Chapter 1

All the logic in the world is rooted in the fact that 'people die'.

Because people die, they want to live, so they eat and reproduce.

Because people die, they have desires, wanting to enjoy themselves or gain fame in their limited lives, so they can live without regrets.

Because people die, there are families, tribes, and nations. Individuals form larger groups to survive, which in turn gives birth to civilization.

It is because they die that intelligent beings pursue wisdom, seeking to accomplish greater things at a lower cost.

If people didn't die, if life didn't die, if existence was eternal, then all living things would have no motivation to do anything.

The same goes for seemingly immortal transcendents.

It's just that 'people die' has become 'monsters die when they are killed'.

Because they die when killed, people pursue transcendence, immortality, and greater power, so that even if they are killed, they can be resurrected, can be immortal, and can be reborn.

And in the process of pursuing 'not dying when killed', the Three Immortalities of virtue, speech, and merit emerge. The foundation is established, achievements are created, and inheritance begins to spread. Thus, the transcendent common sense and the foundation of the Great Dao of the entire sealed multiverse are established.

If not for this, all order would be out of the question.

So, all logic is built on the opposition between 'life and death'. And if one can completely transcend all of this, surpassing the opposition between 'life and death', achieving complete absoluteness, infinite eternity, becoming a 'Transcender',

Perhaps, one could obtain the qualifications to follow the great existences.

Therefore.

The greatest gift, the greatest inheritance, the greatest blessing of the great existences also lies in this.

That is, to grant the existences they admire the authority to transcend 'life and death' in certain circumstances.

The Grey Sky Realm.

This medium to large world, with a total size of about 12 billion square kilometers, was already devastated by the battle between Su Zhou and the Void Reverend. Lightning and fire, as well as the fierce, scorching light, destroyed the world's sky. All the clouds had dissipated, and one could directly see the end of the world on the ground, the semi-transparent barrier leading directly to the void.

Faintly visible beyond the world barrier were almost endless stars. These world stars were so bright that the entire world was not without light, even without a sun.

However, perhaps because the battle between the Void Reverend and Su Zhou was too restrained, all concentrated on each other, the damage caused by both sides was not great. If one had to say, it only affected a circular continent of about 1.6 billion square kilometers. Only here were all substances annihilated, leaving only extremely condensed spiritual energy fragments, almost solid, scattered in the air, like a blizzard or a sandstorm.

The Void Reverend was dead. This was an undeniable fact. This terrifying enemy was directly hit by Su Zhou, who drew upon the power of many immortal gods and emperor weapons. This force, nearly equivalent to a dozen beings of the same rank, or even higher than the current Void Reverend, not only shattered the Blade of Annihilation but also completely destroyed the Hand of Stardust, which had lost its immortality.

One could see countless sparks of white light, like stars, scattering throughout the black sky and earth of the Grey Sky Realm. These were the last remnants of the Void Reverend.

As for Su Zhou, he had naturally also died.

The Void Reverend's final blow was originally supposed to be divided into three steps. The first step was to completely annihilate the enemy's body and soul with the 'Light of Cosmic Creation.'

The second step was to devour and suppress the annihilated spiritual energy fragments with his own world body, preventing even a Heavenly Venerate who could return from death from rapidly resurrecting.

Finally, he would shrink his body, shrink, shrink to the point of a 'quark star,' almost a black hole, but not collapsing into one, completely destroying all the enemy's non-spiritual information, so that even if the opponent could return from the void, it would be at least millions of years.

His first step was successful—under the backlash of the Blade of Annihilation and his attack, Su Zhou did indeed vanish into thin air.

Even without the subsequent sealing and devouring, in this extremely deep and unobservable place in the multiverse, a 'vortex source point' where even the connection to the sealed universe could be severed, it would be impossible for him to forcibly resurrect by relying on his various inheritances without actively using the Star of the Galaxy.

In theory, Su Zhou could not return for tens or hundreds of thousands of years.

But in the final analysis, Su Zhou was not an ordinary Heavenly Venerate.

He was Yala's covenant keeper, a favored one.

"...Truly tragic, but you've done very well."

The scarlet snake spirit floated in the air. He looked around at the scattered spiritual energy dust that had been Su Zhou's body and couldn't help but shake his head slightly: "Although this World Serpent is not a 'true dependent' of any great existence, it has forged its own unique path."

"He is almost the prototype of a 'monster'. If he continues to grow, not to mention 'Dao Creation', even the subsequent 'Torrent' is not impossible… Of course, 'Transcender' is still a bit lacking."

But even so, it was already very terrifying.

If a Hegemon is the King of a Planet, then an Immortal Venerable is the Master of the Starry Sky.

And the realm beyond the 'Immortal Venerable', the 'Dao Creator', or 'Harmony', the 'Return to Void and Unity'; could be said to be invincible throughout the entire universe.

They can forge neutron stars into armor and turn black holes into engines and weapons. This 'Haromony' who is equal to the 'Great Dao' of the entire universe, or even a 'New Dao Creator,' can even open up a brand new universe of his own through some method and opportunity, and he himself is the 'Great Dao' of that universe.

Return to Void and Unity, Unity of Dao, all Daos return to one, is the most accurate description of this realm.

However, for the scale of the multiverse, having this level of power may just be the basics.

And beyond that, the 'Torrent' is that merely acting can penetrate countless worlds like the Yangtze River. Their every move can shake the worlds, drifting like the sand and gravel in the river.

At this point, all the 'Torrents' need to do is to penetrate their 'vibration' throughout the multiverse, and then try to reach 'infinity' and then 'transcend' this home of all living beings, or rather 'cage'.

