Simulation of the Heavens: Starting from the Age of Desolation

Chapter 282 A Rapid Advancement
The transformation of his cultivation environment did indeed allow Zhou Yu to progress at a rapid pace.

He secluded himself for over a million eons of cultivation, successively comprehending numerous ultimate paths: the Dao of Spacetime Fusion, the Dao of Matter, the Dao of Boundlessness, the Dao of the World, the Dao of Cause and Effect, the Dao of Life, and the Dao of the Ultimate Point.
Among them, the Spacetime Fusion Dao has reached the semi-primordial level by referencing the bloodlines of a massive number of low-level primordial beings.

Only the path of the soul is stuck at the second level, unable to break through to the ultimate.

Zhou Yu understood that whether one could reach the ultimate level of the Soul Path had nothing to do with external resources anymore; it depended purely on whether one had the comprehension. So he simply stopped worrying about it.

“Over the years, I haven’t tried to explore my own bloodline.” Zhou Yu sensed himself.

His bloodline was bestowed upon him by the Origin Continent, the source world. He had only just broken through to the initial stage of the World-level realm. As he continued to delve deeper into his bloodline, his strength would naturally grow stronger.

"No wonder it is said that almost everyone who reaches the world-level Hunyuan through enlightenment can reach the world-level perfection." Zhou Yu understood this after a slight sense.

The mysteries of the bloodline within him are a complete replica of the supreme rules of the Origin Continent.

That is, the secret of the perfect combination of the nine ultimate paths.

Normally, to refine the origin of the continent, one should at least master five Daos at the second level of the Divine King realm. Once one has mastered these Daos, it will naturally be much easier to explore the mysteries of the combination of various Daos.

As for Zhou Yu?

At this point, he had reached the ultimate level in all nine paths of the Origin Continent, making things even easier.

Wow! Wow! Wow!
Zhou Yu continuously explored his inner potential, and before long, his physical body and soul were nearly a hundred times stronger than before, and his overall strength increased by tens of thousands of times.

"World-class perfection is achieved." Zhou Yu felt very calm.

The mysteries of world-class perfection are actually not that high, not much higher than the spacetime fusion Dao at the semi-primordial level, let alone just the excavation of bloodlines.

"Below the lord level, I have reached the pinnacle in every aspect. The next step is to strive for the lord level," Zhou Yu thought to himself.

The Hunyuan Dao does not exist.

The infinite primordial space contains only one kind of highest-level power, and these highest-level powers are the foundation of the infinite primordial space.

Therefore, Hunyuan Dao needs to be created by itself.

Based on the successful experiences of other lords, the first way to create the Hunyuan Dao is to first comprehend the first Hunyuan spacetime Dao, using the semi-Hunyuan level spacetime fusion Dao as a foundation.

The second method is to perfectly combine many ultimate paths, resulting in a complete qualitative change.

The difficulty of perfectly combining the nine ultimate paths should be even greater than comprehending the nine ultimate paths. If Zhou Yu were still a being within the Origin World, even if he could comprehend the nine ultimate paths, it would not be easy to perfectly combine them, since this would be almost like breaking the law with force.

"The only problem is, Yuan succeeded in this way and created the way of the Hunyuan rules. Can I also create a Hunyuan Dao through this method?" Zhou Yu pondered.

He understood that the Hunyuan Dao was not a fixed entity, but rather something that needed to be created by oneself; what suited Yuan might not necessarily suit him.

“My foundation is actually ‘Array Dao’,” Zhou Yu understood.

Besides the nine ultimate paths from the Origin Continent, he also possesses an ultimate array path.

The path of the primordial is that all ultimate paths are of equal status, and they are perfectly combined to form a primordial operating rule similar to the supreme rule.

Zhou Yu had been pondering a path for a long time, which was centered on "Array Dao" and combined with many other Daos.

The advantage of this path is that it is the most suitable for Zhou Yu, but the disadvantage is that Zhou Yu does not know whether he can succeed.

However, at this point, it's time to choose a path.

"Whether it succeeds or not, what suits you best is the best," Zhou Yu quickly decided.

This wasn't a difficult choice. Even though the Hunyuan Path was very tempting, Zhou Yu still had the Hunyuan Time-Space Path as a backup.

The success rate of the Hunyuan Time-Space Path is very high, because four of the seven existing lords have similar fusion paths.

Zhou Yu believed that as long as the path was correct, he would eventually figure it out with his talent.

Soon, Zhou Yu immersed himself in contemplation again.

Attempting to simultaneously attack two completely different Hunyuan Daos would seem like madness to most people; it's simply impossible.

However, Zhou Yu didn't feel that anything was wrong.

On the one hand, he began to comprehend the bloodlines of many world-class primordial beings that contained the mysteries of time and space, and continuously increased his accumulation in time and space.

On the other hand, he attempted to combine the various Daos he had mastered with the Dao of Array Formation as the core.

The progress on this path was relatively smooth. Zhou Yu combined each ultimate path into the three meridians of matter, energy, and rules, based on their different characteristics.

