Eternal Time and Space

Chapter 57 The Eternal World

With a loud bang.

The world has been completely formed.

The heavens are above, the underworld is below, and the human realm is in the middle.

The sun, moon, and stars revolve in the heavens, the River of Oblivion and the Yellow Springs flow through the underworld, and birds, beasts, insects, and fish thrive in the human realm.

Past, present, and future permeate the three realms, and spatial patterns spread throughout heaven and earth. The Heavenly Dao of the Celestial Realm is naturally born from the movement of stars, the order of the Underworld is naturally settled from the cycle of death, and the spirituality of the human realm is quietly sprouting from the minds of birds, beasts, insects, and fish.

The Eternal Sea of ​​Light disappeared, and this vast and immense sea of ​​light became the source of the Great World, connecting the past, present, and future, the celestial realm, the underworld, and the human realm, and every corner of this Great World, lifting it up above the sea of ​​light.

The eternal world is born.

Boundless celestial light descended from the heavens, and within the light, Zi Chen's figure re-formed. His white robes were spotless, and his black hair was loose over his shoulders. In Zi Chen's eyes, the long river of time and the pulse of space were reflected. His left eye saw the past, and his right eye saw the future. When his eyes met, it was the present.

Time and space intertwine in his gaze, transforming into an all-encompassing eternal radiance that evolves into the myriad phenomena of the universe, encompassing all things.

Behind Zi Chen's head, a three-tiered, silver-white giant wheel slowly rotated.

The first layer of the giant wheel is formed by a dense, interwoven network of spatial veins, which is a collection of infinitely generated spatial elements and the spatial foundation of the great world.

As the giant wheel turns, the spatial fabric of the great world breathes in and out, swallowing up chaos and transforming it into a part of the great world.

The second giant wheel is formed by the convergence of an endless, infinitely extending torrent of time. This is the collection of time created from the beginningless past, and it is the foundation of time in the great world.

As the giant wheel turns, the past of the great world continues to differentiate, the future continues to extend, and the foundation of time continues to deepen.

The third giant wheel is a dazzling silver-white eternal light wheel that encompasses all colors and paths. This is the eternal form that Zi Chen himself has transformed into, the supreme form after the fusion of time and space.

As the giant wheel turns, time and space are eternally unified in the vast world, and all things and paths operate in eternal radiance.

As the three light wheels rotated, Zi Chen's aura completely covered the entire Eternal World. His breath was the breath of the Great World, his heartbeat was the pulse of the Great World, and his will was the Heavenly Dao of the Great World.

Before Zi Chen, three figures re-formed.

Mo Yun, dressed in fluttering golden robes, with a cold and stern face, held the Milky Way Axis in his arms.

The scroll was empty; the starry sky within had transformed into the eternal world of sun, moon, and stars. The light of the Milky Way axis had dimmed considerably, and its quality had fallen back from the edge of approaching that of a post-natal merit treasure.

Jiuyou, dressed in black robes with black hair, wore a slight smile and held the Jiuyou Cauldron in his arms. The Jiuyou world within the cauldron had already merged into the Netherworld of the Eternal World, and the cauldron's eerie light had dimmed considerably.

Kong Xuan, a handsome young man, wore a dark green robe and held the Crimson Prison in his arms. The blood-red giant city had shrunk to the size of a fist, and the Crimson World within it had merged into the human realm of the Eternal World. The blood-red radiance on the city walls had become thinner.

The quality of the three treasures has plummeted. The worlds they once represented have been merged into the Eternal World, leaving them as mere empty shells.

But Mo Yun, Jiu You, and Kong Xuan all remained calm; these were only temporary.

Zi Chen flicked his sleeve.

The Eternal World trembled, and the origins of the three realms—the Heavenly Realm, the Underworld, and the Human Realm—surged forth from the depths of the world like three long rivers, flowing into the bodies of Mo Yun, Jiu You, and Kong Xuan.

The three of them began to rise steadily, from the early stage of the Primordial Golden Immortal realm to the middle stage, from the middle stage to the late stage, and from the late stage to the peak. They quickly surpassed their previous realms and continued to rise.

Within the three's embrace, the Milky Way Axis, the Nine Nether Cauldron, and the Mortal Prison were also devouring the origin of the Three Realms.