Yala's evaluation of the Void Reverend was already very high. This was not a realm that ordinary intelligent beings could reach. One had to truly have one's own Dao, a firm and unwavering heart, plus incredible talent and opportunity to achieve it.

And Su Zhou had defeated such a Void Reverend.

"As expected of my covenant keeper."

Staring at the center of the gray mist, the snake spirit whispered: "But, just like you said yourself—you can do better."

"So, now, resurrect."

Yala's words had no power and did not trigger any spiritual energy.

However, at the moment He finished speaking, in the storm of spiritual energy, a speck of cyan-purple blood was shining.

Blood.

It is often said that blood is the currency of the soul… This is not strictly accurate, because there are too many creatures in the entire multiverse that have souls without blood, and even humans can easily cultivate to the point of having no blood.

However, for certain divine powers, 'blood,' this part of the body that condenses a large amount of the cultivator's original spiritual essence, is indeed a crucial part of his transcendent body.

For example… [Undying Blood].

One of the three supreme inheritances bestowed by the great existence [Chaos] to his dependents and family.

The most powerful ability of this inherited divine power is 'resurrection from the dead.'

Just like the 'Nirvana Tear' that can reverse time and space, the 'Undying Soul' that makes the soul eternal, and the 'Eternal Flower' and 'Immortal Root', which are exactly what their names suggest, the power of Undying Blood can force even those who have died into nothingness to return, resurrect, without any reason, without any regard for logic.

Of course, that was only in the past… Since the establishment of the Great Seal, Undying Blood could no longer reverse time and forcibly resurrect people, but even in this multiverse that prohibits time-space abilities, Undying Blood can still forcibly resurrect people by relying on clumsy methods.

Under the snake spirit's gaze, the cyan-purple blood spot suddenly shone brightly, and a pillar of light, cyan-purple, incomparably bright, dazzling and eye-piercing, burst out from it, and then turned into a pillar of light that soared into the sky, pierced through the earth, and formed waves of tides that impacted the inner barrier of the world when it hit the dome at the end of the sky.

Then, as this cyan-purple light pillar shone, a huge array suddenly spread out. It slowly rotated in the sky and on the earth, like a wheel that reversed the clock. Countless complex rune lines rotated in the array, drawing back the endless light spots in the spiritual energy of the sky.

If you can't reverse time to resurrect, what should you do?

Then control all matter and energy, forcibly reverse entropy locally, and manually turn back time.

Generally speaking, the resurrection function of Undying Blood requires a lot of energy, at least much more than the cultivator himself possesses on a daily basis.

This needs to be provided by the cultivator himself, accumulated in daily life, and the time required to accumulate resurrection energy is the so-called Cd… But Su Zhou is not the same.

After having this divine power that can resurrect, he has stubbornly never died even once, and Cd really can't turn around.

As everyone knows, not big is equal to a big empty space, not releasing a skill is equal to not having a skill. Su Zhou is simply forcibly disassembling his own big divine power button, it's hard not to shake his head.

However, now it's alright, he has finally died once.

In the Grey Sky Realm, a huge array spanning hundreds of millions of miles is moving the spiritual energy of the entire world, reversing the energy dust and even the heat changes left behind after Su Zhou's body and soul were annihilated bit by bit, returning them to basic particles and macromolecular structures. After various steps of condensation, it is returned to the flesh and blood of the Heavenly Venerate.

Countless complex geometric figures rotate in this array, as if symbolizing truth.

Resurrection from the dead is a skill that sounds like cheating.

But at the same time, this is also a test.

People will be impulsive because of temporary courage, fighting for something they don't understand very well, and even think it is their own truth, and would rather sacrifice their lives for it.

If this person really believes from the bottom of his heart that his sacrifice is correct, then there is nothing to say, after all, everyone is different, and this is his freedom.

But, are all people so heartfelt when they sacrifice?

A guess, is there any possibility that they just got a fever in their brains, and died before they could regret it?

Therefore, the great existences will bestow a second life.

Let these resurrected beings think carefully, and after experiencing it personally, make a second choice.

Will they change? Will they be greedy for life and fear death? Will they choose a more roundabout option?

Will they not want to die, thinking that instead of changing the world, it is better to change themselves, and avoid the future of death by changing the trajectory of their lives?

The great existences are looking forward to people making choices.

Yala is looking forward to it.

Because, a soul that has identified a correct path, no matter what it encounters ahead, even the possibility of death will bear it, even if it dies and is reborn, it will charge towards death again and again.

Such a life that can create a new possibility even from the impossible of death.

Is precisely the life that He admires most.

And will Su Zhou fight like he did against the Void Reverend after his resurrection?

"Haha."

Thinking like this, Yala couldn't help but chuckle, He shook his tail and muttered to himself: "How is that possible… How could he make a second choice?"

"If it's Su Zhou, even if he dies a thousand times, ten thousand times, he will do the right thing, try to do better every time, and create a new ending."

"He is such an arrogant fellow."

At this moment, one can see.

Above that sky, in the center of the Grey Sky Realm.

All the spiritual light particles returned, and a circular giant array composed of endless geometric figures was releasing endless spiritual light in the center of the world. It could not see its boundaries, nor could it describe its details, but in the center of this great array of truth, a young man's body with his eyes tightly closed was being recreated from nothing.

The cyan-purple blood dimmed.

In contrast, in the revolving shadow of the snake, Su Zhou returned from the abyss of death.

He opened his eyes and stared at the world in front of him.

"I won."

He whispered to himself, laughed, but then, the young man sighed.

He stretched out his hand and grabbed towards the void.

And the next moment, a huge evil soul, almost pure black, with only a few starlight twinkling at the edges, was grabbed out by Su Zhou from the endless wreckage in the center of the world.

Like stardust.