Volume 9: Star Cave Chapter 79: The Origin of the Soul, the First Motive Force, and the Beginning of Destiny
Lu Bai naturally has some knowledge about the soul.
The soul is the original existence. Of course, its true appearance is absolutely different from what we observe in daily life.
Today's soul is affected by many aspects.
Most of the original existence is without thought, without form or appearance.
It was only after being constrained by the real dimension that it gradually became what it is today.
However, although souls are primitive existences, do these primitive existences really come from ancient times?
The first question from Elodos made Lu Bai realize some errors and omissions in his past knowledge.
For example, the Star Sea, which is the universe where the earth is located, is expanding every moment. Although planets with life are rare, they are definitely not lacking.
There are lives with souls everywhere. Just talking about the dimension of Xingxiu Sea, the number of souls must be in an increasing state.
But if you focus your eyes on the underworld, you will find that souls are dissipating in the underworld every moment.
The gray-white stone in the pool underground - the soul box, is the best evidence.
On the one hand, the number of souls is increasing, while on the other hand, souls are being consumed.
So logically speaking, there must be some force that produces the soul.
In other words, the soul does not come from ancient times, but is something that is generated every moment.
It’s just that its material may be primitive existence, and some force drives this primitive existence to transform into a soul.
And this kind of power is the first driving force, which is the original origin mentioned by Jinfeng and the big tree.
As for where this power comes from.
Lu Bai already had a guess in his mind.
He did not forget that Elodos asked these questions in order to make him understand the nature of the Star Cave.
But as of now, the Star Cave does not have the ability to produce souls. Even some individuals who pursue the original have been beaten into defiers of fate here, and there are special death tramplers to target them.
In addition, the origins of both the big tree and the golden wind were probably the losers in the competition with the real dimension.
Lu Bai then had a most basic guess about the first moving force.
When they reach a certain level, or when the losers have a certain ability to challenge the real dimension, they may need to touch the original existence.
This is consistent with Lu Bai's previous conjecture about the real dimension.
The various rules of the real dimension are to exploit the original existence. The reason why the losers have the ability to provoke and are regarded as threats by the real dimension is because they can touch the original existence.
Then it is estimated that by this time, they will be able to create souls.
The souls of Da Shu, Jin Feng and others were created by some losers.
At least in this process, their first driving force and their original origin all came from those losers.
That is why they believe that their fate has been determined.
The original origin in their cognition - the real existence, this real existence, is probably those losers.
After the losers failed in challenging the real dimension, they were buried in the star cave. If they want to be resurrected, they can only find the souls that were originally influenced by them and revive from their souls in the original way.
And these selected individuals, because they originally came from losers, their future fate is actually doomed to failure, so they are called defiers of fate because they want to revive their original selves.
As for why these losers were not taken into the underworld after death, but were instead placed in this star cave, this may be the answer to Elodos's third question.
After the original grows to a certain size, will it become a resource?
The answer to this kind of question can basically be guessed. If it weren't for the resources, then there would be no need to make so many things happen.
Therefore, the source of growth must be a resource, and a precious resource at that.
After all, the real dimension is exploiting primitive existence. Since losers can create souls, shouldn’t the real dimension create more souls?
Lu Bai remembered the fragments of power of these losers. Their powers all had some characteristics of the real dimension.
The original innate magical power brought by the big tree - the chapter of life usurpation, is closer to the real dimensions related to the two lives of Jinglin or Lusen.
This may indicate that the original origin of the big tree - its true existence is probably a challenger of Jinglin or Lusen.
So do these challengers have souls, and where do their souls come from?
Most likely they are the ones they are challenging.
This is the real reason why the Star Cave appeared.
Under their influence, a large number of souls , and the origins of these souls were all from these real dimensions.
And when these souls grow to a certain size and grasp the originality within their own souls, they become challengers of these real dimensions.
If successful, it would be similar to the splitting of the Netherworld by the Impure Land. If unsuccessful, or if it is strangled in the bud, then these losers in the Star Cave would be torn into pieces.
Normally, all dead souls return to the underworld or the dirty world.
However, this kind of soul's origin in other real dimensions has grown to a certain extent, and it has a certain ability to challenge other real dimensions.
