Chapter 1 The Beginning

The dark vacuum was now as white as snow, and pure radiance overflowed from the azure Flame of Evolution, filling the eyes of all who looked up.

At the edge of the universe, where the Graveyard of All Things lay, a giant candle was slowly lit, expanding. It was like a prairie fire spreading and swelling across the grasslands, igniting all dark things, turning them into nourishment and fuel, converting everything into the purest light to illuminate the future.

In the World of Creation, except for the core temples of the various divine system universes, every corner, every crevice, was lit up and illuminated by this radiance.

This scene was the phenomenon of heaven and earth that appeared when a Dao-Merging expert achieved their Dao-Merging Armament because their own Great Dao was engraved into the essence of the universe.

And Su Zhou stood at the core of the Graveyard of All Things.

Around him, there was a river, both illusory and real, like a torrent of azure flames, overflowing with endless vitality and life. Like the rising heat of a raging fire, steam and droplets would constantly splash out from this overly turbulent river, transforming into celestial gods, countless powerful divine beasts, demons, and giant dragons.

The prototype of a Dao-Merging Armament had already been achieved.

Based on the Tianyan World (Heavenly Evolution World) of his personal space, aided by the divine power network structure designed by the Twin Divine Trees and Yala, fueled by the foundation of the entire Graveyard of All Things, and channeled by the Dao-Forging Platform of the Yuheng Dao (Jade Balance Dao).

A brand new Great Dao was taking shape.

Whether it was Shao Shuangyue, Jiu Ming, or other outsiders from different worlds, or Xing Ying, Yin and Bai, natives of the World of Creation, or even Helandi, Duska, and Yangaladaro, Dao-Merging experts, all felt a strange tremor rising from the depths of their hearts.

They realized that this new Great Dao could not help anyone gain power. It could not allow people to gain experience in battle, nor could it allow people to level up by defeating monsters, nor could it allow people to directly obtain power... On the contrary, the cultivation method provided by this Great Dao would even harm you. People who had inherent flaws and shortcomings would sense more clearly that in their deficient and damaged areas, it felt as if they were being burned by flames, painfully unbearable.

However, they were overjoyed.

Too many people simply did not know that they were wrong, or what they had lost, or what they lacked.

Everyone thought that they were complete, perfect, and correct—that what others said was out of jealousy, or bias, or that they themselves were foolish, unable to see through their profoundness, or that their worldview, outlook on life, and values were problematic, and they could not even understand human language.

But people cannot deceive themselves—no matter how much they complain about society, the world, or other people not giving them opportunities, is there anyone who is not clear that they lack ability and have certain flaws in their character and hard skills? Everyone knows, but because they do not know how to change, and even if they do change, they do not know if there will be an opportunity, or whether they can become better, so they simply do nothing and give up.

This is laziness, confusion, and a desire for an answer.

Su Zhou responded to their wishes—the Flame of Evolution burned the damaged areas with the simplest pain, and gently warmed their bodies, using his Great Dao to remind all living beings that none were perfect, none were correct.

Just take humans, for example. The various diseases, from allergies to hemorrhoids, from arrhythmia to brain function, all the designs of the body, as a result of natural 'evolution', are not perfect.

Therefore, artificial 'evolution' is needed!

As long as you cultivate and continue to move forward, you will one day be able to shed your imperfect former self and approach the highest realm!

"May all beings in the myriad worlds have their own light, and may their original hearts be complete, so that they may prove immortality."

"May all living beings in the heavens be strong and resolute, and may their souls and minds be clear, forever enjoying tranquility,"

Su Zhou muttered softly, gazing at the infinite distance. The Tianyan River around him, the Flame of Evolution, was constantly rising, engraving its Dao rhythm into the World of Creation's Great Universe. The azure light shone throughout the heavens, far beyond the World of Creation and the ten minor universes.

In the void, the Vortex of Strife in the outer universe was tensely shouting, and many giant gods and silver fairies were driving enormous void fortresses, preparing to face head-on the alien worlds that had already begun to fall and crash into the World of Creation.

Infinite turbulent currents of time and space were boiling like fire. They intertwined and swept around, stirring up terrifying trajectories in the vast outer void, and worlds containing many stars broke through the air along these trajectories, intending to cover all things like meteorites.

The Vortex of Strife was on high alert—this was the prelude to the Final Calamity. As the guardians of the universe watching over the outer universe, what they needed to do was block all incoming enemies.

Contrary to what ordinary people imagined, although the Steel Giants who cultivated the 'Eternal War Body' of the Source of Contradiction were very large, in reality, the Mech God Bodies of the silver fairies, those vast fortresses and battleships standing in the void, were truly enormous.

[God-Forging Machine], this rather unique forging divine power even among the Supreme Divine Powers, was enough to refine many wonders that could be called miracles in the multiverse, and creating fortresses and battleships was just the simplest application.

But even such a vast wonder battleship was difficult to compare with an entire world.

