The Billion-Year Era

Chapter 405 The Billion-Year Era

The progenitor's expression was complex: "Didn't you want to know why I was suppressed?"

The founder of the giant axe, the Lord of Chaos City, and Luo Feng all looked over. Gu Ce knew why the Primordial Ancestor had been suppressed, but he didn't say anything and just listened quietly.

"Back then, I rose to power rapidly," the Primordial Ancestor said slowly. "Even in the First and Second Cycle Eras, none of them could rival me. I was invincible, traversing the vast universe."

"However, I've always been wary of the two great holy lands. Although I claim to be invincible, I'm not arrogant enough to say I'm a match for the founders of the two holy lands," the Primordial Ancestor said. "I'm wondering why the founders of the two holy lands haven't come out. Even if they've transcended reincarnation and are truly invincible and lonely, they wouldn't keep themselves trapped in their holy land universes forever, would they? Unless... they can't come out!"

The Primordial Ancestor said, "At that time, I suspected that venturing into reincarnation was a conspiracy!"

"A conspiracy?" The three were shocked.

"At the time, I suspected it was all a conspiracy by the primordial will," the Primordial Ancestor said. "But after I was suppressed, I came into contact with the supreme rules. Only then did I realize I was wrong, terribly wrong. Everything in the entire cosmic sea operates under the supreme rules! The primordial will only controls everything within the original universe; it cannot force anyone to enter the cycle of reincarnation. It doesn't have that power..."

The Lord of Chaos frowned and said, "But teacher, once you reach the Void level, aren't you required to attempt the Cycle of Reincarnation within a very short time?"

"Yes," Yuanzu said, "this is a restriction imposed by the supreme rules."

"Only the supreme rules can issue forceful commands to true gods and even higher beings," the Primordial Ancestor said. "After being suppressed for so long, I've come to understand. The primordial will can't possibly force anyone to go to a certain place. If it could, it wouldn't need to use so many methods to force Lord Yuan'ao and King Zhenjia to their deaths in some of the three forbidden zones."

"I was suppressed," the Primordial Ancestor said. "In fact, it was because I violated the supreme rules that the primordial will was able to suppress me. Otherwise, it would not have been able to suppress me."

The Primordial Ancestor said, "Initially, I was wary of the Origin Will, suspecting it was the mastermind behind everything... So I tried every means to investigate and find clues. Gradually, I discovered that the Origin Will itself is not very intelligent, possessing only the most basic wisdom. It should be a very fragile will that was born from the origin of the primordial universe."

"I didn't want to go through the cycle of reincarnation at the time, fearing that I would be bound forever," the Primordial Ancestor said. "So I came up with a plan... to destroy the primordial will, and my will became the primordial will of the original universe."

"That's why I created the 'Virtual Universe' technique," the original ancestor laughed. "My virtual universe and the real universe are like two sides of the same coin... completely compatible."

"I am a life form from the primordial universe, and the primordial universe does not oppose me."

"When my will, through the secret technique of the 'Virtual Universe,' spread throughout the entire primordial universe... then, the final collision with the original will began," the Primordial Ancestor said.

The group was completely dumbfounded.

The very first purpose of creating the virtual universe was actually for possession!

"But I was wrong." The Primordial Ancestor sighed. "Back then, I was like a frog in a well, making calculations based on my own speculations. But in reality, I was terribly wrong... My attempt to seize control of the Primordial Universe was a complete violation of the Supreme Rules! So the Supreme Rules punished me, causing me to lose this battle and be suppressed."

"The supreme rules punished me, but they also brought me into contact with them, which allowed me to vaguely understand many things."

"The primordial universe is simply impossible to possess," the Primordial Ancestor sighed. "I wonder what it will be like after traversing the cycle of reincarnation?"

Luo Feng and Gu Ce exchanged a glance, and finally Gu Ce spoke.

"After passing through the cycle of reincarnation, we will go to a place called the Origin Continent. The Origin Continent is surrounded by three thousand cosmic seas. All the ancient civilization heritages we see here come from the Origin Continent, including those strange objects and so on," Gu Ce said.

"The Origin Continent?" The Primordial Ancestor was slightly taken aback.

"I see!"

