103: Enlightenment

Chapter 103: Attaining the Dao

An Epiphany, and the Law’s sublimation.

The moment the Yan Huang Law sublimated into the Yan Huang Rule, Bai Xuan finally understood what “the Dao that can be spoken of is not the eternal Dao” meant.

Human thought, logic, and cognition are incapable of understanding, defining, or explaining the Dao.

Only non-human cognition, thought, and logic can understand, define, and explain the existence of the Dao.

Because the Dao is an abstract existence; it is the Law of the Universe, the Rule of the Universe, and the Logic of the Universe.

Understanding this logic allows one to form words from characters, and sentences from words.

It is like condensing Concept Power into Law Power, and then sublimating Law Power into Rule Power.

Rule Power is a powerful, high-dimensional force.

It can dominate everything in lower dimensions.

It is like a divine power that can alter the rules of reality, transforming reality into a “Divine Realm.”

Within a “Divine Realm,” you are like an omniscient and omnipotent being.

In your “Divine Realm,” one plus one can equal three, you can make cats and mice bear offspring, you can make fire ignite water—you can do many, many things.

The Yan Huang Rule: Light and fire are merely appearances; creation and destruction are the essence.

And when creation and destruction become part of the Rule...

You can create time, create space, and even create all phenomena; similarly, you can destroy time, destroy space, and destroy all phenomena. However, all of this requires energy consumption.

Bai Xuan’s energy is limited, and he still cannot possess the authority of “omniscience and omnipotence,” “creating spacetime,” or “destroying spacetime.”

But influencing time and space to a certain extent is still achievable.

Such power is already formidable enough.

“No!”

“This is impossible!”

“It’s only been five days; how could you possibly see through the essence of the Rule?”

“You are abnormal—how is this possible?”

“How could I die? How could the Mother God fail?”

“No!! No!!!”

The Tier 4 Virus King said in disbelief, his pupils contracted to pinpricks, and his entire body trembled slightly.

“Your Law is so complex; how could it sublimate into Rule Power so quickly? This is impossible! How is this possible?!”

It knew that the simpler the Law Power, the easier it was to sublimate into Rule Power.

However, Bai Xuan’s Law Power was so complex; even what it could discern included light and fire, creation and destruction, as well as speed, strength, Defense, Yin and Yang, Five Elements—a chaotic mix.

To integrate all of this into a single, complete Law was already a miracle.

And for such a complex Law Power to sublimate into Rule Power, the difficulty coefficient was extremely high.

Its ability to transform from an ordinary human infected with a virus into a Tier 4 Virus King already signified extraordinary talent, a Genius among Geniuses.

Yet, for it, if the Law it mastered were so complex, it would not have an iota of confidence in sublimating it into Rule Power.

But Bai Xuan achieved it right before its eyes.

And in just five short days!

This was truly unbelievable!

If it hadn't witnessed it firsthand, it would never have believed it.

But having seen it, it had no choice but to believe, despite its disbelief.

As for Bai Xuan, his lips couldn't help but curl into a smile, his face beaming with immense satisfaction, great joy, profound ease, and perfect freedom.

The so-called Rule is the Dao.

He had now attained the Dao and achieved Immortal Ascension.

A being who has mastered Rule Power is comparable to a god, demon, immortal, or Buddha.

Currently, Bai Xuan can change the rules of an entire planet with a single thought.

Because he is the only hope for this planet, this world.

He is the savior chosen by the world.

And the world's only hope to avoid being devoured by the virus mother.

He is the Dominator of this world.

The Rule Power of this world will not suppress him; instead, it will assist him, allowing him to dominate.

[You have been promoted to a Tier 4 life form. You have completely mastered the Player Template.]

[You are the Child of the World. The World’s Rule bestows upon you even stronger Rule Power.]

“The truth is right before your eyes.”

“I told you, there was plenty of time.”

“It's you who didn't believe.”

“But that no longer matters.”

“You must die, and your Mother God won't live much longer either.”

“This world is destined to belong to me.”

As Bai Xuan spoke, he took a step forward.

With a single step, he seemed to instantly shift through space, arriving in another dimension.

This is the Tier 4 Virus King’s Thunder Divine Realm, a world of thunder, and also the true body of the Tier 4 Virus King.

“Crackle! Crackle!!!”

Electricity continuously flashed, emitting crackling sounds.

“Rumble—rumble!!!”

“Rumble—rumble!!!”

“Rumble—rumble!!!”

Thunder continuously roared, one after another, immense in power, shaking the heart and spirit.

Amidst the lightning and thunder, the Tier 4 Virus King sat on a throne of thunder, as if a lofty deity looking down on all beings.

However, at this moment, this deity’s body couldn't help but begin to tremble.

Because it felt the suppression of its Thunder Rule Power by an even stronger, more Advanced Rule Power.

“What a fragile and ugly Divine Realm.”

“Before becoming a Tier 4 life form, I looked upon you as the God of Thunder.”

“But once I became a Tier 4 life form, I saw your weakness.”

“Thunder, current, electromagnetism, Yin and Yang—these Law Powers were pieced together by you in such a crude and simplistic structure, barely sublimating into Rule Power.”

“Such Rule Power is simply too weak, too fragile.”

“This allows me to see through your wisdom and talent.”

“Insignificant, foolish.”

“But none of that matters anymore.”

“Just become my nourishment.”

“You—you—”

The Tier 4 Virus King wanted to struggle, to resist, to self-destruct, to perish with Bai Xuan.

But it could do nothing.

Because Bai Xuan’s Yan Huang Rule and the World’s World Rule were both suppressing its Thunder Rule.

With its Rule suppressed, it was powerless.

It could only watch as Bai Xuan walked step by step towards it and extended his right hand.

An even more terrifying Rule Power descended upon it, beginning to alter its time, space, matter, energy, mind, Concept, Law, and Rule. In less than a breath, it was refined into a Rule Pill.

The heavens and earth abruptly changed; the Thunder Divine Realm turned into nothingness, or rather, became part of the Rule Pill.

He opened his mouth, swallowed it, and refined it in an instant.