The Miraculous Little Coffin Arrives in Chaos

After an unknown amount of time, Zhou Xiaoqin woke up in a daze.

He wasn't dead? What was going on? Had he arrived in the Underworld? Did the Underworld really exist in this world?

He began examining himself. Everything around him was filled with silvery-gray light, strands of silver radiance turning into mist as they gathered toward him.

Transparent? Damn, it really was a soul! Zhou Xiaoqin couldn't help shaking his soul. This state was far too miraculous.

Suddenly, strange patterns began appearing on his soul. The patterns flickered in and out of sight, as though they were shielding him from approaching danger.

Xiao Qin had often read novels in college. He was an old bookworm, and this situation looked exactly like the kind of experience a protagonist would have.

He had transmigrated? Was this his cheat?

But he wasn't an orphan. His family was still alive; only he had died. This wasn't the treatment a protagonist was supposed to get. Zhou Xiaoqin began to feel conflicted.

Since he was here, he might as well make the best of it!

He looked beyond the silvery-gray ribbons and discovered that he was drifting atop a silvery-gray river.

"The River of Time!"

Zhou Xiaoqin shouted, but although he had shouted, there was no sound. The river flowed without making the slightest noise either. It seemed sound couldn't travel here.

That had to be the River of Time. Novels always described it that way.

His great opportunity had arrived. He hadn't died from his terminal illness, and now he had stumbled upon such a fortuitous encounter.

"Chirp!"

Suddenly, the river surged, and something resembling a Fragment shot into Zhou Xiaoqin's soul. Before he could react, he fainted again.

"Great Dao above, I am the Time Demon God—Shichen, wielder of the Law of Time..."

A voice like a declaration to the Great Dao sounded beside Zhou Xiaoqin's ears.

Holy crap, this is Chaos?

Zhou Xiaoqin was completely dumbfounded.

It had actually sent him all the way to Chaos? This Box was too absurd!

Zhou Xiaoqin froze. The Chaos Demon Gods had only just begun to be born, and Pangu had yet to emerge. Heaven and Earth Splitting was still far in the future. If he calculated the time—

One times three was three.

Two times three was six.

March eighth was Women's Day.

Forget it, forget it. How much longer will it take? I could die countless times and still not live to see the Prehistoric Era appear!

That had been the language of a Chaos Demon God, right? He seemed unable to understand it, yet once the Dao words entered his mind, he understood their meaning.

There was no writing in Chaos. There was nothing to carry written words, and none of the Chaos Demon Gods had ever thought about such things, because they had no use for them!

"I can understand them. Does that mean I can become a Chaos Demon God like them?

Ah, no, no. If I become a Chaos Demon God, will Pangu split me apart along with Heaven and Earth when he opens the world?"

Wouldn't that mean certain death? Zhou Xiaoqin became conflicted, lost, and helpless.

When Great God Pangu split Heaven and Earth, all the Chaos Demon Gods were chopped to death. He definitely wouldn't be able to withstand it. But if he didn't grow stronger, he would surely dissipate in Chaos as well. Either way led to death.

Didn't they say that no one below the Primordial Golden Immortal realm could survive in Chaos? How could the soul of an ordinary mortal like him be fine?

He hurriedly inspected his soul, only to find that he was no longer in a soul state. He had been unconscious for who knew how long, and now he had turned into a silvery-gray orb of light.

"Hm?"

There was even a small Box enveloping him. Was he something like the True Spirit from mythology, or something else?

Something capable of protecting him in Chaos had to be a supreme treasure of Chaos!

Zhou Xiaoqin began sinking his consciousness into the depths of the light orb, only to discover that there was nothing there. Damn, could I really just be an ordinary mortal soul?

No, that wasn't right. This seemed to be the True Spirit from novels. Otherwise, how could he understand the Dao words of Demon Gods?

Then why was there no inheritance? No cultivation method? Nothing apart from the memories of his previous life?

What if he swore an oath to the Great Dao? If the Great Dao acknowledged him, that should work, right? With that thought, Zhou Xiaoqin began to swear an oath.

"Great Dao..."

The moment he uttered those two words, he sensed danger descending upon him. His entire light orb trembled uncontrollably.

Damn it, novels are all lies. How can I swear an oath here? If I say it, I'll definitely die.

This was terrifying. What was he supposed to do?

Zhou Xiaoqin hurriedly stopped. A long time passed.

Ah, he was fine. The Great Dao hadn't bothered with him.

It seemed he could only think of another way. He turned his attention back to the small Box atop the light orb.

Gradually, Zhou Xiaoqin felt as though his entire consciousness had been pulled into an unknown world. An enormous amount of information flooded into his mind.

At once, he felt as though explosives had been stuffed into his brain, as if it were about to explode. The intense pain made him faint.

After another unknown period of time, Zhou Xiaoqin woke up and began examining the information that had appeared in his mind.

"Dao Coffin of Time and Space."

Chaos Exotic Treasure.

He had never heard of something called a Chaos Exotic Treasure in the Prehistoric Era novels from his previous life. Still, anything named after Chaos had to be incredible.

It turned out that the Dao Coffin of Time and Space could not only suppress the River of Time and Space, but could also travel upstream through it within Chaos. It even suppressed a portion of Supreme Destiny within itself.

The two had engaged in Dao Contention throughout the endless River of Time and Space. Time and Space had originally been no match for Supreme Destiny, but unfortunately, Supreme Destiny only had one Fragment remaining.

Supreme Destiny's Fragment had been pulled into the Dao Coffin's main body. Fighting on someone else's territory naturally put it at a disadvantage, so the two had battled until now.

