Reincarnation

Primordial violet qi was mysterious and profound. The records in the Daoist canons were even more nebulous and obscure; one could not fathom what the authors were trying to convey at all. One only knew that this substance was exceedingly powerful, yet in what manner or to what degree, no one knew. Now, however, Wei Yuan understood: the cultivators who had penned those Daoist canons back then had most likely never laid eyes on true primordial violet qi. Countless tens of thousands of years had passed since the founding of the native realm, and the primordial violet qi had long since been carved up and divided among the mighty figures of the foreign races, leaving none for humanity. At this moment, as a strand of violet qi born from the genesis of a world entered his body, Wei Yuan felt an extraordinarily wondrous sensation. It seemed devoid of physical form, and around it, time, space, and karma were all warped in a manner Wei Yuan could not begin to comprehend. Through this primordial violet qi, the World of Silent Return and the Splendor of the Many Realms drew incomparably close, almost overlapping at this single point. Wei Yuan could now travel directly to the World of Silent Return via the primordial violet qi without needing to pass through the Gate of the Many Realms, drastically reducing both the cost and the transit time. Wei Yuan squatted beside the newly born Dao leaf, observing it carefully. It was exceedingly tender and delicate, as though any random little bug could harm it. Yet in Wei Yuan's perception, it possessed an incomparable loftiness, its cosmic standing elevated to an inconceivable degree. Among everything Wei Yuan had encountered in his life, even the true spirit of the Martial Ancestor or the projection of the King Buddha fell far short of it in standing. After all, it was the very first living being born of a great world, its cosmic standing perhaps second only to Pangu, who had cleaved open the heavens and earth. The Dao leaf slowly unfurled, radiating a hazy luminescence. Amid the glow, wisps of black qi emerged from the void and were drawn into it. Wei Yuan could see those dark wisps, yet he could not sense them at all. Drawing upon the knowledge preserved in the Daoist canon of the Palace of Grand Beginning, he surmised that this black qi was likely the primal chaos permeating the void. Had it not been illuminated by the hazy radiance of the land of vitality, it would probably never have been visible to anyone. As the Dao leaf continuously inhaled the primal chaos qi, wondrous and unfathomable transformations took place within it. After a moment, it trembled gently and puffed out a wisp of clear qi, which was none other than heaven-and-earth origin qi. This wisp of heaven-and-earth origin qi condensed into a misty haze in the air, gently drifting down into the soil where the immortal leaf had taken root. That small patch of vital earth then crossed the final threshold, transforming from illusory to real and manifesting its own karma. The emergence of karma meant that this world had reappeared within the cosmic sea of chaos, no longer lingering as a mere shadow. It also signified that the world had truly succeeded in restarting; barring disaster or tribulation, it could now begin to slowly evolve and perfect itself. At this very moment, Wei Yuan felt boundless karma and merit descending upon him! Throughout the entire Splendor of the Many Realms, gentle immortal light rippled. Everywhere, the chirping of birds and the fragrance of flowers spontaneously materialized out of thin air, while ethereal music drifted into every ear. People looked around in wonder, knowing neither where the fragrance originated nor whence the music came. Every pocket of space within the Splendor of the Many Realms vibrated, releasing specks of sparkling immortal light. The spiritual qi of heaven and earth began to swell at a visible pace. High-ranking cultivators such as Han Li and Jun Weizhi discovered that the invisible shackles binding them had vanished, allowing their cultivation to surge once more, with their new bottleneck raised all the way to Scenery Command perfection. The cultivators had long since learned about the cultivation path of the native realm and knew that the cultivation cap for beings within an immortal's grotto-heaven was Scenery Command perfection—even an immortal master was no exception. Han Li, Jun Weizhi, Fuyao, and the others sensed their rising cultivation and exchanged glances, the same thought surfacing in all their minds: Could it be that the Creation Immortal Venerable has already ascended to immortality? Lei Ling