Chapter 363: Celestial Marks, Celestial Paths

At the realm of Mystery, Chen Xiao began to rapidly deduce the origins of the Book World.
“The Book World… the Book World…”
Chen Xiao murmured to himself. Although the Book World was not as powerful as the Main God’s Space, it was undoubtedly a formidable world, extremely close to the primal worlds.
Through his own reasoning, Chen Xiao had already figured out the four primal worlds in the universe, but regarding the Book World, he only had faint clues. It seemed almost within reach yet just out of sight, as if a thin barrier blocked his view.
“Mystery upon mystery—the gateway to all wonders!”
Suddenly, Chen Xiao’s brows furrowed tightly. Gritting his teeth, he channeled his immense spiritual power deep into his Main God essence to grasp a trace of the Water Rule. The moment it appeared, it transformed into the Nourishment and Destruction rules.
Meanwhile, the hidden trace of the Life and Death rule deep within his soul was also brought into use. He intended to force these two rules to merge, creating a deeper realm beyond Mystery. Perhaps in that realm, he could deduce everything about the Book World.
Boom!
Though these two rules were merely faint traces, their collision in Chen Xiao’s mental sea generated such intense repulsive force that he couldn’t control it. Almost instantly, the two rules bounced apart—one returning to the depths of his soul, the other to his Main God essence.
Chen Xiao’s face turned deathly pale. Yet this time, he didn’t fall out of the Mystery realm but continued to maintain it. However, his mind suffered a severe shock and slight damage.
Suddenly, a gentle warmth enveloped Chen Xiao’s body, seeping deep into it and nourishing his soul and mind bit by bit. Chen Xiao knew it was Mo Xian, who had been protecting him, stepping in. Mo Xian’s own power attribute seemed to be the Nourishment rule extracted from the Water Rule—indeed, what Mo Xian had grasped was even stronger than Nourishment.
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“I can only barely comprehend a trace of the Mystery realm right now; as for the realm of Wonders, I’m not yet able to utilize it.”
Chen Xiao gave up the idea of forcing the rules to collide and continued to deduce within the Mystery realm. He knew well that entering this realm was rare and unpredictable—even powerful beings like Heavenly Lords or Immortal Sovereigns might not be able to do so.
Once in the Mystery realm, one’s mental abilities were strengthened by Mystery itself, allowing them to deduce the existence of all things in the universe.
“Since I can’t see clearly into the Book World, I’ll check on how my grandfather is doing now.”
In the blink of an eye, Chen Xiao began to deduce the current rulers of the Book World: Chen Jianzhou and Chai Yunkē. Now, Chai Yunkē had become the spirit of the Book World, while its ruler was Chen Jianzhou.
“Heavens! How is that possible?”
When Chen Xiao deduced the current state of Chen Jianzhou and Chai Yunkē, he was filled with shock.

