With a loud boom, Ding Meng's head hurt again. The amount of information contained in this telepathic message was so large that he almost failed to receive it. However, he still saw it. In the void, a huge explosion occurred that exceeded the knowledge of all life forms. It was an explosion that could not be described with words because it was just the explosion of a singularity, and then everything was born.
Space, time, matter, energy, particles, light waves, dimensions …
Molecules, cells, life, planets, star fields, galaxies, clusters of galaxies …
This was the process of the birth of the universe. It was wonderful, spectacular, and glorious, and it ended in a short moment.
However, after the explosion, the original infinitely small, infinitely dense, and infinitely hot "singularity" no longer existed. It was replaced by a dancing golden butterfly. It was so small that it could not be seen with the naked eye.
However, when he saw the shape of this butterfly, Ding Meng immediately thought of the Lord's Mark on his forehead. The two were exactly the same. Could there be some special connection between the two?
According to the Dragon King's telepathic message, the butterfly's name was the Holy Butterfly. The Holy Butterfly came from the Sanctum. Its predecessor was the Big Bang singularity. After the explosion, it became the highest law of the universe.
The Holy Butterfly wandered aimlessly in the universe. It moved at an unimaginable speed. From time to time, it would flash and cross an extremely long distance. It was as if it could appear in any corner of the universe at will.
The Holy Butterfly was not interested in most things in the universe. It seemed to only love every life form that was born. Ding Meng also saw that the Holy Butterfly stopped at a primitive planet during one of its travels. It lodged in the body of an algae organism. However, the life of the algae organism was very short. It died not long after, and the Holy Butterfly left alone.
After that, the Holy Butterfly wandered around and lodged in all kinds of life forms. These life forms were all cellular organisms. Their lives were very short. As they died, the Holy Butterfly continued to lodge and leave. The Holy Butterfly seemed to be looking for a perfect host to merge with.
The Holy Butterfly's search for a host took 11 billion years. During this time, the universe kept expanding. Life forms also kept evolving and mutating: prokaryotic organisms, eukaryotic organisms, marine organisms, fish, birds, reptiles, amphibians …
Later on, Ding Meng found that the Holy Butterfly had not only merged with carbon-based life forms, but also energy life forms, electromagnetic life forms, tidal life forms, consciousness life forms, and many other life forms that Ding Meng could not name or even imagine.
These events had some rules and characteristics. First, most life forms could not sense the existence of the Holy Butterfly. Second, the Holy Butterfly could merge with anyone it wanted. It would not violate the will of the life form, nor would it cause any harm. Third, once the host died, the Holy Butterfly would automatically leave. No one could force it to stay.
Finally, there was a very terrifying point. In the long river of time, the Saint Butterfly had chosen hundreds of millions of hosts. These hosts had all died due to various reasons, but their memories were not lost, as they were all preserved by the Saint Butterfly. And these memories were not completely useless, because the more memories one had, the more information one could gather. Thus, the Saint Butterfly carried with it a large amount of complex and profound knowledge. No matter which intelligent creature obtained it, they would be able to make good use of it and become stronger, especially when it came to cultivation.
As the Holy Butterfly continued to merge and separate, the universe gave birth to one powerhouse after another. Generations of more powerful intelligent life forms appeared, writing magnificent chapters after magnificent chapters. However, the Holy Butterfly was still traveling and searching. It seemed to be looking for the most suitable host. This host's code name was "The Chosen One".
In the end, it found a perfect host. This was an Ai Ji planet. His name was Heaven Ascending King!
Not only did Ling Tian perfectly merge with the Holy Butterfly, but Ling Tian was also one of the few life forms that could sense the Holy Butterfly's true existence.
Heaven Ascending King was very ambitious. Not only did he want to become the top king of the universe, but he also pursued eternal life. This was because he wanted to control the Holy Butterfly forever and become the creator of the universe. Everything in this world would be created according to his will.
Unfortunately, his wisdom and bravery were trapped. In the end, he was buried by his own arrogance, complacency, and greed for beauty. The worst thing was that Queen Ming Yan also learned about the existence of the Holy Butterfly, which was why there was the Holy Temple.
The Holy Temple was the singularity of this universe. Whoever found the Holy Temple would be able to control the Holy Butterfly. If one truly merged with the Holy Butterfly, they would definitely be invincible among invincibles. They would have everything they could think of, even if they could not think of …
The Dragon King suddenly explained, "I was chosen as the guardian of the Holy Temple hundreds of thousands of years ago. I also received the decree of the Holy Temple more than 40 years ago. Many Chosen Ones were born at the same time. The Holy Temple did not say who they were, but it revealed an important piece of information. This Chosen One was a human. He could eventually enter the Holy Temple and resolve all crises. Combining all kinds of information, this Chosen One should be you, Ding Meng!"
Seeing and hearing this, Ding Meng roughly understood. The so-called crisis was Queen Ming Yan and Demon Lord Xie Yu. They were so strong that even the Holy Butterfly seemed to be afraid of them.