"I don't have enough resources."

Zhou Yu realized this, and the path he chose was to strengthen the array itself, rather than needing the perfect combination of various arrays.

It has lower requirements in terms of combination, but extremely high requirements in terms of different mysteries.

So Zhou Yu began to comprehend other paths, sending his clones to other source worlds to study them.

The number of Daos does indeed differ in different source worlds.

The fewest, like the Origin Continent, has only nine, while others have more than ten, and some even have dozens.
With Zhou Yu's world-level Chaos Origin ability, he can create countless clones at the Chaos Realm, so his figure is spread across many Origin Worlds.

Of course, this mainly applies to the source world near the origin continent.

For now, the source worlds near the Origin Continent alone are enough.

Zhou Yu doesn't necessarily pursue the ultimate path; the peak of the second level is enough. Of course, achieving the ultimate path would be the best.

This method of cultivation is unimaginable for ordinary cultivators. Even lords, who are not proficient in this path, need a long time to hope to reach the second level.

In other words, Zhou Yu is proficient in all aspects, and his cultivation conditions are exceptionally good, which is why he is able to cultivate so quickly and advance each path to the second level.

Time passed, one millionth century, two millionth century, three millionth century.
Inside the cave in the original place, Zhou Yu split into two. One clone sat cross-legged, quietly comprehending the truth, while the other clone studied and observed a piece of flesh and blood through the cave's own functions.

It was a piece of flesh and blood originating from the world-class innate primordial life form 'Infinite Serpent'. It contained more than 50% of the mysteries of the void, making it an extremely suitable primordial material for comprehending the mysteries of the void.

"It can be basically confirmed that the 118th type of world-class primordial life form is one where all world-class primordial life forms that primarily utilize the mysteries of the void combine the mysteries of the void within their bodies with other mysteries in an 'inclusive' manner." Zhou Yu nodded inwardly.

The primordial beings are naturally different from cultivators. The mysteries within their bodies are mostly very complex. Each primordial being is formed by the combination of multiple mysteries, which is similar to the source world.

Each naturally born primordial life form combines different mysteries in a different way. In Zhou Yu's observation, any naturally born primordial life form whose main element is the mystery of the void must have the mystery of the void covering its entire body, while other mysteries are contained in some branches of the mystery of the void.

This is the inclusiveness of the void.

"The first path of the Hunyuan Spacetime Dao that I want to create is based on space. To put it bluntly, it is just the Hunyuan Space Dao. The Hunyuan life body construction method based on the mysteries of the void is worth learning."

"However, the difference is that I can't incorporate a lot of other mysteries into it; the only one I can incorporate is the mystery of time."

"."

Zhou Yu was deep in thought.

The very first question is how to construct a physical body.

The physical bodies of Hunyuan beings generally contain some of the mysteries of Hunyuan life, but Zhou Yu's Dao does not. His Dao only contains the mysteries of time and space, so he must use these two mysteries to construct his physical body.

Time continued to flow, and three million centuries passed in the blink of an eye.

Zhou Yu's research on the path of time and space is progressing steadily. He already has the answer in his mind on how to construct a physical body at the Hunyuan level using the mysteries of Hunyuan time and space, and he is also making continuous breakthroughs in other aspects.

This is the right path, so naturally everything is going smoothly, and Zhou Yu can already see the possibility of success.

But the other path is somewhat blocked.

Zhou Yu continuously integrated various Daos into his array Dao, which indeed propelled the mysteries of his array Dao to new heights. In terms of accumulation, Zhou Yu felt that his array Dao far surpassed the accumulation of the spacetime Dao. With the array Dao as its core, Zhou Yu constructed an incomparably powerful physical body, easily drawing upon endless primordial power. In terms of its mysteries, it also felt far beyond the world-class primordial level, yet he was still unable to form the Primordial Dao.

However, although he was somewhat stuck, Zhou Yu did not give up easily. The power of his array formation had been slowly increasing, but it had not yet undergone a qualitative change. Perhaps he had not accumulated enough power.

. . .

While Zhou Yu was immersed in his comprehension, the war between the outside cultivators and lords and the innate Primordial Ancestor of Chaos Life was becoming increasingly fierce.

The lords repeatedly resorted to life-or-death tactics to attack the innate, primordial life progenitors.

The lords are immortal; even if they are killed, they can quickly absorb power and make a comeback. This is the only way to maximize the damage they can inflict.

However, the Primordial Ancestor of Chaotic Life was not to be trifled with. The lords' repeated attacks rarely caused them any real damage. Instead, the Primordial Ancestor continued to encroach on large tracts of territory.

In less than ten epochs, the Begu world group had fallen to the ground, and all life in many source worlds had perished.

Meanwhile, the naturally formed chaotic life forms were also trying to harass the rear of the cultivators' camp.

The mysterious "Infinite World," controlled by the "Infinite Serpent" clan, a race of innate chaotic life forms, is extremely special. World-class Infinite Serpents can instantly appear anywhere in the infinite chaotic space through this "Infinite World."