Chai Yunkē has broken free from the shackles of the Primary God, comprehended the rules of light and water, and become a being of the Divine Lord level— the Divine Lord of Light and Water. As for Chen Jianzhou, he is now a true ruler! Chen Jianzhou, who merged with the essence of a lower-level Primary God, managed to become a ruler in such a short time, which truly shocked Chen Xiao. “What exactly is going on?” Chen Xiao began to calculate again, but this time he failed. He could only figure out the situations of Chai Yunkē and Chen Jianzhou, yet their fates seemed obscured by something; even Chen Xiao, who was in the Mysterious Realm, could no longer predict them. “The Book World… it seems far more complex than it appears on the surface.” Chen Xiao shook his head and finally gave up trying to understand the Book World. Such entities would eventually reveal their true nature, and it was clear that Chen Jianzhou and Chai Yunkē had advanced because of the Book World. Still, this was ultimately a good thing. Gradually, Chen Xiao felt his Mysterious Realm fading. Not wanting to waste time, he began to train intensively, rapidly mastering the Nine Heavenly Lords’ techniques. “Wait…” At that moment, Chen Xiao paused slightly, stopping his attempts to understand the Nine Heavenly Lords’ techniques. His mind involuntarily came to a halt, and the collision between the two laws also ceased. The Mysterious Realm finally dissipated. Yet Chen Xiao felt no disappointment or frustration. He opened his eyes. What came into view was a stunning face, looking at him with concern and a hint of worry. A faint smile appeared on Chen Xiao’s face. “I’ve worried you,” he said with a smile. “Mm,” Mo Xian’s cheeks turned slightly red; she seemed unaccustomed to being stared at so openly by a man. Seeing that Chen Xiao had regained consciousness and was fine, she floated away, leaving only a faint fragrance in the air. Chen Xiao shook his head slightly and sighed inwardly. He didn’t understand girls’ thoughts. In fact, while in the Mysterious Realm, he could have figured out everything about Mo Xian, but he didn’t do so. If she wanted to, she would tell him. Taking a deep breath, Chen Xiao’s eyes suddenly became profound, with two dim lights shining from them. At that moment, his eyes seemed capable of seeing through everything in the world, even piercing through time and space to see the past and future. The Eye of Reincarnation! It was the technique the Eye of Reincarnation, which Chen Xiao obtained from the non-existent Map of Reincarnation! Originally, the techniques recorded in the Nine Heavenly Maps could only be used with the power of the Nine Heavenly Lords. But now that the Map of Reincarnation had disappeared, Chen Xiao could still use the Eye of Reincarnation. Moreover, its power was now countless times greater than before. After all, Chen Xiao was now in the true realm of a ruler. As for the extent of his strength, not even he knew.

In Chen Xiao’s eyes, each pupil contained a massive shadow of a portal, and deep within those portals lay forces of reincarnation representing the cycle of life and death. Suddenly, the Great Reincarnation Mirror, which had disappeared along with the Reincarnation Sky Map, appeared in his hands. “All this time, my understanding of reincarnation has been flawed,” Chen Xiao said, his brows relaxing. From the moment he gained the power of the Reincarnation Sky, he had believed that the power of reincarnation was similar to the power of the spatial seals in the universe—power that shattered time and space to create formidable attacks and defenses. Even the first guardians of the supernatural worlds who possessed the Great Reincarnation Mirror used this power in the same way. But now, Chen Xiao truly understood the meaning of reincarnation. The timekeeping in the universe was based on cycles of reincarnation; one cycle lasted 129,500,000,000,000 years—precisely the lifespan of a True Spirit God! Gods were not immortal; it was simply their extreme longevity that made them forget death. In the eyes of many gods, as long as they were not killed by other beings, they could live forever. But in reality, a True Spirit God’s lifespan was only 129,500,000,000,000 years, and even if they were not killed, they would die of old age within one cycle. Only by becoming a Supreme God could one transcend a cycle and extend one’s lifespan. In fact, this way of measuring time through cycles was merely a form, a conceptual notion of time. But what exactly is reincarnation? It is the beginning of anew, the renewal of all things, the revival of the original state, and the return of all to their origin! Life and death alternate endlessly, without beginning or end—birth followed by decay, never stopping. There is no absolute birth, nor absolute death. Birth is a new start, and so is death. Everything in the universe, or rather, in chaos, remains constant and unchanging. There is no absolute disappearance. Even if a person is reduced to ashes, turning into so-called nothingness, it is merely a change in their mode of existence, becoming a new beginning to continue growing, thriving, reaching peak, declining, dying, and then entering another beginning. This is reincarnation—the force that governs all of this. It transforms and balances life and death, keeping all things in the world at a state of equilibrium. The rules of life and death are merely tools used by reincarnation to continuously cycle all things between life and death. For an individual, death means death—will dissolves, and one falls into an endless abyss. But for the entire universe, there is no difference between life and death; it is merely a change in mode of existence. All matter continuously transforms into one another. This is the true essence of reincarnation. Living beings, because of their consciousness, distinguish between life and death. But in reality, between cycles, conscious beings are no different from unconscious dead things. As long as they exist in the world, they are subject to the laws of reincarnation. Sigh… Having understood the meaning of reincarnation, Chen Xiao took a deep breath. He finally understood where his previous misconceptions about the paths of the Immortal Lords lay. To pursue immortality, what needs to be controlled is not the rules of life and death, but reincarnation itself.

