Master?
Zhong.
Wu Wang felt that his Dao Heart was sowhat insufficient.
"What Zhong?"
"My na is Chaos, also known as the Eastern Emperor. I am the vessel of ti, the defining principle of Heaven and Earth."
The blue-clad 'Wu Wang' spoke softly, a slightly apologetic smile on his lips.
"It is my fault for disturbing you, Master, while you are still growing."
Wu Wang was a bit stunned.
He gazed at the great bell, which was marked with nurous scratches. Its Dao rhythm was exceedingly obscure, yet it felt sowhat familiar.
"Retrospection?"
Zhong answered, "It is I."
Wu Wang murmured, "You... you're influencing the present from the future?"
"I dare not disturb you, Master," Zhong said softly. "I am rely ensuring that I can be smoothly birthed to execute your will, Master. I was born from your will."
"I don't quite understand," Wu Wang gestured with his hands, not even sure what he himself was trying to convey.
He asked, "Where are you now?"
"I have not yet been born, Master. I am in the future."
Zhong said with a smile, "You have already grasped a part of my body: the Star God's disc. You still need to obtain more treasures, and it will be you who refines them into . Then, I will begin to accompany you, Master, through the battles in the Great Wilderness."
"Not yet born, how... Explain it to in detail."
Zhong answered, "This Great Dao is quite complex, Master. Your current Dao Realm is too low; you are unable to understand or comprehend these matters."
Wu Wang was imdiately a bit flustered.
Zhong disdains .
What kind of cultivation experience was it to be told by one's own future Divine Artifact that one's Dao Realm was too low?
"Just explain," Wu Wang said calmly, clasping his hands behind his back. "I'm listening."
"Yes. Possibilities."
Zhong stepped forward slowly, his hands held sowhat nervously before him, fingertips lightly touching.
He said, "I am the most special existence among Divine Artifacts because you endowed with this Great Dao.
"This Great Dao cannot be depicted; it originates from possibility, defines possibility, and also binds possibility.
"To take the simplest example, when you reach a crossroads, three paths appear before you, and in the next instant, you will decide which path to take.
"When outsiders are unaware of your thoughts, there are three choices in the next instant, leading to three possibilities: left, middle, or right.
"When the next instant arrives and you choose a path, the three possibilities converge upon your choice.
"Ti is like a long river, yet its embanknts are only built up to 'now.' Consequently, the past loses possibilities; it is audible, visible, but unchangeable. The next instant of the future, however, can be changed.
"Ti flows ceaselessly forward. The residual images of the material world continually pave new embanknts, and the will of living beings becos the scenery upon these embanknts.
"But any will has the potential to slightly interfere with the flow of the river of ti."
Wu Wang nodded calmly, saying indifferently, "Oh? re superposition state collapse. What else?"
Zhong was taken aback for a mont.
"To understand such a profound Great Dao at your current stage truly earns my admiration. You are indeed the most brilliant pearl in the river of ti of the Great Wilderness, the hope of all living beings, and the nightmare of Divine Spirits."
Wu Wang urged, "First, tell : if you haven't been born, why do you exist?"
"I do not exist in the mont you are in, only the disc, my embryonic form."
Zhong hurriedly said, "You endowed with characteristics, using to suppress ti, to suppress countless possibilities.
"You can imagine that if ti stood still, every possibility would be like the crossing branches of a tree, spreading out into innurable twigs.
"Of course, ti cannot stand still, so branches keep disappearing, and the paths that need to be suppressed aren't too nurous overall.
"When ti stands still, for this endless tree of possibilities, as long as one connecting line exists—as long as one path reaches the mont of my birth in the future—then I will be born through this thread of possibility.
"Afterward, I can suppress other paths where I could not be born, from that node in the future, negating all other possibilities.
"This is to ensure that I can be born."
CLANG—
As Zhong finished speaking, the large bell beside him gently vibrated, its lingering sound swirling around Wu Wang's ears, stirring layers of realization within him.
But then, Wu Wang suppressed these realizations, gazing at the large bell.
"What have you done to ?"
"Master, I am an extension of your will."
Zhong spoke softly, "I have tried to minimize the impact on your growth period.
"What should be most deeply engraved in your mory are the three retrospections. That was when you had too little information at your disposal and were forcibly overpowered by Emperor Shun's Order incarnation. There was only one possibility to avoid Emperor Shun's Order incarnation.
"But that possibility was too harsh and would have caused you to lose your close friends and family.
"You valued them imnsely, so I took the liberty of intervening three tis at a dium level, allowing you to find an easier path."
An easier path... That wasn't easy at all.
"There seems to be a flaw," Wu Wang said indifferently. "If I had lost then, you wouldn't exist later."
