Simulation of the Heavens: Starting from the Age of Desolation

Chapter 59 The Old Man of Origin and the Two Human Emperors

The world of the Wilderness Era.

Outside Zhou Yu's cave.

Swish!
With a ripple, a casually dressed old man with a white beard appeared.

The old man smiled and seemed harmless.

But at this moment, inside the cave, Zhou Yu, the True God who was in seclusion, suddenly opened his eyes.

"Old Man Yuan?" Zhou Yu frowned slightly.

"You Cangzhen God, it's rare for this old man to come and visit, why don't you come out and greet me?" At this moment, a somewhat aged voice rang out.

The voice contained a peculiar power that unconsciously made people feel good about it.

However, Zhou Yu became even more vigilant. This old man's use of mental power was quite formidable. Fortunately, he also possessed the fourth level of mental power and had a mental power inheritance, so he was not afraid of such methods.

Swish!
With a single step, Zhou Yu appeared outside the cave.

"The renowned Yuan Daoren, what brings you to my place?" Zhou Yu asked calmly as he stood there.

"Won't you invite this old man in for a seat first?" Old Man Yuan said with a smile. "During the ancient war of destruction, we fought side by side."

In fact, that war was also the only time that Zhou Yu, the True God who was offline, met the Source Elder.

"That was before," Zhou Yu said calmly.

"As for why you are still wavering now? In terms of origin, you are a chaotic god and demon from the Pangu world, even I am not as good as you."

"What do you know? I have feelings for Bodhi and the Three Pure Ones, but I also have close friendships with Fengmo, Master Huanmu, and many other powerful figures. To turn against them is not as simple as it sounds," the old man Yuan shook his head.
"Fine, you've been alone for countless years, so you probably wouldn't understand what I'm saying. Since you're unwilling to invite me in, then let your disciple come out."

"Just say what's on your mind," Zhou Yu said, remaining unmoved.

Even though he was confident that his true self was not afraid of the Old Man Yuan's methods, he naturally couldn't just let him see him whenever he wanted.

"You really won't give me any face at all?" Old Man Yuan's face showed some displeasure.

"If you want to talk about face, you can have Suirenshi and the others talk to you," Zhou Yu said calmly.

Upon hearing this, the old man Yuan looked furious. He flung his hand, and a book flew out.

"Alright, alright, take this book and give it to your disciple. Just pretend I never came." After saying this, the old man turned and left.

Zhou Yu waved his hand and accepted the book. He scanned it with his mental energy and found that it was a book explaining the use of mental energy, but it was very superficial and lacked a systematic approach.

"This old man is such a good actor. If I didn't know his true colors, I would have been fooled by him," Zhou Yu thought to himself.

He guessed that Old Man Yuan had multiple purposes for coming to see him this time.

For example, they could test whether they could enslave this true god avatar, or, with the help of his true self, try to obtain the time-space Dao scriptures of Patriarch Bodhi.

After all, at this time, he was the only celestial being in the Three Realms who had openly entered the realm of spacetime power.

Bodhi Patriarch had indeed previously expressed his willingness to accept disciples.

This time it didn't work, but the old man will probably keep trying.

Of course, the fact that Elder Yuan chose to give away the mental power manual as a cover for his visit here should also be because he could tell that the main body of him had mastered the fourth level of mental power.

The fourth level of mental power is not entirely immune to enslavement.

If there is a flaw in one's mind, it may be exploited.

For example, even when Hou Yi's mental strength reached the fifth level, the Old Man of Source still chose to control "Chang'e" to deal with Hou Yi.

"Unfortunately, I'm not Hou Yi; my mind doesn't have such obvious flaws." Zhou Yu didn't think much of it and quickly turned back to his cave.

He is not strong enough now, but if he has enough strength in the future, he will definitely prioritize killing Old Man Yuan.

Otherwise, with such a hidden force lurking behind the scenes, it would be impossible to guard against.

Not long after Elder Yuan left, Zhou Yu's cave welcomed two more guests.

He is the most famous of the Five Emperors, namely Emperor Yao.

Upon their arrival, Zhou Yu naturally invited them into his cave dwelling and treated them to fine wine and tea.

"Youcang, your place is quite simple," Emperor Yao remarked, looking around.

“I’m used to it.” Zhou Yu smiled. It’s not that he doesn’t like to enjoy himself, but this clone was AFK before and obviously didn’t have time to deal with these things. And when he finally obtained this clone, the Three Realms had already begun to fall into chaos, so he naturally had no mind to enjoy himself.

"You Cang is truly a person of ascetic practice; I greatly admire him," said the Yellow Emperor.
"You are also very good at teaching disciples. Although you only have one disciple, many of my disciples are not as good as him."

"You flatter me. I teach my disciples with a very hands-off approach," Zhou Yu said modestly. He then asked, "Emperor Huangdi and Emperor Yao, you two came here specifically for Qianyu, right?"

