C1323 Secret of the Styx!
C1323 Secret of the Styx!
According to the Hades who had guided him before, before the Zhou world broke apart, the River Styx had turned into countless branches and flowed through every corner of the world. That was the only way to ensure that all the undead in the world would be brought into the Underworld.
But strangely, there must have been a change at some point, and all the branches of the Styx disappeared. Take the observation world, for example. As a part of the Zhou Dynasty's larger world, there was no branch of the Styx in that world.
As such, there were many undead in the world right now. Su Ye also felt a headache coming on.
Because undead piled up too many, it would inevitably form an aura of death and resentment. This was a form of harm and weakening to the world, and naturally, it would also cause a chain reaction to the disciples who were free.
But it was difficult for Su Ye to deal with them.
It wasn't that he didn't have enough tricks.
In reality, he could completely open the path of rebirth with a certain amount of days of usage of Gazing World.
Su Ye originally wanted to send these ghosts into the cycle of reincarnation. But when he opened the path of rebirth, he discovered that the laws of rebirth were incomplete. Although it could be reincarnated, the success rate was too low. Ten out of a hundred dead souls being reincarnated was considered lucky.
Because of this, Su Ye did not dare to force the reincarnation of these undead. Now that Su Ye's true meaning of reincarnation had reached the realm of Innate Immortal, Su Ye also planned to find a time to repair the laws of reincarnation in his world of vision, so as to give those Undead a chance to live.
If they were to enter the River Styx branch now, the Undead would naturally follow the River Styx to the Underworld and turn into the Ghost Clan. From a certain point of view, this also solved the problem of the undead returning to their homeland. Furthermore, with the River Styx branch and the passing of the creatures from the back of the world, they could also immediately enter the underworld.
However, Su Ye was a little worried. Hmm, it should be called selfish.
He did not care about the Undead entering the Underworld to strengthen the power of the Hades, he only cared about the direction of reincarnation for the Undead that entered the Underworld. From his point of view, since he was a World-Viewing Undead, he had to return to the world after reincarnation.
If they entered the River Styx and went through reincarnation through the Underworld, they might not even be able to see the world in their next life. Furthermore, according to the Hades, for some undead, they might even have to go down to hell after entering the Underworld.
Therefore, Su Ye hesitated.
But Pluto had obviously seen through Su Ye's dilemma.
Pluto sighed, "Do you know why the River Styx branch that covered everything disappeared?"
"Hmm? "Please enlighten me, Your Majesty."
The world that was born back then, with the backbone of that Innate Ancestral Immortal combined with the evolution of the Woodcarver's fragment, it was extremely grand. It can be said that from the very beginning, it was a great scene where tens of thousands of races flourished, and because the world did not coexist, the conflicts between the various powers were not too fierce. If it continued to develop, it might become a natural world like the land of the ancestors.
"Do you know how precious that natural ancestral realm is?"
Su Ye shook his head, indicating that he did not understand. He had extraordinary experience now, but compared to an ancient Innate Celestial Immortal like Pluto, he was still shallow and incomparable.
Pluto's blurry eyes suddenly lit up with a bright glow, and his tone became somewhat agitated: "You are born in the Ancestral Realm, you can be an Ancestral Immortal!"
"What?!"
"That's impossible. Didn't they say that in order to become an innate Ancestral Immortal, one had to be free from the causes and effects of the world? How could an Ancestral Immortal be born in the natural world?"
Pluto looked at Su Ye playfully. "This is what Fellow Daoist Kun Peng told you, right?"
Su Ye's heart skipped a beat when he saw Pluto. Not good, could it be that I was tricked by that stingy Kun Peng?
At this time, Pluto continued, "Actually, what Fellow Kun Peng said to you is not wrong. If you cultivate in his Kun Peng World and gain great benefits from it, using his dao to nourish your body and form a great karmic effect, you really won't have the chance to touch upon the realm of Innate Ancestral Immortals in the future."
"But the natural Ancestral Realm is different. Hmm, it should be said that all of the Ancestral Realms are different. This is just like the earth that is rich enough with rich enough spirit energy to be able to grow trees that reach the sky. Actually, as long as it is the ancestral world, they can produce a Xiantian Ancestral Immortal, but the efficiency of different ancestral worlds is different. "
Following that, Pluto gave Su Ye a detailed explanation.
Su Ye finally understood the profundity behind it all.
There were two types of worlds in the vast space. The first was naturally formed from the primal chaos, and without any artificial carving, the days in the world would naturally evolve through a long period of time.
This world was called the Upper Sky Realm.
Because of the conflict between the various Daos, it was very difficult for the Upper Sky to evolve into the Ancestral Realm. However, once the evolution was successful, the number of days in the Innate Ancestral World would be the richest and most abundant in the world. Any living being that cultivated in the Innate Ancestral Realm or was born in the Innate Ancestral Realm would have the opportunity to become an Innate Ancestral Immortal.
