The Emperor Tian Shu stepped through the great doors and saw an enormous tomb standing in the void before him. His humanity had grown deep; he was no longer the emotionless yet omnipotent Jade Emperor of old.
All manner of objects had been planted across the colossal tomb, which stretched like endless mountains, most of them weapons.
At the very peak of the giant tomb stood a tattered banner, bearing four words: "Calculate Exhaustively Heavenly Mandate."
"Welcome to the world without gods. This will be where you begin, and where you end. Please leave an object atop the Heavenly Tomb that can represent your identity. Should you die there, this object shall become your final tombstone. While the person remains, the object remains; when the person perishes, the object breaks. Whether you were once a god or devil, immortal or saint, from this day onward, you will only be a person struggling to survive in that terrifying world. That world has no gods, devils, immortals, or saints, because even the most ordinary person there was once the ruler of a world. Yet in that world, they are merely ordinary people who may die at any moment. And what you must do is survive, live until the very end..." There were no inscriptions before the tomb. The tombstone, like a heavenly stele without words, suddenly blazed with light, and a voice rang out.
The Emperor Tian Shu had long made his calculations and had already deduced some circumstances concerning the Great Universe, so this did not surprise him.
After considering it, the Emperor Tian Shu took out an object and placed it atop the giant tomb.
It was a chess piece, one he had used when arranging a Failed Super Gene Evolution Seed. Carved upon it was a pawn.
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