The information the small tree brought was extremely important. It helped Lin Moyu think through many things and confirm that the Heaven-and-Earth Wall was the final destination.
The Heaven-and-Earth Wall is the starting point of all Heaven and Earth. It determines the life and death of Heaven and Earth. At the same time, it is the endpoint of all Heavens and Earth.
From the Primal Chaos Spirit Tree, one can clearly deduce that after the Great Annihilation, all Heavens and Earth collapse and shatter. Whatever fortunate remnants can persist will enter the Heaven-and-Earth Wall and become Heaven-and-Earth origin materials, used for the next cycle of Heaven-and-Earth gestation.
Everything is like an immense cycle, and both the origin and the end of that cycle lie in the Heaven-and-Earth Wall.
The Life-Forbidden Zone is merely the road that leads to the Heaven-and-Earth Wall. Being able to survive in the Life-Forbidden Zone is only the most basic condition for entering the Heaven-and-Earth Wall. It does not mean that surviving in the Life-Forbidden Zone lets you enter the Heaven-and-Earth Wall.
If his guess was correct, mastering a Primal Chaos Heaven and Earth was one of the necessary conditions to enter the Heaven-and-Earth Wall.
Lin Moyu was sure his thinking was not wrong. This was one of the meanings behind the existence of a Primal Chaos Heaven and Earth.
To evolve Heaven and Earth into a Primal Chaos Heaven and Earth, first Heaven and Earth must become a Nine Wheel Heaven and Earth. This did not conflict with what he had to do before.
Then the Primal Chaos Spirit Tree must fully mature. It still seemed to be missing something. The small tree still had a long road before it could fully mature.
First, become a Nine Wheel Heaven and Earth. Once it became a Nine Wheel Heaven and Earth, the foundation would be set, and the possibility of becoming a Primal Chaos Heaven and Earth would exist. As for the small tree, take it one step at a time. If fate allowed, it could be done.
One day later, the small tree finally stopped its explosive growth.
At this moment, the small tree was more than a hundred times larger than before. A vast stretch of the void was covered by its branches and leaves, becoming an independent region. Here, time and space were completely controlled by the small tree, forming a secret realm.
The small tree's roots had already encircled Yushen Heaven and Earth, as if erecting a solid shield for Yushen Heaven and Earth within the Life-Forbidden Zone.
The Life-Forbidden Zone's destruction power became much gentler after passing through the roots. Then it passed through the vortices and flowed into Yushen Heaven and Earth, allowing Yushen Heaven and Earth to absorb it better. The conversion efficiency rose dramatically.
At this rate, in less than one hundred thousand years, Yushen Heaven and Earth could naturally rise to a Nine Wheel Heaven and Earth.
One hundred thousand years, for a Heaven and Earth, was only a brief instant. But for the current Lin Moyu, it was far too long. The time left in his plan was under eight hundred years. If Yushen Heaven and Earth could not advance to Nine Wheel within eight hundred years, then even if it advanced later, it would not be perfect, and trying to go further would become extremely difficult.
The information the Primal Chaos Spirit Tree sent would not change his plan. It only let him know more.
"Thank you."
He patted the small tree.
The small tree rustled and swayed. "This is what I should do. I am still evolving. When I finish evolving, maybe I can still help Master."
Lin Moyu smiled. "Our plan does not change. You continue. I will go take a look at that Heaven and Earth."
Returning to Chaotic Wild Desolation, Lin Mohan had already started to get busy with her affairs. As the future master of Heaven and Earth, she had far too much to do.
Lin Moyu took out the jade token Destiny Venerable had given and read the information. It turned out to be a child-and-mother Heaven and Earth.
Primal Chaos Gem had once told Lin Moyu about various forms of Heaven and Earth. Among them was one extremely special and rare form called a child-and-mother Heaven and Earth.
Simply put, it was a powerful mother Heaven and Earth within which a child Heaven and Earth formed, creating a child-and-mother structure. Once this structure formed, all channels from the mother Heaven and Earth to the outside would close. It would only interconnect with the child Heaven and Earth. The child Heaven and Earth, meanwhile, would remain connected to the outside.
After this kind of Heaven and Earth collapsed into Heaven-and-Earth remnants, its structure would not change. In fact, because the mother Heaven and Earth's existence provided protection, the child Heaven and Earth inside would be preserved relatively intact.
There had once been an expedition team of Supremes that entered such child-and-mother Heaven-and-Earth remnants and discovered that there were still living beings in the child Heaven and Earth, and even figures similar to Supremes. At the same time, the child Heaven and Earth still connected to the mother Heaven and Earth. With one careless step, you could pass from the child Heaven and Earth into the mother Heaven and Earth.