The Way of the Heavenly Sovereign, in essence, is the pursuit of ultimate strength, the pursuit of the true meaning of rules, and the exploration of the mysteries of the universe.
“But in the current universe, the power of reincarnation seems to be suppressed.”
Chen Xiao frowned. In the panorama shown by Canrillas, the birth and destruction of the three thousand worlds were no longer governed by reincarnation.
The destruction of each world meant true destruction—everything turned into chaos, absolute death.
Under the influence of reincarnation, chaos gradually gave way to the formation of worlds, with new things emerging from them. Yet this was a complete rebirth, with no connection to the matter that died in the previous world.
In the previous world, everything that died turned into chaos, while the newly born things were brand-new substances created under the influence of various world rules. In other words, with the birth and death of each of the three thousand worlds, chaos expanded slightly, yet chaos could never be transformed into other substances.
Reincarnation was suppressed, or rather, broken.
Chen Xiao raised his head. The light of the Eye of Reincarnation pierced through the heavens, the starry skies, and even chaos.
Above chaos, two immensely vast rivers of light stretched across the sky. One of them continuously emitted trails of light that spread into chaos. Those primal trails interacted within chaos, constantly forming various rules that spread throughout the universe.
Even the rules of life and death evolved from these primal trails emitted by the rivers of light.
The other river, on the other hand, remained completely still, with all its essence contained within. Under the Eye of Reincarnation, Chen Xiao clearly saw a massive life form attached to that second river, seemingly refining it.
Chen Xiao also saw that this massive life form used endless life seals to refine the river of light.
It was self-evident where those life seals came from.
At that moment, the massive life form seemed to sense Chen Xiao’s gaze. Its pair of blood-red eyes instantly opened and glared fiercely at him.
Boom!
But the next instant, a black light blocked the gaze of those blood-red eyes. Otherwise, just that single glance from those eyes could have killed Chen Xiao outright, turning his body into chaos and seizing his life seals.
“Is this the being that those Immortal Lords want to kill together?”
Chen Xiao’s body trembled slightly. He understood that it was reincarnation that had saved him just now. Reincarnation had no own consciousness; it existed naturally, like a rule.
It could be said that reincarnation was the overarching principle of all rules, the foundation for the existence of all things.
Yet just now, reincarnation had taken action, using its infinite power to transform the gaze of that massive life form into a harmless form. It also completely concealed Chen Xiao’s existence.
“Heavenly Marks? Heavenly Paths?”
Suddenly, a will that existed in the depths of existence entered Chen Xiao’s mind. Through the Eye of Reincarnation, Chen Xiao saw through this will.

“Amazing! It managed to turn that massive entity’s attack on me into willpower.”
Chen Xiao immediately understood that this willpower was actually the result of that entity’s attack on him.
However, there wasn’t much information recorded within that willpower.
That river that continuously emitted traces of its origin was called Tianhen, while the river attached to that massive entity was called Tiangui.
The true body of that massive entity had always remained attached to Tiangui, attempting to completely refine it, never even leaving it.
And the one that went to kill the Immortal Lords and prevent them from controlling life and death was merely a small fragment of its consciousness!
A single fragment was enough to eliminate the most powerful Immortal Lords in the universe, so one can imagine just how powerful its true body must be.
Moreover, as time passed, that entity’s strength would continue to grow as it refined Tiangui. In Chen Xiao’s eyes, not to mention nine Immortal Lords, even nine hundred, nine thousand, or ninety thousand Immortal Lords working together would not be a match for it.