Devouring the Stars: Rising from the Snow Eagle System

Chapter 201 The Fall of the Purple Moon
This realization about cause and effect came very suddenly. Zhou Lin didn't even want to waste time returning to Star Soul Divine Mountain for seclusion. Instead, he stood still and began to comprehend the Dao.

Among the scriptures Zhou Lin currently possesses, the Void Dao Guide is the highest in terms of inheritance. After all, with the "Twelve Forms of the Southern Cloud Saint," one only needs to comprehend the sixth and seventh forms to absolutely reach the Chaos Realm.

Comprehending the secret technique to break through the heavens, the beauty is like a painting. It is a simplified version of the tenth level of the Chaos Realm. The Smoke and Dust Disperse, and the Boundary Heart Blade also have eight or nine levels.

Not to mention that Zhou Lin also has the "Five Phases Sealing Technique" to learn. If you want to reach the level of a Cosmic God, the fastest way is definitely to take the Void Path, which has nine meridians!
He can become a cosmic god by comprehending any one of the major lineages.

As for karma, the Myriad Manifestations Hall of the Taixu Heavenly Palace is at most a Chaos Realm level inheritance, after all, neither the Heavenly Fool Ancestor nor the Sword Master followed the path of karma.

Fortunately, the destruction of the original Dao also provided some causal means that Zhou Lin could use to comprehend. However, even during occasional cultivation, the causal inheritance was extremely rare, which was why he gained the deepest understanding.

Swish!
Luo Feng's figure appeared on Earth. He didn't know Zhou Lin was coming, but since Zhou Lin's aura couldn't be completely concealed during his enlightenment process, his presence was exposed.

"Bei Chen's aura is truly astonishing," Luo Feng muttered to himself. He then set up protective measures around Zhou Lin to prevent any accidents from happening during his enlightenment.

It's not uncommon for this to happen. Some powerful individuals might get so excited when they comprehend a key secret technique that they impulsively demonstrate it. You should know that even a wisp of Zhou Lin's aura is enough to shatter the Earth.

The upper limit of the power of the primordial universe is only the sixth level. Zhou Lin's current Chaos Realm strength cannot break through this limit. After Luo Feng finished making arrangements, he left with peace of mind.

"Based on the classics I have read and my insights, the fundamental Dao of cause and effect in the Realm Heart Continent and the Chaotic Void has three branches: cause, effect, and calamity."

Zhou Lin's current specialty is fruit.

Because the main deduction and exploration in this area indicate that the result is mainly about killing and destruction.

As for the calamity, it is also very interesting. It is a lineage that is closely related to oneself and other cultivators. God-kings who cultivate this lineage create the universe and can even set up self-operating heavenly punishments.

Cause, effect, and calamity—these three channels constitute a fundamental Dao.

As for the fundamental principles of cause and effect on the Origin Continent, Zhou Lin doesn't know what they are yet. After all, he's in the Cosmic Sea, and his understanding of the laws is obscure, let alone the fundamental principles.

Combined with the Daoist scriptures in the Hall of Myriad Manifestations, the extensive content on cause and effect also touched Zhou Lin. He first comprehended hundreds of thousands of nascent realm levels.

Although these secret techniques are not high-level, they contain various basic directions, and some are ingeniously designed, although they may not be practical.

Next, he went on to study the Unity Realm level, which took Zhou Lin the longest, tens of millions of years to complete.

As for the Chaos Realm level techniques, he learned from them over four million years. Only then did Zhou Lin prepare to create his own Chaos Realm techniques.

At the Unity Realm level, being able to create a Chaos Realm move is basically enough to successfully enter the realm. However, Zhou Lin's approach is one of accumulating strength before unleashing it, requiring him to create several moves in succession.

Eight thousand years later...

"This Chaos Realm move is something I created myself." Zhou Lin finally finished his comprehension and created the first Chaos Realm move of "The Cause and Effect of All Things".

