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Ergenverse: Get It Right Edition

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I feel it is time to clean all the misconceptions and wankery of this universe because people are incapable of reading and the English Translation of five books is, a hellhole to read when you can read and understand Chinese to some extent, so it is time to fix thing back to its proper place with Chinese raws.

Note: I will include information from A World Worth Protecting (AWWP), and as this takes place in Neverending Dao Domain and in an alternative-Earth setting, under every circumstance and without exception, its feats will take precedence over other books, and it is not a question.

Essence of Space and Essence of Time:

Two major offenders that still puzzled me how people even concluded this means many dimensions when the text clearly punches in the face that there are only three and three dimensions - length, width and depth, and for that, I will add explanation for Chinese text.

Meng Hao comprehends the Essence of Space and acquires the insight to the structure of Space:
  • He observes countless spaces, some are small and large, some are blurry and clear and they become threads. Each time he performs the Eighth Demon Sealing Hex, these threads would manifest from the void, wrap around the target of the Hex and seal their cultivation base and Nascent Divinity.
  • These threads are neither rules or laws, but spaces.
  • These numberous spaces, through overlapping and repressing, seal the cultivation and Nascent Divinity of a cultivator.
  • To lock, or rather, to seal, with the numerous spaces.
  • An onslaught from Outsiders comes on Meng Hao, only to go through him as he resides in another space from Mountain and Sea Realm, the Meng Hao they are seeing is merely a shadow in their eyes.

Meng Hao saw countless dimensions of space, all of them different sizes. Some were blurry, others were clear. They transformed into countless threads, threads that Meng Hao was very familiar with; every time he unleashed the Eighth Hex, these threads would appear, bind whoever was the target of the magic, and seal their cultivation base as well as their Nascent Divinity.

Originally, Meng Hao had assumed that the threads were natural laws of Heaven and Earth. But now that he could see them clearly, he understood that they… were definitely not natural or magical laws!

They were dimensional spaces!

Numerous dimensional spaces superimposed over each other and then exerted pressure onto a cultivator to seal their cultivation base and Nascent Divinity!

"Yes! This is how to truly lock someone down! Shackle the cultivation base with numerous dimensional spaces! In fact, it might be less appropriate to call it locking them down, and more appropriate to call it… a sealing!" Meng Hao's mind was reeling, and his eyes shone with a strange light as the surrounding World Essence continued to pour into him.

The entire starry sky shook, and the Outsider who had transformed into a sea of flames seethed as he once again bore down on Meng Hao. However, instead of slamming into Meng Hao, he passed right through him.

It was as if Meng Hao was now hovering, not in the Mountain and Sea Realm, but in some other dimensional space. The only thing which remained behind was a shadow, an image which everyone could see but not touch!

孟浩看到了無數的空間,那些空間有大有小,有的模糊,有的清晰,化作一條條絲線,這些絲線孟浩熟悉,他每次施展第八禁時,這些絲線就會從虛無里出現,纏繞在被施法人的身上,封印對方修為與元神。

原本,孟浩以為這些絲線,是天地內的規則法則,可在這一刻,他終於看清,也終於明白,這些絲線……不是規則,不是法則!

它們是空間!

一處又一處空間,以重疊的方式,以鎮壓的方式,去禁錮修士的修為與元神!

「是了,也只有這種方法,才可以去真正的禁錮!禁錮修為的,是一處又一處空間,實際上與其說是禁錮,不如說是……封印!」孟浩心神轟鳴,他目露奇芒,四周的世界本源,紛紛向著他這裏被吸收而來。

甚至星空在這一刻都震動起來,他身後那異族化作的火海,此刻翻滾,轟轟間再次來臨,可剛剛碰觸孟浩,卻立刻就從孟浩身上穿透過去。

似乎,這一刻站在那裡的孟浩,與這山海界,不再一個空間內,留在這裏的,只是一個影,一個眾人眼中的影!

Meng Hao seeks deeper comprehension of Space:
  • He sees spaces before him expand infinitely, until any space is almost limitless. He knows length, height, width, size are also spaces. In the infinite space where he resides, he sees length, height, width and size, it is as though they are a part of Space, yet also explain what Space is.
  • Where Meng Hao acquires his enlightenment, there were distortions. The area around him occasionally expands or contracts, bulges upward or downward, sweeps left or right. His body would shrunk to the size of a mustard seed, then as high as the Heaven the next.
  • So few are comprehend the Essence of Space.
  • Eighth Generation Demon Sealer needs only to comprehend the initial stage of Space - being aware of length, height, width and size to create Eighth Demon Sealing Hex. Meng Hao wants to explore this entire Essence for its infinite possibilities.
  • Space is numerous threads, these threads together form a pattern, within these streaks are spaces and Meng Hao is now standing in space.
  • Within the threads, there are length, height, width and size, they could also be infinite, this is Space. It is simply a flat surface.
  • He draws a thread from a circle, which creates a sphere, akin to a world. To him, the world is a canvas.
  • He draws a picture to completely seal the flame from an Outside Dao Sovereign.
  • The starry sky is a canvas, and those control Essence of Space can their hands as bruse, with a few strokes to wrap and connect the lines and within the lines is Space.
  • When the canvas is wrapped, they become spatial rifts. When the canvas becomes a sphere, the lines within the space become a world.

He was now truly gaining Dao enlightenment!

"What is space…?" Meng Hao murmured. The sound of his voice echoed out, causing the starry sky to shake. Although his eyes were closed, in his mind, he could see numerous dimensional spaces, spreading out in all directions, stretching out over such a vast area that they seemed limitless.

"Length… is space….

"Height… is space….

"Breadth… is also space….

"Size, can also be an expression of space…." Among the countless dimensional spaces, he saw that they could be described in terms of length, height, breadth, and overall size. And yet all of that seemed to be only a portion of what space was. Those were all… descriptions of space.

However, Meng Hao still didn't understand everything clearly. There was something he was missing, something he hadn't grasped. His brow furrowed as he subconsciously continued to absorb more World Essence power.

He needed to increase his powers of augury and understanding… to gain enlightenment of the true meaning of the Essence of space!

As of this moment, he had completely forgotten about the sea of flames, about the Mountain and Sea Realm, about the war. He was completely and utterly immersed in Dao enlightenment.

The rest of the world was completely shaken. Both the Mountain and Sea Realm and the Outsiders had been in an uproar, but now they were silent. Even the Imperial Lord and the Paragon said nothing.

At long last, the Outsider Dao Sovereign who had been trying every method possible to kill Meng Hao finally had no choice… but to stop unleashing his magic.

It was pointless….

As Meng Hao sought Dao enlightenment, the area around him distorted, occasionally expanding, occasionally contracting. Sometimes it would bulge upward and downward, and sometimes it would sweep out to the left or right.

The Outsider Dao Sovereign was trembling in his form of the flame sea. He couldn't affect Meng Hao at all, and in fact, was prevented from even getting close to him. The closer he got, the more unstable the void became, until destructive rifts even began to open up. In the end, he simply fled.

Currently nothing in existence could get close to that area, with the exception of Meng Hao, who was now gaining enlightenment of the Essence of space.

Meng Hao's body was also in a distorted state of transformation. Rumbling could be heard as he expanded, then shrunk. In one instant he was as tiny as a mustard seed, in another, as huge as the Heavens!

The Outsider Paragon looked at Meng Hao with mixed emotions, and then bitterly muttered, "The Essence of space…. From ancient times until now, numerous almighty experts have sought enlightenment of it. However, those who succeeded are as rare as phoenix feathers or qilin horns…."

Sea Dream's eyes shone with a strange light as she watched Meng Hao, and a smile slowly broke out on her face.

Everyone simply watched as Meng Hao hovered there with his eyes closed, the same as ever, seeking enlightenment. As of now, his state exceeded that of the Eighth Generation Demon Sealer when he actually created the Eighth Hex. At that time, he had only needed to understand the initial aspects regarding length, height, breadth, and size. With that, he had been able to create the Eighth Hex.

On the other hand, what Meng Hao was contemplating was beyond that. He was contemplating the very Essence of space!

That was an Essence filled with endless possibilities, and Meng Hao wanted to know all of them!

Normally, that would be virtually impossible, but with the aid of the World Essence, it was quite the opposite. Currently, rumbling sounds echoed out as Meng Hao continued to absorb more World Essence like mad.

開始了,真正的悟道!

「什麼是空間……」孟浩喃喃,他的聲音在這一刻回蕩,擴散了整個星空時,他雖然閉上了眼,可他的腦海中,之前看到的一處處空間,正無限的擴大,越來越大,到了最後,任何一處空間,都近乎無限。

「長度……是空間……」

「高度……是空間……」

「寬度……一樣是空間……」

「大小,也是空間……」孟浩喃喃,他在那一處處無限大的空間內,看到了長,看到了高,看到了寬,看到了大小,這所有的一切,似乎都是空間的一部分,都在解釋……什麼是空間。

可孟浩還是有些模糊,彷彿差著一層隔膜,似懂非懂,他皺起眉頭,下意識的再次去吸收這四周的世界本源之力。

他需要更多更強的推衍之力,去感悟出……空間的本源真意!

這一刻,他甚至忘記了四周正處於火海中,忘記了在山海界,忘記了戰爭,全部心神,都沉浸在了那悟道內。

舉世震動,山海界也好,那些異族也罷,這一刻,都在嘩然後寂靜下來,還有那位主宰,那位至尊,也都寂靜了。

甚至星空中試圖滅殺孟浩的異族道尊,都不得不……停下了想要施展的術法。

沒有用……

孟浩這一刻的悟道,他的四周,在這不斷地明悟下,出現了一片片扭曲,那四周的區域,時而膨脹,時而收縮,時而上下延伸,時而左右橫掃。

異族道尊顫抖,他化作的火海只能後退,沒有辦法去影響孟浩絲毫,甚至都不敢在這一刻靠近,因為這一刻的孟浩,他的四周,存在了太多太多的不穩定,甚至有一道道裂縫剎那出現,又瞬間消失。

任何存在,除非在空間本源的明悟上超過孟浩,否則的話,這一刻靠近,立刻就會被影響。

而孟浩這裏,他的身體,也在扭曲改變,時而轟鳴間,不斷地而膨脹,時而又急速的縮小,一刻如芥子,一刻如蒼穹!

「空間本源……古往今來,有太多大能,想要明悟空間真諦,可最終能成功者,鳳毛麟角……」那異族至尊,苦澀的開口,看向孟浩時,露出複雜。

海夢目露奇芒,望著孟浩,漸漸臉上露出笑容。

在這萬眾矚目下,孟浩依舊閉著眼,還在感悟,甚至這一刻的他,已超越了曾經的八代封妖創造第八禁的狀態,創造第八禁,只需要明悟出第一個境界就可以,知曉長度,高度,寬度,大小,就可以創造第八禁。

而孟浩,此刻悟的,是在這個境界下,空間的本源!

這本源,有著無限可能,而孟浩想要知曉的,是全部!

這本是不可能的事情,可如今,在世界本源下,這一切,並非不可能,轟鳴間,這四周的世界本源顫抖,可卻控制不住的被孟浩這裏瘋狂的吸收。

...

Sea Dream's eyes shone with a strange light as she watched Meng Hao, and a smile slowly broke out on her face.

Everyone simply watched as Meng Hao hovered there with his eyes closed, the same as ever, seeking enlightenment. As of now, his state exceeded that of the Eighth Generation Demon Sealer when he actually created the Eighth Hex. At that time, he had only needed to understand the initial aspects regarding length, height, breadth, and size. With that, he had been able to create the Eighth Hex.

On the other hand, what Meng Hao was contemplating was beyond that. He was contemplating the very Essence of space!

That was an Essence filled with endless possibilities, and Meng Hao wanted to know all of them!

海夢目露奇芒,望著孟浩,漸漸臉上露出笑容。

在這萬眾矚目下,孟浩依舊閉著眼,還在感悟,甚至這一刻的他,已超越了曾經的八代封妖創造第八禁的狀態,創造第八禁,只需要明悟出第一個境界就可以,知曉長度,高度,寬度,大小,就可以創造第八禁。

而孟浩,此刻悟的,是在這個境界下,空間的本源!

這本源,有著無限可能,而孟浩想要知曉的,是全部!

"So, that's the Essence of space…." he said, smiling slightly. He could feel the Essence of space fading away within him, and could also sense his enhanced powers of augury and deduction dissipating. He sighed.

...

"Space… is nothing more than countless threads, formed together into a pattern. The patterns formed by those threads… are space!" Meng Hao shook his head, then waved his hand, causing a circle to appear beneath his feet.

"I am currently within space," he said, looking down. Then he smiled as his enlightenment deepened. As for the sea of flames that was the Outsider Dao Sovereign, it appeared to be on the verge of consuming Meng Hao, but to the Dao Sovereign's utter shock, he realized that the flames were stuck to the outside of the thread that formed the circle!

"Th-this… this…." The Outsider Dao Sovereign's heart was battered by waves of shock, as were the hearts the other Outsider Dao Sovereign and the Paragon.

"Space! He actually gained enlightenment of the Essence of space!"

Meng Hao's expression was calm as he looked at the circle formed by the thread, within which he stood. Then he smiled. "As for these threads… doesn't the Essence I have gained enlightenment of consist of more than just the threads themselves?

"Within these threads are length, height, breadth, and size. They are limitless, and that is space…. They are flat, but actually…." He waved his right hand, causing a thread to stretch out from the circle, and then pass over him. In the blink of an eye, the circle of threads was no longer flat, but had transformed into… a sphere!

"With an additional thread, it is no longer a circle, but a sphere, like a world…. It's too bad my enlightenment is insufficient, and I can't sustain it for very long." Even as Meng Hao murmured to himself, the sphere collapsed, and he sighed lightly.

"In my eyes, the world is just a canvas." Meng Hao looked up at the shocked Outsider, who was still a sea of flames. Then Meng Hao waved his right hand, causing the flames to suddenly lock into place. Then they began to transform; no longer were they surrounding Meng Hao, but instead, they were now spreading out to form a static image of flames within the starry sky, like a painting!

Then he waved his hand, and four threads appeared, surrounding the flames, almost as if they were a picture frame.

"This, is space," he said, his eyes flickering with a cold light.

Rumbling could be heard as the sea of flames trembled. Inside, the Outsider Dao Sovereign was howling bitterly. The fire seemed to be on the verge of slipping out of the shackles, of bursting out from within the threads that held it. And yet, it could not. Finally, the flames converged together, transforming into a lizard of fire. It began to butt its head against the threads, and yet that did nothing. It… could not free itself. It was completely sealed within what Meng Hao had created… the picture frame.

The starry sky was like a canvas, and anyone who could control the Essence of space could use their hands like a brush. With a few strokes, threads could be formed together into an outline. What was within that outline… was space.

If that canvas was folded, the subsequent cracks that were created were dimensional rifts. Furthermore, if the canvas could be formed into a sphere, then that space would be… a world.

「原來,這就是空間本源……」孟浩微微一笑,感受著體內世界本源的消散,感受著自己的推衍之力,正快速的散去,輕聲開口。

幾乎在他睜開眼的同時,他四周的那些不穩定的虛無膨脹,也立刻散去,而他的身體,也真正的回到了山海界內,被那化作火海的異族道尊,立刻感受,他目中帶著瘋狂,咆哮中火海轟鳴,從四周八方,直奔孟浩,翻滾而來。

「空間……就是一條條線而已,這些線組成了一個又一個圖案,線條內的……就是空間!」孟浩搖頭,右手抬起一揮,立刻他的四周,出現了一個圓。

「我站在,空間內。」孟浩低頭,再次一笑,目中的明悟更多,四周的異族道尊化作的火海,此刻轟鳴來臨,瞬間就將孟浩吞噬,可很快的,那異族道尊就心神震動,他發現,自己化作的火海,看似將孟浩吞噬,可實際上,卻被阻隔在了孟浩畫出的那條線外!

「這……這……」異族道尊心神翻江倒海,這一刻不但是他如此,那異族主宰與異族至尊,都在這一瞬,心神震動。

「空間,他居然真的明悟了空間本源!」

在這線條圓圈內的孟浩,此刻神色越發的平靜,低頭看著腳下的圓圈線條。

「至於這些線……我明悟的本源,不就是這些線么。」孟浩笑了笑。

「在這些線內,有長度,有寬度,有大小,可以無限,這就是空間了……只不過是平整的,可如果這樣……」孟浩右手抬起一揮,立刻他四周的圓圈,瞬間蔓延出一條,直奔上方而去,眨眼間,出現在他的四周的圓圈線條,不再是平整的一個圓,而是向外猛地擴散,化作了一個……圓球!

「多了一條,不再是平整的圓,而是成為了一個界……可惜,我的明悟還不夠,無法持久。」孟浩喃喃自語,看著四周的圓球漸漸崩潰,他輕嘆一聲。

「世界,在我眼中,就是一張大紙。」孟浩抬頭,望著那內心駭然的異族火海,右手抬起一指,立刻這火海瞬間禁錮,竟被強行改變,不再是環繞孟浩,而是被鋪展開來,成為了一幅被禁錮在星空的火海之畫!

而他右手隨意一揮,立刻在這火海四周,畫出了四下,成為了四條線,彼此連接在了一起后,如同畫框。

「這,就是空間。」孟浩目中露出冷冽之芒。

轟鳴間,那火海顫抖,其內有異族道尊凄厲的嘶吼,那火海這一刻似掙脫了禁錮,欲向外衝出這連接在一起的四條線,可卻無法衝出,最終火海凝聚在一起,成為了一個火焰蜥蜴后,一頭撞在線條上,巨響卻沒有傳出絲毫,而它……還是沒有脫困,被徹底的封印在了,這個孟浩創造出的……畫框內。

星空,如一張大紙,掌握了空間本源的人,就如同是手中有了筆,隨意幾筆,勾勒出線條,那線條連接在一起,線條內的,就是……空間。

這張紙摺疊,就是裂縫空間,這張紙若可以成為圓球,那麼線條內的空間……就是一個界。

How come there is even "dimension" here when there is not a "维度" or "次元" in here? The only thing about "dimensional space" is "空间" aka "space" in Chinese. The two quotes are deadset on Essence of Space comprises of only three dimensions of space - width, length and depth, and nothing else. What is about the numerous "threads"? Do you even see they are stated to have "length, width and depth" and how comprehending Essence of Space is comprehending three dimensions? What about "spaces" of different size? Do you even see how three dimensions of space create "size"? Ever go outside and see how despite being 3D objects, from the smallest bugs to planets, stars and galaxies, they all have different size?

Then there is this thought experiment from Bai Xiaochun, who was focusing on comprehending the Essence of Space for the final step of reach Eternal Realm, where he experiments with three dimensions until he combines the fourth dimension aka time to complete the form of spacetime. Yes, you heard it right, the four dimensions in our universe, that spacetime. At the end of the experiment, Bai Xiaochun awakes from the thought experiment into the emptiness of what used to be a starry sky holds 1,080,000 worlds - of which the largest spans only a few lightyears or less, everything around him is normal as usual, anyone wants to argue about this part of "Bai Xiaochun can do this, but Eternal Spirit World is too weak to handle such alternation", please remember he was trying to revive 1,080,000 worlds and size of a Dao Domain is not gonna help you.

Upon acquiring enlightenment of Essence, Bai Xiaochun witnesses all laws and rules fusion and vanish, the starry sky disappears and leaves behind only a singularity without length:
  • This singularity contains all laws, rules and 1,080,000 worlds.
  • Bai Xiaochun points his finger and causes the singularity to become a line of seemingly infinite and neverending length.
  • Bai Xiaochun points his finger again and causes the line to have a change in width and becomes infinite width and infinite length.
  • In between these two infinities, it is hard to identify or explain which is length or width, such understanding only exists in one's thoughts.
  • From a distance, it seems like a paper without height that spans the starry sky. Bai Xiaochun waves his hand again, then the paper has infinite height. The paper has become a box of infinite length, width and height.
  • Bai Xiaochun points his finger again and time appears in the infinite box, there comes distortion, passage of time, blurring as though under the passage of time, all becomes blurry, becomes a vortex, as though this is spacetime.
  • It contains and encompasses the countless years in the starry sky, they are stretched together. Here, the life and death, from the moment to be to the moment to cease to be, and from cease to be to to be of all living beings and all things can be seen. By stepping into these, one can manifest in any segment.
  • When Bai Xiaochun sees this world of space and time, he realizes this is the vortex formed by Holy Extermination's three Domain Treasures and how come the River and Time and Space appeared.
  • He also comes to know what is on the leaf with the Eternal Turtle. The content is the cultivation system of Neverending Dao Domain that divides into steps, with the final being the 4th Step and only an almighty that cultivates to the ultimate pinnacle of 4th Step can comprehend this leaf.
  • Holy Extermination's three Domain Treasures contain the ultimate pinnacle of 4th Step and this leaf can become the key to the Neverending Dao Domain.
  • Bai Xiaochun realizes he can do more, viewing the spacetime he created and by narrowing, his eyes reflect countless spacetimes, too numerous to count, each seems to contain the same living beings and all things, yet each of them has different fate.
  • But this move, even for a moment, causes the spacetime before him seems to on the verge of collapse, even the spacetimes in his eyes were about to collapse. Bai Xiaochun's eyes flash, everything and the spacetime becomes the starry sky also vanish and the starry sky of 1,080,000 worlds returns to normal.
  • It is not that Bai Xiaochun cannot do that, but the starry sky cannot support such change, but according to Neverending Dao Domain, capable of such feat is likely the 5th Step they cannot touch.
  • He wishes to go to Neverending Dao Domain to see if their starry sky can support such change and Neverending Dao Domain's 4th Step is comparable to the Eternal Realm, except for something unique to Eternal Realm, the power of imagination.
  • Imagination is the weakest and strongest, it is Will.
  • Bai Xiaochun was born from one of numerous imaginations of Arch-Ancestor, who was born from the imaginations of the Eternal Mother.
  • Bai Xiaochun takes a step, the vortex similar to the spacetime he created appears and within there, he can see a vast river - the River of Time and Space and he enters the River of Time and Space, with his laugh echoes and lingers in time and space for a long time.

Radiant colors suddenly appeared within the silent starry sky. Countless natural and magical laws fused, and then dispersed. The starry sky vanished, leaving behind only… a single point!

It was a singularity of absolutely no length, breadth, or depth!

That singularity existed within the starry sky. It contained all magical laws, all natural laws, and a total of 1,080,000 worlds!


When Bai Xiaochun saw that, he smiled. Waving his finger, he caused the singularity to transform into a line…. It had no breadth or depth, and yet, was infinitely long, with no end.

"I'm missing something, aren't I?" After a moment of thought, he waved his finger again, and the infinitely long line suddenly became infinitely wide!

Because it was infinitely long and wide, it was actually impossible to tell which direction was which. Such descriptions could only exist in one's thoughts.

From a distance, it almost looked like an enormous sheet of paper, spread out through the starry sky. Bai Xiaochun looked at it for a moment, smiled again, and then waved his hand, causing it to grow infinitely deep and high!!

Now, it didn't look like a piece of paper, but rather, an infinitely wide, infinitely long, infinitely tall box!

"Still missing something." Shaking his head, Bai Xiaochun waved his finger, causing the infinitely long, wide, and tall box to ripple and distort. It seemed to age, blurring, as though the passage of time was transforming it into something illusory, into a vortex, into… space!

It contained everything that made up the starry sky for the past tens of thousands of years, their existences stretched out together. It contained all life forms and all living beings, from the moment they were born until they died, from the moment they existed, until they didn't exist. And everything in between. By stepping into that space, one could appear at any moment that had ever existed.

Bai Xiaochun looked at this world made of time and space, and quietly said, "This is the same vortex that Holy Extermination opened with those Dao domain treasures of his. This… is how the River of Time and Space appears."

He extended his right hand, and visible within it was a golden leaf, the very same leaf that he had found in the Blood Stream Sect, along with the little turtle.

Way back then, he had no way to understand what that leaf was. After reaching the Sovereign Realm, and beginning his search for enlightenment, he had occasionally studied it, but had gained little as a result. But now, as he looked down at the leaf, everything became clear.

"Interesting. No wonder I was never able to understand what this leaf was. It is actually made of a vast number of unique leaves, all with different overlapping vein patterns. Because the veins are transparent, they are impossible to see.

"But with my current divine sense, I can see them now, each and every vein.


"As for the information contained therein…." He looked closer, eyes glinting with curiosity, until he finally smiled again.

"Well, what's this? The cultivation system of the Never-Ending Dao Domain is divided into steps. First step, second step, third step, fourth step…. The fourth step is the last. Only by practicing cultivation to that level can an almighty being see the truth about this leaf."

"Apparently, the Dao domain treasures that Holy Extermination used contained the full power of the fourth step." Bai Xiaochun smiled. Although the leaf did not look like anything particularly unique, he could now see that it could actually act as a key… a key that lead to the Never-Ending Dao Domain!

"There is more I can do." He looked with narrowed eyes at the vortex of space and time that he had created. As he did, his eyes reflected the countless beams of light from the dimensions therein. There were too many to count, each of which contained innumerable living beings, all with their own unique destinies!

However, his mere act of looking at the dimensions caused them to tremble unstably, as though they might collapse at any moment.

With that, he looked away, and everything vanished. The expression of space and time that he had created vanished, and the starry sky went back to normal.

"It's not that I'm incapable of doing it, but rather… this starry sky can't sustain such a dramatic transformation. Based on the descriptions from the Never-Ending Dao Domain, doesn't that imply… that there's a fifth step which they haven't encountered yet?

"I should pay a visit to the Never-Ending Dao Domain, and see if their starry sky can sustain such a transformation." Having made his decision, he ignored the leaf.

"What is the Eternal?" he asked himself. A moment passed, and he shook his head.

"How could there truly be something Eternal? According to the people from the Never-Ending Dao Domain, their fourth step is the Eternal Realm.

"But if there is something uniquely Eternal… perhaps it's just one's power of imagination." He sighed.

"Imagination is the most powerful force there is. Essentially, imagination is Will.

"Take, for example, the first time I saw the moonflower seeds spreading out. I remember being moved, because… I was born from the very thoughts of the original Arch-Ancestor, from his imagination. And all of the Eternal Sons were born from the Eternal Mother in the same way." He closed his eyes, and could almost see the Eternal Mother letting loose a cloud of dandelion seeds, all of them containing her Will, which she hoped would eventually grow into children, one of whom would bring an end to the great catastrophe….

Those expressions of Will became the three sovereigns, who, in the moment before their death, released their own Will. One fragment of that Will… contained something that Bai Xiaochun recognized as his own aura.


Laughing softly, he rose to his feet. As he did, everything around him vanished, and he took a step forward. A vortex appeared, similar to the one he had created earlier. As it spun and swirled, it opened up to reveal… a boundless river!

The River of Time and Space!

He stepped forward into the river, and disappeared. As he did, he spoke, causing his words to echo out into the starry sky before eventually fading away.

"One Will to create oceans. One Will to summon mulberry fields. One Will to slaughter countless devils. One Will to eradicate innumerable immortals…. Only my Will… is Eternal."

For a final nail in coffin, shall we listen to Not-Einsten's lesson on Essence of Time, the general relativy and the relationship of time and gravity.

Daoist of Time (Not-Einstein) teaches the nature of Essence of Dao Fan and Dao Chen.
  • To speak of Essence is to speak of laws first, and laws are an invisible framework, all magical techniques and divine abilities of this universe at their very core, are different ways and means to show the laws according to this framework.
  • What constitutes this framework is Essences, they are invisible, unperceptible and untouchable, yet they are together what precisely form this framework and where countless magical techniques and divine abilities hailing from.
  • Essences are the foundations of all things.
  • The Essence of Time? Time and gravity share a relationship as the greater the gravity, the slower the flow of time and its Essence, which is the manifestation of time is not gravity, but relativity.
  • Relativity is the true core of Essence of Time and only when one masters relativity that they can understand what is the Essence of Time.
  • As he said, everything is relativity.

The speaker was indeed a man, his voice warm and sincere, as though he were instructing his apprentices about the Dao.

"Mortal Renegade. Worldly Daoist. The two of you listen well…. What is Essence? To discuss Essences, you must first understand natural laws. Natural laws form the invisible framework of the cosmos in which we exist. Magical techniques and divine abilities are essentially ways of manipulating or drawing upon that framework.

"As for what constitutes that framework, well, that is where Essences come into the picture. They are shapeless, invisible, and intangible. However, it is only their mysterious construction that allows for all of the countless magical techniques and divine abilities to exist….

"Essences are essentially the foundation of everything!

"This leads to another question. What is the Essence of time…?

"Well, that's simple. First of all, understand that time and gravity are connected. From an outside perspective, the stronger the gravity, the slower time will flow. However, when it comes to the Essence of time, its true manifestation comes, not through gravity, but rather… relativity!

"Relativity forms the true core of the Essence of time. If you understand relativity, then you can gain enlightenment of… the Essence of time!

"Remember, everything… comes down to relativity!

"Mortal Renegade. Worldly Daoist. Do you understand?"

說話之人,的確是個男子,此人聲音溫和,似乎正在對著其弟子講道一般,回蕩白小純耳邊。

「道凡,道塵,你們兩個聽好……」

「什麼是本源?」

「說起本源,就要先說規則,規則是一種無形的框架,這片宇宙的一切術法神通,其核心的本質,就是用不同的方式與方法,去按照這個框架展現出來。」

「那麼組成這個規則框架的,就是本源,本源無形,看不清,摸不到,可正是它冥冥中組成了一個又一個框架,也就形成了無數術法,神通……」

「本源,實際上就是一切萬物的基礎!」

「那麼什麼是時間本源呢……」

「簡單來說,時間與引力有關聯,引力越大,則時間流速就越慢,而本源……在時間上的體現,不是引力,而是……相對!」

「相對,在時間本源上,相對才是核心,掌握了這兩個字,明悟了這兩個字,才算明悟了……時間本源!」

「切記,一切……都是相對的!」

「道凡,道塵,你們懂了么?」

It is a superficial version of general relativity, but whatever, this nails there is only spacetime aka four dimensions aka three dimensions of space and one dimension of time, and this applies all Dao Domains, except it is still not 3-C because a Dao Domain is abyssmally smaller than the Observable Universe.

Since we are on the matter of Essence, here is a recap of the nature of Essence.

Bai Xiaochun questions what is Essence again and admits he has yet to fully understand them.
  • Essence is without form and shape, almost like it does not even exist, yet creates and encompasses all beings and all forms simultaneously.
  • Essence is without beginning or end, yet creates and encompasses all beginnings and all ends simultaneously.
  • Essence is without space, yet creates and contains all space simultaneously.
  • Essence is without time, yet creates and contains all time simultaneously.
  • Bai Xiaochun emits an aura of Eternal Realm across the starry sky.

Chapter 1304 said:
"What exactly is Essence…?" he thought as he looked up into the sky at the black battleship, with the power of extermination radiating out from it. He could feel the Eternal Immortal Domains trembling on the verge of complete collapse, and could sense the flames of life force within all the living beings beneath him flickering unstably.

"Essence has no form or shape; it's almost like it doesn't even exist, but simultaneously, it creates and contains every form and shape." In this moment, his eyes seemed to flicker like the starry sky as the Essence of the Eternal which existed in the Eternal Immortal Domains, in the form of that mysterious energy, suddenly began to thrum in resonance with him.

"Essence has no beginning or end," he murmured, "but simultaneously, creates and contains the beginning and end of everything." In response to his words, that mysterious energy exploded out, rushing to converge on him, swirling around him, creating an invisible windstorm!


"Essence takes up no space, but simultaneously, creates and contains all space." In response to those three sentences, the mysterious energy went wild, creating a frenzied, invisible vortex that halted Bai Xiaochun's fall, and left him hovering there in midair!

"Essence exists outside of time, but simultaneously, creates and contains all time." In response to his fourth sentence, the vortex of mysterious energy began to push Bai Xiaochun back up toward the starry sky!!

The starry sky trembled as if from the resonance of a great Dao. And the more than 1,000,000 ruins, which had previously been frozen into darkness, began to tremble and crack.

In response to all of this, the Mortal Renegade's eyes went wide, and his heart filled with tsunamis of shock.

"That's the aura of the Eternal!!" he blurted.

Almost at the same time, Bai Xiaochun's voice rose from the Eternal Immortal Domains into the starry sky, to fill the Eternal World!

"I still don't fully understand Essence, and only know a bit about the Eternal…." He closed his eyes for a moment, and though he seemed very weak, when he opened them again, they shone with confidence!

"But… I know that our lives resonate with the great Dao, and life force resonates with the most mysterious of secrets. And that… is all I need to know to kill you, Mortal Renegade!"

「到底,什麼是本源……」白小純望著蒼穹上,轟鳴而來的那巨大的黑色戰舟,感受著從這戰舟上散發出的毀滅之力,感受著整個永恆仙域都在顫抖,似無法承受要四分五裂,感受著來自眾生,來自每一個生命之火的飄搖,他不禁喃喃低語。

「本源無形無相、似乎不存在,同時創造和包含一切存在和一切形相。」白小純抬起頭,目中變得似有星空,內有萬物瀰漫,隨著話語的傳出,四周永恆仙域內的所有永恆本源化作的玄妙之意,竟齊齊震顫,似被白小純所撼動,出現共鳴。

「本源無始無終,同時創造和包含一切始終。」白小純這句話一出口,頓時這四周所有的玄妙之意,全部爆發,向著白小純這裏匯聚而來,竟環繞在他的身體外,形成了一片看不見的風暴!

「本源沒有空間,同時創造和包含所有空間。」白小純第三句話出口,那玄妙之意形成的風暴,轉動更快,成為了外人不可見的漩渦,推動白小純的身軀,竟使得已經虛弱到了極致的白小純,其身體不再墜落,而是懸浮在了天地間!

