Chapter 537: The Grand Finale

However, after obtaining the subsequent portion of the universe-creation method that Locke had organized, Qin Yu quickly grasped it and integrated it into his own understanding.

The exchange of insights between the few of them gave Qin Yu a deeper understanding of the universe, far surpassing that of Linley and Death Sovereign.

Furthermore, as Qin Yu communicated with Locke and Hongmeng, inspiration continuously surged through his mind. Absorbing the experiences of Hongmeng and Locke, he rapidly narrowed the gap between them.

Presumably, once this discussion of the Dao ended, Qin Yu would at the very least be able to create a "Six Directions" level universe.

Given some more time, reaching the "Seven Stars" level of universe that Hongmeng currently possessed was not impossible either.

The first gathering of the first-level Hongmeng Controllers in the Hongmeng Space left everyone with a rather good impression of one another.

Of course, this mainly referred to Qin Yu's thoughts.

Long ago, when Qin Yu had reached the "Black Hole" stage and his dantian space became connected to the Hongmeng Space, he had already attracted the attention of Hongmeng, Locke, Linley, and Death Sovereign.

It could be said that the four of them had watched Qin Yu grow up all the way.

Therefore, they understood and approved of Qin Yu's character, conduct, talent, and aptitude.

Well, especially when it came to relationships, everyone except Hongmeng had something in common.

Whether it was Locke, Linley, or Qin Yu, although they had all grown to the pinnacle, they had only ever had one partner throughout their entire lives.

Moreover, they had all established their relationships while they were still weak, and afterward, they had never changed.

"The talent of Big Brother and Second Brother is truly astonishing..."

After a long while, the few of them finished discussing the mysteries of the universe, and Qin Yu sighed.

"A large part of the reason I was able to reach where I am today is luck."

"Whether it was obtaining the 'Star Transformation' cultivation technique created by Teacher Lei Wei, or accidentally connecting to the Hongmeng Space when I broke through the Black Hole stage, both required heaven-defying opportunities."

"If I had missed Star Transformation, or if my dantian space had failed to connect to the Hongmeng Space during the Black Hole stage, at most, I would only have been able to reach the Heavenly Venerable realm."

"Hah, Fifth Brother, when it comes to luck, how could yours possibly be better than mine?"

Hearing Qin Yu's words, Linley laughed.

"Back then, besides being naturally compatible with the four elemental Laws of earth, wind, water, and fire, I was also naturally compatible with the Edict of Destruction."

"If I hadn't received Second Brother Locke's reminder, then even if I had successfully survived the crisis of the four-system soul mutation, I still would have been unable to become a Hongmeng lifeform."

"You two..."

Death Sovereign shook her head.

"If we're talking about luck, how could the two of you possibly compare with me?"

"Whether it was luck or strength..."

"In the end, Fourth Brother and Fifth Brother, both of you independently cultivated and broke through the shackles of the universe, entering the Hongmeng Space."

"As for me, I merely happened to meet Locke and became his companion. In the end, it was also Locke who gave me the Xuanhuang Energy he obtained after creating his universe, allowing me to cultivate the Xuanhuang Indestructible Body, enter the Hongmeng Space, and become a Hongmeng Controller."

"This..."

Qin Yu was speechless.

Among the five of them, he was the newcomer. From their previous discussions, Qin Yu only knew that apart from Big Brother Hongmeng, the others, like himself, were lifeforms who had transcended from a universe.

Second Brother, Third Sister, and Fourth Brother had all transcended from the universe created by Big Brother Hongmeng.

But Qin Yu did not know the more specific details.

However, Qin Yu did know that if Third Sister Death Sovereign had created a universe, then even if he eventually became a first-level Hongmeng Controller, he would only have been able to possess the strength of a second-level Hongmeng Controller.

Therefore, Qin Yu felt grateful toward Locke and Death Sovereign.

"Hahahaha, anyone who can reach our level has both luck and opportunity."

Locke gently patted Death Sovereign's hand, comforting her.

Locke knew that Death Sovereign still cared deeply about the fact that she had not independently cultivated to the realm of a Hongmeng lifeform.

"Lilia, perhaps in your eyes, the most important reason you were able to reach your current realm was because you met me."

"But in my eyes, my greatest fortune was also meeting you."

"If the one who had encountered me back then had not been you, but another Sovereign, then perhaps they would have studied my body and soul to investigate why I possessed Will...

"In that era, no one would have offended one Sovereign for the sake of another 'God.'"

"More likely, a group of Sovereigns would have joined forces to study me."

"It was precisely because I had your protection that I had enough time to grow."

