The Disappearance of Jinzhi World

Original Ancestor's expression was complex: "Don't you want to know why I was suppressed?"

Luo Feng and Chaos City Lord listened intently.

"Back then, I rose rapidly," Original Ancestor said slowly. "Not even in the First Reincarnation Era or the Second Reincarnation Era was there anyone who could match me. Traversing the Universe Ocean, I was already invincible at that time."

"However, I was always wary of the two great holy lands. Although I claimed to be invincible, I wasn't arrogant enough to say I was a match for the ancestors of those two great holy lands," Original Ancestor said. "I wondered why the ancestors of the two great holy lands never emerged. Even if they had transcended reincarnation and were truly invincible and lonely, they wouldn't always confine themselves within their holy land universes, would they? Unless... they couldn't come out!"

Original Ancestor said, "At that time, I suspected that transcending reincarnation was a conspiracy!"

"A conspiracy?" Luo Feng and Chaos City Lord were startled.

"At the time, I speculated that everything was a conspiracy of the Origin Will," Original 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. The entire Universe Ocean operates under the Supreme Rules! The Origin Will merely controls everything within the Primal Universe; it simply cannot forcibly demand anyone to transcend reincarnation. It doesn't have that authority..."

Chaos City Lord frowned, "But Master, once one reaches Void-level, aren't they compelled to transcend reincarnation within a very short period?"

"Correct," Original Ancestor said. "That is a restriction of the Supreme Rules."

"Only the Supreme Rules can issue forceful commands to True Gods and even higher beings," Original Ancestor said. "Having been suppressed for so long, I finally understood. The Origin Will simply cannot forcibly compel anyone to go to a certain place. If it could, it wouldn't need so many methods to force Yuan Ao Master and Zhen Jia King to their deaths in some of the three great perilous lands."

Luo Feng nodded as he listened.

Indeed.

He had also discussed this with Teacher Zuo Shan Ke; clearly, the Origin Will was not to be feared, as it couldn't do anything to a True God, as long as they didn't violate certain Supreme Rules.

"I was suppressed," Original Ancestor said, "because I actually violated the Supreme Rules. That's why the Origin Will was able to suppress me. Otherwise, it couldn't have."

"How did you violate them?" Luo Feng and Chaos were both curious.

Original Ancestor chuckled, "Back then, I was wary of the Origin Will, suspecting it was the mastermind behind everything... so I tried every means to investigate, searching for clues. Gradually, I discovered that the Origin Will itself didn't possess high intelligence; it only had the most basic form of wisdom. It should be a very fragile will born from the Primal Universe's origin."

"Fragile?" Luo Feng and Chaos were taken aback.

"Yes," Original Ancestor nodded. "The Origin Will itself is very fragile; it only possesses boundless might by leveraging the Primal Universe's origin."

"At that time, I didn't want to transcend reincarnation, fearing eternal confinement," Original Ancestor said. "So I thought of a method... to destroy the Origin Will, and my will would become the Primal Universe's Origin Will."

"What?"

Luo Feng and Chaos were both astonished.

Usurpation?

Isn't that usurpation?

In fact, through his past interactions, Luo Feng had also discovered that the Origin Will itself possessed no power; it even needed subordinates to kill a Yuan Ao Master, and many of its actions were carried out through the Ancestral God Sect. Luo Feng had even entertained the thought of seizing control of the Primal Universe. But it was just a thought, as Luo Feng hadn't come up with a good method.

"It was for this reason that I created the 'Virtual Universe' technique," Original Ancestor chuckled. "My Virtual Universe and the real universe are like two sides of the same coin... perfectly integrated."

"I myself am a life form within the Primal Universe, and the Primal Universe doesn't resist me."

"When my will, aided by the 'Virtual Universe' secret art, spread throughout the entire Primal Universe... that's when the final clash with the Origin Will began," Original Ancestor said.

Luo Feng and Chaos were completely dumbfounded.

The earliest purpose for the creation of the Virtual Universe was actually usurpation!

"But I was wrong," Original Ancestor sighed. "At that time, I was like a frog in a well, making assumptions based on my own conjectures. But in reality, I was terribly mistaken... My attempt to seize control of the Primal Universe fundamentally violated the Supreme Rules! Therefore, the Supreme Rules punished me, which is why I lost that battle for control and was suppressed."

"The Supreme Rules' punishment also allowed me to come into contact with them, and only then did I vaguely understand many things."

Luo Feng and the other person beside him fell completely silent.

Truly incredible.

This Original Ancestor truly went against the Origin Will, suspecting it to be the ultimate mastermind, and even seeing through its weakness, creating the 'Virtual Universe' technique to later contend for control of the Primal Universe, and almost succeeding.

"No wonder the Origin Will refused to release him back then," Chaos City Lord lamented. "It insisted that Luo Feng resolve the Beast Calamity, and only with such a great contribution would the Supreme Rules permit his release."

Luo Feng, however, felt a stir in his heart.

Hmm...

The Beast side and the Primal Universe side, one representing destruction, the other representing life. Both were absolute opposites.

Whichever side won, it seemed, would receive favorable treatment from the Supreme Rules.

Clearly, the Supreme Rules treated both sides equally. If the Beasts ultimately won, everything would naturally be destroyed. If the Primal Universe side won, Luo Feng, as a meritorious figure, was also deemed to have made a great contribution.