「本源沒有時間,同時創造和包含所有時間。」白小純的目中散出強烈的光芒,這是他的第四句話,在說出的剎那,他四周的玄妙之意形成的漩渦,立刻就轟然轉動,推動白小純的身軀,不再是懸浮,而是直奔星空!!

遠遠看去,如同崛起!

更是星空震動,如有大道共鳴之聲,回蕩星空,甚至在那上百萬的廢墟世界里,這一刻,原本被冰封的黑暗,也都開始碎裂。

星空內的逆凡,他的眼睛猛的睜大,心神掀起滔天大浪,失聲驚呼。

「這是……永恆的氣息!!」

就在逆凡這裏駭然震驚時,白小純的聲音,從永恆仙域的天地間,回蕩星空,擴散整個永恆大界!

「本源,我還沒有悟透,而永恆,我還一知半解……」白小純仍舊閉著眼,他依舊虛弱,可此刻這脆弱的身體,在雙目再次睜開時,目中卻透出強烈的自信!

「可……生命共鳴大道,生機共振玄妙,以此……斬殺逆凡,已然足夠!」

In that instant, Bai Xiaochun began to burn a Dao flame, a fire of life and life force. Inside of him, shocking transformations began to occur, as though… he were beginning to break out of the Sovereign Realm! Around him, the mysterious energy that was the manifestation of the Essence of the Eternal began to boil.

Bai Xiaochun adds more to his enlightenment of Essence:
  • Essence is soundless and lightless, yet creates and contains all sounds and lights simultaneously.
  • Essence is not anywhere, yet creates and contains everywhere simultaneously.
  • Essence is infinitely small, yet infinitely large simultaneously.
  • Essence is One, yet Boundless simultaneously.

Chapter 1311 said:
"Back when I fought the Mortal Renegade, I asked myself, 'What is Essence…?' I had trouble with that question for a long time, but now, I understand. I know what Essence is.

"Essence has no form or shape; it's almost like it doesn't even exist, but simultaneously, it creates and contains every form and shape.

"Essence has no beginning or end, but simultaneously, creates and contains the beginning and end of everything." Although he only murmured the words softly, they caused all of the 1,080,000 worlds to tremble!

"Essence takes up no space, but simultaneously, creates and contains all space.

"Essence exists outside of time, but simultaneously, creates and contains all time." With these sentences having been uttered, all of the natural laws in the starry sky, as well as all the magical laws, began to resonate!

"Essence is noiseless and lightless, but simultaneously, creates and contains all sound and light.

"Essence does not exist in any one specific place, but simultaneously, creates and contains all places." As Bai Xiaochun smiled and spoke these fifth and sixth sentences, all the living beings throughout the starry sky became still and quiet!!

In that silence, Bai Xiaochun spoke his final two sentences!

"Essence is infinitely small, but simultaneously, infinitely large.

"Essence is completely unique, and completely boundless!"

Radiant colors suddenly appeared within the silent starry sky. Countless natural and magical laws fused, and then dispersed. The starry sky vanished, leaving behind only… a single point!

It was a singularity of absolutely no length, breadth, or depth!

That singularity existed within the starry sky. It contained all magical laws, all natural laws, and a total of 1,080,000 worlds!

When Bai Xiaochun saw that, he smiled. Waving his finger, he caused the singularity to transform into a line…. It had no breadth or depth, and yet, was infinitely long, with no end.

乾淨的好似一塵不染,如同初生的嬰兒,望著整個星辰。

「我當年與逆凡一戰,曾自問,什麼是本源……這個問題,也困擾了我很久,現在,我才懂了,本源。」白小純輕聲開口。

「本源無形無相、似乎不存在,同時創造和包含一切存在和一切形相。」

「本源無始無終,同時創造和包含一切始終。」白小純聲音很淡,可在說出這句話的剎那,星空一百零八萬世界,都為之一震!

「本源沒有空間,同時創造和包含所有空間。」

「本源沒有時間,同時創造和包含所有時間。」隨著之後兩句聲音的傳出,星空內的所有規則,所有法則,全部共鳴!

「本源無聲無光,同時創造和包含一切聲光。」

「本源不在任何地方,同時創造和包含所有地方。」白小純笑了,說出了關於本源的第五句與第六句認知,這兩句話回蕩八方,星空眾生,宇宙一切,都在這一瞬,瞬間靜止!!

在這靜止中,白小純說出了最後兩句!

「本源無限小,同時也無限大。」

「本源即是唯一的,又是無限!」

靜止的星空,驟然間出現了無窮的色彩,一道道規則與法則融合后又消散,最終星空內的一切都消失了,只剩下了……一個點!

一個沒有長度的點!

這個點,安安靜靜的存在星空里,它包含了一切的法則,一切的規則,包含了一百零八萬界,包含了所有。

白小純看著這個點,微微一笑,抬手一指,那個點驟然變化,竟化作了一條線……只有長度的線,似無限之長,永無盡頭。

Sounds OP and fancy, right? So what is the problem?
Essence = Law. And this is the description of totality of Essence, instead of individual Essence.

A 3rd Step does not manipulate laws, their magical abilities and divine treasures are only expressions of that framework, they need to learn an Essence of acquire the appropriate abilities from that Essence. A 9-Essence Paragon cannot manipulate lightning in any meaningful way by themselves instead of relying on scriptures to learn how to control the said element superficially, and even then, it is not law manipulation until they reach to 4th Step and even a Transcendent cannot manipulate anything beyond their arsenal until they can comprehend the necessary Essence.

In short, an infinite source of energy =/= an infinite output of energy. Simple logic.

A 4th Step is also not the source of Essence in any meaningful way other than their own comprehension, and being one of many false sources, as the true source of Essence and Dao that is the Great Cosmos (or Megacosmos) is beyond their ability, and only Peak 9th Step can stand equal to a mature Megacosmos in a meaningful way.

The Five Elements are the fundamental Dao of the Great Cosmos, hence, none could cultivate to the source or that would not be conforming to the laws of the Great Cosmos and as far as Wang Baole goes, he can only become one of the Five Element's many false sources.

The Dao of Metal and Water crossed the sixth bridge.

It wasn't that the Dao wasn't strong, but that Wang Baole's enlightenment hadn't reached the level of the source. In reality… it was basically impossible to cultivate the Dao of the five elements to the source. This didn't conform to the rules of the universe.

The Five Elements was the fundamental principle of the Great Cosmos. It wasn't something that cultivators could control. At most… it would reach the level that Wang Baole was going to achieve. It might appear to be the source, but in reality, it was only one of many.

The difference between these two points was the difference between a false source and the true source.

Wang Baole, who had reached this stage on the Heaven Trampling Bridge, was well aware of this. Therefore, he wasn't surprised. Even though he was standing in the void between the sixth and seventh bridges, with a wave of his right hand, the Dao of Earth descended.

An enormous stone stele materialized around him. It rapidly solidified from its illusory state. The laws of the Earth Dao also spread in all directions at that moment, causing the cosmos to rumble.

Very quickly, the stone monument melted like the golden water and gathered towards Wang Baole, as if it wanted to completely integrate with him. At the same time, it also seemed to transform into countless threads that spread throughout the universe, as if they were connected to the essence of the earth in this universe.

It was like a lake on one side and an ocean on the other. There was a difference in size and depth between them. As a channel appeared between them, the water from the ocean surged towards the lake rapidly. In the end, not only would the lake strengthen, but it would also… become one.

This was Dao Validation!

Wang Baole becomes one of the false sources of and able to control Five Elements, Life and Death, he also reaches to the middle of the tenth bridge and ascends to middle-stage fifth step,
  • He can manipulate all things and myriad Daos in the universe to a certain level and can easily suppress any almighty of fourth step by sheer cultivation base and Dao.
  • He can sense the various eyes in the Great Cosmos, one of them is from a continent as large as the Immortal Astral Continent, whose destiny was not his and has tie to the Dao of Fate in the Great Cosmos, aka Su Ming.
  • He sees another youth on a paper with a dense concentration of karma, aka Meng Hao.
  • He sees another figure who has complex emotions to him, aka Bai Xiaochun.
  • In total, there are eight beings similar them, so there are at least eight sixth step of cultivation in the Great Cosmos and the final pair of eyes was from the center of the Great Cosmos, full of red mists, that is the Vast Expanse Dao Domain (?) or Origin Universe Dao Void, where the Emperor and his true self were.

The Dao of the Sun De that bore him was connected to this Dao on one end, and on the other… connected to the Dao of Life in this universe.

Similar to the Dao of Death, the Dao of Life couldn't be mastered by the only one. However, with the support of the bridge and the stone, Wang Baole's Dao of Yang successfully became one of the sources of the Dao.

As the Dao became complete, an unprecedented sense of power emerged in Wang Baole's heart. It was as if everything in the world had changed in his eyes. It was no longer as real as it had been before. Instead, it had become illusory.

"Everything is empty at the end of the path?" Wang Baole muttered. He raised his foot and walked towards the tenth bridge. As his foot landed, the shadow of the bridge in the sky above him gradually descended. When the shadow of the bridge completely fused with his body, Wang Baole's aura erupted once again.

The five elements revolved around each other, and life and death were inseparable!

Instantly, his foot landed again. Wang Baole… crossed the void between the ninth and tenth bridges. With one step, he appeared at the top of the tenth bridge!

He didn't stop. With another step, he crossed half the bridge and appeared in the middle of the tenth bridge. He seemed to be about to take another step, but this step… was impossible to lift.

"I've reached my limit…" Wang Baole muttered. The heavens and earth rumbled, and waves rose in the heavens. Ripples spread across the cosmos, and the cosmos seemed to be swaying. All living things had to bow their heads. In the entire cosmos, only those in the same realm and beyond could raise their heads and look at him. Others… were not qualified.

「現在的我,還無法踏過第十橋。」王寶樂沉默,他感受到了自己此刻的狀態,與之前很不一樣,在沒有踏上這第十橋前,他能掌控的道,是五行,是死,是生。

但現在……萬物一切,宇宙眾道,皆可被其使用!

雖做不到完美運用,但……第四步的任何大能,在他面前,他隨手就可鎮壓,這是一種壓制,既是境界的壓制,也是道的壓制。

感受自身的同時,王寶樂也第一次,無比清晰的察覺到了四周于大宇宙內,匯聚在這裏的神念,於是他抬起頭,看向大宇宙星空。

他……看到了在遙遠之地,存在了一片大陸,與仙罡大陸類似,其上,似有一道身影,對自己微微點了點頭。

那道身影,散出一股說不出的宿命之意,但不是自己的宿命,似乎對方的存在,本身就是大宇宙命運之道的一部分。

除此之外,在另一個方向,王寶樂看到了一張紙,其上存在了濃郁的因果之意,紙上盤膝坐著一個身穿華袍的青年,在對自己微笑。

王寶樂立刻明悟,自身金之載道之物,與其有關。

同時,他還看見了一道身影,此人目光複雜,似唏噓,似感嘆,一樣在望著自己。

這些身影,不多,只有八位。

一一看去后,最終王寶樂的目光,落在了這片大宇宙的中心,那裡……有一片濃郁的紅霧,遮蓋了一切,阻斷了因果,但卻壓制不住,其內散出的熟悉與感應。

「我的本體……就在那裡。」

「帝君的……蒼茫道域,又或者說,源宇道空么。」王寶樂凝望那個方向,那裡……是他接下來,要去的地方。

他有種感覺,憑著這股熟悉與感應,此刻似乎自己只需一步,就可直接進入,那片被紅霧遮蓋的星空。

The current me is still unable to cross the tenth bridge. Wang Baole was silent. He could feel that his current state was very different from before. Before stepping onto the tenth bridge, the Dao that he could control was the five elements, death, and life.

But now… everything in the universe and all the Dao in the universe could be used!

He might not be able to utilize it perfectly, but… he could easily suppress any mighty figure in the fourth step. This was a form of suppression, a suppression of both cultivation and Dao.

This was the first time that Wang Baole could sense the Divine Will gathered in the cosmos. He raised his head and stared at the cosmos.

He… saw a land mass in the distance. It was similar to the Immortal Air Continent, and on it, there seemed to be a figure nodding at him.

The figure exuded an indescribable sense of destiny, but it wasn't his own destiny. It was as if the figure's existence was a part of the Dao of Fate in the Great Cosmos.

In another direction, Wang Baole saw a piece of paper. There was a strong sense of karma on it. On the paper sat a young man in a luxurious robe, smiling at him.

Wang Baole immediately realized that the item that contained his Dao of Metal had something to do with it.

At the same time, he saw a figure looking at him with a complicated look in his eyes. He seemed to be sighing and lamenting.

There were only eight of them.

After looking at them one by one, Wang Baole's gaze finally landed on the center of the universe. There… was a thick red mist that covered everything and cut off karma. However, it couldn't suppress the familiarity and sense that was exuding from it.

"My true form… is there."

"The Emperor Lord's… Vast Expanse Dao Domain. Or should I say, Origin Universe Dao Kong?" Wang Baole stared in that direction. That was… where he was going to go next.

He had a feeling that based on this sense of familiarity, he only needed one step to enter the red mist that covered the cosmos.

And as Essence of Space and Essence of Time are spacetime, and Essence = laws of the world, so their description is more or less taken from scientific laws, with adding some elements from Taoism in.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_law

Several general properties of scientific laws, particularly when referring to laws in physics, have been identified. Scientific laws are:
  • True, at least within their regime of validity. By definition, there have never been repeatable contradicting observations.
  • Universal. They appear to apply everywhere in the universe.
  • Simple. They are typically expressed in terms of a single mathematical equation.
  • Absolute. Nothing in the universe appears to affect them.
  • Stable. Unchanged since first discovered (although they may have been shown to be approximations of more accurate laws),
  • All-encompassing. Everything in the universe apparently must comply with them (according to observations).
  • Generally conservative of quantity.
  • Often expressions of existing homogeneities (symmetries) of space and time.
  • Typically theoretically reversible in time (if non-quantum), although time itself is irreversible.
  • Broad. In physics, laws exclusively refer to the broad domain of matter, motion, energy, and force itself, rather than more specific systems in the universe, such as living systems, i.e. the mechanics of the human body.

So yes, back to Low 2-C.

Size of Dao Domain:

We have the Stone Stele World aka the Neverending Dao Domain in Eternal Spirit World that defeated and destroyed the Vast Expanse Dao Domain as the setting for AWWP, so nothing is better than nailing the coffin with that world. As much as I would like to actual calculation, the hard number was so disappointing that I will use something more middle-ground, via assumption than actual number because Ergen cannot do math ever.

In the context of AWWP, the Solar System ends in Pluto or Keiper Belt as anything beyond is categorized as "outside".

Wang Baole sleeps in the Dark Sect's coffin, leaves Pluto to the outside of Solar System to another star system in ten years of sleep.

Wang Baole was rendered speechless as he listened to Chen Qing's explanation. He felt helpless at the thought of having to sleep away ten years of his life. He knew there was no other way around it though, so he nodded his consent. Pluto shuddered as Chen Qing waved his hand, and huge crevices split the ground apart. Towers of black mist rose to the heavens, then gathered and transformed into an enormous coffin right before Wang Baole's eyes!

Chen Qing formed a series of hand seals, and the coffin shook and shrank in size rapidly. Finally, it settled into a normal-sized coffin that was no longer made of mist but of a tangible, black metal!

The sense of age that exuded from the coffin appeared stronger at that instant. The runes that shimmered on the lid of the coffin gave off waves of unimaginable, overwhelming power.

"Do I really have to sleep in the coffin?" Wang Baole sighed.

"Don't worry, Baole, it's just a nap. You'll reach the place in no time." Chen Qing smiled at Wang Baole as he raised his right hand and waved. The coffin lid slid open slowly, and mist flowed out of the coffin. Wang Baole rubbed his forehead, then took a huge step and got inside.

He lay inside the coffin. It wasn't as uncomfortable as he had thought it might be. In fact, it felt warm. Wang Baole began to feel sleepy. He yawned, then muttered, "It's not bad, actually, to sleep for ten years. I'll be there when I wake up. I hope nothing happens during the journey…"

"Don't worry, nothing will happen!" Chen Qing stood outside the coffin and laughed. He slid the lid shut, then lifted it. Afterwards, he began walking towards the stars swiftly. Within three steps, he was out of the Solar System!

He didn't stop. With another step, he was away, headed for the distant stars!

We continues with the 19th Domain, one of 3000 Domains in the Left Dao Holy Domain - one of three major locations of the world of living in Neverending Dao Domain. It is never clearly stated how actually big, so let use some quotes as a baseline for assumption.

The army of Violet Gold Civilization was able to save hundreds of years of voyage by using the superteleportation function of the Divine Eye Star, a star the size of the Sun that is the primary star of Divine Eye Star System, which is twice of the size of Solar System.

The armies of Violet Gold Civiliation arrives to the Divine Eye Civilization by the teleportation abilities of the Divine Eye - the Eye of Eternal Star, which is a super teleportation array formation on its own right that shortened centuries of crusing time for the Heavenly Spirit Sect.
(Sidenote: The translation is total shit, somehow "hundreds of years of crusing time" become "hundreds of lightyears"? Whoever did the proofreading must have a serious problem with his language ability)

At that instant, a similar sight appeared on the actual Eye of the Eternal Star in the Divine Eye civilization. The Eternal Star shuddered, and a vortex formed rapidly on its surface and transformed into a black hole…

As the black hole came into being… a pathway for teleportation appeared to be unlocked. Numerous indistinct silhouettes appeared. They were all struggling. They seemed ready to rush out of the black hole. It didn't take long before waves of Eternal Star spirit energy surged outward. Before they could reach the rest of the civilization, waves of laughter had rung out in the cosmos, and three figures had dashed out of the black hole!

They were dressed in rainbow-colored robes. Despite the purple masks on their faces, it was easy to tell that two of them were middle-aged, while the last was an old man. In fact… if Wang Baole were present, he would be able to recognize the old man's aura… as the Planet realm cultivator in the bronze lamp!

They unleashed their cultivations as they charged out thunderously. They were clearly all… at the Planet realm. They didn't leave after exiting the black hole. Instead, they took position at a corner, formed a series of hand seals, and then made a grab through space at the edge of the black hole. Then, they yanked. The Eternal Star shuddered once more, and the black hole expanded. Battleships and cultivators dashed out of the black hole in the next instant!

There were almost a hundred thousand battleships and five times as many cultivators. All of the battleships were rainbow-colored, as were the robes that the cultivators were wearing. This clearly showed… that all cultivators in the Violet Gold civilization were dressed in that fashion. If that weren't the case… then it meant that the first incoming batch of cultivators was simply one of many political factions in the Violet Gold civilization!

The eyes of the incoming cultivators were filled with greed and excitement as they stepped through the black hole alongside their battleships. They eyed their surroundings, then greeted the three Planet realm cultivators. At that point, there was no need to explain who the three Planet realm cultivators were.

"Greetings, my lord. Greetings, elders!"

The arrivals weren't the full might of the Violet Gold civilization but one of its sects. The old Planet realm cultivator burst out laughing after receiving the greetings from his people.

"What a civilization this is. Even though it's relatively primitive, the teleportation capabilities of its Divine Eye alone are proof of its value… It's capable of transporting our Heavenly Spirit Sect across hundreds of lightyears instantaneously…

「好一個神目文明,雖層次略低,但僅僅是這神目之眼的傳送,就足以看出此文明的價值……能讓我天靈宗節省數百年的航行時間,瞬息到來……」

"We shouldn't delay any further then. According to our plans… one-tenth of our forces will be led by six of our leaders and head for the main Divine Eye star. They will lead our allies out of their imprisonment. The remaining forces will follow the two sect elders and me… We'll first eliminate the weakest greater sect, the Earth Hexagram Unity Sect!

"We'll crush the sect with lightning speed and destroy the balance amongst the three greater sects. Then, we'll split our forces. One elder will follow me into battle with the Divine Sovereign Justice Sect, while another elder will lead his forces to battle the Violet Gold New Dao Sect. If we succeed… there'll be no need for reinforcements from other sects in the Violet Gold civilization. We, the Heavenly Spirit Sect, will trample this civilization alone!"

"Let the war begin!" The Planet realm sect lord laughed and sped in the direction of the Earth Hexagram Unity Sect. Following behind him were his two sect elders, ninety thousand battleships, and more than four hundred thousand cultivators. They unleashed their full speed and charged ahead.

The remaining force—ten thousand battleships and more than fifty thousand Heavenly Spirit Sect cultivators—fell under the command of six perfected Spirit Immortal realm cultivators and charged towards… the Divine Eye civilization's main star!

The Neverending Dao Domain has two other Holy Domains aside from Left Dao Holy Domain - True Immortal Holy Domain and Side Sect Holy Domain.

The universe they reside is the Neverending Dao Domain, which divides three parts - True Immortal Holy Domain, Left Dao Holy Domain and Side Sect Holy Domain:
  • Each Holy Domain is immeasurably vast, such as below Left Dao Holy Domain are 3000 domains, each domain houses countless civilizations and they are under the Neverending Clan, and the Earth and neighboring immeasurable interstellar space belongs to the 19th domain of Left Dao Holy Domain, which houses numerous civilization and the strongest is the Violet Gold Civilization that has three Star Realm cultivators.
  • Graveyard of Stars is one of the five great mystic realms of the Neverending Dao Domain, a mysterious location that not even Galaxy Realm cultivators can lock on, where countless lifeless planets are, these planets are not dead but in a slumbering state, which is the most suitable state to be fused by Quasi-Planet Realm and perfect state to step into Planet Realm.
  • There are various conditions for a Spirit Immortal Realm to fuse with a planet to ascend to Planet Realm - most importantly is a planet must not resist and must not be dead as a planet has its will and the risk is huge as a minor disturbance could cause the death of the cultivator, not so much for the slumbering planets in Graveyard of Stars.
  • Furthermore, the Graveyard of Stars houses special planets, which is one of four levels of planets. First level is Ordinary Planets, Mars was one before the arrival of the ancient bronze sword. Second level is Spirit Planets, which the Earth is also one of as spirit meridians and Spirit Qi determine the levels of a planet. The first level seals off the future of a Planet Realm cultivator as they will stop at this level forever, and Spirit Stars are majority of Planet Realm cultivators, while not the most ideal, still holds a chance for a breakthrough of Planet Realm.

Hearing those two terms, even though Wang Baole felt that he understood a lot about the Never-Ending Clan, he was still stunned for a moment. This was the first time he had heard of the Left Dao Holy Domain. But the 19th Star Domain… Wang Baole recalled that during the battle at the Divine Sovereign Justice Sect previously, either the Heavenly Spirit Sect's sect lord or left-hand elder had exclaimed it once. Now that he heard it from Zhao Yameng, Wang Baole's curiosity was piqued, and he asked about it.

"I also only learned about this after arriving at the Violet Gold civilization and entering the Heavenly Spirit Sect. The portion of the universe we are in now is called the Never-Ending Dao Domain. We heard about this when we were on the ancient greenish-bronze sword back then.

"And the Never-Ending Dao Domain is divided into three parts. They are the Perfected Immortal Holy Domain, Left Dao Holy Domain, and Side Sect Holy Domain. The three great Holy Domains are extremely boundless. For example, the Left Dao Holy Domain has 3,000 domains within it. And every domain has countless civilizations within it… All of it is ruled over by the Never-Ending Clan…

"Where Earth is at, including the surrounding cosmos with astonishing boundaries, is the 19th Star Domain under the Left Dao Holy Domain. Within the nineteenth domain of the Left Dao Holy Domain, the strongest of the many civilizations… is the Violet Gold civilization!"

"They can become the strongest civilization in the Left Dao Holy Doman's nineteenth domain just by having three Eternal Star realms?" Wang Baole was astonished by the strength of the entire Never-Ending Dao Domain, and his mind seemed to be opened up. However, he couldn't help but mumble. In reality… he had seen Eternal Star realms before. Although they were strong, they still became meek after hearing the name of his senior brother, Chen Qing.

But his face turned serious. The strength of the Violet Gold civilization made Wang Baole feel that the battle of the Divine Eye civilization was very troublesome.

"That means that the Violet Gold civilization has plans to follow-up with this battle…"

"The Violet Gold civilization has joined forces with the Divine Eye royal family and have their eyes set on taking this place over. The Heavenly Spirit Sect is only the first wave. They'll follow up with a second and third wave. In fact, if necessary, the Eternal Star realms might come out of seclusion and descend here if they can't stand the battle situation. Baole… you must leave this place as soon as possible!" Zhao Yameng took a deep breath and spoke quickly.
After hearing Zhao Yameng's words and confirming his suspicions, Wang Baole was a little frustrated.

"I've set my sights on the Divine Eye civilization… Originally, I decided to take control of it and then use the method my senior brother taught me to pull it to Earth. Then I'd let the Eternal Stars fuse to raise our level…" Wang Baole had a vexed expression as he looked towards Zhao Yameng, in a dilemma.

"Yameng, the Divine Eye civilization is such a small place. Do you know why the Violet Gold civilization decided to join forces with the royalty here?"

"You don't know?" Zhao Yameng was stunned. But she considered that the amount of information they gained wasn't the same after all. So after thinking, she spoke.

"I'm not sure whether it's true, but the answer I got was… that the Divine Eye civilization has a mark… To a certain extent, the mark gives one the right to enter a place called the Graveyard of Stars!"

"Graveyard of Stars?" Wang Baole's pupils suddenly shrunk. This was the second time he had heard the name. Previously, the Divine Eye old ghost said that in an attempt to save his own life. At the same time, Wang Baole could basically guess that the reason Xie Haiyang sold intel from three sources was related to this so-called Graveyard of Stars.

However, he had no understanding of the Graveyard of Stars, and it wasn't easy for him to find someone to ask about this. So after hearing Zhao Yameng say those two words, Wang Baole instantly became excited.

Noticing Wang Baole's expression, Zhao Yameng slowed down and tried to recall thoroughly, saying everything she knew.

"When I was in the Heavenly Spirit Sect, I heard someone say that the Graveyard of Stars is one of the Never-Ending Star Domain's five great mystic realms. Although it exists within the Left Dao Holy Domain, its location is extremely mysterious. Even Star Domain realm mighty figures can't lock onto it and find it. There's only information from the people who returned from there throughout the years…"

"According to them… the Graveyard of Stars is insanely large, and there are countless Planets without any life on them there. Those planets aren't dead. Instead, they are in a state that's similar to a deep slumber. And the Violet Gold civilization recognizes this state as being the most suitable for those almost at the Planet realm to infuse the planets into themselves and make use of them to truly step into the Planet realm!" Zhao Yameng looked at Wang Baole while speaking softly. As she spoke, a glimmer flashed between her eyes.

"Baole, with your cultivation now… if you can enter there, you could definitely step into the Planet realm!

"After all, Spirit Immortals must fuse a planet into themselves before breaking through to the Planet realm. And there is an extremely huge number of conditions. The most important of them is that the planet must not resist and must also not be dead. It has to have its own will. Because of that, in the records of the Violet Gold civilization, a perfected stage Spirit Immortal who's about to break through must normally spend hundreds of years or even longer slowly refining to barely meet the requirements. But the risks are also extremely huge. Just a minor disturbance during the fusion will destroy the body and soul of the cultivator!"

"And in the Graveyard of Stars, one need not consider this at all. Any planet within it can be fused into a cultivator's body, and there's no possibility of failure!" Speaking to that point, a weird glint appeared in her eyes. Even though her cultivation was very far away from the Planet realm, she couldn't help but yearn to go to the legendary Graveyard of Stars.

"But all of those… aren't the things that most attract people. What makes people go crazy the most… is that within the Graveyard of Stars exist planets of a higher level, like special planets!" After saying the last two words, Zhao Yameng's breathing quickened. It was obvious that she was also awed when she obtained this information back then.

"Special planets?" Wang Baole paused. He knew that one had to fuse a planet into their body to break through the Spirit Immortal realm, but he only knew this much. As for types of planets, the Dark Dream didn't have information about that, and Chen Qing didn't have enough time to tell him about it. Even within the Divine Eye civilization, there was little information about this. At the same time, Wang Baole didn't get to explore this yet since he had just become a warlord-like figure in the Divine Eye civilization.

So after hearing Zhao Yameng's words, the first thing he thought of was his Stellar Nascent Soul. And based on that point, he had some vague guesses and understanding toward the so-called special planets.

"Yes, special planets!" The light in Zhao Yameng's eyes became brighter. As she yearned to go there, she increasingly thought that this might be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for Wang Baole!

Although fighting for a place from the Violet Gold civilization was akin to stealing food from a tiger's mouth, once Wang Baole obtained the opportunity… his future would have limitless possibilities. Thinking to that point, Zhao Yameng's expression became one of urgency as she spoke quickly!

"Baole, I don't know whether you know what determines a perfected stage Spirit Immortal cultivator's future achievements when they break through to the Planet realm, but according to the information I obtained in the Violet Gold civilization, I clearly understood this point…"

"The level of the planet they fuse with determines a Planet realm cultivator's strength and their future possibilities!" Zhao Yameng's words were resolute and decisive. When she looked at Wang Baole, the sense of anticipation in her eyes intensified.

Wang Baole's eyes also flashed.

"Planets that can be infused by cultivators are divided into four levels in the Violet Gold civilization. The first level is called Ordinary Stars. Such planets are very ordinary. For example, Mars before the ancient greenish-bronze sword arrived was actually just an ordinary planet even though it's named after a Roman god.

"As for Earth… I can't classify it, but I know that even if Earth exceeded the level of an Ordinary Star, it would at most reach the second level, which is Spirit Stars!"

"What determines the level of a Spirit Star are the spirit meridians and Spirit Qi within it. The more concentrated the Spirit Qi, the higher the level of a Spirit Star…" Speaking to this point, Zhao Yameng paused. Wang Baole quickly took out a bottle of Ice Spirit Water from his storage bag and gave it to her. But very quickly, he remembered that it was transformed from his essence. He hesitated, but it was too late for him to take it back. Zhao Yameng, who spoke until she got thirsty, had already taken a sip of the Ice Spirit Water. She then continued speaking.

"These two types of planets can both be infused by a cultivator and used for breaking through to the Planet realm. But if one fuses an Ordinary Star into their bodies, their cultivation will basically stop at the Planet realm for their entire life. It becomes extremely difficult for them to achieve a breakthrough!"

"So, unless they have no choice, no one would be willing to infuse an Ordinary Star. They mostly set their sights on Spirit Stars. Although infusing a Spirit Star isn't the most perfect option and only gives them ordinary combat strength, it's still possible for them to break through the Planet realm in the future. And this type of Planet realm cultivator takes up the majority, with 90% of Planet realm cultivators belonging to this type." Zhao Yameng took another sip of the Ice Spirit Water.

Wang Baole blinked and held in his dry cough as he pretended not to see it. He had a very intense interest in the planet levels Zhao Yameng was talking about.

聽到這兩個稱呼,哪怕王寶樂覺得自己對未央族了解很多,但還是愣了一下,左道聖域他是首次聽說,但十九星域……王寶樂記得之前掌天宗一戰時,從天靈宗掌座或者是左長老那裡,不知是誰驚呼過一次,此刻又從趙雅夢這裏聽到,王寶樂好奇之下,不由得問了起來。

「我也是到了紫金文明,且好不容易拜入到了天靈宗后,才知道的這一切,我們所在的這片宇宙,稱之為未央道域,這一點當初我們在青銅古劍時,就聽說過。」

「而未央道域整體分為三個部分,分別是真仙聖域,左道聖域以及旁門聖域,這三大聖域磅礴無盡,比如左道聖域下,就有三千域存在,而每一個域內,都有數不清的文明……這一切,都被未央族統領……」

「我們地球所在的地方,包括附近範圍驚人的星空,實際上都是左道聖域下的第十九星域,在這左道十九域里,有太多的文明,而其中最強大的……就是紫金文明!」

「三個恆星就可以成為左道十九域的主宰?」王寶樂雖吃驚整個未央道域的勢力,腦海也隨之好似被開拓了一般,但還是忍不住嘀咕了一句,實在是……恆星他也看到過,雖強大,但一聽說自己的師兄塵青子,不也變的老老實實了么。

不過他的面色還是凝重起來,紫金文明的強悍,讓王寶樂覺得這一次神目文明之戰,很是棘手。

「這麼說,這場戰爭,紫金文明還有後續了……」

「紫金文明與神目皇族聯手,對此地勢在必得,天靈宗只是第一批到來者,後續還有第二批與第三批,甚至到了必要之時,恆星也有可能因不耐戰況,出關降臨,寶樂……你要趕緊離開這裏啊!」趙雅夢深吸口氣,急速開口。

聽到趙雅夢的話語,確定了自己的猜測后,王寶樂有些頭大。

「這神目文明我看好了啊,本打算將其掌握后,以我師兄傳授的方法,將其牽引到地球,讓恆星融合,使我們的層次提高……」王寶樂一臉苦惱,心底糾結時,他看向趙雅夢。

「雅夢,神目文明這個小地方,紫金為什麼和這裏的皇族結盟,這裏面你知道原因么?」

「你不知道?」趙雅夢一愣,但想到雙方消息畢竟不對等,於是思索了一下,說出話語。

「我不確定是不是,但我得到的答案……是神目文明掌握了一個印記……這印記某種程度,是進入一處叫做星隕之地的名額!」

「星隕之地?」王寶樂眼睛驟然一縮,這已經是他第二次聽到這個名字了,之前是那神目老鬼臨死前說出,試圖保命,同時王寶樂也基本能猜到謝海洋賣三方情報的原因,怕是與這所謂的星隕之地也有關聯。

只不過他對這星隕之地不了解,也不好輕易去找人問詢,所以此刻聽到趙雅夢說出這四個字后,王寶樂頓時動容。

察覺到王寶樂的神情,趙雅夢緩了緩,仔細的回憶一番,將自己所知道的,全部說出。

「我在天靈宗的時候聽人說過,這星隕之地,是未央道域五大秘境之一,雖存在於左道聖域內,但其所在之地神秘無比,就連星域大能也都無法將其鎖定尋找出來,只有若干年來,從那裡歸來之人口述傳聞……」

「據說……那星隕之地無限大,裏面有數不清的沒有生命存在的星辰,這些星辰並非死亡,而是都處於類似沉睡的階段,而這個階段……是紫金文明公認的,最適合被准行星修士融合,藉此真正踏入行星境的最完美狀態!」趙雅夢一邊看著王寶樂,一邊輕聲開口,說著說著,她明眸里就光芒一閃。

「寶樂,以你現在的修為……若能進去那裡,必定可以踏入行星境!」

「畢竟靈仙想要晉陞行星,必須要融合一顆星辰才可,而融合的條件極多,裏面最重要的一點,就是這顆星辰不能抵抗,但又不能死亡,必須有自己的意志,所以在紫金文明的記錄里,往往一個即將突破的靈仙大圓滿,需要耗費數百年甚至更久的時間去慢慢煉化,才可勉強達到要求,但也風險極大,在融合時稍微一個波動,就會形神俱滅!」

「而在這星隕之地,則完全不需有如此顧慮,這裏面任何一顆星辰,都可被融合,且沒有失敗的可能!」趙雅夢說到這裏,目中露出奇異神采,儘管她修為距離行星差距太大,可她還是忍不住對那傳說中的星隕之地,產生了一絲神往。

「但這些……還不是最讓人心動的,最讓人瘋狂的……是在這星隕之地里,還存在了更高層次的星辰,比如特殊星辰!!」說出最後四個字時,趙雅夢呼吸也都急促了一下,顯然這些消息她當年得到時,也被震撼了。

「特殊星辰?」王寶樂一愣,他知道突破靈仙,需要融合一顆行星才可,但也僅此而已,對於行星的種類,冥夢裡沒有,且塵青子也沒來得及告訴他,就算是在神目文明內,對於這一類消息也都極少,同時王寶樂此刻剛剛晉陞成為神目文明霸主般的存在,也還沒來得及去探尋。

所以在聽到趙雅夢的話語后,他第一個想到的,就是自己的星辰元嬰,也正是根據這一點,他對於那所謂的特殊行星,隱隱有了一些猜測與明悟。

「是的,特殊星辰!」趙雅夢目中光芒越發明亮,在這神往中,她越發覺得或許這對王寶樂來說,是一個千載難逢的機會!

