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Chapter 668 137. The Road to Silence

Outside the universe, in the black fog.

A small wooden boat was paddling in the empty void, the lantern hanging on the bow emitting a warm orange light. The surging black fog melted and dispersed under the light, leaving a long corridor. That was where the wooden boat came from, and the black fog had not yet closed.

The wooden boat carried two people and a cow.

"Cowherd, is this thing of yours really reliable?"

"This boat is made of branches from the Cosmic Tree. It's the only one in the entire Tianyang. Don't worry, it won't capsize."

The woman in black veil sat at the stern, her back to the other man and the cow, holding a crystal ball alone, her eyes extended to the boundless black fog. Hearing the response from the bow, she smiled and said, "There is only one such eternal lamp in the whole wilderness. If the Temple of Glory and Desolation had not collapsed, I would have found such a good thing under the foundation. You can't avoid the black fog with your broken ship."

The man in plain clothes sat at the bow. He now understood why the wooden boat was so crowded. He even brought a green ox onto the boat. The man and the ox took up most of the boat. He said helplessly, "Didn't you ask me for help? The earth is round and the sky is square, but you lost four of the laws of returning to the origin, and half of the five elements laws. The Peng bird took away the Ji earth, the yellow dragon took the Ren water, and a monkey achieved the perfect returning fire. Can you still be so proud now?"

“You don’t have to worry about the road in the Great Wilderness, and how good is your Tianyang? You have not chosen to achieve the sainthood until now, so that after Shen Tian wore the crown of Yin and Yang, he was still suppressed by Shengyu. So what if your Tianyang laws are complete? Can they defeat Shengyu?” The woman shook her head.

“As the chief of the ancestor gods, do you think you can defeat Shengyu just by wearing the crown of destiny? Jiuzhou has given it all and even reproduced the merger of Yufa and Kongzhiguiyuan. Such monsters are not used to deal with us, but to compete with those big figures outside the universe. But we happen to be in the same era, who can be willing to admit defeat?” The man patted the green ox beside him, took out a watermelon from the basket behind him, smacked it in half and started to eat it.

The woman stroked the crystal ball, her calm face expressionless, "I am still missing a part, otherwise I might not be invincible against Shengyu."

"I heard that you captured the young Shengyu in the Liyouzuo of the Great Wilderness. At that time, this Divine Lord was only at the Four-Image Realm. How is it? Do you regret not taking action to eliminate this great enemy at that time?"

"Of course I don't regret it. I could see the terrifying future of that creature at a glance, and letting him go was never an oversight. If I had done it out of fear, it would have been ridiculous. The days standing on the top of the mountain are long and lonely. I even want to help those creatures who can climb to the top of the mountain."

"Oh... I didn't realize you had such a lofty spirit." The man said calmly, "Would you like a watermelon? I grew it myself."

"Don't eat."

"Really? What a pity." The man said and shared the watermelon in his hand with Qingniu.

"So you haven't achieved sainthood yet, what are you waiting for?"

"Of course I'm waiting for this moment. Taixu has what I need." The man smiled. "It's a good idea to go from outside the universe to Taixu Prison. I don't want to alarm the Lord of the Underworld. Otherwise, I, a nobody who doesn't even know the law, won't be able to help Lord Fate share the pressure."

"I'm curious how you know this path? Even Ji Zhao is unwilling to set foot in the Black Mist, but you know the exact navigation mark clearly."

"Couldn't fate predict how I would do this?"

"Before the Universal War, I could see your destiny clearly, but after the Universal War, you became a cloud of fog. Let's make some things clear here. In the Taixu Cage, we advance and retreat together, and we cannot afford any mistakes or calculations!" Li You looked at the man eating watermelon. The man's aura was powerful, but he was only an ancestor. She couldn't underestimate him. There was no ancestor who couldn't even calculate the law of fate and the fate of returning to the source. The man grabbed the remaining watermelon rind and threw it into the black fog, clapping his hands. "I obtained another taboo in the Gate of Wonders."

"Wait, another one? You have another taboo?"

"The Gate of Wonders is the taboo itself, and the other taboo is a piece of knowledge related to the void. In the process of the round sky and square earth merging with the universe, some fragments were intercepted by the Gate of Wonders, which included not only part of the history of the void, but also some ancient and powerful spells. We are now using the wooden boat as a carrier and the bright lamp to open the way, satisfying the medium for the spell, so I can find the direction of the void."

"This is amazing. Is it related to Taixu?" Li You groaned. "I'll reveal something. The lamp hidden in the Temple of Glory and Desolation came from outside the universe. Sheng Zhiguiyuan came to this universe with the help of this lamp. He was once a supreme being. In this universe that the supreme being cannot see, he is probably the strongest."

"That old man? No wonder he was able to take away the Four Origin Laws."

"What is the purpose of this Life Return? We all know that the Grand Void Cage holds an enemy that even a Supreme Being cannot resist. The Returners are stalling for time just to allow the Grand Void Cage to be deployed. I don't think Life Return is going to stop the monster from outside the universe."

"It's for something in Taixu." Li You held the crystal ball, "Do you know the origin of the Law of Returning to the Origin?"

"Miao Miao Men didn't say that."

"Are you a giant baby? If the Wonderful Sect didn't tell you, you wouldn't know?"

"How should I know such a secret?" The man shrugged and took out another watermelon. "You really don't want to eat it? It's so sweet."

"Don't eat."

Li You said solemnly: "The origin law is actually the universe rules manifested by the four round heavens and square earth at the beginning of the universe. The original law is the round heaven and square earth itself, and the origin law belongs to the universe. Because any universe has a reflection of the round heaven and square earth, the original law has the same power in any universe, but the law is different. It only belongs to a single universe, just like the handwriting you write on a page of a book cannot be seen on the next page."

"What does this have to do with origins?"

"Of course it is related, because not all universes have complete laws of origin!"

"You mean the laws of this universe are so complete that they are suspicious?"

"It's more than suspicious! The farther the universe is from the origin, the more unstable the laws will become, and the fragile structure of the universe itself will replace them. But in our universe, the laws of origin are everywhere, and all positions are neat and tidy. It's just like... that one point of infinity, the source of diversity!"

"Do you know what the part I'm missing is?" Li You stared into the man's eyes and said word by word, "Each law of returning to the origin comes in pairs! They have unity. Returning to the origin and unity can manifest the path of silence and enlightenment!"