Chapter 1928: Primordial God Reborn
Abyss…
These two words undoubtedly make one instantly think of the most mysterious and most terrifying existence in the world… the Abyss of Nothingness.
As if sensing Yun Che's thoughts, the woman's voice slowly continued: "This abyss is what you in the present era know as… the Abyss of Nothingness."
"The Abyss of Nothingness reduces all things to nothingness," Yun Che murmured. "And this power that reduces everything to nothingness is what you call the Annihilation Aura?"
"What you say is essentially correct." She gave her answer. "In the initial Chaos, the Life Aura and the Annihilation Aura coexisted. Even the Primordial God, by annihilating itself, could not create life."
"The Primordial God's greatest transformation of Chaos was to separate the Life Aura from the Annihilation Aura, and then isolate them. Chaos was thus divided into two worlds—one being the Present World, and the other being the Abyss."
"The existence of the Tai Chu Divine Realm is not for the connection of the two worlds, but rather to form an even deeper level of isolation."
"After the Primordial God dispersed and perished, the Present World, filled with dense Life Aura, began to give birth to all living beings, while the Abyss, filled with the Annihilation Aura, could never give birth to life. The memories left by the Primordial God for later generations record that beneath the Abyss lies a pure world of annihilation—it is the Annihilation Aura from the beginning of Chaos, which even True Gods and True Demons cannot withstand. If one falls into it, they will be completely annihilated."
The voice paused, and she let out a sigh: "Whether separating the original Life and Annihilation was establishing another kind of balance, or disrupting the balance that should have been, even the Primordial God of that time could not make a clear judgment. But in terms of the development and proliferation of later generations, it was at least not a bad choice."
"What happened next?" Yun Che urged tentatively, his heart burning with an urgent desire to know how all of this was connected to Xia Qingyue.
And at this moment, even if Yun Che were still unsteady and unfocused, he clearly understood that the voice resounding in his sea of consciousness…
Was clearly the still-existing will of the ancient Primordial God!
Because what she was narrating were things that only the Primordial God itself could possibly know.
He was actually communicating with the Primordial God… the supreme existence beyond Demon Emperors and Creation Gods, the true supreme being between heaven and earth.
Was it because he had cultivated the Heaven-Defying World Scripture… that is, the Ancestral Divine Art she had left behind?
"Space will collapse, power will dissipate, life will fade, light will dim… There is no truly eternal existence in this world, even the power and laws left by the Primordial God."
"After the baptism of endless years and the impact of the divine-demonic war… once a gap appears in the laws imposed upon the Abyss, it will quickly burst its banks in a short time. When the Primordial God's will approached the Abyss again, she was surprised to discover that its existence had already broken free from the laws of existence she had imposed upon it."
"Even her will could no longer probe into the Abyss."
"Any form of change in the world is the choice of the era. The Primordial God only observes and reflects, never interferes… And without a true existence, only a will, she cannot interfere either."
"But the Abyss, having broken free from the Primordial God's laws, was destined to make her unable to remain indifferent."
"Because the Abyss was born from her, and she clearly knew what existed within it. Once the Annihilation Aura within the Abyss went out of control and surged back into the World of Life, it would be a catastrophe that would annihilate everything."
Yun Che: "!!"
The voice in his sea of consciousness deeply shocked him. But on the other hand, from the later period of the divine-demonic war to the present, a very long time had passed, yet there had never been any records of anomalies in the Abyss of Nothingness.
All records and knowledge about it described it as extremely quiet, endlessly empty, like a terrifying maw that was eternally still yet would mercilessly devour anything that fell into it.
"After sensing that the Abyss's existence had broken free from the laws she had imposed, she deliberated for a long time and finally made a decision…"
"Rebirth."
Yun Che was startled again.
"The current Chaos world no longer belongs to her. Even if she could successfully be reborn, it was destined that she could not possess the endless Primordial Source Power as she did back then. But, at the very least, it would be enough to once again impose complete binding and existence laws upon the Abyss."
"To eliminate that possible consequence, this was the only method. Having developed deep affection for all things, she could no longer bear to see the current world return to a state without life, a state that could never have life again… even as it was witnessing the calamities brought upon itself by living beings."
"The Primordial God… reborn?" Yun Che murmured these five words, which were enough to shock even the ancient True Gods to the point of soul-splitting, his heart full of disbelief: "Then you… did she succeed in being reborn?"
"The rebirth of a Primordial God is not that easy. To reforge the body and restore the Primordial Sacred Form not only requires a large amount of Primordial Chaos Aura from the beginning of Chaos but also requires going through… a thousand cycles of reincarnation."
A thousand cycles of reincarnation… These were undoubtedly another four words that transcended the cognitive boundaries of all beings.
"The war between gods and demons was not yet over, and the dissipation of aura continued. No one knew that the Primordial God's rebirth had already begun."
"In her first life, she was born into the divine race. As she grew up, she gradually awakened True God power. As a True God, this life should have had a long lifespan, but under the war that could erupt at any time, she died young in her six thousandth year."
"In her second life, she was born into the demon race. For the same reason, she only lived for four thousand years."