At the location of the Dao-Merging Armament, Zhige (Halting War), the Fairy Queen was frowning rarely, solemnly looking at the many worlds coming from afar.

[It won't work, we can't smash them with brute force, many worlds inside have life]

She said in a low voice some very terrifying words—even a Dao-Merging expert would not dare to say that smashing a world was so easy, let alone that among the many incoming worlds, some contained small and medium-sized worlds with one or two galactic systems, not those tiny worlds with only a few planets and a solar system.

[Some worlds are coming voluntarily—their hazy world wills have sensed that integrating into the Great Universe is very beneficial to them, these universe wills do not yet have a self and do not reject fusion]

The Domain Lord of Contradiction shook his head slightly. He sighed: [It seems that we can only use brute force to deflect them—we cannot respond to the call for help from the Ruins of Creation, hopefully the Extremely High Tower can help]

Saying so, this Dao-Merging expert intended to control the Dao-Merging Armament and stand at the forefront, deflecting the direction of the many world meteors.

But at this moment, a burst of azure-white radiance emanated from the inner side of the universe, shining brightly.

This radiance even extended to the depths of the void, into the incoming worlds.

This extremely obvious Dao-Merging aura stunned the two Dao-Merging experts of the Vortex of Strife for a moment.

Then, they sensed that the world wills that were rushing from afar suddenly paused in their rapid flight—those ignorant world wills were enduring the burning heat of the Flame of Evolution, experiencing the parts they lacked, and enjoying a stimulating but not painful 'burning'.

[This is… the Primordial Candle Dragon?!]

[Has he merged with the Dao?!]

The two experts could not help but be shocked: [This is too fast!?]

[It's simply a miracle!]

The answer was that he had merged with the Dao, but not completely.

At this moment, not only the World of Creation, but even the void, was filled with Su Zhou's Dao-Merging radiance. It was a manifestation that his power was not limited to one world, and his ambition was not satisfied with illuminating only one place.

It could even be seen.

In the depths of Xing Ying's soul, in the myriad heavens and worlds, at every Candle Dragon connected to the Candle Dragon chat group and cultivating the Flame of Evolution, these Candle Dragons were stunned to realize that they had inexplicably begun to emanate a holy and clear Great Dao radiance that illuminated all directions.

This radiance was bright and swept through the worlds with these Candle Dragons as the center, illuminating all deep and dark places.

[Where did this Dao-Creator suddenly come from?! It doesn't seem to be from our Great Thousand World…]

[Who is it, who walks with Truth, pierces the Gate of Myriad Principles, and gains entry?]

[The light of truth shines like the sun in the sky… which Supreme God has ascended to that position again?]

[From the distant other side of time and space, mapping the origin of the Great Dao of the main body with a body of the same origin and karma… good method!]

[Heavenly Evolution… I thought it was the Heavenly Principle of the survival of the fittest, but I never thought that it could eliminate one's own sins and be driven by desire, truly the highest and best path]

In an instant, in the myriad heavens and worlds, all the experts who could perceive this Dao-Merging radiance opened their eyes in shock, either quickly searching, or simply turning around and running, lurking in even darker places.

But more often, after the initial shock, many experts realized the vast and selfless nature of this radiance, and they congratulated in unison, bowing remotely to the source of this radiance.

Because this radiance, this Great Dao's truth, was not merely a blessing bestowed upon one world.

As the radiance spread, in the many worlds of the multiverse, a brand new Great Dao appeared that could help people continue to cultivate, allow people to move forward, and help all living beings open up the future. Its existence was inherently an eternal and immortal, indestructible foundation, and also infinite merit.

In these worlds with overflowing radiance, even if Su Zhou did not personally transmit the Dao and pass on his inheritance, as long as there were intelligent beings, they would one day be able to comprehend Su Zhou's related inheritance on their own, becoming a brand new Tianyan Candle Dragon, or a race naturally evolved by the Great Dao, becoming his dependents or眷族 (family).

However, what had been achieved was only the Dao-Merging Armament - Tianyan River (Heavenly Evolution River).

Su Zhou had not completely merged with the Dao.

Why? The answer was simple.

Because Tianyan Jinhua (Heavenly Evolution) was only part of the innovation, like the Ancestor of Dragon and Snake, the Lord of Light and Shadow, Chaos, the Self-Devouring Serpent of Cycle... All the Great Daos, and 'correctness', merged together, was 'Yala'.

At this moment, Su Zhou, if described using some common settings, was probably at the 'half-step Dao-Merging peak completion'... But in reality, he almost already possessed the power of Dao-Merging, but he was unwilling to achieve it.

"Because what the Daybreak wants to illuminate is definitely not just the Graveyard of All Things, or the World of Creation."

In the deep and dark core of the Graveyard of All Things, Su Zhou, who was burning with flames and releasing endless radiance, like a sun suspended high in the sky, took a step forward.

He said softly: "I am a member of the multiverse, I am a member of sealing the multiverse—my Great Dao radiance should illuminate the entire multiverse."