雖從紫金文明那裡爭奪名額,無疑是虎口奪食,可一旦王寶樂擁有了……那麼其未來將有無限可能,想到這裏,趙雅夢神情變得急切,飛速開口!

「寶樂,我不知你是否了解靈仙大圓滿的修士,在晉陞行星時,決定他們未來成就的是什麼,但根據我在紫金文明得到的資料里,很清楚的點出了這一點……」

「融入的星辰的層次,將決定行星修士的強弱以及未來的可能性!」趙雅夢話語斬釘截鐵,看著王寶樂時,其目中期待之意越發強烈。
王寶樂也是目光一閃。

「能被修士融合的星辰,在紫金文明裡被分為四個層次,第一個層次被稱之為凡星,這一類星辰很普通,如青銅古劍沒有到來前的火星,雖名字帶火,可實際上就是普通星辰。」

「至於地球……我不好去將其歸納,但我知道,地球就算超越了凡星,但最多也就是達到第二個層次,也就是靈星!」

「決定靈星好壞的,是其內蘊含的靈脈與靈氣,靈氣越濃,則靈星層次就越高……」趙雅夢說到這裏頓了一下,王寶樂趕緊從儲物袋裡拿出一瓶冰靈水,遞了過去,但很快他想起這是自己本源變化出來的,於是遲疑了一下,但想收回已來不及,說的口渴的趙雅夢,已經將冰靈水接過喝了一口,繼續說了起來。

「這兩類星辰,都可以被修士融合藉此踏入行星境,但融合凡星的話,基本上一生修為將止步在行星境,想要突破,難度極大!」

「所以除非是萬不得已,否則沒有人願意去融合凡星,更多的目標,是放在了靈星上,雖融合靈星也不是最完美,戰力也只是一般,但未來突破行星境的可能性還是存在的,且這一類的行星修士,數量最多,幾乎佔據了九成以上。」說著,趙雅夢又喝了一口冰靈水。

王寶樂眨了眨眼,忍住乾咳,當做沒看見,對趙雅夢說的星辰層次,有了很強的興趣。

A Quasi-Universe Realm (Quasi-3rd Step who can combat 3rd Step or Universe Realm in Neverending Dao Domain) often controls ten thousand, hundred thousand or a million of stars and seats in star systems far larger than Flame Patriarch's star system, which houses 449 stars and tens of thousands of times larger than Divine Eye Star System, yet said to be "ordinary size" to other star systems controlled by those of lesser status than Flame Patriarch, and each star system houses a civilization.

Wang Baole arrives to the Blazing Flame Star System and Yan Ling goes from the edge to the center of this star system in two hours, where a planet almost as big as the (old) Solar System, orbited by hundreds of stars, each has different number of satellite planets, totalling to thousands of planets.
  • However, according to Yan Ling, this is because Flame Patriarch likes to keep a low-profile, as those comparable to the Flame Patriarch are beings who mastered at least tens of thousands, even hundreds of thousands and millions of Eternal Stars.
  • There are even those far inferior to Flame Patriarch, yet they control star systems that far exceeds the scale of the Blazing Flame Star System, and despite this star system's ordinary size, it holds incomparable status in the Left Dao Holy Domain and even in other Holy Domains.
  • Since the Blazing Flame Star System is tens of thousands Divine Eye Star System, which was originally twice the size of Solar System, which spans from the Sun to Pluto (there is a barrier separates the Solar System from the outside created by the Federation just beyond Pluto). In short, the Divine Eye Star System should be almost twelve billion kilometers.
  • Yan Ling is a powerful Star Domain cultivator and the guardian beast born from the sea of flame of the Blazing Flame Star System, his speed in the star system should be significantly higher than what he is capable of on the outside.

Therefore, when he saw the red region, his spirits were lifted.

As he stared at it, the red region was like a gigantic flame that was rising continuously. It spread towards the cosmos beyond the surrounding flames and released countless smoke-like substances.

This scene made Wang Baole feel as though he was looking at a ball of eternal fire in the cosmos. The old bull was even faster at that moment, bringing Wang Baole closer to the region of fire as he roared.

When he was almost at the edge, Wang Baole could no longer see the complete outline of the flame. He could only see the vast Sea of Fire before him.

Waves of heat surged, and the cosmos around him warped. The closer he got, the more severe the distortions became. Wang Baole was shocked. He soon realized that as the cosmos warped, it affected space, time, and laws!

Time seemed to have slowed down in the twisted extraterrestrial space. Besides the laws of fire, all other laws were suppressed to their limits.

Even the nomological laws of the cosmos seemed to have no choice but to acknowledge the power of the flames.

The Flame Patriarch is actually so powerful! Wang Baole was also alarmed. Although he previously felt that the Flame Patriarch wasn't weak, he was clearly inferior to his senior brother, Chen Qing. But now, he clearly realized that his view was right and wrong!

The right thing was that this was the truth, while the wrong thing was… it wasn't that the Flame Patriarch was weak, but that his senior brother Chen Qing was so strong that he was abnormal. That was why the Flame Patriarch didn't seem very strong.

"Different references…"

With such thoughts and emotions, the old bull under Wang Baole's feet roared towards the sky. As his voice spread in all directions, the Sea of Fire in front of him instantly dispersed, revealing a path.

The old bull's speed didn't decrease. He directly rushed into the path and stepped into the flaming star system. As he entered, he seemed to be very excited. With a leap, he no longer headed for the empty path in the Fire Sea. Instead, he directly jumped into the sea of fire and stepped on it.

This scene made Wang Baole's heart skip a beat. He grabbed tightly onto the hair on the old bull's back. That was because he could see the Sea of Fire everywhere he looked. At the same time, the high temperature and the suppressive force within the Sea of Fire made him tremble with fear. He had a feeling that once he was thrown out, even though he had mastered the laws of fire of the Ancient Star and had the support of the Dao Star, he wouldn't be able to hold on for long and would be turned into ashes by the Sea of Fire.

Fortunately, this feeling didn't last long. As the old bull ran like he was having fun, it only took about two hours for him to rush from the edge of the Inferno Star System to the center.

Very quickly, Wang Baole, who had a pale face on the old bull's back, saw a huge planet appear in the Sea of Fire in front of him. This planet was so big that it was almost as big as the entire Solar System. It looked like a huge kiln…

This was the Flame Main Star!

There were hundreds of Eternal Stars surrounding the Flame Main Star!

The Eternal Stars revolved slowly around the main Flame Star. Wang Baole also saw planets of varying numbers around each Eternal Star.

However, compared to the vastness of the main star, the other planets didn't have much of a presence in Wang Baole's senses. However, when he calmed down and took a closer look, the waves in his heart surged uncontrollably.

"Hundreds of stars and thousands of planets surround the main planet of the Flame Star, forming the Flame Star System… The Solar System Federation is extremely weak before such a force…"

"Shocked? That's not all. Let me tell you something, this is because the Supreme Lord keeps a low profile and doesn't want to make a big deal out of himself. You should know that in the Never-Ending Dao Domain, anyone who can stand shoulder to shoulder with the Supreme Lord in terms of cultivation and combat strength has at least mastered tens of thousands of Eternal Stars… There are even people who have mastered tens of thousands or even millions."

"There are even quite a few that are far inferior to the Supremacies. They also possess a scale that far exceeds that of the Blazing Flame Galaxy. This is nothing. Who asked our great Supremacy to be so simple and unadorned?" The old bull exclaimed loudly. His voice spread in all directions and affected a large area.

"However, even if the scale is ordinary… in the Left Dao Holy Domain, our Blazing Flame Galaxy has a transcendent status. It is unique and is also known as one of the Holy Lands. Within the Left Dao Holy Domain, we can basically do whatever we want. Even if we go to the Holy Domain of another sect, we have our own status!"

Listening to the old bull's words, Wang Baole's emotions surged. Previously, when he was chatting with the old bull on the way, the old bull didn't say it explicitly, but his words revealed some information. This made Wang Baole realize that the Inferno Galaxy was still within the Left Dao Holy Domain. However, due to its extraordinary status, it was like a feudal lord. Even the large sects in the Left Dao Holy Domain didn't dare offend it easily.

Blazing Flame Star System has more than a hundred Zones and houses 449 stars. Wang Baole heard that almost everything in the Blazing Flame Star System is Flame Patriarch's avatars, he still felt it is impossible for his master to create enough avatars to covet hundreds of civilizations.

His target was the meteorite belt outside the main Flame Planet, located in the southeastern region of the Inferno Galaxy. It was located in the Roast Spirit Civilization, located in Zone 137.

According to the jade slip he had obtained from the Blazing Flame Galaxy, there were many meteorites in that meteorite belt, enough for him to choose a suitable one to seal.

The Raging Flame Galaxy's one hundred and thirty-seventh region… As Wang Baole sped along, the Raging Flame Galaxy that he had learned about during this period surfaced in his mind. There were a total of four hundred and forty-nine Eternal Stars there.

Every Eternal Star was a civilization with life in it. They were subsidiaries of the Flame Patriarch over the years. They respected the Flame Patriarch as their master, and they had to pay tribute every year in exchange for the protection of the Flame Patriarch.

The Roast Spirit civilization in Zone 137 was one of them. The strongest of them had reached the late-stage of the Eternal Star realm. There were also several Planet realm cultivators, and their overall strength was considered above average in the Flame Star System. They weren't qualified to visit the Flame Main Star normally. They were only allowed to enter the main star during the Flame Patriarch's hundred-year birthday celebration.

To these affiliated civilizations, the Flame Main Star was a sacred land. The Flame Patriarch was like a god, while the disciples of the Flame Patriarch were like Dao Disciples. They didn't dare to slight the Flame Main Star. In the Flame Star System, a single word from any one of the 16 Dao Disciples could determine the survival of their entire civilization.

After all… the Flame Patriarch's protectiveness was not only well-known, it was also known by everyone in the Flame Star System.

That was why… even though Wang Baole hadn't been in the Inferno Star System for long and hadn't been informed of his departure, every time his flying shuttle entered a civilization, the strongest cultivators in the civilization would immediately fly out and send him off respectfully.

The powerful cultivators of these civilizations were all at the Eternal Star realm. They all had different appearances, and most of their divine powers and life essence were related to the laws of fire. Even though Wang Baole didn't know them, they all knew Wang Baole's appearance through various means. Right now, they bowed their heads and were as respectful as slaves.

At first, Wang Baole was shocked.

After he accepted Little Missy's explanation and got used to the fact that everyone he saw was his master, the first time he went out on the main Flame Planet was when he saw the first Eternal Star realm cultivator who greeted him. His first reaction was to suspect that he was his master's avatar.

He felt that the possibility of that was extremely low. After all, it was unlikely that his master would split his doppelgangers, which covered hundreds of civilizations, and play every role in it.

However, Wang Baole was truly a little nervous. However, when he noticed the other party's respectful greeting, he finally heaved a sigh of relief.

An average star system in Neverending Dao Domain is twenty times of a normal star, in this case, the Sun.

Wang Baole releases his Dao Planet to force Fu Shiyi, an Earth Grade Eternal Star cultivator to retreat upon seeing Wang Baole's Dao Planet expands to ten times of a normal Eternal Star, which covers half of an average star system, it seems the size of an average star system in Stone Stele World is twenty times the size of the Sun.

Zi Yue, huh… Wang Baole narrowed his eyes and released the restraint he had on the Dao Star in his body. Instantly, his Dao Star grew and materialized outside the battleship!

At first, it was just a dot of light. It expanded rapidly until it was the size of an ordinary Planet realm. That made the charging barbican, who was approaching rapidly and had already reached 700 feet away, laugh.

"That's it?" Fu Shiyi seemed disappointed. He shook his head and approached the planet again. When he reached a hundred and fifty feet, he stopped in his tracks for the first time. The Dao Star in front of him was no longer the same size as before. It had grown to the size of half a Eternal Star.

"Interesting." Fu Shiyi's eyes lit up as he laughed again. He increased his speed and neared 300 feet. However, in the next moment, he stopped in his tracks again. His eyes were filled with surprise as he looked at the Dao Star that had expanded to the size of an ordinary Eternal Star.

"Not bad, not bad. This is more interesting!" Such a Dao Star didn't make Fu Shiyi stop in his tracks. Instead, after pausing for a moment, excitement and intense fighting spirit appeared on his face. His laughter grew louder, and he took a step forward and crossed another hundred feet. When he was only sixty feet away from Wang Baole, his footsteps… stopped for the third time.

What followed was a rapid blink of an eye, as well as a dazed look that was transformed from the excitement in his eyes.

"What is this?" Fu Shiyi muttered under her breath as she stared dazedly at the planet in front of her. It was growing bigger. It was already three times the size of an ordinary Eternal Star and was still expanding.

He could see with his naked eye that the Dao Star continued to expand to five times, six times… until it reached a terrifying size of ten times that of an ordinary Eternal Star.

It was like half of a star system. Around the gigantic Dao Star, nine satellite-like Ancient Stars appeared one after another, emitting earth-shattering laws that shook the cosmos.

From afar, the majestic Dao Star looked like the eye of the universe. It was staring at the tiny, trembling Fu Shiyi, whose excitement and fighting spirit had vanished.

Fu Shiyi didn't want to tremble either, but he couldn't control his body. The terrifying nomological laws and powers of the Dao Star and its satellite affected and warped the surroundings, causing all his flesh and blood to tremble instinctively.

"This is… this is a Planet realm?" Fu Shiyi muttered to herself. The confusion in his eyes turned into shock. He remained silent for a few breaths…

Then, he suddenly turned around and ran towards the back. He used almost all his cultivation on speed and escaped without looking back!

The Left Dao Holy Domain spans half of the Neverending Dao Domain.

Just like that, as Xie Haiyang informed and the divine bull sped away, time passed slowly. The journey this time was much longer than that of the Destiny Star or even the Graveyard of Stars.

This was akin to crossing the entire Left Dao Holy Domain. Looking at the area, it was comparable to half of the Never-Ending Universe. If it were Wang Baole himself, he would probably need several years or even longer before he could leap forward. However, as the divine bull charged, the time was shortened to half a month!

Two weeks later, for the first time in his life… Wang Baole left the boundaries of the Left Dao Holy Domain and appeared in the empty space between the Left Dao Holy Domain and the Never-Ending Holy Domain!

This region wasn't very large, and it was filled with countless spatial rifts. There was also a violent aura wreaking havoc, making it unsuitable for living and even more unsuitable for cultivation. Therefore, it was treated as the border.

But now… the battlefield between Chen Qing and the Moon Splitting Divine Emperor was here. That was why it attracted the attention of countless family clans and sects from all over. When Wang Baole and the others arrived, they saw many figures hurrying over from all directions.

Most of them recognized the Flame Patriarch and avoided him when they saw him. This allowed the divine bull that the Flame Patriarch was sitting on to reach the edge of the battlefield without any obstacles!

就這樣,在謝海洋的告知與神牛的疾馳中,時間慢慢流逝,這一次的路程,比天命星甚至星隕之地,都要遠很多。

這幾乎就是跨越了整個左道聖域,從範圍來看,堪比小半的未央宇宙了,若換了王寶樂自己。怕是需要數年甚至更久,才可飛躍,可在神牛的疾馳中,時間被縮短到了半個月!

於是半個月後,王寶樂這一生,首次……離開了左道聖域的範圍,出現在了左道聖域與未央聖域之間的空曠區域!

這片區域不是很大,瀰漫了數不清的空間裂縫,更有狂暴的氣息肆虐,不適合居住,更不適合修行,所以被作為邊界之處。

但如今……塵青子與裂月神皇的戰場,就是在這裏,所以吸引了來自各方的無數家族與宗門的注意,使得王寶樂等人到來時,看到了不少身影,從四方趕路而來。

這裏面大都認識烈焰老祖,在看到后紛紛避讓,使得烈焰老祖坐下的神牛,沒有任何阻礙的,達到了戰場邊緣!

The gulf between Solar System and Violet Gold Star System is so large that Wang Baole as a Planet Realm would need hundreds of years to move between them (Planet Realm is not lightspeed, as Soul Conduit Realm was hundreds of times faster than speed of sound and two Spirit Immortal Realm went from Mars to Saturn's Ring in an unknown amount of time. A cultivator's longevity was directly stated to dilute their sense of time, so what is "fast" or "quick" for them is much longer for mortals).

Wang Baole orders the little donkey (after eating the wisps of Heavenly Dao) to go to the Solar System from Violet Gold Star System, as far as two star systems, they are still within the 19th domain of the Left Dao Holy Domain. In the past, it might have taken Wang Baole's cultivation base hundreds of years to move between two star systems, but the donkey in the form of threads of laws arrive close to the edge of the Solar System in a month.

"Let's go home." Wang Baole patted the donkey's head and shut his eyes. Even though the donkey was now a mount, it didn't dare to show any negative emotions. It also didn't dare to think about whether it had been promoted or demoted from a pet to a mount.

However, it was still somewhat depressed in its heart. However, after running a few steps, it remembered that Little Wu was still in the storage bag and couldn't come out. Therefore, its attitude immediately changed. As it beamed with joy, it became happier.

It seemed to feel that it was still useful. After a few "ohs", its speed gradually increased. In the end, perhaps because it had eaten too much of the Heavenly Dao aura, its entire body seemed to have fused with the laws and rules as it sped, forming a faintly discernible thread that headed straight for… the Solar System.

The Violet Gold civilization might be far away from the Solar System, but it was actually located in the nineteenth domain of the Left Dao Holy Domain. With Wang Baole's cultivation back then, it might have taken him hundreds of years to reach that level, but it was no longer necessary now.

After the donkey transformed into a thread that was similar to the nomological laws, it only took it a month to cross the entire area and approach the edge of the Solar System.

It was only then that Wang Baole opened his eyes. He stared at the familiar star vortex in front of him, at the Eternal Star that was giving off a sense of familiarity. The moment he looked at the ancient greenish-bronze sword, it suddenly trembled.

「回家吧。」拍了拍小毛驢的頭,王寶樂閉上了眼,小毛驢那裡驢生此刻雖作為坐騎,但不敢有絲毫的負面情緒,也不敢去想自身從寵物變成坐騎這件事,到底是升了還是降了。

不過心底多少還是有些鬱悶,但在跑了幾步后,它想到小五還在儲物袋內出不來,於是心態立刻改變,眉飛色舞間,變的開心起來。

似乎是覺得自己還是有用的,於是在哦啊了幾聲后,速度漸漸快了,直至最後,或許是吃掉的天道氣息太多,所以它整個身體在這急速中,隱隱似與法則與規則融合,形成了一道若隱若現的絲線,直奔……太陽系。

紫金文明距離太陽系雖遠,但實際上都是在左道聖域內的第十九域內,以王寶樂當年的修為,或許要花上幾百年才能達到,可如今不需要了。

小毛驢的速度,在化作了與規則法則相似的絲線后,只用了一個月左右,就橫渡了所有的範圍,臨近了太陽系的邊緣。

到了這裏,王寶樂才睜開了眼,望著前方熟悉的星漩,凝望散出陣陣親切之意的恆星,而在他看向青銅古劍的剎那,這把劍忽然震顫起來。

When the Solar System encompasses ten thousand of civilizations, its Sun becomes as huge as a star system, not even Star Domain (Strong 2nd Step) can approach the Sun, Quasi-Universe Realm (can slay Universe Realm) can only stay in the Sun for a short span of time and only Universe Realm can stay in this Sun for a long period of time.

The Solar System is so boundless as home to almost ten thousand Eternal Stars and the Sun was so gigantic that it is comparable to a star system, Star Domain Realm could barely approach this star, only Quasi-Universe Realm such as Flame Patriarch and Demonic Eye can enter and stay for a short period of time even if they unleashed all of their power, only Wang Baole can reside in there for a long time.

As these thoughts surfaced in his mind, Wang Baole sighed softly. He stepped into the Solar System, which had been integrated with more than eight thousand civilizations. It was vast and boundless.

Right now, the Solar System spanned a vast area, and the number of Eternal Stars reached nearly ten thousand. However, to a certain extent, these Eternal Stars were all subsidiary. It was the same for the Eternal Stars of the five great sects. The main star only had… the Federation's sun!

Compared to the past, the Federation's sun had undergone a qualitative change. It was enormous, comparable to a star system. Its light could illuminate further into the distance. At the same time, the flames within it were almost black, exuding waves of terrifying suppressive force.

Even Eternal Star realm cultivators wouldn't be able to approach such a suppressive force. They would shudder in fear if they saw it from afar. It was even more so for those below the Eternal Star realm. Only those who had reached the Star Domain realm could barely approach the sun and worship it.

In the entire Left Dao Holy Domain, there were only three people who had the right to enter the Federation's sun with their own cultivation.

One was the Flame Patriarch, while the other was the Demonic Eye. The two of them could be considered quasi-universes. When they unleashed their full power, they could stay on the sun for a short period of time.

Wang Baole was the only one who could stay here for a long time with his cultivation.

That was why his seclusion had been shifted from Mars to the Federation's sun. The Federation's sun… had naturally become the publicly acknowledged Dao Palace of the Left Dao Holy Domain.

The Palace of Dao Masters!

At this point, it is clear where this is going on, the Solar System was on the edge of the 19th Domain and the Violet Gold Civilization seats in the center of 19th Domain as its overlord, it rules hundreds of civilizations and even if a good gulf of its territority is desolate, lifeless or home to barbaric nonsapient species, it does not help much as AWWP follows Star Trek's model - each star system is likely home to a civilization.

Just 20 lightyears around the Sun is home to 130+ stars and almost 100 star systems, and space is 3D - that means when you expands that area, you are expanding a sphere, which encompasses vastly larger volume, and an area of hundreds of lightyears in a galaxy encompasses millions of stars, which is clearly far beyond the ability of governing of Violet Gold Civilization. 19th Domain might be spanning dozens of lightyears an average domain of 3000 domains and there might be domains vastly larger like those of five great sects or their subordinate factions, unfortunately, you cannot go very far with them.

In short, I am suggesting the Left Dao Holy Domain is the size of Milky Way Galaxy with 3000 Domains together, or 87,400 ± 3,590 lightyears.

The good thing is, that is only the world of living, because the Neverending Dao Domain also contains the world of dead aka home of Dark Sect that is as large as the world of living, and the void between two worlds was stated to be the sea of consciousness from which all living beings coming from, so it is likely as large as two realms. There are two more levels, but sadly, second level is a door to the outside world and third level is a crack to the stone stele shell created by Allheaven.

The Stone Stele World has three levels, the first level is the Core World, which is the universe, the second level is the Boundary, which is the door beyond this void, which stands between the Core World and the Boundary and third level is the crack to the outer wall.
  • When Chen Qing arrives to the door, a blood shadow-like entity, supposed to be the Emperor comes out from the door, its screech can penetrate and tear the soul, shake all living beings and vaporize anything below Universe Realm.
  • Since the Core World contains the world of the living and the world of the dead that are identical in size. It is unknown how vast is the void between the first and second level aside from being described as "vast", we can start with the assumption it should be as large as the Core World as this is the sea of consciousness where the memories of all beings were.
  • The second level and third level do not contribute to the size of the Stone Stele World as the former is the gateway to the outside and the third level leads to the shell or the stone stele that encompasses the Neverending Dao Domain.

"I will," Chen Qing said softly. He walked to the end of the void and took the last step. As his foot landed, the entire void shook. An indescribable suppressive force descended and transformed into a huge palm that landed in front of Chen Qing and stopped him.

The hand came from the will of the entire stone stele world. It was… the hand of Allheaven!

There was also a strong Dark Qi wave emanating from the palm.

"I am the Dark Sect's Heavenly Dao. In this generation of the Dark Emperor, in the stone stele world, my mission is the highest!" Chen Qing said suddenly as he faced the palm. As he spoke, the Dark Qi on his body erupted, and the black fish on his glabella shone as he stared at the palm.

The auras of both parties seemed to come from the same source. After a long while, the palm finally dissipated. As it dissipated, an ancient stone door appeared before Chen Qing.

Chen Qing stood in front of the door and was silent for a long time. Finally, with a flick of his sleeve, the stone door opened slowly. As it opened, Chen Qing saw that outside the stone door, there was nothing.

There was no end to it. Further off in the distance, there was a huge fissure. That fissure… seemed to be forcefully blasted out by someone outside.

"The stone stele world is divided into three levels. The first level… is the core world, which is also the universe. The second level… is the inner wall of the stone stele, which is also the void behind the door. I am between the core and the inner wall. As for the third level…"

"That crack is the outer wall, which is the third level!"

Chen Qing narrowed his eyes. As he stood inside the door and swept his gaze outside, suddenly… a vast blood shadow flashed past the door. In the blink of an eye, even more blood shadows flashed past. Upon a closer look, those so-called blood shadows seemed to be the tentacles of a certain creature.

However, because this creature was too big, just its whiskers alone were already shocking!

At the same time, as the blood shadows flashed past, sharp screeches could be heard.

This sound could penetrate one's soul and tear everything apart. It would shock all living things. If anyone below the Universe realm heard it, their flesh and blood would immediately collapse, and their souls would be destroyed!

"You're the one that Weiyang Zi is waiting for…"

"And you… are trying to possess my junior brother?"

A true Emperor!

「我會的。」塵青子輕聲低語,走到了虛無盡頭的他,邁出了最後一步,這一步落下,整個虛無搖晃起來,一股無法形容的威壓,轟然落下,化作了一隻巨大的手掌,落在了塵青子的面前,將其阻止。

這手掌,來自整個石碑界的意志,這是……羅天之手所化!

更有一股濃郁的冥氣波動,也從這手掌內散發出來。

「我是冥宗天道,這一代冥皇,石碑界內,使命最高意志!」面對這手掌,塵青子驀然開口,隨著話語的傳出,其身上的冥氣轟然爆發,眉心黑魚閃耀,凝望手掌。

雙方氣息隱隱同源,半晌后,那手掌終於慢慢消散,而隨著其散去,一扇古老的石門,出現在了塵青子的面前。

站在門前,塵青子沉默了許久,最終大袖一甩,頓時這石門轟然間,向外緩緩開啟,而隨著開啟,塵青子看到了石門外,赫然還是一片虛無。

無邊無際,而在更遠的地方,則存在了一道巨大的裂縫,這裂縫……似有人在外,強行轟出。

「石碑界,分為三層,第一層……是核心界,也就是宇宙,第二層……則是石碑內壁,也就是這道門后的虛無,而我所在,是核心與內壁之間是,至於第三層……」

「那裂縫,是外壁,也就是第三層!」

塵青子眼睛眯起,站在門內,掃向外面的瞬間,忽然的……有一道浩瀚的血影,從門外閃瞬而過,更是在眨眼間,更多的血影飛速閃過,仔細去看,那些所謂的血影,好似某個生物身體上的須子。

只不過因這生物太大,所以僅僅是須子,就已磅礴驚人!

同時,在這些血影閃過中,還有陣陣尖銳的嘶鳴聲傳來。

這聲音,足以穿透神魂,撕裂所有,震懾一切眾生,甚至宇宙境以下在聽到后,怕是立刻就會血肉崩潰,神魂碎滅!

「未央子等待的,就是你么……」

「更是你……試圖奪舍我小師弟么?」

「真正的帝君!」

In short, welcome to 3-B.
 
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Great Cosmos (Megacosmos) - Part I:

The universe that houses the future Immortal Astral Continent, the former Vast Expanse Cosmos (of which Vast Expanse Starry Sky is a small part of), Eternal Spirit World, Stone Stele World, and countless Small Cosmoses or small universes. The Dao Domains are said to be small universes within the Great Cosmos, but the purpose of this section is to view on what is a "universe" in the context of Ergenverse.

Allheaven and Guoxian had fought for aeons across the First Ring throughout ninety million "tribulations" (worlds) for the seat of Immortal, until they were effectively dead in the beginning of Second Ring that houses ninety million tribulations, the first is Neverending Dao Domain and the second is Vast Expanse Dao Domain. The Neverending Dao Domain continues to exist as Stone Stele World throughout many epochs until the ending of Second Ring, and stated to be first two "universes" of the Second Loop.

Sun reaches the finality of his story:
  • The ninety million Apramana Tribulations is a beginning and an end, the Dao, the universe and the stars born and destroyed in this beginning and end as the First Loop.
  • Their battle comes to an end after battling for the entirety of First Loop. In ninety million worlds, almost All's countless avatars were defeated so the seat of Immortal leaned to other figure, that being claimed themselves as the Ancient Immortal.
  • In the Second Loop, the first Apramana Tribulation is the Neverending Dao Domain and the second Apramana Aeon is the Vast Expanse Dao Domain, they begun the first battle, though the start has nothing to do but the end of this war had something to do with the two almighty figures and that was the turning for the battle for the seat of Immortal.
  • Ancient Immortal underestimated All, as the latter schemed for the battle since the First Loop and for ninety million Apramana Tribulations, the Void Prison was to cause Ancient Immortal to condemn the Heavenly Dao and cause the collapse of ninety million worlds to carry out the battle on ninety million avatars.
  • The defeat of almost All's avatars and the seat of Immortal coming close to the Ancient Immortal was All's plan, for the moment the First Ring comes to an end and Ancient Immortal to convince that they had won, which arrived on the battle of two great Dao Domains, when All perished, Ancient Immortal won, the Divinse Sense from ninety million worlds returned.
  • Before the Divine Sense could return completely, All was not dead, his ninety million avatars were gone but the karma was still there, he borrows the karma of ninety million avatars with Ancient Immortal, the inseperable connection in time to reverse the situation between them as All's purpose was never the Seat of Immortal, but the soul and body of the Ancient Immortal.
  • Gu (or Ancient) did not admit defeat even if the return of his Divine Sense was for All's resurrection.
  • Ancient might had been defeated, unable to reverse the gathering of Divine Sense under All's interference, had body and soul stolen by All, he still left a silver of Divine Sense that had yet to return to shatter the void and escape to the battlefield between Vast Expanse Dao Domain and Neverending Dao Domain.
  • The escape of Ancient means even if All possessed Ancient's body and soul, the soul was incomplete and so is the Seat of Immortal, being of the same source, so the silver of Ancient's soul became his only flaw.
  • The silver of Ancient's soul, though was incomplete and confused, was still a soul of an almighty, in a moment of sanity, this figure released a heaven-defying technique, as the beginning of Second Loop as the foundation and the future and end of the Second Loop as the time limit to condense a curse, that is, if All is dead, Ancient still lives on and if Ancient is dead, All automatically shatters.
  • This curse is effective until the end of the Second Loop, hence, the saying - "Allheaven Fears of Immortal" and the real Seat of Immortal is still vacant.
  • The first Apramana Tribulation of the Second Loop is the supremely powerful Neverending Dao Domain, it was confident when triggering a war of exterminaton against the Vast Expanse Dao Domain and hence, the inevitable outcome.
  • The once-prosperous Vast Expanse Dao Domain was completely defeated, all of living beings were massacred entirely. Since then, any living being enters the boundless Vast Expanse will hear endless screams of resentment as though it was the Underworld.
  • As for Neverending Dao Domain, despite its absolute victory, lost its future. As the remnant of Ancient's soul escaped into there, and from outside the Dao Domain, All shatterd the void and chased, he sealed the entire Dao Domain with the remnant of Ancient's soul and transformed the Dao Domain into a timeless Stone Stele, forever suppressed into the distant starry sky as a legend.
  • All cannot destroy Ancient, he would not want to refine the remnant soul so he has to wait until the Second Loop is over to devour Ancient to become the sole Immortal. As for the Second Loop, several figures rose to dominance, such as the Devil, Demon, Eternal, God, etc.

