Volume 3 Original Chapter 188: The Power of Faith, Lord of Zhoutian
Lin Yan held his breath.
His eyes narrowed slightly. The cover of the book was like a tortoise shell, old and mottled, with clear texture on the flat part of the shell, and two mysterious patterns engraved on it.
A painting that is like the flow of a brilliant galaxy, revolving around a midpoint, taking shape in the sky and on the earth. It is extremely simple and easy, yet profound and infinite.
The other is a pattern that depicts the changing context of the space between heaven and earth.
They are cleverly combined and integrated into one to construct a cosmic space-time unity, where all things are generated, evolved and operated.
"Hmm?" Lin Yan took a look and vaguely felt that his consciousness was attracted by the two patterns. In a trance, he seemed to see an infinite starry sky, and countless meteor lights intertwined with each other, naturally forming a magnificent picture.
Every line carved there was obviously extremely simple. Even the simplest law and secret pattern that Lin Yan had seen was more complicated than this one. However, it seemed so beautiful that it was breathtaking, and contained endless mysteries.
"It's incredible. What ultimate mystery does this contain?" Lin Yan murmured.
At first glance, it seems as if there is only a veil between us, but after looking at it for a long time, I feel that I am just a speck of dust on the ground, unable to see the vastness of the sky.
" The Book of All Living Things?" Lin Yan looked at the book with his eyes, and a tiny spark seemed to light up in his eyes, and then quickly burned, "What kind of power does this book want to pass on to me?"
He calmed himself down and gently opened the cover.
Unlike the tattered and old book seen from the outside, the pages inside were made of white jade, flawless and with red jade as the characters. The whole book had three thousand pages, but the content was very limited.
"What!"
Lin Yan looked surprised.
Every word recorded on it was so dazzling, and every word seemed to be an extremely complex pattern of laws, transcending any law and yet containing any law.
A power beyond the law.
A power that is simply incomprehensible.
The structure of those words was changing all the time and there was no repetition at all. Lin Yan felt a strong burden on his soul even when he took a look at it. Even if he wanted to remember a fixed picture of a certain word at a certain moment, it was extremely difficult.
"This is totally beyond my comprehension." Lin Yan frowned slightly.
He thought about it for a moment and felt that this situation was not normal: "Let's try my telekinesis."
whoosh!
An invisible world force extended out and quickly touched the Book of All Living Things. At the moment of touch, ancient and complex patterns appeared on the surface of the tortoise shell book, and then a surging message rushed directly into Lin Yan's mind.
Tons of information!
At this moment, everything was pouring into his mind like crazy. Even with his speed of endurance, it took more than three months for all of it to be transmitted.
…
When Lin Yan opened his eyes again, he was filled with shock and disbelief.
"The Book of All Living Things..."
“It turned out to be like this…”
"It can even be compared with the "Golden Framework". This is also a road to heaven!" Lin Yan held his breath, his mind buzzing uncontrollably.
He sorted out the information in his mind and suddenly understood that the real core and essence of "The Book of All Living Things" was actually about a special power: "the power of faith"!
The power of faith is one of the most mysterious and vast forces between heaven and earth.
This has a lot to do with the source of this power.
Take the primitive universe as an example. The primitive universe represents the origin of life. As long as there is a suitable environment, any kind of life may be born. The universe is vast and will eventually give birth to billions of races in this universe.
There are six top ethnic groups, many powerful ethnic groups, and various ordinary ethnic groups and weak ethnic groups are as numerous as mud and sand.
The population reproduction is exaggerated. Except for a very small number of ethnic groups, all others have extremely amazing reproductive capabilities. As time goes by, the number is naturally very large. Any galaxy is home to billions of intelligent creatures.
The only limitation is the territory. It is in such a cosmic environment that ethnic wars arise.
Of course, the vast majority are ordinary people who are at the apprentice level or even not at the apprentice level.
But--
For the original universe, the true gathering of the essence of heaven and earth is not just the innate beast gods and special life forms, nor is it just those immortal gods, cosmic masters or even the masters of the universe, and it is certainly not those extremely rare treasures of heaven and earth.
But... intelligent creatures!
The countless intelligent creatures that were born are the true essence of heaven and earth in the original universe!
