Version Change Value and Replacing Heaven with Man

Throughout the Heavenly Dao Treatise, all the text revolves around the deduction and speculation of the Heavenly Dao's replacement, but in the eyes of others, it is completely absurd.

In the cultivation world, countless living fossils have witnessed the passage of time and the changes of the world. If the Heavenly Dao were to be replaced, how could these living fossils in the cultivation world not know?

The cultivation world's lineage has been passed down since ancient times, experiencing several great tribulations during this period, but the lineage remains clearly visible. If the Heavenly Dao were replaced, those lineage inheritances would inevitably be affected.

However, from the historical results, there has never been a so-called Heavenly Dao replacement in the cultivation world. It is precisely because of this that cultivators believe these words are absurd.

What's more, the higher one's cultivation, the closer one is to the Heavenly Dao, unable to escape its constraints. This kind of talk is, to some extent, denying the current cultivation system.

This kind of thinking can already be called treasonous, and it's no wonder people regard him as a madman.

But in Lu Yan's eyes, all of this has a different explanation.

Having experienced several version updates, Lu Yan knows very well that once a version update arrives, everything except the Unchanging One will change with the world version update, and even the underlying rules cannot escape the restrictions.

Everyone is in the game, unable to break free from the constraints, and can only evolve repeatedly according to the changes in the version update. Isn't this what the Heavenly Dao Treatise describes as the Heavenly Dao's replacement?

If it were just this, it would be fine, but the conjecture the author of the Heavenly Dao Treatise put forward in the last paragraph truly inspired Lu Yan.

To influence the Heavenly Dao's replacement with one's own unchanging nature, replacing Heaven with man!

This is a crazy idea, but the current Lu Yan saw a glimmer of possibility.

As the only Unchanging One in the world, Lu Yan can influence the direction of the next version update to a certain extent, but this is far from replacing Heaven with man.

What Lu Yan does is merely choose one of the three options for the version update. In the final analysis, the world still operates according to the rules of the version update.

The true foundation of replacing Heaven with man lies in the Version Change Value!

"Each version represents a kind of Heavenly Dao, a direction for the world's evolution. Everything originally operated within the framework set by the Heavenly Dao.

But as the Unchanging One, I possess abilities from outside the current world version. When I display abilities outside this version, the original Heavenly Dao order has already been disrupted.

In the Urban Version without any supernatural abilities, I comprehended the method of cultivation and became the only cultivator in this world, gaining 3% of the Version Change Value.

In the Apocalypse Version, I slaughtered over a hundred thousand zombies. Although this number is not large compared to the entire apocalyptic world, using Vengeful Souls to strip the souls of zombies is destroying the foundation of the apocalypse, and it also brought 0.2% of the Version Change Value."

"These two world versions have changed under my influence. If the Version Change Value reaches 100%, does it mean that my actions have changed the world version and created a brand new version?

Can this kind of action be called replacing Heaven with man?"

Lu Yan looked at the Heavenly Dao Treatise in his hand, his expression incredibly excited.

The reason he kept choosing to travel through various versions and used every possible method to improve his strength stemmed from the sense of crisis from the world version changes.

Under the general trend of version changes, the power of an individual is too weak. Even with the three-choice option, absolute safety cannot be guaranteed.

Especially after several version updates, Lu Yan found that the complexity of these versions had exceeded his expectations.

Just a few version updates have brought about dangerous versions like the Mysterious, Martial God, and Strange Tales.

Imagine, what if there was a three-choice version of Daoist Gu, Strange Tales, and Mysterious Revival? With Lu Yan's current strength, going anywhere would mean death.

Lu Yan is not afraid of the high power system of the world versions, but is worried that these world versions are too chaotic and difficult to control.

And now, the concept of replacing Heaven with man described in the Heavenly Dao Treatise, combined with the Version Change Value he has come into contact with, gives Lu Yan a chance to truly touch the essence of world version updates.

Turning to the first page of the Heavenly Dao Treatise, Lu Yan only saw the author's name.

Zhao Huowang.

A very ordinary name.

According to He Dongsheng, Zhao Huowang was just an ordinary person in a mortal dynasty, and after writing the Heavenly Dao Treatise, he was once regarded as a madman.

But Lu Yan believed that Zhao Huowang had definitely sensed something to write this seemingly blasphemous Heavenly Dao Treatise.

"According to the book, the higher one's cultivation, the more they will be bound by the Xianxia Version, making it difficult to detect changes in version updates.

Instead, Zhao Huowang, being an ordinary person, has more hope of glimpsing the truth of version updates."

"Madman? Genius? Perhaps there's only a fine line between them."

Lu Yan sighed in his heart and put the Heavenly Dao Treatise in his hand into his Storage Bag.

Although he had obtained the idea of replacing the heavens with humans, this method was not suitable for the Xianxia Version.

The Xianxia Version was a version with an extremely high power level. A Golden Core True Person could slaughter a city with a wave of their hand, and Lu Yan's cultivation foundation also came from the Xianxia Version.

With Lu Yan's current strength, the impact he could have on the Xianxia Version was completely negligible, making it difficult to cause changes in the Xianxia Version.

The only hope at this stage was still in the Urban Version, which was the stage where Lu Yan could truly shine.

However, before that, Lu Yan still had to make up for his shortcomings and improve his cultivation strength as much as possible in the Xianxia Version.

Opening the First Order Spell Compendium, Lu Yan began to study these low-level spells in detail.

Half a month later, in the mid-grade cave dwelling where Lu Yan resided, a emerald green light flew up and down within the cave dwelling, moving so fast that it was impossible to catch with the naked eye.

The light swept past the cave dwelling wall, easily penetrating the hard rock and leaving a deep scratch on it.

In the center of the cave dwelling, Lu Yan beckoned with his right hand, and the emerald green light returned to his palm. Upon closer inspection, it was a exquisite jade small sword.

During this half month, Lu Yan had been in seclusion cultivating.

When he was hungry, he would eat a Bigu Pill, which cost three bottles of Spirit Stones. When he was thirsty, he would drink the pure water condensed by the Water Condensation Art. All his remaining energy was spent on practicing spells.

Thanks to Lu Yan cultivating in the Apocalypse Version for three months, during which he absorbed Moonlight Spiritual Energy to strengthen his soul, Lu Yan's control over Mana far surpassed that of ordinary Qi Refining cultivators.

In addition, most of the spells in the First Order Spell Compendium were developed for the convenience of cultivators' lives. Most of these first-order spells were low-grade or mid-grade, with not a single high-grade one.

For Lu Yan, practicing them had almost no bottlenecks.

In half a month, Lu Yan had mastered the commonly used spells.

Besides that, he also spent a few days refining the mid-grade flying sword he had obtained from his Storage Bag.

Originally, Lu Yan had planned to sell this mid-grade flying sword, but later he considered that the flying sword was related to the Red Lotus Demonic Sect and could not be easily sold.

Furthermore, Lu Yan had no conventional offensive means other than the Hundred Soul Banner.

The spells in the First Order Spell Compendium were also too low-level to be used against enemies, so Lu Yan chose to refine the artifact flying sword as a supplement to his offensive means.

"After all, I can't just think about using the Hundred Soul Banner to kill everyone present every time I encounter danger, right?"