His story had finally ended.

"The 90,000,000 Tribulations will be the beginning and the end. The Dao will be destroyed, the universe will perish, and the stars will perish… This is the first cycle!

"Last time, the two mighty figures fought over the entire ring. As the first ring dissipated, and as the second ring began, their fight finally came to an end. Out of the ninety million worlds, ninety-nine percent of Luo's countless incarnations were defeated, and the position of Immortal was completely given to another. This one… finally has his own name. He calls himself… an Ancient Immortal!"

...

"At the beginning of the Second Loop, the first Aeon Span was called the Never-Ending Dao Domain. Then, the second Aeon Span was the Vast Expanse Dao Domain… An initial battle between the two Dao Domains began!

"The start of the war between the two great Dao Domains has nothing to do with the two mighty figures. However, the end of the war has something to do with the two mighty figures. This is because the battle for the position of Immortal is about to begin!

"The Ancient Immortal seems to have won, but he underestimated Law!"

"Law is setting up a trap that has been set up since the moment the two of them first started fighting for it. This trap that has been going on for so long, the reason why the void became a prison, is so that the ancient immortals can condemn the Heavenly Dao and cause the collapse of the ninety million worlds, forcing them to fight over the incarnation of ninety million worlds."

"It seems that in these 90 million worlds, the 90 million incarnations of Luo are all defeated and destroyed in the passage of time. It seems like the Immortal Throne is leaning towards the Ancient Realm, but this… is all part of Luo's plan!"

"Law is waiting… waiting for the end of the first ring. That is because the moment when the Ancient Immortal believes that he will definitely win is the moment when he has been waiting for the entire ring!"

"This opportunity has appeared in the battle between the two great Dao Domains that began in the Second Loop after the collapse of the First Loop! Luoluo perished, the Ancient Immortal won, and the divine will formed by 90 million avatars returned!"

"Just as it was about to return to its original form, a sudden change occurred!

"Luo… didn't die. His ninety million incarnations might have been destroyed, but karma still exists. That is brotherly love, that is the love between a man and a woman, that is the love between a master and a disciple, that is the love between two parents… By borrowing the karma between the ninety million incarnations and the Ancient One, and by borrowing the connection that the two of them can no longer separate in time, Luo Jiu seized the nest of a magpie and possessed it!"

"That's because Law's plan for the entire 90 million Boundless Calamity was never to become an immortal. He only had one goal, and that was… the soul and body of an Ancient Immortal!

"The two of them have different objectives. In addition, they are scheming against each other, and they have set up an entire ring of traps. Therefore, how can Ancient… not be defeated? The process of his Divine Will returning is the process of using him to resurrect himself!"

"However, Ancient was equally extraordinary. Even though he suffered a great defeat and was disrupted by Law, his Divine Sense uncontrollably gathered together, causing Law to occupy his soul and body and revive again, he still managed to escape a wisp of Divine Sense. He didn't return, shattered the void, and flew to… the battlefield between the Vast Expanse Dao Domain and the Never-Ending Dao Domain!"

"His escape resulted in Luo acquiring his body and stealing his soul. However, his soul wasn't complete, and that was the case with the Immortal position. That was why he couldn't be considered an Immortal. Furthermore, he came from a similar source. That was why the Ancient Immortal's remnant soul became… Luo's only weakness!

"However, this remnant soul is too incomplete. That's why it's muddle-headed and seems to have lost its mind. However, as a mighty figure, even though Ancient was at an absolute disadvantage, even though he was only left with a remnant soul, he still unleashed a shocking spell in that instant of clarity before he was muddle-headed. With the beginning of the second ring as the foundation, and the end of the second ring as the time limit, he formed the curse!

"This curse… is the curse of Luo Ruoxin. If she dies, the Ancient will exist. If she dies, the Ancient will perish!"

"Until the end of the second round, the curse will take effect. From then on, there was a saying that went around: Allheaven fears the Immortal. As for the true Immortal position… it is still empty!" Having said that, Sun De slammed the black wooden board in his hand onto the table again. His voice reverberated, causing everyone who heard it to gasp.

"However, the story… did not end there!" Sun De sighed. When he saw everything in his dream, he sank into it, as if he had walked through countless lives in this story.

"The first Aeon Span in the Second Loop, which is the Never-Ending Dao Domain, is extremely powerful. It must have a certain level of confidence to be able to wage a war of extermination against the Vast Expanse Dao Domain!

"That was indeed the case in this battle. The once-powerful Vast Expanse Dao Domain was completely defeated, and all the living beings within it were wiped out. From then on, they drifted in the endless Vast Expanse like the nine netherworlds of hell. Occasionally, there would be people who would barge in, and they would hear countless cries and wails!

"As for the Never-Ending Dao Domain, even though it achieved a great victory, it also lost its future. Because the Ancient Immortal's remnant soul escaped, its entire Dao Domain was sealed together with the Ancient Immortal's remnant soul by Luo, who crushed the void and chased after it. It turned into an ancient stone stele and was eternally suppressed in the depths of the cosmos, becoming a legend!

"Luo is unable to destroy the Ancient Era, and he doesn't dare to fuse with the remnant soul of the curse. However, he can wait… until the end of the second ring. When that happens… he will devour the remnant soul, become whole, and become the only Immortal!"

"In the second stage… a few people appeared one after another. The demons' obsession led to fewer cycles of reincarnation, and the Demon Fate sealed the Heavenly Mountain and Sea. It's unknown who started the eternal chant, but the half-gods and half-immortals turned upside down!" Sun De said softly, drawing a conclusion to the story in his dream.

他的故事,也終於到了說完的那一天。

「九千萬無量劫為一個起終,在這個起始與終點內,道生道滅,宇誕宙亡,星隕空消……此為第一環!」

「上回說到那兩位大能,爭奪的整整一環,隨著第一環的消散,隨著第二環的初始,他們的爭奪,也終於到了尾聲,九千萬世界里,羅的無數化身,敗亡了九成九,使仙位已徹底傾斜在了另一位身上,這一位……也終於在此刻,擁有了自己的名號,他自稱……古仙!」

...

「第二環的起始,第一個無量劫,名為未央道域,隨後第二個無量劫,則是蒼茫道域……這兩大道域之間,展開了一場第二環的初始之戰!」

「這兩大道域的戰爭,雖它們的開始,與那兩位大能無關,但它們的結束,卻是與那兩位大能,有直接的關聯,因這個時間點,正是仙位之爭有了逆轉的一刻!」

「古仙看似勝出,但他小看了羅!」

「羅在布局,一場從他們二位初始爭奪的那一刻,就布下的延綿九千萬無量劫,這漫長歲月的局,之所以虛空成獄,就是為了讓古仙定罪天道,從而使九千萬世界崩塌,使得他們的爭奪不得不進行到化身九千萬這個層面上。」

「看似在這九千萬世界里,羅的九千萬化身,在時光中紛紛敗落消亡,看似仙位正傾斜于古,可這些……一樣是羅的布局!」

「羅在等……等待第一環的結束,因為結束的那一刻,因為古仙認為自己必勝的那一刻,才是他等待了整整一環的唯一機會!」

「這個機會,在第一環崩潰,第二環起始的兩大道域戰爭中,出現了!羅滅亡,古仙勝出,九千萬分身所化神念回歸!」

「而在其回歸尚未凝聚的一刻,劇變突生!」

「羅……並沒有滅亡,他的九千萬化身雖滅,但因果依舊存在,那是兄弟之情,那是男女之情,那是師徒之情,那是雙親之情……藉助九千萬化身與古之間的因果,藉助二人已經無法在時光中割捨的聯繫,羅鳩佔鵲巢,對其奪舍!」

「因為,羅的這場延綿九千萬無量劫,整整一環的布局的目的,從來都不是仙位,他的目的只有一個,那就是……古仙的神魂以及身軀!」

「二人的根本目的就不同,再加上有心算無心,再加上整整一環的布局,所以古……豈能不敗,其神念的回歸的過程,就是羅借其復活的過程!」

「但古也一樣不凡,雖慘遭大敗,在羅的干擾下,神念不可逆不可控的回歸聚集在了一起,使得羅在他身上佔據了魂與軀,重新復活,但他依舊還是逃出了一縷神念,並未回歸,破碎虛無,飛到了……蒼茫道域與未央道域的戰場上!」

「他的逃出,使得羅雖獲得了他的身軀,掠奪了他的神魂,但神魂不完整,仙位一樣如此,故而不能算仙,更是因這種近乎同源,所以古仙的那縷殘魂,就成為了……羅唯一的破綻!」

「但這縷殘魂,因太過殘缺,故而渾渾噩噩,如失去神智,但古作為大能,即便是處於絕對的劣勢,即便是只剩下殘魂,但還是在渾噩之前,于那瞬間的清醒中,展開了一場驚天之法,以第二環初始為基礎,以第二環未來終結為時限,凝聚詛咒!」

「這詛咒……是羅若隕,古依存,而古若亡,則羅自崩!」

「直至第二環終結前,詛咒都會生效,所以從此之後,流傳了一句話,叫做……羅天畏仙,而真正的仙位……至今仍空!」孫德說到這裏,手中黑木板,再次一拍桌面,聲音回蕩間,使得四周聽得如痴如醉的眾人,紛紛吸了口氣。

「然而故事……並沒有結束!」孫德自身也有些唏噓,他在夢裡看到這一切時,整個人都沉入進去,彷彿在這故事里,走過了自己的無數世。

「第二環第一個無量劫,也就是未央道域,其自身強悍,能對蒼茫道域發起滅絕之戰,自然是有其把握!」

「這一戰,也的確如此,盛極一時的蒼茫道域,徹底大敗,其內生靈塗炭,全部滅亡,從此漂流在無盡蒼茫中,如鬼蜮九幽,時而會有生者闖入,似能聽到無數凄哭哀嚎!」

「而未央道域,雖大捷大勝,可一樣沒有了未來,因古仙殘魂的逃入,其整個道域,被踏碎虛無追來的羅,連同古仙殘魂一起封印,化作一塊亘古石碑,永恆鎮壓在星空深處,成為了傳說!」

「羅無法滅古,也不敢去融詛咒的殘魂,但他可以等……等這第二環結束,等到那個時候……就是他吞噬殘魂,自身完整,成就唯一仙的一刻!」

「而在這第二環里……之後陸續出現了幾個人,魔為執念輪迴少,妖命封天山海間,不知永恆念誰起,半神半仙顛倒顛!」孫德輕輕開口,將自己夢裡的故事,畫上了休止。

而直至他說完許久,茶樓內外都一片安靜,與蒼穹上此刻的陰雲一樣,有些壓抑,半晌后,孫德輕嘆一聲,摸了摸手裡的黑木板,抬起再次落在了桌子上。

"Last time, before the Dao Domain of the Vast Expanse Dao Domain was destroyed, outside the universe and beyond the universe, in the depths of the endless and foreign cosmos, two mighty figures who had existed since the beginning of the Primordial Era competed for the Immortal Throne!

"The almighty Luo lifted his right hand, grabbed the Heavenly Dao, and was about to crush it…"

"However, the Ancient One was better. He turned around and reversed time…" The old beggar's voice rose and fell, and he shook his head as if he was immersed in a story. It was as if in his dim eyes, what he saw was not a group of people rushing past, but the intoxicated gazes from the teahouse.

「上回說到,在那蒼茫道域滅亡前九千萬無量劫前,于這天地玄黃之外,在那無盡且陌生的遙遠星空深處,兩位原始初開時就已存在的大能之輩,彼此爭奪仙位!」

「卻見那名羅的大能,右手抬起,一把抓住天道,正要捏碎……」

「但古更勝一籌,轉身間竟逆轉時光……」老乞丐聲音抑揚頓挫,更是晃著頭,似沉浸在故事里,彷彿在他昏暗的眼睛中,看到的不是匆匆而過,無人問津的人群,而是當年的茶樓內,那些如痴如醉的目光。


Wang Baole sees that it was Wang Yiyi's father responsble for the creation of life in the last ten lifetimes after Sun De's seventy-nine lifetimes coming to an end alongside the universe. Then, he sees the ancient images of the battle between the first and second universe of the Second Loop - Neverending and Vast Expanse, the Neverending Dao Domain was a sphere of life of countless stars and Vast Expanse was a gigantic beast with a continent of similar size and as the battle goes on, the Neverending Dao Domain gains advantages, which forces the Vast Expanse to appease to the statue of Patriarch Vast Expanse in the first life of Sun De, as a fragmented soul of Ancient.

How many times had this world been reincarnated?

How many times had the universe been rebooted?

What was the status of each person in a different cycle and reboot?

What was the state of each soul in a different world and life and death?

Wang Baole didn't understand anything about his previous life before he realized it. He didn't even have such questions in his knowledge. After realizing his previous life, he began to think about these questions.

He wanted to know the answer. He didn't want to exist. He wanted to exist.

He wanted to know the truth. He didn't want to be a block in a different universe, a block in each cycle of reincarnation. He didn't want to appear in different locations again. He wanted to live and understand.

He knew a lot about the enlightenment he had gained from the first ten lifetimes, but what followed was a deep sense of doubt. And all these doubts… were no longer important at the moment. As his soul sank, as the Book of Destiny behind the Heavenly Artist flipped upside down, page by page, Wang Baole's previous life appeared before his eyes. But… as his consciousness dissipated, he gradually forgot about himself, slowly forgot everything, and became pure, until he heard the voice of the Heavenly Artist.

79…


It happened again… until all the memories from his seventy-eighth life surfaced. Wang Baole's body trembled, and his expression was one of pain. The pain didn't come from his emotions, but from the integration of all his memories in an instant. His mind felt like it was about to explode, and his mind felt like it was being torn apart.

"Sun De!"

"Sun De!"

"Sun De!" Wang Baole roared. He repeated the name, repeating the only person who had appeared in his seventy-eighth life!

In his seventy-eighth life, other than Wang Baole himself, Sun De was the only other person. He had evolved from one life to another, experiencing different lives of Sun De. It was as if he was looking for a direction and an opportunity.

It's an instinctive opportunity to awaken the remnant soul… Wang Baole pressed his throbbing glabella. His eyes were also bloodshot due to the large number of memories that had surfaced in his mind. However, as he integrated all his memories, as he absorbed and digested them, his rationality slowly returned. His eyes gradually narrowed, and a glow emerged from them.

Everything seemed to have been made clear!

As an Ancient Soul, Sun De had tried to awaken himself from his second life. Unfortunately, even in his seventy-ninth life, the Ancient Soul had not been able to find an opportunity to awaken. Even though Wang Yiyi and her father had arrived, the remnant soul had not awakened. It had dissipated into the world for all eternity.

Sun De's continuous reincarnation cycle ended as a result.

The world that followed should have been plunged into darkness. There should have been no signs of life, and it should have turned into a deathly stillness. However, everything had changed because of Wang Yiyi's injuries and the arrival of her father and daughter.

That was why in this universe's eightieth life, Wang Baole had used Xu Yinling's enlightenment to see dream bubbles one after another. Now that he thought about it, that might be the earliest birth of his life.

The following words, images, butterflies, and so on were all the process of life growing and becoming richer…

"The last ten lifetimes of this universe were created by Wang Yiyi and her father…" Wang Baole muttered. He thought of a saying, 'There are gods in this universe.' Now, he understood.

Wang Baole knew what Wang Yiyi's father's goal was. He wanted to treat Wang Yiyi's injuries. The reason the father and daughter could create life in the universe must have something to do with Sun De's words in his 79th life.

He had promised Wang Yiyi's father to help him save his daughter.

At the same time, as Wang Baole's memories from his second life to his 89th, he realized that he still owed Sun De a favor.

If not for Sun De's inheritance in his 79th life when his remnant soul dissipated, perhaps he would still be a black wooden plank floating in the cosmos. Although he had developed an instinct, he would not have a true life.

There were also two answers to the blood-colored centipede's origins that Wang Baole had guessed. Even though he didn't know which one was right, the truth… lay within it.

"The first possibility is that when Luo and the Ancient One were fighting for the position of Immortal, they had spent countless lives fighting over karma. In the end, Luo Dasheng won. However, the Ancient One managed to escape with his remnant soul, causing Luo's position to be incomplete. There was a loophole. However, he didn't know that in his remnant soul… there was still a wisp of Luo's consciousness. That consciousness… for some unknown reason, eventually developed intelligence.

As for the second possibility… Wang Baole fell into deep thought. As he organized his thoughts, he thought back to his second life. In his second life, as he instinctively suppressed himself, a roar emerged from the blood-colored thread.

"You dare to suppress the Immortal…" Wang Baole muttered. That was the source of the second possibility that he had guessed.

"The second possibility is… that the blood-colored thread is not a wisp of Law's consciousness. It is… the Immortal's seat that Luo and the Ancient fought over an entire ring. Perhaps the Immortal's seat itself has a spirit, or perhaps it doesn't originally have a spirit. However, in this place, under special circumstances and conditions, it has gained sentience. As for the centipede that I see, it's not its true appearance. It's just a symbol!"

Wang Baole fell silent. Both his guesses were correct, and they made sense logically. That was why Wang Baole had no way of determining his own guesses. Just as he was thinking about the deeper details, suddenly… he felt a sense of fear. When he raised his head, he saw a sea of light in the distance.

This light enveloped an endless area, carrying an intense overbearingness as it spread from the distant cosmos. Upon closer inspection, one could see that within the sea of light was a universe!

The universe was vast and contained countless stars. An astonishing wave of spirit energy erupted from within. As Wang Baole turned his head, he saw that in the cosmos behind him, an extremely pale giant beast was transmogrifying as it roared.

The beast was like a whale, and its size was similar to that of the light sphere. Upon closer inspection, one could see that within its body was a land mass. Countless cultivators flew out from the land mass, transforming into the flesh and blood of the beast, giving it the power to shake gods.

Instantly, as the behemoth collided with the sea of light, a great battle that affected the entire universe erupted before Wang Baole. At that moment, he immediately realized what he was seeing in his first life!

It was… the war of extinction between the first universe and the second universe that had been born during the beginning of the Second Loop. It was… the war between the Never-Ending Dao Domain and the Vast Expanse Dao Domain that had taken place countless years ago!

Wang Baole, who was on the battlefield, watched the battle between the two vast universes with his own eyes. He saw countless deaths, saw madness and tragedy, and saw the entire process of the battle.

The power unleashed by both the Vast Expanse Dao Domain and the Never-Ending Dao Domain was so strong that it made Wang Baole extremely shocked. That was because he recalled the secret that Wang Yiyi's father had told the Ancient Soul fragment.

This Never-Ending Star was not the true Never-Ending Star!

As those words reverberated in Wang Baole's mind, he saw that all the cultivators on the land mass seemed to be kneeling inside the pale giant beast, which was at a disadvantage. They were offering sacrifices!

The object of their sacrifice was a statue!

A statue of an elder!

That was… the first cultivator to be born in the Vast Expanse Dao Domain. He was also the highest will in the entire Vast Expanse Dao Domain. He had no name, only a name.

Patriarch Vast Expanse!

It is said the First Loop and Second Loop caused by Allheaven and Guxian (Ancient) are belong to one of many levels in the Great Cosmos, and the Neverending Dao Domain of Wang Baole was one of 100,000 Branch Worlds from the real Neverending Dao Domain or Origin Universe Dao Void controlled by Emperor, an ultimate 9th Step that nearly succeeded to subjugate the mature Great Cosmos.

According to the mysterious cultivator Xu:
  • The Neverending Dao Domain that Wang Baole resides is merely a Branch World of the original Neverending Dao Domain.
  • Because for the Neverending Dao Domain, aside from the Primary Outer Domain, scattered in all levels of the universe like this realm, and the avatar of the Emperor in this realm must awake if Wang Baole wants to become the real Neverending Dao Domain, that is the Lord of Neverending Clan.
  • The first realm of the Second Loop is merely a realm of the real Neverending Dao Domain.
  • The universe of First Loop and Second Loop also belongs to one of the levels of the universe.

There was no sound of footsteps, but within the vortex, the eyes that gathered revealed a strange look.

"Are all Never-Ending Dao Domain cultivators as shameless as you? Even if the place you are in is only a branch of the Never-Ending Dao Domain." As his voice reverberated, he retracted his gaze, and the sound of footsteps sounded again. However, it wasn't approaching but leaving. However, when Wang Baole heard those words, his eyes suddenly constricted, and his mind buzzed. He immediately spoke.

"Senior, did you just say that the place where I am is only a boundary in the Never-Ending Dao Domain? What does the boundary mean? Isn't the Never-Ending Dao Domain the true Never-Ending Dao Domain?"

"You don't have to try and get information out of me. There are some things that I already knew when I saw you, but there's no harm in telling you."

"In the Never-Ending Dao Domain, other than the main outer realm, there are countless realms scattered across the universe like seeds. You are one of them.

When those words landed in Wang Baole's ears, they fused with the memories he had gained from his previous life and transformed into heavenly lightning. As the rumbling reverberated, Wang Baole's chest rose and fell as he spoke quickly.

"Senior, please tell me how to head to the true Never-Ending Dao Domain."

The footsteps grew distant. Wang Baole waited anxiously for a long time. When the mist in the vortex completely dissipated, a voice that seemed to have come from afar echoed in his mind.

"When the avatar of the Emperor awakens in the Never-Ending Realm that you are in."

"Who is the Emperor Lord?" Wang Baole was shocked once again.

A moment later, he seemed to hear an answer, but he wasn't sure if it was an illusion.

"The Lord of the Never-Ending Clan!" Wang Baole muttered. Those were the last words he heard. Through those words, countless thoughts appeared in Wang Baole's mind.

"The Never-Ending Clan has many realms. Does that mean that the first realm that was born in the beginning of the Second Loop was actually just a realm that belonged to the Never-Ending Dao Domain…"

"Senior Xu also mentioned the various levels of the universe. Based on this, the universe where the first and second rings are located should be one of the many…"

If that's really the case, then how strong is the Never-Ending Clan… exactly? The Emperor is the master of the Never-Ending Clan, and how strong is he… Also, the Emperor's avatar that he mentioned, could it be that the various realms of the Never-Ending Clan are related to the cultivation of the Never-Ending Clan, and require countless avatars to be dispersed so that the avatars can grow one after another?

Also… if what Senior Xu said is true, then who is the avatar of the Emperor Lord in the stone stele world? There were too many thoughts in Wang Baole's head, and he was a little confused. The information he had received this time was simply too great!

Wang Baole thought about those thoughts again. He couldn't tell how much of it was true, but his intuition told him that what the other party had said was most likely true.

腳步聲沒有傳出,但在那漩渦內,匯聚出的眼睛里,卻露出了一抹古怪之意。

「未央道域之修,都如你這樣不要臉么?哪怕你所在之地,只不過是未央道域的一個分界。」話語回蕩間,目光收回,腳步聲再次傳來,但卻不是靠近,而是遠去,可王寶樂這裏,卻是在聽到這句話后,眼睛猛地一縮,心神更是轟鳴,立刻開口傳出話語。

「前輩方才說,晚輩所在之地,只是未央道域的一個分界?分界是何意,未央道域難道不是真正的未央么?」

「你這小傢伙不用套許某的話,有些事情,我看見你的時候,就已經知道你已然知曉,但告訴你也無妨。」

「未央道域,除了主域外,擁有若干不計其數的分界,如種子一般被散在各個層次的宇宙之中,你所在的,就是其中一個。」

這句話落在王寶樂耳中,與他前世感悟的記憶融合后,化作了天雷,轟鳴回蕩間王寶樂胸口起伏,飛速開口。

「還請前輩告知,如何前往真正的未央道域?」

腳步聲越發遠去,王寶樂焦急的等待了許久,直至漩渦內的霧氣也都徹底消散時,一個似乎從遙遠之地傳來的聲音,回蕩在了他的心神內。

「當你所在的未央分界,帝君的分身蘇醒時。」

「帝君是誰?」王寶樂心神又一次強烈震動,再次開口。

半晌后,他隱隱似聽到了一個回答,可又不確定是不是自己的幻覺。

「未央之主!」王寶樂喃喃,這是他最後聽到的四個字,而通過這四個字,王寶樂的腦海產生了無數的思緒。

「未央擁有若干分界,那麼是不是可以說,第二環的初始,誕生的第一個世界,實際上只是未央道域的分界……」

「而這位許前輩又說了各個層次的宇宙,這麼去判斷的話,第一、第二環所在的宇宙,難道只是眾多宇宙之一……」

「若真是這樣,那麼未央……到底多強??帝君是未央之主,又有多強……還有他所說的帝君分身,會不會未央的若干分界,就是與其修行有關,需要分散無數分身,使分身陸續成長?」

「還有……若這位許前輩所說是真,那麼這石碑世界內的帝君分身……會是誰?」王寶樂腦子思緒太多,有些混亂,實在是這一次他得到的信息,太大了!]

將這些思緒在心底又沉思了一遍后,王寶樂也不好判斷裏面真實的成分有多少,但他的直覺告訴自己,對方所說,十有八九都是真實的。
沉默中,王寶樂眯起眼,他覺得自己所在的這個世界,充滿了無限的謎團,血色蜈蚣、王依依父女,古之殘骸,羅的封印,以及自己的本體……來自另一個漩渦的黑木板。

Neverending Branch Domain was almost an exact image to the real Neverending Dao Domain, with the exception of the Dark Sect, as though two worlds were merely alternative branches of histories. There are Neverending Clan and Black Earth Empire in two worlds, though unlikely for two identical individuals and the Universe Realm of Stone Stele World is unstable, incomplete and weaker than the Universe Realm of the real Neverending Dao Domain due to its missing parts, but Wang Baole was considered to be more complete than cultivators of the real Dao Domain.

"You mean to say that in your hometown, there is also a Never-Ending Dao Domain, the Never-Ending Clan, the Black Earth Empire, and except for only the Dark Sect?" The Flame Patriarch narrowed his eyes. Even though he tried his best to suppress it, waves of emotions still surged in his heart.

...

As the Flame Patriarch spoke, Little Wu laughed bitterly.

"That's exactly what I meant, Patriarch Inferno. The Never-Ending Dao Domain here is very similar to my hometown. However, the progress in history is different. It's like a river that flows from the same source. It seems to be of the same essence, but at the critical juncture, it's moving in a different direction.

"That's why I'm from the Black Earth Empire, but not here. I'm from another Never-Ending Dao Domain.

"This is… the stone stele world?" The Flame Patriarch was silent for a moment before he muttered to himself. Wang Baole was the one who had told him that name. Before Wang Baole had told him, most of the peak cultivators in the cosmos had sensed and judged the situation. However, due to the lack of necessary information, the Flame Patriarch felt that even if the entire cosmos was formed from a stone stele, it was no big deal.

But… according to Little Wu, if this place was so similar to his hometown, the things that were contained within it would make the Flame Patriarch's heart tremble violently.

There were Never-Ending Clan members and the Black Earth Empire… They were like mirror images.

"Where are they? There can't be two identical people, right?" Zhao Yameng and Zhou Xiaoya, who were standing at the side, were also stunned. Zhou Xiaoya couldn't help but ask.

"I haven't realized it yet. I don't think so…" Little Wu replied hurriedly. He looked at Wang Baole, who was silent, and then at the shocked Flame Patriarch, before speaking.

"Also… I've seen the Universe Realm here before. I feel that… there's a huge difference between my father and the Universe Realm in my hometown, such as my father…"

...

After taking a deep breath, Little Wu told Wang Baole what he wanted to say.

"My hometown's Universe Realm, such as my father's, I believe his level is way higher than Universe Realm here. It's like… the Universe realm here is unstable and incomplete. It seems to be the same realm, but in reality, it's like the a glass, or…"

"Fake?" the Flame Patriarch suddenly asked. He couldn't help but recall a saying that had been circulating in the cosmos countless years ago. This place… was all fake.

"It can't be said to be fake. It can only be said that there are many missing parts, but there are also exceptions. For example, my father… not only does he give me the feeling that he's not damaged, but he's even more complete than all the cultivators I met in my hometown!" Having said that, Little Wu looked at Wang Baole strangely.

"Baole, do you know the truth about this universe…" The Flame Patriarch's breathing quickened as he turned to look at Wang Baole.

Emperor was almost invincible, except the black wooden peg on his forehead is the core of his suppression, to escape from the suppression, he scattered countless clones and formed countless Neverending Clans in countless universes beyond the real Neverending Dao Domain to strengthen and recover himself to escape from this blockade.
  • All and Ancient might had been from different universes and there was a short time they were under the Emperor. and amongst 108 figures, there were many as large as them, each is a supreme being.
  • When Emperor was sealed, All and Ancient left to compete Immortal that the Black Earth Empire and its emperor declared independence and was suppressed by Emperor, his empire was destroyed but he sent his son in the Time Formation to this Branch Domain.
  • All used his hand to seal this world, first patriarch of Neverending Clan unable to leave the seal and his appearance here is the sign this world is a critical junction for his clone.
  • The chessboard spans to other worlds, however, the clones the Emperor scattered in different universes to form different Neverending Branch Worlds had different "Want Baole".
  • In short, the Emperor transforms to a hundred thousand bodies to become a hundred thousand worlds and transforms to a hundred thousand souls to form a hundred thousand wills.

Countless years ago, in the true Never-Ending Dao Domain, far away in the outside world, there was a god. His name was Emperor. Perhaps he was an Immortal, or perhaps he was an existence above the Immortal realm.

Regardless, his strength was unimaginable. However, he was not without opponents. The black wooden nail between his brows was the key to suppressing him.

In order to escape, he sent out countless avatars and formed one Never-Ending Clan member after another in the endless universe beyond the Never-Ending Dao Domain. Then, he retracted them one by one to strengthen himself, giving him hope of escaping.

"Perhaps Ancient and Law came from different universes, but they were under the command of the Emperor for a period of time…"

It was just like what he had seen in the temple beneath the Underworld River. There were many smaller figures sitting around the majestic figure in the cosmos.

Every figure should be a Supreme Martial Artist!

"The Emperor has been nailed. Ancient and Luo Zheng Immortal are far away…"

At the same time, the emperor of the Black Earth Empire, who was truly in the Never-Ending Dao Domain and had a heaven-shaking cultivation, should also be one of those vast figures. He chose to be independent.

However, he was eventually suppressed by the Emperor. When the entire empire was destroyed, he must have predicted something and arranged for his own son to enter the Time Array.

When it appeared, it appeared before him in the present time of the stone monument world.

The seal on Law's arm, combined with the Never-Ending Clan Patriarch's inability to leave the stone stele, and him appearing here…

This place might have become the most critical avatar for an Imperial Lord after all the calculations made by various parties. Wang Baole's thoughts were clear. He felt that even though his analysis wasn't completely correct, he was still on the right path.

This is a huge game of chess… The stone stele world is a chessboard. The one playing the game is the Emperor Lord, while the other is the Black Earth Emperor, Luo, and other powerful figures. As for the chess pieces… they are both my and the Emperor Lord's avatars. I believe Little Wu is one of them as well. Wang Baole fell silent and sighed softly. After organizing his thoughts, he was about to place them in his heart and ask Little Wu about the changes that had caused time.

After all, no matter what happened, only by becoming stronger could he support everything.

But at that moment, perhaps because he had too many thoughts today, after an invisible collision during the process of tidying up, an unimaginable thought suddenly appeared in his mind.

"Hmm?"

"Why did I choose the stone stele world as my chessboard? Why did I appear here? Is there a possibility… that the chessboard is not one place, and that I am not alone… All the avatars that the Emperor sent out have another me in the Never-Ending Realm formed by different universes!"

This thought made Wang Baole's eyes widen. Even with his cultivation, he was still shaken by this thought.

A hundred thousand clones formed a hundred thousand worlds.

Nail a hundred thousand gods to form a hundred thousand thoughts!

無盡歲月之前,在外界很遠很遠之處真正的未央道域內,有一尊神靈,此人名為帝君,或許他是仙,或許他是仙之上的存在。

可無論如何,他的強大都是不可想象的,但他也不是沒有對手,其眉心的黑木釘,是將其鎮壓的關鍵所在。

為了脫困,他散出無數分身,于未央道域之外的無盡無數宇宙里,形成一個又一個未央族,隨後一一收回壯大自身,從而使脫困有了希望。

「或許古與羅,即便是來自不同的宇宙,可他們都有一段時間,在那尊帝君的麾下……」

就如自己在冥河下廟宇內,藉助雕像所看的畫面一樣,在那尊盤膝坐在星空的磅礴身影四周,存在了不少比他小了一些的身影。

那每一道身影,應該都是一個至尊!