In this vast world, everything is operating under the supreme rules. Flowers and plants grow, ants and insects reproduce, and intelligent creatures are born. However, the "soul" is the most unique, which is the root of life and even the root of the world.
Not to mention the practitioners in the original universe, even in more distant and unknown realms, the most essential power contained in the soul is beneficial to the soul.
Thus...the "power of faith" came into being.
To gather faith, one needs to preach, to build an empire, or to spread the doctrine so that others will believe in oneself.
Although any of these beliefs are not powerful alone, and may even be extremely weak, when the countless sentient beings, all time and space, the three thousand universes, and the infinite future are gathered together, that endless amount of belief can possess the power to change the world!
Belief……
It is of great help to practice! With the power of faith of all living beings, the speed of practice will increase dramatically, and the understanding of the law will naturally advance by leaps and bounds.
The power of faith will bring about a qualitative transformation in spiritual practice.
Not only that—
The original universe created countless intelligent creatures, and if the vast majority of these creatures believed in a strong person, the will of all beings... is the will of the world!
If all living beings believe in a strong person, the world will also believe in a strong person. In this way, they can naturally and easily grasp the original will of the universe and become the master of the original universe!
This path alone is difficult.
First of all, there needs to be enough living creatures to reproduce. If it is in the early days of birth, living creatures are scarce and the influence of their will on the world is very weak.
Only when it reaches an extremely prosperous period, when there are countless lives, even reaching the limit of what the universe can bear! Only then will the will of countless lives be qualified to influence the will of the world.
Secondly, faith! It must be a fundamental faith that comes from the soul. If the faith is not pure enough, it is useless.
This only applies to the primitive universe...the same may be true for the more mysterious and unknowable supreme rules.
but--
Success is due to faith, failure is also due to faith!
Faith is also a bond of cause and effect. The more faith one absorbs, the more entangled one becomes in cause and effect, and the inability to transcend it. The Kingdom of God cannot separate from the original universe and become a "small universe."
Being the Lord of the Universe is the limit, there is no possibility of going any further.
“With my accumulation and the assistance of the system, my potential is limitless. It is impossible for me to cut off my path for the so-called shortcut. It is absolutely unacceptable for me to stop at the Lord of the Universe.” Lin Yan whispered, “But this is the normal situation of absorbing the power of faith, and the Book of All Living Things gives me another possibility!”
Although he is still far from reaching that stage, Lin Yan, based on his understanding of the original work, knows that the realm after the Lord of the Universe is the "True God".
Of course, this is the official name derived from the ancient civilization (Origin Continent). In the primitive universe and even in the cosmic ocean, it is called "the strongest in the universe"!
If this method of cultivating faith were to spread in the original universe, naturally many people would be willing to absorb the faith. Couldn't it be possible to become a true God?
Who cares?
After billions of eras, the peak race "human beings" only have two true gods. Among them, the original ancestor was permanently suppressed by the origin of the universe for violating the "supreme rules".
Too difficult.
However, for Lin Yan, he has great potential. It is ridiculous to cut off the possibility of becoming a true god in order to save time for cultivation.
But his system reward, this extremely mysterious "Book of All Living Things", is naturally not just that simple.
…
Immortal gods can establish the kingdom of God!
As the strength increased, the Kingdom of God gradually perfected. After becoming the master of the universe, the laws of space and time in the Kingdom of God were perfected. When he took the last step to become the strongest in the universe, the entire Kingdom of God underwent the final transformation - it became the most primitive small universe, and then gradually evolved.
The "initial universe" where Chaos City is located is a small universe of the "Original Ancestor", the strongest person in the human race. The Original Ancestor was suppressed, so the evolution of the initial universe stagnated and remained in the "initial" state.
This kingdom of God has many wonderful uses.
The information that Lin Yan conveyed from the "Book of All Living Things" is about spreading faith and has a lot to do with the Kingdom of God.
Because the power of faith must be carried by the kingdom of God, and then gathered to the core of the kingdom of God - the temple, and absorbed by the gods.
If it were an ordinary immortal god, even if a super being like the Lord of Chaos City personally helped him gather faith, and countless intelligent creatures believed in him, it would be impossible for him to ascend to heaven in one step, because his kingdom of God simply could not bear the burden.
In Lin Yan's opinion, the way of faith may have flourished in an era before the destruction of the primitive universe.
