Chapter 590: Two Thousand Years
Chapter 590: Two Thousand Years
Time flies by in the blink of an eye.
The nature of life in the Divine Realm is vastly different from that of mortal beings, and while saying that a thousand years pass in the blink of an eye may be an exaggeration, it is not uncommon for one to spend several dozen or even a hundred world years during a single secluded cultivation session.
It has been two hundred world years since Chen Mu joined the Vangu Palace and officially stepped into the Endless Void.
Two hundred world years is a long period, equivalent to two thousand years in the Great Xuan World, and it is a significant milestone in Chen Mu's current life. However, compared to his future immortal path, this is merely an insignificant node.
"Life is truly mysterious and extraordinary."
At this moment, Chen Mu's Divine Energy Incarnation stands outside a world of azure blue, observing the situation within.
This world is completely different from the underground world, as it is a realm where water elements are extremely abundant. One could say that almost no land exists in this world, and over ninety percent of the area is composed of seas.
Such a world, compared to the Great Xuan World, is vastly different, and even the Eight Trigrams are completely imbalanced. Life should have a hard time surviving in such an environment, but in reality, life in this world is still thriving!
In this vast sea world, countless strange and wondrous lifeforms exist.
Among them are even highly intelligent humanoid beings resembling fish people. They have heads and bodies similar to humans, but their bodies are covered in various different scales or fins.
Unlike the underground world that Chen Mu had studied before, these fish people completely dominate this sea world. There are numerous strong individuals among the fish people, and there are as many as six Grandmaster-level existences. Although it may not seem like much, this sea world is merely a mid-realm, and for the beings within, reaching the Grandmaster level is already their limit.
"This race is much more prosperous than the dwarves in the underground world..."
Chen Mu is also observing this world's fish people.
In his mind, he compares them to the dwarves.
Two hundred world years ago, he had intervened in the development of the dwarves, bestowing upon them more profound cultivation methods, which greatly accelerated their progress.
Eventually, about a hundred world years ago, or about a thousand years after Chen Mu's intervention, the first Grandmaster-level existence was born among the dwarves, and they truly became the strongest in that world.
After several dozen more world years, they completely ruled over the underground world.
In comparison, the fish people have developed faster, not because they are more intelligent than the dwarves, but simply because this sea world has existed for a longer time than the underground world.
"In the end, the most spiritually advanced race will rule over a world if it has existed for a long enough time."
Chen Mu speaks to himself.
In various worlds, the birth of life is like random sowing, giving rise to all kinds of strange and wondrous creatures. Among them, there are always some that, by chance, are born with extremely high spirituality.
These highly spiritual beings tend to resemble the human race, and as long as they don't meet an untimely end, even if they are initially weak, they can become the rulers of their world after experiencing a long period of time.
"From the phenomenon, it seems that the development of life is a process of gradually adapting to the world. But in essence, life and the world are of the same level. No matter what kind of world it is, as long as there exists the 'Mystery of Life', life will definitely be born!"
During the long two hundred world years, Chen Mu has not only studied the lifeforms of the underground world.
He has explored at least a dozen mid-realms and hundreds of minor realms. Each different world and lifeform brings him unique insights, allowing him to continuously accumulate knowledge in his understanding of the mystery of life.
He has even created more than one Divine Power Incarnation, dispersing them into various worlds to improve the efficiency of his understanding of the mystery of life. However, this method still has some limitations, and there is no way to infinitely create Divine Power Incarnations.
After all, to safely observe and study different worlds from the void, one must possess the power of the Divine Realm, at least reaching the First Heaven. A First Heaven Divine Power Incarnation would not significantly impact Chen Mu's current strength, but creating dozens of them is not feasible.
Creating two or three would be manageable without affecting the strength of the main body, but creating dozens would undoubtedly weaken the Divine Power Incarnation's strength, possibly even dropping it below the Fourth Heaven level.
Currently, Chen Mu can create up to three Second Heaven Incarnations without affecting his main body. This is equivalent to nine First Heaven Incarnations.
