Chapter 0 Gods Vanish on a Cloudy Day

The Celestial Scale.

Held by Su Zhou, it drifted to Earth from the ancient era, opening countless spatial gates and establishing the foundation for Earth's pantheon of gods. Merely utilizing one hundred millionth of its power can allow an ordinary human to traverse the multiverse void, shielding them from the pressure of a Twilight-level Great Existence. It can be described as a first-class protective and auxiliary artifact in the entire multiverse.

The Galaxy Star.

An heirloom of the Serestheria, it drifted to their homeworld from the ancient era, nurturing the living planet and many planetary spirits. Its passive effect alone can open numerous transmission channels, endlessly transferring energy resources, supporting an entire galactic empire through the Silent Era. If fully activated, it can even freely allocate infinite resources from the multiverse spacetime, easily creating a perpetual motion machine.

The Final Ring Seal.

The initial, and largest, fragment of the seal, its essence is the switch for whether or not all Great Daos are enabled. As the core fragment of the 'Great Seal' that seals the multiverse, it possesses the highest 'priority' over all power within the sealed multiverse—it cannot accomplish anything, but conversely, it can prevent anyone from accomplishing anything. This is the origin of its name, the Final Ring Seal, equivalent to the sole and supreme 'veto power' within the sealed multiverse.

The three fragments of the Sealed Universe, also fragments of the Great Seal, are now gathered in Su Zhou's palm.

The Celestial Scale naturally needs no further explanation; it is an object that has accompanied Su Zhou on his journey... This divine artifact conceals itself. If not activated, it truly resembles an ordinary pocket watch, not at all conspicuous. If Su Zhou hadn't already taken this pocket watch to its place of origin, the Scroll of Myriad Worlds realm beneath the [Frigid Hell Realm], even Su Zhou might not be able to fully unleash its power.

The Galaxy Star is a sacred object of the Serestheria. Even for the sake of the entire Sealed Multiverse, and with Su Zhou's persuasive words, it shouldn't have been obtained so easily. The youth wouldn't want to resort to brute force, which would complicate matters significantly.

But fortunately, the fact that the Supreme Genesis Sacred Sovereign and other Dao-Integrating experts from other universes had been observing the Sealed Multiverse for a long time, and had noticed the Galaxy Star, frequently casting their gaze upon it, made many things easier.

At least the Serestheria, though sighing and lamenting, understood that even if not for the sake of the entire Sealed Multiverse, but for the survival of their own race, this sacred object could not remain in their hands for long.

They couldn't protect the Galaxy Star, so it was better to return it to the seal.

And as a thank you, Su Zhou helped the Serestheria extract all the accumulated imprints of the ancient Venerable Lords from the Galaxy Star.

What was difficult for a Heavenly Venerate was easy for a Dao-Integrating expert.

As for the final Final Ring Seal, it was even simpler.

Su Zhou simply entered the Door of the Final Ring, chatted with the will of the universe, showed it his 'Candlelight Day' PPT presentation, and after confirming that the will of the universe wouldn't go berserk the moment it was freed from the suppression of the Final Ring Seal, he picked it up.

As easy as picking up a teacup and taking a drink.

And now.

Three rounds of fragments float before Su Zhou. Each one, when taken out, is enough to shake the current situation in the multiverse. Even the Torrent would pay attention to such divine artifacts, now under his control.

No, it's not just that even the Torrent... but it is precisely the Torrent that would pay extra attention to these three fragments!

"Before Dao-Integration, all realms are an accumulation of power, an extension of existence... The destructive power becomes greater and greater, the immortality becomes heavier and heavier, capable of destroying everything, yet extremely difficult to be erased."

"But Dao-Integration transcends mere power, delving into the fundamental structure of all things, even capable of creating an infinite small universe with external force."

Muttering to himself in a low voice, Su Zhou's expression was calm: "But the Torrent is different."

"The Torrent has already touched infinity, and can even be an infinite universe in itself."

Infinity.

It sounds simple. On Earth, elementary school students often use this word when arguing, such as 'My card has infinite attack power!' 'Then my monster has twice the infinite defense!'... and so on. This infinity represents the concept of 'extremely large, incomparable to any number'.

But in reality, truly wanting to touch infinity through cultivation is equivalent to stacking all known and unknown numbers together, which is an impossible task... Even if cultivation itself is a miracle that turns the impossible into the possible, infinity is indeed a tremendous obstacle, not something that can be overcome by ordinary means.

