A Hundred Lifetimes to Renew the Heavens
Chapter 24

Seal released, Four Elements Open Heaven

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The moment Yun Ye activated his divine sense, an indescribable weakness welled up within him, and his body began to sway even more.

He realized that after being sealed by the Immortal Clan, not only had the upper limit of his various powers been lowered, but his recovery speed had also slowed. Even if he used various treasures to recover, he still could not unleash overly powerful strength in a short time.

He shook his head and simply cast out a talisman, using Future Divine Law to seal the singularity.

For a time, as figures emerged, chains capable of sealing an entire world transformed into streaks of rainbow light. They wound around the singularity, intending to carry it away.

Since the singularity had no self-awareness and would not target anything, could packing it up and taking it away, then sealing it again after using it, barely count as making use of it?

Yun Ye hoped to resolve the matter simply...

Unfortunately, the Divine Law Chains could not touch the singularity. Or rather, even when they did make contact, they had no effect whatsoever, as though they had encountered a divine mountain of unimaginable weight. Even after being amplified with the Boundless Dao Canon, it could not be moved in the slightest.

The Divine Law seal was completely unfeasible.

"Then I'll remove the seal."

Yun Ye sighed. Countless chains appeared around his body, and all kinds of seals emerged. Figures arriving from the future unleashed supreme Divine Art, splitting Yun Ye into two figures standing in different spacetime domains. "Future Divine Law—Hypothetical Worldline!"

In one of the spacetime domains, Yun Ye began undoing the restraints one by one.

The Bloodline Curse was a curse activated on the foundation of a genetic template, carrying out all-round attacks and control. Those who resisted would suffer genetic collapse.

Yun Ye stabbed in the Divine Law Blade, severing his connection with the world and erasing the genetic template he had lost outside himself. His own genetic template also became blurred. Even with a one-to-one correspondence, the target could not be locked onto because of that blurring.

The Soul Lock Oath wrapped layer upon layer of chains around the soul. Although it had not grown into the spirit and flesh to the point of affecting cultivation, once it was violated, the soul would immediately suffer contamination, making further progress in cultivation impossible.

This one was even simpler to break. Yun Ye casually gave it a tug. His soul was powerful to begin with, and it was protected by the Dao Canon, so the contamination could not affect it in the slightest.

The Four Elements Separation Space divided the body into four parts through special means. Once the technique was activated, the Four Elements would immediately separate, making it impossible to form the invincible Open Heaven and Split Earth of Earth Wind Water Fire.

This was a spatial Divine Art set within the body. If someone tried to break it, it would activate at once, forming a suppressive force of separation that was difficult to resist and crushing Yun Ye.

However, all seals and contracts currently known still depended on strength. Even the Absolute Rule of a contract could not bind an existence that possessed the Absolute Rule as well. At most, the rules would cancel each other out, preventing the other party from using their Absolute Rule—but they could not kill them.

"Space Insulator!"

Yun Ye employed his body technique, specializing his physical body in spatial resistance until it seemed to be covered in a layer of white jade. Then his body trembled, and he proactively triggered the Four Elements Separation Space.

The Four Elements space activated and attempted to divide Yun Ye's body, but his body, with its resistance maxed out, could not be harmed. The Four Elements space shattered.

As the seals continued to be removed, the contingencies left inside Yun Ye's body also activated. A figure in blue appeared, intending to stop the unsealing, but Yun Ye from the future suppressed her with one hand. Under her unwilling gaze, all the oaths and seals vanished like smoke in thin air, and a lightness flooded Yun Ye's entire body.

The Hypothetical Worldline could divide out new spacetime. If the target was limited to oneself, it became an astonishing deception technique.

What Yun Ye did in the hypothetical spacetime went completely unnoticed in the true spacetime. No matter how many contingencies the Qing Clan had prepared, they were helpless against the complete Future Law. This was power beyond the established order; only Past Law of the same level could observe it.

"Hmm, in that case, the basic requirements are satisfied. But before that, I'll try this first..."

"An absolute-rule product more mysterious and terrifying than the singularity."

A book appeared in Yun Ye's hand and began flipping continuously. It was an illusory book, somewhat hazy, with faint traces of writing within.

Reincarnation.

Creation.

Infinity.

Other than the words "Reincarnation," the words "Creation" and "Infinity" had already begun to glow faintly, corresponding respectively to the Boundless Dao Canon (Creation) and the Nine Lives Dao Canon (Infinity).

