Chapter 826 I'll Give You Some Guidance (6400)

The myriad realms of the Void Sea, the void of the multiverse, the heavens and arrayed voids... many civilizations have different names for the void outside the universe, but at the source, regardless of the language, the description of that emptiness is consistent.

Time and space do not exist here. To travel to other worlds, what is needed is not 'speed' but 'energy level'; what needs to be crossed is not 'distance' but 'difference'.

Not only that, but the flow of time between worlds is not consistent. However, this is not a big problem, because worlds with different time flows and the life within them generally cannot 'observe' worlds with other time flows.

If the time flow of Earth's universe is set to one, then it can only 'observe' other worlds with a speed of 'one', like a person driving a car turning their head and only seeing cars moving at the same speed.

Slower ones will be overtaken, and faster ones will overtake. Although they can be observed briefly for a period of time, and even repeatedly meet and observe each other, they will eventually separate.

However, this relative time difference is not immutable—a giant, stable world cluster must have a consistent time flow.

Throughout the multiverse, the situation where all different worlds have their own time flow only occurs at the beginning of creation. As long as there is a sufficiently large and powerful world or 'existence' that begins to act and influence the surrounding worlds, then the time flow of the surrounding worlds will gradually converge, eventually aligning with that powerful 'central world'.

Or the powerful 'central powerhouse'.

Of course, this is just the general situation—in reality, whether it converges to be similar, or remains different, depends on the essence of the 'central world' or 'powerhouse' itself.

And the most basic requirement to become a powerhouse who is not affected by time and space, but in turn affects the spacetime baseline of a world, is 'He Dao' (harmonizing with the Dao).

Only He Dao powerhouses are qualified—qualified, but not necessarily capable—to adjust the spacetime baseline of their own world.

But this is only their own world. The baseline of the entire multiverse is beyond the reach of He Dao. It depends on the 'central powerhouse'.

If the 'central powerhouse' wants stability, causing the spacetime baseline to gradually converge, that is 'Order'.

If the 'central powerhouse' wants difference, causing the spacetime baselines of the surrounding areas to be different and the flow of time unpredictable, that is 'Chaos'.

The torrent of time is interpreted freely.

This central powerhouse is a certain baseline, which can be the Heavenly Dao (natural law) of the multiverse, or some concrete Old God, or even the foundation directly defined by 'correctness'... But generally speaking, He will not actively change anything, but only set a keynote. Unless a torrent or transcendence occurs, He's existence can be ignored.

In short.

Worlds with a consistent time flow naturally have their order. Many worlds can freely communicate and trade, sharing what they have. All kinds of different civilizations can observe each other, and also stably spark inspiration. It will become a prosperous and lively, bright and noisy grand multiverse.

However, there is also a high possibility of the strong getting stronger—a civilization that has gained an advantage and become powerful will become stronger and stronger due to its size and first-mover advantage, and become increasingly difficult to overthrow. The same applies to individuals.

In other words, unless someone is unbelievably stupid, the initial powerhouse will also be the final powerhouse. Their power will spread towards the end along the same time flow.

And those who can become powerhouses are generally not stupid.

The most ancient is the strongest. The light of the powerhouse has been shining on the heavens and earth since ancient times, and it is difficult for later generations to catch up with any advantage... After all, if you have a cheat, the powerhouse will also have one; if you work hard, the powerhouse will also work hard; if you have talent and talent, it is as if there are few people with strong talent in the multiverse.

Unless there is a major change in the world, an unprecedented catastrophe appears, destroying all the original order, and a reshuffle occurs—but this reshuffle is nothing more than re-selecting a new eternal powerhouse, waiting for the next catastrophe to occur.

And in a multiverse where the time flow is different and cannot converge, things are much more interesting.

It is already difficult to observe between worlds, and a means of observation that transcends time and space needs to be developed to explore other worlds. The value of the worlds that are explored also varies. The slower the speed of the world, the slower the development speed, but it is also more stable, and can be used as a vault, sanctuary, or trap for storing important resources or key information.

And the faster the speed of the world, the more it is favored. Whether it is for development and cultivation, pondering and thinking, or even for powerhouses to retreat and for civilizations to develop the basic foundation of construction, the faster the better.