And these mother Heaven and Earth were often very strong, with equally high danger. Under this double danger, Supreme expedition teams often never returned.
Of course, these were things Primal Chaos Gem had seen. Many Supremes did not know. They only knew their expedition teams went and never came back. Only a few could learn about child-and-mother Heaven-and-Earth remnants. Those who knew usually would not speak of it. This created an information cocoon.
How Destiny Venerable learned about a child-and-mother Heaven and Earth was also explained clearly. Through destiny deduction, he found a spatial passage. After entering, he accidentally obtained a fragment that was neither fully gold nor fully iron. From that fragment, he gained information. Later he had some fortuitous encounters there. His strength advanced greatly, yet he did not break through to Great Supreme. Instead, Eternal Wild Ox broke through and surpassed Great Supreme.
Later they were discovered and hunted down. They fled back in a sorry state. That they managed to escape was thanks both to Destiny Venerable's Destiny Dao and Eternal Wild Ox's terrifying flesh body.
The mother Heaven and Earth had become remnants, while the child Heaven and Earth was not badly damaged. There were still living beings. A mother Heaven and Earth that could withstand the Great Annihilation had to be at least an Eight Wheel Heaven and Earth. The child Heaven and Earth within likely had five wheels, maybe even six.
If there were Supremes inside, it would be troublesome.
Lin Moyu synced this information to Primal Chaos Gem and let it judge. Primal Chaos Gem read it and said with certainty, "There will not be a Supreme in the child Heaven and Earth. At most there is only an existence close to Supreme. Master does not need to worry."
Lin Moyu asked, "Why are you so sure?"
Primal Chaos Gem said, "Because the mother Heaven and Earth's rules will not allow it. Once a child Heaven and Earth forms inside the mother Heaven and Earth, the child Heaven and Earth's rules will be influenced by the mother Heaven and Earth. Becoming a Supreme in the child Heaven and Earth is as difficult as in the mother Heaven and Earth."
"This mother Heaven and Earth is at least an Eight Wheel Heaven and Earth, and it might even be a Nine Wheel Heaven and Earth. In any Heaven and Earth above Seven Wheel, Supremes have never appeared. So I have one hundred percent certainty that there will be no Supreme in the child Heaven and Earth, at most an existence infinitely close to Supreme."
"However, because the mother Heaven and Earth is so powerful, that near-Supreme will not be weak. Slaughtering those expedition teams is no problem. For Master, it should not be hard to deal with."
Primal Chaos Gem's analysis was convincing. Lin Moyu chose to trust it.
"If so, then I hope this mother Heaven and Earth is a Nine Wheel Heaven and Earth."
"Besides that, is there anything else particular about child-and-mother Heaven and Earth?"
Primal Chaos Gem said, "Yes. Child-and-mother Heaven and Earth are rare. During the Great Annihilation, if the child Heaven and Earth did not fully collapse, that means the mother Heaven and Earth is still relatively intact. Master cannot directly refine the mother Heaven and Earth."
"So after entering, Master must first cripple the child Heaven and Earth, shatter it completely into Heaven-and-Earth remnants, and then go refine the mother Heaven and Earth. Only then can it succeed."
Lin Moyu felt helpless. "So I have no choice but to kill. There are still living beings in the child Heaven and Earth."
The information from Destiny Venerable said as much. Lin Moyu knew he was about to slaughter again.
Primal Chaos Gem said, "After the Great Annihilation, even living beings will not be normal. Master does not need any burden. Kill them."
Lin Moyu nodded. "Alright. But before that, I should go see my teachers."
After Lin Moyu sent the small world into Yushen Heaven and Earth, it had gradually stabilized over the past few days under Yushen Heaven and Earth's rules.
Lin Moyu erased all traces connected to Calamity Great Supreme's domain and also erased the aura of Chaotic Wild Desolation, almost completely turning the small world into a member of Yushen Heaven and Earth.
Everyone in the small world knew nothing of the changes. They lived as they always had.
The Divine Xia Empire was preparing for an invasion of the demonic fiends beyond the domain, and they were about to face another war.
Meng Anwen was still in his courtyard, drinking tea. Bai Yiyuan had gone off to handle preparations and was not here.
He frowned and looked at the sky. "Why does it feel... a little different?"
Suddenly he lowered his head and looked outside the courtyard. His eyes widened and he sprang up, staring ahead in disbelief.
Lin Moyu slowly stepped into the courtyard, his smile gentle, just like when he had returned many years ago.
