Chapter 759 Great Fusion (6200)

The Vortex of Strife was not always called by that name in ancient times.

Or rather, it had two names back then.

In ancient times, the Ten Heavenly Gods were still unified under the banner of the original Great God System, the [Ring of Genesis].

Numerous inheritances, numerous Machine Gods, thousands of Creation Machine Gods, and a dozen or so Holders of Harmonious Dao Armaments, all had the supreme goal of creating their own unique worlds and creations, differing only in their tendencies and purposes.

Although each had its own path, creation was the source.

The universe was prosperous and flourishing at that time. The major factions, if not fully cooperating, at least did not regard each other as enemies as they do now. Basic cooperation, knowledge exchange, and trade were far more frequent and in-depth than they are now.

However, in the time that followed, the advent of the End Disaster led to a sudden change in everything.

In that war that swept through the entire Great Universe, the Ring of Genesis fragmented into the Ten Heavenly Gods due to the death of its most powerful Harmonious Dao expert. The various cosmic upheavals that followed created the Four Forbidden Zones, powerful forces that did not rule the universe but occupied a corner of it, on par with the cosmic god systems.

The Vortex of Strife is one of the Four Forbidden Zones, formed by the fusion of two forces from the Ring of Genesis era.

These were the 'Fairy Utopia of Miracles,' which did not attempt to create within the World of Genesis, forging small universes, but instead went beyond the universe to create an affiliated plane.

And the 'Source of Contradiction,' a cosmic wandering force organization that advocated 'ending battles with battles, creating peace with battles.'

The meeting of the two was foreshadowed long ago. Fairy Utopia had suffered a great calamity during the End Disaster. According to rumors, the Source of Contradiction had strongly supported Fairy Utopia at that time, which allowed it to avoid a catastrophic disaster and have the strength to lead its tribe to the outer universe, eventually creating the prototype of the current Fairy Utopia of Miracles.

After that, it was also Fairy Utopia that led many of the strong from the Source of Contradiction to escape the increasingly terrifying cosmic god system war quagmire in the World of Genesis, allowing them to recuperate outside the universe, and ultimately successfully grasp many key spacetime nodes in the outer universe, becoming one of the Four Forbidden Zones.

Although a long time has passed, the internal structure of the Vortex of Strife remains unchanged. Fairy Utopia and the Source of Contradiction each perform their duties, exerting their influence on the entire universe.

Similarly, the Vortex of Strife is still jointly managed by two strong individuals.

'Fairy Queen, Elcoeur' and 'Domain Lord of Contradiction, Croy' are both Harmonious Dao realm experts. This is why, despite not having any power base in the World of Genesis and having extremely few members compared to other forces, the Vortex of Strife can still be on par with the other major forces, and even hold the immense power of 'jurisdiction over the spacetime surrounding the outer universe.'

However, for the members of the Vortex of Strife, they never feel that they possess any remarkable power. The immensely powerful Fairy Queen and the Domain Lord of Contradiction are nothing more than gentle old mothers and silent but gentle old fathers.

At least, that's what the Silver Fairies think.

Linghui is currently flying on the central avenue of the Source of Contradiction, humming a song with a mix of reliable and unreliable information flitting through her mind.

This year is the 'Year of Radiance' predicted by the Heavenly Revelation Dao. According to those strange and mystical fellows, the wheels of fate will turn no matter what. Whether the final brilliance of the stars illuminates all realms, or the distant radiance descends upon the heavens, the World of Genesis is destined to undergo a massive change this year.

Radiance signifies light, which is dawn.

It is a harbinger of darkness turning to light, but it may also be a disturbance of tranquility being broken.

But in any case, when light shines on the earth, life will act accordingly, wars and wishes will intertwine between heaven and earth, and countless strong individuals will emerge in response.

That was not long after the end of the End Disaster. In order to prove the correctness of its path, the newly established Heavenly Revelation Dao made predictions about many major events. Although many of them have been falsified and the predictions have not been realized, it can be known through subsequent research that if there had been no 'accidents,' their predictions would have been correct.