They can also use the power of the infinite world to return quickly.

Using this method, the Infinite Serpent Clan dispatched numerous forces to harass the rear of the cultivators' camp, diverting the lords' attention.

Although the lords could slaughter a world-class being with just one ten-thousandth of their power, their vast territories made them extremely annoyed by the harassment from Infinite Serpent.

After all, if the lords divert their resources to deal with the rear battlefield, the frontal battlefield will be even more difficult.

If the cultivators have to rely on their own world-level Chaos Source, there's nothing they can do. The cultivators have far too few world-level Chaos Sources. Moreover, the travel speed of a world-level Chaos Source is far slower than that of a clone with only one ten-thousandth of the lords' power.

Even if a lord only possesses 10% of his strength, the effect of creating a 100% clone would far surpass that of all world-class Chaos Origin beings.

A lord like Xingmang, who travels exceptionally fast, has ten clones that are comparable to many world-class Chaos Origin beings.

Therefore, the lords hardly expect anything from a world-class Chaos Source.

War can only continue in this way, a process of mutual attrition.

"Ok?"

Zhou Yu's clones were spread across many source worlds, and at this moment they encountered an attack from a world-class, naturally born chaotic source life form.

It was a colossal serpent, a full tenth the length of a source world. The serpent arrived outside the source world and looked down upon its interior.

"Fear, you ants."

The power of Infinite Orochi itself began to permeate.

Although the Origin World's source was powerful, it had no power to retaliate, so it could only allow the power of the Infinite Serpent to infiltrate.

For the Source World itself, the power of a world-class Infinite Serpent is insignificant and cannot possibly destroy it, even if the Infinite Serpent were to absorb its essence, it would take more than a hundred epochs.

However, life within the Source World is too fragile to withstand its power.

If this Infinite Serpent wanted to, it could wipe out countless lives in an instant, but it deliberately didn't do so at the moment.

Instead, it creates fear with endless terrifying power.

Although the life forms in the Origin World are weak, the emotions they generate are incredibly vast, which is something that some naturally born chaotic life forms also enjoy.

Of course, this infinite serpent also understood that it didn't have much time, so it didn't have time to slowly create fear. Instead, it quickly destroyed many lives, causing the remaining lives to feel fear by bringing them to the brink of death.

"No!"

"do not want!"

Countless lives within the source world were plunged into despair.

Most lives are lost before they even know who attacked them.

Those few who knew were even more desperate.

"kill!"

A god-emperor dressed in a fiery red robe suddenly charged forward.

His soul had been corrupted, clearly the work of that chaotic being. Even with his clone outside, he was almost certain to die. So he abandoned his thoughts of saving his own life and instead took the initiative to attack.

Unfortunately, he was too weak and was easily annihilated by a force.

"Just a big ant."

The Infinite Serpent sneered inwardly.

Zhou Yu's clone had already arrived outside the Origin World, and a large array quickly formed around him, beginning to absorb the power of the Chaos Origin.

Rumble!
The array's absorption power was ridiculously strong, with endless primordial power surging wildly towards Zhou Yu's location.

"What? The speed at which it absorbs power is so fast? Is it an avatar of a cultivator lord?" The Infinite Serpent was shocked and quickly looked in that direction.

"go!"

The Infinite Serpent dared not linger; it instantly connected with the power of the Infinite World and vanished from that place.

"It scared him."

Zhou Yu breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the Infinite Serpent disappear.

His mastery of array formations had reached an extremely high level, generating incredible abilities in energy, matter, and rules. As a result, he absorbed the power of Chaos Origin at an absurdly fast pace, far exceeding that of a normal world-level Chaos Origin.

If the Infinite Serpent had investigated even slightly, it would have discovered that Zhou Yu was not a lord.

But he was too cautious; sensing something was wrong, he vanished in an instant.

call!
Zhou Yu returned to the previous source world. The source world itself was not damaged much, but most of its life had died in that short period of time.

"It's too awful."

As Zhou Yu traveled the world, he couldn't help but shake his head inwardly.

This is why the Infinite Serpent didn't initially intend to annihilate all life; otherwise, none of the countless lives would have survived.

Of course, despite the tragedy, the surviving individuals were filled with the joy of survival.

The terrifying power they had just witnessed had filled them with endless fear, but now that power had vanished, they were filled with boundless joy.

"The entire source world's mood has changed."

Zhou Yu suddenly stood there, recalling in his mind how the entire Origin World had been filled with endless despair, yet within that despair lay many forces that dared to resist.

Those who knew the truth, such as the deceased God Emperor, and many unsuspecting weak lives, all tried their best to resist. Although their resistance was in vain, no one gave up hope.

At this moment, despair vanished, replaced by boundless hope.
"I see."

Zhou Yu stood there, and he understood something in his heart.

P.S.: I'm having some writer's block, that's all for today.

(End of this chapter)