Just think about it and you will know that those strongest beings in the universe who have survived the great destruction of the original universe naturally cannot hope to pass on this method of practice in the new reincarnation era of the original universe, so as to accumulate stronger strength in the new reincarnation era. The interruption of inheritance has become inevitable.
So far, there is almost no talk of the power of faith.
"But the true path described in the Book of All Living Things is not like this!"
Lin Yan was shocked: "Instead, he opened up the second sea of consciousness, combined the origin of the universe with the power of faith to condense the eight great spirits, and finally achieved the 'Immortal Primordial Spirit'!"
The sea of consciousness is the specific name given to the brain by warriors.
Before reaching the Domain Lord level, no matter whether human or animal, the soul is in the sea of consciousness, and the sea of consciousness is in the head.
The path described in "The Book of All Living Things" is not to absorb the power of faith by oneself, but to open up a second sea of consciousness... using the eight basic laws of gold, wood, water, fire, earth, wind, lightning, and light combined with the endless power of faith to condense eight gods!
These eight great spirits are nurtured from the "Second Sea of Consciousness" and will invisibly establish an extremely mysterious connection with one's own soul. There are two major requirements for successful nurturing.
The first point is that you must fully comprehend the eight lower-level original laws!
The second point is that it requires a lot of faith power.
The most crucial step is for the eight gods to merge into one and achieve the "Immortal Spirit"!
This "Immortal Soul" is not a living being, but a gathering of countless original forces. It is the core of faith and a true "god"!
The "Immortal Soul" has no combat power, but with its blessing, it can absorb the power of faith of all living beings, causing a qualitative change in the speed of practice and perception, and there is no causal entanglement, eliminating the disadvantages of the power of faith.
Lin Yan took a deep breath: "And the highest realm of the Book of All Living Things is to comprehend the two great laws of space and time, completely transform the immortal soul, and become the supreme incarnation 'Lord of the Heaven'!"
Lord of Zhoutian!
This is the supreme incarnation that is finally achieved after taking the last step after the immortal soul is cultivated!
It can be said that if Lin Yan really cultivates to this level, the Lord of the Zhoutian he cultivates is a separate individual, which is both me and not me. The mystery of it is hard to describe in words.
Once one becomes the "Lord of the Heavenly Circuit", one will unlock mysterious magical powers, be able to observe the heaven and earth through countless sources of faith, be able to deduce secret methods, and calculate all changes in time and space. As long as one has a constant source of faith as motivation, one can calculate and deduce tirelessly forever.
It can be understood as a mechanical race who is the master of the universe. The mechanical race is originally intelligent life. After becoming the master of the universe, their computing speed is extremely terrifying.
In the "virtual universe" itself, this is the original ancestor's heaven-defying secret method, which covers all parts of the universe and can handle countless programs every day. It is so complicated that even the powerful Lord of the Universe will collapse.
The intelligent core of the "virtual universe" is the original mechanical race, the slave of the Lord of the Universe, who can easily maintain all of this.
However, this "Lord of the Heavenly Universe" is even more mysterious.
Moreover, as faith increases, the ability of this incarnation will continue to strengthen, and it can transform countless faiths into the original power of chaos and void. This is the most original "chaotic airflow" and the source of energy of the universe.
Of course, this is different from the chaotic airflow of the initial universe. The initial universe is just a small universe and is still in its initial state. The chaotic airflow in it is not oppressive at all. Many of the newcomers in the same batch as Lin Yan were still at the ninth level of the star class, and they could still be extremely leisurely and comfortable in the Chaos City.
The real chaotic airflow, the pressure it naturally emits is enough to turn an immortal god into ashes, it is extremely powerful.
Countless beliefs are constantly being transformed, constantly strengthening that incarnation. Once the original power contained within is used, it can exert extremely strong combat power. However, this original power requires endless years to accumulate and is considered a consumable.
"According to the rules of the universe, once you become the strongest in the universe, your kingdom will be transformed into a small universe, and you will lose your innate secrets. Your many clones will become your original body. When you really reach that level, the Green Line Devouring Insect, the Blood Hound, and the future third clone will all return to their original bodies, leaving only the divine body!"