Meng Anwen did not believe his eyes, and he did not believe his ears either. He lost his usual calm. His body trembled slightly, and he muttered, "I am not dreaming, right? I am not dreaming, right?"
Lin Moyu walked up to Meng Anwen and respectfully bowed. "Teacher, are you well? It is not a dream. I am back."
Only then did Meng Anwen confirm it was Lin Moyu. His gaze shifted from disbelief to wild joy. He nearly shouted, losing composure. "Really... Xiaoyu is back. Xiaoyu is truly back. I will notify Old Bai and Kuangsheng right now."
The Divine Xia Tower suddenly appeared in midair. Its vast aura surged out. More than half the Divine Xia Empire saw the scene. They did not understand what was happening and thought the demonic fiends beyond the domain were about to invade. One after another, they raised their heads toward the heavens and prepared for war.
Lin Moyu observed everyone's reaction and smiled. "This Divine Xia Empire is managed quite well. Everyone is full of fighting spirit."
Meng Anwen transmitted the news of Lin Moyu's return through the Divine Xia Tower and answered, "These years we have been fighting the demonic fiends beyond the domain. Now the whole populace is soldiery."
In only one minute, the teleportation formation activated. Bai Yiyuan and Yan Kuangsheng arrived together.
"Old Meng, did Xiaoyu really come back?"
"Old Meng, if you dare lie to me, I will chop you."
Their voices shook the air. They were incomparably excited after receiving the news.
Lin Moyu smiled. "Teacher Bai, Teacher Yan, it is really me. I am back. No need to chop anyone."
"Xiaoyu, Xiaoyu..."
After the long separation, the master and disciples reunited. Lin Moyu respectfully offered tea and roughly recounted his experiences over the years, omitting some minor details and saying nothing about Calamity Great Supreme. Some things did not need to be known.
The small world had gone through much these years.
Calamity Great Supreme had actually started acting long ago, right when Lin Moyu left. From that time, time and space had already been thrown into disorder.
After that, Antares was the only one to leave the small world. Antares could leave because of Boyang Great Supreme. Antares had been arranged by Boyang Great Supreme to enter, and was later secretly taken away by Boyang Great Supreme.
Boyang Great Supreme did this because of karmic ties with Lin Moyu. Behind it all was Destiny Venerable's subtle guidance back then.
The first to learn of Calamity Great Supreme's layout was naturally Destiny Venerable. But he could not speak plainly and only hinted. Thankfully Boyang Great Supreme also understood.
Antares had indeed helped Lin Moyu a great deal.
After Calamity Great Supreme took the small world away, in order to keep them alive he also gave some benefits and guided them onto the correct cultivation path. But at the same time, he restricted them, arranging the so called demonic fiends beyond the domain to watch them and grind them down.
Over these years, casualties in the small world were heavy. Now that everything had passed, the road ahead was open.
Lin Moyu stayed in the small world for more than a month before leaving. Besides Meng Anwen and the other two, no one knew he had returned.
Time to handle real business.
Lin Moyu's tone was calm. After returning from the small world, he felt lighter, as if many burdens had fallen away.
Primal Chaos Gem said, "Master, actually, you could have gone to that small world with a clone."
Lin Moyu shook his head and smiled. "You do not understand."
Primal Chaos Gem said, "Those Supremes later all severed karma, their ties with lower worlds..."
Lin Moyu cut him off. "That is why I say you do not understand. Different people act differently. I have my own way. I do not need to learn from anyone."
"Karma should be severed when it should be severed. When it should be kept, it should be kept."
Lin Moyu stood at a different height now. The road he walked had no figure ahead. From here on, only others would chase his shadow.
Primal Chaos Gem was only a spirit of a treasure. It truly did not understand these things. It was obedient and did not ask further.
"Let us go. Go see that child-and-mother Heaven and Earth."
Nine Heavens Fate Arts unfolded, forcibly changing Heaven-and-Earth rules. With one step, he crossed countless distances, faster than any teleportation.
In only a few steps, Lin Moyu crossed more than half of Chaos and arrived at the spatial passage Destiny Venerable indicated.
In the void, a spatial passage no larger than a fist bobbed and drifted. It was so tiny that even if someone passed nearby, they might not notice it.
Primal Chaos Gem said, "Yes, this is it. I sense the unique aura of a child-and-mother Heaven and Earth."
Before entering, Lin Moyu could not help turning back and looking toward the deepest part of the Wild Desolation. "I always feel the deepest part of the Wild Desolation is strange. When I have time, I will go again."
Primal Chaos Gem asked in confusion, "What could be strange? If there were something strange, I would definitely see it."