"Correct."

The Yellow Emperor nodded and said, "Qianyu Heavenly God commands the perfect Xingtian God and can unleash his full power. Such command ability is truly rare. Among all the human races, it would be difficult to find a few generals like him."

"In future wars, we may still need the help of the Heavenly Gods of the Universe," the Yellow Emperor said.
"You know, the Goddess Nuwa left behind three clan-protecting formations. Ideally, they should be led by true gods and Dao ancestors, but to deal with the Wujian Sect, we need powerful celestial gods and immortals to lead simplified versions of the clan-protecting formations. Each formation, even if simplified, requires at least several hundred celestial gods and immortals. The leader must be powerful enough and trustworthy. There aren't many celestial gods and immortals like that."

"indeed so."

Zhou Yu nodded.

The "Two Realms Calamity Dragon Life and Death Array" that attacked him before was composed of two hundred Heavenly Gods and True Immortals. In terms of power, it was much stronger than the Perfect Xing Tian God and could truly rival the True God Dao Ancestor.

The simplified version of the three clan-protecting formations is significantly stronger than the Two Realms Calamity Dragon Life and Death Formation.

It involves even more gods and immortals!

"The Celestial God Qianyu is proficient in time, space, and array formations. I've racked my brains, but I still can't think of any other Celestial Immortal who was proficient in all of these before," Emperor Yao asked Zhou Yu.
"You Cang, who exactly is he?"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Yu remained silent.

"Even we can't tell?" the Yellow Emperor asked.

The reason they didn't mention this matter in the Hall of Ten Thousand Races but came here specifically was because they were wondering if Qianyu Heavenly God's identity was somewhat sensitive, or if he had caused some great trouble in the past, so they inquired privately.

"I can only guarantee that his identity is legitimate," Zhou Yu said.

"You Cang, it's not that we don't trust you, it's just that the three clan-protecting formations are too complicated," Emperor Yao said, frowning.

“Especially the Heavenly Gods and True Immortals who are in charge, they are in charge of the entire formation, unlike the other Heavenly Gods and True Immortals.”

"I see."

Zhou Yu nodded. Indeed, when celestial gods and true immortals form an array, they only need to learn part of the array's content. Even if they are traitors or spies who have already been turned by the Wujian Sect, it doesn't matter much.

However, the ruler must be a celestial being or immortal who is absolutely trustworthy.

Someone like myself, who, despite wreaking havoc in the Crimson Bright Realm, could very well be part of the Boundless Sect's self-inflicted injury scheme.

If sacrificing the troops lost in the Crimson Bright Realm could be exchanged for one of the three major clan-protecting formations of the Nuwa camp, even a simplified version, it would be a huge win.

“In future wars, Qianyu will still intervene. He is skilled at commanding formations, but he doesn’t necessarily need to command the clan-protecting formation; other formations are fine too,” Zhou Yu said at this moment.
"I cannot reveal his identity under any circumstances."

Upon hearing this, both the Yellow Emperor and Emperor Yao felt regret.

The power of commanding a clan-protecting formation is naturally different from that of commanding other formations.

In truth, they still felt that there was nothing wrong with "Qianyu Tianshen" in their hearts, but war cannot be decided by emotions, and every possible possibility must be eliminated.

Otherwise, if something goes wrong in any part of the process, the consequences could be severe.

The Yellow Emperor and Emperor Yao sat for a while longer before they soon departed.

Unlike Zhou Yu, who was all alone, they had countless things to deal with and naturally couldn't stay any longer.

After seeing the two off, Zhou Yu was filled with emotion.

In fact, he had already mastered the "Pangu Creation Formation," one of the three major clan-protecting formations.

After all, he is one of the true gods. According to the existing plan, once a full-scale war breaks out, he will lead a complete version of the "Pangu Creation Formation" together with the other true gods.

"The three clan-protecting formations are indeed incredibly ingenious, but in the future, my true self can completely command the formation I created," Zhou Yu thought to himself.

Once he advances further in his array formation skills, reaching the level equivalent to the fifth level of primordial power, his self-created array formations, while perhaps not comparable to the complete clan-protecting array, will certainly rival the simplified version.

Zhou Yu was quite confident that he could reach that level in array formation.

Within the mysterious space where his original avatar was trapped, he discovered the hidden "maze" within the short time he spent comprehending it, but what he gleaned from it was neither hammer technique, palm technique, nor sword technique.

He actually discovered a formation within it.

Moreover, the more Zhou Yu studied it, the more he felt that the formation was exquisite and contained many array techniques and mysteries that he could never have imagined before. Combined with the methods left behind by the previous eight people as a reference, Zhou Yu was indeed quite confident in further advancing his understanding of arrays.

(End of this chapter)