"There was even a period when I considered whether I should leave the Higher Planes and go to the material planes to cultivate."

"Without you, there would be no me today."

"So be proud, Lilia."

"Mm."

Lilia tightly held Locke's hand and said nothing more.

...

After this discussion of the Dao ended, Hongmeng, Locke, Linley, and Lilia followed Qin Yu to the outside of the Qinmeng Universe and observed Qin Yu's creation of the world.

Perhaps influenced by the Linmeng Main Universe, the cultivation system of immortals and gods was likewise used in the main universe Qin Yu created.

He divided the universe's dimensions into three levels.

Approximately seventy percent of the space was shattered by Qin Yu into countless fragments of space.

Afterward, these countless fragments of space absorbed Hongmeng Energy and grew, becoming an innumerable number of miniature universes.

This was the Mortal Realm Qin Yu had planned.

It was also the largest world in the Qinmeng Universe and the one with the greatest number of lifeforms.

After completing the evolution of the Mortal Realm, Qin Yu once again extracted twenty percent of the universe's origin and refined it into the Immortal, Demon, and Devil Realm.

Between the Mortal Realm and the Immortal, Demon, and Devil Realm, Qin Yu drew out a spatial turbulence.

As long as the lifeforms in the countless miniature universes below cultivated to a certain level, they could break through the shackles of their miniature universe, shatter the void, and cross the spatial turbulence to reach the Immortal, Demon, and Devil Realm.

The reason Qin Yu did not fix the spatial passage between the Mortal Realm and the Immortal, Demon, and Devil Realm, but instead had the people of the Mortal Realm rely on their own strength to break through space and randomly appear in the Immortal, Demon, and Devil Realm, was also because he had learned from the lessons of the Linmeng Universe.

Immortals possessed extremely long lifespans. If some powerful immortals monopolized the cultivation resources of the Immortal, Demon, and Devil Realm and took control of the fixed spatial passage for themselves, then all the mortals from the lower realm who ascended through this spatial passage would become slaves of that faction.

The Mortal Realm would then be equivalent to a Gu of the Immortal, Demon, and Devil Realm, left entirely at their mercy.

Conversely, allowing cultivators from the Mortal Realm to break through space themselves and randomly enter the Immortal, Demon, and Devil Realm might cause some unlucky people to appear in various dangerous forbidden regions, but it would also give many more people the opportunity to grow.

The final ten percent of the Qinmeng Universe's origin was transformed by Qin Yu into the Divine Realm.

Just like the Immortal, Demon, and Devil Realm, the lifeforms of the Immortal, Demon, and Devil Realm needed to cultivate to a certain level before they could enter the Divine Realm through the spatial turbulence.

To prevent the upper realm from controlling the lower realms, Qin Yu personally disrupted the space between the three realms, making the passage from lower to upper a normal spatial passage, while the passage from upper to lower became an endless spatial turbulence.

Even a Godking from the Divine Realm would have to pay an enormous price to descend to the lower realms, and if his luck was bad, he could even perish within the spatial turbulence.

After constructing the spatial structure of the three realms, Qin Yu personally accelerated the flow of time within the Qinmeng Universe.

Only after intelligent life appeared did Qin Yu restore the time flow of the Qinmeng Universe to synchronization with the other universes.

Naturally, this newly born universe also became a new destination for Locke and Lilia to travel.

Time was a very wondrous thing.

When you did not care about it, time seemed like an extremely long measure.

But when you suddenly began paying attention to time, you would discover that time actually passed so quickly.

Even though Locke and Lilia were both Hongmeng Controllers capable of freely controlling space and time within the Hongmeng Space, the Hongmeng Space's rejection of Locke was completely unaffected by the Laws of Time and grew stronger with each passing day.

In fact, when Locke or Lilia attempted to use the Laws of Time to alter the flow of time around them, it would instead accelerate the growth of this repulsive force.

After all, this was a clash between two Great Daos, and it would not change according to the will of Locke or Lilia.

Several thousand years ago, the space around Locke had already become layered upon layered.

Whenever Locke made even the slightest movement, these layers of space would ripple like waves, attempting to expel Locke from the Hongmeng Space.

Several decades ago, Locke had not even dared to move, afraid that even blinking his eyes might trigger a collision between the two Great Daos.

At that time, not only would Locke, as the Dao Lord of Space, be injured, but the several Hongmeng Controllers within the Hongmeng Space would not fare any better.

"Lilia..."

"I've almost reached my limit."

Through layer upon layer of space, neither Locke nor Lilia could clearly see the other's appearance anymore.