Named "Evil Fruit," this move is primarily for killing. If an opponent lacks causal defense, Zhou Lin's attack can instantly affect all his clones and the resurrection vessel.

Of course, the scope of the "Evil Fruit" is limited, but according to Zhou Lin's estimation, it will definitely not be a problem within the source world, and its power will weaken as the distance increases.

For example, being separated by billions of light-years is definitely not the same as being separated by trillions of light-years.

Zhou Lin also activated a hundredfold time acceleration at this time. He wanted to break through the Chaos Realm in one go using cause and effect, and then cultivate the "Twelve Forms of the Southern Cloud Saint" to the point of being as beautiful as a painting.

This way, I'll feel more confident going to the Origin Continent.

Being invincible in the Cosmic Sea is nothing special. Even if he reaches the Chaos Realm on the Origin Continent, he will still die if he encounters a true master. His future path is still very long.

At present, Zhou Lin has no one to spar with, and the secret techniques he has cultivated can only be practiced and explored by himself.

Unable to hold back any longer, Zhou Lin used his divine power avatar to engage in a fierce battle with his true self, competing in profound mysteries. His true self used causal techniques, while his divine power avatar used the "Twelve Styles of the Southern Cloud Saint".

Such exchanges also allow him to discover his own shortcomings and continue to improve the various secret techniques of "Cause and Effect of All Things".

To reach the pinnacle at the same level, Zhou Lin would occasionally stumble and then study the void. Unexpectedly, his progress in the "Twelve Styles of the Southern Cloud Saint" also accelerated.

With the acceleration of time, hundreds of billions of years have passed in a short time.

Zhou Lin stayed on Earth for 100,000 epochs, meticulously refining the techniques he had come to understand, until he was truly able to break through to the Chaos Realm.

He can break through not only cause and effect, but also the void.

The Sword Master reached the Chaos Realm in one cosmic era in Tianyu, but of course, he relied entirely on his own exploration, while Zhou Lin's actual cultivation time was far less.

He had been in the Thousand Prisons Universe for a long time, where the flow rate was vastly different from that of the original universe.

With a lineage, it's normal for someone to reach the Chaos Realm after billions of years.

"The 'Cause and Effect of All Things' has created three moves for the Chaos Realm. I should be able to achieve the Chaos Realm now." With a whoosh, Zhou Lin left Earth, tearing through the cosmic membrane and into the cosmic sea.

The first advantage of being in the cosmic sea is to facilitate breakthroughs, and the second advantage is that Zhou Lin needs to find someone to practice his moves after the breakthrough.

In fact, if Zhou Lin had pursued the path of a witch cultivator or the strongest warrior system, he should have been able to reach the Chaos Realm, since he certainly didn't lack resources.

The system drops many rewards, but only a few are beneficial to the system's rules and mysteries.

However, there are many other divine weapons of the void, or rare treasures of heaven and earth such as the Cold Spirit Tempering Fruit. If he had cultivated the Great Dao of the Origin of Matter, he would have succeeded long ago.

After all, the resources are tangible and readily available, and the witch cultivator and the strongest warrior system are extremely suitable for the Great Dao of the Material Origin.

Dongbo Xueying is a case in point. He used many different cultivation systems to break through to the Chaos Realm, including ancient cultivation, the system of rules and mysteries, and the bloodline system.

Of course, this bloodline is the bloodline of the cosmic god, not the kind of chaotic bloodline that would bring pollution.

Boom!

The source of cause and effect within the body exploded, beginning to evolve into a chaotic universe.

Currently, Zhou Lin still possesses the Origin of Void, the Origin of the Void Realm, and the Origin of the World within his body, while he has temporarily abandoned the Path of Slaughter and the Path of Matter.

Everyone has limited energy. Only those who have reached the semi-primordial level and want to follow the path of enlightenment to control the source world will comprehend multiple paths.

