth!

"Hehe, you reacted really quickly."

The man in black robes smiled upon hearing this, "Actually, it wasn't something we 'sent' to you, but something you 'thought' of yourself."

"You came up with it yourself?" Zhou Yang asked, puzzled.

The man in black robes patiently explained:

"Although our power cannot enter that world, we can vaguely sense the convergence and flow of fortune in that world over a period of time through the Hongmeng Golden List. At that time, we sensed that the fortune in that world was changing drastically, and it was very likely that a supreme figure who could affect the balance of the entire world would appear. It was at that time that we joined forces to send you to the place where the fortune in that world was most concentrated, hoping that you could grow faster by taking advantage of that environment where the winds and clouds gathered."

"As for the growth experience of that unknown powerhouse in that world that you mentioned, it was just a spark that Lin Meng's second brother imprinted in your heart with the power of the 'Great Dao of Destiny'. Everything you know is actually a feedback from the collision of 'destiny' after you came into contact with the people of that world. Apart from yourself, even we don't know exactly what you know in your heart. Moreover, this 'feedback' also has its limits. The longer the span of the 'future' and the more powerful the level of life involved, the more limited the time limit of the feedback will be."

Do you understand what I'm saying?

"The power of fate?"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Yang fell into a brief silence. "So, so that's how it is."

After a long while, he finally looked up at the man in black robes opposite him and asked with a slightly solemn expression:

"One last question: what is the ultimate purpose of all this that you have done?"

(End of this chapter)