"On the Origin Continent, True Gods are only at the very bottom. Void True Gods have a certain status, but it's not very high. They're probably only at the level of Immortal Powerhouses among the human race. Those who truly have a certain status are at least at the level of Eternal True Gods," Gu Ce continued. The Giant Axe Founder and the Chaos City Lord weren't very clear about these things either.

"I estimate that after this cycle of reincarnation ends, I, Luo Feng, the Primordial Ancestor, and even the Giant Axe will all be able to break through to become Void True Gods. At that time, the human race will have four holy land universes. As for you, Uncle-Master, there are still two more cycles of reincarnation ahead, so the probability of breaking through is still very high."

"Furthermore, if one of us breaks through to become an Eternal True God, a True God powerhouse can be born in a small universe. However, it is not yet clear whether such a True God will have a small universe," Gu Ce said.

"That's not bad." Yuanzu nodded.

"The primordial universe gave true gods three cycles of reincarnation time to break through to the Void True God realm. Three cycles of reincarnation are also equivalent to the upper limit of a true god's lifespan. On the Origin Continent, only the Void True God can achieve true immortality."

Gu Ce continued, "The Void True God is the starting point of the Origin Continent."

Upon hearing this, all of them maintained a firm expression.

The Void God is just the beginning?

From this perspective, the struggle in the Cosmic Sea can only be considered a minor skirmish, and even those people in the Jin World are nothing.

"In addition," Gu Ce said.

"The World of Jin may leave the Cosmic Sea within tens of thousands of epochs. If you still want to enter, you need to speed up. You also need to inform the Cosmic Lords and True Gods of the Hong Alliance, and tell them not to stay in the World of Jin if they do not have an avatar. Otherwise, once the World of Jin leaves the Cosmic Sea, they will never be able to return."

The world of Jin contains a portion of an ancient civilization, as it is inhabited by powerful descendants of that civilization. If the world of Jin were to remain, future generations of beings would easily inherit the legacy of this ancient civilization, which is clearly not a good thing.

"Um."

They all nodded.

"Let's go back!"

Gu Ce waved his hand, dispelling the Boundless Void.

Next, we will allow the original ancestor to return to the human race!

……

With the World Beast Catastrophe gone, the cosmic sea forces that had been wary of the World Beasts relaxed their guard and continued to enter the Jin World.

Meanwhile, the news that the Jin World was about to be abandoned was informed to the Hong Alliance, and naturally it also reached the ears of the forces in the Cosmic Sea. Those who originally planned to continue to cultivate the Jin World began to migrate out of the Jin World.

Time flies by in peaceful times.

Tens of thousands of epochs have passed in the blink of an eye.

"In every era, the membrane of the Jin world will turn white once." A newly ascended universe lord of the Crystal Clan, the "Lord of Meteors," is flying towards the Jin world, riding a palace.

It's usually a very long time before a powerful figure goes to the Jin world.

"Huh?" The Meteor Lord stared in astonishment at the distant void.

"Did I go to the wrong place?"

The Lord of Meteors wondered if he had come to the wrong place. He carefully compared the map to the cosmic sea and looked for reference points in the surrounding area.

"That's right, this is where the 'World of Jin' is located. Could it be that the time has come, just as the Hongmeng said, and the World of Jin has left the Cosmic Sea?" The Meteor Lord was extremely shocked.

"Fortunately, I had already redeemed all my military merits, and this time I only sent a clone to go in and take a look," the Meteor Lord said thankfully.

boom!

Like a storm, the news quickly spread throughout the entire primordial universe, and powerful beings from all races learned of the disappearance of the Jin World.

……

In the endless depths of the cosmic ocean, a colossal creature is flying at an incredibly terrifying speed.

In the world of Jin, both Gu Ce and Luo Feng left behind divine power avatars, but they did not leave behind any treasures.

Inside Wuqi Tower.

Gu Ce was chatting with the God King of Jin.

"Hmm? The Jin world has left the cosmic sea," Gu Ce suddenly said.

The God-King of Jin was slightly taken aback, then said, "Then this avatar of yours will also dissipate, won't it?"

"If I don't leave the Jin world, I can naturally stay here. I just don't know what the depths of the cosmic sea are like," Gu Ce said with a smile.