Within the scroll of the Milky Way axis, a new sea of ​​stars is coalescing—not a celestial realm of stars, but a projection of the sun, moon, and stars of the eternal world. The scroll's radiance rapidly recovers, then surpasses its former glory.

Within the Nine Netherworld Cauldron, a new Nine Netherworld world is taking shape. The phantoms of the River of Oblivion, the Yellow Springs, the Sea of ​​Darkness, and the Weak Water emerge within the cauldron, and the eerie light emanating from its body grows ever brighter and deeper.

Within the mortal prison, a new human realm is evolving. The phantoms of mountains, rivers, birds, beasts, insects, and fish circulate within the city, and the crimson radiance on the city walls becomes richer and then even more dazzling.

The aura of the three treasures rapidly increased, climbing all the way up to the level of innate treasures. These three treasures no longer carry the world of incarnation, but are projections of the three realms of the eternal world.

The stronger the Eternal World becomes, the higher the grade of these three supreme treasures will be. As long as the Eternal World continues to grow, these three supreme treasures will never stop advancing.

Zi Chen withdrew his sleeve and looked down at the eternal world beneath his feet.

With the heavens above, the underworld below, and the human realm in the middle, the sun, moon, and stars revolve, the River of Oblivion and the Yellow Springs flow, and birds, beasts, insects, and fish thrive. The past, present, and future permeate the three realms, and spatial veins spread throughout heaven and earth. This is an extremely complete and self-sustaining great world.

However, compared to the primordial world, the eternal world is still far behind.

In terms of size, the Eternal World is far less than one-tenth the size of the Primordial World.

The primordial world was created by Pangu at the cost of his life. Pangu's cultivation far surpassed that of Zichen. When Pangu created the world, he possessed three great treasures of chaos: the Heaven-Opening Axe, the Chaos Green Lotus, and the Creation Jade Disc. Each of these treasures far surpassed the innate treasures.

The Heaven-Opening Axe cleaved the chaos, the Chaos Green Lotus suppressed the earth, fire, wind, and water, and the Creation Jade Disc carried the three thousand Great Daos. Only when the three great treasures of chaos combined their power could the boundless and vast world of the Primordial World be created.

Zi Chen lacked both the Chaos Treasures and Pangu's cultivation level, so the eternal world he created naturally could not compare to the primordial world.

However, the foundation of the Eternal World is not weak. The three incarnation worlds of Heaven, Underworld, and Human World are integrated into it, forming the skeleton of the Eternal World. The set of time created by the beginningless and the set of space created by the immeasurable form the meridians of the Eternal World. Hundreds of innate spiritual treasures, countless rare and precious materials, and the corpses of seventy-seven chaotic gods and demons form the flesh and blood of the Eternal World.

Although the Eternal World is small in size, it has all the essential elements and a solid foundation.

More importantly, the Eternal World grows faster than the Primordial World. The Primordial World is dead; after Pangu's fall, it could only evolve on its own at a slow pace. The Eternal World, on the other hand, is alive. Zi Chen, the ancestor who created the world, did not fall. As long as he is alive, the Eternal World has a master.

Zi Chen can actively drive the evolution of the world, devour chaos to expand its territory, and accelerate the calamity to mature the Heavenly Dao. What takes countless years to complete in the primordial world, the eternal world may only need a few calamities to complete.

Once Zi Chen's cultivation is stable, he will be able to further expand the Eternal World. The spatial veins formed by the infinite are constantly extending outward, swallowing chaos into the Eternal World and transforming it into a part of the world. Although this process is slow, it is never-ending. Every time he swallows a piece of chaos, the size of the Eternal World increases by one point, and with each increase, Zi Chen's cultivation level rises by one point.

Moreover, Zi Chen can actively drive the Great Tribulation, while the Great Tribulation of the Primordial World is passive. When the evil energy accumulates to a certain degree, the Heavenly Dao will send down the Great Tribulation to cleanse the world.

However, Zi Chen can actively control the calamities of the Eternal World. He can instigate calamities within the world, allowing living beings to survive and be eliminated in the calamities, accelerating the evolution of the Heavenly Dao in the calamities, and transforming and sublimating the world in the calamities. Each calamity is a transformation of the Eternal World, shedding the old self and giving birth to the new self.