Swallowing the Stars: Starting with the Battle of Geniuses

Chapter 247 The Holy Will, Simulated Dissolution, The Principles of the World, The Truth of the Omniscient Vision

After resolving the troubles with the three True Lords and the Zerg Queen, Hunzhen began his routine task—the devouring and evolution of the Time-Sorrow Demon Blade.

Contrary to the Zerg Queen's investigation and speculation, Hunzhen only went out recently.

In fact, for ten million years, Hunzhen has gone out to carry out missions whenever possible, accumulating military merits as much as possible.

However, now that he has joined the Bashe Army, a special legion at the True God level, the Zerg Queen's attempt to gather intelligence on the Lord of Laws is clearly misguided.

Whether it's the three Allahs or the Zerg Queen, they are all quite wealthy.

Although they cannot compare to the Void God, their combined assets are close to those of an invincible god.

After Hunzhen converted all their assets into military merits, he finally accumulated enough merits to purchase another Eternal True God Sword.

In theory, given Hunzhen's current status in the Jin world, forcibly plundering resources at the level of an Eternal True God wouldn't cause too much of a problem.

But Hunzhen possesses the pride of a strong person.

Why waste favors when something can be done with a little effort?

Even in the world of Jin, which is about to perish, human relationships are worthless.

Of course, it's undeniable that the presence of the spirit of the local deity, the God King of Jin, who was always watching over him, was also a major reason!

He did not announce it to the world after completing the mission to have his account banned.

Not long after, Xue Yong, along with three other generals, voluntarily contributed their military merits.

Adding to the initial accumulation of sins by Hunzhen himself, it can be said that he accumulated an extremely large amount of military merit in a short period of time.

Considering that the armor treasures are even more expensive, Hunzhen chose to first devote all his resources to evolving the Time-Sorrow Demon Blade.

On this day, quantitative change finally led to qualitative change.

Hunzhen's Time-Sorrow Demon Blade has finally evolved to the level of a Saint Weapon! It is no longer indistinguishable from him! Moreover, it will grow along with Hunzhen himself and will never hinder Hunzhen's strength!

The requirements for using the Saint-level Time-Wounding Demon Blade have been greatly reduced.

Although a Hunzhen at the level of the Lord of Laws still cannot activate the secret runes at the level of the Eternal True God across three levels, activating the secret runes at the limit level of the Void True God does not consume too much divine power and can be used as a permanent method.

But this was not a surprise; it was something that Hunzhen had anticipated all along.

The biggest surprise was that the moment Hunzhen retracted the Time-Shattering Demon Blade and integrated it into his own origin, seemingly due to the feedback that his natal weapon and Hunzhen's soul were completely fused together, Hunzhen suddenly seized the opportunity for a breakthrough in his will.

Over millions of years, the sheer depth and richness of Hunzhen's accumulated knowledge is beyond imagination.

The reason why the will has not yet been able to break through is simply that the barrier between the Saint-level will and the God-King-level will is too deep.

Even among Void Gods who follow illusion or soul-based techniques, very few can reach the Saint-level will.

Although Hunzhen is essentially an eternal true god, he possesses the foundational knowledge of an eternal true god in the cultivation of his soul and will.

However, compared to those old monsters, he has only been cultivating for a short time.

Even with a simulated speed of three thousand times and the maximum time acceleration of the inheritance space, a thousand epochs is nothing more than a blink of an eye for the life level of a Void True God.

Just like Luo Feng's ultimate transformation of will into sainthood, without a special opportunity, this would inevitably be a long and arduous process.

But if the right opportunity is found, a breakthrough can happen in an instant.

Just like the pure essence of this moment.

With the breakthrough of his will, Hunzhen, who had already mastered the secret techniques of the Lieyuan Technique, naturally completed the introductory course of the Lieyuan Technique.

But at this moment, he had no time to care about the information in "Lieyuan Shu".

"this……"

"this!?"

Hunzhen's eyes widened.

I haven't been so shocked in so many years that my soul trembled.

But if one knew the inside story, one could only say, "No wonder."

It was only because... with the breakthrough of his will, Hunzhen sensed that the simulation ability, which he had felt was about to change millions of years ago, had finally changed.

However, this change was completely beyond Hunzhen's imagination!

Its progress is not in any of the possibilities that Hunzhen had anticipated!

He relied on his simulation abilities accumulated over countless years... and completely vanished!

After a brief moment of panic, Hunzhen regained his composure instantly thanks to his strong will.

Then, he quickly realized that the "dissolution" and "disappearance" of the simulation ability were two completely different things.