"But it's still unfair," Luo Feng mused. "When a Beast King reaches the equivalent of Void-level, they aren't forced to transcend reincarnation. Yet, we True Gods, once we reach Void-level, are compelled to do so."

"That's true."

"Beast Kings are on par with the Primal Universe, belonging to the highest-status first tier."

"We life forms born from the Primal Universe, relatively speaking, have lower status and greater restrictions."

In this Universe Ocean, the highest status belonged to the Primal Universe and the Beast Kings.

As for the billions of life forms born, even Luo Feng, this heaven-defying monster who had reached a hundred thousand times the life level, even if billions of lives worshipped him, he would still be slightly lower than the Primal Universe and the Beast Kings. This also filled Luo Feng's heart with joy, because he had enslaved a Beast King.

...

The Beast Calamity passed, and the entire Universe Ocean returned to peace.

The miniature universes of the First Reincarnation Era and Second Reincarnation Era were all destroyed. Although Hai Master had defected to the Beast side and Moluosa hadn't died, logically, Hai Master's miniature universe should still exist. However, to prevent the news of a living Beast King from leaking and causing suspicion, after Moluosa became a King and before dealing with Purple Moon Holy Land, Moluosa, following orders, simply had a thought, and Hai Master died, and that miniature universe was also destroyed.

Time passed quickly in the peaceful years.

In the blink of an eye, tens of thousands of eras had passed.

"Every era, the membrane wall of Jinzhi World turns white once." A newly advanced Universe Master of the Demon Race, 'Master of Renxing', was piloting a palace, flying towards Jinzhi World.

Usually, it was a very long time before a powerful being would visit Jinzhi World.

"Hmm?" Master of Renxing looked at the distant void in astonishment.

"Did I take a wrong turn?"

Master of Renxing suspected he had come to the wrong place, carefully cross-referencing the Universe Ocean star map and checking the surrounding landmarks.

"No, this is indeed where 'Jinzhi World' should be. Has that colossal entity vanished? Has Jinzhi World disappeared?" Master of Renxing was utterly shocked.

Boom!

Like a storm, the news quickly spread throughout the entire Primal Universe. Powerful beings from various races learned of Jinzhi World's disappearance. In less than half a day, Luo Feng was the first to arrive after Master of Renxing.

"How can it be gone?" Luo Feng, clad in silver armor, stood amidst the chaotic currents, carefully observing the distance. Long ago, the colossal corpse, suspected to be that of the Jinzhi God King, had been suspended there.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

Luo Feng immediately began teleporting to search. Not only Luo Feng, but powerful beings from various races were also searching, yet no matter how they searched, they couldn't find Jinzhi World. Clearly, over the past tens of thousands of eras, Jinzhi World had quietly departed. Because no powerful beings had visited for a long time, no one discovered its absence until Master of Renxing prepared to venture there for self-improvement.

"My divine power avatar is still in Jinzhi World," Luo Feng muttered, frowning in contemplation as he stood in the void.

...

In the infinitely distant depths of the Universe Ocean, a colossal entity was flying at an incredibly terrifying speed.

Inside it, within Jinzhi World, on an island in the lake of the Python River Army camp in the East Army, Luo Feng's divine power avatar resided. Nearly an era ago, his main body had learned of Jinzhi World's disappearance. Only then did this divine power avatar realize that it was no longer in that region of the Universe Ocean, but had arrived in an unfamiliar place.

"Where exactly has Jinzhi World gone?" After waiting for nearly an era, the moment the universe's membrane wall turned white finally arrived.

Piloting a spaceship, Luo Feng's divine power avatar instantly rushed out of the universe's membrane wall. He was incredibly curious about the depths of the Universe Ocean; he wanted to exit Jinzhi World, to leave that colossal entity and see what lay outside, to discover where this place truly was.

Boom!

It directly rushed outside Jinzhi World's miniature universe.

"This is—" Luo Feng's divine power avatar looked out from within the spaceship, but endless flames instantly swept past. The True God-level mechanical spaceship was instantly annihilated, and Luo Feng's divine power avatar was also annihilated.

...

In the Yinhe Holy Land of the Primal Universe.

Luo Feng was lecturing his son, Luo Hai: "I've told you, I can't help you. If you don't experience it yourself, no one can help you! Yes, your comprehension might be a bit lacking, but there's nothing absolute in this Universe Ocean. There's always a glimmer of hope... Hmm?"

"Father?" Luo Hai asked cautiously.

Luo Feng, however, frowned and turned his head to gaze into the endless void, as if piercing through immeasurable distances, muttering, "Instant annihilation? Fortunately, last time against the Beasts, I exchanged almost all my military merit."

Although he didn't know where Jinzhi World had gone, it was clear that Jinzhi World was still intact, and its countless inhabitants were still living safely.

"Jinzhi World came to deal with the Beast Calamity," Luo Feng mused. "Jinzhi World, the Source... these were all glimmers of hope for the Primal Universe side. Now that the Beast Calamity has passed, Jinzhi World has quietly departed."

Luo Feng could understand.

Jinzhi World contained remnants of ancient civilization; after all, the powerful beings living there were descendants of an ancient civilization. If Jinzhi World remained indefinitely, life forms in future reincarnation eras would easily obtain the inheritances of ancient civilization, and such a good thing wouldn't simply be handed out.

"I wonder when I'll be able to see Jinzhi World again," Luo Feng murmured.