Chapter 1 After Choosing a Camp

After choosing his camp, Jiang Xuan left with Celestial Venerable Chang Gu. The God Realm was vast, but overall, it was divided into nine great celestial domains and an ancient battlefield.

The nine great celestial domains were the Central Jun Heaven Domain, the Eastern Cang Heaven Domain, the Northeastern Bian Heaven Domain, the Northern Xuan Heaven Domain, the Northwestern You Heaven Domain, the Western Hao Heaven Domain, the Southwestern Zhu Heaven Domain, and the Southern Yan Heaven Domain.

These nine great celestial domains were jointly governed by the Ascender Alliance and the God Realm Alliance. As for the neutral camp, as long as it didn't violate the agreement, it could exist in any domain.

The Celestial Venerables of the neutral camp could also establish their own lineages, but they also had to follow certain rules.

Jiang Xuan chose the Jun Heaven Domain. Of course, he wasn't establishing a lineage, but opening a Dao field, making it his future place of cultivation.

"Next, it's time to continue perfecting the Myriad Heavens Art."

When he broke through to the Celestial Venerable realm, Jiang Xuan chose the mainstream breakthrough method of this realm for the sake of stability, but his real goal was the Myriad Heavens Art.

When he was in seclusion in the Tower of Reincarnation, he had already deduced the techniques of all known worlds to the limit of the God-King level. However, he didn't use any one of them to break through to the Celestial Venerable realm. Instead, he wanted to transform this technique and completely create a prototype of the Myriad Heavens Art.

After that, he borrowed concepts such as becoming a seed with one's body from *Perfect World*, the Dao Tree God Crystal from *Desolate Era*, the internal world from *Wu Ji*, and the rule system from *Snow Eagle Lord*. He then spent millions of years tempering it, completely transforming the Dao and techniques of the various realms into a seed.

This seed could be said to be the fusion of the Dao fruits of Jiang Xuans from all the realms. Taking Jiang Xuan's main body as its foundation, it was engraved with the laws of the myriad heavens. Moreover, as it continuously integrated the Dao and techniques of various realms, the origin of this seed would become stronger, and when it truly transformed in the future, it would be even more astonishing.

"Engrave the origins of the myriad Daos... When this seed transforms, the Myriad Heavens Art will truly be successful," Jiang Xuan thought to himself. Now he had found a possible path, imprinting various Daos and techniques within it. If it could transform, the Myriad Heavens Art would be complete.

"However... still can't compare to those two cheaters, Linley and Qin Yu!" Although the Myriad Heavens Art had found a potentially successful path, Jiang Xuan still couldn't help but sigh.

In this Hongmeng Space, Linley and Qin Yu's luck was truly heaven-defying. For example, Linley directly jumped from the Chief God level, comparable to a God Realm Celestial God, to surpassing Celestial Venerable, and also refined the Hongmeng Body, directly becoming the controller of the Hongmeng Space!

Another example was Qin Yu. Celestial Venerables who could create worlds couldn't connect their own created world to the Hongmeng Space, but he did it when his realm was extremely low, which was simply unreasonable.

One had to know that even though Jiang Xuan had incorporated the Internal World Art into the Myriad Heavens Dao Seed, a chaos was also evolving within the Dao Seed. Yet even so, that chaos had not connected to the Hongmeng Space.

Of course, Jiang Xuan speculated that this might be related to the level of the universe. Although Qin Yu had connected to the Hongmeng Space in the Black Hole Realm, the universe he created was essentially a multiverse-level universe like the Hongmeng Universe. Universes of the material, immortal-demon, and God Realm levels would all be born, so it connected to the Hongmeng Space.

But even so, it was still amazing. After all, Qin Yu hadn't even entered the God Realm at that time. Such luck was too enviable, even for Jiang Xuan, who was a true cheat, he was far from comparable.

Shaking his head, Jiang Xuan stopped thinking about it. The most important thing now was to continue perfecting the Myriad Heavens Art and accelerate the evolution of the Dao Seed. Only when the Dao Seed reached a certain limit and truly transformed would he have a chance to become a controller.

"This endless multiverse world is very similar to the Little Myriad Heavens over there." After sharing memories, he had already noticed this. The Jiang Xuan of the Little Myriad Heavens also lived in a multiverse. The only difference was that the multiverse was reflecting the myriad realms, and the power behind it was even more unpredictable.

He even suspected that there was also a main universe similar to the God Realm in the Little Myriad Heavens, but the Jiang Xuan there wasn't strong enough to enter it. As for now, if he shared his power, there might be other discoveries.

However, Jiang Xuan didn't have time to think about it. He also had his own things to accomplish. If the Myriad Heavens Dao Seed wanted to transform, it needed to be branded with countless Daos and techniques. Leaving aside those of other worlds, even those within the Hongmeng Universe had not been completely imprinted by Jiang Xuan.

After all, the Hongmeng Universe was indeed very inclusive. Magic, cultivation, martial arts, machinery, faith, life evolution, and other systems had all appeared in the Hongmeng Universe. Even for Celestial Venerables, it would take a long time to thoroughly understand each system.