Although Linghui's personality is as cheerful and outgoing as all Silver Fairies, and she is happy to perform stand-up comedy, she is not surprised why the Fairy Queen and the Domain Lord of Contradiction have summoned her.

Because even she can feel the peculiarity of that 'Su Zhou' Honored Lord.

That is a unique and extraordinary aura, different from all the other Honored Lords from other worlds who have ever come to the World of Genesis.

[We're here!]

Recalling all the details of her interactions with Su Zhou, Linghui stepped into a circle of cloud and mist vortexes condensed from countless Steel Force.

It is so vast that it can be clearly seen in the void of the multiverse. On the outer side of the World of Genesis, a small silver spot is flashing with light.

And it is also so towering that the existence of the majestic cloud and mist mountains is probably larger than some small worlds.

And if observed carefully, then all observers will be shocked to discover that the inner essence of this cloud and mist mountain range is actually the body of a 'Giant God' curled up like an infant on the outer layer of the world. His eyes are tightly closed, as if in slumber, and the aura enough to shake the universe overflows from His body, turning into the cloud and mist storm that surrounds His body.

And the towering mountain peak is nothing more than a raised elbow of one of the Giant God's four arms.

[Vortex of Strife · Harmonious Dao Armament]

[Cessation of War]

And the end point of the avenue that Linghui is walking on is a gemstone on the brow of this Cessation of War Giant God.

Although it is said to be just a cyan gemstone, in terms of size, perhaps ordinary stars cannot compare with it. Only those red giant star transformations, star bodies that are large to an incomprehensible degree, can compare with this brilliant and vibrant gemstone.

Arriving in front of this gemstone, Linghui's existence is not only insignificant, it is simply nonexistent, but the Silver Fairy is already used to it.

She raised her head, and then she saw two phantoms condensed from silver-cyan brilliance floating in front of this huge gemstone, eventually outlining the images of the Fairy Queen and the Domain Lord of Strife.

[Not bad, Linghui. Since becoming a World Inspector, and then becoming a Multi-World Review Officer in the outer universe, these 1,200 years of experience have completely made you a mature Machine God.]

The first to speak was the tall and sturdy Domain Lord of Contradiction, who exuded majesty even as a phantom. He nodded slightly, affirming Linghui's achievements: [Your merits are fully sufficient. After this mission is over, return to the Source of Contradiction to study. There will be other fellow Creation Machine Gods in the same realm to help you.]

[Good girl, I didn't expect you to grow up so much.]

Above the Domain Lord of Contradiction's head, a silver speck that was not much bigger than Linghui, and probably impossible to spot without binoculars, exclaimed: [If Croy and I weren't still on the front lines confronting that 'Burial Lord of Quiescence' of the Myriad Manifestation Burial Ground, I'd really want to hug you.]

[Hehe.]

Linghui giggled foolishly, touched her head, and shyly tidied her long hair.

The internal relationships within the Vortex of Strife are so harmonious. Perhaps there are some disputes between the Giant Gods, but all the fairies are brothers and sisters, all family.

The two Harmonious Dao experts who had surpassed the Honored Lords and reached the Realm of Returning Void and Unifying Dao showered Linghui with warmth before getting down to business.

Su Zhou.

Both Harmonious Dao experts showed great interest in Su Zhou's existence.

They asked about Su Zhou's strength, the feeling that his aura gave Linghui, and also asked about Su Zhou's spiritual energy characteristics and his purpose in coming to the World of Genesis.

If it were another god system, as long as the main god or god-king wanted, the subordinate gods would probably respectfully open their souls and transmit their memories directly—but in the Vortex of Strife, this kind of thing is not common. Unless it is necessary, no one would do this.

[I see.]

