Half a year later, the ancient god walked out of the universe and welcomed everyone's gazes. His entire state had changed. He had become sharper and more oppressive.
Jia Lan Zhiluo praised, "Da Qiang, the current you is the one I remember."
Chu Yi laughed. "Congratulations, Da Qiang. You're the first one among us to break through to the Eternal Life Realm, even earlier than Master."
Patriarch Lu Yuan said disdainfully, "But don't be too smug. We'll catch up soon."
The Ancient God said, "I'm not the first."
Everyone was shocked.
Lu Yin looked at the Ancient God, and the Grim Reaper and Fate appeared in his mind.
"No one knows what happened to Chu Heizi and Niu Niu. One faked her death and disappeared, while the other disappeared directly. Judging by the time, they might have already reached the Eternal Life Realm," the Ancient God said.
Chu Yi frowned. "That might not be the case for Niuniu. If she was at the Eternal Stage, she would have long been able to decide everything in the Tian Yuan Universe. She wouldn't have allowed Grandmaster Grass to do as he pleased." With that said, he did not say anything else.
Lu Yin didn't know where the Grim Reaper was, but fate had left them a backup plan that wasn't in the Tian Yuan Universe.
This wasn't the only factor that determined whether fate could break through to eternal life, because there was still an unknown Keeper of Balance in the Tian Yuan Universe. The Keeper of Balance's existence was enough to make everyone apprehensive.
It wasn't just one Grass Master.
"Let's go. Senior's breakthrough to immortality is a great fortune for the human race. It's time for us to announce this news to the world," Lu Yin said. He was in a good mood.
Soon, the entire human civilization was in an uproar.
The breakthrough of the Ancient Gods to eternal life brought great encouragement to the human civilization.
After all, they had been attacked by the immortal plume, sealed by the Green Lotus Protector, and died for eternity. This had cast a shadow over many people's heads, but the breakthrough of the Ancient God had diluted this shadow.
Especially with the promotion of Battle Qi, countless people saw the hope of breaking through to the Immortal Realm.
Transforming Battle Qi into Life Qi could be the key to breaking through to the Immortal Realm. After so many years, the human civilization had finally ushered in the opportunity to break through to the Immortal Realm.
No matter how difficult this method was, it was better than having no hope.
Suddenly, the entire human civilization was in an uproar as countless people searched for ways to cultivate Battle Qi.
Compared to the excitement of the cultivators, Shangyu and the others in the Blood Tower were much calmer. "We have always believed that breaking through to the Eternal Life Realm is limited by the era. If someone can break through in this era, there won't be a second person who can succeed. That's why there are so many geniuses sleeping in the Junior Imperial Tower."
"Now that I think about it, we were worrying too much."
The most talented genius of the Nine Clouds Universe was sleeping in the Young Imperial Building. The reason why he was sleeping was because someone was breaking through to the Eternal Life Realm in the current era.
For example, in this era, Master Ku Deng was the reason why the Shaoyu Pavilion fell into a deep slumber.
However, whether or not an era could break through to the Eternal Life Realm at the same time did not depend on this point. The Eternal Life Realm did not have the restrictions of an era. If there was a restriction, it was the method and path.
To break through to immortality, one had to rely on oneself and luck. Neither could be missing.
Blood Tower Shang Yu and the others were right. Luck was something that no one could say for sure.
Perhaps someone in this generation had used up all their luck to break through to eternal life, causing others to be unable to succeed.
Lu Yin had seen luck with his own eyes, and Qianshu was still in Mount Supreme, so he had no choice but to believe it.
"Senior Ancient God isn't considered someone from this era. His existence is much more ancient, and he's been around for a long time," Lu Yin explained.
Jingmen Shangyu looked at the Ancient God. "Congratulations."
Mister Mu laughed loudly.
Ba Yue sized up the Ancient God in amazement. Although this person had just broken through,
However, the pressure he brought her indicated that he was definitely not a weakling.
The joy brought about by the Ancient God's breakthrough only subsided after more than half a month. At that moment, Lu Yin stepped onto the path of searching for civilizations.
Over the years, Ancestor Lu Yuan and the others had drawn the star chart and discovered civilizations. He needed to search for the Mother Tree and absorb the green dots if possible.
He had once left the Heaven's Origin Universe, but he had never thought that the three universes were actually so close to each other. The distance between the three universes was so unfathomable that a star chart could be drawn.
Lu Yin did not know how big the black star chart was.
A light drizzle fell from the gloomy sky, and thick dark clouds pressed down on the world, causing people's hearts to feel heavy. Thunder boomed from time to time, but this world seemed to have long since gotten used to it. Even if lightning struck down vertically and shattered a mountain peak, it did not cause much of a commotion.
The Mother Tree was already riddled with holes, and there were huge traces of ropes binding it. In reality, ropes were indeed tied to the Mother Tree's trunk. There was not just one rope, but countless. On the other end of the rope was something that looked like a millstone. The millstone pulled the rope and slowly circled around the Mother Tree.
The millstone's rotation speed was very slow compared to the Mother Tree's, but it took the lifeforms an entire lifetime to push the millstone. The lifeforms' cultivations varied, and the amount of strength and time they could push the millstone was different.
The stronger lifeforms could push harder and for longer, while the weaker ones would die after pushing for an entire lifetime. Most lifeforms could not even complete a single round around the Mother Tree. With the Mother Tree's size and the length of the rope, a single round would take most lifeforms an entire lifetime.