"The depths of the Cosmic Sea... are fraught with danger, even God-Kings can perish there," sighed God-King Jin. "Throughout history, so many God-Kings from the Origin Continent have failed to fathom what lies deep within the Cosmic Sea."

"Your true form was injured by the power of the primordial universe," Gu Ce said.

After being permitted by the supreme rules, the power that the primordial universe could unleash was still terrifying.

"The power of the Primordial Universe... the power of the Primordial Universe is stronger than that of many God-Kings." God-King Jin shook his head slightly. "Back then, I was just one of the weakest God-Kings, and my strength lay in refining treasures rather than in warfare."

"Don't say that, your disciple is quite good." Gu Ce said with a smile.

"Luo Feng is indeed quite good," the God King of Jin nodded. "However, so much time has passed, and I wonder what the Origin Continent has become."

"It's alright," Gu Ce waved his hand. "We'll know when this era ends, but I'm not sure if the supreme rules will allow this divine incarnation of me to remain here."

"That probably won't work," King Jin said with a smile.

Gu Ce shook his head and said nothing more.

……

After the Jin World left, the only way for all forces in the Cosmic Sea to obtain the inheritance of ancient civilizations again was to obtain it from the Hong Alliance or from humans. Perhaps the inheritance they brought from the Jin World was enough for them to digest for a long time, but it was not enough for them to break through to the Void True God realm.

Among the few powerful beings in the cosmic sea who have the potential to break through to the Void God level, there are only four: Lord Beichi Star, Lord Hai, Lord Jiutou Demon Lord, and True God Juehe.

Among them, the Skeleton Lord and the Nine-Headed Demon Lord were both servants of the Beast Realm in the original work, and their relationship with the human race was not good. Gu Ce did not intend to make them into Void True Gods, so he had Morosa use his formless and shapeless abilities to simulate divine power and enslave their souls.

As for the other two, Lord Beichi Star was a kind-hearted person, and True God Juehe seemed to have no problems either, so Gu Ce didn't care about them. If they had a chance to break through, they could break through; if they couldn't, then so be it.

What followed was a rather long period of time.

……

In the first era after the World Beast Catastrophe ended and the Jin World departed, Gu Ce officially began recruiting disciples. As long as one's talent was high enough, regardless of strength, race, or even remnants of the demon race or insect race, one could become Gu Ce's personal disciple, causing a sensation among all the geniuses in the primordial universe.

In the same era, Luo Feng also began recruiting disciples. This time, the sensation was much smaller, but many people were still tempted.

After all, Gu Ce used a sword, while Luo Feng used a knife, so naturally, those geniuses would prefer to follow a teacher whose cultivation path suited them.

……

At the beginning of the Second Age.

The original ancestor, Gu Ce, Rimuru, and the Machine Race Father God joined forces to create the Genius Battle PRO version, which covers the entire primordial universe. This gave almost all living beings in the primordial universe the right to enter the virtual universe, mainly thanks to the computing power of the Machine Race and some insignificant wealth.

This latest Genius Battle incorporates the Heart-Cultivation Tower from Earth's sacred site, adding many new features to ensure that the potential of geniuses is maximized. The matchmaking mechanism has also been optimized to prevent some geniuses from being matched up at the very beginning of the battle and eliminating each other.

At the same time, this latest version of the Genius Battle includes participants from Apprentice to Immortal levels, instead of the previous one where only Eternal Star level participants could participate!

If someone participates once at the apprentice level and is not selected, they can continue to participate when they reach the planetary level... and so on. If someone has enough talent to break through to immortality, they can have up to 7 opportunities to participate in the Genius Battle!

This is the confidence that the human race possesses after having access to the resources of the entire primordial universe, plus most of the resources of the cosmic ocean.

Of course, only true geniuses can stand out from this massive battle of geniuses.

For example, the Apprentice-level Genius Battle is held once every twenty years, the Planetary-level once every two hundred years, the Constant-level once every two thousand years... Each level of Genius Battle can only be participated in once. This ensures that these geniuses will not be troubled by lifespan issues. However, the final Immortal-level Genius Battle has an age limit, otherwise it would be unfair to true geniuses, as those immortals can live for a long time.

This battle of geniuses has given rise to many geniuses.