Lin Moyu shook his head. "It is just a feeling. Chaotic Wild Desolation became the only Heaven and Earth born from the ashes of Heaven and Earth after the Great Annihilation. It must have something special. That special thing can only be in the deepest part of the Wild Desolation."
Primal Chaos Gem was even more confused. "Not the only one. Is there not also Master's Yushen Heaven and Earth?"
Lin Moyu shook his head. "My Yushen Heaven and Earth is different."
"Different how?"
Primal Chaos Gem still did not understand. Lin Moyu did not answer and directly entered the spatial passage.
A strange aura rushed over him. Lin Moyu sensed relatively intact Heaven-and-Earth rules.
Nine Heavens Fate Arts unfolded. Lin Moyu was like the master of Heaven and Earth, inspecting Heaven and Earth.
This Heaven and Earth was damaged, but its rules were still fairly intact. It truly could support living beings. But the living beings here had also experienced Heaven-and-Earth destruction. Either they had died, or they had mutated and were completely different from before.
"You were right. They can no longer be considered normal living beings. Their form of existence is different. Compared to normal living beings, they are missing something."
Primal Chaos Gem said, "So Master can fully let loose here."
Lin Moyu gave a soft sound. "Yes. I can fully let loose. No need to care."
"There is no karma here. These living beings are more like leftover tumors, Heaven-and-Earth borers. They should have died and returned to Heaven-and-Earth power to maintain the existence of these Heaven-and-Earth remnants."
"Now they are still alive. Not only alive, they continuously devour Heaven-and-Earth power. If the mother Heaven and Earth outside the child Heaven and Earth were not strong enough to supply enough Heaven-and-Earth power, the child Heaven and Earth would have collapsed long ago."
At Lin Moyu's current height, with only a sweep of his gaze he had already understood every detail inside the child Heaven and Earth.
The child Heaven and Earth had no Heaven-and-Earth core. It relied on the mother Heaven and Earth to exist. But to refine the mother Heaven and Earth's core, one must first cripple the child Heaven and Earth. This was the special nature of this child-and-mother Heaven and Earth, set by Heaven-and-Earth rules.
Of course, rules could be changed. If Lin Moyu wanted to forcibly change them, he could. But it would cost great effort and would draw resistance from the mother Heaven and Earth, making it not worth it.
The mother Heaven and Earth's tier was very high. Its rules were extremely strong. Lin Moyu did not want to forcibly change rules.
Then he would follow the rules.
First cripple the child Heaven and Earth, smash it into Heaven-and-Earth remnants, then go to the mother Heaven and Earth.
The path to the mother Heaven and Earth had already been found, at the center of the child Heaven and Earth, where the Heaven-and-Earth core should have been. Now, it was the main passage linking to the mother Heaven and Earth.
Besides that, the child Heaven and Earth had many other passages connecting to the mother Heaven and Earth, but those passages were unstable, appearing and disappearing. Lin Moyu did not consider them.
With his ability to see essence through rules, acting became much easier. There were no fancy complications in the child Heaven and Earth. Handling it would be simple.
Lin Moyu had not even acted yet when a vast aura surged nearby. A mass of black shadow shot out and instantly arrived in front of him, baring sharp fangs.
Lin Moyu had already seen it. He casually waved, and a vast force burst out, blasting it away. Then he reached out and grabbed. A giant hand appeared in the void and lifted the black shadow in midair. With a light squeeze, the black miasma outside it shattered, revealing its true form.
It looked strange, like a beast, yet it had a humanlike face. On its back it carried a stone stele. The stele was made of some unknown material, more than half broken, with a portion still intact.
Lin Moyu could sense that the stele recorded something.
This being's strength was almost at peak Chaos realm. Any being that could survive the Great Annihilation would not be weak. But it had mutated and could no longer be called a living being. It had no intelligence, only instinct to attack outsiders. Its soul was also incomplete. Its soul flame was not whole.
Its flesh body, because Heaven-and-Earth rules were not damaged, still existed. But this also caused poor fit between flesh and soul, at most eighty percent. It was like Heaven-and-Earth rules forcibly shoved a damaged soul into a likewise flawed flesh body, forming such a thing.
Lin Moyu tightened his fingers. With a bang, the monster was crushed. The stone stele it carried fell into Lin Moyu's hand.
With one movement of soul power, Lin Moyu instantly read everything recorded on it.
The stele's information was written and recorded with the soul. It described the situation of this child Heaven and Earth.
Most people in the child Heaven and Earth did not know there was a mother Heaven and Earth outside. Only those who reached the Chaos realm could pass from the child Heaven and Earth into the mother Heaven and Earth. They called it Ascension.