「帝君被釘,古與羅爭仙遠離……」

同一時間,真正未央道域內的玄塵帝國修為驚天動地的皇,應該也是那些浩瀚身影之一的存在,他選擇了獨立。

但最終卻被帝君鎮壓,整個帝國被覆滅的同時,他應該是算到了什麼,所以安排了自己的嫡子,進入時光之陣內。

出現時,在了石碑界如今的時光內,出現在了自己的面前。

結合羅當時先一指,而後整個手臂的封印,結合石碑界內的未央族老祖,始終無法離開,而自己偏偏又出現在此地……

「這裏,或許在各方算計下,成為了對帝君而言,最關鍵的一處分身之點。」王寶樂思路清晰,他覺得自己的分析,即便不是完全正確,但應該也算是走在正確的道路上了。

「這是一盤大棋……石碑界是棋盤,博弈的一方是帝君,另一方則是如玄塵皇,如羅等強者,而棋子……既是我,也是帝君的分身,想來小五也是。」王寶樂沉默間,輕嘆一聲,整理了思緒后,剛要將其放入心底,準備問詢小五關於引起時光變化之事。

畢竟,無論事情如何,只有自己更為強大,才是支撐所有的根本。

但就在這時,或許是今天他的思緒過多,在整理的過程中無形的碰撞之後,一個匪夷所思的念頭,突然就在他的腦海里浮現出來。

「嗯?」

「為何選擇石碑界作為棋盤,為何我會出現在這裏,有沒有一個可能……棋盤並非一處,我也並非獨自……帝君散出的所有分身,在不同宇宙形成的未央分界內,都有另一個我!」

這個念頭,讓王寶樂眼睛猛地睜大,即便是以他的修為,此刻也都心神被自己這個念頭震顫起來。

帝化十萬身,形成十萬界。

釘化十萬神,形成十萬念!

That was a possibility!

The high officials' autobiographies had once said that the so-called coincidences were in fact a deeper arrangement.

Then, why did the stone stele world become a chessboard? No matter how powerful the Black Earth Emperor was, he was still no match for the Emperor Lord. Yet, he could accurately arrange for his son to appear before him.

He had formed his own will and soul within the stone stele, and had reached his current level. Was all of this… really just a coincidence?

Could it be that every realm within the hundred thousand worlds formed by the hundred thousand avatars formed by the Imperial Lord had its own self? This was because the black wooden nails had also split into a hundred thousand separate worlds that existed within the hundred thousand worlds.

The battle with the Emperor had been going on since the beginning. He had thought that he was special, but in reality… he was present in every Never-Ending Clan domain. He was only one hundred thousandth of his original form, the black wooden nail!

This guess, this thought, made Wang Baole's heart tremble violently. In fact, at that moment, the universe in his body was shaking, showing signs of instability.

Waves of black mist emerged from Wang Baole's seven orifices and gathered towards the cosmos…

In fact, in his mind, there were countless voices of himself gathered together, forming a roar that shook his soul.

"You're only one of a hundred thousand copies!"

"There's no meaning in your success or failure!"

"Regardless of whether you can leave or not, you will be absorbed by your true body. You… are just a thought from your true body!"

"Isn't this ridiculous? This… is the truth!"

"That is the truth. No matter how hard you try, no matter how hard you try, it is useless. The battle between your true body and the Emperor spread across countless universes. Have you ever seen the battle between Ancient and Immortal? The battle between countless reincarnations. This is the battle between mighty figures!"

"What are you? It's just a thought from your true form!"

These sounds formed waves of anger that spread throughout Wang Baole's internal universe. It was as if they wanted to destroy Wang Baole's internal universe.

This was the destruction of the dao. What freedom and independence was this? If one's own existence was someone else's, then this was the same as deceiving oneself!

這個可能性,不是沒有!

高官自傳曾說過,所謂巧合,實際上大都是更深層次的安排罷了。

那麼為何石碑界這裏,會成為棋盤,玄塵皇就算是再神通廣大,也依舊不是帝君的對手,可卻能精準的安排其子嗣,出現在自己的面前。

而自己,又在這石碑界內,誕生了意志,形成了自己的魂,走到了如今這樣的境界,這一切……真的只是機緣巧合么。

有沒有可能,帝君所化的十萬分身形成的十萬界內,每一界,都有一個自己,因為黑木釘一樣分化了十萬份,存在於這十萬界內。

這場與帝君的戰爭,從始至終,都在進行,自己以為自身是特殊的,但實際上……每一個未央分域內,都有自己,自身只不過是本體黑木釘十萬分之一!

這個猜測,這個念頭,讓王寶樂心神強烈轟鳴,甚至在這一瞬,他體內的星域宇宙,都在搖晃,隱隱出現不穩的徵兆。

更有陣陣黑霧,赫然從王寶樂七竅內散出,向著星空匯聚……

甚至在他的心神內,此刻還有無數他自己的聲音匯聚在一起,形成了撼動其神魂的嘶吼。

「你只是十萬份里的一份!」

「你成功與失敗,沒有意義!」

「不管你是否能離開,你都會被你的本體吸收,你……只是你本體的一個念頭罷了!」

「荒謬不荒謬?這……就是真相!!」

「真相便是如此,你再努力,再拼搏,也都沒有用處,你本體與帝君的一戰,蔓延無盡歲月,形成無數宇宙,你看到過古與仙的交戰么,在無數輪迴里生生世世的交手,這就是大能的戰鬥!」

「你是什麼,一個你本體的念頭而已!」

這些聲音匯聚轟鳴,形成了怒浪,在王寶樂心神內徹底爆發,似要將其淹沒在內,更是瀰漫在了王寶樂體內的星域宇宙里,彷彿要從根基處,使其動搖,將其覆滅。

這是道的覆滅,什麼自由自在,若自身的存在只是別人的一個念頭,那麼所謂自由,就是自欺欺人,所謂自在,就是胡說八道!

王寶樂心神再次轟鳴加劇,好似天雷回蕩間,他開始了掙扎,他所想的不是這個念頭的真假,而是為何自己會如此!

Interesting, the 100,000 Branch Neverending Dao Domains were propagated into 100,000 different universes to mature, this suggests even if the Dao Domains were "universes", there are also universes that contain them, which might be one of many levels in Great Cosmos according to Xu. This suggests the First Ring and Second Ring (part of the same universe, only different cycles of time) are taken in a Small Cosmos, however, due to the small size of Dao Domains being less than a Galaxy Group, it is very hard for a Small Cosmos to be the size of Observable Universe.
(As stated, Allheaven, Ancient and other 108 Divine Generals of Emperor are from different universes within the Great Cosmos, each is a 6th Step Supreme that houses a universe within)

Emperor was the master of the true Neverending Dao Domain, his Divine Sense splintered into a hundred thousand portions and propogated in a hundred thousand universes and formed a hundred thousand Neverending Dao Domains.
  • The predecessor of Stone Stele World was a new Neverending Dao Domain that had just been born, until the arrival of All and Ancient.
  • Aside from a short reminiscene of the Stone Stele World's history, had Chen Qing or Wang Baole did not awakened, the fate of this Dao Domain would had been identical to other hundred thousand Dao Domains.
  • The Neverending Clan would had flourished and the disciples would had awakened, devouring the Dao Domain and transforming into a Dao Fruit that shattered the void and returned to the main body of Emperor.
  • Except something was wrong with the Dao Domain, the Immortal Legacy have two parts, as Ancient divided his Divine Sense and severed Immortal into two parts - Light and Dark, Light becomes an undying will and Dark enters the cycle of reincarnation.
  • Then, years later, the Dark Immortal awakened within Chen Qing.
  • In the memories of Immortal Legacy, All and Ancient used to enter a boundlessly expansive universe, that universe is the Origin Universe Dao Void. There had been 108 almighties born from there, each formed their own world and amongst them was the Emperor, who dominated and ruled this universe, accompanied by a parrot until he ordered to rename Origin Universe Dao Void to Neverending Dao Domain.
  • It was here that All and Ancient trying to reach the end of this primordial world, but likewise was suppressed here. Until Emperor suffered a backlash from trying to take a final step in his cultivation, a black wooden peg pierces his forehead and causes his cultivation base to become chaotic, it was then Origin Universe Dao Void was showing signs of loosening.
  • Ancient and All were not arise in this universe so they used their cultivation to escape this universe, until a battle occurred between two when they acquired the Immortal Legacy, the rest is history.

In Chen Qing's life, he had come to understand the term 'Emperor' in two different ways. The first was the mission from the Dark Sect. The mission contained a lot of information, and it mentioned the term 'Emperor'. That was especially so after he had fused with the Heavenly Dao. Chen Qing understood even more.

The Emperor was the true master of the Never-Ending Clan.

It was rumored that his Divine Sense had split into a hundred thousand portions and spread across a hundred thousand universes, forming a hundred thousand Dao Domains. Every Dao Domain was transformed into a Never-Ending Domain because of his Divine Sense.

The predecessor of the stone stele world… was a newly born Never-Ending Domain. In fact, it could be said that it had just been born. However, due to a series of coincidences, too many changes and disturbances occurred in the Never-Ending Domain.

Firstly, during the battle between Luo and the Ancient Immortal, the Ancient had escaped to this place, making it his hiding place. Then, he had been pursued by Luo, who had used his arm as a seal to create the Dark Sect and continue the mission he had given.

To prevent the Immortal from walking out, to seal him here for all eternity.

If Luo hadn't died, perhaps the stone stele world would have continued to function as it had. However, Luo's death had turned the mission into a tree with no roots. It had been exhausted to this day, and it showed in the stone stele world that… the rise of the Never-Ending Clan and the awakening of the memories of the Never-Ending Clan's main body, as well as… the Dark Sect's mission inheritor, whose Dao Will had been shaken and changed.

Conflict arose between Chen Qing and Wang Baole's master.

The Dark Sect was destroyed, and the Never-Ending Clan regained control of the entire stone stele world.

If Chen Qing hadn't awakened, or if Wang Baole hadn't, and even if he had, he would still have been possessed, then perhaps the fate of the stone stele world would have been the same as the other hundred thousand Dao Domains. In the end, the Never-Ending Clan would have flourished, and the hundred thousand Never-Ending Clan disciples would have completely awakened. It would have been like a nirvana, or like a devouring process. They would have absorbed all the Dao Domains they were in, transforming them into a Dao Fruit that shattered the void and returned to the main body of the Emperor Lord.

But clearly… something was wrong with the Never-Ending Dao Domain.

This was information that Chen Qing had obtained from the Dark Sect's Heavenly Dao. To him, the other method of obtaining it was… the inheritance of an Immortal.

Immortal Inheritance was not one, but two.

Ever since he had escaped into the stone stele world, he had known that it was inevitable for Law to find him. Therefore, the moment he had entered the Never-Ending Clan, he had severed his Divine Sense and divided the inheritance of the Immortal that he possessed into one light and one dark.

He carried the light with him and transformed it into an unyielding will.

He entered the cycle of reincarnation in the dark and disappeared without a trace.

帝君這個稱呼,塵青子這一生里,以兩種不同的方式了解,其一是來自冥宗的使命,這使命里包含了大量的信息,裏面有提到過帝君這個稱呼,尤其是與天道融合后,塵青子的了解更多。

帝君,是真正的未央之主。

傳聞其神念化作十萬份,分散十萬宇宙內,形成了十萬道域,每一處道域里,都因其神念衍化出了一個未央域。

而石碑界的前身……就是一處誕生不久的未央域,甚至可以說是剛剛誕生,只不過這一處的未央域,機緣巧合下,出現了太多的變化與干擾。

首先,羅與古爭仙之戰,最終古逃遁到了此地,使得這裏成為了他的藏身之所,接著又被羅追殺而來,以手臂化作封印,塑造了冥宗,延續自己給予的使命。

阻止仙的走出,生生世世,封印在此。

若羅沒有隕落,或許這石碑界的運轉,會一如既往,但羅的隕滅,使得此地其使命成了無根之木,耗費至今,已然枯竭,表現在石碑界內就是……未央族的重新崛起以及未央子來自本體的記憶覺醒了部分,還有就是……冥宗的使命傳承者,自身道念的動搖與改變。

於是,塵青子與王寶樂的師尊,其心底產生了矛盾。

於是,冥宗出現了覆滅,未央族重新主宰了整個石碑界。

如果沒有塵青子,又或者王寶樂不曾覺醒,且就算覺醒了,也還是被奪舍,那麼或許這石碑界的命運,會與其他十萬道域一樣,最終未央族鼎盛,十萬個未央子徹底覺醒,如涅槃一樣,又如吞噬般,將所在道域全部吸收,化作一枚道果,破碎虛空,回歸帝君本體。

但顯然……這一處的未央道域,出了問題。

這是塵青子從冥宗天道那裡,獲得的信息,而對他而言另一個方式的獲得,則是……來自仙的傳承。

仙的傳承,不是一份,而是兩份。

古在逃入石碑界后,知曉羅找到自己是必然之事,所以在進入當時的未央族的瞬間,他就自斬神念,將自身所擁有的仙的傳承,分為一明一暗。

明的自身攜帶,化作不屈的意志。

暗的遁入輪迴,帶著一些信息化作仙韻,消失無影。

...


That was because the Immortal Legacy that he had awakened contained a memory. In his memory… Ancient and Law had both gone to a universe. That universe had a name, Origin Universe Dao Kong.

Dao Kong of the Universe was infinitely large. Since ancient times, there had been a total of one hundred and eight Almighties born in it. Each of them could be said to be astonishing, and each of them formed their own world. Among these one hundred and eight Almighties, there was one… who swept across the universe and suppressed Dao Kong. He was called… the Emperor!

The Emperor Lord was invincible. He was accompanied by a parrot all year round. Together, they ruled over the entire Dao Origin Universe. Afterward, under the Emperor Lord's orders, he changed the name of the Dao Origin Universe to… the Never-Ending Dao Domain!

It was at this time that Gu He and Luo reached the limits of their source worlds. They came searching one after another, but they were also suppressed here. Many years later, the Emperor tried to take the final step of his cultivation, but he suffered a backlash. A black wooden nail tore through the air and pierced into his glabella, causing the Emperor's cultivation to become chaotic. It was also at this time that the Source Universe Dao Kong, which he had ruled for countless years, showed signs of loosening.

Gu He and Luo had not achieved their Dao in the Dao of Origin Space Dao Kong. They had unleashed their full cultivation and escaped from this place the moment they had loosened up. However, after they had escaped, perhaps due to the backlash from the Emperor Lord, or perhaps due to a stroke of luck, the two of them had obtained the inheritance of an Immortal. That had led to the earth-shattering battle!

After that, Ancient was sealed, and he obtained most of the Immortal Legacy. Even though it wasn't complete, it still exceeded his previous cultivation level. Chen Qing didn't know where it went.

Chen Qing had no idea if he was going to return to Yuan Yu Daokong and fight the Emperor in the midst of chaos.

However, from the inheritance of the Immortals, he knew that… Luo, who had fused with most of the Immortals, would definitely form a precious treasure known as the Blood of the Universe. Such a precious treasure… was something that was inevitable in another realm.

If someone at the same level as him were to obtain this item, it could also become a healing panacea.

"The Emperor…" Chen Qing stared outside the stone door, at the blood figure swimming past. A sharp glint appeared in his eyes. It wasn't difficult for him to guess the other party's identity. Be it the inheritance or the aura that the other party was giving off, everything was clear.
因在他所覺醒的仙之傳承里,蘊含了一段記憶,記憶里……古與羅,都曾去過一處宇宙,那片宇宙曾經有一個名字,叫做源宇道空。

源宇道空無限大,其內自古以來,一共誕生了一百零八尊大能,每一尊都堪稱驚天,各自形成自身之界,而在這一百零八尊里,有一尊……橫掃源宇,鎮壓道空,被尊稱為……帝君!

帝君無敵,其身邊常年伴隨一隻鸚鵡,與其一同統治整個源宇道空,隨後更是在帝君的旨意下,將源宇道空改名為……未央道域!

古與羅,就是在這個時候,于自身源頭之界走到極致,先後探尋而來,但卻一樣被鎮壓在這裏,而後多年,帝君試圖邁出修行最後一步,但卻遭受反噬,一枚黑色的木釘破空而來,直接釘入其眉心,使帝君修為狂暴混亂,也正是在這個時候,其統治無窮歲月的源宇道空,出現了鬆動。

古與羅,因得道不是在源宇道空,所以在鬆動的瞬間,就爆發出全部修為,終逃出此地,但卻在逃出后,或許是帝君反噬形成的變化,也或許是機緣巧合,他們兩位獲得了仙的傳承,於是就有了那場驚天動地的爭奪!

在之後,古被封印,而獲得了大部分仙之傳承,雖不完整,但也超越曾經修為的羅,去了何地,塵青子不知曉。

是否重回源宇道空,與處於狂亂之中的帝君一戰,塵青子一樣不知。
但從仙的傳承里,他知道……融合了大部分仙的羅,必定會凝聚出一種叫做宇宙血的至寶,這種至寶……是另一個境界的必然。

而此物……若被同境獲得,也可成為療傷聖葯。

「帝君……」塵青子凝望石門外,看著那遊走而過的血影,目中露出銳利之芒,能猜到對方的身份,對他而言不難,無論是傳承所得,還是此刻對方身上的氣息,都已說明一切。

Wang Baole moves through the Great Cosmos and witnesses countless worlds and universes on the side. In the case the explanation was weird, Wang Yiyi was saying the surrounding space is being controlled to push them instead of relying on pure speed as there is a limit on how fast a cultivator can go. Hence, almighties of 5th Step and 6th Step will use out-of-the-box thinking to control nearby spacetime to push them instead. In short, an analogue to Warp Drive, likely this feat was based on the Alcubierre Drive, which is not a surprise since its Essence of Space and Essence of Time are spacetime in general relativity.

Wang Lin has reached the level where he can move an entire Great Cosmos, which houses countless celestial bodies, starry skies and universes as there is a limit to a cultivator's speed.
  • On the boat of Wang Lin, Wang Baole was able to witness numerous starry skies and universes going by his vision, this is a speed beyond his comparison, though as said above, what is moving this universe as a frame of reference.
  • According to him, cultivation is about controlling all things, being the source of Dao is the foundation for Heaven Trampling and when one can achieve that is when they become fifth step, and each fifth step has a different sixth step, some set this up to ninth step from the perspective of creation of universe, which was disliked by Wang Lin.
  • In any case, fifth step is diverse and has different abilities and outcomes depending on their Dao.
  • As for the Emperor, if the ultimate Great Cosmos that houses countless universes is a table, that some desires to create, research, occupy or destroy this table, and the Emperor tries to become this table to be inresearchable, indestructible and untouchable by the future and to devour all others.

This greeting made Wang Baole slightly dazed. It had been a long time since he had heard Little Missy call him that. After a few moments of silence, Wang Baole laughed.

"Is there enough space on the boat?"

Even though he said that, he had already taken a step forward towards the lone boat and leaped onto it.

Ripples spread out in the cosmos like ripples. The lone boat moved slightly and headed towards the distant cosmos. It seemed to be moving slowly, but as it moved forward, the space around it distorted. Illusory scenes flashed, and from those scenes, one could see stars, cosmos, one after another.

Is this the Great Cosmos… Wang Baole sat on the lone boat and turned his head to look outside the boat. A strange glint appeared in his eyes. He knew that the boat wasn't slow. When its speed reached an unimaginable level, it was impossible to tell whether it was fast or slow.

What he could decide was no longer himself, but… a reference.

Seemingly sensing Wang Baole's thoughts, Father Wang, who was sitting at the bow of the boat, didn't turn around. Instead, he spoke calmly.

"You only understand a part of it. You can try to understand it again. What is moving… exactly?"

Wang Yiyi blinked, suppressing the complex emotions in her heart. A look of contemplation appeared in her eyes as she swept her gaze towards the cosmos outside the boat. Wang Baole was stunned. He first looked outside the boat, but he quickly retracted his gaze and looked towards the boat he was on. Gradually, a look of shock appeared in his eyes.

He realized that the boat he was on hadn't moved at all.

"What's moving… is not the boat, but… this universe!" As he muttered, Wang Baole suddenly raised his head and looked at the back of Wang Yiyi's father. He was extremely shocked.

He couldn't imagine what level of cultivation one had to reach… to be able to move the universe in front of him, allowing one's speed to reach an indescribable level.

"There is a limit to a cultivator's speed. So many times, when you realize that you can actually jump out and look at the problem from another level, you will realize that… cultivation is actually very simple." Father Wang's voice entered Wang Baole and Wang Yiyi's ears.

The former had a confused look in his eyes, as if he didn't quite understand what was going on. As for the latter… his eyes shone brightly. It was as if a door had suddenly opened in his mind.

As it opened, Wang Baole was shaken. The Dao of the Five Elements shone on his body. Although the Dao of the past and the Dao of the future had become empty, it had also transformed into a black and white light that enveloped him.

The five elements weren't important.

The past and the future didn't matter.

Yin and Yang were equally unimportant.

These were all narrow-minded. The true cultivation was…

"Everything is under my control!" Wang Baole raised his head suddenly and said in a low voice.

"Becoming the source is the foundation of the Heaven Trampling technique. When you realized what you were saying and managed to achieve it, you reached the fifth step of cultivation." Father Wang turned his head and looked at Wang Yiyi, who was still in a daze. He sighed in his heart, then looked at Wang Baole with approval in his eyes.

"What about the sixth step?" Wang Baole immediately asked.

"The sixth step?" Father Wang looked into the distance with a deep gaze.

"Every mighty figure who reaches the fifth step has a different sixth step. Some of them use the creation of the universe to determine their sixth, seventh, and eighth steps from the dimension. It's too fancy. I don't like it."

"Some transform into worlds and use protection as their Dao heart. Although everyone is present and only he disappears, as long as his story is spread, he will always exist. He will live in the past and cultivate endlessly."

"Some use extermination as their source. As long as all living things are not exterminated, their Dao will be incomplete. However, the more incomplete it is, the more he wants to reincarnate and be reborn. In his endless pursuit, he will naturally go further."

"There are others who enter the myths through karma. They are the opposite of the past. They live in the future, without beginning or end."

"What about the Emperor Lord?" Wang Baole asked after thinking about it.

"Emperor?" Father Wang smiled.

"If we compare our universe, which has been formed by countless universes, to a table, some people are researching how to create this table, some are occupying the past of this table, some want to destroy this table, and some want to occupy the future of this table.

"In that case, the Emperor wants to become this table. He wants to solidify it so that researchers can't study it. Those who are extinct cannot be exterminated. Those who occupy the past and future are also driven away. At the same time… he also wants to swallow these people and become a part of himself."

這個稱呼,讓王寶樂有些恍惚,他已經很久沒有聽到小姐姐這麼呼喊他了,此刻沉默了幾息,王寶樂笑了起來。

「船上的位置夠嗎?」

話雖這麼說,可腳步卻已經邁出,走向孤舟,一躍而上。

星空波紋如漣漪散開間,這艘孤舟微微一動,向著遠處星空駛去,看似緩慢,可隨著前行,其四周虛無扭曲,有一幕幕虛幻的畫面閃耀,從那些畫面里,能看到一顆顆星辰,一片片星宇,一處處宇宙。

「這就是大宇宙么……」王寶樂坐在孤舟上,側頭看向船外,目中露出一抹奇異之芒,他清楚,這艘舟船並非緩慢,因為當速度達到了超乎想象的程度時,快與慢已經無法被分清了。

能決定的,不再是自身,而是……參照物。

似感受到了王寶樂的思緒,坐在船首的王父,沒有回頭,而是淡淡開口。

「你只明悟了部分,你可以再感悟一下,動的……到底是什麼。」

王依依眨了眨眼,壓下心頭的複雜情緒,目中露出沉思,掃向船外的星空,王寶樂則是一怔,先是看向船外,但很快他就收回目光,看向自身所在的舟船,漸漸眼睛里露出一抹震驚。

他發現,自己所在的這艘舟船,從始至終,都沒有絲毫移動。

「移動的……不是舟船,而是……這片宇宙!!」喃喃中,王寶樂猛地抬頭,看向王依依父親的背影,內心已然掀起強烈震動。

他無法想象,到底具備了什麼樣的境界,才可以……讓宇宙在自己面前移動,從而使自身的速度,達到難以形容的極致。

「修士的速度,是有極限的,所以很多時候,當你意識到實際上可以跳出來,從另一個層面去看問題,你會發現……修行,其實很簡單。」王父的聲音傳入王依依與王寶樂的耳中。

前者目中迷茫,似還沒有太理解,可後者……目中卻露出了強烈的光芒,似有一扇大門,在他的腦海里,轟然開啟。

隨著開啟,王寶樂心神都在震動,五行之道在他身上閃耀,過去與未來之道,雖成空洞,但此刻一樣化作黑白之光,籠罩左右。

五行,不重要。

過去與未來,不重要。

陰冥與陽聖,一樣不重要。

這些都是狹隘的,真正的修行,是……

「萬物一切,皆為我所用!」王寶樂驀然抬頭,低沉開口。

「成為源頭,是踏天的基礎。而意識到你所說這一點,直至做到了這一點,你就達到了修行的第五步。」王父轉過頭,看了眼還在迷茫的王依依,心底嘆了口氣,隨後望向王寶樂,則目中露出讚賞。

「那麼第六步呢?」王寶樂立刻問道。

「第六步?」王父目光深邃,看向遠處虛無。

「每一位達到第五步的大能,他們的第六步都不一樣,有的以創造宇宙,從維度出發來定自己的六七八九步,花里胡哨,我不喜。」

「有的化作世界,以守護為道心,雖所有人都在,唯他消散,可只要他的故事被流傳,他就一直存在,活在過去,修行無盡。」

「有的以滅絕為源,萬物一朝不滅,其道便不完整,可越不完整,他越要輪迴再生,追尋不絕中,自身自然越走越遠。」

「還有的,以因果入神話,與過去相反,活在未來,無始無終。」

「那麼帝君呢?」王寶樂想了想,問道。

「帝君?」王父笑了笑。

「如果把我們這容納了無數宇宙所形成的極致大宇宙,比喻成一張桌子,有的人是研究如何創造這張桌子,有的人是佔據這桌子的過去,有的是想如何滅了這桌子,還有的是佔據這桌子的未來。」

「那麼帝君,他是想變成這張桌子,且固化使研究者無法研究,滅絕者無法滅絕,佔據過去未來的,也都被其驅趕,同時……他還想吞了這些人,成為自身的一部分。」

Wang Baole arrives to the Immortal Astral Continent that was rebuilt by Wang Lin, the continent has been expanded significantly by its cultivators and is 10,000 times larger than Neverending Dao Domain, also home to hundreds of 4th Step, Nine Grand Empyreans which are Peak 4th Step, two are Early 5th Step and Situ Nan is Middle 5th Step.

The journey on Wang Lin's boat continues until the illusory images of countless surrounding objects and movements of this universe become impossible to see. After the boat passes uncountable smaller universes and starry skies, the movement speed of this universe slows until they arrive to their destination:
  • Wang Baole was surprised by the scenery, as not everything in the starry sky are stars, and before him is an indescrible boundless floating continent. The said continent was so vast that a ten-thousandth of the continent is comparable to the Stone Stele World and the continent is moving fast, causing its edge to be hazy and dreamlike.
  • Aside from that, there are countless stars of various sizes orbiting this continent as the center, they are satellite stars attracted by this continent's journey in the universe for many years, and its radiant vitality and information shake Wang Baole's mind for a moment.
  • Morever, on this continent are nine special stars, they are similar yet more than suns, they suppress the stars and shroud the continent.
  • Each seemed to radiate an aura comparable to Wang Baole and two of them radiate a dangerous aura to him. In the center of the nine suns is the statue of Wang Lin and eleven bridges before the statue, each bigger than the last.
  • These bridges anchored in emptiness and existed in reality, this is the Heaven Trampling Bridges, that had collapsed long ago and rebuilt by Wang Lin, with two more bridges added by him. After passing nine bridges, one will reach Heaven Trampling Realm, and for every additional bridge is a breakthrough of a great realm, that is, the tenth and eleventh bridge the fifth step and sixth step.
  • This is the Immortal Astral Continent, home of Wang Lin and Wang Yiyi.
  • The Immortal Astral Continent is ten thousand times larger than the Stone Stele World, and since the Immortal Astral Continent is a floating continent, its mass should considerably larger than the observable universe, which is mostly empty spcae with small density of matter.

Just like that, as countless illusory images flashed around the boat, the movement of the universe reached a point where it was almost undetectable. After an unknown period of time, it was like breathing, and also like a century.

After passing through countless small cosmos, the universe finally slowed down. When it returned to normal, Wang Baole heard his father's voice.

"We're here."

Wang Baole opened his eyes when he heard the voice. Even with his level of cultivation and willpower, he was still shocked by what he saw. His eyes widened.

Not all stars existed in space.

From the reflection in his pupils, one could clearly see… what appeared before Wang Baole was an indescribably vast land.

The landmass was so big that it seemed like the stone stele world was only one ten-thousandth of its original size. It wasn't still either. It was moving at high speed in the cosmos, causing the edges of the landmass to remain hazy and illusory.

Not only that, but there were also countless stars of various sizes around it. There were many of them, and they all revolved continuously with the land as the center. It was clear that these were the planets that the land had captured as it moved through the universe over the long years.

At the same time, an indescribably vast vitality was constantly being exuded from the mainland. It was like a mountain fire in the dark night, dyeing the night sky red and illuminating the universe.

In fact, just a sweep of his gaze was enough to send Wang Baole's mind buzzing with the impact of the extremely concentrated life force.

That wasn't all. What shocked Wang Baole was the nine extremely special stars floating on the vast landmass. They were like the sun, surpassing the sun, suppressing the stars and enveloping the landmass.

Every one of them gave Wang Baole a feeling that they were on par with him. There were even two that gave him a sense of danger.

In the center of the nine suns was a towering statue that shook the heavens and earth. The statue depicted… Father Wang!

What shocked Wang Baole was… the eleven giant bridges in front of the giant statue!

Each one was bigger and taller than the last.

It was rooted in the void and existed in reality. Looking from afar, it was like a flight of stairs that advanced step by step, vast and shocking.

The eleven bridges exuded an ancient, primitive aura. They seemed to exist alongside the heavens and earth, as well as the universe. As time passed, not a single trace of decay remained. Starlight filled the air, and not a single mark could be seen.

They had a name that resounded throughout the entire Great Cosmos.

They had a name that spread throughout the universe.

"This is the Heaven Trampling Bridge."

"It collapsed years ago, but I repaired it. It was rebuilt from the ninth bridge into the eleventh bridge. The ninth bridge is Heaven Trampling.

"From now on, with every additional bridge, there will be one more step in cultivation!" Father Wang's voice seemed to contain natural laws that echoed in all directions. The eleven bridges began to shine with a brilliant light, as if welcoming his return.

As the Heaven Trampling Bridge shone, Wang Baole's mind buzzed. Wang Yiyi, who was beside him, spoke softly.

"Little fatty, welcome to… my hometown, the Immortal Astral Continent."

就這樣,隨著舟船四周數不清的虛幻畫面不斷地閃現間,宇宙的移動,也到了幾乎很難被察覺的程度,不知過去了多久,好似一個呼吸,也好似一個世紀。

在這大宇宙內,流逝了數不清的小宇宙星空后,終於……這片宇宙的移動速度,緩慢下來,直至恢復正常時,王寶樂的耳邊,傳來了王父的聲音。

「到了。」

聽到這聲音的一刻,王寶樂睜開了眼,看向星空時,哪怕以他的修為與定力,也都被眼前所望的一幕,震動了心神,使得其雙眼,猛地睜大。

星空中存在的,不一定都是星辰。

從其瞳孔的倒影內,可以清晰的看到……展現在王寶樂面前的,赫然是一片無法形容的浩瀚大陸。

這大陸太大,似石碑界與其比較,也只是萬分之一而已,且它並非靜止,都是在星空中高速的移動,使得其邊緣位置,持續的朦朧,如夢似幻。

不僅如此,在其四周還存在了數不清的大小星辰,這些星辰數量眾多,都是以這大陸為中心,在不斷地旋轉,顯然是這大陸在悠久的歲月中於宇宙移動時,捕捉到的屬星。

同時,還有一股難以形容的磅礴生機,在這大陸上不斷地散發出來,好似黑夜裡的山火,將夜空染紅,將宇宙照亮。

甚至只是目光掃過,這濃郁到了極致的生機形成的衝擊,所帶來的信息,使得王寶樂都腦海嗡鳴了一下。

若僅僅如此也就罷了,讓王寶樂震驚的,是在這浩瀚驚天的大陸上,漂浮著九顆極為特別的星辰,如同太陽,又超越太陽,鎮壓群星的同時,也將這大陸籠罩。

每一顆,給王寶樂的感覺,似都與自己不相上下,甚至有那麼兩顆,隱隱給了他危機感。

而在這九顆太陽的中心,則是一尊屹立在大地上,高度驚天動地的龐大雕像,這雕像所刻,赫然就是……眼前的王父!

這些,帶給王寶樂的是震驚,而帶給王寶樂震撼的……是在那巨大的雕像前方,存在的……十一座巨橋!

一座比一座大,一座比一座高。

立根于虛無之中,存在於現實之間,遠遠看去,如台階一般,層層遞進,浩瀚驚天。

這十一座橋,散發出古老洪荒的氣息,似與天地同在,與宇宙同存,歲月在其中流逝,留不下絲毫腐朽,星光在其內瀰漫,帶不來半縷斑痕。

它們,有一個響亮整個大宇宙的名字。

它們,有一個傳遍星空眾生的稱呼。

「這,就是踏天橋。」

「曾於歲月前坍塌,后被王某重新修復,從九橋再造,成十一橋,其中過九橋,就是踏天。」

「此後每多一橋,修行便多一步!」王父的聲音,似蘊含了規則,回蕩在八方,使得這十一座橋,在這一刻相繼閃耀璀璨之芒,似在迎接他的歸來。

而在這踏天橋光芒閃耀間,王寶樂心神轟鳴中,一旁的王依依,輕聲開口。

「小胖子,歡迎來到……我的家鄉,仙罡大陸。」

Here comes the juicy part, the Immortal Astral Continent is now home to 72 Domains, and each houses 8,000 Territories, of which the smallest is half of Stone Stele World. The 72 Domaisn are 72 Giants that house 8,000 universes, each universe houses 108 beasts. Does this remind of the old Immortal Astral Continent? A quick calculation tells a "universe" in Immortal Astral Continent is 57,6 times smaller than Stone Stele World, any of 36 States and 72 Continents in the ancient Immortal Astral Continent is 6,220 times smaller, and a Cave Realm being dozens of times smaller than any of 36 States and 72 Continents would be even much smaller to Stone Stele World.