In such a multiverse, even achieving He Dao is not safe. One has to wait until the Hongliu (Grand Torrent) realm to be considered a bit stable, but if one does not achieve Transcendence, there is no guarantee that another Hongliu will not suddenly pop out from other corners of the multiverse.

In this chaotic world, the situation where the strong get stronger is rare, and the multiverse is mostly not very lively. After all, even observation requires at least He Dao to see, and wanting to communicate with each other means that two He Dao are communicating with each other... And it is difficult for a situation to arise where one side overwhelms the other in the communication between He Dao powerhouses, especially two He Dao from different universes. If there are no conflicts, they will naturally be harmonious, but if there are conflicts, it will really be a time for trash talk like, 'Who's afraid of who? Come over here if you dare!' 'I won't, come over here if you have the ability!'

The Sealed Multiverse is relatively special. Because of various reasons, two different baselines, 'Order' and 'Chaos', act on it at the same time. The time flow of many worlds that are similar is naturally roughly the same, while the different major blocks are different from each other.

After saying so much, the main reason is actually because of one point.

In front of the Sealed Universe, when many He Dao powerhouses looked at the suddenly appearing Primordial Torch Dragon, what emerged in their hearts was not the 'rudeness' of the other party pointing a finger at them, but a kind of near 'blankness' and 'unbelievability', feeling as if they were seeing an illusion.

He Dao powerhouses can distinguish the baseline of time and space and can read through the history of many worlds. At a glance, they can tell whether the powerhouse in front of them is 'newborn' or 'ancient', a newborn powerful existence that has grown rapidly under a high-time flow, or a traditional ancient one who has experienced a long period of time at a normal time speed.

And now, the problem has come.

[Less than thirty years old?!] (Here, it is the local time unit of the He Dao powerhouse, but in short, it is a very small value)

Facing the finger of the Primordial Torch Dragon pointing at his forehead, the Heavenly Will Divine Emperor was more than just stunned—the main body behind him, the Azure Sky Jianmu, even shed large swaths of leaves, turning into a blazing storm sweeping across the void.

But even so, He found it difficult to explain the shock in his heart: [Am I mistaken? Is it thirty epochs? The kind where one epoch is counted as one year?]

[Or, is it that this fellow Daoist has spent 'thirty years in terms of my world, but in reality, hundreds of thousands of years have passed in standard time'?]

Generally speaking, this situation will not happen, because according to the observation standards of many He Dao powerhouses, it is not the relative time flow, but the 'absolute experience', that is, the length of time experienced subjectively.

No matter what the time flow is, the years they observe will only get longer and longer, not shorter and shorter—the shorter the latter, then no matter how fast or slow the time flow is, it proves that the observed has only experienced such a long period of time.

Not only the Heavenly Will Divine Emperor, but the He Dao powerhouses of many civilizations were also stunned for quite a long time after Su Zhou finished speaking.

In the eyes of outsiders, it seemed that Su Zhou's words had shocked all the powerhouses, forcing them to hold their breath and reflect.

Even the Holy One raised his long sleeves and carefully wiped his eyes before looking at the 'young' youth in front of him with suspicion.

After holding back for a long time, He slowly said: […The Void Sea of Myriad Realms is full of wonders. I was arrogant.]

A He Dao at thirty years old… no, less than thirty years old!

The Tai Shi Dao Sect has been established for 520,000 years, and He attained the Dao even earlier than the Tai Shi Dao Sect, and the years before attaining the Dao are too lazy to count, and the odd numbers are dozens of times greater than this number.

The Holy One did not understand how the powerhouse in front of him, who was also a He Dao, did it, but He was greatly shocked.

Even the eyes of this Daoist began to flicker, and He began to think wildly.

[Could it be that there is actually a powerhouse above He Dao in this Great World, and this is His disciple, or a backup plan for resurrection, guiding and pouring energy all the way?]

[Yes, yes, such a Great World should have such a foundation. We have wrongly assumed that there is no one in this world, which is actually a mistake in perception—if powerful existences do not want us to see them, how can we see them?]

Thinking like this, the Tai Shi Wuji Holy One planned to simply take his leave.

There will basically be no large-scale conflicts between He Dao. At most, the forces under their command may have some friction, but those frictions and hatreds only exist at the edges.

