Chapter 4778: Wild Guesses and Deductions
"Public enemy of Heaven and Earth, huh?
It is not the first time anyway, so there is no need to care.
Let us go."
The collapse of the child universe was already at its final stage, and in just a few more days it would completely turn into ruins, with no possibility of return.
Lin Moyu did not intend to just wait around.
He stepped into that fixed spatial passage and headed toward the mother universe.
The child universe was only an appetizer.
The mother universe was Lin Moyu's true target this time.
A Nine Cycle universe was something Lin Moyu very much wanted to see for himself.
He wished to know what was different about a universe treated as a Great Annihilation countdown timer.
The spatial passage was not long, and faint strands of pressure came at him from all directions.
This pressure could block any existence below the Chaos Realm from passing through.
In this mother and child universe system, such spatial passages were called "Ascension Passages."
As long as one cultivated to the Chaos Realm, one could enter an Ascension Passage and thereby arrive at the mother universe.
The mother universe could accommodate much stronger power and had a much higher upper limit.
Soon, the end of the spatial passage appeared before his eyes.
Just as he flew out from the passage, several bolts of lightning crashed down, landing on Lin Moyu with unerring accuracy.
Immediately afterward, endless thunder poured down like a torrential rain, every bolt carrying boundless universal power, as if determined to blast Lin Moyu into dust.
The thunder came too fast.
Only a few breaths later did the sound of the thunder finally reach his ears.
Purple light flickered before his eyes, electric serpents danced wildly, and the thunder landing on his body brought a bit of stabbing pain, but mostly it was more of an itch than anything else.
"Impressive power.
Much stronger than the Chaos Ancient Wilds."
Lin Moyu had been blasted countless times in the Chaos Ancient Wilds and was long since used to it.
Compared to those, the thunder of a Nine Cycle universe was stronger, and its universal power richer, but trying to kill him with this alone was still far from enough.
His eyes pierced through the lightning to observe some of the universal laws within.
The Nine Heavens Fate Art spread out.
"Hide."
The universal laws were immediately altered, and it was as though Lin Moyu vanished from within them.
The thunder instantly lost its target.
Lin Moyu clearly remained in the same spot without moving, yet the universal laws simply ignored him, treating him as if he did not exist.
"This is the problem when there is no supreme.
The universe itself has no intelligence and only operates according to its own laws."
"Me becoming the public enemy of Heaven and Earth is one kind of rule.
Heaven and Earth trying to kill their public enemy is another.
All I need to do is change the laws, and I stop being the public enemy of Heaven and Earth and can be ignored by them."
"Although a Nine Cycle universe is powerful, its essence has not changed much.
What it is remains what it is."
Once one understood a single principle, all others became clear.
Once the universal laws were fully comprehended, at any level of universe the same rules still applied.
The creation of the Nine Heavens Fate Art was precisely based on this.
No matter which universe it was used in, the Nine Heavens Fate Art functioned; the only difference was in how strong the effect would be.
The Wings of Heaven and Earth spread once more, and Lin Moyu carefully sensed the changes between different universes.
"The influence range of the Wings of Heaven and Earth has shrunk.
In a Nine Cycle universe, the laws are incomparably thick and heavily restrictive.
Breaking this restriction is extremely difficult, which is why, for countless years, no supreme has ever appeared here."
"These kinds of restrictions are, in essence, the same as those of a Seven Cycle universe.
Wait, it seems some things have finally become clear."
Lin Moyu suddenly grasped something.
He had seen Seven Cycle and Eight Cycle universes before, and now, seeing a Nine Cycle universe again, he had clearly observed all three kinds of universes in which a supreme had never appeared.
Peeling back layer after layer through the laws, Lin Moyu finally saw the whole picture.
The Hongmeng Stone asked,
"Master, what did you see?"
Lin Moyu said,
"I finally know why no universe above Seven Cycles has ever produced a supreme."
The Hongmeng Stone tilted its head.
"Why?
Is it not just because the laws are too strong and too restrictive?"
Lin Moyu replied,
"No.