Lin Yan thought to himself, "However, the supreme incarnation of the 'Lord of the Heavenly Zhou' is mysterious and unpredictable. It can't be considered an incarnation at all, and there is no difference in realm. Naturally, it is not subject to this restriction."
He enjoyed the convenience of having a clone. It would be great if he could have such a wonderful incarnation. It would bring endless benefits to him in comprehending the laws, deducing the secret methods, and feeling the mysteries of the universe.
"But this second sea of consciousness, haha... I see, that's how it is."
Lin Yan couldn't help but laugh, and something suddenly dawned on him.
This so-called second sea of consciousness is the key to creating the "immortal soul".
When he was still an ordinary soldier, the system at that time seemed like a welfare period for novices, and even had the function of granting skills.
Of course, this is nothing to Lin Yan now.
The ordinary sword and knife fighting techniques on Earth in the past were so crude that it could even be said that... with just a thought, he could easily allow an ordinary person who had never practiced to master those fighting techniques.
There was only one skill that puzzled him, and that was the "Palace of Thinking"!
It looks like a "stand-alone version of the virtual world", but Lin Yan, who is in the "Hall of Mind", has a highly active mind and his conscious computing ability has been greatly improved.
In addition, there are some incomprehensible aspects.
For example, he can easily construct countless substances according to Lin Yan's consciousness. Even if Lin Yan himself has only taken a look at it and does not understand the specific composition, he seems to be able to copy it perfectly.
The most obvious example of this phenomenon is that when he had not yet awakened his mental power and clearly did not understand any of the composition of the bomb, he was able to find the only hope of survival among hundreds of disorganized threads.
Or when facing the illusion attack of high-level lord-level monsters, they can easily control and counter it in the illusion created by the opponent.
Also, after dismantling the secret object No. 118 (the broken laser cannon), the Mind Palace had a faint sense and saw, almost as if with "past vision", some fragments of what had happened in the past of one of Huyan Bo's immortal slaves.
A similar experience happened during the two-year journey of cultivating one's mind. When crossing the Snow Mountain, there was heavy wind and snow, but one saw those soldiers who had crossed the Snow Mountain before. Their figures were like mirages, vividly appearing in Lin Yan's mind after hundreds of years.
These were the functions he discovered through experimentation. At that time, Lin Yan didn’t know much about cultivation, so naturally he was confused.
Later, Lin Yan's understanding of cultivation became more and more profound, and he also specially studied the special skills granted by this system. He could indeed achieve these points on some ordinary materials, but he was powerless if it was a little more complicated.
And that’s not all…
The effect of this special skill on the speed of consciousness calculation is getting worse and worse as Lin Yan becomes stronger. The most annoying thing is... the consciousness is immersed in the "Palace of Thinking" and is unable to sense the fluctuations of the original law!
This is like the difference between an ordinary virtual world and a "virtual universe", but long before Lin Yan, he had no practice content that was irrelevant to the original laws.
Apparently this special skill did not show much potential, so he completely abandoned it.
It was not until now, when he obtained the "Book of All Living Things", that he knew the truth... This so-called "Palace of Thinking" was actually the prototype of his second sea of consciousness!
Even if it had half of the power, it would be enough to make him feel incredible in the past. It was only as Lin Yan's strength increased later that it seemed useless.
"Once you become the 'Lord of the Heavenly Circuit', you will be able to initially influence the will of the world through the root of your faith, and even be able to see through the heavens and the earth, and observe all changes in time and space!"
"Since it is related to such an unheard-of supreme secret method, it is understandable that the 'Palace of Thought' exhibits some of its mysteries."
Lin Yan pondered secretly.
"But if you want to carry the power of faith, the most basic requirement is to establish a kingdom of God. This cannot be done by other life forms, and the green-line devourer's 'parasitic' talent is useless."
"But this 'Book of All Living Things' is not an immortal-level system reward, but a world master-level one that has fallen into my hands." Lin Yan pursed his lips, his eyes slightly shining, "There is a very important reason for this!"
Crash...
The Book of All Living Things began to turn.
On one of the pages, it suddenly stopped, and I saw an endless hazy green light, dazzling and bright, rising straight into the sky.
There is a faint sound of wind in the world inside the body.
"Aang! Bang! Woo! Hum! Sss! Here!"
At this moment, waves of soul-enchanting sounds suddenly rang out, and this strange vocal music spread in all directions.