The Tai Shi Dao Sect will not launch a full-scale war against the Heavenly Will Divine Court, and even the Wei Heng Civilization, which uses all things as the cornerstone of spectacle, and the Taixu Floating蝣, which regards all things in heaven and earth as rations, will not be idle enough to gnaw on hard bones.

The multiverse is infinitely wide, accommodating infinite powerhouses and their endless conquests.

However, a voice rang out.

"Where are you going?"

Standing in front of his own world, Su Zhou narrowed his eyes. He could naturally see the thoughts in the hearts of the He Daos in front of him—his age had obviously frightened everyone present. A He Dao at the age of thirty was no longer a monstrous genius, but simply a monster among monsters, a miracle beyond common sense.

In the past, the main reason why this was not noticed by the many He Dao of the Creation World was because he had three Great Existences on him. That level of authority was so high that the He Dao powerhouse of the Heavenly Revelation Dao would go blind every time he looked at it.

Knowing what the other party was thinking, Su Zhou calmly said, "There are no other powerhouses in this world besides me—well, there may really be a dozen or twenty He Dao and Dao creators originating from this world, and you can't say there aren't any Hongliu, but right now, there's only me."

The youth was telling the truth. After all, several hundred million years ago, the He Dao powerhouses of many pioneer civilizations in the Sealed Universe were beating each other up, forcibly causing the entire Great World to collapse.

If Su Zhou were to say that there were not a few powerhouses inside who were close to being the Only God and Eternal Star God, approaching Hongliu, then that would be absolutely impossible. And after hundreds of millions of years, whether there is a Hongliu among these powerhouses is at least a 'possible' thing.

Even if it were just the Earth pantheon, it would be reasonable to have a few He Dao. If the powerhouses of the Cenosティア文明 of the past had not left this universe, then it would not be strange for the Elder Council to have He Dao right now.

Of course, a hero doesn't mention his past glory. The current Sealed Universe should really only have Su Zhou as a He Dao.

Su Zhou was not lying, and the other powerhouses knew this as well.

But that was the problem…

[Even if everything is as you say…]

A He Dao who was clad in flowing armor and looked like some kind of rocky lifeform made a buzzing sound: [Even if you are the only one in this world, you are powerful enough.]

That was the truth.

Within the Great Array, even He Xiaozhao, the most ordinary Dao soldier, could clearly see that the expression of the Tai Shi Holy One was unprecedentedly solemn—the Daoist standing on the Hunyuan Great Array reached out and gently stroked his long beard, his eyes complicated.

Although time is important, it is not that important to He Dao—the Only God, a created being, is not even a month old in terms of age, but He is still a He Dao, and still the strongest among He Dao. What truly displays the majesty of He Dao is the solidity and scope of propagation of the 'Great Dao'.

Just like the Holy One, the world where the Tai Shi Heaven and the 108 peaks of the Tai Shi Dao Sect are located, as well as the three thousand lower realms, are all derivatives of the Holy One's 'Tai Shi Wuji' (Primordial Beginning Limitless) Dao. The domain He controls, the power He can mobilize, is where He has the advantage.

And this one whose name is self-evident, the Primordial Torch Dragon flowing in the void of the multiverse...

He could not see the end.

[Where does the Dao come from?]

He could not help but mutter to himself: [Like rivers converging, turning into a surging river…]

This freak in front of him claimed to be the He Dao of this Central Great World, but in the end, He did not harmonize with the Dao in this world at all!

Or rather, He did, but not completely.

The Primordial Torch Dragon's Dao is scattered in every corner of the Void Sea of Myriad Realms, but there is no universe that is truly fully meshed.

He had never seen such a strange He Dao, and it was even more difficult to imagine how such an existence could rule the world it was in, how it could make its Dao fill the universe, and designate the laws of the Heavenly Dao of its universe.

Unless…

"I never thought about ruling anyone."

The Holy One could hear the words of the Primordial Torch Dragon, which were filled with provocation, dissatisfaction, and even 'hostility': "On the contrary, you have lived for so long, propagated the Dao for so long, and ruled for so long, but you haven't seen any results in teaching."