This is indeed evolution, not regression!

The original simulation was performed once a day and refreshed daily.

The process goes through "Start Simulation," then "Simulation Record Generation," and finally "Simulation Inheritance."

The simulation ability that has evolved and merged into the soul of Hunzhen is no longer such a mechanical and fixed process.

When Hunzhen awakens future vision, he can "inherit" the power of himself in the simulation of the moment he sees it.

Just seeing himself become stronger means that the simulation has been completed, and it means that he has become stronger!

What you see is what you get!

This change is like how Hunzhen's previous ability to "restore mana and health to full every day" has evolved into "future withdrawal".

When to use it depends entirely on one's own will.

Now, when to simulate and when to inherit the power is entirely up to Hunzhen's own will.

For Hunzhen, who can activate Omniscient Vision at any time without consuming mana, it means that he is naturally becoming stronger at an extraordinary speed every moment.

The far-reaching vision of the future seen through the omniscient perspective has also been greatly enhanced.

Once Hunzhen fully activates his omniscient vision, he can see the scene ten years from now at a glance, as if he has performed a simulation in an instant.

Considering the enormous consumption of such activation, Hunzhen could not perform it multiple times in a single day. Therefore, the increase in cultivation speed brought about by the simulated inheritance was only a few times over for the time being, without any groundbreaking changes.

At first glance, the changes in the simulated ablation do not represent a qualitative improvement, because the original Hunzhen Realm is just a matter of adding a daily check-in "start simulation" step, which is simply more convenient.

However, Hunzhen, who possesses the ability to simulate, is the only one who can directly perceive the difference.

"Just like how a natal artifact evolves into a sacred artifact and becomes indistinguishable from itself, the current simulation ability seems to be undergoing a similar change..."

"However, just as I still cannot activate the Saint-level runes of the Time-Shattering Demon Blade, I am still unable to fully control my simulation abilities due to my own limitations."

However, his increased mastery of simulation abilities is an undeniable fact.

The most significant change was that he found his ability to observe the world had become increasingly powerful.

If the original Omniscient Vision was merely a third-person perspective for reading stories, the current Omniscient Vision allows for a simulated experience while seeing the story, transforming the perspective from third to first.

As mentioned before, this is no longer just about "seeing," but about simulating it all the time.

While he is constantly simulating from a first-person perspective, a first-person perspective already exists in reality.

This means that he is observing the world from two perspectives simultaneously.

However, just like playing games with VR devices, even when you seem to be completely immersed in a virtual world, there is still an underlying sense of unease and a feeling of incompleteness.

Hunzhen vaguely sensed that when he broke through this barrier, his simulation abilities would change once again...

However, he currently has no idea how to break through this barrier.

"By the way, I have now naturally entered the realm of the Lieyuan Technique, and I am already able to understand the mysteries contained in the subsequent Lieyuan Technique."

Wherever the mind goes, both the real world and the simulated world of oneself begin to read, analyze, and understand.

Over the course of a thousand eons, the teachings of the Jin Dynasty's Divine King to Hunzhen naturally emerged.

The content that had originally puzzled Hunzhen was naturally reflected in the Saint-level, God-King-level, and even Supreme-level content of the Lieyuan Technique.

The evolution of simulation ability, the teachings of the God King of Jin, the principles of the Lieyuan Technique... the three intertwined, and countless insights welled up from his heart.

The words of the God King of Jin suddenly flashed into Hunzhen's mind.

"Hunzhen, I don't know why you can see those so-called 'fragments of the world'."

"But since you're curious, I naturally won't keep anything from you."

"The 'world fragments' you see, you call them 'world rule fragments,' which is quite a coincidence."

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"It is indeed a fragment of the world's rules, or more precisely, a manifestation of a part of the 'world's principles'."

"——"

Words that were difficult to understand in the past finally became clear at this moment as perspectives changed and higher levels of knowledge were imparted.

Recalling the teachings of the God King of Jin about the principles of the world, Hunzhen, lost in his comprehension, lost track of time. After a long period of self-reflection, he finally arrived at his own understanding.

The so-called principles of the world can be simply understood as the underlying logic of the world.

The underlying logic differs between different worlds. Hunzhen, who is familiar with the concept of the "Origin World," knows that even in the eyes of the God-King, the Origin Continent, which is closest to perfection, contains many worlds that are vastly different from it.

The principles of the world are the laws and rules of the world itself.

Within the life system of the Origin Continent, regardless of race, all individuals advance through the ranks from below Immortal, to Immortal, Law Venerable, Law Lord, True God, and so on, up to God King.

