Chapter 1143: Universe Truth, The Great Inflation Era

Author: Smile of Three Hundred PoundsCategory: [Not specified in original]Last Updated: 2020/07/15Chapter Word Count: 6004 characters

Xu Zhi observed the black, mud-like creature.

It had no cellular structure, no DNA; it was as if inanimate matter had gained sentience and life after a sufficient amount of primordial essence was introduced. It even gave Xu Zhi a feeling of a simple, crude life structure, reminiscent of Renimansga.

"This..."

"So that's it, so that's it!"

Xu Zhi held the ant-sized mud creature in one hand, like a colossal ancient cosmic giant holding a grain of sand. His eyes shone with clarity, and he felt an urge to burst into hearty laughter.

"I should have thought of this earlier! In this nascent universe, there are only the most fundamental, primitive laws of life. And what is the root law of life?"

Primordial essence!

It is the foundational substance of life!

Xu Zhi should have realized this.

Primordial essence was the initial life structure law of the universe, so the very first life forms at the dawn of the universe must have been generated from primordial essence. They had no DNA helices, no base pairs, no cell nuclei—not even cell structures!

"The earliest form of life was like plant and tree spirits gaining sentience, as if souls and consciousness emerged from inanimate matter, similar to elemental life forms... Does this mean that the life forms born from primordial essence in later eras were all considered the universe's initial innate divine-demonic beings, sharing the same ancestor?"

Just as Xu Zhi thought this, realizing he had connected the dots of the universe's origins, he observed something terrifyingly different: this life form had no lifespan limit.

"Infinite... lifespan beings?"

Xu Zhi murmured, "How can this be... How is this an infinite lifespan?"

Holding the small mud creature, an unprecedented thought violently surged within him: the earliest life forms in the universe had no concept of a lifespan; everyone was eternal!

An instinctive phrase sprang to Xu Zhi's mind: "In ancient times, people lived for millions of years, their vitality undiminished!"

This referred to humans! Mortals! Not some distant primordial ancient gods. In that remote era, at the dawn of the universe following the Big Bang, any mortal possessed infinite, eternal life, which was truly unimaginable.

Lifespan is the curse of all powerful beings; no life can escape that curse. Even exalted gods, Dao attainers who traversed star rivers, or ultimate enlightened ones who ruled nebulas—no one could escape it. After countless years, gods and mortals alike would all become mere dust and bones.

"But this curse, which limits nearly all powerful beings, what exactly is it...?"

Xu Zhi resumed his deduction, and suddenly a flash of insight struck him.

"Life forms generated by primordial essence can indeed be called innate divine-demonic beings. The life forms born from primordial essence now are effectively no different from the earliest life forms of the ancient universe... However, due to the difference in eras, there are vast discrepancies. In that ancient era, the Great Dao was not yet complete, and even rules like dimensions, space, and scale had not yet emerged. They weren't bound by so many laws and cosmic rules. They could be said to have been born sacred, inherently surpassing any cosmic rules without needing to cultivate... because at that time, there were very, very few rules that could restrict them."

This implied a terrifying truth.

The so-called lifespan limits in the real universe Xu Zhi inhabited were not naturally occurring. They were imposed by a Heaven-and-Earth Sage, an ancient sage of unparalleled brilliance, who attained ultimate enlightenment at the dawn of the universe, adding unseen shackles to all beings.

And why were these rules added?

It was quite obvious.

Birth must be followed by death; there must be a cycle, which led to the emergence of aging.

"So, in the very beginning of the primordial universe, everything was chaotic. At that time, there was even only 'birth,' with no concept of 'aging and death.' If this truth were to spread throughout the universe outside, I'm afraid many people would go mad, wouldn't they?"

Xu Zhi's heart pounded. He himself felt a little panicked.

He was deducing the entire historical development of ancient cosmic civilization, re-excavating the most fundamental, ancient dark truths of the universe, which had long been buried for countless tens of billions of years in prehistory.

"Will I be noticed by some unseen entity and be beaten to death?"

Goosebumps rose on Xu Zhi's skin; a shiver ran through him. He felt like he was courting death! Seriously courting death! Xu Zhi had always considered himself an honest person, working behind closed doors, not even going out to stir up trouble, so how could he possibly be causing trouble everywhere?