Wang Baole learns that despite sheer might of the nine suns, they cannot move the Immortal Astral Continent and the continent divides into seventy-two domains and each domain houses eight thousand territories.
  • A territory has different size, larger territories can exceed and smallest territories are half of the Stone Stene World, these territories house hundreds of beast-like cities, said to be beasts captured and transformed into cities by the elites of the continent.
  • The continent also houses countless living beings, and its dense Spirit Qi and cultivation being the mainstream produce numerous elites on the continent, amongst them, the greatest are the nine suns or the nine Grand Empyreans.
  • Wang Yiyi's home locates in the First Domain of the continent, her home is on a normal mountain and inside that home is a Cave Realm.

An unfamiliar starry sky, an unfamiliar sky.

An unfamiliar land, an unfamiliar world.

Up in the sky, the nine suns shone brightly. However, the landmass didn't become unbearably hot because of the nine suns. The four seasons of the year seemed very distinct here.

That was because the Immortal Astral Continent was simply too vast.

It was so large that not even the nine suns could move it. It was as if compared to the sun, its body… was the true eternal existence, while the sun circled the world.

This made Wang Baole's understanding of the stone stele world change.

Soon, he learned that the vast Immortal Astral Continent was divided into 72 regions.

Every region had eight thousand territories.

The area of each territory varied in size. The largest surpassed the stone stele world, while the smallest surpassed half of the stone stele world. Therefore, it was not inappropriate to describe it as the vastness of the cosmos.

At the same time, there were more than a hundred large cities in each of the territories. These large cities were like hibernating beasts, and each of them had a different appearance. They were vivid and lifelike, as if they were real existences. However, they were all in deep slumber, and once they were awakened, it would definitely shake the heavens and earth.

Legend had it that every giant beast was actually alive. They were captured alive by the powerful cultivators of the Immortal Air Continent, sealed in the Immortal Air, and transformed into a city.

Such an astonishing continent contained countless living creatures. However, it was still an astronomical number that was difficult to calculate clearly.

The vastness of the foundation, as well as the richness of the Spirit Qi, made cultivation a common practice in this place. As for Almighties… under such a foundation, many naturally emerged.

Because of the passage of time and the accumulation of history, the number of Almighties naturally increased.

And the most representative was… the nine suns in the sky.

"Nine Great Heavenly Venerates…" Wang Baole muttered. His voice reverberated in the air on a lone peak outside the First City of the First Domain.

Two years had passed since he had arrived at the Immortal Air Continent.

Two years ago, he had followed Wang Yiyi and her father to this mainland. He had been invited to Wang Yiyi's home. It was an ordinary-looking mountainous area with a cave abode on the mountaintop.

There seemed to be a world inside the cave abode. This was Wang Yiyi's home.

陌生的星空,陌生的蒼穹。

陌生的大地,陌生的人間。

天空上,九輪朝陽光芒萬丈,可這片大陸卻沒有因這九顆太陽,變的灼熱難耐,一年四季,似在這裏很是分明。

因為,仙罡大陸,實在是太大了。

大到就算是九輪皓陽,也無法撼動其分毫,似乎與太陽比較,其自身……才是真正永恆的存在,而太陽,則是繞著世界去轉動。

這一點,使王寶樂在石碑界的認知,有所顛覆。

而很快的,他就了解到,這浩瀚的仙罡大陸,分為七十二域。
每一域內,有八千領。

每一領的面積,有大有小,大的超過了石碑界,小的也有大半個石碑界左右,所以用比喻星空的浩瀚二字來形容,也並非不恰當。

同時,在每一領中,都存在了上百座大城,這些大城如巨獸蟄伏,每一尊的造型都不一樣,栩栩如生,好似真實存在,只不過都在沉睡,可一旦蘇醒,必定驚天動地。

傳說中,這每一尊巨獸,實際上都是活著的,是被仙罡大陸的強者,外出生擒,封在了仙罡,化作城池。

而如此驚人的大陸,其內所蘊含的生靈,雖不是無數,但也是一個很難去計算清楚的天文數字。

基數的磅礴,以及靈氣的濃郁,就使得修行在這裏成為了普遍,而大能之輩……在如此基數下,也自然誕生的不少。

且因歲月的流逝與歷史的沉澱,大能的數量,自然越多。

而最具代表的,便是……天空上的九輪太陽。

「九位大天尊……」王寶樂喃喃的聲音,在第一域的第八千領中,第一城外的一座孤峰上,回蕩開來。

時間,距離他來到仙罡大陸,已過去了兩年。

兩年前,他隨著王依依父女二人,來到這片大陸后,他被邀請去了王依依的家中,那是一座看起來很尋常的山地,在山頂有一個洞府。

這個洞府,裏面似存在了一個世界,這裏,就是王依依的家。

在那裡,王寶樂看到了王依依的母親,那是一個很溫婉的女子,眼睛似乎會說話,對王寶樂很溫和,帶著善意的目光,落在他與王依依身上時,越發柔和。

在那裡,王寶樂了解到,王依依還有一個哥哥,離家多年,在外歷練,沒有回來。

這一切,讓王寶樂想起了自己的爹媽,想起了自己的妹妹。

The Second Bridge augments Wang Baole's Divine Sense, that is, his will and allows him to see the true form of the Immortal Astral Continent - the seventy-two domains become seventy-two giants that had 8,000 universes inside them, each universe houses 108 beasts of different shape, a reminder that the ancient Immortal Astral Continent used be a continent formed from 108 foreign beings.
  • Since it is likely each of these smaller universes is as large as Immortal Astral Continent when it was still a part of the Vast Expanse Starry Sky, since they house 108 foreign beasts each and those beasts desire to be released from the continent.
  • The seventy-two domains together would have a total of 576,000 universes and as the modern Immortal Astral Continent is ten thousand times larger than the Stone Stele World aka ancient Neverending Dao Domain, each universe should be 57.6 times smaller than the Stone Stele World.
  • Likewise, the Inner Realm and Outer Realm of the Cave Realm, which are several times smaller than the entire realm, would be even smaller.

This was the unique augmentation of the second bridge, the augmentation of one's Spiritual Force, or more accurately, one's will.

The greater the coverage of his Divine Will, the more information he would receive. The more powerful his will was, the more he needed to stabilize his mind. Right now, in Wang Baole's Divine Will, the appearance of the Immortal Air Continent had changed.

The 72 domains transformed into 72 golden-armored giants who stared solemnly at the sky. Each of the 72 giants had 8000 universes circulating within their bodies.

In every universe, there were a hundred and eight ferocious beasts with different appearances. At that moment, they were roaring at Wang Baole. To be precise, they were howling and pleading!

They seemed to have sensed Wang Baole's Divine Will. They begged Wang Baole to release them and free them!

At the same time, the various cities on the Immortal Air Continent shook violently, causing countless cultivators to fly out from where they were. They stared at Wang Baole in shock, and the ground trembled even more violently. The illusory images of giant beasts appeared from every city, all of them screaming towards the heavens.

This scene was not unfamiliar to the cultivators of the Immortal Air Continent. Soon, some cultivators cried out involuntarily.

"Someone… someone is stepping on the heavens!"

"I've finally seen Heaven Trampling once in my life!"

"Who is this person? Why is he so unfamiliar?"

To the cultivators of the Immortal Air Continent, although such a scene was rare, it had happened several times over the countless years. It was just that they had been separated for too long, so most of them did not react immediately.

Soon, cries of surprise spread across the Immortal Air Continent.

Wang Baole didn't pay attention to the commotion on the Immortal Air Continent. Right now, he was experiencing the vastness of his Divine Will and the increasing determination in his willpower. He walked faster, and his aura was unleashed to its maximum. The light in his eyes seemed to shake the heavens and earth. As he was in a good mood, he was about to shout, but in the next moment…

As his foot landed, a loud boom reverberated throughout the entire Immortal Air Continent.

The bridge collapsed.

In short, despite a Dao Domain is considered to be a "universe", the exists a vast array of size when it comes to the category of "universe", from miniscule "universes" like the Four Great Worlds, to an average "universe" like Neverending Dao Domain or Vast Expanse Dao Domain, to larger "universe" like the First Loop and Second Loop, though still one of many levels and amongst countless universes within the Great Cosmos.

So, a "universe" in Ergenverse can be anywhere from Below 3-C to Possible 3-A.

Great Cosmos (or Megacosmos) - Part II:

The author just could not decide the size of Great Cosmos, you have "infinite" and next is "there is a limit" (界限). That being said, the Great Cosmos is still vastly superior to anyone that is not 9th Step, and this Great Cosmos was a mature one, so only Ultimate 9th Step like Emperor can have a chance to fight the Will of Great Cosmos.

The universe where Wang Baole is, must used to have a name, but now simply called as the Great Cosmos by others:
  • The Great Cosmos is almost endless, the Immortal Astral Continent and the Emperor's Origin Universe Dao Void are merely an insignificant part of this universe. Simultaneously, the home of Immortal and Ancient, the worlds of numerous almighties, those seemed like complete universes at first, are but parts of the Great Cosmos.
  • The Great Cosmos has an end, this is confirmed by Wang Yiyi, Wang Lin and various scriptures in the Immortal Astral Continent and outside this universe, there are other Great Cosmoses.
  • According to Wang Lin, the universe they reside is akin to a piece of leaf on the surface of a lake, and beyond the leaf is a larger lake where there are even more leaves, and on the edge of each leaf is a boundary that is almost impossible to shatter.
  • Wang Baole speculates that Wang Lin might had left this leaf, traversed on the lake and to other leaves. As for the huge hole on the starry sky he saw in his memories is likely the boundary of the universe and the hole, whether its origin, has something to do with Wang Baole.

At the same time, Wang Baole, who had walked out of the stone stele world and stepped onto the Heaven Trampling Bridge, gained a more accurate understanding of the entire universe after his few years of enlightenment and understanding on the Immortal Air Continent.

This universe might have had a name in the past, but it had been forgotten. In terms of titles, it was simply called the Great Cosmos.

This Great Cosmos seemed to be infinitely vast and boundless. The Immortal Air Continent was only an insignificant part of it. The same was true for Yuan Yu Daokong, who was the Emperor Lord.

At the same time, there was also the home of the Immortals and Ancient Ones, as well as the realms of even more powerful beings. Even though all of these seemed like complete universes, in reality, they were all in this Great Cosmos.

It wasn't that there were no boundaries in this universe. When Wang Yiyi was at home, Wang Baole had asked Wang Baole's father about it. He had also learned from some records on the Immortal Air Continent and his own senses that there were boundaries in this universe.

There were even other Great Cosmoses outside this Great Cosmos.

"The universe we are in is like a leaf floating in a lake. In addition to the vast lake water, there are also many… leaves. The edges of each leaf contain an almost unbreakable barrier.

This was what Wang Baole's father had told him at his home.

They didn't talk much, but Wang Baole had a feeling that Wang Baole's father… must have left the leaf, gone to the lake, and even went to the other leaves.

A barrier, huh… Wang Baole raised his head in thought and stared at the huge hole in the cosmos in the distance. It was obvious that this place… was the barrier at the edge of the cosmos.

The hole seemed to have been blasted open by some force, either from the inside or from the outside.

So why did this scene appear in the ancient memories that I traced back to my original body… Wang Baole narrowed his eyes.

Does this hole have something to do with my true form? Or could it be that my true form created it? Then… does my true form blast open the barrier in this universe, or… does it blast in from outside this universe? With that thought, Wang Baole was unable to calm down. As waves of emotions surged in his mind, he moved and arrived beside the hole.

His Divine Sense spread out and extended through the hole. However, in the next moment, an indescribable sense of danger exploded forth, causing Wang Baole to retreat abruptly, shock and doubt on his face.

同時,走出石碑界,邁入踏天橋的王寶樂,隨著在仙罡大陸的這幾年感悟與了解,他對於整個宇宙,也有了更準確的概念。

這片宇宙,或許曾經有名字,但如今已被人遺忘,在稱呼上,更多只是將其簡單的稱為大宇宙。

這片大宇宙似乎無限磅礴,其內浩瀚無盡,仙罡大陸只是它微不足道的一小部分,還有帝君所在的源宇道空,也是如此。

同時,還有仙與古的故鄉,還有更多大能的界域,哪怕這些,任何一個看起來都是完整的宇宙,可實際上都是在這一片大宇宙內。

而這片大宇宙,也並非真的沒有界限,在王依依家中時,王寶樂曾問詢過王父,自身於仙罡大陸也從一些典籍里,以及自身的感知中了解到,這片大宇宙,是有邊緣的。

甚至在這片大宇宙外,還存在了其他的大宇宙。

「我們所在的宇宙,好似一片漂浮在湖水中樹葉,樹葉外……除了更為磅礴的湖水,還存在了諸多……樹葉,而每一片樹葉的邊緣,都存在了近乎無法被打破的壁障。」

這是當時王父,在其家中,對王寶樂說過的話。

沒有交談太多,但王寶樂有種感覺,王父……應該是離開過這片樹葉,去過湖水裡,甚至去過其他的樹葉中。

「壁障么……」王寶樂思索中抬起了頭,望著遠處那存在於星空的巨大窟窿,顯而易見,這裏……就是這片宇宙的邊緣壁障所在。

而這窟窿,更像是被某種力量,或是從內,或是從外,直接轟開。

「那麼為何我追溯到的這來自本體的遠古記憶,會浮現出這個畫面……」王寶樂眯起眼。

「這窟窿難道與我本體有關?或者說,是我本體弄出?那麼……我的本體,是從這大宇宙內將壁障轟開,還是……從這大宇宙外,轟入進來?」王寶樂想到這裏,心神無法平靜,腦海駭浪起伏間,他身體一晃,直接就到了這窟窿旁。

The Five Elements are the fundamental Dao of the Great Cosmos, hence, none could cultivate to the source or that would not be conforming to the laws of the Great Cosmos and as far as Wang Baole goes, he can only become one of the Five Element's many false sources.

The Dao of Metal and Water crossed the sixth bridge.

It wasn't that the Dao wasn't strong, but that Wang Baole's enlightenment hadn't reached the level of the source. In reality… it was basically impossible to cultivate the Dao of the five elements to the source. This didn't conform to the rules of the universe.

The Five Elements was the fundamental principle of the Great Cosmos. It wasn't something that cultivators could control. At most… it would reach the level that Wang Baole was going to achieve. It might appear to be the source, but in reality, it was only one of many.

The difference between these two points was the difference between a false source and the true source.

Wang Baole, who had reached this stage on the Heaven Trampling Bridge, was well aware of this. Therefore, he wasn't surprised. Even though he was standing in the void between the sixth and seventh bridges, with a wave of his right hand, the Dao of Earth descended.

An enormous stone stele materialized around him. It rapidly solidified from its illusory state. The laws of the Earth Dao also spread in all directions at that moment, causing the cosmos to rumble.

Very quickly, the stone monument melted like the golden water and gathered towards Wang Baole, as if it wanted to completely integrate with him. At the same time, it also seemed to transform into countless threads that spread throughout the universe, as if they were connected to the essence of the earth in this universe.

It was like a lake on one side and an ocean on the other. There was a difference in size and depth between them. As a channel appeared between them, the water from the ocean surged towards the lake rapidly. In the end, not only would the lake strengthen, but it would also… become one.

This was Dao Validation!

Wang Baole becomes one of the false sources of and able to control Five Elements, Life and Death, he also reaches to the middle of the tenth bridge and ascends to middle-stage fifth step,
  • He can manipulate all things and myriad Daos in the universe to a certain level and can easily suppress any almighty of fourth step by sheer cultivation base and Dao.
  • He can sense the various eyes in the Great Cosmos, one of them is from a continent as large as the Immortal Astral Continent, whose destiny was not his and has tie to the Dao of Fate in the Great Cosmos, aka Su Ming.
  • He sees another youth on a paper with a dense concentration of karma, aka Meng Hao.
  • He sees another figure who has complex emotions to him, aka Bai Xiaochun.
  • In total, there are eight beings similar them, so there are at least eight sixth step of cultivation in the Great Cosmos and the final pair of eyes was from the center of the Great Cosmos, full of red mists, that is the Vast Expanse Dao Domain (?) or Origin Universe Dao Void, where the Emperor and his true self were.

The Dao of the Sun De that bore him was connected to this Dao on one end, and on the other… connected to the Dao of Life in this universe.

Similar to the Dao of Death, the Dao of Life couldn't be mastered by the only one. However, with the support of the bridge and the stone, Wang Baole's Dao of Yang successfully became one of the sources of the Dao.

As the Dao became complete, an unprecedented sense of power emerged in Wang Baole's heart. It was as if everything in the world had changed in his eyes. It was no longer as real as it had been before. Instead, it had become illusory.

"Everything is empty at the end of the path?" Wang Baole muttered. He raised his foot and walked towards the tenth bridge. As his foot landed, the shadow of the bridge in the sky above him gradually descended. When the shadow of the bridge completely fused with his body, Wang Baole's aura erupted once again.

The five elements revolved around each other, and life and death were inseparable!

Instantly, his foot landed again. Wang Baole… crossed the void between the ninth and tenth bridges. With one step, he appeared at the top of the tenth bridge!

He didn't stop. With another step, he crossed half the bridge and appeared in the middle of the tenth bridge. He seemed to be about to take another step, but this step… was impossible to lift.

"I've reached my limit…" Wang Baole muttered. The heavens and earth rumbled, and waves rose in the heavens. Ripples spread across the cosmos, and the cosmos seemed to be swaying. All living things had to bow their heads. In the entire cosmos, only those in the same realm and beyond could raise their heads and look at him. Others… were not qualified.

「現在的我,還無法踏過第十橋。」王寶樂沉默,他感受到了自己此刻的狀態,與之前很不一樣,在沒有踏上這第十橋前,他能掌控的道,是五行,是死,是生。

但現在……萬物一切,宇宙眾道,皆可被其使用!

雖做不到完美運用,但……第四步的任何大能,在他面前,他隨手就可鎮壓,這是一種壓制,既是境界的壓制,也是道的壓制。

感受自身的同時,王寶樂也第一次,無比清晰的察覺到了四周于大宇宙內,匯聚在這裏的神念,於是他抬起頭,看向大宇宙星空。

他……看到了在遙遠之地,存在了一片大陸,與仙罡大陸類似,其上,似有一道身影,對自己微微點了點頭。

那道身影,散出一股說不出的宿命之意,但不是自己的宿命,似乎對方的存在,本身就是大宇宙命運之道的一部分。

除此之外,在另一個方向,王寶樂看到了一張紙,其上存在了濃郁的因果之意,紙上盤膝坐著一個身穿華袍的青年,在對自己微笑。

王寶樂立刻明悟,自身金之載道之物,與其有關。

同時,他還看見了一道身影,此人目光複雜,似唏噓,似感嘆,一樣在望著自己。

這些身影,不多,只有八位。

一一看去后,最終王寶樂的目光,落在了這片大宇宙的中心,那裡……有一片濃郁的紅霧,遮蓋了一切,阻斷了因果,但卻壓制不住,其內散出的熟悉與感應。

「我的本體……就在那裡。」

「帝君的……蒼茫道域,又或者說,源宇道空么。」王寶樂凝望那個方向,那裡……是他接下來,要去的地方。

他有種感覺,憑著這股熟悉與感應,此刻似乎自己只需一步,就可直接進入,那片被紅霧遮蓋的星空。

The current me is still unable to cross the tenth bridge. Wang Baole was silent. He could feel that his current state was very different from before. Before stepping onto the tenth bridge, the Dao that he could control was the five elements, death, and life.

But now… everything in the universe and all the Dao in the universe could be used!

He might not be able to utilize it perfectly, but… he could easily suppress any mighty figure in the fourth step. This was a form of suppression, a suppression of both cultivation and Dao.

This was the first time that Wang Baole could sense the Divine Will gathered in the cosmos. He raised his head and stared at the cosmos.

He… saw a land mass in the distance. It was similar to the Immortal Air Continent, and on it, there seemed to be a figure nodding at him.

The figure exuded an indescribable sense of destiny, but it wasn't his own destiny. It was as if the figure's existence was a part of the Dao of Fate in the Great Cosmos.

In another direction, Wang Baole saw a piece of paper. There was a strong sense of karma on it. On the paper sat a young man in a luxurious robe, smiling at him.

Wang Baole immediately realized that the item that contained his Dao of Metal had something to do with it.

At the same time, he saw a figure looking at him with a complicated look in his eyes. He seemed to be sighing and lamenting.

There were only eight of them.

After looking at them one by one, Wang Baole's gaze finally landed on the center of the universe. There… was a thick red mist that covered everything and cut off karma. However, it couldn't suppress the familiarity and sense that was exuding from it.

"My true form… is there."

"The Emperor Lord's… Vast Expanse Dao Domain. Or should I say, Origin Universe Dao Kong?" Wang Baole stared in that direction. That was… where he was going to go next.

He had a feeling that based on this sense of familiarity, he only needed one step to enter the red mist that covered the cosmos.

Even if Great Cosmos is infinite, and even as the source of 4D Spacetime can only get Low 1-C.

Deep Earth Star Ring:

The known ultimate cosmological structure of Ergenverse, below only Bright Heaven Star Ring and is home to countless Dao Realm, each contains countless Star Realms, each contains countless Great Cosmoses, 9th Step can only explore this realm and 10th Step can easily manipulate a section of this structure (or punching things to outside the Star Ring), but to affect this structure would be very demanding and toiling.

Emperor kept a star map that contains the coordinates to his old homeworld after crossing countless universes and countless Great Cosmoses.
  • According to Desire, the difference between his universe and Great Cosmos is immeasurable, the universe Wang Baole resides is the Deep Earth Star Ring, even cultivation realm is that apex known to this universe or the ninth step is merely the peak of Deep Earth.
  • Deep Earth Star Ring houses countless Dao Domains. each Dao Domain houses countless Star Domains and each Star Domain houses countless Great Cosmoses.
  • Desire hails from Bright Heaven Star Ring and its might is unimaginable and Desire gave Wang Baole a chance to be controlled so he could return to Bright Heaven so that he could store a silver of his consciousness to reincarnate in Bright Heaven Star Ring.

To the Emperor, the star map was as important as his life. It was the coordinates of his return home, the only clue he could find. After all… even if he truly had his memories intact, he had been buried in a black wooden coffin after his death. He had drifted through countless universes.

Therefore, even though he had regained his memories, it was still very difficult for him to accurately find his way home in the countless Great Cosmoses. Furthermore, the cosmos was too big, and the slightest difference could lead to a thousand miles.

That was why he valued it so much.

對帝君而言,那副星空圖,與其生命一樣重要,那是他回家的坐標,是他能回去的唯一線索,畢竟……就算是他真的完整了記憶,但在死亡之後被葬入黑木棺中,于無數的歲月里,不知漂流了多少宇宙。

所以,就算是他恢復了記憶,也還是很難在這無數的大宇宙中,準確的找到回家的路,而星空太大,差之毫厘謬以千里。

所以,這是他極為重視之物。

...

Wang Baole didn't say anything. He raised his head and stared calmly at his desires.

"However, all of this is useless… The cosmos that I am in is far from what this place can compare to. Both sides are like fireflies and the bright moon…" There was no contempt in Desire's eyes, as if she was stating a fact.

"That's because… the cosmos you're in is only the Thick Earth Star Ring. Even if your cultivation reaches the peak of the ninth step, it's only the peak of the Thick Earth Star Ring.

"The Thick Earth Star Ring contains countless domains. Every Dao Domain contains countless star domains. Every star domain contains countless Great Cosmoses…"

"And I… am from the Glowing Heavenly Star Ring!"

"The power of the Glowing Star Ring is unimaginable."

"Originally, you had the chance to return to the Glowing Sky under my control. Perhaps I could still retain a sliver of your consciousness and give you a chance to reincarnate in the Glowing Heavenly Star Ring. But now… you don't have it." Yu Yue shook her head, and the darkness in her eyes turned extremely cold. She raised her right hand and pointed at her glabella.

王寶樂沒有說話,抬起頭,平靜的望著欲。

「不過,這一切沒有用……我所在的星空,遠遠不是此地可以去與之比較的,雙方之間如螢火與皓月……」欲目中沒有輕蔑,好似在陳述一個事實。

「因為……你所在的這片宇宙所處的星空,只是厚土星環,修為即便是到了極致,達到了你們口中的第九步,也只是厚土巔峰罷了。」

「厚土星環,蘊含無數道域,每一個道域里包含無數層星域,每一層星域中,又存在了數不清的大宇宙……」

「而我……來自煌天星環!」

「煌天星環,其強悍的程度,是你無法想象的。」

「原本,你是有機會在我的掌控下,回歸煌天,或許我還可以保留你一絲意識,給你一個在煌天星環轉世的機會,但現在……你沒有了。」欲搖了搖頭,目中的漆黑變的無比冰冷,右手抬起,向著自己眉心一指。

The Deep Earth Star Ring has the shape of a wheel and its vastness was beyond the imagination and description of almighties, as the Star Ring contains countless Dao Domains, each Dao Domain contains countless Star Domains and each Star Domain contains countless Great Cosmoses.
  • It is difficult to comprehend its vastness, only those with cultivation base approaches the peak of Deep Earth Realm, that is the ninth step, can traverse the entirety of the Deep Earth Star Ring. However, it is rare to see such a cultivator to rise in the Deep Earth Star Ring even with the sheer passage of time in the countless civilizations.
  • Hence, all the battles, slaughters and enlightenments in this world were for the sole purpose of reaching the peak of Deep Earth Realm and entering the Bright Heaven Star Ring, only those of this supreme cultivation realm can perceive another Star Ring beyond the Deep Earth - the Bright Heaven Star Ring.
  • It is unknown how immense is Bright Heaven Star Ring and the division of levels in Bright Heaven Realm, as those had the knowledge had shattered the boundary of stars and reached the Bright Heaven.
  • As for Wang Baole's avatar, he is going through layers and layers of Star Domains in the Deep Earth Star Ring, he would drink wines and sung in occassions.
  • His songs propagate through a Star Domain and resonate with countless civilizations in countless Great Cosmoses and his breaths of alcohol can fill a Star Domain and cause countless civilizations in countless Great Cosmoses in this Star Domain to be drunk for ten thousand years, they will neither die or be somber, neither static or everchanging, even to the will of Heavenly Dao. However, they would also be safe as anything steps into this Star Domain will be drunk like them.
  • He takes a step to cross several Star Domains and continues his journey, alongside with some activities and curiosities here and then.
  • In this journey, the avatar encountered several arrogant beings, despite his aura can suppress and terrify to powerful beings in countless Star Domains, there were still delusional beings hostile to his casual aura.
  • Most of them died to a single slap of his until nothing is left of them and several more powerful needed two slaps to be slain.
  • However, there was a cactus-like being who did not die to his three slaps, this being impacted on a newborn (early-stage) Great Cosmos at an atonishing speed upon seeing Wang Baole's avatar. The foam-like Great Cosmos collapsed instantly and all of its nutrients was devoured by the cactus, which surprised the avatar for him to glance a few times.
  • The cactus went for the avatar seeing his glance, so the avatar slapped once to cause most of its needles gone, twice to cause all of its needles gone
and cracks to manifested on its body, however, the cactus was stupid and continued to charge, so thrice a slap that sent the cactus away, the force of the third slap was so great that the void was shattered and the cactus went through the walls of the Deep Earth Star Ring.
  • The avatar's journey continues until he sees a continent-shaped Star Domain full of desire, even after a million years the aura of desires still lingers.
  • He take a step to traverse countless Star Domains and hundreds of thousands of Dao Domains and arrives to a starless space with a slow-moving decaying continent. The surface of continent are the ruins of kingdoms and civilizations and countless mutant satellite stars and planets.
  • This continent is Wang Baole.

If one could stand at a supreme position and look at the Thick Earth Star Ring, they would be able to see that it looked like a wheel. However, its size was something that even mighty figures could not describe.

The entire Thick Earth Star Ring was just too big.

It contained countless domains. Each Dao Domain contained countless star domains. Each star domain contained countless Great Cosmoses…

It could be said that it was very difficult to find someone who could complete the entirety of the Thick Earth Star Ring. To do this… one had to have a cultivation level close to the peak of the Thick Earth realm, which was the so-called ninth step!

However, to be able to refine one's cultivation to such a level, even with the countless civilizations in the Thick Earth Star Ring as the foundation, it was still very difficult to appear.

Even with the passage of time, it would still be as rare as phoenix feathers and qilin horns. This required outstanding potential, great opportunities, and even greater luck.

Because of that, countless stories and battles would take place within the Thick Earth Star Ring during every period of time. They would compete with one another and test one another's Dao.

Everything was to reach the peak of the Thick Earth realm. Everything was to break through to the Glowing Sky realm!

The Glowing Sky Domain was a name that was foreign to almost all life forms. Only when one's cultivation reached an extremely high level would one be able to vaguely sense… that there was another star ring outside the Thick Earth Star Ring.

Its name was… Glowing Sky.

As for the specifics, such as how big was inside the Glorious Star Loop and how the Glorious Sky Domain was divided, almost no one knew. Anyone who knew about it would feel like they had ascended and stepped into the Glorious Sky Domain.

However, Wang Baole wasn't interested in that. He was currently walking through the layers of Star Domains within the Thick Earth Star Ring, holding a wine gourd in his hand. The wine gourd was formed from a bead, and it contained countless grains of rice wine. Every time he drank it, it would be different.

Along the way, Wang Baole drank, feeling extremely comfortable. Sometimes, he would sing a few songs, his voice spreading across the entire level of the Star Domain. It often made the countless civilizations in the countless Great Cosmoses in this level tremble when they heard it, as if they had heard the Great Dao.

"Quick, quick, quick!" Amidst his laughter, Wang Baole burped. A breath of alcohol spewed out and spread to the other Star Domain in front of him, causing countless civilizations and races in the countless Great Cosmoses in that Star Domain to instantly become intoxicated for ten thousand years.

For the past ten thousand years, all existences in this Star Domain would not die, but they would not awaken either. Everything seemed to be still, but it was not still either. They fell into a state of intoxication.

Even the will of the Heavenly Dao was the same.

However, they were also safe because there were no living creatures that could enter. As long as they entered, they would instantly fall into a drunken slumber.

Wang Baole took a glance with his blurry eyes and smiled. He didn't mind it. With a step, he crossed several Star Domains and continued his search. Even though he didn't find any clues along the way, Wang Baole wasn't anxious.

As long as the wine was still there, he felt that this journey was not bad.

Just like that, time passed. Wang Baole walked and stopped, feeling extremely happy. Occasionally, he would enter some civilizations to take a look at the development of this civilization. At other times, he would guide the progress of some civilizations, causing a particular civilization to instantly grow.

Everything was like a game, causing Wang Baole's pace to become more cheerful.

Of course, along the way, Wang Baole also met some ignorant people. Although his aura was enough to shock the surroundings and make the terrifying existences in countless star domains tremble when they sensed him, there were still some delusional people or arrogant life forms who harbored ill intentions towards Wang Baole, who did not deliberately release his suppressive force.

Most of those existences had been killed by Wang Baole with a single slap. Not even a speck of them remained.

However, there were also a few who were extremely powerful. Wang Baole would slap them twice.

The only thing that didn't die after three slaps was a strange life form in the shape of a green cactus. It was filled with thorns. The cactus was only the size of a palm and was very inconspicuous. However, it contained an unparalleled bloodiness and ferocity. When it met Wang Baole, it was smashing into an early-stage Great Cosmos that was in a bubble state at an astonishing speed.

As it smashed, the bubble-like Great Cosmos collapsed. All the nutrients within were sucked away by the cactus instantly. Then, a satisfied expression appeared on the cactus.

Wang Baole was surprised and took a few more glances.

The cactus seemed to be displeased by the looks of Wang Baole. It charged at Wang Baole at an astonishing speed.

In the end, Wang Baole slapped it, breaking a large number of spikes. After letting out a tragic cry, it charged again, seemingly unconvinced. Then, Wang Baole curiously slapped it again, causing not only the spikes on the cactus to disappear, but even cracks to appear.

However, the cactus seemed to be a little stupid. It roared and charged forward once again. After Wang Baole's third slap landed, it was sent flying far away… In fact, because the force it carried was too great, it shattered the void and disappeared.

I seem to have used too much force… I've knocked it out of the wall of the Thick Earth Star Ring… Wang Baole took a look and didn't pay much attention to it as he continued wandering.

An unknown period of time passed. On this day, as Wang Baole drank, he arrived at his first destination, the Star Domain that recorded the land of desire. Almost as soon as he arrived, Wang Baole's hand that was holding the wine gourd paused slightly. His expression also became more serious as he silently felt it.

"Even though a million years have passed, the aura of desire still remains…"

Wang Baole raised his right hand and grabbed at the air. Instantly, the entire Star Domain warped. A wisp of black mist appeared out of thin air and floated in front of Wang Baole.

Sensing the familiar aura emanating from it, Wang Baole muttered softly.

"My true form, what do you look like now? Have you become a continent?"

"Wouldn't that be very ugly?" Wang Baole laughed, but his eyes were extremely deep. He pinched the wisp of black mist and silently sensed it. He locked onto a direction and took a step forward.