He has one Second Heaven Incarnation permanently stationed at the Vangu Palace, while six First Heaven Incarnations are exploring and researching various worlds.
Today, Chen Mu's true self arrived at this oceanic world, observing the creatures within. He gained a vague insight, feeling that his understanding of the Life Mystery had deepened significantly.
However, as Chen Mu recovered from his immersive enlightenment, recalling his previous comprehension and insights into the Life Mystery, he didn't show any signs of joy. Instead, he merely shook his head slightly.
"Still too shallow!"
After two hundred World Years of contemplation, he had even gained some sudden realizations due to his accumulated experiences. But what he had grasped was only a tiny fraction of the vast and intricate Life Mystery. Compared to the entirety of it, his current understanding barely scratched the surface, perhaps only reaching one percent or even less.
In other words, after spending two hundred World Years on the path of understanding the Life Mystery, he had only comprehended about one percent of it. And to fully grasp the entire Life Mystery, the journey would undoubtedly become more challenging as he delved deeper.
At his usual pace of enlightenment, it might take an entire Era to completely master the Life Mystery.
"Too long," Chen Mu shook his head.
It was worth noting that Chen Mu possessed a perfect divine body, capable of dividing his thoughts into thirty-six thousand strands. This gave him a significant advantage in comprehending the Primordial Dao compared to ordinary Divine Realm cultivators. Yet, even with his capabilities, it would still take an Era to fully grasp a fundamental mystery.
No wonder those with shallow foundations in the Divine Realm often struggled to reach the Fourth Level. Their weak divine energy bases limited their thought divisions to only three thousand six hundred strands, creating an immense gap between them and Chen Mu in terms of understanding the Dao. Furthermore, even if they managed to grasp a fundamental mystery, their cultivation would still fall short of the Fourth Level due to their inadequate foundations.
Chen Mu had no intention of spending such a long time to comprehend the Life Mystery.
Although he was curious to see if he could gradually unravel an entire mystery through his own insights, after comprehending about one percent of it, he could already foresee the arduous journey ahead. It would merely require more time, accumulating more insights, and eventually integrating them all. At least, for now, he faced no bottlenecks in this process.
"System," Chen Mu summoned the system panel with a thought.
He navigated through the panel to the branch of Creation Dao, one of the sub-branches of the Primordial Dao.
Life
Experience: 10,000 points
"As expected, it's enough," Chen Mu finally showed a hint of satisfaction upon seeing the data on the system panel.
After two hundred World Years of effort, and with his own comprehension of the Life Mystery reaching nearly one percent, the system panel finally displayed a total of ten thousand points of experience in the Life Mystery.
Chen Mu checked his progress in understanding the other fundamental mysteries.
Among them, he had accumulated the most experience in Spirituality, a whopping four thousand points.
As for Creation, Cause and Effect, and Various Forms, the experience points were significantly lower, only a few hundred each.
"It's about time," Chen Mu thought as he quietly left the oceanic world, his figure soon disappearing into the void.
Meanwhile, in a secluded space within the Vangu Palace, on a massive floating landmass, Chen Mu's Divine Power Incarnation set down his teacup and smiled at a humanoid being covered in a metallic sheen. "This Spirit Tea is excellent. It must be quite valuable, and I'm grateful for your hospitality, Brother Yu Ji."
Yu Ji, resembling a metallic puppet, responded with a faint smile. "It's just a drop in the bucket, no need to mention it."
Chen Mu stood up and said, "Well, Brother Yu Ji, I won't disturb you any further."
Yu Ji rose to see him off.
Chen Mu soon departed from the floating continent and Yu Ji's private realm, returning to his own independent space. He made his way to the center of the tiny landmass, only a mere hundred zhang in size.
While Chen Mu's true self was contemplating and studying the Life Mystery, his Divine Power Incarnation in the Vangu Palace was not idle either. It often ventured out to observe the creatures and the Vangu World itself.
During these two hundred years, numerous Divine Realm cultivators had also visited Chen Mu, seeking to establish connections with him.
Chen Mu was open to meeting other Divine Realm cultivators, as he had only gained a preliminary understanding of the Vangu Void and its surrounding areas. By interacting with these cultivators, he could broaden his knowledge and gain more insights into the boundless Void.
