The True Lord has arrived

Chapter 327 The Spiral of the Triple World

Zhou Yan originally thought that he would be dragged out by Kaiming.

But suddenly he found himself in an unfamiliar place, surrounded not by enlightenment, nor by the familiar long nights of Langzhong, but by a vast, desolate space and a mountain. Already puzzled, he was suddenly addressed by an aged voice that called him that…

He is said to be the Great God of Mount Buzhou.

Zhou Yan raised his hand to his chest and found that the injury to his soul was still there. He glanced around and said loudly, "...I wonder which senior is it? Instead of playing tricks here, why don't you come out and show yourself?"

As Zhou Yan spoke, he activated his own magical power. Since there was no suppression here, the [Eight-Armed Seven-Headed Buddha Dharma Form] instantly unfolded, transforming into a golden-red Dharma Form. Then, the second level of the "War-Slaying Myriad Deeds Devouring Heaven Technique" was activated, and a layer of blood color spread out.

He transformed directly from an eight-armed Buddha into an eight-armed warrior.

Layers of battle intent and killing intent continuously emanated from Zhou Yan's feet. The white light and shadow beneath his feet spread out in concentric circles, repelling everything in all directions and revealing layers of battle intent.

"Slow down, slow down!"

The aged voice was smiling, and the clouds and mist on the huge mountain range rolled down, gathered and condensed into a human figure. With a flash of light, it turned into an old man, wearing a red linen robe, not leaning on a cane or any other object, standing with his hands behind his back.

His wrists were thick, like steel pipes; his hands were large, each finger like a carrot in the ground; his neck was extremely thick; his shoulders were broad; standing there, he was over two meters tall; his white beard and hair were like steel needles; and the veins in his neck resembled great rivers.

Wherever they stand, that is power, that is reason!
Zhou Yan had no doubt that the old man possessed top-tier pure physical strength.

I don't know if they are friend or foe.

Zhou Yan's vigilance rose, and at the same time, his wariness of Langzhong also increased. Was this place a little too extraordinary, a place of extraordinary people and resources? The Primordial Dragon-Turtle, the Blood Sacrifice to Gonggong, the Authority of History, the Dharma Realm of Prince Teng, and now this elusive and indistinct existence...

The water is very deep here.

Zhou Yan then blasted a huge crater in the water in this place.

This old man is a reflection of the past Buzhou Mountain God, a state formed by the convergence of the power of Buzhou Mountain itself. He is not simply the divinity of the mountain god, nor is he the Buzhou Mountain God, but a more complex state.

At this moment, the deity of Buzhou Mountain looked at the wary young Taoist in front of him, and the more he looked, the more pleased and satisfied he became. If it were an ordinary mountain god who was at odds with Gonggong, he would have helped him.

Regardless of the kid's actual strength.

Throughout the ages, Gonggong was the first to relentlessly pursue and fight against him.

I'm very satisfied!
Previously, the mountain god's divinity was simple; he decided to give Zhou Yan a little help, some inheritance, and a lineage. Now, however, things are different. After Zhou Yan coughed up blood while smiling, he slapped Gonggong's divine body hard.

This ancient deity made up its mind.

This kid must be the next successor to the divinity of Mount Buzhou...

Do not!
He is the god of Buzhou Mountain!
Yes, all you successors and inheritors, get out of my way! This is the reincarnation of the God of Buzhou Mountain, and I say so!

The divine elder of Buzhou Mountain looked at the young Taoist before him, growing more and more satisfied. He decided to poach him from Fuxi's side. A gentle smile played on his lips as he said, "Have you forgotten? Yes, far too long has passed..."

"Don't you want to know why Gonggong is so hostile towards you?"

"Don't you want to know why you can so easily wield the power of the [Central Pillar]? Don't you want to know why you came here through a series of coincidences?"

The god of Buzhou Mountain thought to himself, "Why don't I know?"

But we can give him a reason.

Zhou Yan's expression turned solemn as he asked, "Why?"

The towering and majestic deity of Mount Buzhou smiled slightly, trying to appear as benevolent as possible, and said, "Because you are the true spiritual reincarnation of the God of Mount Buzhou, that is why you came here and had all sorts of opportunities."

"It is this place that is calling you."

Zhou Yan: "...Huh?"

He pointed to his face:

"Me, the reincarnation of the God of Buzhou Mountain?!"

The god of Buzhou Mountain nodded vigorously, his eyes sincere and filled with determination to wash away his shame, which made him appear especially earnest.

Zhou Yan stroked his chin: "Am I the God of Buzhou Mountain?"

Therefore, the way those who acted as historians in Jiaqi's group reacted upon seeing him, saying, "You're back?" And the compatibility with the authority of the mountain god seems to fit somewhat...

"But I am human."

Seeing that Zhou Yan seemed to be considering this possibility, the deity of Buzhou Mountain blatantly lied and said with a smile, "What is reincarnated is the spirit, not the mountain. The human race itself is the most spiritually active race, and its natural lifespan is considered above average among all spirits."