……

In the 330,000th era, a peerless human genius named "Fire Dome" was born in the territory of the former Prison Clan. He rose to prominence amidst barbarity, shining brightly and attracting the attention of many universe lords who wanted to take him as their disciple. In the end, Luo Feng stepped forward and accepted this peerless genius as his second disciple.

With Luo Feng's appearance, the other universe lords naturally stopped vying for power, and Huo Qiong himself was also excited and became Luo Feng's disciple.

Luo Feng believed that Huo Qiong was a rare and excellent successor to the legacy of his predecessor, Jie Fanzi.

Huo Qiong is also extremely skilled in the laws of water and fire.

In Luo Feng's eyes, the unique skill created by Jie Fanzi was extremely advanced, and he personally taught it to him... Moreover, it was perfectly suited to Huo Qiong's talent, which would surely allow Huo Qiong to achieve great things.

……

In the 770,000th era, a peerless genius was born in the Cosmic-level Genius Battle. According to the spectators, if this number one genius of the Cosmic level were placed in the Domain Lord-level Genius Battle, he would probably have the ability to compete for the top three in the Domain Lord-level Genius Battle.

Upon hearing this, Gu Ce also became interested and made an exception to allow him to participate in the Domain Lord-level Genius Battle with his cosmic-level strength.

The final result was quite astonishing.

This unparalleled genius actually won first place in the Domain Lord-level Genius Battle, becoming the number one Domain Lord in the entire universe!

It's important to understand that this covers all the Domain Lords within the entire Primordial Universe. Many Domain Lords only choose to participate in the Domain Lord-level Genius Battle when they are close to breaking through to the World Lord level. Apart from the Immortal-level Genius Battle, there are no age requirements for the other Genius Battles.

To be able to become number one at the Domain Lord level means that one's level of understanding of the laws is probably comparable to that of a peak Realm Lord who has been recognized by the laws, or even some Immortals.

Gu Ce's interest grew even stronger, so he simply threw him into the World Lord-level Genius Battle to see how far he could ultimately go. At the same time, a new rule appeared in the subsequent Genius Battles: if one becomes the number one genius in the entire universe, one can challenge higher-level Genius Battles without counting towards the number of attempts. After breaking through, one can challenge one more time.

Such rules are undoubtedly more advantageous to those less talented geniuses.

Ultimately, this peerless genius ranked 7th in the World Lord level genius battle. His opponents were all terrifying geniuses at the World Lord level with the strength to be crowned immortal. For a universe-level genius, such talent was even more terrifying than Gu Ce's back then.

Gu Ce stepped forward and took this genius named Luo He as his second personal disciple!

Luo He is skilled in the fundamental laws of water. Although he is a mentalist, he also has martial arts skills. It would be quite easy for Gu Ce to teach him.

……

In the 1,100,000th era, a true god was born among the human race—the Ice Peak True God!

The Lord of Ice Peaks has finally broken through to become a true god.

This was anticipated by the powerful members of the human race, as well as by the major forces in the cosmic sea.

……

time flies.

The vast number of immortal deities accumulated over a long period, aided by the legacy of ancient civilizations, largely became cosmic sovereigns. Many of these sovereigns also broke through to become cosmic lords. This has led to a continuous increase in the number of human cosmic lords. However, the number of 'true gods' is increasing very slowly.

……

The 69 millionth epoch.

Gu Ce's eldest disciple, Su Mu, the master of illusion, has broken through to become a true god!

……

In the first hundred millionth era, the Lord of Desolation broke through to become a true god.

……

In the 140 millionth era, Luohe broke through to become a True God, known as Luohe True God. Upon breaking through, he possessed the strength of a ninth-order True God. If his cultivation speed did not decrease, he might even have the hope of going to the Origin Continent with Gu Ce in this era. However, Gu Ce told him not to be impatient and to wait until he went to the Origin Continent to lay a foundation. It would not be too late for him to go there in the second era. The same applies to Su Mu.

……

In the 700 millionth era, the Lord of Qingdong broke through to become a true god.

Within a million epochs later, Luo Feng's second disciple, "Fire Dome," also successfully broke through to the True God realm!

After that, the veteran cosmic rulers of the human race successively broke through to the level of True God, such as the Lord of the Netherworld and the Lord of Dragon Journey...

(End of this chapter)