Of course, Jiang Xuan already had a plan. Naming that tower the Tower of Reincarnation showed some of his intentions.

However, he didn't completely want to create a reincarnation space. In Jiang Xuan's view, the essence of both reincarnation spaces and chat groups was that the beings behind them were outsiders, so they could only choose this method of gradual infiltration.

But Jiang Xuan was different. He was a God Realm Celestial Venerable recognized by Hongmeng. In the Hongmeng Universe, his status was only second to Hongmeng, so he didn't need to infiltrate bit by bit. If he was strong enough, he could directly deploy in all time and space of the Hongmeng Universe.

For this reason, he didn't plan to use the reincarnation space or chat group model, but instead prepared to directly cover a large area, using the hands of the beings of various universes to collect the cultivation systems of countless universes, while comprehending the rules and order of that universe.

Of course, he could also directly collect them in the God Realm, but most of the ascenders in the God Realm came from immortal-demon-level universes. Ascenders from material-level universes hardly existed, and it was difficult to collect the systems of material-level universes, let alone comprehend the rules and order of material-level universes.

"The Void God Realm model is very good, but it needs some improvements. After all, it covers countless universes, with all kinds of life." The treasure that carried Jiang Xuan's thoughts was naturally the Tower of Reincarnation. He planned to learn from the Void God Realm model, dividing the Tower of Reincarnation into multiple levels, while making some improvements and adding some other things.

"The bottom three layers of the Tower of Reincarnation will correspond to material-level universes, the middle three layers will correspond to immortal-demon-level universes, as for the God Realm... it's dispensable."

Jiang Xuan himself could comprehend the law system of the God Realm, so there was no need to establish it now. It was enough to make some adjustments and improvements to the first six layers.

"Opening six layers of heaven and earth is not difficult."

For Celestial Venerables, it was not difficult to open up material-level and immortal-demon-level universes, except for universes of the God Realm level. Of course, Jiang Xuan didn't need to open up six universes, but rather opened up six vast and boundless worlds in the first six layers of the Tower of Reincarnation.

At the same time, he divided these six worlds into 3,600 prefectures each, and established 3,000 giant cities in each prefecture, in order to receive beings from different universes and different levels.

In addition, Jiang Xuan also added mechanisms such as tasks, rewards, and merits to encourage beings from all realms to cultivate diligently and touch the origin rules and order of the universe as soon as possible.

"Finally, refine a Dharma body to guard it." The Dharma body technique was a secret art from the *Desolate Era* world, which could only be refined at the Dao Lord level, but the current Jiang Xuan had already surpassed it, so he could naturally refine it as well.

Previously, he had also exchanged a lot of treasures from Celestial Venerable Chang Gu with several secret techniques. Although it was not enough to refine a Celestial Venerable-level Dharma body, a God-King-level one was more than enough.

Moreover, the lower-level immortal-demon universes of the Hongmeng main universe were far inferior to the four affiliated universes. The strongest ones could only reach the level of a God Realm God, so even just a Celestial God was enough to sweep the lower realms.

Not to mention that the treasures Jiang Xuan prepared were enough to refine a God-King-level Dharma body, and with his control, it was absolutely invincible at the God-King level.

Several years later, in Jiang Xuan's Dao field, many divine objects were melted and merged into one, and a figure slowly emerged. On closer inspection, it was identical to Jiang Xuan, but wore a golden Daoist robe.

"Sever!"

In Jiang Xuan's sea of consciousness, a ray of primordial spirit light shone. In an instant, one-tenth of his undying primordial spirit was severed, and under Jiang Xuan's guidance, it entered the Dharma body and merged with it.

After a while, the primordial spirit light perfectly fused with this Dharma body, the power of the Dao began to intertwine, and the Dharma body finally opened its eyes.

Sensing the connected memories and thoughts, Jiang Xuan nodded. In this way, his main body could concentrate on comprehending the God Realm law system, while the Dharma body could comprehend everything in the lower realms.

"I'll leave it to you, Dharma body."

Jiang Xuan's main body smiled, and the Dharma body also nodded. At the same time, it stepped into the ninth layer space of the Tower of Reincarnation. Since the Dharma body had not reached the Celestial Venerable level, the time acceleration within the Tower of Reincarnation was effective. As long as he changed the flow of time in the ninth layer, he could comprehend the rules and systems of more universes in a shorter amount of time.

"Go!"

After the Dharma body entered the tower, Jiang Xuan threw the Tower of Reincarnation towards the void, directly piercing through the void like a chaotic divine mountain, pressing down on the infinite universes. Channels formed by rules were also gradually taking shape, spreading like a net to various universe spaces.

As for Jiang Xuan's main body in the God Realm, he hid his Dao field in the void and began to seclude himself to comprehend the law system of the God Realm, in order to cultivate the Myriad Heavens Dao Seed and accelerate its transformation.

...

In a certain material-level universe, on a life star.