"To be honest, your Dao and yours make me feel ridiculous. You can't stop people from eating each other, and you can't cultivate more He Dao… It's simply rotten."

These words were simply pointing at the nose and scolding the He Dao powerhouses. Although Su Zhou had been pointing at noses before, actually saying it was another matter.

In the Tai Shi Dao Sect, everyone sensed that there was a trace of fluctuation in the entire Hunyuan Great Array.

That was the fluctuation of power gathering, with a trace of anger.

[You jest.]

As this grand Dao sound resounded through the void, the cultivation methods circulating in He Xiaozhao's body began to spontaneously flash their respective brilliance and spiritual charm.

This was a sign that they were imitating the roots of the Great Dao. The Tai Shi Wuji Holy One was mobilizing his companion Dao treasure.

—In the beginning, there was the Dao, its name was Tai Shi, it had form without substance, emptiness filled its Qi, Yin and Yang intertwined, and the limitless was unified.

In the universe and space where the Tai Shi Dao is located, the world is filled with something that has form without substance, and that non-Transcendent people cannot see at all. Its name is Spiritual Qi, which is the basis for the cultivation of all things, and it is the 'one' that is 'the unity of Yin and Yang', one generates two, two generates three, and three generates all things.

The soul is born from this, supernatural powers begin from this, and Spiritual Qi fills all things. It can also achieve all things. In simple terms, it is an omnipotent massless substance that can carry information sufficient to correct the world. It can be used as a catalyst to allow people's will and thoughts to transform the material and spiritual world.

This Spiritual Qi is the Dao of the 'Tai Shi Wuji Holy One', and it is also one of the basic constants of the surrounding world. The process of using Spiritual Qi to change the entire material world and even the spirit world is the Holy One's cultivation.

The Tai Shi Wuji Holy One is the collective of all the transcendent powers cultivated by all civilizations and all lives in the spacetime where the Tai Shi Dao Sect is located. This is also the path that all 'native He Daoists' will take, except for the dependents of the Great Existences.

After all, the dependents of the Great Existences all know that their Dao has a source and will not arrogantly assume that they are the origin of all 'creative acts' and 'Yala acts' in the multiverse—in fact, even the Great Existences do not think so. They simply support this behavior and provide angel investment for this action without compensation.

And now, He Xiaozhao saw that the three thousand lower realms, the 108 peaks, and even the entire Heaven of the Glorious Tai Shi were rising with endless light mist, like the Milky Way in the sky.

And this light mist finally condensed in the hands of that majestic Daoist into a brilliant and complex Dao talisman, as if the starlight of the entire universe was resting on it.

[Following the Dao Heavenly Talisman Tai Shi Myriad Phenomena Unification True Scroll]

[Since fellow Daoist disdains my Dao, would you like to try this humble Dao's talisman?]

Will vibrated the void, and the Tai Shi Holy One took a step forward. The true scroll in His hand transformed into hundreds of millions of Spiritual Qi divine scrolls, and then drew countless trajectories in the void like electron clouds that could not be simultaneously discerned for their speed and position, breaking through the air towards the direction where Su Zhou was located.

Buzz!

Merely the starting gesture stirred up endless spacetime turbulence in the void. A terrifying spacetime storm had already begun to surge. If it were not for the many He Dao powerhouses nearby, the aftermath would have been enough to destroy a dozen small worlds in the vicinity. Moreover, the intertwining divine scrolls seemed to weave together an entire small universe constructed of Spiritual Qi, pressing down towards the Primordial Torch Dragon.

The Tai Shi Holy One merges myriad Daos into Spiritual Qi, and the Tai Shi Dao is even more the unity of Yin and Yang, intending to be the concept of the beginning of all Daos. The Holy One himself may be more skilled in alchemy, but He will never retreat during battle.

With a talisman pressed down, He naturally had no fear of the Primordial Torch Dragon and wanted to test the weight of this arrogant powerhouse.

At this moment, He Xiaozhao stared at this scene. He could see the phantom of the Tai Shi Myriad Phenomena Unification True Scroll, but because he was too weak, he did not even have the qualification to have his eyes pierced by the true intent and bleed.

"It's impossible to compare."

