Chapter 604: The Limits of the Sixth Heaven!
Chapter 604: The Limits of the Sixth Heaven!
"Let's begin."
Chen Mu focused his mind, calming all distractions.
The next step in his enlightenment was to comprehend the final mystery of the Creation Lineage—the Cause and Effect Mystery. Once he grasped the essence of cause and effect, he would master all the mysteries of the Creation Lineage and truly understand its complete foundation!
Even with a thorough understanding of the foundation, the distance to complete mastery over the entire Creation Great Dao remained as vast as a chasm. But grasping the complete Dao was like building a tower—without a solid foundation, it was impossible to construct a tower in the sky.
Vibrant energy surged as Chen Mu's thoughts stirred, and a beam of golden light flashed across the system panel.
All the text disappeared, replaced by a thread that stretched out before Chen Mu's eyes, gradually expanding until it filled his entire field of vision!
The Causal Thread!
As the sovereign of the Great Xuan World, Chen Mu could perceive the causal threads of the beings within his world, but his perception was limited to the Great Xuan World.
His divine power incarnation in the Vangu Palace couldn't discern the causal connections of the beings in the Vangu World.
This was due to both his insufficient understanding and the unique nature of the Vangu World, which was created by the Vangu Divine Lord and inherently isolated from external causal scrutiny.
The causal thread Chen Mu now beheld was beyond description in its grandeur and vastness. It was not just a single thread but an amalgamation of countless threads, encompassing boundless universes, representing the origin and end of all things!
Chen Mu gazed upon this thread, feeling a sense of awe.
Even at his current level, experiencing the complete Cause and Effect Mystery, he still felt like an insignificant ant.
For the multitude of beings, even if they thoroughly grasped the Cause and Effect Mystery, they could only barely harness and manipulate a minuscule portion of causal power. To truly influence the cause and effect of the boundless universes and become the cause of all fruits was still a distant dream, just as mastering the Life Mystery didn't mean one could decide the life and death of countless beings in the vast universe with a single thought.
The five fundamental mysteries, as part of the Creation Great Dao, were the very foundation of the infinite universes.
"Hmm, this is..."
Chen Mu carefully observed the seemingly infinite causal thread, feeling like a thirsty scholar studying the path to enlightenment composed of countless pieces of knowledge. As he focused his attention, he suddenly felt a flicker in his vision.
The thread that connected the past and the future, linking all realms, had somehow bent, forming a peculiar loop, with no discernible beginning or end.
The Causal Loop!
Chen Mu's heart skipped a beat. Just as he was about to continue observing, the thread straightened again, returning to its original form, a long thread connecting the past and the future.
But when he refocused, he saw the thread transform once more into a loop, with no clear beginning or end. The causal thread and loop seemed to overlap in his vision.
Chen Mu knew this wasn't an illusion; it was the most authentic representation of the Cause and Effect Mystery presented by the system panel.
"Cause and effect, both a thread and a loop?"
Chen Mu muttered to himself.
Why was this so? According to the river of time, the infinite universes must have been born at some point in the infinite past, and it was from that moment that cause and effect began. As time flowed, the causal thread formed, connecting the origin and end of the universes.
The causal thread should have connected the past, present, and future, linking the origin and end of the infinite universes.
But why did it appear as a loop with no beginning or end, where everything was interconnected, making it impossible to distinguish the origin from the end?
No.
Perhaps the origin was the end, and the end was the origin.
From the perspective of cause and effect, there was no concept of time, no concept of years, and no concept of space. It wasn't like a flowing river from the past to the present, where everything was a series of distinct fragments, overlapping and intertwined.
That was it!
Chen Mu suddenly understood.
He recalled the Demon General he had encountered, whose use of cause and effect had seemed bizarre.
The Demon General's techniques, centered on cause and effect, didn't need to directly target him. Even if the attack was directed at empty space, all the power would eventually explode upon Chen Mu.