Are those real dimensions really willing to let the Netherworld or the Filthy Land obtain them?
If this is true, then the underworld is not just one of the best real dimensions, but the father of all real dimensions.
Therefore, these souls that have grown to a certain original level through various real dimensions are precious resources.
The fate-defying people who are derived from these souls and used to resurrect themselves are secondary resources.
The Star Cave is most likely the product of the checks and balances between the various real dimensions. This large-scale phenomenon continuously erodes the original power of the losers.
At the same time, one must guard against other real dimensions and quietly collect the original souls of one's own dimension.
As a result, the connections between the various real dimensions in the star cave were problematic.
Lu Bai cannot contact the Netherworld, the demons cannot contact the Criticality, and creatures from other dimensions probably cannot contact their own real dimensions either.
This is the essence of the Star Cave, the real dimension used to deal with those original places.
The underworld is probably special among them, after all, all souls are supposed to enter the underworld and the dirty land.
The identity of the person who tramples the dead is deeply connected with the Netherworld , and it is probably a benefit that the Netherworld obtained through this special means.
This also explains why he has such a strong suppressive power over all things related to those who were trampled to death.
"If that's the case, then the leading element in my origin is actually plants? " If Lu Bai's previous guess was correct, then the various events arranged by Xingku were probably related to his own origin.
"Plant life, Qi and blood, and dragon!" These are the three priorities for Lu Bai after he enters the Star Cave.
"My origin is probably related to these three."
"From this, we can see that the original first driving force may not come from the same existence."
In real life, the birth of a thing probably goes through the hands of many parties, and the raw materials used are probably the same, but it is hard to say what exactly happened in between.
The same is probably true for the soul.
"Some souls have a single primary driving force, and they probably become native life forms in those real dimensions, such as the alien demons in the critical zone."
"Some souls have complex first impulses, so they probably landed in different dimensions and became various intelligent races."
"From this point of view, my soul is probably not too simple. Although it is not the kind of exquisite product that is specially made, it should not be the kind of assembly line product either."
Lu Bai did not show any worry about the possibility that his soul might be controlled by others.
Anyway, Elodus said that the origin is not everything.
Since there is a first driving force, there must be a second, third, and even countless driving forces.
"Is this the reason why the Star Cave is divided into innate and acquired?"
It is hard for Lu Bai to say where his innate ability comes from, but at least he only knows some factors.
But the acquired driving force is much clearer.
"First of all, there must be the Netherworld. I have been in the Netherworld for more than seventy years."
"Secondly, there is most likely an abyss. My soul desires have changed. If it weren't for the underworld, I would have been thrown into the abyss and become a demon long ago."
"It's even possible that the Abyss wanted to target my soul first, but the Netherworld intervened and succeeded."
"No, the Thousand-Dimensional God may be involved."
"There may be various games involved, and in the end, the Thousand Dimension God and the Netherworld will be the winners."
"I became an awakened person on the surface, and then was placed on Earth, given death compensation, and successfully became a traveler."
"And secretly he obtained the Ring of Life and Death and became the Crown Prince of the Netherworld."
"The abyss is the loser. Even after my soul has been immersed in the netherworld for decades, its structure has changed and it has become a being that can control its desires. It is thus able to relatively restrain the abyss."
"And Lu Sen probably has some problems as well."
"It's unlikely that my contact with Lu Sen when I was in the Wulin dimension was a coincidence."
"So, during the second trip, being tricked by the old curator into going to the Demonic Land might have been a counterattack from the Abyss?"
Lu Bai kept looking back at his past, and then he discovered that in his seemingly normal behaviors and activities, and the various things he encountered, many things were probably not accidents.
But there really is something playing against each other behind the scenes, influencing each other's destiny, which is terrifying when you think about it.
Perhaps destiny has already been determined when the soul appears in the world.
The first mover, the original origin of the soul, these things are the beginning of destiny.
However, there will also be many driving forces in the future, which will make your destiny no longer just a one-way street, but give it many possibilities.
After this realization came to him, Lu Bai discovered that his perspective had changed.
This perspective appears in Lu Bai's soul, and he has a certain observation ability of the origin.