This step crossed countless starfields and hundreds of thousands of Dao Domains. When it appeared… it was a barren cosmos. There were no planets, only a vast, decaying land mass that was slowly advancing…

The landmass was filled with black mist and the aura of desire. On the surface of the landmass, one could see the ruins of kingdoms and civilizations, as well as countless captured demonic stars around it!

However, if one were to take a closer look, one would be able to vaguely see that the continent resembled a human face. It was a human face with a twisted expression and a pained and ferocious expression.

Looking at the human-faced continent, a complicated look appeared in Wang Baole's eyes as he muttered softly.

"The main body…"

厚土星環,若能站在一個至高無上的位置去看,那麼可以看到,其模樣如同一個車輪,只不過其龐大的程度,大能也無法將其形容出來。
整個厚土星環,實在是太大了。

其內蘊含無數道域,每一個道域里包含無數層星域,每一層星域中,又存在了數不清的大宇宙……

可以說,很難有存在,可以將整個厚土星環走完,想要做到這一點……除非是修為接近厚土巔峰,也就是所謂的第九步!

但能將修為煉至如此程度者,就算是以厚土星環內數不清的族群文明作為基礎,也基本上很難出現。

哪怕加了歲月的流逝,怕是也依舊鳳毛麟角,這需要驚艷絕倫的資質,也需要莫大的機緣,更需要氣運才可。

於是,圍繞著超脫,在這厚土星環內,每一個時期,都會發生無數的故事與廝殺,相互爭奪,相互證道。

一切,都是為了達到厚土巔峰,一切,都是為了突破踏入煌天境!

煌天境,這個稱呼,對於幾乎所有的生命來說,都是陌生的,唯有修為達到了極高的程度,才會冥冥中感知……在厚土星環之外,還有一座星環。

其名……煌天。

至於具體,如煌天星環內到底多大,如煌天境又是如何劃分,則幾乎沒有人知曉,但凡知曉者,都已如飛升般,破碎星礙,踏入煌天。

不過,對於這些,王寶樂不感興趣,此刻的他走在厚土星環的一層層星域里,手裡拿著一個酒葫,這酒葫是一枚珠子形成,裏面有無數的米酒,每一次喝下都不同。

走了一路,王寶樂喝了一路,心底很是舒暢,甚至時而還高歌幾首,聲音傳遍所在之層的星域,往往使這一層星域內的無數大宇宙里的族群文明,在聽到后,都心神震顫,好似聽聞大道。

「快哉快哉!」大笑中,王寶樂打了個酒嗝,一口酒氣噴出,瀰漫在了其前方的另一層星域,使得這層星域內的無數大宇宙里,數不清的文明種族,瞬間就如醉了一樣,一醉萬年。

萬年裡,這層星域內的所有存在,他們不會死亡,但也不會蘇醒,一切好似靜止,但又不是靜止,陷入到了沉醉之中。

就連天道意志,也都如此。

但他們也是安全的,因為沒有什麼生命,能踏入進去,只要進去,就會瞬間醉酒沉睡。

王寶樂醉眼朦朧的掃了一眼,笑了笑也沒在意,邁步間,跨越數層星域,繼續尋找,雖一路走來他始終沒有找到什麼線索,但王寶樂不著急。

只要酒還在,他就覺得這場旅途,還算不錯。

就這樣,時間流逝,王寶樂走走停停,頗為開心,時而他還進入一些文明族群內,看一看這個族群的發展,時而撥弄一些文明的進程,使某個文明族群瞬間在饋贈下增長。

一切,如同遊戲一樣,使得王寶樂的步伐,越來越歡快。

當然一路走去,王寶樂也遇到了一些不開眼之輩,雖然他的氣息,足以震懾八方,使無數星域內的恐怖存在,察覺后瑟瑟發抖,但終究還是有一些痴心妄想之輩,又或者狂妄的生命,對沒有刻意散出威壓的王寶樂,起了歹意。

這些存在,大都被王寶樂一巴掌拍死,連渣都不剩。

不過也有不多的幾位,本身極為強悍,這樣的存在,王寶樂會拍兩巴掌。

唯獨有一個拍了三巴掌還沒拍死的,是一個綠色的仙人球般形狀,滿是刺的奇異生命,這仙人球只有巴掌大小,很不起眼,可其內卻蘊含了無比的血腥與猙獰,遇到王寶樂時,它正在以驚人的速度,砸中一個處於氣泡狀態的初期大宇宙。

隨著砸去,那氣泡般的大宇宙,直接就崩潰開來,其內所有的養分,剎那間就被這仙人球吸走,隨後仙人球上浮現出面孔,露出滿足的表情。

王寶樂看的驚奇,就多看了幾眼。

似乎被這幾眼惹到,那仙人球很是不滿,竟以驚人的速度,直奔王寶樂砸來。

結果,被王寶樂一巴掌拍過去,斷了大量的刺,發出慘叫后,似很不服氣的再次衝來,隨後王寶樂好奇的又一掌拍過去,使得這仙人球上不但刺都沒了,甚至還出現了裂縫。

但這仙人球似乎有些愚笨,居然嘶吼中又一次沖了過來,被王寶樂第三巴掌落下后,直接抽的飛出了很遠很遠……甚至因承載的力量太大,導致破碎了虛空,消失不見。

「好像用力過了……把它打出了厚土星環的壁界……」王寶樂看了眼,也沒太去理會,繼續遊盪。

直至過去了不知多久,這一天,王寶樂一邊喝著酒,一邊來到了他的第一個目的地,也就是記錄那片慾望大陸的星域,幾乎剛剛到來,王寶樂拿著酒壺的手,就微微一頓,神色也認真了一些,默默感受了一番。

「哪怕過去了百萬年,可這裏的慾望氣息,依舊殘留……」

王寶樂右手抬起虛空一抓,頓時整個星域扭曲,一縷黑色的霧氣,憑空出現,漂浮在了王寶樂的面前。

感受著其內散出的熟悉的氣息,王寶樂輕聲喃喃。

「本體,現在的你,會是什麼樣子了呢,變成了大陸么?」

「那豈不是很醜?」王寶樂啞然一笑,只是目中卻無比的深邃,捏著那一縷黑霧,默默感受一番,鎖定了一個方向,向前一步踏去。

這一步,直接跨越了無數星域,跨越了數十萬道域,出現時……那是一片已經變的荒蕪的星空,這裏沒有星辰,只有一片浩瀚的腐朽大陸,正慢慢前行……

大陸瀰漫了黑色的霧氣,瀰漫了慾望的氣息,在大陸的表層,還能看到一處處國度與文明的廢墟,以及其四周被捕捉的,無數顆變的妖異的星辰!

但若仔細去看,能隱隱看出,這大陸的樣子,似乎像一張人臉,一張神色扭曲,表情痛苦猙獰的人臉。

看著這片人臉大陸,王寶樂目中露出複雜,輕聲喃喃。

「本體……」

The avatar could not calculate how long since he and Wang Baole had met, as godlike figures left the universe with their races and the Great Cosmos had went through numerous destruction and creation and despite the avatar could had left Deep Earth Star Ring and entered Bright Heaven Star Ring, his real body was the final obstacle.
+ As for Wang Baole, since he cannot erase desires, however, he can replace them, as there were always six other desires that existed aside from the orthordox Seven Emotions and Six Desires.

It was a long time… since they last met.

Wang Baole could no longer calculate the exact time. He had been a statue for too long. Over the tens of thousands of years, god-like figures from the past had left one after another with their races. The Great Cosmos had experienced too many destruction and resurrection.

Perhaps… the only thing that remained unchanged was that he was still around, and his main body… was still around.

It could even be said that Wang Baole could have left the Thick Earth Star Ring long ago and headed for the Glowing Sky. And here… his true form was his only obstacle.

At that moment, Wang Baole stood in the cosmos and stared at the human-faced landmass. Looking at the familiar face, the doors to his memories slowly opened in his mind. The scenes from the past flowed before his eyes like water.

After a long while, Wang Baole sighed softly. He picked up the wine gourd in his hand and took a big gulp. A strange light slowly appeared in his eyes.

In reality, he had already thought of a way to restore his main body's rationality. Although his desires could not be erased… they could be replaced.

Wang Baole's method, on the other hand, was something he had slowly come up with after observing the masses for tens of thousands of years.

"In this world, all living things have desires, but desire… is not just listening, tongue, seeing, smelling, and touching."

"In this world, there are six other desires… that have always existed," Wang Baole muttered. He had looked at the masses for many years, and he had seen the desire of the people of countless races for inheritance, for knowledge, and for everything that had yet to be resolved.

Wang Baole's avatar can see once the replacement with the six original desires was successful, his real body would awaken so he has awaken his consciousness to guide this process, when he approaches Wang Baole, the Black Qi arises from the continent but unable to stop him, only able to shatter countless satellite celestial bodies to fragments via its suppressive force.
  • However, though the Black Qi that represents desires cannot touch or affect the avatar, the avatar cannot obliterate the Black Qi unless he uproots all life in Deep Earth Star Ring for its source of desires to vanish, the Black Qi would continue to exist forever.
  • The avatar radiates his aura of Immortal to cleanse the continent of lifeforms born from desires and Black Qi and then shouts to wake up Wang Baole, his words cause countless laws to form in the void of space and blast into the continent as his words contain infinite laws and with his cultivation base, he can shake up all beings in the Deep Earth Star Ring.
  • However, the avatar cannot awaken Wang Baole as the desires were too deep and dense with its source being all sentient beings in Deep Earth Star Ring and even if the avatar has the ability to suppress all living beings, his real body was still powerful as an almost complete lifeform born from the fusion of Emperor and Wang Baole.
  • In theory, he cannot wake his real body, though he cannot fuse with his real body as independent being, he can fulfill and exchange his life for the real body, for him to completely vanish and wake up the real body.
  • The avatar sends the Soul Bead contains everyone in Federation away and immole his self, body, soul and everything, which causes the Dao Domain to erupt and the Deep Earth Star Ring to tremble, nothing in countless civilizations and living beings can trace the source of this trembling.
  • The avatar goes on to replace the six desires the real body wants to, but could not since Wang Baole cannot wake up to guide the process.
  • Upon completing to replace the six desires, an explosive sound roars across the Deep Earth Star Ring, this continent collapses, atomizes and vanishes until a figure was left here for countless years, that is Wang Baole's real body.

The latter's Six Desires clearly required one to be rational. So… once the replacement was successful, Wang Baole believed… that his true body could return completely.

But all of this needs to be guided by the main body. So, the first thing to do is to let the main body's consciousness wake up from its slumber… Wang Baole looked at the human-faced land. After a moment of silence, he stepped forward.

As it neared, the planets that it had captured immediately began to glow with a strong light. A large amount of black Qi spread out from the land and spread in all directions.

However, none of that could stop Wang Baole.

As he neared, the resplendent stars seemed to be unable to withstand the suppressive force and shattered into countless fragments that spread outward.

It was the same for the black mist that represented lust. As Wang Baole approached, it was unable to touch him at all. At that moment, Wang Baole was an existence that the black lust could not affect.

However, it was similarly difficult for him to wipe away the black fog formed by his desire. Unless he wiped away all life in the Thick Earth Star Ring, causing the source of his desire to disappear, the black fog would exist forever.

So, as the black aura of desire was unable to stop him, Wang Baole stepped onto the mainland and walked to the spot between the eyebrows of the human face. He stood there, raised his right hand, and waved it. An immortal aura erupted and swept across the entire mainland.

Wherever the immortal will passed, all the life forms transformed from desire on the continent let out shrill cries. They instantly vanished as if they had evaporated into thin air. Even all the ruins on the continent were expelled at this moment.

At a glance, the landmass was a lot cleaner. Even the black mist was quickly retracted. Not much of it spread out. Looking from afar, the faces on the landmass became clearer.

"My true form… wake up!" Wang Baole said in a low voice. As soon as he said that, countless nomological laws formed in the void of space and blasted into the interior of the land. They surpassed lightning and rumbled in all directions.

These words contained endless laws. Normally, with Wang Baole's current cultivation, it was enough to awaken everything within the Thick Earth Star Ring.

However… his true form only shook. Cracks appeared on the ground, but there were no signs of him waking up!

"So, I still can't wake up…" Wang Baole muttered.

The desire was too strong and too strong. It originated from all the living creatures in the Thick Earth Star Ring. Even though Wang Baole had the ability to suppress all living creatures, his true form was extremely powerful.

After all, it was a nearly complete life form formed by the fusion of the Emperor and the emperor.

In theory, it was impossible to awaken.

Forget it, forget it… Wang Baole raised his head and looked into the distance. He was looking in the direction of the Great Cosmos. Vaguely, he seemed to see familiar figures.

Among them were Wang Baole's parents, his master, Zhao Yameng, Zhou Xiaoya, his friends, and countless auras…

"Imperial Lord, fulfill my wish."

"My true body, grant me my wish."

"Right now, I have already become an independent entity. I no longer have the ability to continue fusing with my true form. If I want to wake him up, then the only way… is to exchange my life for his. With my complete dissipation, I will exchange for his awakening!

Wang Baole laughed. He raised his right hand and made a grabbing motion in the air. The wine gourd appeared, and he took a large gulp from it.

With that mouthful, he drank half of the wine in the wine gourd.

Then, with a wave of his hand, he threw the wine gourd out into the cosmos outside the continent. Then, he grabbed with his right hand again, and a soul bead appeared. After taking a closer look, Wang Baole threw it out again, causing it to float in the cosmos. Then, he took a deep breath and laughed loudly.

As he laughed, his body began to burn. As his immortal will rose, his physical body, his soul, and everything about him began to burn fiercely.

As it burned, the entire cosmos trembled. The entire Star Domain rumbled, the entire Dao Domain exploded, and the entire Thick Earth Star Ring trembled.

All living things, all races, and all wills trembled from the depths of their hearts at this moment. Countless gazes tried to find the source of the trembling but failed.

"Lonely, too boring."

"You're still the smart one, true body. After sleeping for so long, you can no longer experience the desolation that still exists after everyone has left…"

"To me, I have been independent, enjoyed, experienced, and… lived. These… are enough."

"That's enough!"

"Then today, I'll… fulfill your wish!"

"You can't wake up, and you can't take the initiative to replace the Six Desires. It's alright… I'll help you!"

"Burn my Dao, burn my soul, and disperse my spirit… This will give your true form the feeling of Six Desires. With your talent and intelligence, and with your comprehension, you will definitely awaken this time!"

而後者的六欲,顯然是需要理智的,所以……一旦替換成功,王寶樂相信……本體就可以徹底回歸。

「但這一切,需要本體自身去引導,所以首先要做的,是讓本體的意識,從沉睡中醒來……」王寶樂望著人臉大陸,沉默半晌后,向前邁步走去。

隨著靠近,這大陸四周被其捕捉的星辰,頓時就散發出強烈的光芒,更有大量的黑氣于大陸上散出,瀰漫八方。

但這些,無法阻止王寶樂絲毫。

隨著他的靠近,那些璀璨的星辰,瞬間就彷彿無法承受其威壓,直接崩潰四分五裂,化作無數碎塊向外擴散。

而那些代表慾望的黑霧,也是這般,在王寶樂靠近中,根本就無法對其沾染絲毫,這一刻的王寶樂,是這黑色的慾望,所無法渲染的存在。

但他一樣難以抹去這些慾望所化的黑氣,除非他將這厚土星環內的所有生命都抹去,使慾望沒有了源頭,否則的話,這些黑氣將永恆存在。

於是,在這慾望黑氣的無法阻攔中,王寶樂邁步走到了大陸上,走到了人臉面孔的眉心位置,他站在那裡,右手抬起一揮間,一股仙意轟然爆發,橫掃整個大陸。

仙意所過之處,大陸上所有慾望化作的生命,發出凄厲的嘶吼,一個個瞬間就像被蒸發一樣的消散,連同大陸上的所有廢墟,都在這一刻,被全部驅除。

放眼看去,這片大陸乾淨了很多,就連那些黑色的霧氣也都飛速的內斂,沒有多少散開在外,遠遠一望,大陸人臉,越發清晰起來。

「本體……醒來!」王寶樂低聲開口,聲音一出,頓時就在這片虛無星空里,形成了無數的法則,轟入這大陸的內部,超越雷霆,轟鳴八方。

這句蘊含了無窮法則的話語,正常來說,以如今王寶樂的修為,足以將這厚土星環內的一切存在,都震動蘇醒。

但唯獨……他的本體這裏,只是大地震動,出現一道道裂縫,但卻沒有任何蘇醒的痕迹!

「果然,還是無法蘇醒么……」王寶樂喃喃。

這裏的慾望太深,太重,其源頭是整個厚土星環的眾生,即便是王寶樂這裏,有能力鎮壓眾生,可……他的本體,本身就是強悍到了極致。

畢竟,那是帝君與其融合,所形成的近乎完整的生命形態。

理論上來說,是不可能蘇醒的。

「罷了罷了……」王寶樂抬起頭,看向遠處,其所看的方向正是大宇宙的方位,依稀間,他好似看到了一道道熟悉的身影。

裏面有王寶樂的爹媽,有師尊,有趙雅夢,有周小雅,有他的朋友以及無數氣息……

「帝君,成全了本體。」

「本體,成全了我。」

「如今的我,早已成為了獨立的個體,不存在與本體的繼續融合,那麼要將其喚醒,就唯有……以我命,換他命,以我徹底消散,換他蘇醒!」

王寶樂笑了,右手抬起虛空一抓,酒壺出現,被他一口氣喝下了前所未有的一大口。

這一口,直接將酒壺內的酒,喝了大半。

隨後揮手間,將那酒壺扔了出去,飄散在了大陸外的星空中,隨後他右手再次一抓,一枚魂珠出現,仔細的看了眼后,王寶樂再次扔出,使其一樣漂浮在星空中,隨後他深吸口氣,大笑起來。

笑著笑著,他的身體竟開始了燃燒,仙意升騰間,他的肉身,他的神魂,他的一切,都在劇烈的焚燒。

隨著焚燒,整個星空都在顫抖,整個星域都在轟鳴,整個道域都在爆發,整個厚土星環,都在震顫。

萬物眾生,所有族群,所有意志,都在這一瞬,從心底深處傳來顫粟,無數的目光試圖追尋這顫粟的源頭,但都失敗。

「孤獨,太沒意思了。」

「還是本體你聰明,沉睡至今,就可以不去體會那種所有人都走了,自己還在的荒涼……」

「對我來說,也曾獨立過,也曾享受過,也曾體會過,也曾……活過,這些……足夠了。」

「足夠了!」

「那麼今天,我就……成全你好了!」

「你無法蘇醒,無法去主動的替換六欲,沒關係……我來幫你!」

「燃燒我道,焚燒我魂,散盡我神……以此,給本體你六欲之感,以你之才智,以你之悟性,此番……你必定蘇醒!」

...

這一刻,整個厚土星環強烈晃動,眾生顫抖中,王寶樂徹底消散之處,那大陸上,隱隱的,回蕩出了他生命里,最後一句話。

「王寶樂,這個名字,我還給你!」

隨著聲音的回蕩,這片大陸傳出了擴散整個厚土星環的巨響,在這巨響中整個大陸徹底崩潰,四分五裂的碎石,在擴散的剎那成為飛灰……

直至這崩潰持續到了最終,大陸……消失了。

漂浮在星空內的,只有一具被埋葬在大陸內無數萬年的……身軀!

那身軀穿著黑色的長袍,一頭長發飄搖,閉著眼,面色蒼白,一動不動……仔細去看,正是……王寶樂的本體!

其睫毛,微微顫動,只是雙眼始終沒有睜開,似沉浸在了一個夢魘之中……

I believed the Deep Earth Star Ring should be 1-C due to being several levels greater than a Great Cosmos, and likewise, 10th Step would be 1-C also since they can affect a large section of this structure casually and the entire structure should they choose to toil themselves.

Definition of Dao on Xianxia/Xuanhuan Page:

I love how the entire site uses a butchered and simplified definition from a random blog that has only the definition of Tao as the underlying principles exists in all things in nature instead of more proper definitions that include its mundane and prosaic meanings, consistently used by Chinese in life when it comes to personal matter. That is how you can tell someone is missing the whole idea of a certain theme because they don't know the Tao other than its "overpowered" definition.

I mean, when people said about "my Dao", you can see they are talking about their conduct/belief/idea, and the "dao is endless" reeks of metaphor like "a human holds endless possibilities". If something this elementary, just the prosaic meaning of Tao was incomprehensible to you, it is about a good time to stop reading Chinese works when you failed to grasp such a simple concept.

So, a good time to remove that "definition" of Tao from every Xianxian/Xuanhuan Page, and add its prosaic meaning, because that is the context of the "Tao/Dao" you will see in most descriptions, narratives and dialogues when it comes to general Chinese works, books and articles.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tao

The word "Tao" (道) has a variety of meanings in both ancient and modern Chinese language. Aside from its purely prosaic use meaning road, channel, path, principle, or similar, the word has acquired a variety of differing and often confusing metaphorical, philosophical, and religious uses. In most belief systems, the word is used symbolically in its sense of "way" as the right or proper way of existence, or in the context of ongoing practices of attainment or of the full coming into being, or the state of enlightenment or spiritual perfection that is the outcome of such practices.

https://brill.com/display/book/edcoll/9789004421646/BP000010.xml

The Dao that can be spoken of is not the constant “Dao”: In this line, the character “dao (道)” appears three times, reading, “The Dao that can be Dao-ed is not the constant Dao.” The first of these daos is a concept and term commonly used in modern Chinese, such as with the word daoli 道理 [reasonableness, sense, justification] or most literally “principles of the Dao.” The second dao means to speak. The third daonis a concept specific to Laozi’s philosophy [i.e. the Dao]. Here it refers to the substance and force that constitutes the cosmos.
 
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I'm not sure this even counts as a downgrade because all of these informations are already there since forever, somehow, people just love to flaunt they have reading problem.

TLDR Tier Proposal:
  • Essence of Space and Time = Low 2-C (Spacetime in General Relativity)
  • Dao Domain = 3-B (Probably like a million lightyears with Core World and Sea of Consciousness in Neverending Dao Domain)
  • Ergenverse's "Universe" = Below 3-C to 3-A
  • Great Cosmos (Megacosmos) = Low 1-C (the source of Essence and of 4D Spacetime)
  • 9th Step Cultivator (Deep Earth Realm) = Low 1-C (Comparable to Mature Great Cosmos)
  • Deep Earth Star Ring = 1-C (several levels superior to a Great Cosmos)
  • Bright Heaven Star Ring = High 1-C
  • 10th Step Cultivator (Bright Heaven Realm) = 1-C
 
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How come there is even "dimension" here when there is not a "维度" or "次元" in here? The only thing about "dimensional space" is "空间" aka "space" in Chinese. The two quotes are deadset on Essence of Space comprises of only three dimensions of space - width, length and depth, and nothing else. What is about the numerous "threads"? Do you even see they are stated to have "length, width and depth" and how comprehending Essence of Space is comprehending three dimensions? What about "spaces" of different size? Do you even see how three dimensions of space create "size"? Ever go outside and see how despite being 3D objects, from the smallest bugs to planets, stars and galaxies, they all have different size?

Then there is this thought experiment from Bai Xiaochun, who was focusing on comprehending the Essence of Space for the final step of reach Eternal Realm, where he experiments with three dimensions until he combines the fourth dimension aka time to complete the form of spacetime. Yes, you heard it right, the four dimensions in our universe, that spacetime. At the end of the experiment, Bai Xiaochun awakes from the thought experiment into the emptiness of what used to be a starry sky holds 1,080,000 worlds - of which the largest spans only a few lightyears or less, everything around him is normal as usual, anyone wants to argue about this part of "Bai Xiaochun can do this, but Eternal Spirit World is too weak to handle such alternation", please remember he was trying to revive 1,080,000 worlds and size of a Dao Domain is not gonna help you.
Absolutely disagree
First of all, for the countless dimensions part, if we translate it as you say, Meng Hao saw countless spaces, but why does the rest of the sentence continue as "they were spaces!" Does that really make sense?
There are also other scans to prove that he is referring to dimensionality there.
Meng Hao manipulates these spatial dimensions, converting a 2-dimensional circle into a 3-dimensional sphere. He again describes the dimensions as limitless, which should be enough to show that these are large, non-trivial spatial dimensions
 
Feats in partially translated novel take precedent over the 4 finished books.

Heh. Anyway, most of this was addressed in the very first upgrade thread and the follow up after the tiering system revisions. And yeah, Larrsx comment kills most of the base of this thread.

We do plan on going over the verse's cosmology when we get time to make a more coherent one overall but this thread seems quite haphazardous to me.

I'll just point staff to the blogs on the verse page to read and make their decisions about it after that. I'm really tired rn to deal with this.

@Zaratthustra @Nepuko Feel free to comment here.
 
Heh. Anyway, most of this was addressed in the very first upgrade thread and the follow up after the tiering system revisions. And yeah, Larrsx comment kills most of the base of this thread.

We do plan on going over the verse's cosmology when we get time to make a more coherent one overall but this thread seems quite haphazardous to me.

I'll just point staff to the blogs on the verse page to read and make their decisions about it after that. I'm really tired rn to deal with this.

@Zaratthustra @Nepuko Feel free to comment here.
I agree with Planck
I will be ready for a better content revision in the future :devilish:
 
Huh.

Man, I came here with expectations but I got disappointed. Come on, this is just in bad faith the moment I saw 3-B. Most of it is headcanon (thought experiment... really?), random rants, some wikipedia links. This isn't going to magically remove what's been referenced both in blogs and profiles.

You know, I likely would have went along if it was in the lines of "let's make 4th step Low 1-C" as I believe that while it fits the tiering system, how the site considers 1-A is so stupidly powerful that I doubt it was intended as such in the works. So my pitch - while I understand it might sound nonsensical to some - would've been to pretend the dimensionality stuff didn't happen and stick to Essence containing all of space and being beyond it, then 4th step transcendance. Aka Low 1-C. Or any other suggestions as long as there's a discussion. Though unfortunately the site won't let me proceed with that I believe. I'll still try in the future, though.

So, do I have an issue with the Tier? Yes.

But unless the tiering system changed again, it still fits it. The way to move it down would be to convince the supporters to take verse logic and narrative over an external indexing, which I planned on doing but was busy. Not to use sarcasm and deflection, on top of frankly randomness of it all. I honestly would've thought this was trolling if it didn't take an effort to do all this, even exclusing the copypasta.

As such, I have a bigger issue with the suggested ones above. I'm not sure we read the same novels at this point...

Also, what wikipedia says about Dao doesn't matter, what it says about law doesn't matter. What matters is what the novels say about it.

I guess that's all I really have to say on the matter. I'll be away for a while, so cya.
 
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Meng Hao part was already explained, so-

The Bai Xiaochun part.


...Thought experiment? Really?

Alright, so, all of the following was in his imagination?

Radiant colors suddenly appeared within the silent starry sky. Countless natural and magical laws fused, and then dispersed. The starry sky vanished, leaving behind only… a single point!

It was a singularity of absolutely no length, breadth, or depth!
Well, sure, the narrator may just mean it vanished from his perspective, right?
Waving his finger, he caused the singularity to transform into a line…. It had no breadth or depth, and yet, was infinitely long, with no end.
Wow. Bai Xiaochun is so immersed in his thought experiment that he is waving his fingers and all.
“I'm missing something, aren’t I?” After a moment of thought, he waved his finger again, and the infinitely long line suddenly became infinitely wide!

Because it was infinitely long and wide, it was actually impossible to tell which direction was which. Such descriptions could only exist in one’s thoughts.
Weird thing for the narrator to say, when all of this is in one's thoughts, huh?
Bai Xiaochun looked at it for a moment, smiled again, and then waved his hand, causing it to grow infinitely deep and high!!

Now, it didn’t look like a piece of paper, but rather, an infinitely wide, infinitely long, infinitely tall box!

“Still missing something.” Shaking his head, Bai Xiaochun waved his finger, causing the infinitely long, wide, and tall box to ripple and distort. It seemed to age, blurring, as though the passage of time was transforming it into something illusory, into a vortex, into… space!

It contained everything that made up the starry sky for the past tens of thousands of years, their existences stretched out together. It contained all life forms and all living beings, from the moment they were born until they died, from the moment they existed, until they didn’t exist. And everything in between. By stepping into that space, one could appear at any moment that had ever existed.
Weird of the narrator to describe Bai's thoughts as a space he could step into, huh?

Next-
That this 'thought experiment' proves that only four dimensions exist.

For those who only read the bolded parts of the above quotes - Bai collapsed his universe into a singularity with no width, depth, or length. Then, with four waves of his finger, he added infinite length, depth, width, and made the resulting 'box' to contain all of the past, present, and future events of his universe.

After that, he contemplates adding something again, but stops because the 'dimensions' (planets with their own laws of physics, but they're all contained in one universe) would be destroyed as collateral.

“There is more I can do.” He looked with narrowed eyes at the vortex of space and time that he had created. As he did, his eyes reflected the countless beams of light from the dimensions therein. There were too many to count, each of which contained innumerable living beings, all with their own unique destinies!

However, his mere act of looking at the dimensions caused them to tremble unstably, as though they might collapse at any moment.

With that, he looked away, and everything vanished. The expression of space and time that he had created vanished, and the starry sky went back to normal.

“It’s not that I'm incapable of doing it, but rather… this starry sky can’t sustain such a dramatic transformation. Based on the descriptions from the Never-Ending Dao Domain, doesn’t that imply… that there’s a fifth step which they haven’t encountered yet?
So, yes, he casually removed then added width, depth, length, and time on an infinite scale from his universe, and was about to add something more, but stopped because it would destroy the worlds in his universe.

And for the final nail in the coffin about this being just a thought experiment...
“I should pay a visit to the Never-Ending Dao Domain, and see if their starry sky can sustain such a transformation.” Having made his decision, he ignored the leaf.
He plans to visit another universe, hoping it will be capable of letting him do what his own world could not.

If this was in his mind, stopping out of fear for the Realms in his universe would be meaningless. If this was merely in his mind, him planning to leave for another universe would be nonsensical.


To suggest that Bai Xiaochun at 5th step, who can create an infinitely wide, tall, and deep universe holding all of the past, present, and future, observe it from outside like a box, and decide "I'll add another dimension" to be anything below Low 1-C is honestly ridiculous.
 
Absolutely disagree
First of all, for the countless dimensions part, if we translate it as you say, Meng Hao saw countless spaces, but why does the rest of the sentence continue as "they were spaces!" Does that really make sense?
There are also other scans to prove that he is referring to dimensionality there.
Meng Hao manipulates these spatial dimensions, converting a 2-dimensional circle into a 3-dimensional sphere. He again describes the dimensions as limitless, which should be enough to show that these are large, non-trivial spatial dimensions

Literally what I said here. I repeat, three dimensions of Space create "size" (according to the quotes), and we know that there objects of different size, hence, the whole "many spaces" and how they have different size. It couldn't get any more obvious.

Do you even see how three dimensions of space create "size"? Ever go outside and see how despite being 3D objects, from the smallest bugs to planets, stars and galaxies, they all have different size?

Because adding a dimension to a point would create a circle and adding a dimension would create a sphere? It is basic geometric dimensions. So three dimensions of Space being "large" is "non-trivial"? So how does that change anything when they are the main dimensions in the universe?

I do have to note Great Cosmos was said to be endless, and the true source of all Essence, so likely what Meng Hao gaining from Essence of Space was an enlightenment to the true Essence of Space originating from the Great Cosmos. The enlightenment on laws of the universe often follows a series of imaginary sceneries taken in the mind of a cultivator to show what knowledge did they glem from this enlightenment.

A Dao Domain was already small, and Great Circle Daosource Realm only manipulates a section of that Dao Domain, and you need to be effectively 5th Step to able to manipulate the entire Dao Domain.
 
Meng Hao part was already explained, so-

The Bai Xiaochun part.


...Thought experiment? Really?

Alright, so, all of the following was in his imagination?


Well, sure, the narrator may just mean it vanished from his perspective, right?

Wow. Bai Xiaochun is so immersed in his thought experiment that he is waving his fingers and all.

Weird thing for the narrator to say, when all of this is in one's thoughts, huh?

Weird of the narrator to describe Bai's thoughts as a space he could step into, huh?

Next-
That this 'thought experiment' proves that only four dimensions exist.

For those who only read the bolded parts of the above quotes - Bai collapsed his universe into a singularity with no width, depth, or length. Then, with four waves of his finger, he added infinite length, depth, width, and made the resulting 'box' to contain all of the past, present, and future events of his universe.

After that, he contemplates adding something again, but stops because the 'dimensions' (planets with their own laws of physics, but they're all contained in one universe) would be destroyed as collateral.


So, yes, he casually removed then added width, depth, length, and time on an infinite scale from his universe, and was about to add something more, but stopped because it would destroy the worlds in his universe.

And for the final nail in the coffin about this being just a thought experiment...

He plans to visit another universe, hoping it will be capable of letting him do what his own world could not.

If this was in his mind, stopping out of fear for the Realms in his universe would be meaningless. If this was merely in his mind, him planning to leave for another universe would be nonsensical.


To suggest that Bai Xiaochun at 5th step, who can create an infinitely wide, tall, and deep universe holding all of the past, present, and future, observe it from outside like a box, and decide "I'll add another dimension" to be anything below Low 1-C is honestly ridiculous.

We have a reenactment of Big Bang, where it exists a singularity that contains all contents of the universe until its spacetime expands and we have the universe today. Then Bai Xiaochun adding three dimensions to complete initial aspect of Space and adding the final dimension - time to form Spacetime and the Great River of Space and Time.

Except the Great River of Space and Time of Eternal Spirit World still exists, and the Daoist of Time, who was one with Time of this world still riding on a boat in there, that part takes after Bai Xiaochun managed to restore 1,080,000 worlds and those worlds still exist after, so even less reason for him to obliterate his hard works due to how long it takes for him to restore those world's ruins, especially this will be where his people returns one day.