Ever since he had collected the Boundless Dao Canon, Yun Ye had developed a peculiar feeling. After the Nine Lives Grand Canon returned to the Dao Canon, that premonition had grown far stronger.

Perhaps the final True Immortal Law... the Future Divine Law Dao Canon, corresponded to "Reincarnation."

The full name of the Book of Reincarnation should be the Book of Infinite Creation and Reincarnation.

This was truly wondrous. It could resist the Heavenly Longevity Rule and allow him to reincarnate again and again. The Book of Reincarnation was undoubtedly an absolute-rule artifact, yet it differed from the singularity. It seemed to follow a certain order, constantly assisting him, obeying his commands, and accompanying him all the way to the present.

He had once guessed that the Book of Reincarnation might be related to the echoes of a million years of prayers from the humans of the Red Heaven Realm. Now, he felt increasingly that it was possible.

"I wonder if the Book of Reincarnation can record the singularity..."

Yun Ye himself had no way to control the Book of Reincarnation, much less analyze its essence. He could only use his thoughts to command it to perform certain operations. Thus, if it could do something, it could; if it could not, it could not. There was no process of consuming magical power.

The Book of Reincarnation indeed obeyed Yun Ye's command. It released light and attempted to contain the singularity, but beneath the radiance, the singularity remained completely unmoved, without the slightest change or fluctuation.

Yun Ye thought for a moment, then issued another command. "Book of Reincarnation, make it enter the reincarnation state. Rebirth its state!"

From reincarnation until now, Yun Ye had never tried using the power of reincarnation outside the reincarnation space.

In the past, he had been unable to do so, so he had never tried.

Now, after gathering part of the powers of Infinity and Creation, the power of reincarnation could actually be used in the outside world.

By consuming the upper limit of one's lifespan, one could return to youth, and the Heavenly Longevity Law would begin calculating anew. However, the cost was much greater. It might take ten or twenty years of one's upper limit to return to infancy, and most of one's strength would be lost. There was no point.

But that applied to Yun Ye himself. What if this power were used on someone else?

Could it directly beat an enemy back to infancy?

The thought was exhilarating. If it succeeded, it might become a means of contending with a True Immortal.

Unfortunately, the Book of Reincarnation did not react this time. Instead, it sent back new information: "The power of reincarnation is effective only on the host."

Yun Ye fell silent.

This result was not unexpected.

Just as the Law of Return belonged solely to Profound Heaven, the power of reincarnation was probably likewise restricted to its own user. It was the result of a converged wish.

Then there was only one method left—and surely even cultivators who could Open Heaven and Split Earth only from the Venerable Position would never have imagined it...

"As a Dharma Realm cultivator, the reason I'm opening Heaven and splitting Earth is actually to make a storage space."

"Earth Wind Water Fire—Open Heaven and Split Earth!"

Yun Ye wrapped four ribbons around himself. Earth, wind, water, and fire surged together, and vast quantities of resources shattered into nourishment as a majestic world was opened amid rumbling thunder.

Beyond the universe, the White Dragon God Lord was jolted awake. He looked toward the twisted plane and found that, at some unknown point, the original scene of nine worlds circling one another had vanished. Within the world barrier, only a vast starry sky now remained.

At one point in the starry sky, a brilliant light was flashing!

"Open Heaven... and split Earth?"

The White Dragon God Lord spoke in confusion. He could not understand what had happened. Even with his wisdom, he felt a sense of chaos.

There was no time in the void. To produce time, one could only expend the power of Open Heaven and Split Earth to resist the void.

The stronger an individual's energy, the more time they obtained, and the more power opening Heaven and splitting Earth consumed.

Conversely, the less time that passed, the lower the power consumption.

For this reason, the White Dragon God Lord had chosen not to maintain his own time, allowing the Twisted World to develop at high speed while waiting only for the final harvest.

From his perspective, it had been as though he had merely closed his eyes before the situation underwent a tremendous change. Not only had the essence of the twisted plane changed, transforming from a plane into a universe, but someone inside the universe was actually opening Heaven and splitting Earth, drawing on the power of the void!

Could countless years have already passed?

Could the seas have already turned into mulberry fields?

Could everything have already ended?

He could not help but fall into this panicked doubt. Even he had outcomes he could not accept. To miss this Era of Great Strife, to miss the chance to serve Scarlet—he would rather die just like this. Losing his purpose was more terrifying than death...

But soon, the White Dragon dispelled his panic.

He made his judgment through the power he had expended. Only an extremely brief span of Red Heaven Time had passed. The anomaly was not him, but the new universe before his eyes!

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