But after considering whether he should stop, he shook his head. "But I definitely won't live that long. I'll be assimilated by the Great Universe, lose myself, and become part of the 'Dao' itself. At the same time, the outside world shouldn't be able to see what I'm doing... This isn't courting death; I'm exploring truth. I must continue the deduction."

"Besides, now that I've begun deducing this universe, how could I give up?"

A strong curiosity propelled him forward.

Undoubtedly, he was using this method, his extraordinary sand table world, to recreate and deduce all the laws, secrets, and origins that had transpired in the universe back then. This way, the terrifying secrets of the entire Great Universe's ancient dark curtain would have almost nowhere to hide; he would be able to know the general developmental history and truth of the entire universe.

This was a great opportunity, and intense curiosity also drove Xu Zhi forward. He wanted to see how the entire universe developed into its current state of rules.

"Deduce, I must deduce..."

Xu Zhi took a deep breath, set down the mud creature, and left calmly, stating:

"I need to intensify the deduction. One thousand years per day seems a bit slow for the long span of the entire universe... If I could be more extreme, enduring the assimilation pressure from the entire Great Universe and paying a huge price, it wouldn't be impossible to achieve ten thousand years per day."

The greater the difference from the rules of the main universe, the more terrifying the assimilation pressure. This was mainly because the Heavenly Dao Pianos couldn't withstand the assimilation; as output devices, the pressure of maintaining the 'server' was too great.

"However, if I 'overclock' those opulent gold Heavenly Dao Pianos, letting them boost their power, they could reach that speed for a short period, resisting the assimilation of the Great Dao."

Xu Zhi continuously weighed his options. "It would greatly reduce the lifespan of the Heavenly Dao Pianos... This is a significant loss, and resource consumption would be high, but I don't care. I still have resources. I just need to have Akina Mountain Speed manufacture them furiously... Quickly wearing out a batch of Heavenly Dao Pianos and replacing them is still feasible."

The cost was not small. But if he could accelerate using resources, he could accept it.

So, Xu Zhi immediately overclocked the Heavenly Dao Pianos, putting them into an overloaded state. The entire universe instantly vibrated, invisibly accelerating, with everything rapidly iterating and developing.

"I don't need to teach or preach..."

Xu Zhi looked at the mud creature, which had already begun to develop its population, and calmly stated, "Since this universe is just beginning, it's a crude embryo. Even if I were to preach, there is no 'Dao,' so how could I preach it? The 'Dao' must be created by the innate divine-demonic beings of the primordial chaos, the first life forms of the universe, achieving enlightenment one by one... They are the pioneers of the Great Dao for the entire universe! All subsequent beings will follow the Dao and rules they forged!"

This time, Xu Zhi made no moves; he merely intended to be an observer of an era. If he interfered, he might affect the historical cosmic process.

One day passed.

This already equated to ten thousand years.

How long is ten thousand years?

One must remember that Xu Zhi, starting from scratch, deducing the entire extraordinary cultivation system, painstakingly exploring step by step to the present, had only taken a little over ten thousand years.

Logically, their developmental speed should have reached the Ninth Rank by now, but in reality, it was not calculated this way at all; their speed was unprecedentedly slow. And unbelievably slow.

After living for a full ten thousand years, the highest cultivation realm reached was less than the First Rank. This was because their Great Dao was imperfect and incomplete; everything was scattered and fragmented. Furthermore, they were pioneering a cultivation system from nothing.

At the same time, to Xu Zhi's astonishment, their population, having no concept of aging and death, entered an unprecedented state of super-expansion.

"After the Big Bang, the first type of life appeared in the universe, but they had no concept of aging and death. They entered an unprecedented era of population explosion... This cosmic epoch shall be called the Primordial Era, and this cosmic age, the Great Expansion Era."

Witnessing this scene, Xu Zhi, like an ancient god residing in the eternal void of the universe, silently sat high above. He picked up his pen after a long time and wrote anew in his book, "Genesis":

The Primordial Era: At the dawn of creation, when cosmic rules were yet unfixed, the first life forms of the universe were born and proliferated. Generations emerged with birth but no death, leading to unchecked population growth and ushering in the Great Expansion Era.

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