You slowly turned around, the panic replaced by a calm and determination born of enduring countless ages. You looked at the Nether Lord, shook your head, and spoke clearly and steadily: "My Dao... I want to walk it myself."
The Qi around the Nether Lord suddenly deepened. "You cling stubbornly to delusion. When the true end arrives, you will realize that only by joining me is there any hope of survival."
You felt the oppressive might that threatened to freeze your Soul. You said nothing, merely meeting his gaze with unyielding resolve. The Nether Lord stared at you for a long time. Finally, a cold, ambiguous snort came from the shadows: "I hope... you do not regret your choice today." Before his voice faded, his figure vanished like a ghost, as if he had never been there.
This decisive refusal seemed to sever the last invisible chain. Your heart was clear. Although the path ahead was unknown, your direction was firm. You began consciously traveling through various Immortal Domains and even some perilous edges of the Immortal Realm. You no longer purely relied on the power of the demon god origin, but instead attempted to use your own Immortal Dao Foundation as a guide to understand and direct the power of Chaos. You observed the birth and destruction of myriad spirits, comprehending the sliver of vitality nurtured within ruin.
Time flowed like water; a thousand years passed in the blink of an eye. You did not deliberately seek to raise your Realm, but naturally, you stepped into the Realm of Primordial Chaos Golden Immortal.
While you were consolidating your Primordial Dao Fruit deep within the sea of stars, the outside world had been completely overturned. The Heavenly Emperor returned, and the Heavenly Court, silent for eons, reappeared in the sky. The Heavenly Emperor's decree spread throughout the heavens, announcing the campaign against the Demon Race. Meanwhile, the Demon Ancestor summoned twelve Chaos Demon Gods from the endless Chaos, attempting to destroy the Heavenly Dao. A great catastrophe had once again descended upon the Immortal Realm.
This war between Immortals and Demons far surpassed the last one. Countless worlds shattered like glass, stars fell like rain, and the Great Dao wailed. The Demon Court was the first to be annihilated in this conflict, and countless races went extinct. Witnessing this world-destroying spectacle, you felt profoundly insignificant.
In the Chaos, you tried to contact your Senior Brother, only to find that he had left the Immortal Realm and disappeared without a trace. A sense of loss welled up in your heart; your last reliance seemed to be gone. You did not blame your Senior Brother; in fact, he had wanted to take you with him, but you had refused. If you wished to find your own Dao, you could not remain by your Senior Brother's side forever.
"He ran away..."
Han Xuanji nodded silently, acknowledging that this was indeed something he was capable of doing.
The him in the simulation must be even more cautious than his real self.
At this time, the Nether Lord found you again. It turned out that the Nether Lord had not been silent. Taking advantage of the chaotic situation, he established a powerful force, calling himself 'The Underworld,' with the Nether Lord as the "Lord of the Netherworld." He proclaimed that he would redefine life and death and re-establish the Reincarnation order, attracting many powerhouses who had lost everything in the war and craved strength. His influence expanded rapidly.
He promised that if you joined The Underworld, he would prioritize your cultivation and allow you to grow stronger... This time, you accepted his request.
Relying on your Primordial cultivation and immense strength, you quickly established yourself in The Underworld, becoming known as the "Shuoyuan Emperor Lord." The Nether Lord also provided you with a large amount of demon god origin to aid your cultivation.
Simultaneously, the Buddhist Sect seized the opportunity to rise. Countless Buddhas manifested among the suffering masses, preaching the method of transcendence, constructing Pure Lands, and guiding the Souls of the faithful. Their doctrine of Reincarnation and Reincarnation shared similarities with The Underworld's ideology but also contained fundamental conflicts.
That year, due to your presence and the Nether Lord's promises, the Human Emperor Lu Fan, seeking to preserve the Human Race, decided to cooperate with The Underworld, leading a large number of powerhouses to join it.
Under the suppression of The Underworld, the Buddhist Sect eventually quieted down. The Buddha led many followers away from the Immortal Realm, a result inseparable from your relationship with Lu Fan.