Currently, the methods Su Zhou knows of include 'Eternal Motion Star God,' which relies on an infinite universe, transforming the universe into one's own body, which can indeed quickly reach the peak of Dao-Integration, and then influence many other universes through world resonance, achieving the Torrent Realm.

The 'Sole God' is to constantly absorb various Great Daos, making its structure extremely complex, using itself as the sole source to continuously emanate various Great Daos, dyeing the heavens and myriad worlds.

If the Torrent is an infinite point, an ultimate transcendent being equivalent to and surpassing an infinite universe... then transcendence is on this foundation, on the foundation of one's own infinity, to influence all other infinite universes.

For example, if the entire multiverse is an infinite ocean, then before Dao-Integration, they are all water droplets in the sea, differing only in size.

Dao-Integration is creating one's own fish tank, which can frame and define some things. And the water that can be framed by this framework is the power of a Dao-Integrating expert—but if the framed water is too much, causing the framework to forget that it is a frame, but a part of the sea, then this framework will eventually turn into a reef in the sea, and the Dao-Integrating expert will also transform into the Dao and depart.

The Torrent is a mighty torrent in this boundless ocean. It has a framework, and that framework is its invisible and infinite power. But just like a faucet with an endless source of water behind it, unable to unleash its infinite power in an instant, the Torrent is a 'seed' that possesses the substance of infinity, but cannot unleash infinite power.

And the Transcendent exists above this boundless ocean... The entire boundless ocean is its framework, and its framework can not only place an ocean, but also more things.

That which leaps out of the sea, transcending the boundaries of the sea and the sky, this is the meaning of 'Transcendent'.

Su Zhou gazed at the fragments before him, three seeds of 'infinity'.

The Celestial Scale represents 'infinite vastness of spacetime'—the person who holds it can freely traverse the infinite multiverse.

Closing his eyes, Su Zhou sighed softly. He seemed to see a figure standing in the void, spanning infinite spacetime, with feet stepping on the heavens and earth of morning and evening.

He held a burning long sword horizontally in front of his chest. The brilliance of the long sword was dazzling and radiant, illuminating all living beings in the multiverse, as brilliant and resplendent as the morning glow. All who could see this light yearned for the light as they yearned for daylight.

The figure wielded the sword, and the light of heavenly reform transformed into a scorching wind, sweeping across the borders of billions of worlds, warming the heavens and myriad worlds, and heating the hearts of those who were originally disappointed, lost, and had forgotten their original dreams, like being placed next to a furnace, gradually boiling and stirring.

[God of Heavenly Reform]

The Galaxy Star represents 'infinite abundance of matter'—the person who holds it can reach out and obtain resources from the entire multiverse.

Su Zhou opened his eyes slightly, half-awake. He saw a figure sitting cross-legged in the void, with all the worlds rotating around him, coming and going in a hurry.

Billions of worlds and beings existed around the figure, but were also stabilized because of it. Spacetime gradually tended towards unity because of the central point. There were even heavenly roads connecting each other, and countless cultivators and mortals walked on the roads stabilized by the supreme god, with no more hatred and ugliness, and no more greed and conspiracies.

The figure remained motionless. He was the supporter of all dreams, the foundation of all tranquility. Beings walked in the warm halo, but they still had their own loves, hates, and grudges, coming with a determined will and leaving with unyielding dreams.

[God of Worldly Peace]

The Final Ring Seal represents 'infinite freedom of thought'—the person who holds it can ignore the suppression of any force against them, and can even suppress anyone in return.

Su Zhou opened his eyes and stared ahead. He could see that there was a figure, standing still in place, with its back to the infinite void, facing the beings of the multiverse.

The figure held a sword. No matter who it was, whether good or evil, strong or weak, as long as they wanted to pursue their dreams, they would face this figure. He was not an enemy, nor an obstacle, but his very existence was a sword, an incomparably sharp blade, unavoidable and inescapable, a blade that everyone, whether terrified or excited, had to face.

He had no standard, but people always said that they had been cut by this sword, suffering to the extreme. But the absence of a standard was also a standard. Everyone would think about what they had done that would be cut, and what they had done to betray the beings, to betray their own Dao and dreams, ask themselves, and then cut themselves with the sword.

[Dao Lord of Heart-Cleaving]

"As expected."

He murmured to himself: "I've actually reached this point—as long as I see it, I can comprehend the Dao, I can know the way forward."

"Worthy of me."