After learning about all the information about Su Zhou from Linghui, Domain Lord of Contradiction Croy pondered for a while. He nodded slightly: [Visiting relatives, is that what he said... Haha, perhaps he is not lying or hiding anything, a sincere friend.]

[However, he is able to completely suppress our detection network. If it weren't for your good luck, Linghui, being right next to him, we wouldn't have been able to detect, predict, or observe his existence by any means... This Primordial Torch Dragon is of such high status that the existence behind him is at least a Harmonious Dao expert from another world, or even...]

[Even possibly, the Torrent.]

The atmosphere froze for a moment as this guess was uttered.

But then, the silver clouds surged, and everything returned to normal.

[There's no point in guessing this. We don't intend to be enemies with him—at least he's the first Honored Lord powerhouse in the last few hundred years to actually sign the agreement and enter our universe. I have a very good impression of him.]

The Fairy Queen Elcoeur, who was above, had a much gentler tone than the Domain Lord of Contradiction. She said with a smile: [It's just that his younger sister is currently trapped in the Yuling Dao Starfield. Should we help rescue her and do him a favor?]

[Oh? There's such a thing. No wonder he said he was here to visit relatives.]

The Domain Lord of Contradiction fell into thought: [The Yuling Dao since... Alas, they have completely gone mad. Although they are not like those fellows from the Genesis Dao, they are indeed insane. They will not give up on that whimsical plan, and among all the grand plans, their success rate is also the highest.]

[However, I don't think we need to help.]

Saying so, the phantom of the Giant God raised its head and looked into the World of Genesis, its gaze seemingly able to penetrate the barrier of the world and the void: [Such a mysterious Primordial Torch Dragon that even we cannot see through... If this is the variable that can surpass the predictions of those Heavenly Revelation Dao charlatans, I think that those Yuling Dao lunatics alone cannot stop him.]

[And he himself probably doesn't want others to disturb him, preventing him from objectively observing this world, right?]

[Even we, in the final analysis, are members of all things. How can we assume that the future we choose is 'correct'?]

In front of the cyan gemstone, there was a brief silence.

[Linghui.]

But soon, the Fairy Queen spoke, her words gentle: [Before you rest, I'm afraid we have another task we need to ask you to do.]

[Yes, Your Majesty!]

Hearing these words, Linghui, who had been somewhat absent-minded, immediately became serious. She said loudly with a solemn expression: [I guarantee to complete the mission!]

After saying that, the Silver Fairy saw a little light cyan halo falling from the fingertips of her Queen and then floating in front of her.

It was a bracelet.

The silver-cyan brilliance, filled with vitality and seeming to contain infinite possibilities, was lodged in this simple metal bracelet.

And the solemn voice of the Fairy Queen resounded from the sky.

[Send it to the Tower of Supreme Heaven—send it to Aurora Febi, the Lord of the Tower of Dawn.]

[She will understand what this means.]

On the other end of spacetime.

While being watched by two Harmonious Dao experts in the Realm of Returning Void and Unifying Dao, Su Zhou raised his head, looked at the endless universe, and then nodded thoughtfully.

"It seems that I am indeed being watched... The number and quality of strong individuals in this universe far exceeds that of the perfect Primordial World. No wonder the Pioneer Explorers were discovered and captured as soon as they arrived in this world."

"In that case, not every Primordial World has roughly the same strength."

Muttering to himself, Su Zhou shook his head slightly: "No, the Perfect World also has the Genesis Phoenix and the Primordial True Dragon, who are also the most powerful in the Harmonious Dao realm, Returning Void and Unifying Dao... And if the Twilight Primordial World had not shattered, it would probably be the same."

"So, the Primordial World of Creation is actually the most normal Primordial World I've encountered?"

[Now that you mention it, it does seem to be the case.]

The World Tree nodded slightly: [My Primordial World has just experienced the Twilight Tribulation and is now in ruins, so it cannot be considered normal.]

[The structure of my Primordial World is more complex, with the Thirty-Sixfold Heavens being universal. Thinking about it carefully, it can't be considered normal either.]