It is because the laws do not allow it.
In universes of Seven Cycles and above, the universal laws have already sealed this path shut, so it is impossible for a supreme to appear within them."
"Ah?"
The Hongmeng Stone was stunned on the spot, finding it both incredible and hard to believe.
Lin Moyu continued,
"It is not that the laws of universes above Seven Cycles are too strong.
No matter how strong the laws, a peerlessly brilliant being will always appear to break through them.
"But here there is simply no path at all.
If no such path exists, then no matter how monstrously talented you are, you still cannot take it."
The Hongmeng Stone said,
"But, Master, are you not about to break through?"
Lin Moyu replied,
"What I am talking about only takes effect after a universe passes through its first cycle of the life and death tribulation and fully takes shape.
"To become a supreme while inside a universe above Seven Cycles, one must achieve the Dao before the first life and death tribulation of the universe erupts.
At that time, the universe is not fully formed, its laws are incomplete, and there is still a path left to walk."
"But this is exactly where the contradiction lies.
When the universe has not yet taken shape, outsiders cannot enter, and it is impossible for a living being with the qualifications to achieve the Dao to be born inside it.
So that sliver of opportunity is practically the same as non existent."
The Hongmeng Stone pondered briefly and felt that what Lin Moyu said made perfect sense.
"According to Master's words, this also explains why so many universes of Seven Cycles and above have never produced a single supreme."
"But then what is going on with Master's Moyu Divine Universe?"
Lin Moyu shook his head slightly.
"My Moyu Divine Universe seems to be somewhat special.
As for why that is, it is not clear yet.
Perhaps in the future this question can be answered.
Right now, my level of strength is still not enough…"
"What can now be confirmed is that the path I chose is correct.
I must become a supreme before my Moyu Divine Universe faces its first universal life and death tribulation and then refine the Moyu Divine Universe."
"And it feels as though, if I want to raise the Moyu Divine Universe to the level of a Hongmeng Universe, doing this is also a necessary step."
The Hongmeng Stone nodded.
"Hongmeng Treasure Heaven, Hongmeng Spirit Tree, and I am called the Hongmeng Stone as well.
It really is strange.
Just what is the meaning of these two words, 'Hongmeng'?"
He faintly sensed that the word "Hongmeng" was somewhat special, yet he could not say what exactly was special about it.
It was a very strange feeling, impossible to figure out no matter how much he thought.
Lin Moyu had pondered this same question and also had no answer.
His voice grew lower.
"Moreover, there is another guess."
"What?" the Hongmeng Stone asked curiously.
After following Lin Moyu for so many years, it knew very well that when Lin Moyu called something a guess, there was a very high chance it would turn out to be true.
Lin Moyu never guessed blindly.
His so called guesses were deductions made from all kinds of information and clues.
What was called a "guess" was, for the most part, reasoning.
Lin Moyu said,
"Before the Great Annihilation, universes should have existed as well, and among them there should have been Hongmeng level universes.
Otherwise there would not be something like the Hongmeng Spirit Tree.
For all anyone knows, you might have come from that era."
"The birth of a Hongmeng Universe requires a supreme.
After the Great Annihilation, the Hongmeng Spirit Tree was destroyed.
Then what about the supreme of that Hongmeng Universe?
Did that person die, or survive?"
"If that supreme survived, where would they be now?"
The Hongmeng Stone was greatly shocked and felt that what Lin Moyu said was very reasonable.
The Hongmeng Spirit Tree, though shattered, had not completely vanished.
If it really had come from that era, then it was still alive and well now.
Then what about the supreme of that Hongmeng Universe back then?
Did that being die, or did they survive?
Where had the Hongmeng Stone itself come from?
Had it been born from the Hongmeng Universe, or forged by someone?
Lin Moyu laughed.
"There is no need to think so much for now.
Even if the answers were all laid bare, it would be useless.
We currently have no ability to tackle that level of problem."
"First let us refine this Nine Cycle universe."
He had already followed the trail of the laws to the correct path and locked onto the universal core, step by step advancing along the laws toward it.