The young cultivator could not help but murmur as soon as he saw this Great Dao True Scroll—any Spiritual Qi cultivator could understand the moment they saw this True Scroll that they would never be able to surpass the realm of this talisman in their entire lives.

Because they are one of the Daos, and they use Spiritual Qi as the foundation. No matter how far they cultivate, even if they also cultivate to the realm of the He Dao Holy One and escape the control of the Tai Shi Holy One, they are also cultivators of the Tai Shi Dao. Their power is only one of the powers of the Tai Shi Dao and cannot exceed the combined power of themselves and all other beings.

It is like that constant powerhouse in an orderly universe.

Not to mention the Tai Shi Holy One, who is not only the controller of this power but also its creator.

After all, the Tai Shi Holy One is the creator of the Tai Shi Dao, but He is not only a cultivator of the Tai Shi Dao.

—He is the ancestor of the dragon and snake, but He is not only the ancestor of the dragon and snake; He is the source of the divine bird, but He is not only the source of the divine bird. Those who only follow the path of the dragon snake and divine bird will never be able to surpass their ancestors… Not because of some extremely foolish bloodline suppression or because they occupy some non-existent 'source of the Great Dao'.

It is simply because those who created the Dao have already transcended this 'collection'.

Unless other Daos are added.

Unless…

'Innovation'.

You cannot surpass yourself, you cannot surpass the collection you are in… Then 'innovate'!

At this very moment.

In the hearts of He Xiaozhao, who was at a loss, and all those who did not know the way forward, a voice rang out.

"If you were to choose."

This voice, which was unknown from where it came from, solemn but gentle, calmly asked, "Would you be willing to cultivate this Great Dao?"

He Xiaozhao did not have time to answer this question—he simply did not have time to think, to consider the meaning behind this question.

He only saw that facing the universe talisman of the Tai Shi Wuji Holy One, the young He Dao powerhouse with a long saber at his waist and a long spear and bow on his back simply stretched out one hand.

"Trying the Dao? I don't need you to try."

The voice of the Primordial Torch Dragon rang out calmly: "Now, I will give you some guidance."

He raised his hand, raised his index finger, and then used this simplest point to point towards the Spiritual Qi universe woven together by the entire divine talisman.

Pfft.

Only a light sound was heard, and all the He Dao powerhouses in the surrounding multiverse void who were watching this exchange were shocked.

Because the divine scroll driven by the Tai Shi Holy One, which had transformed into an entire small Spiritual Qi universe, which intertwined the entire Great Dao and Heavenly Dao, only needed such a kind, without any other elements, to create the origin of an entire world and universe.

Under the point of the finger stretched out by the Primordial Torch Dragon, it was pierced like a balloon!

Instantly, brilliant divine light spread across the heavens, like a colorful blizzard, with specks of fluorescent light falling with endless Dao charm!

Even the core of this transformed small universe, the Tai Shi Myriad Phenomena Unification Divine Scroll itself, which was surrounded by incomparably thick majesty, seemed to be touched by this finger, and the central area was slightly dented, revealing the shape of a 'finger'!

[What?!]

Even the Holy One, who had encountered countless tribulations in the past and had repeatedly fallen into almost irreversible disadvantages, had successfully defeated strong enemies.

Even with such a mentality, He could not help but change his expression: [This technique… Primordial Chaos, Primordial Qi?!]

He stretched out his hand and caught the divine scroll that had been slightly suppressed and deformed.

As the Void Sea churned, the Daoist took a slight step back, bringing up a rolling tide.

At this moment, He frowned and stared at Su Zhou, who had no expression on his face. The Tai Shi Holy One said with suspicion, [The Five Tais of the Innate Dao should have been lost long ago except for me…]

[Are you a guest from 'Huantian'?! What is your relationship with my teacher… what is your relationship with the Primordial God Sovereign?!]

"Huantian? How many times have I heard that."

Su Zhou just smiled slightly at the Tai Shi Holy One, who was obviously thinking too much.

He retracted his raised finger and then shook his head: "The Innate Primordial God Sovereign… well, I just had a drink with Him a while ago. He's a somewhat grumpy old man. No wonder He could teach a guy like you."

"He entrusted me with many things, had many expectations, and also had many regrets… but if He knew what you were like, He would definitely blame Himself, wouldn't He."