The Great Path Tree pondered for a while and shook its head: [Each Primordial World has its own unique characteristics, because it is not only our own power, so the structure of the world is not something we can decide—in the final analysis, the Primordial World is actually the lock that seals us, the place where the many powers of the Great Seal converge. The strong individuals nurtured in the world are not important.]

[What is truly powerful is the Primordial World itself and its own potential—even if it seems ordinary and unremarkable now, as long as it is given time, it will definitely become a prosperous and flourishing great world in the future.]

"And also the most prosperous and flourishing prison."

Yala snorted, flicked her tail, and began to speak in riddles: "Although I can understand the ideas of that guy who designed it like this, it's a bit too arrogant."

—Good heavens, these guys are at it again.

Blinking, Su Zhou roughly knew that he had stirred up the conversation.

These three great beings who had been communicating with each other since they met were about to start arguing again.

However, perhaps this is their way of getting along.

At this moment, regarding Yala's words, the World Tree only smiled: [Haha, that's reasonable.]

[Our Primordial World is actually born because of our existence, created by borrowing our power, a 'creation', both our prison and our child.]

The Great Path Tree took over the conversation: [And the living beings who proliferate within it are even more our natural dependents and kindred, the continuation of our Great Path.]

[Although it contains a portion of the paths of other great beings, the main body is still us.]

[Yes,] the World Tree followed up with emotion: [Destroying the Primordial World can shatter the seal—there's definitely nothing wrong with saying that, but even if we have recovered enough power to shatter the seal, would we ever do that, harming our own children? What's more, if we're talking about using violence, who can be stronger than the creator of this seal?]

[The existence of the Primordial World is a process for us to try to accept the power of other great beings. Only when we all reconcile with each other, and when the living beings of the Primordial World sincerely acknowledge that we are correct, can we escape in the most normal way.]

"That's why I say arrogant!"

Yala sneered, and said faintly, "Why does He think that He is right again? There's no reason why we can't go out without following the rules He set!"

[He may not think that He is right,] the Great Path Tree reminded: [It's just that He won after all.]

"Winning is being right? There are not few cases where the victor of a war is the despicable side!"

[Is He despicable?] the World Tree asked curiously.

Yala was immediately choked, and then her tail drooped, and she said dispiritedly: "...Not despicable."

"Okay, that's reasonable, but I think there is another path to take, and there's no need to do what He said."

[Indeed, very reasonable] [That makes sense, you're right] The Twin Divine Trees began to sing in unison again, making the snake spirit feel sick.

Su Zhou shook his head. Although he didn't quite understand what these three great beings were talking about, he could tell that Yala had been defeated again.

Oh, why bother? The other side is the Twin Divine Trees! Twin Divine Trees that can sing in unison, one digging a pit and one guiding, one praising and one teasing! Even Yala can't win in a battle of wits with them!

Thinking like this, he turned his attention back to the Prajna Book in front of him again.

Just now, he had finished reading the Prajna Books of Yin and Bai, the siblings.

The past of the Divine Tree siblings was the same as what Shao Shuangyue and the others said. On this point, Yin and Bai did not lie. They were indeed natives of a border world. Because of an accident, they were illuminated by the Source Point Key, and then awakened the supreme divine power of the Great Existence, the Twin Divine Trees.

However, it was indeed as Shao Shuangyue and Funiya guessed that Yin and Bai did not resist the invitation of the Yuling Dao at the beginning. They went to a core stronghold of the Yuling Dao with the Heavenly Gods who were recovering the Source Point Key, and there they conducted research on the 'Source Point Awakeners'.

Source Point Awakener refers to the person who has obtained the inheritance of a Great Existence through the Source Point Key.

This situation is very rare. The Source Point Key has been in existence for thousands of years, but this function was only discovered a few hundred years ago, and it was not even attributed to the Source Point Key at the beginning.