Therefore, he welcomed conversations with cultivators from the Sixth Level, Fourth and Fifth Levels, or even the Second and Third Levels. Among them was Yu Ji, a powerful cultivator at the peak of the Fifth Level.
(End of Chapter)
In this chapter, Chen Mu is invited to a fellow cultivator's abode, where he is asked to discuss a task and potentially join forces. However, Chen Mu politely declines, as he is currently focused on other priorities.
Swish!
Seated cross-legged on his stone platform, Chen Mu waves his sleeve, sealing off his independent space from external signals and disturbances. He is about to use the system panel to comprehend the complete Life Mystery, setting aside all other matters. This is a significant breakthrough for him, as it will be the first Fundamental Mystery he will grasp, a step from nothingness to creation.
...
Great Xuan World.
High in the Heavensky, two figures stand facing each other.
One wears a deep purple skirt, the other a light yellow robe, both appearing youthful yet exuding powerful auras that cause the nearby world barrier to crack, forming dark fissures.
Their features bear a slight resemblance, but not strikingly so. Both possess breathtaking beauty, and in their hands, they hold top-tier Spirit Swords.
"Be careful, little sister!" The woman in light yellow exclaims, raising her sword with a serious expression before thrusting it forward.
In an instant, a majestic sword aura tears through the world barrier, creating a black crack over a hundred zhang long in the Heavensky, aiming for the woman in deep purple.
Smiling, the woman in deep purple meets the attack with her own sword, unafraid.
Boom!!
The clash of their sword lights causes a large section of the world barrier to collapse.
In this exchange, both women display strength equivalent to the Fourth Rank Divine level!
The combatants are none other than Chen Yue and Chen Yao.
Two hundred eras have passed in the Great Xuan World, equivalent to two thousand years. Over this long period, Chen Mu, the Domain Lord, has become a legendary figure in the Great Xuan World. His sister, Chen Yue, and Chen Yao have also become renowned sword immortals, achieving Celestial status over a thousand years ago, and their strength has now reached the Fourth Rank Divine level.
With their solid foundations, Chen Mu could have easily taken some of the world's origin sources to create Divine Bodies for them. However, he prefers that they break through to the Divine Realm through their own abilities. He provides them with abundant resources and the best Martial Dao Practice Methods he has developed.
The Great Xuan World has undergone tremendous changes in the past two thousand years.
There are now over a thousand Blood Transformation Realm cultivators, and the number of Celestial experts has exceeded a hundred. Some of these experts have even reached the Third Rank Divine level, surpassing the strength of the Martial Emperor, Ji Hao, who founded the Great Xuan Dynasty. There are others like this, not to mention Chen Yue and Chen Yao, who have reached the Fourth Rank Divine level under Chen Mu's careful cultivation.
The Great Xuan World itself has also grown stronger during these two millennia. In the past, Blood Transformation Realm cultivators could create 'Spatial Rifts,' and Celestial experts could tear the world barrier, forming black 'Void Rifts.' But this is no longer the case.
Even when Blood Transformation Realm cultivators fight with all their might, they cannot break the world barrier.
At least Third Rank Divine strength is required to rupture the world barrier, creating white cracks. Only Fourth Rank Divine power can completely tear it apart, forming black fissures.
Currently, the Great Xuan World has reached its peak, with around two to three thousand Blood Transformation Realm cultivators and one to two hundred Celestial experts, the maximum this world can support.
Further growth is now solely dependent on Chen Mu, the Domain Lord. The stronger he becomes, the more robust the Great Xuan World will be.
At this moment, Chen Mu's Interface Clone observes Chen Yue and Chen Yao's sparring from a distance in the void.
After watching for a while, Chen Mu's figure fades, and he disappears from his original location, reappearing at the bottom of the Earth Abyss in the Great Xuan World. He sits cross-legged on a broken floating landmass.
In the next instant, all his Incarnations and clones' consciousnesses converge, and the system panel appears before Chen Mu's eyes.
(End)
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