Devouring the Stars: Rising from the Snow Eagle System

Chapter 218 The road is ruthless
“Every thought and intention is a calamity.” Zhou Lin was vaguely touched and naturally comprehended the lineage of fruition, and all three branches of the Great Dao of Cause and Effect were fully understood.

The result is killing and destruction, which can cause devastating damage to the weak.

For example, if someone dares to disrespect Zhou Lin in their heart and calls him by his real name, even a Dharma body might come to kill them, and it would be of no use even if they were separated by endless light-years.

Against opponents of the same level, it can deal extremely terrifying damage.

When immersed in spiritual practice, time seems to fly by.

Half a century has passed, and Zhou Lin still hasn't grasped the basics of "Cause and Effect." This method is so difficult that it's comparable to a perfect inheritance.

He didn't even begin to cultivate, let alone get started; he merely studied some of the methods within.

The vast majority of those who exchanged for it could only learn from it; those who could successfully cultivate it were all at the God King level or above, and as for the first level of God King, that was simply impossible.

"No wonder this kind of cultivation method requires the ultimate level of willpower." Zhou Lin had studied many of the methods, but still hadn't started cultivating yet.

His research into various methods of cause and effect led him to create a technique at the second level of the God King realm.

In fact, Zhou Lin was not unfamiliar with this method of cultivation; it even reminded him of an invincible being from the Realm Heart Continent.

Lord of Infinite City.

However, the Lord of Infinite City has taken the wrong path. He is preoccupied with researching the supreme rules and even wants to become the supreme rules himself to maintain order.

No wonder, given the Infinite City Lord's formidable tracking abilities, he was able to find the hidden Undying Underworld Emperor; he has gone very far down this path.

But that was a dead end.

In the end, there is even a risk of being assimilated by the supreme rules.

The ultimate goal of "Cause and Effect" is to transform oneself into a part of the rules in the source world, so the ultimate goal of this path is to achieve absolute immortality within the source world.

As long as there is still cause and effect related to him in the world, and as long as there is still one person who remembers him, Zhou Lin can continue to be reborn from the history of the source world.

"Without madness, there is no life. If one cannot reach the pinnacle at the same level, how can one become the supreme Lord of Chaos?!"

The truly profound aspects of this method can only be grasped after one has entered the basics; the more superficial aspects are merely comparable to the superior lineages.

With a determined look in his heart, Zhou Lin followed the method and let his mind wander.

The thought spread, quickly drifting outside the cave, to the top of the sky, to endless time and space, to endless light-years, to the infinitely existing cosmic sea.

He had previously experienced the supreme rules of merging with will, so he was no stranger to the structure of the source world. No wonder it is said that one must have the ultimate will to even attempt to get started.

In reality, those who can even get started are all God Emperors.

Zhou Lin's will did not spread to the entire Origin World. The Ultimate Realm could not achieve this. Zhou Lin only encompassed the entire Origin Continent and also extended some of it to the Cosmic Sea.

The cosmic sea is infinitely vast, and only a God-Emperor level will could possibly cover a portion of it.

Zhou Linxin gradually calmed down, his thoughts drifting away, as if billions of years had passed, or as if only a moment had elapsed, but his will had already seen the fundamental Dao of cause and effect.

boom!
Naturally, Zhou Lin's will was absorbed into the Great Dao of Cause and Effect, and he seemed to transform into a part of the supreme rules, observing all things in the world.

There are weak creatures in billions of small universes, as well as various powerful beings from the Origin Continent, including Eternal True Gods, Chaos Realm beings, and even God Kings and God Emperors.

When operating the Dharma, Zhou Lin is like a part of the supreme rules; he is the origin of cause and effect, and the cause and effect of all beings are closely related to him.

If he does not stay true to himself during this process, he will gradually lose his way. Although he will not be assimilated by the fundamental principles of cause and effect, he will find it difficult to make progress.

If it were a perfect-level inheritance, the "Nine Realms of Extinction," cultivation would be countless times more frantic; even the first realm could potentially lead to assimilation into the primordial Dao of Destruction. Zhou Lin witnessed the Thunder Ancient Kingdom, where monarchs and god-kings with primordial bloodlines were devouring billions of living beings.

They also saw the Eastern Extreme Region, where order was relatively stable and there were far fewer demons. They also saw Huyang City and the capital of Yanfeng Kingdom.

He was like an observer, watching the various forms of life under the operation of the supreme rules.

Zhou Lin showed no joy or sorrow, no emotion whatsoever. He practiced the techniques from the "Cause and Effect" method, allowing him to remain detached from the situation.

Once you substitute your own perspective, you lose objectivity.

The so-called "Great Dao is ruthless" actually depends on the path one takes. For example, the most classic path of the soul requires one to comprehend the freedom of the soul.

The path of death is even studied by feeding on countless sentient beings.

While the Dao, which governs order and rules like cause and effect, is extremely close to all living beings, Zhou Lin could even improve himself by studying the mundane world.

"Cause and effect are not subject to individual will. Even I am no exception. If we violate cause and effect, there will be no calamities in the world, but there will be calamities under the operation of the supreme rules."

Zhou Lin's first comprehension lasted for more than 40 million days on the Origin Continent, equivalent to more than 40 million years on Earth, and the memories it brought were simply too vast!

The threshold of the ultimate realm, the soul, and the ultimate realm's limit of will both require time to digest.

The mechanical race's cosmic ruler, capable of managing a virtual universe that covers the entire primordial universe, must have had countless thoughts arising on that day.

Even someone like Zhou Lin needs time to process what he's learned over the past forty million years; one can only imagine how exaggerated his observations must have been.

Three hundred Earth years later, Zhou Lin finally recovered and began his second fusion with the Great Dao of Cause and Effect.

If an ordinary god-king dared to cultivate in this way, he would probably be lost in it the first time he merged with the body, and eventually be driven mad by the enormous amount of memories and the various beings.

During their second integration, Zhou Lin remained indifferent in his observation.

……

Soon, there was a third, a fourth, and a fifth time. Zhou Lin continuously merged with the Great Dao of Origin. He became like a part of the rules, and his heart grew colder and colder.

"Ugh."

After a long while, Zhou Lin sighed softly, not in a hurry to integrate into the cultivation of the Origin Dao.

Zhou Lin felt extremely indifferent. When he first merged with the Great Dao of Cause and Effect, he felt indignant when he saw the demon devouring living beings and digesting memories.

Those true gods, the void gods, were devoured, generating a great deal of resentment. They cursed wildly, hoping that one day the other party would be punished.

This retribution will most likely befall Luo Feng in the future.

Now, Zhou Lin only feels that it is part of the rules, that everything has its own cause and effect, that everything is fate, and that one must walk one's own path.

Life and death are predetermined, and the cycle of the world is governed by rules.

……

Zhou Lin sat there with his head down, deep in thought. Although his Dao heart was as if sealed by ice, endlessly cold, his thoughts were working faster than before.

Immersing oneself and observing repeatedly is extremely beneficial for spiritual practice.

(End of this chapter)