lacked guile and wore a look of utter shock. Having learned of the native realm's path, they knew all too well how difficult it would be for the Creation Immortal Venerable to ascend to immortality with such an immense mindscape world. Not long ago, Jun Weizhi had even run calculations, deducing that at the current rate of absorbing heaven-and-earth origin qi, Wei Yuan was still more than eighty-six thousand years away from perfecting his mindscape world. Even immortals of the native realm did not possess such longevity, so without some miraculous stroke of fortune, it was virtually impossible for Wei Yuan to ascend to immortality. Jun Weizhi had only recently completed those calculations, and now the Creation Immortal Venerable had already ascended? All living beings throughout the Splendor of the Many Realms felt the earth-shaking transformation, and the elevation of their life essence filled them with wild ecstasy. In an instant, countless people spontaneously surged toward the nearest sacred statue of the Creation Immortal Venerable. Those farther away knelt and prostrated on the spot in the direction of a statue. In the blink of an eye, followers of the Creation Immortal Venerable's holy faith multiplied tenfold after tenfold. Even if some still harbored disloyalty, they could only bury their rebellious intent deep down. Yet a large forest naturally held all manner of birds. When numbers grew vast, there would always be those who threw caution to the wind in an attempt to prove themselves different. In a corner of the Splendor of the Many Realms, inside a dingy, cramped room, several cultivators were plotting in secret. Feeling the changes in their own bodies, they were both shocked and bewildered. At that moment, a short, plump female cultivator rose to her feet, violently pumping her fist as she proclaimed loudly, "Do not waver, everyone! So what if the Creation Immortal Venerable made heaven and earth? So what if he gave us life? So what if he boosted our cultivation? Does that give him the right to manipulate our lives however he pleases? "We have grown now! We have awakened! We must escape this damned world of our origin and live autonomous lives of our own!" One cultivator spoke up timidly, "Just now... my cultivation leaped up by a lot. Then I began to wonder: was my life miserable in the past simply because I never worked hard?" The short, plump female cultivator flew into a rage and roared, "Impossible! We are not in the wrong! What is wrong is this world!" Wei Yuan paid no heed whatsoever to what was transpiring in that room; even though he could now divide his divine sense into more than fifty thousand strands, he had no leisure to micromanage such trivial details. At this moment, his entire focus was fixed upon that immortal leaf, contemplating its minutest changes. This was the opening of heaven and earth, the birth of living beings—the evolution of the Grand Dao of Heaven and Earth laid bare before him. The Great Dao, which in the past would have required unimaginable effort and immense fortune just to glimpse for a second, was now laid out for him to observe as he pleased. With every passing second, Wei Yuan gained immense insights. His cultivation and attainment surged at a pace even more astounding than Buddhist sudden enlightenment. This world had been restarted by Wei Yuan's own hands, and Wei Yuan himself was the seed cast out into the myriad realms by the previous world prior to its demise; hence, he shared profound karmic ties with the immortal leaf. As the Dao leaf took in and breathed out the chaos, a small portion of the generated heaven-and-earth origin qi also flowed into the Splendor of the Many Realms. This was origin qi of the highest order, and its nurturing effect on the Splendor of the Many Realms was remarkably pronounced. Wei Yuan's cultivation speed increased explosively, reducing the time required for him to ascend to immortality to less than ten thousand years. After a short while, the Dao leaf exhaled another wisp of heaven-and-earth origin qi, transforming yet another small patch into real earth. Likewise, a small portion of this origin qi entered the Splendor of the Many Realms, elevating Wei Yuan's cultivation. The land of vitality expanded bit by bit. Once it grew large enough, the embryonic form of the Grand Dao of Heaven and Earth would be born. Barring interference, several billion or even tens of billions of years from now, this world would be restored to its original size. Along this journey, sentient beings would one day be born to embark on the path of cultivation, thereby initiating yet another cycle of reincarnation.