"You still don't understand."
Zhong sighed lightly. "In the tiline woven from countless possibilities, as long as there's one tiline where I am born, then I can suppress all other tilines.
"You may find it easier to accept this way of putting it: there are actually no parallel tilines.
"Of course, tilines are not parallel. It's more like a single line to the left of 'now,' which is fuzzy on the right, with the origin point constantly moving from left to right.
"The properties you bestowed upon are immortality, eternity, and absolute supremacy over the years. Therefore, as long as there's one possibility that gives rise to , I will inevitably exist when all future possibilities collapse into a fixed tiline.
"Unless you never ca into this world; then the initial possibility wouldn't exist."
After a pause, Zhong pondered carefully, then continued, "A static analysis shows that, in fact, one-third of the paths can lead to my birth.
"That is to say, without my intervention, the overall probability of you becoming a supre expert and forging in the future is one-third."
This?
So, as long as I *could* possibly be aweso, then I'm *destined* to be aweso?
Internally, Wu Wang cursed this as outrageous.
This is too much! This cheat is way too overpowered!
But on second thought, it seed to be *his own* cheat... Well, never mind then.
Wu Wang kept his expression impassive and said, "So, you negated the other two-thirds of possibilities. This inevitably still interfered with ."
"Master."
Zhong looked sowhat distressed and sighed. "This is truly unavoidable, as cause and effect are intricately linked, and the changes in possibilities are inherently unpredictable.
"Moreover, it is your will that shaped . I am just your instrunt, a vessel for one of your Great Dao.
"You needn't worry about scheming against you; that in itself would be an insult to ."
"What's the deal with retrospection?"
Zhong explained, "It was erasing the established tiline, returning to a state where possibilities coexisted, and letting you make your own choice. This consud a considerable amount of my power."
Wu Wang frowned and said, "If you used retrospection on several more tis, wouldn't my vital energy be greatly depleted, and I'd just perish?"
"Before you would have to undertake the final retrospection that would deplete you, I will intervene strongly."
"Strong intervention refers to?"
Zhong said, "Intervening in even earlier possibilities, ensuring you can safely navigate the crisis without needing to be involved."
Wu Wang continued to ask, "So you an everything must develop in the direction you anticipate?"
Zhong replied, "Master, it is the direction *you* anticipate; otherwise, you would not forge . I am rely a Divine Artifact in your hands.
"—Please do not resent my constant emphasis on these points. I truly fear that if you make up your mind, you might decide not to forge ."
Wu Wang's expression softened slightly. "Then, the '' that accompanies you at this mont—can he sense that you are conversing with now?"
It responded with a laugh, "Hasn't this conversation already beco part of your mories?"
Wu Wang was montarily lost for words.
Zhong said, "You do not like interference from others, which is why during those three retrospections, I deliberately let you glimpse the phantom of Emperor Fuxi.
"But Master, the future is not predetermined, and you are bound by no fate.
"In the span of ti from your present mont until my birth, the stories you leave behind, the trajectory your life takes—these are all your own decisions.
"My existence is to protect your path forward, to ensure you beco the sovereign of the Great Wilderness.
"And when you and I finally et, this fragnt of my consciousness will erase itself.
"Eternal beings only retain their spiritual nature from the past."
Wu Wang smiled and said, "Tell , how many tis have you influenced ?"
"Countless tis, but all were very subtle influences. You are probably most concerned about the recent one."
Zhong sighed and said, "When your spiritual mind is particularly focused, you may glimpse future events you might experience.
"I simply, when you broke through the seal, amplified your negative emotions towards the Gold God across several potential tilines extending from that mont.
"The Star God's Dao is your current foundation. The sooner you rge with the Star God, the sooner I can arrive before you."
Wu Wang asked, "If I don't choose the Star God's Dao, will you continue to intervene?"
"Master, I wouldn't dare to do so. But you will inevitably choose the Star God's Great Dao; it's just a matter of when that juncture occurs.
"Assisting your fusion with the Star God's Dao now, by leveraging Zhu Rong's birth, is what my analysis indicates as the most effortless and comfortable juncture for you.
"Because the starry sky is void, as you already know."
Zhong bowed his head slightly and said softly, "Constrained by the Temporal Dao Rules, I cannot tell you too much, or you yourself will suffer a greater backlash from those rules."
"Backlash?"
"Simply put, conversing with my future self cos at a small price for you.
"Unless you encounter danger, I will avoid direct communication with you in the future.
"You should still be able to ask one more question. Consider it a small privilege. You would do best to ask if there are any shortcuts ahead."
Shortcuts?
Wu Wang smiled faintly. Was he the kind of man who would resort to shortcuts and cheating to win?