This was a cosmic civilization, and it could be considered one of the strangest ones Lu Yin had ever seen. Why did they need to push millstones?
Lu Yin looked into the distance and saw that there were hundreds of millstones of various sizes that were being pushed by all the lifeforms in this universe, regardless of whether they were intelligent or not.
Many lifeforms would even commit suicide in despair if they could no longer push a millstone.
Lu Yin did not understand, as he had come to absorb the Mother Tree's green dots. If he did that, the Mother Tree would turn to dust, and those ropes would have nothing to bind around. This would completely destroy the ecology of this universe.
Lu Yin did not care about this, as even if he had to restart this universe, he could still remain calm. There were white and black walls in his heart, and he was not a benevolent person. He was just a lifeform struggling within the boundaries of this universe, and his influence on it was very small.
It was not his place to be benevolent.
However, he wanted to see this universe clearly, as he felt that something was wrong.
After some time, Lu Yin was able to clearly see that this universe had a long history of pushing millstones. Tracing back to its roots, all the lifeforms in this universe obeyed God's commands.
It was God who had told them to push the millstones and maintain the universe's rotation. God had told them that if the millstones stopped, the entire universe would collapse, and all of them would die. God had given them life and allowed the millstones to maintain the universe's basic rotation, which was why they needed to constantly push the millstones.
The lifeforms that could not push the millstones had committed suicide for two reasons. First, they felt ashamed, as there was no meaning in living if they could not push the millstones. Second, they did not want to burden the universe.
The more lifeforms there were in this universe, the more they needed to push the millstones. Thus, all the lifeforms had to push the millstones. If they did not, they would die, or else they would increase the burden of pushing the millstones.
In this universe, the millstones were the fundamental reason for the universe's rotation.
Was it laughable?
A lifeform that called itself God had explained the mysteries of survival in this universe, causing the lifeforms of this universe to firmly believe in him.
It was not laughable.
At the very least, Lu Yin did not find it laughable.
He could clearly see this universe, which was why he knew that God was deliberately toying with these lifeforms. But what if he could not see it clearly?
For example, the Core Distance.
Who would explain to them how the Mind's Distance worked?
Perhaps the reasonable explanation that they knew was a joke or even a joke by some existence.
Words and actions were laughable, but they were all based on a higher level.
Perhaps they were just like these lifeforms, maintaining a laughable behavior. They thought that doing so would allow the universe to continue existing, but in reality, they could not see the truth of the universe.
As he thought about this, the scene that he had seen after cutting down the Immortal Plume Origin Tree appeared in Lu Yin's mind. That incomparably huge mother tree that covered the entire sky, that flowing river, and many more things that he could not see clearly.
He took a deep breath and stopped thinking about it. Right now, Lu Yin was curious about what kind of lifeform this God was. If it could set up a universe, then it had to be at least at the peak of Bitter Adversity.
He continued to investigate the entire universe.
After a period of time, he teleported outside the universe, looked into the distance, and left.
This universe could not be touched for the time being because that God was from the Divine Realm.
Yes, the Divine Realm. It was a name that sounded as ridiculous as pushing a millstone. It was a fishing civilization.
The Divine Realm was the only fishing civilization that the Unknowns had told Lu Yin about. With the three universes as the center, Lu Yin had obtained all the information about this fishing civilization. He had thought that it would be a long time before he could come into contact with this civilization, but he had not expected it to be so soon.
The law of laws was the absolute method of the fishing civilization in the Divine Realm. They believed that all things followed the laws of the universe, and even lifeforms that wanted to break through to the Eternal Realm had to conform to the laws of the universe. Then, was this a law?
By extension, they had created an absolute method, a law of laws. Everything had to conform to the laws of the universe as a law, and they made laws within their own control. This was especially true within their bodies. After reaching the Progenitor realm, they also had a power similar to that of the Ancestral World. They made laws in their Ancestral World so that the lifeforms in the Ancestral World could maintain their own laws. This allowed the laws to continue to expand until they merged with the laws of the universe, achieving a different kind of eternal life.
This method was actually the same as the Ancient God's transformation of life force into the Eternal Realm through battle force.
Under normal circumstances, the Ancient God would have failed, but because the transformation of battle force had ignited the life force in his body, he had successfully stepped into the Eternal Realm. It could be said that there was a result first, and then the process was perfected.
The absolute method of the Divine Realm was the same. First, they used the absolute method to conform to the laws of the universe. Then, they used the laws to drive the Eternal Matter to achieve strength comparable to that of the Eternal Realm. This was a different kind of eternal life.
However, this kind of eternal life was not the true Eternal Realm. It could not make the life force endless, so it was more like a rogue.
It was to conform to the laws of the universe and the Eternal Matter to achieve strength comparable to that of an ordinary Eternal Realm.
Of course, they did not think so. They believed that once they made the laws of operation and merged with the laws of the universe of the universe, they would reach the Eternal Realm. Therefore, there were fifteen Deity Thrones in this universe, and anyone who achieved a different kind of eternal life could ascend to the Deity Thrones.
Fifteen was the highest number of Eternal Realm experts among all the civilizations Lu Yin had seen.
There were not that many of them, but the different kind of eternal life they achieved could indeed compete with ordinary Eternal Realm experts. It was not right to say that they were Eternal Realm experts, because they could not make the life force endless.
However, it was also not accurate to say that they were rogues, because they were also bound by karma.