"Its learning capacity and potential are both higher than those of beasts and birds."

Therefore, he is most suitable for reincarnation.

Zhou Yan seemed to be thinking: "That seems to make a lot of sense..."

The god of Buzhou Mountain smiled gently and sincerely.

'Don't even think about running away!'

'As long as you are the reincarnation of the God of Buzhou Mountain, and you also knock Gonggong down and slap him hard, then the previous things can be considered forgiven…'

The god of Buzhou Mountain said gently, "Therefore, come to this sacred mountain, inherit the authority, possess the qualifications and power to support heaven and earth, return to your divine position, and achieve the honorific titles of [Pillar of Heaven] and [Pole of Earth]."

Zhou Yan looked up at the sincere and gentle old man, his mind racing. He smiled and said, "There's no rush for that. However, I'm quite curious. Langzhong is just a city in the mortal realm. Even if it's connected to the [Langyuan Wonderland], why is there Mount Buzhou here?"

In order to 'bewitch' Zhou Yan into accepting the identity of the reincarnation of the Buzhou Mountain God, the deity of Buzhou Mountain was very patient and said, "Oh, haha, Your Excellency is unaware of this..."

Zhou Yan raised an eyebrow: "There's something you don't know?"

The god of Buzhou Mountain remained unfazed and smiled heartily, saying, "What I mean is, you haven't yet recalled your past knowledge, so let my mountain help you remember it."

"The world is not the same."

He stretched out his hand, and three spheres appeared. Pointing to one of them, he said in a voice filled with the vastness and indifference of ancient times, "Observe, confirm."

"Stars and rivers turn, grass and trees wither and flourish, and living beings are born and die."

"The so-called Taoist sect is in the human realm, while the Buddhist sect is in the realm of form."

"It is not a simple country, but the sum total of matter and phenomena. Its laws are based on causality and time, and at this level, causality and time are the strongest laws."

“The trajectory of every grain of dust, the breath of every life, is confined within a predetermined physical framework. This is the realm of mortals, the world of dust, the Buddhist realm of form, where all things exist in accordance with predetermined, observable, and comprehensible laws.”

"According to human understanding, both the human realm and the material world are acceptable."

A surge of emotion welled up in Zhou Yan's heart. Looking at the sphere and the myriad phenomena of the mortal world flowing within it, he felt a chill run down his spine. He had a feeling that because of this opportunity, he might be able to see how the world was viewed by Fuxi, Shi, and even Gonggong.

Such knowledge was enough to reshape his understanding, allowing him to see the rules and order of the world from a high vantage point. In some ways, this kind of insight was more important than a top-notch supernatural power.

The divine power of Buzhou Mountain moved, and another sphere rotated over, dark and deep, devoid of material brilliance, containing only countless flickering traces, like threads of fate, like echoes of the past.

"A place where souls and memories are recorded."

The divine voice of Mount Buzhou was ethereal and indifferent:

"When a living being dies, all the records of its existence, every moment of memory, every emotional fluctuation, and even the essential imprint of its existence, are stripped of their material shell and merged into this world."

"This level is not the celestial realm, the Buddhist kingdom, or the underworld, but a pure library of records, documenting all the 'history' that has occurred in the [material human world]. In this level of world, the law is that the records are eternal and indestructible." Zhou Yan's pupils contracted as he noticed the special nature of this realm, and there was no doubt that [history] and this level of world were inextricably linked.

The deity of Buzhou Mountain said, "In conclusion..."

"In this level of the world, the memories, emotions, and karma of all living beings are settled, purified, and reorganized, preparing to enter the next cycle of reincarnation. Time here flows non-linearly, and space is composed of the intensity of emotions."

Zhou Yan said, "The time of nonlinear flow?!"

The deity of Buzhou Mountain nodded, finding Zhou Yan's disturbance somewhat strange, and said:
"Because this place even holds strong emotions that existed thousands or tens of thousands of years ago, which cannot be dispelled, and it also contains records of the past years, which is the sum of history and the events that happened in the past."

"Changing the weaving here will, in turn, affect the past history to some extent, and may even lead us back to the past, that is, back to the world's record of the past, and rewrite it."

"However, this is an extremely difficult thing."

The God of Buzhou Mountain stretched out his hand, and the last sphere floated in his palm. This sphere in his palm was the most bizarre. It had no fixed shape and was like a pure light and shadow that kept replicating and annihilating itself.

Even as it was showing Zhou Yan the basic structure of the entire world, Buzhou Mountain's divinity still possessed a trace of solemnity, saying, "A realm of boundless possibilities and choices."

"This place is filled with futures not chosen by the material world, countless interpretations of the past, and the dreams, thoughts, and unrealized madness of all living beings. It is an ocean of 'thoughts,' the primordial chaos of the spirit."

"Its core principle is possibility, and the reality created by subjective observation."