However, later, as the number of ordinary people around the Source Point Key who awakened exceeded ten in the past hundreds of years, the keen gods noticed this phenomenon—those exceptionally talented new Machine Gods all had one thing in common, which was that they were related to the Source Point Key.

In fact, if it was just this point, there would be no need to be so concerned: even if it could create brand new Immortals and Gods, causing them to comprehend incomparable supreme inheritances.

But the Ten Heavenly Gods could also do this!

Supreme inheritance, although extremely precious, even Honored Lords do not have the qualifications to comprehend and cultivate... But frankly speaking, without becoming a Honored Lord, and without at least a Harmonious Dao realm powerhouse to guide cultivation, who can cultivate the great divine power of supreme inheritance, and can guarantee that they can benefit from the supreme divine power, comprehending their own path, and not just imitating?

Although it is said that the supreme inheritance is a complete inheritance that has steps from the initial to the top level, which can be completed in one go, the real powerhouse needs to take their own path. Even the supreme inheritance should take the essence that is close to them, and there is no need to force all of it to be consistent.

But the problem is—the power of the Source Point Key is not just that for the Yuling Dao.

[Perfect Deduction (Error): After experiencing 'Second Awakening', Yin and Bai did not awaken a second supreme inheritance that does not belong to the Divine Trees, but they have a certain tolerance—their souls and bodies are transforming towards 'Dao-Born Life'. If this trend can be continued, perhaps a brand new Dao-Born Life can be created as the carrier of █████]

[Finally, in the Third Central Research Laboratory of the Yuling Dao, as the basic specimen of 'Artificial Dao-Born Life', imprisoned in the Space-Time Gap until the arrival of ████]

This was the original perfect deduction.

The reality is that the intrusion and exploration of the Pioneer Space Explorers into the forbidden area of the Yuling Dao caused most of the guards of the Third Central Research Institute to be transferred, giving Yin and Bai the opportunity to escape the Research Institute before undergoing the extremely painful Second Awakening experiment!

Indeed, the explorers of the Pioneer Space, for the Ten Heavenly Gods of this universe, are also unpredictable, full of troubles that disrupt their plans and strategies no matter how they think about it.

Thinking about it carefully, it is not strange at all that the Pioneers were hated at the beginning.

—Your plan is progressing steadily, your plan is perfect, your path is unobstructed... You are visibly about to reach success, and then suddenly a group of meteors and aliens descend from the sky, destroying roads, breaking bridges, and burning cities. Of course, it may not be so exaggerated, but in short, the plan is completely over, which is simply an unpredictable life stage.

Who can accept it?

In short, the fate of Yin and Bai had already been changed, but the information revealed in their original fate also made Su Zhou frown.

Dao-Born Life can be used as a carrier for a certain existence, and this existence can even affect the deduction of the Prajna Book.

Great Existence? Not necessarily, Great Existences can create any carrier in an instant if they want to, just like the Lord of Silence. Does He need any carrier to descend into the Reincarnation World? The Gray Mist is everywhere.

But if it's not a Great Existence, what kind of powerful existence is it? The reason why Xingying was hunted down was probably because she was a Primordial Dao-Born Life, and the Master of the Ruins of Creation, the Harmonious Dao expert Qingtian Titan, seemed to have his own plans for this, forcibly reversing Xingying's essence so that she could live as an ordinary Machine God...

Without even guessing, Su Zhou can directly see a large net spread throughout the universe, with Xingying, Yin and Bai, and all the Source Point Keys as the core, heading towards the endless universe.

Moreover, the more important thing is here.

"The fusion of the paths of Great Existences... Awaken the divine power of the second Great Existence?"

Su Zhou frowned, and he subconsciously bit his thumb: "The Source Point Key can actually do such a thing? Make correctness coexist?!"

"Balance the power between many Great Existences, making them achieve balance... Wait, could it be that this is the purpose of the Yuling Dao?!"

Trying to resume regular updates, let's see how many days I can stick to it