Cause and effect operated without regard for time or space. Following the thread would inevitably lead to the intended target, even if they were at the ends of the earth, as power could traverse the causal connections.
Without the constraints of time and space, cause and effect could manifest in countless forms—as a thread, a loop, or any other shape.
Understanding this,
In that instant, Chen Mu saw the causal thread transform once more.
This time, the causal thread was no longer limited to a line or a loop but appeared in his vision as countless points of light, like a brilliant starry sky stretching across the infinite universes.
"This is cause and effect..."
Chen Mu marveled at the dazzling sight, whispering to himself. It seemed like the most beautiful scene in the world.
He had witnessed this spectacle four times before, and this was the fifth. He had seen the Life Mystery, symbolizing the splendor and vibrancy of life, the Ten Thousand Spirits Mystery, representing the essence of countless beings, and the Universe Manifestations, ever-changing and colorful like a kaleidoscope.
This time, he beheld the cause of all beings and the fruit of all things, a myriad of transformations, the fundamental rule of the existence of the infinite universes.
...
Time flowed like water, and the years passed by.
Hundreds of world years flashed by in an instant.
Chen Mu sat in the void, immersing himself in the Cause and Effect Mystery, which reflected the entire universe.
Only when the creatures from the Dark Abyss emerged would he pause his enlightenment to eliminate them, before returning to the void to continue his contemplation.
The Cause and Effect Mystery was indeed dazzling and colorful, but it was also more intricate and challenging to comprehend than the other mysteries.
After five hundred world years,
Chen Mu finally exhaled, awakening from his contemplation, feeling that he had completely grasped the Cause and Effect Mystery. The causal thread that had reflected the entire universe gradually faded from his vision as his understanding deepened.
"Cause and effect!"
Chen Mu ignored the fading causal thread in his vision. He slowly raised his hand, and in his palm, a mysterious power emerged, indescribable and incomprehensible.
This is the power of Causal Power!
At this moment, he could see all the causes and effects connected to him, and these causes and effects appeared as lines, some faint and weak, looking extremely dim as if they would dissipate at any moment. Others were extremely bright and seemed unshakable.
Among these unshakable causal threads, there were connections with Jianmu Divine Lord and Vanggu Divine Lord, two Divine Lords, giving Chen Mu a sense of profound weight and immovability.
The remaining threads stretched endlessly.
Chen Mu could sense that he could use these threads to directly unleash his power!
This burst of power disregarded spatial distance and temporal scale. With a single thought, the only thing affecting its might was the causal thread itself. The more entangled the cause and effect, the stronger the power he could exert through it.
"These causal threads..."
Among the numerous causal threads surrounding him, Chen Mu quickly found the ones related to the Demon Race.
Within these, he clearly identified the causal threads of Meng, Wang, and Hui, three Demons of the Divine Realm. These three Demons had invaded the Great Xuan World and had been killed by him, but they had left Divine Power Incarnations in the Ancestral Demon World. At that time, Chen Mu's strength was far from enough to affect their Incarnations across the void, so they were still alive.
"Invading the Great Xuan World and attempting to kill me, this cause and effect is heavy enough. If I burst out a strike through this causal thread now, as long as their strength hasn't reached the Fourth Heaven, even if they're in the Ancestral Demon World, they'll undoubtedly die!"
Chen Mu's eyes flashed with a faint glow.
This wasn't an illusion.
Now that he had mastered the Life Mystery, the five fundamental mysteries of the Creation Lineage were all cultivated, greatly enhancing his control and mastery over Creation Power. He had taken a significant step, reaching the limit of the Sixth Heaven! With his current strength, although he couldn't challenge a Divine Lord yet, he was truly approaching the threshold of the Seventh Heaven.
Meng, Wang, and Hui, these three Demons of the Divine Realm, had attempted to invade the Great Xuan World and kill him, creating an extremely heavy cause and effect. A burst of power through such heavy causal threads would be devastating. Unless these three received protection from a Divine Lord, they would be annihilated in an instant, utterly destroyed.