For example, Long Jiu Daojun, while Zhou Lin can only specialize in one or at most two things at present, so he will definitely have to make choices in the later stages, and cause and effect are essential.

The chaotic universe within the body is somewhat similar to the initial formation of a small universe, where the interior is empty except for the surging of chaotic energy, and it contains infinite possibilities.

One must comprehend a branch of the universe in order to use it to evolve the universe.

A massive amount of chaotic energy was transformed into pure energy and absorbed. Zhou Lin drained all the energy within a range of hundreds of billions of light-years in order to support the evolution of the miniature chaotic universe.

It is called a miniature universe, but its interior is extremely vast and well-organized, with countless forms of life faintly visible on it. After all, this is a miniature universe that has evolved from cause and effect.

Subsequently, Zhou Lin used the causal chaotic universe to structure his soul. This was the biggest leap in his advancement, and there were no significant leaps in his progress in other systems afterward. This is how it is with dual cultivation systems; even though Zhou Lin could reach the Chaos Realm in many systems, his soul could only undergo a transformation once.

Even if four or five systems reach the Chaos Realm, it is impossible to rival a cosmic god at the soul level.

During this period immediately following the breakthrough, the speed of the soul's thinking increases, and one can also combine cultivation with the operation of the miniature chaotic universe within the body, resulting in a surge in strength.

The rules governing the operation of chaos are not complicated, and Zhou Lin can also improve his Origin Continent system with its help. This is a real and tangible evolution of chaos right before his eyes!
It should be understood that even a normal universe master to a true god can probably only comprehend that one chaotic evolution, after which the small universe ends after it transforms into its initial state.

This opportunity will allow them to experience a dramatic increase in their cultivation level.

People with high talent, like Luo Feng, can advance their secret techniques from the eighth to the twelfth level. This is an incredibly exaggerated concept. Zhou Lin can observe the evolution of chaos at any time.

After reaching the Chaos Realm, he was extremely close to mastering the complete Chaos Laws, and it wouldn't be long before he could achieve it.

"After the Chaos Realm, should I continue to follow the path of cause and effect, or should I cultivate the Five Phases Sealing Technique?!" Zhou Lin is currently very conflicted, as he is so passionate about the Great Dao of Cause and Effect.

The practice was extremely smooth.

Zhou Lin felt that even without high-level guidance or the inheritance created by the God of the Universe, he could still find his own lineage by spending time exploring it.

The true meaning of spiritual practice lies in groping in the dark.

But he didn't plan to continue his seclusion. Instead, he teleported to the outside of the Purple Moon Holy Land universe. He could now reach any living area in the Cosmic Sea at any time.

The Chaos Realm and the Unity Realm are completely different concepts.

Very few people in the Unity Realm can defeat those in the Chaos Realm; even in the Realm Heart Continent, there are very few. Even those who can do so are usually those who have just broken through and do not yet have perfected their secret techniques.

I've never even heard of anyone on the Origin Continent who could kill a Chaos Realm cultivator in the Eternal True God realm.

After Zhou Lin broke through to the Chaos Realm, combined with his own unique skills, the "Twelve Forms of the Southern Cloud Saint" and the Southern Cloud Saint Body, his combat power was already at the eighth level of the Primordial Spirit Palace.

After spending some more time in seclusion, he can easily reach the ninth level after breaking through the barriers of cause and effect, the void, and even the illusory realm. The tenth level, however, requires top-tier techniques.

Normally, a Chaos Realm cultivator doesn't have the combat power of the fifth level. Even a Chaos Realm puppet wouldn't be this weak. The sixth level indicates a recent breakthrough, the seventh level is relatively normal, and the eighth and ninth levels are considered the peak.

The tenth level means one can rival, or even kill, a cosmic god.

The Purple Moon Holy Land universe is 21 billion light-years in diameter and is inhabited entirely by the Purple Moon Clan, with an astonishingly large number of beings.