"In her third life, she was a princess of a sea clan… Not among the divine or demon races, but she met a similar fate, ultimately perishing under the aftershocks of the divine-demonic war."
"In her fourth life, she was a spirit-winged colorful sparrow, using a pair of entirely different eyes to re-observe a somewhat different world… This life also ended because of the divine-demonic war, and the entire race of spirit-winged colorful sparrows was completely annihilated from heaven and earth."
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Just how powerful were True Gods and True Demons? Yun Che could hardly imagine. But he could well imagine what a tremendous disaster the completely out-of-control war between the two races was for mortal beings.
"Every new birth, and every death that submitted to fate, was a complete cycle of reincarnation."
"She was sometimes human, sometimes dragon, sometimes phoenix, sometimes eagle, sometimes butterfly, sometimes flying insect, sometimes grass, wood, or blooming flower…"
"In every life of reincarnation, no matter what she became, she possessed complete Primordial God memories and Primordial God will, fully clearly witnessing, experiencing, and witnessing everything."
"Later, the demon race, forced into a dead end, unsealed the Evil Infant, and the war between the two races ended with 'Myriad Tribulations of Oblivion,' which annihilated both races. From then on, there were no more gods or demons in the world. The remaining mortal beings entered the former realms of the gods to search for the remnants of True Gods, while simultaneously beginning an era without gods."
"That is the era that has continued to the present day."
"And the Primordial God's reincarnation continued."
"The aura of Chaos grew thinner and thinner, and its dissipation slowed down, seemingly stopping almost completely at some point. With the gods gone, the alternation of eras visibly accelerated. In just a few million years, there had been countless changes in the wind and clouds, ebbs and flows."
"The average lifespan of living beings also shortened considerably. This, in turn, accelerated the Primordial God's cycles of reincarnation."
Ten lives… a hundred lives… three hundred lives… six hundred lives… nine hundred lives…
Finally, she completed her nine hundred and ninety-ninth cycle of reincarnation… and the time taken was less than one-tenth of what she had initially anticipated.
"The shorter the time, the lower the risk of the Abyss going out of control. This was undoubtedly an extremely good result."
"Next, the Primordial God was to begin her final life, the most important cycle of reincarnation."
"Upon completing this reincarnation, her Primordial Divine Power and Primordial Sacred Form could be fully reborn."
"Moreover, she was gradually reborn by borrowing the aura of the Present World. Her re-existence would by no means be the same as the original Primordial God, but rather an independent entity, affinity with Chaos, and would not cause any distortion or impact to the existing order or laws."
"And this life's reincarnation had to be a truly complete reincarnation. Different from the previous nine hundred and ninety-nine lives, in this life, she would not be able to inherit the Primordial God's will and memories. She would be a completely pure new individual, who would develop a new independent will as she grew."
"As for her Primordial God's will and memories, they would be sealed within her Primordial God's soul, not awakening until the end of this life."
Yun Che listened quietly, waves of shock rising and falling for a long time in his heart.
If the final reincarnation were completed, the Primordial God could be reborn. And in the final life's reincarnation, the Primordial God's will would fall into a "slumber." But the voice at this moment clearly came from the Primordial God's will.
This already awakened Primordial God's will undoubtedly indicated that… the Primordial God's final life of reincarnation had already been completed!?
In the present world, there existed a reborn Primordial God!?
"The Primordial God's thousandth reincarnation was born into an ordinary small city on a lower realm star."
"Not long after her birth, her mother died of depression. Her father raised her. She had many relatives around her, but when their backs were turned, all she received were cold stares."
"But her childhood was by no means dim. Her father was extremely good to her, and there was someone who had been her companion since childhood, inseparable, growing up together."
"That was her nephew. Though he was her nephew, he was one year older than her."
"…" Yun Che's soul strings trembled violently.
Wait…
"Through their inseparable days and nights together, their feelings for each other ran deep into their bones, close without any distance. Later, as they grew up and approached the age for cultivation, her nephew was found to have an incomplete profound vein, becoming a cripple despised and pitied by everyone."
"!!!" This time, every one of Yun Che's soul strings was thoroughly shaken.
"In their childhood, he would not allow her to suffer any grievance. If anyone dared to bully her a single bit, no matter who it was, he would use his weak arms to fight for her life. At that time, he had the brightest eyes in the world."
The woman's voice unconsciously slowed down: "But after he learned he was a cripple, his eyes were never as bright as before."
"So, even though she was not yet of age, she began to cultivate very early. Because from then on, it was her turn to protect him in life… She made a vow in her heart. In daily life, she clung to him even more tightly, to the point that if he left her sight even for a short while, she would feel uneasy and frantically look for him…"
"Her desire to protect him was not only deep affection to the extreme but also another kind of deep dependence to the extreme."
"Slowly, they grew up in their never-changing inseparability. That year, she was fifteen, he was sixteen… That day was his wedding day."
"Wait… wait!" At this point, Yun Che could no longer remain calm and quiet. His soul strings trembled, and his consciousness was in chaos and bewilderment: "The Primordial God's final life… she is… she is…"