Chapter 968: Laojun Lends His Aid
A place that seems like void, yet also resembles the primordial beginnings, the realm of Hundun.
This place is like the world before heaven and earth were separated, when chaos was undivided, and everything was yet to be born at the starting point.
Here, Chu Yuan stands face to face with Taishang Laojun.
At this moment, both Chu Yuan's and Taishang Laojun's faces are covered with a strange expression.
"You say, the reason you've ended up like this, is because you felt too Invincible, able to create anything, and so you wanted to create a second self, but an accident happened and you self-destructed?"
As Taishang Laojun speaks, his voice trembles ever so slightly.
He seems hardly able to believe that such a thing could happen.
No matter how he thought about it, he could not fathom that beings of their level could self-destruct in this way.
"Yes."
Chu Yuan, although reluctant to admit it, can only nod.
He too finds it hard to comprehend the actions of the Nameless Master.
Playing around and in the end, playing himself out of existence.
With that 'Yes' from him, Taishang Laojun falls silent as well.
After a long while.
Taishang Laojun seems to have adjusted his mindset and a smile appears on his face.
"You are quite impressive to have achieved self-destruction at our level," said Taishang Laojun slowly.
"Old Lord, please don't say it like that. Since we have known each other before, I ask you to wait for some time. I am not complete at the moment and need some time to recover myself."
"Once I have restored my full form, I will come to reminisce with the Old Lord."
Chu Yuan is very aware of his own situation.
Now he is merely in name the Nameless Master, and strictly speaking, he is not really the Nameless Master yet.
He still needs to integrate all rules into one to truly become the Nameless Master.
According to Taishang Laojun, the true Nameless Master is on the same level as Taishang Laojun.
The Taishang Laojun referred to here is not the one from the Immortal Realm, known as the 'Honghuang Stream' Taishang Laojun.
The one here leans more towards the 'Mythical Old Lord'.
What is the Mythical Old Lord?
According to Chu Yuan's understanding of mythology.
The Mythical Taishang Laojun is the existence that created everything in the world.
In mythology, Taishang Laojun created and set forth the world.
And then, throughout each era of the world, the Old Lord incarnated to help it through each one.
Within the mythological system where the Old Lord resides, the world he created has its first era named the Supreme Beginnings.
In the era of Supreme Beginnings, Taishang Laojun incarnated as the Teacher of Supreme Beginnings, expounded the Heaven-Opening Scripture, taught the era to separate heaven from earth, distinguish the turbid from the clear, and define the directions of east, west, south, and north.
After the era of Supreme Beginnings was the 'Taishi' era, during which the Old Lord incarnated as the Teacher of Taishi, expounded the Taishi Scripture, allowing the world to divide into yin and yang...
In each subsequent era, there were incarnations of Taishang Laojun to guide the development of each era.
Various mythological figures, known to the world, were also guided by the Old Lord.
Such as Fuxi, to whom the Old Lord once incarnated, renamed Wu Huazi, teaching Fuxi to explore the yin and yang and establishing the Bagua.
And like Emperor, to whom the Old Lord incarnated as Guangchengzi, teaching Emperor...
It can be said that almost every major deity in various mythologies was taught by the Old Lord.
In the mythology that belongs to Taishang Laojun, the Old Lord is the beginning of everything.
Hence the name, Supreme Beginnings.
According to Chu Yuan's understanding.
He and the Taishang Laojun in front of him belong to two different mythological systems; they are both system creators.
The world created by Taishang Laojun is named 'Supreme Beginnings'.
And the world he has created is 'Nameless Opening Heaven'.
In the system he belonged to, it was the Nameless Master who had created everything. The so-called Dark Dominator, Time Dominator, and so on, were merely beings casually created by the Nameless Master.
That's why there was the scene before him, where Taishang Laojun was spoken of as the peer of the Nameless Master.
Chu Yuan was pondering this.
Meanwhile, Taishang Laojun was listening to what Chu Yuan was saying and considering it.
After a long period of contemplation.
Taishang Laojun finally spoke slowly.
"Nameless Master, I might be able to assist you in swiftly completing your reunification, but you need to allow my power to enter your world."
"However, this will still require some time. My method is to awaken the true strength of your origin, allowing your origin to summon back your other powers."
"This will take some time, and during this period, you must not leave at will."
Taishang Laojun said so.
Upon hearing this.
Chu Yuan was immediately stunned.
Taishang Laojun has such a method?
Just needing a certain amount of time to make his scattered forces return and then become whole?
With this method, what's the point of fussing with all those strange and bizarre things?
After all, if he were to recover his complete form normally, it would take hundreds, thousands, perhaps tens of thousands of years, or even longer - it would be impossible to restore it so soon.
After all, he knew the abilities of his second-in-command and his various disciples.
Good for nothing but stabbing in the back, they rank first.
"Can you really do this, Old Lord?"
Chu Yuan found it hard to believe.
"Naturally, I can."
Taishang Laojun said with a smile.
Upon hearing this, Chu Yuan immediately agreed and thanked Taishang Laojun profusely.
However, Taishang Laojun waved his hand and said that there was no need for such thanks between close friends.
Soon, Chu Yuan and Taishang Laojun came to an understanding and immediately began to take action.
In Chu Yuan's perspective, he saw Taishang Laojun's hand gesture softly, and immediately felt intense changes in the surroundings.
But Chu Yuan couldn't perceive what specifically was changing, as these changes seemed almost invisible.
Yet Chu Yuan had a strong intuition of the violent shifts around him.
This feeling stemmed from the Divine Light Origin, the very essence of the Nameless Master.
"Nameless Master, calm your heart and summon your powers."
The voice of Taishang Laojun echoed slowly.
Upon hearing these words, Chu Yuan immediately took action.
He sat cross-legged, and in the depths of his being, he felt as if he was unleashing a sort of terrifying power.
This power far exceeded his understanding.
He was very clear that even the power of the Dark Dominator that he had once felt within the Dark Giant Mountain was not as formidable as this.
And this power originated from within him.
This was the strength of his Divine Light Origin!
"So, the real strength of this strand of Divine Light Origin is this powerful."
Chu Yuan thought to himself.
However, he quickly gathered his spirit and began to summon with this terrifying force all the scattered laws in the world.
He had an intuition that as long as he could successfully summon them, he would truly become the Nameless Master, the complete and whole Nameless Master!
Chu Yuan's heart was filled with anticipation.
What kind of grandeur would the real Nameless Master possess...