This clan had long ago prepared for Zhou Lin to come and destroy their small universe, and Zi Yue had also cultivated with all her might.

He wants to break through to become an eternal true god.

Destroying the miniature universe of an Eternal True God requires a top-tier Chaos Realm cultivator. Zi Yue desperately wants to break through and protect her people.

Zhou Lin coldly looked at this sacred universe.

His gaze pierced through the cosmic membrane, and nothing inside could escape his detection.

If Zi Yue is killed, the entire Holy Land universe will collapse.

At that time, countless lives will die, which is an monstrous massacre, but Zhou Lin's heart is unmoved. This is the cruel rule under the supreme rule.

"Transcendence? Eternity?" Zhou Lin curled his lip. In this infinitely vast Origin World, even the Ultimate Realm probably doesn't count as true transcendence.

He had no intention of slaughtering the weak; it was simply a matter of the rules.

Swish!
In an instant, Zhou Lin arrived at the Purple Moon Holy Land. He easily reached the ancestor and then, without any dialogue, simply raised his right hand.

The moment Zhou Lin raised his right hand, Zi Yue, far away on the Origin Continent, also stared blankly as Zhou Lin released the illusory realm through cause and effect.

In an instant, the divine power emanated and affected the original body!

From the Origin Continent to the Cosmic Sea, that's a distance of at least billions of light-years. This wisp of illusion, transmitted over such a vast distance, has a very weak effect.

Even if it's weak, it's still an attack within the realm of an eternal true god.

Zi Yue's strength is insufficient to withstand this.

At the entrance of a major power in Liujin City, Ziyue works as a security guard. Even with his strength as a Void True God, he is barely capable of doing such a job.

This security guard is merely decorative. There are too many powerful beings on the Origin Continent who can annihilate Void Gods. Zi Yue's main role is to smile at customers.

"Ziyue, what are you daydreaming about? Don't you want your salary this year?!" Mo Yong, the Eternal True God in charge of security, scolded angrily and slapped Ziyue hard.

Unexpectedly, with just this one slap, Ziyue fell directly to the ground!
When Mo Yong looked again, Zi Yue was already completely dead, all signs of life were gone, and the heart of the true god was extinguished. This way of dying was extremely strange.

The venerable patriarch of the sacred land, Ziyue, has died.

Zhou Lin could have killed him with his first move, but he simply wanted to test his illusion techniques. The second move was the real disaster.

All living beings in the Purple Moon Holy Land universe perished along with Purple Moon, and the entire small universe began to collapse completely, with countless planes vanishing into thin air.

There is no such thing as true eternity.

Mo Yong immediately reported to the higher-ups. The death of a Void God was not important; what was important was that his death was too bizarre and chilling.

Zhou Lin didn't care about what happened next. He had already cultivated the path of cause and effect to the Chaos Realm, unless a God-King of this path came to probe him.

Otherwise, no one would have known that he was the one who did it.

His actions obscured the secrets of heaven, and with his death, everything vanished. Zhou Lin took the parts of the Chaos Golden Wings and handed them over to Luo Feng later.

"Should I go and try to reincarnate now?" Zhou Lin even pondered whether he should cultivate to the level of a Cosmic God, because that would be the only time he would have no choice but to go.

Only the rules of the universe apply to all source worlds.

He is currently in the Chaos Realm, but under the judgment of the supreme rules, he is merely a True God, so he will not be forced to undergo reincarnation.

Going to the Origin Continent has both advantages and disadvantages.

The advantage is that it makes it very convenient to cultivate cause and effect in the world; the disadvantage is that there is a possibility of encountering danger. Zhou Lin wants to have a way to protect himself before going there.

What's so special about the eighth level of the Chaos Realm?
If he were discovered, the ancestors of both countries might become curious and take action against him, given that he, a mere Chaos Realm cultivator, was trying to enter the cycle of reincarnation.

(End of this chapter)