If his strength reached the Seventh Heaven, becoming a Divine Lord, then using cause and effect to attack enemies across the void would be even more effective. Even those at the Fourth and Fifth Heavens of the Divine Realm would struggle to resist. Only those who had reached the Sixth Heaven could barely withstand it.
However, Chen Mu looked at these three causal threads with cold eyes, but in the end, he didn't take action against them.
Although he could now kill these three Demons of the Divine Realm, if he acted, the Demon Race would surely notice. While he had gained a bit of confidence to face a Divine Lord, it was still limited.
Why are the Seventh Heaven Divine Lords so powerful?
Why is there such an immense gap between them and the Sixth Heaven, like an uncrossable chasm?
It's because they have mastered almost all the powers of the Sixth Heaven!
Some of them have cultivated all fifteen mysteries of the three Great Daos—Creation, Void, and Time—and even learned many Divine Lord-level techniques. Their Divine Power is incredibly formidable, almost reaching the threshold of the Seventh Heaven.
But,
The Divine Lords have done the same!
Perhaps some Divine Lords, in their early stages, only mastered the five mysteries of a single lineage. They might have understood Mystery Fusion and stepped into the Seventh Heaven, but their lifespan is infinite. After entering the Seventh Heaven, their strength and insight increase significantly, allowing them to cultivate all the fundamental mysteries of the Primordial Daos and other lineages with ease.
Therefore, for most of the Sixth Heaven's powerhouses, their solid foundation, which allows them to approach the threshold of the Seventh Heaven, is merely the basic requirement for a Divine Lord. On this foundation, Divine Lords master Mystery Fusion and truly cultivate a Divine Lord-level technique, creating a natural gap in strength that is as vast as the sky.
"Is this causal thread Menggui?"
Chen Mu quickly identified another causal thread, a Demon of the Divine Realm he was very familiar with—Menggui Demon General, who had fought a fierce battle with him. The Demon General's strength had already reached the peak of the Fourth Heaven.
Chen Mu only glanced at the thread a few times before setting it aside.
Menggui, at the peak of the Fourth Heaven, would be extremely difficult for Chen Mu to kill through the causal thread with his current strength. Furthermore, Menggui also mastered the Life Mystery, which could further weaken the power transmitted through the thread.
"Where there is a cause, there must be an effect. Invading my world is the cause, and death is the only effect."
Chen Mu muttered to himself, gazing into the distant Dark Abyss.
He had always been calm and steady, even when he was a weak martial artist. Even now, capable of killing Demons like Meng and Wang across the void, he wouldn't take action at this moment.
The limit of the Sixth Heaven is incredibly strong, almost invincible below the Divine Lord. Even a Sixth Heaven powerhouse like Wing King couldn't withstand him and would be destroyed by Chen Mu's Divine Power.
But it is also weak because it still can't defeat a true Seventh Heaven Divine Lord.
Only by stepping into the Seventh Heaven will he truly be like a fish returning to the sea.
At that time, all the Demons who had invaded the Great Xuan World would be unable to escape. With a burst of power through the causal threads, even Menggui Demon General would instantly die!"
There's no rush.
The threshold of the Seventh Heaven is not far away. In less than ten thousand world years since he entered the Divine Realm, his strength has reached the limit of the Sixth Heaven.
"Mystery Fusion..."
Chen Mu's mind focused on the Life and Ten Thousand Spirits Mysteries.
At this moment, he felt his thoughts becoming exceptionally clear. Originally, the concept of Mystery Fusion seemed obscure and challenging, but now he felt a surge of insight and understanding.
"Indeed, understanding Cause and Effect and thoroughly grasping all the fundamental mysteries of Creation is a completely different state. This is the foundation, and only with this foundation can one truly understand Mystery Fusion."
After grasping the five fundamental mysteries, contemplating Mystery Fusion became much clearer. With the Dark Abyss as a reference, merging the Life and Ten Thousand Spirits Mysteries should be effortless!
(End of Chapter)
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