Here, it was a world of magic. Magic was indispensable in daily life, and magical power was the source of energy in this realm.

Lin Fan was a magic apprentice at the Eighth Magic High School. He had not yet reached the standard of a first-level magician, so after school every day, he would meditate to strive to become a first-level magician as soon as possible. Today was the same.

However, just as he was meditating according to plan, a ray of light suddenly lit up in his soul, like a rising sun in the dark night, dazzling and piercing. Lin Fan's soul seemed to melt.

However, that was only for a moment. The dazzling light woke Lin Fan up. However, what he saw next made him even more panicked!

At this moment, he was standing in front of a pair of magnificent city gates. The city gates were hundreds of meters high, as white as jade, and engraved with mysterious patterns, as if possessing unknown divine power.

The city walls stretched out for an unknown distance, seemingly endless, as if lying between heaven and earth!

In addition, standing beside him were countless strange... creatures. Some were like puddles of mud, some were green, some were like standing wolves, and some were just skeletons...

All kinds of creatures, bizarre and strange. Lin Fan couldn't help but suspect that he was dreaming, but he secretly pinched himself, and it really hurt, which made him a little confused.

One second he was meditating, but after a flash of white light, he came to an unknown place and saw all kinds of creatures. This was simply incomprehensible to him.

"Silence!"

At this moment, a deep voice came from above. Vaguely, they seemed to see a figure standing on the city wall. The shout of "Silence!" seemed to be made by him.

However, strangely, the voice was clearly not any language he knew, but strangely, he could understand its meaning.

"Who are you? Where is this?!"

In front of the city gate, some creatures began to clamor again. Lin Fan had never heard their language either, but he could still understand its meaning. He could even understand what the mud creature on the ground was saying.

"Boom!"

A muffled sound came, like thunder from the ground, shocking all the creatures in front of the city gate.

At the same time, the figure actually stepped out of the city wall, but did not fall. Instead, it hovered in the void, as if an invisible barrier was lifting him up.

"A magician? And a high-level magician?!" Lin Fan was shocked. His theoretical knowledge was still very solid. Flying magic could only be done by at least a level seven magician.

A level seven magician was a top magician even in their country, and could enjoy extremely high treatment. And now, there was one right in front of him!

"I know you have many doubts in your hearts. I will appear here to answer your doubts." The figure said in an unknown language.

"First of all, I want to tell you, don't ask me where this is, because no one knows. Stronger beings in higher realms sometimes call this the Land of Ascension, but the truth is still unknown."

"What I can tell you are just some of the most basic rules. These are the rules that countless strong beings have summarized at the risk of their lives over the past few decades."

"First, I believe you have already discovered that even though the languages are different, we can communicate without any obstacles. This is a miracle that only exists in this Land of Ascension!"

"Second, the life forms that come here may come from different civilizations, races, and even different universe spaces. Some of you may not understand what a universe space is, but don't worry, you will have plenty of opportunities to learn about it in the future."

"Third, what enters this Land of Ascension is not your main body, but your soul consciousness. If you want to leave, just say it silently in your heart. The same goes for wanting to come back... Of course, I don't recommend you do so now."

Before the figure in the void finished speaking, Lin Fan had already seen some life forms trying, and disappearing from sight. The sentence that the figure added was clearly a reminder.

"Fourth, after entering the city, you can go to the temple to accept tasks. These tasks can be from the real world, the Land of Ascension, or even other universe spaces. However, I suggest you do what you can. Some tasks in the temple are very dangerous."

"Fifth, after completing tasks, you can get a certain amount of merit. With merit, you can exchange for all kinds of things in the temple, such as treasures, cultivation methods, magic scrolls... Even if you have enough merit, you can exchange for a Godhood and become a God!"

"Sixth, in this Land of Ascension, you generally won't die, but each death will damage your soul and take a long time to recover. This is also a kind of punishment... Moreover, as I said, you generally won't die. There are some special treasures in the temple that can be exchanged. Those treasures can completely kill a life in the Land of Ascension."

"Seventh, and the last point, the known Land of Ascension has six layers. Each layer of heaven and earth is boundless. The stronger the life, the higher the level it will enter. Under normal circumstances, high-level life cannot enter low-level heaven and earth, but there are exceptions. For example, I am in the second layer of heaven and earth, and I can briefly enter the first layer through accepting guiding tasks. This is also the reason why we can transmit information and gradually understand the Land of Ascension."

"I hope you keep the above in mind. The Land of Ascension is an unparalleled opportunity. According to legend, even God-level beings in stronger universe spaces hope to enter, so I hope you can cherish it, and I also hope to see you in higher-level Lands of Ascension."

After the being in the void finished speaking, he turned and flew away. At the same time, a dazzling light enveloped him. He seemed to ascend into the sky, as if entering another world.

In front of the city gate, Lin Fan recalled the words of that voice, and his heart was uneasy. This place had completely exceeded his understanding!

Rumble...

At this moment, the magnificent giant gate slowly opened. Behind the gate seemed to be a splendid and magnificent world, summoning him, waiting for him to venture into it!