After Ascension, their realm did not change, but their strength increased greatly. As their realm continued to rise, the increase in strength would become extremely exaggerated, far beyond the child Heaven and Earth.
Lin Moyu naturally understood the reason. The mother Heaven and Earth's rules were stronger, the restrictions greater. At the same realm, those in the mother Heaven and Earth would naturally be stronger than those in the child Heaven and Earth.
Back then, everyone in the child Heaven and Earth who reached the Chaos realm would ascend into the mother Heaven and Earth. But one day, countless powerful beings from the mother Heaven and Earth returned as a group.
The stele was damaged, and the record ended there.
Though incomplete, it was enough for Lin Moyu to roughly infer the process of the Great Annihilation in this Heaven and Earth. But the information was not enough. He wanted more.
His mind stirred. The void twisted. A vast tide of Undying Spirit Soldiers poured out like a flood, surging in all directions.
Lin Moyu dispatched one hundred billion Undying Spirit Soldiers in one go. Here, he had no need for restraint. He could just slaughter through. This Heaven and Earth had already suffered the Great Annihilation. There was no karma left in its rules. He could kill however he wanted, and it would not matter.
The Undying Spirit Soldiers quickly contacted the child Heaven and Earth's beings. Without a word, they attacked.
The abnormal beings of the child Heaven and Earth were killed one after another. At the same time, the Undying Spirit Soldiers collected information, bringing back objects that recorded information and handing them to Lin Moyu.
Lin Moyu checked them one by one and understood this Heaven and Earth more and more.
Back then, the mass return of those who had ascended from the child Heaven and Earth into the mother Heaven and Earth happened because among them there were cultivators of the Destiny Dao who sensed the coming of the Great Annihilation. Only by returning to the child Heaven and Earth was there a slim chance of survival. So they returned as a group.
Because too many returned at once, and they were too strong, they exceeded the child Heaven and Earth's carrying limit. A battle even broke out.
To allow more people to return from the mother Heaven and Earth, they acted and almost slaughtered the child Heaven and Earth's original inhabitants clean.
In the end, those who remained in the child Heaven and Earth were almost all those who had returned from the mother Heaven and Earth, while the original inhabitants of the child Heaven and Earth were nearly exterminated, with fewer than one in ten surviving.
Later, the Great Annihilation happened. The mother Heaven and Earth became remnants. Under the mother Heaven and Earth's protection, the child Heaven and Earth did not completely collapse.
But those who fled back were not spared either. Some died, some mutated, becoming what they were now.
After sorting it out, Lin Moyu chuckled. "The beings in this Heaven and Earth have a good habit. They like recording big and small matters. Saves me from having to deduce everything myself."
Primal Chaos Gem said, "No wonder I saw deep resentment in the child Heaven and Earth. So the child Heaven and Earth's original people were all slaughtered, and the ones left are those who ascended to the mother Heaven and Earth and later returned."
Lin Moyu said, "Yes. Among those who returned, there is one strongest person, already very close to the Supreme seat, called Purple-Cloud True Lord. Earlier, when I used rules to inspect Heaven and Earth, I already found him. He is at the very center of the child Heaven and Earth and has refined part of the child Heaven and Earth's rules. If we want to smash the child Heaven and Earth into remnants, we must deal with him."
Primal Chaos Gem said, "With Master's strength, dealing with him should not be a problem."
Now Lin Moyu's flesh body was extremely close to Supreme. His soul was nearly no different from a Supreme. Added to Nine Heavens Fate Arts, unless facing a true Supreme, even Heaven and Earth would stand with Lin Moyu. To handle a Purple-Cloud True Lord, in Primal Chaos Gem's view, was no issue.
Lin Moyu said, "It has been a long time since I truly acted myself. I hope he will not disappoint me."
Since his strength rose, he had fewer and fewer chances to personally act. Even in the battle for the chance to achieve the Dao in Chaotic Wild Desolation, he used more schemes than action. If not for Lin Mohan, he could have swept through those people outright. He just feared hitting too hard and killing them too quickly.
Here, he could act without any restraint, and properly loosen his limbs.
He slowly flew toward the center of the child Heaven and Earth.
Undying Spirit Soldiers swept across the child Heaven and Earth. Where they passed, not a chicken or dog remained. The child Heaven and Earth shook continuously as mutated beings were killed one by one.
For the child Heaven and Earth, this was a good thing. The pressure it bore was gradually decreasing. The lingering obsessions and resentments also dissipated with their deaths.
The slaughter Lin Moyu brought became a deliverance.