Many years later, the Demon Ancestor, having accumulated enough power, led his twelve Chaos Demon Gods straight to the core of the Heavenly Court. The final battle erupted. The Heavenly Emperor led the Heavenly Court powerhouses in an ultimate confrontation with the Demon Ancestor beyond the Thirty-Three Heavens. In this battle, the River of Time was severed, all Dao withered, and only a few beings survived. In this conflict, all Demon Race powerhouses perished, yet the Heavenly Emperor also vanished. Many powerhouses of the Heavenly Court, including Jiang Hao, disappeared, as if they had never existed.
The Nether Lord emerged from the depths of the mysterious Reincarnation Land. No longer content with the status quo, he began forcibly controlling the Reincarnation Law of the Immortal Realm with supreme might, intending to reshape the order of life and death, thereby becoming the Lord of Reincarnation and stepping into a higher Realm. However, he overestimated his own power. The Origin power of death prevented him from achieving the balance of life and death. From then on, Yin and Yang became chaotic, Reincarnation collapsed, the dead could not be reborn, and the Divine Soul flames of the living gradually extinguished, plunging the world into an even deeper Dark Era.
The Human Race found life extremely difficult in this era. The Human Emperor Lu Fan, dissatisfied with the Nether Lord's actions, united with powerhouses from ancient races like the Dragon Clan and the Phoenix to confront the Nether Lord. He was subsequently suppressed by the Nether Lord and banished to the Guixu Land.
You witnessed this ultimate catastrophe born of the Nether Lord's ambition. You stood amidst the endless ruins, gazing at the dying world, as all your past experiences surfaced in your mind.
"Death... is not the end." Enlightenment struck you. Tens of thousands of years of comprehension condensed in this moment. You no longer suppressed the demon god origin within your body. Instead, you actively performed the ultimate Fusion of the demon god origin with your hard-cultivated Immortal Dao Foundation, your understanding of life, death, and Reincarnation, and all the will and emotion originating from "Su Ming." Your aura began to climb infinitely, surpassing the limits of the Primordial Chaos Golden Immortal. You successfully attained the Dao of Primordial Chaos!
Having achieved Primordial Chaos, you possessed the great power to interfere with the Heavenly Dao. You clearly perceived that the collapsing Reincarnation was dragging the entire Immortal Realm toward complete nothingness. You fought a great battle with the Nether Lord, and in the end, he gave you his Origin of death.
You were now an eternal existence, and at this moment, you recalled the past.
You made your final choice. Your figure appeared at the core of the collapsed Reincarnation. Your gaze swept over the surviving beings, over the corner where Lu Fan and the Human Race were located, and toward the unknown distance where your Senior Brother might reside.
"My name is Su Ming. Today, I willingly merge my Physical Body with the Dao, to redefine Reincarnation, balance life and death, and grant this world... a final sliver of vitality!"
Your voice was calm, yet it resonated in the heart of every life form that still possessed consciousness. The next moment, your Primordial Chaos Dao Fruit burst into flames. Your Physical Body transformed into the Six Heavenly Pillars supporting Reincarnation, connecting Yin and Yang; your Divine Soul merged into the core of Reincarnation, becoming the supreme will that balances life and death and judges Karma; and your lifelong cultivation scattered into Reincarnation.
The shattered Reincarnation was reshaped, Yin and Yang were separated anew, life and death were redefined, and the Heavenly Dao restarted accordingly.
You no longer existed, yet you were omnipresent. You became the true Reincarnation of this world, silently watching the world's changes. Later generations only knew that Reincarnation was impartial and ceaselessly ran, but they did not know its name was once "Su Ming."
[Simulation Over.]
[Evaluation: True Spirit nurtured in Chaos, heart remains warm after observing the entire Mortal World, body transforms into Reincarnation, achieving final immortality!]
[Reward Acquired: Reincarnation Karma, the Origin Power of the Immortal Realm's Reincarnation, one portion of Reincarnation demon god origin, and the trait 'Divine Demon Foundation.']
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