However, such rules and principles of the world are absolute for the Origin Continent system, but not for other Origin Worlds.

In order to perfect the world within his body and bring it closer to the origin continent, the God-King constructed different world principles.

Basically, no two god-kings have completely consistent world principles.

Take the world of Jin, the world of the God King of Jin, as an example.

There are underlying rules such as "beings born in the Jin world are immortal upon reaching adulthood", "beings born in the Jin world are naturally close to and worship the Jin God-King and will never betray him", "beings born in the Jin world have talents that tend toward the path of divine power", and "divine power above the level of Eternal True God is not allowed to appear in the Jin world".

The deeper one's understanding of laws and the principles of the world, the richer and more diverse the principles of the world one can construct, and the more perfect the world becomes.

Once the principles of the world are established, even the God-King himself has almost no way to change or interfere with them, and they are not allowed to violate them.

If the God-King, the creator god, violates the principles of the world, it is tantamount to self-denial. At best, he will suffer severe damage; at worst, the world will collapse and perish.

Of course, as the God-King's own level increases, even if he cannot delete the world principles that violate the past settings, he can continue to add to the existing foundation.

It's the same principle as building a house. Demolishing one or two floors of a ten-story building will inevitably cause it to collapse, but modifying the newest floors or adding new floors is within the scope of modification.

This is intervention within the scope permitted by the principles of the world.

However, the world is like a huge system, and the principles of the world, as logical components, are not perfect.

The flawless, perfect world, whether described by the God King of Jin or vaguely mentioned in the Lieyuan Technique, seems to indicate that it does not exist.

An imperfect world and an imperfect system will naturally produce "bugs".

Just like those outcasts in the world of Jin who do not regard the God-King as their supreme faith.

Or perhaps they are born with inherent flaws or extreme traits, making them exceptional cases who, even in adulthood, fail to achieve immortality.

Such a bug exists in the world of Jin, and the Origin Continent is no exception.

The more perfect a world is, the fewer bugs it will have, and the stronger its ruler will be.

From this perspective, the god-king who constructs the inner world is somewhat like a modern programmer.

Although some god-kings are still inexperienced, they are making steady progress, and their foundational structures are very logical, which gives them the potential to reach higher levels.

Some god-kings are indeed powerful and terrifying, even reaching the level of god-lords, but their code is a mountain of shit, difficult to update and iterate, and almost impossible to advance further.

The different paths are not architectural templates or different architectural languages. They all have the ability to achieve the final function, so there is no completely clear ranking. However, there is still a distinction between superior and inferior. For example, some people will always shout "C language is the best in the world!"

As Hunzhen's understanding of the principles of the world deepened, some of his views on old things were overturned.

The so-called "old things" are the strongest ability that Hunzhen has relied on for a long time - "Omniscient Vision".

Hunzhen couldn't help but sigh, "So that's how it is..."

The essence of "omniscience" is simpler than Hunzhen could have imagined.

The principles of the world are often something that only those at the level of a god-king can glimpse.

The reason why Hunzhen was able to glimpse the fragments of the world principle that were gradually collapsing in the Jin world is also very simple.

Because the omniscient perspective is the ability to peer into the boundaries of the world's principles, to break through and transcend the limits of the world's principles.

The former brings him a vision that sees through everything, while the latter allows him to easily break boundaries and unleash power beyond his own level without reason.

This is undoubtedly a power beyond the level of a God-King.

"The laws that transcend the principles of the world."

Just as the supreme law does not exist independently of the existing dimension, but can be perceived in any dimensional world.

The principles of the world are like Russian nesting dolls, each layer encompassing the next and being compatible with the next.

As a lower-level world of the Origin Continent, the Three Thousand Dimensional Universe naturally follows the world principles of the Origin Continent, the source world, as well as the supreme rules above the source world and the rules of the infinite primordial space above that.

However, perhaps because Hunzhen is not a being of this world, he is naturally deviated from the principles of the world.

Nature is a "transcendent" existence that transcends the boundaries of the world.

Even the highest principles of the world could not bind him, so it is reasonable that he could develop such a terrifying ability as "omniscient vision".

Hunzhen felt a surge of emotion, as if saying, "The tide of the Qiantang River is coming, and only today do I realize who I am."

After calming down from his initial emotions and excitement, he became even more engrossed in studying this newfound insight.

He eagerly absorbed the changes in the principles of the world, as if he couldn't wait to devour them all.

Just as Hunzhen was cultivating without knowing the passage of time, the Beast of the Universe, which had been gathered by Mohe and brought to the Cosmic Sea, finally began to take action.

(End of this chapter)