Radiant colors suddenly appeared within the silent starry sky. Countless natural and magical laws fused, and then dispersed. The starry sky vanished, leaving behind only… a single point!

It was a singularity of absolutely no length, breadth, or depth!

That singularity existed within the starry sky. It contained all magical laws, all natural laws, and a total of 1,080,000 worlds!

...

"Still missing something." Shaking his head, Bai Xiaochun waved his finger, causing the infinitely long, wide, and tall box to ripple and distort. It seemed to age, blurring, as though the passage of time was transforming it into something illusory, into a vortex, into… space!

It contained everything that made up the starry sky for the past tens of thousands of years, their existences stretched out together. It contained all life forms and all living beings, from the moment they were born until they died, from the moment they existed, until they didn't exist. And everything in between. By stepping into that space, one could appear at any moment that had ever existed.

Bai Xiaochun looked at this world made of time and space, and quietly said, "This is the same vortex that Holy Extermination opened with those Dao domain treasures of his. This… is how the River of Time and Space appears."

...

"Well, what's this? The cultivation system of the Never-Ending Dao Domain is divided into steps. First step, second step, third step, fourth step…. The fourth step is the last. Only by practicing cultivation to that level can an almighty being see the truth about this leaf."

"Apparently, the Dao domain treasures that Holy Extermination used contained the full power of the fourth step." Bai Xiaochun smiled. Although the leaf did not look like anything particularly unique, he could now see that it could actually act as a key… a key that lead to the Never-Ending Dao Domain!

"There is more I can do." He looked with narrowed eyes at the vortex of space and time that he had created. As he did, his eyes reflected the countless beams of light from the dimensions therein. There were too many to count, each of which contained innumerable living beings, all with their own unique destinies!

However, his mere act of looking at the dimensions caused them to tremble unstably, as though they might collapse at any moment.

With that, he looked away, and everything vanished. The expression of space and time that he had created vanished, and the starry sky went back to normal.

"It's not that I'm incapable of doing it, but rather… this starry sky can't sustain such a dramatic transformation. Based on the descriptions from the Never-Ending Dao Domain, doesn't that imply… that there's a fifth step which they haven't encountered yet?

"I should pay a visit to the Never-Ending Dao Domain, and see if their starry sky can sustain such a transformation." Having made his decision, he ignored the leaf.


...

Those expressions of Will became the three sovereigns, who, in the moment before their death, released their own Will. One fragment of that Will… contained something that Bai Xiaochun recognized as his own aura.

Laughing softly, he rose to his feet. As he did, everything around him vanished, and he took a step forward. A vortex appeared, similar to the one he had created earlier. As it spun and swirled, it opened up to reveal… a boundless river!

The River of Time and Space!

He stepped forward into the river, and disappeared. As he did, he spoke, causing his words to echo out into the starry sky before eventually fading away.

"One Will to create oceans. One Will to summon mulberry fields. One Will to slaughter countless devils. One Will to eradicate innumerable immortals…. Only my Will… is Eternal."

The two quotes are after Bai Xiaochun chose one of the Eternal Flower just to prove Bai Xiaochun was doing a thought experiment for his enlightenment about Space and Time to finally achieve Eternal Realm to view the content of the Neverending Leaf. The starry sky exists and functions normally, unaffected by whatever Bai Xiaochun did, no starry sky vanished, no world is destroyed, everything just takes time to come back to life again.

The disappearance of Bai Xiaochun ushered the peoples of the starry sky into a new age. No one could see him, but he remained where he had always been, in the former location of the Eternal Immortal Domains, his eyes closed as he sought enlightenment of Essence.

Days passed. Years passed….


One day, Bai Xiaochun opened his eyes, only the second time he had done so since he began to meditate. The first time was when he created heavenly tribulation. This time was because… he had gained enlightenment of everything.

He had witnessed the rise of life. He had created the sun and moon and all living beings. He had observed the darkness and the light of the starry sky. He had been present as living creatures became many, and had sought enlightenment through countless tens upon tens of thousands of years. Now, when he opened his eyes, it was possible to see a boundless calmness and purity deep therein.

He was so pure that he seemed untainted by even a speck of dust. In some ways, his eyes were like a newborn child’s as he looked out at the stars.

Years later, he awoke.

The Eternal Immortal Domains was still the only spot where life existed. However, instead of the black void which had surrounded it in the past, there were now a multitude of stars. They were the ruins that Bai Xiaochun had brought light to, and given enough time, that light and life force would bring new life.

Now that the catastrophe of the Mortal Renegade had passed, life became ordinary again in the Eternal Immortal Domains. The five domains were all repaired, and the Eternal Sea was as majestic as ever. Vegetation and other forms of life flourished on the highest mountains and in the vastest of the plains.

The Saint-Emperor Dynasty still existed. And although the Vile-Emperor Dynasty didn’t have a Vile-Emperor anymore, Bai Xiaochun allowed the empire to survive. The Eternal Immortal Domains continued to have three major powers.

War was a thing of the past. Without the threat of the Mortal Renegade, and the corrosive spirit he brought with him, the Eternal Mother recovered. Whereas the Saint-Emperor had once been doomed to remain as a half-sovereign, he now had hope for reaching a higher level.

The only person to leave the Eternal Immortal Domains was Song Que. He took the treasured fan to the ruins of the Immortal World, where he waited for them to recover, and for life to return. Once the qi flow of the world was restored, he would have his path to the Sovereign Realm.

Dabao became the new Arch-Emperor. Although the Grand Heavenmaster was very old, he still loved the exercise of power, and therefore, he and the Giant Ghost King both assisted Dabao.

Li Qinghou wasn’t interested in the affairs of the world anymore. He and Patriarch Spirit Stream lived out in the lush mountains, far away from the affairs of the dynasty. Despite that, not a person existed in the Eternal Immortal Domains who would ever dare to refuse a request from them.

The Eternal Mother took note of this, and gave Li Qinghou a blessing of abundant life force.

Big Fatty Zhang, Master God-Diviner and Xu Baocai eventually became celestials, and lived happy lives. Big Fatty Zhang found a Daoist partner, as did Xu Baocai….

There was little need to mention Bruiser. He was soon just as impressive as he had been back in the River-Defying Sect, and sired countless offspring….

Bai Xiaochun’s children all tread their own paths. Xiaoxiao got married, to a rather shy but, at the same time, very earnest cultivator. They lived a very happy life.


Most frustrating of all to Bai Xiaochun was Xiaobao. He had inherited just about every aspect of Bai Xiaochun’s personality, and acted just like he would. In fact, the little turtle seemed to find a kindred spirit in him, and abandoned Bai Xiaochun to spend time with Xiaobao….

And it never said what Bai Xiaochun was intending to do, and what sort of drastic transformation he was going to wrought into Eternal Spirit World, which is again, contains only 1,080,000 worlds, so time to stop dwelling in meaningless assumption because "delicate balance" is a common trope where a small action can cause massive collapse on the order of the world, prominently so in these types of works.

In the case you need a nail in the coffin for the limit of 5th Step, see how everyone on Immortal Astral Continent, even three 5th Step were losing their shit when seeing a massive object coming on them.

Upon reaching to the eighth bridge, Wang Baole unconsciously summons an illusory projection of the Immortal Astral Continent-sized black wooden tree has surrounded by countless threads that formed a net covers the universe, whereas each thread is a law. This alarms the ten Grand Empyreans, two of which are brighter than Wang Baole's sun and Situ Nan and countless elites on the continent to go out to try to stop the tree from falling or the continent will be turned upside-down, this because they didn't realize the tree was a projection and its real body was inside the Emperor.

"Wood Dao!" In the next moment, Wang Baole raised his hands and muttered.

The moment his voice rang out, the seven Heaven Trampling Bridges behind him trembled. This was unprecedented. It was as if the previous seven Heaven Trampling Bridges were unable to withstand it.

Even the eighth bridge trembled. Only the ninth bridge remained unchanged.

However, the Immortal Astral Continent beneath Wang Baole rumbled violently at that moment. The roars of countless ferocious beasts stopped instantly, because at that moment… the sky warped.

Ripples spread across the cosmos.

At that moment, most of the cosmos was shaking!

Numerous mighty figures' divine senses, filled with shock, gathered rapidly from all directions in the Great Cosmos. As their divine senses arrived, they could clearly see… in the cosmos outside the Immortal Astral Continent, at that moment, a shockingly huge tree that was about the same size as the Immortal Astral Continent appeared!

Countless threads surrounded it, forming a huge net that filled the entire universe. The log became an inseparable part of the net. Every thread on the net was… a law!

It was pitch-black, like a coffin!

It exuded an indescribable suppressive force, along with a sense of regret and sorrow. As the log appeared, it filled the cosmos.

Father Wang lifted his head and said softly, "In this universe, there is only one source of wood!"

At that moment, the cosmos outside the Immortal Astral Continent was covered by a vast and boundless net. The net was so large that it seemed to cover the entire universe, appearing in every region within the universe.

This web was the rule.

Each thread was thick and thin, but they were all rules.

In the region of the Immortal Astral Continent, the black wood in the net was even clearer. Even the wood inscriptions on it could be seen with the naked eye. The suppressive force exuding from the black wood especially made the minds of those who felt it buzz.

Even the nomological threads surrounding the black tree couldn't compare to it. It was like a foil, causing the black tree to tremble.

At that moment, the black tree was slowly sinking amidst the intense rumbling, as if it was about to collide with the Immortal Astral Continent.

Everyone who saw this scene was naturally shocked, and their bodies trembled violently. In the Immortal Astral Continent, the almighty figures represented by the sun in the sky were also affected.

They could sense that the black tree that had appeared outside the Immortal Astral Continent was extremely real. Its descent was even more real. In fact, they could sense that the moment the black tree landed, the entire Immortal Astral Continent would instantly turn black.

"This… this…"

"We have to stop the tree from falling!"

Cries of shock and alarm rang out continuously in the Immortal Astral Continent. Even Situ, who had been playing chess with Wang Baole, appeared beside Father Wang with a solemn expression.

At the same time, within the eleven suns of the Immortal Astral, the two suns that were even more dazzling than Wang Baole walked out from their respective cave abodes. They looked at the sky solemnly and felt immense pressure.

To their knowledge, the tree posed a strong threat. It would definitely affect the Immortal Astral Continent once it landed. Right now, in the entire Immortal Astral Continent, there were only two people whose hearts were clear and whose expressions remained the same. One was Father Wang.

With a calm expression, he looked at the black tree in the sky. After mumbling softly, he spoke a second sentence.

"Unfortunately… it's incomplete."

"Incomplete?" Situ, who was beside Father Wang, was stunned. With his current level of cultivation, he could see that the black tree that had appeared in the sky was real and integrated into one entity. There was no sign of it being incomplete.

"Yes, this is just a seemingly real illusory projection," Father Wang said softly.

"A projection…" Situ was even more shocked. At the same time, Wang Baole, who was standing in the void between the seventh and eighth bridges, sighed softly in his heart.

The black wood was formed from his Wood Essence. That was why he could clearly sense that the black wood that had appeared outside the Immortal Astral Continent was not a real entity.

Therefore, his heart was clear, and his expression was calm.

However, he was able to sense it clearly because of the unbreakable connection between him and Black Wood. As for Father Wang, he was clearly different from Wang Baole. From this, one could see how terrifying the latter was.

"If this is just a projection, then where did the real log come from?" Situ suddenly asked from beneath the first bridge. He seemed to be deep in thought as he suddenly looked towards the heavens. His gaze seemed to pierce through the cosmos and look in a certain direction.

"That's the place," Wang Baole said coolly. Wang Baole, who was standing in the void between the seventh and eighth bridges, turned his head towards a certain direction in the cosmos.

The moment he looked over…

There was a seemingly endless red mist in the region of the cosmos that he was looking at. The mist continued to churn, as if it had been there for a long time without stopping.

Within the mist were a hundred and eight figures, each of them vast and shocking. Within each of them was a different cosmos.

The one hundred and eight figures circled each other, seemingly arranging themselves into a pattern. If one stood at a high position and looked at it, they would be able to clearly see that the pattern… was actually a humanoid figure.

In the center of the humanoid figure was the dantian. That was… the core of the red mist. One's vision and divine will could not penetrate it, as if it could isolate everything.

Shockingly… there were 109 figures in the isolated region!

That person was meditating with his legs crossed, and his appearance couldn't be seen clearly. His entire body was surrounded by red mist, and only the area on his forehead was slightly clearer. There, one could see… a black wooden nail nailed to his glabella!

The black wooden nail exuded a power that distorted the surroundings, causing the red fog to be unable to submerge the area. It could only appear outside. However, the red fog seemed unwilling to accept this. It kept rolling and trying to cover the area.

Perhaps… it was the surging fog at the core that caused the endless red fog beyond the cosmos to churn endlessly.

"Where the real body is!" Wang Baole retracted his gaze from the Bridge of Heaven Trampling on the Immortal Astral Continent. After a few breaths of silence, he raised his head again, and a look of determination appeared in his eyes. He raised his foot and took a step forward.

And the absolute nail in the coffin, the size of Neverending Dao Domain, 4th Step's feats in A World Worth Protecting, the limitation of 5th Step, an Ultimate 9th Step can fall before a mature Great Cosmos, which may or may not be infinite, so even less reason to assume anything beyond 1-C unless it is Deep Earth Star Ring and 10th Step.
 
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Isn't it awfully similar to the famous copypasta? Also following
Not to use sarcasm and deflection, on top of frankly randomness of it all. I honestly would've thought this was trolling if it didn't take an effort to do all this, even exclusing the copypasta.
No opinion on Thread's right and wrong but why is this copypasta if he's literally taking what's from his RT on SB (unless Coston is somehow not Revenger on SB) ?
 
Huh.

Man, I came here with expectations but I got disappointed. Come on, this is just in bad faith the moment I saw 3-B. Most of it is headcanon (thought experiment... really?), random rants, some wikipedia links. This isn't going to magically remove what's been referenced both in blogs and profiles.

You know, I likely would have went along if it was in the lines of "let's make 4th step Low 1-C" as I believe that while it fits the tiering system, how the site considers 1-A is so stupidly powerful that I doubt it was intended as such in the works. So my pitch - while I understand it might sound nonsensical to some - would've been to pretend the dimensionality stuff didn't happen and stick to Essence containing all of space and being beyond it, then 4th step transcendance. Aka Low 1-C. Or any other suggestions as long as there's a discussion. Though unfortunately the site won't let me proceed with that I believe. I'll still try in the future, though.

So, do I have an issue with the Tier? Yes.

But unless the tiering system changed again, it still fits it. The way to move it down would be to convince the supporters to take verse logic and narrative over an external indexing, which I planned on doing but was busy. Not to use sarcasm and deflection, on top of frankly randomness of it all. I honestly would've thought this was trolling if it didn't take an effort to do all this, even exclusing the copypasta.
Not a surprise to see people who do not contribute than ranting and talking stupid things just because the Chinese raws said f-you to their so-called "English Translation", of which ISSTH's was done by the same person responsible for that abomination of a translation that is Sage Monarch, aka missing context, wrong translation, random editing, etc and etc on the Chinese raws.

So much for calling "bad faith" when the English Translation was already badly done, and its bad translation was abused by people who can never read Chinese because they can't, or they dislike it when the Chinese raws place their favorite series on a more "grounded" powerlevel.

As such, I have a bigger issue with the suggested ones above. I'm not sure we read the same novels at this point...

Also, what wikipedia says about Dao doesn't matter, what it says about law doesn't matter. What matters is what the novels say about it.

I guess that's all I really have to say on the matter. I'll be away for a while, so cya.

Welcome to the difference being able to read Chinese and enjoy a Chinese webnovel instead of can only read English and brainwashed by bad faith translation.

Yet, a butchered definition of Dao blog is being circulated around the stie for some reason. And the fact you disregarded the prosaic meaning of Dao that was used in most contexts already did most of explanation. Good, then we have Essence of Space and Essence of Time being spacetime aka 4D, and the Essence are laws of the universe aka a parody of scientific laws, and Great Cosmos dwarfs anyone that is not 9th Step. End of story.

Anyone wishes to argue against, please spit on English translation and bring in Chinese raws.
If you can't do that and can only rant, please stop wasting other people's time.
 
The wiki generally allows official translations to be used for their works. In fact, those normally take precedent over fan translations unless there's an egregious error to be addressed. If you can't even keep up with that, then you're better off arguing this on another site.

Also, keep it civil. Disagreeing with our ratings is one thing but questioning other's critical thinking skills and insulting them is another.
 
Ergen needs to be downgraded. But 9th steps 3B is…. In my opinion, 3th step=2C,4th step=2B, 5th steps=L1C, 9th steps-10th step =1C-H1C.
In the end, I disagree
 
Ergen needs to be downgraded. But 9th steps 3B is…. In my opinion, 3th step=2C,4th step=2B, 5th steps=L1C, 9th steps-10th step =1C-H1C.
In the end, I disagree

3rd Step = 3C, sir. You are reading the wrong order.

1st Step is capped by a solar flare, as that will obliterate anyone that is not Eternal Star Realm, aka High 6-A.
Weak 2nd Step (Eternal Star Realm) does not like planet-busting events, though the strongest can destroy Earth-sized planets aka 5-B to 5-A.
Strong 2nd Step (Star Domain Realm) can smash through planets and stars aka 4-C to High 4-C.
Quasi-Universe Realm (can slay a Universe Realm) like Flame Patriarch can create a sea of flame to vaporize planets and destroy the Sol System that has fused with Divine Eye Star System aka 4-A.
3rd Step (Universe Realm) can shake a Holy Domain by fighting, likely can destroy a Holy Domain should they go all-out aka 3-C.
4th Step (Transcendent Realm) can destroy Stone Stele World in a battle aka 3-B.
5th Step (Creator Realm) is inferior to the modern Immortal Astral Continent and certainly miniscule to 6th Step (Supreme Realm), who can influence things on the scale of First Ring and Second Loop aka 3-A for 6th Step.

It is as obvious as it is in A World Worth Protecting, no need to bring Beyond Time since it is likely taking place in Bright Heaven Star Ring anyways.
 
I'm not at my home right now to have access to a laptop until Monday night as I'm at my parents' to spend Easter, so I will keep this short...okay, not that short but just a single post.

As it was said in the previous post when Planck updated Bai Xiaochun, we are currently working slowly but surely to update all profiles with scans and references and fix the blogs with more coherent statistics, which include the cosmology. I was the one who said to postpone the last said blog, as I want, when posting it, to have the profiles updated too, while others (Nepuko and Planck) said to make the cosmology first, so if you want to blame anyone, blame me.

The current cosmology and statements fit with the current state of the wiki tiering system, so it is still appropriate if you don't think it fits. Sure, it's not meta like other series (I won't name them to not derail the thread, but most people should know them) that use math, higher dimensions, or some reality to add some realism to fiction in every volume. So, Ergen still works as 1-A going by its statements and the tiering system of the wiki. But I also agree that there are instances where the feats don't work well with their tier while ragarding the tiering system. That's why I said in the last few threads that some changes will happen but I am not sure when as people are busy with IRL stuff, maybe other series here, and the series is vast with its five finished novels, a total of 7963 chapters, and another ongoing novel that has, I think, close to 500 chapters if not more already. I'm currently fixing other series I've added (to have scans and references) while slowly working on Ergen to update the profiles; the same can be said for Planck, who is doing the same. This is a lot to do on a faster interval when multiple series exist to update.

Another thing to note is that, like I said, the profiles and verse pages are outdated in large part regarding some things, as you can see by looking at their last edit using the history option (excluding maintenance edits from various staff members) to look at the actual update. But if you look at the newer Chinese verses added, you'll see that they lack all those standard definitions (which most weren't even used at all, as each thread in the past just used the text from the novel to argue the powers and tiers). The verse page will also be updated, like the profiles, when the time comes.

Short: The statements fit and work with the current tiering system. The profiles will be updated by me and Planck as we slowly collect the scans with references; till then, nothing will change as I'm the one stopping the other active users from partially changing things. I don't want tens of threads made to fix the verse, but just a few. So until all the scans, references are collected and the sandbox is ready, it shall remain like it currently is.

P.S. Peace and love, happy Easter.
 
Ergenverse does have some issues with its scaling at 4th Step and beyond (mostly due to it seemingly fitting Low 1-C to 1-B more than 1-A) but this thread is a bloated mess of arguments from incredulity, weird denial of official translation and disingenuous argumentation.

The official translation deserves to be hanged due to the sheer amount of errors and how those errors spawned a whole can of worm when they shouldn't, such as Planet Zhuque/Suzaku's size, Zhao Country's size, wrong translation of "dimensional space", wrong unit of measurement, and unbelievably enough, wrong number.

Some examples:

How come 1 million li (a li = 500m) gets to ten million kilometers?

Mu Nan quickly said, "There are none. Not to mention the Fight Evil Sect, there are no Nascent Soul cultivators within ten million kilometers of Nan Dou City. How could those seniors be here? They are all at the inner sea."

木南連忙搶先說道:「沒有,別說斗邪派了。南斗城方圓百萬里內。一個元嬰期都沒有。那些前輩怎麼會看得上這裏。一般都是在內海出沒。」

How come this area covers 1/10 in Chinese goes to 1/4 of Planet Zhuque?

The cultivator in the robe slowly said, "A high quality map of the Sea of Devils with the four surrounding continents, including 148 countries. What price are you willing to offer?"

The moment those words came out, all of the cultivators turned around and their eyes lit up. A high quality map was already very rare, but this one even included the surrounding four continents and 148 countries. That was almost ¼ of planet Suzaku!

The price of the map would be unimaginably high.

Wang Lin pondered a little. Currently, he had two maps in his possession. One was the one he got from Qiu Siping and other was the one he got from the Battle God's Temple.

The map from the Battle God's Temple only contained detailed information about the country and its surrounding areas up to the outer sea of the Sea of Devils. Farther than that, like the inner sea of the Sea of Devils, was very vague and some transfer arrays weren't even mapped.

As for the area across the Sea of Devils, there was not even a vague mark, only the range of some mountains. When Wang Lin analysed the map, he believed that Zhao was on the other side, but it was only a guess. This was why he didn't immediately act, but went to search for a more complete map.

「修魔海以及周邊四塊大陸,一百四十八國的上等地圖,你出什麼價格?」那蓑衣修士,語氣平緩,慢慢的說道。

此言一出,四周修士頓時紛紛側目,眼中更是閃爍亮光,要知道上等地圖,本就是已經天價,而且此人的地圖,居然是連同周邊四塊大陸一百四十八國,這幾乎已經相當於是整個朱雀星的十分之一了。

此地圖的價格,絕對是貴地難以想象!

王林沉默少許,他手中目前有兩個地圖,其一是邱四平拓印,另外一個則是當初的戰神殿宮裝女子贈送。

宮裝女子的地圖,應該說是較為全面,但也僅僅是止步于修魔海,其中對於火焚國所在的宣武大陸最為詳細,至於修魔海外圍,則是稍次,一旦進入內海,基本上就是只有大概,甚至連一些傳送陣都沒有標示。

對於修魔海另一端的大陸,更是連大概都算不上,只有一些簡單的山脈勾勒,當初王林分析,這片大陸,應該是趙國所在,只是其上沒有詳細介紹,王林也只是猜測罷了,所以這才有貿然行動,而是尋找更為全面的地圖。

How come the Chinese raw, which used "millions of zhangs" (a zhang = 3 meters) go to "millions of kilometers"?

"Back then… I only cared about the Milky Way Sea." The voice was filled with a strange tone. It echoed out, seemingly filled with the ability to last through the ages. It echoed out across the entirety of the State of Zhao. The land began to quake.

This quaking filled the entire State of Zhao. Even the mortals could feel it. Meng Hao ducked his head and shot forward even faster.

"I don't know how many years passed, nor how many times I slumbered and awoke. Finally, a day arrived in which I woke up to find myself facing a through and through bastard who should have died a thousand, no, ten thousand deaths!" From his tone of voice, he seemed to be getting upset. The last few words were spoken as if through clenched teeth.

As he spoke, the trembling across the State of Zhao grew more intense. Mountains and boulders trembled, tall buildings rocked back and forth. Within the three Great Sects, the remaining Cultivators looked around in shock.

The situation was the same in Milky Way City.

Meng Hao's mind spun. He was wondering which bastard Patriarch Reliance was referring to.

"That damned bastard couldn't possibly defeat me. He brought a bunch of other bastards with him, and we fought back and forth for years. In the end, they deceived me. They made a lot of promises to me, convinced me to leave the Milky Way Sea and come to the Southern Domain…." Patriarch Reliance seemed to be growing angrier and angrier. As he spoke, the land of the State of Zhao shook even harder. In the northern part of the nation, a thunderous roar sounded up into the Heavens. A massive crack appeared in the land, millions of miles long, and growing longer!

If you could stand far up in the sky and look down, you would be able to see that this massive crack was not a straight line, but a curving arc.

"When I got to the Southern Domain, the bastards tricked me. They fed me a bunch of random things that ended up placing me underneath an invisible seal!! They promised me that a few years later, they would give me some kind of special blessing of good fortune. But later, the damned bastards all died or disappeared. Finally, there was only the original one left. When I was asleep, he sneaked off to another planet. He left me with a Demon Sealing Jade, which I was supposed to give to a successor. In reality, those bastards were just afraid of Heavenly tribulation, and wanted to use me to fight against it!" Patriarch Reliance seemed to be gnashing his teeth. The sound reverberated across the land. A huge crack appeared in the eastern region of the State of Zhao, accompanied by a thunderous roar. The shape of the crack was a massive semi-circle.

Seeing all of this happen, Lord Revelation's face changed. He appeared to be growing a bit apprehensive.

Meng Hao took in a breath, thinking of the Demon Sealing Jade that he had.

"The bastards didn't keep their promise. They tricked me! I was enraged, and even though I slumbered, I still managed to squeeze out a bit of Spiritual will. It was weak, and constrained by the laws of the Dao of the Heavens, so it was incarnated into the body of a mortal. It started from scratch, practicing Cultivation. Because they tricked me, I decided to sever their legacy! I changed the name of the Demon Sealing Sect to the Reliance Sect. From then on, my Spiritual will called itself Patriarch Reliance!" As his voice boomed out, Meng Hao's eyes suddenly grew wide. He looked back at the land of the State of Zhao behind him. It seethed like an ocean, under the echoes of Patriarch Reliance's words.

When Lord Revelation heard the words, his expression changed to one of shock. Without even thinking about it, he began to move backwards. Another crashing boom rolled out across the State of Zhao, and a massive crack appeared in the south. At the same time, in the east, a fourth arcing crack appeared, accompanied by a thunderous bang. The four massive cracks split out to meet each other, surrounding the entire State of Zhao in a massive circle.

The entirety of the State of Zhao was contained in this enormous circle which suddenly… began to rise into the air. Black soil was revealed, and a fierce gale wind blew in all directions. Massive amounts of soil crumbled off the edges.

「這該死的王八蛋打不過我,就叫來了一群王八蛋,與我大戰多年,最終將我矇騙,許諾我諸多好處,讓我從天河海,來到了南域……」靠山老祖聲音內的憤怒之感越來越強烈,此刻話語傳出后,趙國的大地更為震動,甚至在趙國的北方大地,與群山連接的區域,此時轟鳴滔天,一道巨大的天地溝壑,直接在地面上撕裂開來,這裂縫之大,足有數百萬丈,蔓延極長!

若能站在天空的盡頭,低頭去看,定可看到這裂縫並非筆直,而是弧形。

「在這南域,這群老王八蛋哄騙我,給我吞了很多亂七八糟的東西,最終居然弄得我被無形的封印住!!

他們對我承諾,若干年後給我一場造化,可此後的歲月里,這幾個老王八蛋死的死,失蹤的失蹤,最後剩下的那個,居然趁我沉睡時,偷偷的離開了這顆星辰,這該死的傢伙臨走前,居然還給了我一塊封妖古玉,美其名曰讓我給他們找個後人,可實際上,是這群王八蛋害怕天劫,要借我來抵抗!」靠山老祖咬牙切齒,聲音回蕩天地,在這趙國大地的西方,一道巨大的裂縫,轟轟間再次撕裂開來,與北方裂縫連接在一起,赫然形成了一個半圓的形狀。

這一幕幕,讓那天機上人心神一震,隱隱內心居然升起一絲莫名其妙的忐忑。

孟浩那裡倒吸口氣,他想到了自己得到的那枚封妖古玉。

「這群該死的王八羔子,他們不守承諾,居然坑我,我一怒之下,哪怕是沉睡也逼出一道神念,但這神念太弱,有天道法則劫臨阻止,只能化身凡人,從頭開始,一步步修行,他們既然蒙我,那老祖我就斷他們後人傳承!

我將封妖宗改名為靠山宗,從此那道神念自稱靠山老祖!」靠山老祖聲音傳出,孟浩雙眼猛地睜大,身子驀然停頓,轉頭獃獃的看著身後的趙國大地,腦海嗡鳴,回蕩的全部都是靠山老祖的話語。

天機上人聽到這裏,面色忽然一變,露出吃驚之意,身子下意識的後退幾步時,趙國的大地再次轟鳴,一道巨大的裂縫,從南方的邊界直接撕裂開來,與此同時,在孟浩的前方,這趙國大地的東面,此刻天地轟鳴間,出現了第四道巨大的弧形溝壑,四道溝壑此刻連接在了一起,形成了一個籠罩了整個趙國的巨大圓形。

這圓形內,是整個趙國的版圖,磅礴的大地,在這一瞬,竟……在這難以形容的震動中,緩緩地升空,露出了漆黑的泥土,掀起了無盡的狂風,大量的泥土脫落!

As it rose up, the land quaked and clouds roiled in the sky. Lord Revelation's face was pale, his eyes filled with shock.

The ground rumbled as it rose higher and higher into the air. Three thousand meters, fifteen thousand, thirty thousand. It rose so high that it was impossible to describe.

The land rose up, and Meng Hao was still on it. He felt as if he were approaching the Heavens.

The land contained the cities of the mortals, the three great Sects, Milky Way city, and countless lives!

The entire State of Zhao was being lifted up, rising away from the earth, away from the Southern Domain. Beneath it was a massive, enormous hole in the ground!

The hole was, of course, the same size as the entire State of Zhao!

Standing above the hole was a vicious-looking turtle, as large as the entire State of Zhao, its body covered with countless black spikes!! It looked just like the mythical Xuan Wu black turtle!!

Earth covered the turtle's massive shell, as if the shell were being held in place by the land. The earth was none other than… the State of Zhao.

A colossal head slowly emerged from the turtle's shell. The head was roughly one tenth the size of the entire State of Zhao. Its skin was black, and covered with creases. Earth crumbled off from the head as it raised up. Its massive eyes turned to look down on Lord Revelation who stood there panting, as tiny as an insect, his face pale, his body quivering, a look of disbelief on his face.

"You called me out. Shall we fight?"

If these examples tell anything, it is English translation doing a piss-poor job, as usual.
 
Address those errors then, most of which are conversion issues. And like, unless you change site standards then we'll overall still use official TL.

That said, thanks for bringing that to our attention. We should probably recheck our calculations at some point.
 
Address those errors then, most of which are conversion issues. And like, unless you change site standards then we'll overall still use official TL.

That said, thanks for bringing that to our attention. We should probably recheck our calculations at some point.
When a translation creates nonexistent number or context, it is a good time to disregard those translation, even if they are "official".

Though I don't blame if you guys can only rely on English translation since not everyone can read Chinese. If I did bring some attention to hidden problems to official translations, you're welcome.

In any case, Essence of Space and Essence of Time should be 4D since ISSTH, AWE and AWWP are deadset to follow the spacetime model, the only thing higher is Great Cosmos, which is the true source of Essence and only 9th Step can do something about a Great Cosmos.
 
This insistence on a tier with no actual following of the tiering system won't get you anywhere. Nevermind how a lot of the above posts utterly fly in the face of site standards.

Like, you're welcome to summarize your points so staff actually bother to show up to this thread but the rest of the supporters here long agreed to deal with that later on.
 
I mean, the site said this:
  • Officially published works that have reached a high level of notability will be considered for inclusion within the VS Battles Wiki. The use of Wattpad and similar fan work sources is prohibited. However, self-published works will also be considered as long as they meet the aforementioned criteria of notability. Additionally, while official translations are preferred, fan translations that are of good and very reliable quality will also be accepted. For works that have not been officially translated, the use of original raw texts and associated translations is preferred, but it should be noted that for fully fan translated works like Visual Novels, Web Novels, etc., it may not be practical or feasible for participants to locate raw texts for the entire work and present them alongside the scan. In situations where the reliability of publicly available material is in question, the analysis of re-translations performed by members of the VSBW may be used as a means of evaluation. However, it should be noted that these translations may not necessarily be considered superior to official translations and should be evaluated on a case-by-case basis.
However, regardless of the translations being either official or by fans, works with high risk of mistranslation should be re-evaluated by checking the raws. It's not like we don't have the case where a work is butchered by a team with "professional" translators or worse, a localization company bought the rights from the said work and used MTL to "translate" it. An obvious example is Dies Irae Amantes Amentes, their translation of Three Colors' battle is a huge cluster ****. The problem is, if the original text said A, but the translation said B, it's clear as day which one you have to choose.

Anyway, if Ergenverse suffered bad translation like the OP said, then shouldn't we just re-check it already instead of going nowhere by blindly defending that translation?

I think the rule about translation should be updated.
 
I don't see why it is needed to change the rule if the rule supports his premise. He only needs to read with all due respect.
 
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