"Why was I chosen as the Chosen One?" Ding Meng could not help but ask.
The Dragon King shook his head. "I don't know. The will of the Creator is not something I can guess."
"Alright!"
Ding Meng sighed helplessly. "Even if I came to the Holy Temple, it seems that I can't do anything. It's difficult to even move forward now."
The Dragon King said, "This real space-time tunnel allows you to return to the past. It doesn't allow you to change the past, but it allows you to make a new choice. Choice is always more important than change."
Ding Meng could not understand this.
The Dragon King explained, "I don't mind telling you that Ming Yan and Xie Yu are also in this tunnel. They also have to go back to the past and make a choice. The end of the tunnel is where the real singularity is. It depends on who can reach it first. I personally prefer you to be able to fuse with the singularity. If you must ask why, I can only say that I don't want this universe to become a dark world or a land of demons."
As soon as the Dragon King finished speaking, the surrounding environment changed again. Ding Meng had traveled to another space-time.
What appeared in front of him was a huge helipad with a Songqing spaceship parked on it. Just by looking at the situation, one wouldn't be able to see anything out of the ordinary. However, under the escalator connecting the spaceship to the cabin, there was a short and pretty girl in sportswear looking around.
Ding Meng recognized this person. She was the female doctor who worked for the leader of the Hidden Front, Lin Fei, on Planet No.5.
Ding Meng suddenly realized that this place was the Hidden Front's space station. At this time, he should have flown to Planet No.5. He left the doctor and Guan Lin in the space station. In the end, they were all killed. This was Ding Meng's greatest regret.
Thinking of this, Ding Meng strode forward. "Doctor, what are you doing?"
The doctor was shocked. "So it's you, Ding Meng. Why didn't you go to Planet No.5.?"
Ding Meng really wanted to say that if he really went there, both the doctor and Miss Guan would die here. However, now was not the time to explain.
Ding Meng reached out and pulled her over. "Doctor, if you want to escape on this Songqing spaceship, I don't think you need to."
"Why?" The doctor was a little nervous.
Ding Meng sighed. "There are some things that you can't escape from. The more you want to escape, the more you have to face them."
As he said this, Ding Meng had already pulled her into the space station's command center. In the empty hall, General Gong Ping, dressed as an instructor, was standing in front of the big screen.
Ding Meng secretly checked the situation in his body. He was still at the warlord level at this stage. He was about the same level as Gong Ping.
However, when Gong Ping turned around, there was another person in his hand. It was Guan Lin, her hair disheveled and her body covered in blood.
"You didn't go to Planet No.5. You still have the guts to come back?" Gong Ping sneered.
Ding Meng couldn't be bothered to talk nonsense with him. "Let Miss Guan go!"
Gong Ping said arrogantly, "She's my woman. Do you think you can let her go just because you want to?"
Ding Meng took a deep breath. "Stop pretending, General Gong Ping. You're the head puppet of the Hidden Front."
Gong Ping was a little surprised. He didn't expect Ding Meng to know about his multiple identities.
"Since you like Miss Guan so much, I'll return her to you and let you two be a pair of lovebirds." Gong Ping really surprised Ding Meng. He reached out and threw the trembling Guan Lin over.
Ding Meng had promised to bring Guan Lin back to Long Lin. Even though he knew that Long Lin would later become the real head of the Hidden Front, General Henning of the Demons, he still wanted to take Guan Lin away without hesitation. This was because this was what he had promised, and it was Ding Meng's style to keep his promises.
It was also at this moment that Ding Meng finally understood the Dragon King's explanation. Choice was always more important than change!
Returning to the past was indeed not for you to change history. It was about whether you could stick to your original intentions …
"Watch out!" The Doctor beside him shouted.
Ding Meng suddenly realized that Guan Lin was falling straight toward him. At the same time, Gong Ping also leaped high into the air. He raised his palm and pressed down with a fierce force.
Ding Meng now had two choices in front of him. One was to catch Guan Lin, and the other was to face the enemy head-on.
"Don't even think about it!" Ding Meng reached out to catch Guan Lin, then quickly turned around and activated the Crown Shield.
With a boom, a large area of the control panel was immediately reduced to ashes. The Crown Shield was also smashed to pieces by the palm.
Ding Meng staggered a few steps back, and a large amount of blood spurted out of his mouth. He should not have been able to take this blow head-on, but Gong Ping's palm was extremely powerful, and coupled with the penetrating power of the Demons, Ding Meng immediately realized that the origin energy in his body was in chaos.
However, when he steadied himself, his heart sank again. This was because he found that the Doctor beside him had already collapsed. The Doctor lay quietly in a pool of blood. Her eyes were wide open, as if she had seen something extremely terrifying. However, there was a look of sorrow in her eyes. Before she died, she seemed to be asking, "Why did you kill a defenseless little girl like me?"
Ding Meng realized that he had made the same mistake. He could withstand Gong Ping's sneak attack, but the Doctor was just an ordinary origin energy warrior. How could she withstand the aftermath of the other party's palm strike?