However, in order for any living being to progress from the weakest to the strongest and become a Xiantian Ancestral Immortal, they would need to absorb unimaginable amounts of energy from the Xiantian Ancestral Realm.
Most times, after a Xiantian Ancestral Realm successfully gave birth to a Xiantian Ancestral Immortal, they would become extremely weak.
At this time, not to mention becoming an Innate Ancestral Immortal, it was extremely difficult to even become a Innate Celestial Immortal. Some Innate Ancestral Realms were extremely weak, they might as well form self-seals.
The weakened Xiantian Ancestral Realm would need a long period of time before it could be restored to the point of being able to give birth to a Xiantian Ancestral Immortal.
During this period of time, if a large number of creatures were willing to give up on themselves and continue their reincarnation cycle to nourish the Innate Ancestral World, the recovery time for the Innate Ancestral World would be greatly reduced.
However, the living creatures of this world were all selfish creatures. After painstakingly cultivating until they reached a certain point, how many of them were willing to give up their own bodies and assimilate everything to nourish the world before starting a new one?
Not only were the cultivators unwilling to give up on themselves, they had to fight for the chance to become a Xiantian Ancestral Immortal at the peak of the Xiantian Ancestral World. They had to plan and scheme for this reason, even waging a war of steel and blood in order to seize the chance to become a Xiantian Ancestral Immortal.
As a result, after a great battle, the Xiantian Ancestral Realm would be destroyed in the end. All the experts who were qualified to be promoted to the level of Xiantian Ancestral Immortal would end up in vain.
Other than the Upper Sky Realm, there was also a type of Houtian realm.
The Postnatal Realm was a world opened up by cultivators, such as the Kun Peng World, or Su Ye himself.
Upon reaching the Xiantian lifeform of a cultivator, the world they had created was the world of the Ancestral Dao. Thus, theoretically speaking, the world of the Ancestral World of a Xiantian lifeform should be able to give birth to a Xiantian Ancestral Immortal.
However, the fact that the Ancestral Dao World was nurturing a Xiantian Ancestral Immortal meant that the creatures of this world were capturing the quintessence of the Xiantian ancestor, resulting in the weakness of the Xiantian Ancestral Immortal. It was obvious, then, which Xiantian Ancestral Immortal would waste their time to watch as a Xiantian Ancestral Immortal was born in the world they had created?
What if he encountered an enemy while he was still weak? What would he do then? If he finally managed to become a Xiantian Ancestral Immortal, wouldn't it be too unfair for him to be killed?
Many Xiantian Ancestral Immortals, upon discovering that a certain creature was about to reach the level of a Xiantian Ancestral Immortal, would take decisive measures. Some would be merciful and would cut off their own world from that creature's cause and effect, allowing that creature to find another place to cultivate.
With just a bit of ferocity, he could exterminate all living things. He could crush Dao Fruits that had been living creatures for countless years, and instead, strengthen his own body and world of the Ancestral Dao. Moreover, the majority of them were a bit more vicious. It's like raising a pig, fat it up and kill it
Because of this, those who had the chance to cultivate to the Innate Ancestor Realm would often have to look for the Innate Ancestor Realm. However, it was not easy to find the Innate Ancestral World. Once the existence of the Innate Ancestral Realm was discovered, even if it was just a world of Innates that had yet to take shape and might yet ascend to the Ancestral World, cultivators would all flock to it like old cats smelling the smell of blood.
This was the situation in the illusory world. Before the ancient world had evolved into the Ancestral Dao world, just its appearance with the potential to evolve into the Ancestral Dao world had already attracted a large number of experts.
The result could be imagined. It was a fight to the death, a fight to the death. Everyone wished that they could exterminate everyone else, leaving the entire world to themselves and slowly enjoy the opportunity to advance into the Xiantian Ancestral Immortal.
Therefore, so many wars had taken place in the Primordial World, and so many versions had been left behind. Whether it was the Ancient Wooden Emperor or the Heavenly Dao, all of them were fighting for the chance to be promoted to the level of Innate Ancestral Immortal.
In the past, Hades, as the power that ruled over death and controlled all the undead in the world, naturally became the target of all the experts. In order to stop the development of the Hades, many forces started to take action, cutting off all the branches of the River Styx in a ruthless manner, making it hard for the Hades to collect more Undead.
Even if doing so would cause the cycle of reincarnation to fall apart, causing the evolution of the world to slow down, it did not matter.
In truth, it had also been accumulating for many years. The days had naturally evolved, and the myriad worlds were about to unify. At that time, it was highly likely that the world would ascend to the world of the Ancestral Dao. After so many years of accumulation, many of the experts were now full of confidence. Even if the Hades did not take the initiative to draw out the River Styx Branch, soon, some experts would force the Hades to go through the River Styx Branch again in all directions.