He praised himself in this way. Although there was no familiar voice echoing him, the youth didn't care.

No need for any Dao-forging methods.

Su Zhou was very clear.

The three fragments each represented a path to achieving the 'Torrent'.

But he did not intend to walk along these three paths.

[Venerable Lord...]

On the contrary, the Supreme Genesis Sacred Sovereign, supporting Su Zhou from behind, as the Dao-Integrating expert closest to the youth, also saw the three Dao-forging methods manifested by Su Zhou, and was immediately shaken to the core: [This, this is your path?!]

It was hard not to be shocked.

For an ordinary Dao-Integrating expert, it was very difficult to become even a little stronger, let alone reach the peak and touch the Torrent... The Supreme Genesis Sacred Sovereign's master, the Supreme Beginning Divine Sovereign, might have had the qualifications, but the Supreme Genesis Sacred Sovereign himself had already given up, so even though he was more talented, he still couldn't touch it.

But now, Su Zhou casually manifested, and manifested three futures—it wasn't like he didn't understand; the manifestation of the Great Dao couldn't be faked. Those were all true Dao-forging methods!

Every seemingly ordinary fragment contained a Dao-forging method, even better, directly reaching the power of infinite essence!

And Su Zhou... Su Zhou was actually going to use these three fragments to forge a 'Candlelight Day'?!

Even if he believed in Su Zhou no matter how much, he wanted to persuade him.

"My Dao is not only in these."

But Su Zhou shook his head slightly: "It is in more subtle, smaller, more...approachable places."

"Supreme Genesis Dao Lord, it is in the places that you Dao-Integrating experts have perhaps long forgotten."

The youth raised his head, gazing at the silver vortex that was formed by the rotation of the three fragments, revealing a smile: "If the Great Seal is the sky—I use the fragments forged from the Great Seal as the source and the guide to forge this 'Candlelight Day', but it is not to transcend this sky."

At this moment, there were still endless voices, endless prayers, crossing the boundless distance of the multiverse, directly reaching Su Zhou's ears.

There were noisy complaints, angry curses, joyful feedback, and also devout prayers.

All the wishes originating from the path of innovation surged towards Su Zhou, just like the endless torrent surging in the multiverse.

And he listened to them one by one, and responded to them one by one.

Then, he also responded to the Supreme Genesis Sacred Sovereign's doubts.

"Look."

The youth stretched out his hand, pointing to the bottom of the silver creation vortex.

For a time.

Whether it was the Supreme Genesis Sacred Sovereign, or other Dao-Integrating experts, they vaguely saw three figures.

The figure standing in the void, the figure sitting cross-legged in the void, and the figure facing the beings of the universe, each transformed into three different Candlelights, superimposing the burning blade of the long sword, the divine power of the God of Worldly Peace, and the Dao Lord's back facing the void together, blurring the boundaries of spacetime for a moment, confusing them with reality and illusion, as if all of this had already happened, even though all of this was just a premonition of the future.

At the incomparably distant border of the multiverse, in the ruins of the world group that resembled a serpent coiling around the world, there was a faint halo of light flickering, as if a vast and incomprehensible existence had lit up a trace of light in its eyes.

After that, there was a chuckle.

[Worthy of you]

—If the Sealed Universe had not had all the divine powers and Great Daos related to time sealed, this one moment would probably have directly pierced through the past, future, and present, granting a portion of the Torrent's divine might to a Dao-Integrating body.

But all of this happened in an instant, and all thoughts spread like a fog, and then dissipated like a fog.

The Supreme Genesis Sacred Sovereign opened his eyes, but found that nothing had happened. Su Zhou was still calmly reaching out, pointing to the bottom of the creation vortex.

That is, the direction of the Sealed Universe, the Earth Universe.

A continuous stream of divine light pierced through, connecting the creation vortex to the Sealed Universe.

The Dao-Integrating expert gazed along this light, but as far as the eye could see, he could only see an ordinary blue planet, with seventy percent of its surface covered by water and thirty percent by land. Countless beings walked on it, noisy and bustling, full of disturbances.

"All the strong, look up to the sky, gaze at the stars, and move forward step by step, finally seeking their own Dao."

The youth slowly said: "There is nothing wrong with this. People should look up, let alone the strong? But some people always forget that they have stepped on the 'sky above', but always forget the place of origin, and also forget the original dreams, and become alienated into completely different appearances."

"And my Dao."

Gazing at this planet, Su Zhou smiled: "Is in this 'sky below'."