"Locke..."

"I'm sorry. It was my selfishness that delayed you for so long."

Within the Hongmeng Space, Lilia extended her hand, wanting to touch Locke. But when her hand approached the folded space, it was instantly knocked away by the turbulence of space.

It was precisely because Lilia's body was now the Xuanhuang Body, which was even stronger than the Hongmeng Body, that she could withstand it.

If she had merely possessed a Hongmeng Body, it would probably have been shattered by the turbulent space long ago.

"No, Lilia. This wasn't a delay."

"Every moment I spent with you was happiness for me."

"Meeting you was the greatest fortune of my life."

"Wait for me, Lilia."

"This parting is only for the sake of a better reunion afterward."

"When I return again, no matter what it is, nothing will be able to separate us!"

"Mm."

After hearing Lilia's response, Locke no longer suppressed his own power.

"Boom!"

In an instant, the Hongmeng Space underwent a tremendous tremor. Endless Hongmeng Energy derived into the Hongmeng Great Dao, seemingly attempting to expel the foreign Great Dao within the Hongmeng Space in order to preserve its own purity.

Sensing the pressure exerted on him by the Hongmeng Great Dao, Locke no longer suppressed himself. The Space Great Dao erupted, colliding violently with the Hongmeng Great Dao.

"Boom!"

The space around Locke was already extremely unstable due to the clash between the Hongmeng Great Dao and the Space Great Dao.

After Locke's Space Great Dao erupted, the conflict between the two became even more intense, and this layer of space directly shattered.

"Ugh—"

The tremors of the Hongmeng Space caused Hongmeng, Lilia, Linley, and Qin Yu to all let out muffled groans.

Clearly, the clash between the two Great Daos affected them as well.

However, all four of them had already cultivated Xuanhuang Bodies that were stronger than the Hongmeng Body produced by the Hongmeng Great Dao, so this clash between the Great Daos did not injure them.

In fact, if the four of them had not all been Hongmeng Controllers, with a deeper connection to the Hongmeng Great Dao, they might not even have needed to grunt in response to these aftershocks.

"Crack, crack..."

"Bang!"

The surrounding space shattered.

Locke glanced at the figures of the four people in the distance, then no longer hesitated. Following the shattered space with his own Space Great Dao, he left the Hongmeng Space.

...

One second?

One day?

Or perhaps tens of billions of years?

When Locke's consciousness recovered, he felt that the way he existed was different from before in many ways.

As his Space Great Dao spread outward, one space after another, similar to the Hongmeng Space, appeared within Locke's perception.

Locke's Space Great Dao spread like a spiderweb, rapidly assimilating and replacing the Space Great Dao within these spaces.

Every time the Space Great Dao of a space was replaced by Locke's Space Great Dao, Locke could feel the strength of his own Great Dao increase.

At the same time, in every world assimilated and replaced by Locke's Space Great Dao, Locke felt that he could use the power of the Space Great Dao to condense avatars within those worlds.

Of course, because the strength of each world was different, the power that Locke's avatars could display within those worlds also differed.

However, regardless of the world, the only Great Daos capable of rivaling the Space Great Dao were a mere handful, such as Time, Karma, and Reincarnation.

At the same time, when Locke's Space Great Dao assimilated the Space Great Dao of other spaces, he would also encounter existences who had themselves mastered the Space Great Dao.

Once they encountered each other, the relationship between the two was basically one of life and death.

Because this was a "struggle for the Dao"!

Every Great Dao had only one "source," which was "One."

Any "Dao Lord" who had mastered this Great Dao was nourishment for the other to climb to a higher level.

Everyone was both prey and hunter.

For some reason, Locke felt a strange sense of déjà vu.

"Hah, has cultivation and becoming stronger turned into killing and obtaining Great Daos to become stronger?"

"Just like playing a game..."

Looking up at the vacant throne suspended above the Great Dao, the corners of Locke's mouth curled upward.

"I wonder whether this vacant Heavenly Throne is truly empty, or whether it is bait left behind by certain existences, waiting for us to grow to a higher dimension and become their nourishment?"

Although he had a vague feeling about it, in the end, Locke did not withdraw his consciousness from the source of the Space Great Dao.

Instead, he fused even more deeply with the source of the Space Great Dao.

"Then bring it on!"

"To find the Hongmeng Space as soon as possible, assimilate and replace the Space Great Dao of the Hongmeng Space, and reunite with Lilia, Hongmeng, Linley, Qin Yu, and the others, I will not lose!"

"I will transcend every dimension, step by step, and ascend to that divine throne!"

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