"Only then can it be considered 'Dao-Merging'."

Because he was dissatisfied with his current achievements, the strong man was unwilling to admit his realm.

But so what?

[That's what the Flood should do] a solemn and steady voice sounded.

[And the Flood may not be able to finish it. Only transcendents can wrap their everything, whether it is thought, power, cultivation, belief, Great Dao... Only transcendents can fill the entire multiverse with their 'infinite' light] a voice sounded, with caring reminders.

"But there's no harm in trying now." A voice sounded, with irrepressible laughter: "Su Zhou, just do what you want to do—as long as you can bear the future you choose, then what is impossible?"

"Thank you, everyone." Smiling and responding, Su Zhou lowered his head at this moment, sensing the countless dreams in the Graveyard of All Things.

Su Zhou sensed the resentment of all beings, all the hatred.

They must take revenge, revenge on the gods who had triggered the universe's will, the universe's will that had destroyed everything. He could sense those smoldering heat, the remains and twisted monsters that had turned into dust and charred remains in the aftermath of the gods' battles, the reality that was more terrifying than hell.

But the gods had already fallen, and the universe's will had collapsed and shattered. The second generation of the universe had only been born for tens of thousands of years—these grudges had nowhere to go, and could only accumulate on their own, causing the Graveyard of All Things to use dreams to dissolve these hates that had no channels for venting.

But even so, there would still be some hatred that reached its extreme, so it jumped out of the illusory river and transformed into a real Machine God leaving the prison, and the Infernal Jailer knew that it was a dream with the most legitimate reason to avenge its true enemy, so it silently let it go, allowing these monsters to do anything they wanted.

Naturally, it also acquiesced to all their results, whether it was being scattered and destroyed again, or the bewilderment after a successful revenge, it was no longer the Graveyard of All Things' business.

That was 'nihility'.

But now, nihility had dissipated.

Su Zhou took step after step forward, about to walk out of the core hub of the Graveyard of All Things.

[Aren't you going to continue? Primordial Candle Dragon]

The surprised voice of a middle-aged man could be heard: [Although the Dao-Merging Armament has already been forged, your Dao has only merged by a third... Even a third is exceptionally powerful, but our foundation is still enough to support you in continuing to merge with the Dao]

[Yes] The voice of a shrewish woman also carried a hint of strangeness: [There's no need to be so anxious. The internal strife of the Ten Heavens Divine System is so fierce. I can sense that Duska and Helandi are both paying attention to you, but the other Dao-Merging experts are also holding them back... If only a few come alone, they won't be able to do anything to Linken'erda]

"No."

Su Zhou shook his head: "The remaining Dao, one third will go to the void for practical verification, and one third will go back to my hometown for summarization."

"Design, practical verification, summarization—the progress of innovation is never achieved in one leap, but is gradually and steadily summarized and moved forward."

Su Zhou spread his arms, and the Blade of Extinction and the World Tree Spear appeared in his hands.

Scarlet-golden fire flowed on the black blade, and a deep-azure radiance was released on the green spear.

Hanging the long knife on his waist and carrying the long spear on his back, Su Zhou, fully armed, held his right hand forward.

The man stared at the void, and the Tianyan River surrounding him began to flow, converging towards his hand.

The light of the Great Dao gathered, the essence of the world hummed, the supreme divine thoughts intersected, and the myriad spiritual flows intertwined.

Then, Su Zhou took three steps forward.

One step, crossing the boundary between the Graveyard of All Things and the World of Creation, stepping through the realm of illusion and reality.

Two steps, stepping out of the border of the World of Creation and the void of the outer universe, crossing the limits of time and space.

Three steps, stepping over the boundaries of the infinite turbulent currents of time and space and the Vortex of Strife, entering the inner realm of the multiverse.

After three steps, Su Zhou had already appeared in the void of the multiverse, and the azure river had already condensed into shape in his hand, its light illuminating all directions, stabilizing the turbulent currents, and causing the starlight of the myriad heavens and worlds to sway.

A simple and unadorned bow, but with many ancient inscriptions, like ancient totems engraved, was held in the youth's hand.

[Dao-Merging Armament · Tianyan River · Bow Form 0.01 Test Version]

Under the shocked gaze of many Machine Gods of the Vortex of Strife, Su Zhou held this bow horizontally. He reached out and smoothly stretched the seemingly illusory bowstring, causing the dazzling radiance that dimmed even the starry sky to condense.

Finally, the bow was like a full moon, pointing directly at the countless worlds in front of the World of Creation that were about to fall!

The youth's black hair fluttered, and his eyes seemed to reflect the entire universe and starry sky.

"This arrow is an arrow of non-killing." He murmured with a smile, but his voice shook the void: "So, stop, stars of the world."

"You all have your own destiny and achievements, and it is definitely not now to merge with other worlds!"

Bang!

Then, the youth released the arrow.

Only azure-white light could be seen, like a torrent, like a turbulent river.