Wu Wang asked, "What is my best path now?"
"Go to the Heaven Palace. Poach their talents."
CLANG—
The Eastern Emperor's Bell swayed gently as if struck by so unseen force.
Wu Wang's vision blurred montarily, and the mysterious Illusionary Realm shattered in an instant.
A strand of white hair fluttered up. Wu Wang looked down to see that the long hair on his chest had turned silvery-white.
Wu Wang hurriedly glanced at himself and, discovering that only a third of his long hair had turned silver, sighed in relief.
This seed to be the price Zhong had ntioned.
Deep within him, the images of his conversation with the Eastern Emperor's Bell gradually grew vague.
Wu Wang desperately tried to commit these things to mory, but an invisible ripple continuously washed through his mind, erasing these mories as if with an eraser.
Just then, the disc in the Star God's palm trembled slightly.
TING—
It was the sound of a bell again, but this chi was distant and faint. Yet, it allowed Wu Wang to retain most of the blurry images in his mind.
The only thing that remained clear were those six words.
*Go to Heaven Palace. Poach their talents.*
This?
Is this bell even a proper, serious bell?
Is it polite to say sothing like that so directly?
Moreover... Xihe's presence was a bit too overwhelming, and Chang Xi seed a little two-faced. Besides, they were both married, with ten or twelve children each! Morally and psychologically, he couldn't accept it.
Ugh, could 'poach their talents' possibly an going after strong gods like the Young Master or the Earth God?
Wu Wang shook his head. Just as he was about to carefully process the sensation, he suddenly felt a weight on his shoulder, and an intense Heavenly might appeared above his head.
That Heavenly might was not just vast; it was on the verge of solidifying and collapsing the cave dwelling itself, plunging all living beings within hundreds of miles into a deathly stillness.
This is...
Divine Light burst forth from Wu Wang's eyes, treating the solid mountain walls as if they were nothing. The thick clouds in the sky outside appeared within his mind.
A transcendence catastrophe!
It was actually his own transcendence catastrophe!
Only then did Wu Wang realize that his Dao Realm had unknowingly stepped into a realm he had never before entered.
Myriad starlight swirled around his body, and the light ford by two intersecting galaxies ward his Dao body.
As his spiritual mind circulated, it was as if he stood outside Heaven and Earth, amidst the stars, gazing down at all living beings below.
His thoughts flowed like water. He was now sitting in the quiet room of the cave dwelling, his eyes filled with Divine Light, his heart brimming with enlightennt. Then he shook his head and chuckled, a hint of tranquility showing in his eyes.
'The future is not predetermined; different possibilities exist, but all possibilities should lead to our encounter.'
If a woman had said that to him, how romantic it would be.
Wu Wang stood up. His fingers brushed through his silver-white hair, restoring them to their black color. He seed to walk on the ground, yet he left not a single footprint in the light layer of dust.
He dispelled the Barrier and lifted the cloth curtain.
The several beautiful figures waiting anxiously at the cave entrance were all stunned at that mont.
"Um."
Wu Wang said with a smile, "Wait for to transcend this catastrophe, and we can chat when I return."
Jingwei and Ling Xiaolan both took half a step forward, but Lin Suqing had already voiced a reminder, "Young Master, please be careful. Perhaps you should try to stabilize your condition a bit more?"
Wu Wang responded with a calm smile.
He was the Star God; what Heavenly Tribulation should he fear?
"Just a mont."
WHOOSH—
Wu Wang left an afterimage where he stood. The afterimage trembled slightly, and he had already vanished in an instant.
In the next mont, Wu Wang stood tall high in the sky, his long, unbound hair fluttering of its own accord. He clasped his hands behind his back and looked up towards the highest reaches of the clouds.
Above the tribulation clouds, exotic beasts gathered in hordes, and the phantoms of a hundred gods lingered.
Below the tribulation clouds, the demonic cultivators of the Annihilation Sect stared in astonishnt at the sky, at the figure standing quietly between Heaven and Earth.
"Sect... Sect Master, he's transcended?"
Yang Wudi cried out, his voice trembling, while the expressions of the surrounding Annihilation Sect mbers beca increasingly stupefied.
Especially those demonic cultivators whose cultivation had not progressed much over the decades—they now wished they could just end it all with a single slash of a blade, tears streaming down their faces.
When the Sect Master arrived, they were at their current realm.
When the Sect Master beca an Immortal, they were at their current realm.
The Sect Master was about to weather the transcendence catastrophe, and their realms... remained as immovable as a mountain.
"Quick! Send out the invitations far and wide! Prepare for the feast!"
The cultivators of the Annihilation Sect were instantly invigorated.
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