Zhou Yan said, "...The convergence of countless parallel worlds?"

The world he came into left him feeling completely bewildered.

Beyond the purely material world, there exists a world that records all memories, a world defined by time; a world of countless possibilities reflected in the past. He had a feeling that Fuxi might have pulled him out of this third-dimensional world.

The divinity of Buzhou Mountain stacked the three spheres on top of each other, and its palm seemed to be able to hold up all the laws of heaven and earth. From Zhou Yan's perspective and understanding, this was not a simple stacking.

Instead, they are placed on the same coordinate system.

Along different but intertwined dimensions, they coexist and permeate each other perfectly.

The four directions and the space above and below are called the universe, and the past and present are called the cosmos.

Space is defined as the universe, time as the cosmos, and spacetime as the coordinate system.

The deity of Buzhou Mountain spoke slowly:

"And this is the human world. It is not just a material world, but also contains the path of the souls in the underworld, a pure spiritual space, records of the past, and possibilities of the future. These three overlap to form this world."

"The mountains and rivers you see, the vast world of mortals, have deep roots that carry traces of the souls of the past. Every rock may carry fragments of memory from some ancient existence. Every moment of your present experience is enveloped and guided by countless possible futures."

“Every thought of a living being creates ripples in the spiritual realm, slightly disturbing the trajectory of its destiny.”

"At this moment, Langzhong itself overlaps with the [Langyuan Wonderland] to a certain extent. It can be said to be Langyuan's counterpart in the human world. In addition, there is still a dream remnant here, which leads to the special nature of this place."

Zhou Yan said, "...a dream?"

The deity of Buzhou Mountain nodded and said matter-of-factly, "Yes, for certain special beings, even if they have passed away, their influence on the world will not easily disappear. Even if that one has left, His dream will always remain here."

"Yes, that means His dream memories remain in the second spiritual world, and then influence the material human world in reverse."

"It's Hua Xu."

"She is the mother of Fuxi and Nuwa, an ancient goddess, the source of the ancient Chinese civilization. According to records, she has a snake's body and a human head, and possesses saintly virtues. The so-called Huaxu is the source of the Hua in Huaxia."

"This is His dream. After he woke up, Huaxu left, but His dream still circulates in the inner layer of the world, and under certain conditions, it will in turn affect the real world."

"Therefore, only in this place."

"In fact, it is the special state caused by the overlap of three things: Langzhong in the material world, Langyuan Wonderland in the celestial realm, and the dream of Huaxu that has been settled. It is also used to suppress and seal the Primordial Dragon Turtle."

It took Zhou Yan quite a while to finally accept this huge change.

A world of pure matter, a spiritual world where memories and souls converge, and possibly parallel worlds.

In other words, the lair of [Shi] comes from the second spiritual world.

Fuxi's banishment was to expel these beings from the material human world.

pat!

The deity of Buzhou Mountain placed his hands on Zhou Yan's shoulders: "So, you..."

"It is the foundation of all things and the pillar of heaven and earth."

"The connection between heaven and earth in the primordial era is that of a supreme deity who permeates the rotation of the three worlds, stabilizes all laws, and brings the spiral of matter, spirit, and possibly the three worlds back to a constant and stable state!"

"The Pillar of Heaven, the Pole of Earth, the boundary between humans and gods."

"After being struck by Gonggong, who intended to destroy and annihilate everything, a wisp of divine will fell into the spiritual world. After a long period of time, your spirit has reassembled and returned to the human realm once more, which is what is known as 'reincarnation'!"

"You are the foundation of this three-dimensional world."

"The foundation of all things!"

"Please ascend to the divine throne."

The terrifying status of Buzhou Mountain is indeed comparable to that of the water god Gonggong. Its weight, title, supernatural powers and status are enough to shake Zhou Yan, who is currently only at the level of a True Monarch in the human realm.

The deity of Buzhou Mountain believed that this would surely persuade Zhou Yan.

Then he saw Zhou Yan's lips curl into a smile.

The young Taoist smiled warmly and gently, his eyes narrowing slightly. For a fleeting moment, the divine being of Buzhou Mountain thought of a certain unreliable man. Then he spoke, saying:
"You're lying to me."

"I'm not the reincarnation of the mountain god of Buzhou Mountain, am I?"

The divine essence of Buzhou Mountain is stagnant.

Zhou Yan's past allowed him to instantly understand the concept of the triple spiral world proposed by the divinity of Buzhou Mountain. The young Taoist said, "So, this place... is not purely material, but rather more like a second world where spiritual memories converge?"

The god of Buzhou Mountain suddenly sensed something was wrong.

Zhou Yan spread his arms and said loudly:

“Fuxi!!”

"Someone is trying to kidnap me!"

no respond.

Zhou Yan took a deep breath and shouted:

"I love Nuwa!!!"

This time, however, it wasn't just one consciousness that appeared.

Instead, there are two.

(End of this chapter)