The Dao Coffin of Time and Space was an anomaly nurtured by the Great Dao. It should originally have evolved into a Chaos Spiritual Treasure, but for some unknown reason, it had become an Exotic Treasure.

Zhou Xiaoqin didn't understand the difference between a Spiritual Treasure and an Exotic Treasure. In any case, now that it was in his hands, it was his. With such an Exotic Treasure protecting him, he should be able to survive in Chaos.

Back then, he had barged into the Dao Contention between the Dao Coffin of Time and Space and Supreme Destiny's Fragment, cursed them both, and cursed them right to their faces!

That was that. The two beings that had been fighting directly dragged him onto their battlefield, and Zhou Xiaoqin's soul became their new battlefield.

As the new round of Dao Contention continued, Zhou Xiaoqin's soul gradually transformed into a True Spirit under the influence of both sides.

It had even fused with a trace of Supreme Destiny and Time and Space. It should no longer be called a True Spirit, but an Indestructible Primordial Spirit.

Those born in Chaos were Primordial Spirits, something only a Primordial Grand Luo Golden Immortal could condense.

He didn't understand why Destiny was called Supreme Destiny, but both of these things belonged to him now.

However, if he couldn't be sure whether the Exotic Treasure could protect him, he might be killed by the aftershocks of a Demon God battle.

Since the Great Dao wouldn't allow him to swear an oath yet hadn't destroyed him either, could he cultivate?

There was no inheritance, so he would try the methods from the novels of his previous life.

He began recalling the scriptures from those novels, especially Earth Star's most famous Dao De Jing.

He hadn't been able to memorize it before, but now the scenes from back then surfaced clearly in his mind. Still, he only remembered a few simple lines.

"The Dao that can be spoken is not the eternal Dao."

"The name that can be named is not the eternal name."

"..."

He wanted to say them aloud, but he couldn't. He could only recite them repeatedly in his mind.

Huh? Why isn't there any reaction?

After silently reciting them in his heart for a long time, nothing happened in Chaos. It seemed this path wouldn't work.

Helpless, he began thinking of other methods.

What about visualizing the human body? Wasn't Pangu shaped like a human? Perhaps he could comprehend the mysteries of the human body.

Many more years passed, yet Zhou Xiaoqin's Primordial Spirit showed no change, and he gained no new insights.

"Great Dao above, I am the Space Demon God—Yang Mei..."

"Great Dao above, I am Destiny..."

Suddenly, more Dao oaths appeared in Chaos.

Immediately afterward, several more Chaos Demon Gods were born one after another. Zhou Xiaoqin was about to go mad. The Chaos Demon Gods had all appeared, yet he was still useless. How was he supposed to face the dangers in Chaos in the future?

Although he couldn't feel the passage of time in Chaos, many Kalpas should have passed already. Even now, he still hadn't found any solution.

Zhou Xiaoqin was only an ordinary mortal. Though he had become a Primordial Spirit, his mentality remained the same as before, and he felt as though he had only lived for a little over twenty years. After all, he spent very little time awake in Chaos.

Slowly—

Zhou Xiaoqin truly went mad. His reason became chaotic, and his Primordial Spirit began to shatter.

At that moment, a ray of light flashed, and the Dao Coffin of Time and Space's power began flowing into Zhou Xiaoqin's Primordial Spirit.

The portion of Supreme Destiny also began emitting eerie Golden Light. The two had fought for countless ages, yet now both were sending power into Zhou Xiaoqin.

Just like that, Zhou Xiaoqin's Primordial Spirit continuously shattered, then continuously healed.

The intense pain left him delirious, and he could only occasionally regain a trace of awareness.

Countless ages passed in Chaos, and he vaguely heard the vows spoken at the births of many Demon Gods.

Finally, one day, he woke up completely. He had changed as well. When he quietly sensed himself, he discovered that he possessed spiritual power.

The Dao Coffin of Time and Space had also become compatible with him, and he could use the power of the Spiritual Treasure.

He slowly extended his spiritual power outward. The Dao Coffin of Time and Space released a silvery-gray force that enveloped his spiritual power, protecting it from being eroded away by Chaos.

In Chaos, he could not distinguish directions. Everywhere was a murky expanse of gray.

The power of Chaos raged everywhere, making one tremble with fear. Although he possessed spiritual power now, he was still a rookie without any cultivation.

However, with the Dao Coffin of Time and Space protecting him, he was no longer afraid.

After that, he began controlling himself as he wandered through Chaos. Since he had no way to grow stronger, he might as well wander around. He hadn't come to Chaos for nothing; he could at least see the Chaos Demon Gods and the scenery.

Chaos was a murky gray expanse that appeared to contain nothing. He drifted through it for forty-nine Kalpas.

(In Chaos, one Chaos Tribulation was fifty thousand Kalpas. One Yuan was twelve Hui, and one Kalpa was one hundred twenty-nine thousand six hundred years.

At this time, there were no sun, moon, or stars to mark the years. Here, eight thousand years counted as a spring, and eight thousand years counted as an autumn. One year in Chaos was roughly thirty-two thousand years in the modern world.)

Novels all said that countless Chaos Spiritual Treasures and Chaos Spiritual Roots were nurtured in Chaos, but he had encountered none of them.

After countless more years passed, all the Chaos Demon Gods had been born, along with one hundred twenty-nine thousand six hundred Chaos Beings.

(Brothers, the beginning is a little long-winded. It can't be helped—I wanted to explain things more clearly, and also show the protagonist's transformation. After all, he's an ordinary mortal ascending to the heavens in one step!)

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