Finally, a figure dressed in a gray-white robe slowly emerged from the tree. He stood there, emanating no pressure. Yet, all the myriad paths of heaven and earth bowed down to him. Qin Yu slowly opened his eyes, and Qian Wenwan also ended her enlightenment. The two looked at the figure, who slowly looked at Qin Yu.
His gaze immediately fell upon the Ring Master Soul Diagram slowly circulating within Qin Yu's body, and then he looked at the Wordless Heavenly Book floating deep within his sea of consciousness. A trace of relief finally appeared in his eyes, and he slowly spoke, his voice seemingly coming from countless eras ago.
"The Ring Master Soul Diagram..." "The Wordless Heavenly Book..." "Finally, we have welcomed the inheritor." Qin Yu slightly clasped his hands. "Senior, are you the Layered Realm Void Great Emperor?" The figure gently shook his head. "I am merely a wisp of my original will left in the Myriad Dao Source Root Tree by my true self," the real me, "Has long since returned to the Myriad Daos."
As he spoke, he slowly gazed at the Myriad Dao Source Root Tree that blotted out the heavens and earth, a trace of reminiscence appearing in his eyes for the first time. "They all believed that the 'Wordless Heavenly Book' was my first and foremost treasure. But in fact, they were all wrong." He slowly raised his right hand.
Gently placed upon the trunk of the Myriad Dao Source Root Tree, the entire ancient tree instantly erupted with a chaotic divine radiance that illuminated all realms. "It" is my true first natal treasure. "The Myriad Dao Source Root Tree." "The Wordless Heavenly Book..." is merely a companion treasure that spontaneously arose after its birth.
Qin Yu and Qian Wenwan were both shocked. The Wordless Heavenly Book... was merely an accompanying object? The will slowly nodded. "The Myriad Dao Source Root Tree" "bears the root of ten thousand paths." "Wordless Heavenly Book" "records" "only the seven emotions." Having said that...
For the first time, his expression turned solemn. He slowly looked at Qin Yu. "Now," he said, "Joy, anger, sorrow, fear, love, and hate have all returned to their source. Only the last emotion, desire, has not yet returned." Qin Yu said in a deep voice, "Senior, what exactly is that last desire?" The primordial will remained silent for a long time.
He slowly closed his eyes, and after a moment, he reopened them, his voice unusually low. "Because..." "Desire" "was never one of the seven emotions." Qin Yu's pupils suddenly contracted, and the will slowly said, "Joy, anger, sorrow, fear, love, and hate" "were all separated by my own hands." "Only..." "Desire" "was not something I actively severed." "But rather, when I was about to perish..." "it..." "voluntarily broke away from me."
The world suddenly fell completely silent. The will slowly gazed into the distance, a solemnity, one that even it could not forget, appearing in its eyes for the first time. "What it inherited..." "was not the seven emotions, but..." "All my obsessions, all my greed, all my resentment, and... the desire to live."
He slowly looked at Qin Yu, his voice extremely heavy. "So..." "It is not the patriarch of the Desire Clan." "nor is it a being with seven emotions." "It..." "is the one who truly inherited all my will." "And the only one..." "who wants to replace me." The entire world instantly fell into a deathly silence.
The Myriad Dao Source Root Tree stands quietly between heaven and earth. On its canopy, half is showered with the sweet rain of origin, while the other half is entwined with the thunderous radiance of the end. These two completely different phenomena of the Great Dao slowly rotate at the treetop, yet there is no conflict between them. Instead, they form a most primal and complete balance.
The figure that materialized from the ancient tree slowly looked at Qin Yu. His eyes held no joy or sorrow, only a tranquility that had only come after countless eons. "You just asked... why you sought to possess the Blazing Erosion Clan, and why you plotted for millions of years," he slowly raised his hand.
The entire world was suddenly filled with ancient paintings, depicting the very scene at the very beginning of the birth of the seven emotions.
The six fundamental emotions of joy, anger, sorrow, fear, love, and hate slowly separated from the body of the Layered Realm Void Great Emperor, each transforming into a distinct radiance of the Great Dao, and finally falling into the ancestral land of the seven races, giving birth to the first beings of the seven emotions.
However, just as the last primordial essence was about to separate, the scene suddenly trembled violently. An Ultimate essence that was pitch black did not leave the body of the Layered Realm Void Great Emperor. Instead, it began to actively devour the wisp of primordial essence left behind by the other seven emotions. It had no name, no form, but possessed the most terrifying will.
The primordial will slowly said, "It was not severed by me. It is my last wisp of obsession. It is also the condensation of all my desires, all my unwillingness, and all my will to survive. Therefore, it calls itself—Desire." Qin Yu and Qian Wenwan listened quietly.
The entire world fell silent. The figure continued, "Desire is different from the other seven emotions. Joy, anger, sorrow, fear, love, and hate are all merely parts of the Great Dao. Only desire..." "It will never be satisfied." "It wants to obtain everything." "Obtain the seven emotions." "Obtain all the Dao." "Obtain the origin." "Ultimately..." "Obtain Me."
He slowly closed his eyes, his voice growing increasingly low. "Millions of years ago," it discovered. "If it could continuously possess the Seven Emotions Clan, constantly integrating the Seven Emotions Origin into itself, it could continuously approach my former essence." "What it needs is not the Seven Emotions Clan." "What it needs is the continuous growth of the Seven Emotions Origin." "Therefore, it will not easily destroy the Seven Clans." "It will lie dormant generation after generation." "Generation after generation, replacing them."
"Until he finds the most suitable host." Between heaven and earth, scenes flowed again, and Qin Yu finally saw that the so-called Blazing Erosion Clan chief was never the true Blazing Erosion Clan chief. The true Blazing Erosion Clan had all returned to their origin millions of years ago, and every so-called scorching clan chief after that was just a shell that was constantly being replaced.
Each time it changed, it would use the Blood Soul Pool to refine the Seven Emotions Origin bit by bit, eventually completely taking over the entire clan. The figure slowly said, "What it truly wants is not to become the new Layered Realm Void Great Emperor." Because it knows, "The true self cannot be replicated." What it truly wants to do...
The sound gradually faded, and the entire world suddenly became extremely quiet. The next moment, the figure slowly looked at Qin Yu. "It will become the only one capable of independent existence for me—" "A clone's will." "Once it completely merges with the Seven Emotions Origin, and then seizes the Myriad Dao Source Root and the Wordless Heavenly Book," "it will be able to use my past Origin Imprint to disguise itself as the true me." "At that time," "there will be no more Layered Realm Void Great Emperor in the world," "only desire."
Qin Yu's expression tightened slightly. No wonder, no wonder the source of that desire had been searching for the Wordless Heavenly Book from beginning to end. What it truly wanted was never power, but identity. It wanted to become the only surviving will of the Layered Realm Void Great Emperor.
... Just then, the figure suddenly chuckled softly, a hint of relief in his smile. "However," he said, "Things are different now." He slowly lowered his head, and his entire body began to transform back into streams of Great Dao light. These streams of light did not dissipate but instead merged back into the Myriad Dao Source Root Tree behind him.
Qin Yu was slightly taken aback. "Senior?" The voice rang out again. But this time, the voice no longer came from a human figure, but from the entire Myriad Dao Source Root Tree. "I am not the Layered Realm Void Great Emperor." "To be precise," "I have always been the Myriad Dao Source Root Tree," "a wisp of the original will left behind by the so-called Layered Realm Void Great Emperor and Void."
"It was merely a wisp of divine thought he left in the tree after borrowing my source." "Now." "His mission is complete." "This wisp of divine thought should also return to me." As the words fell, the last wisp of gray-white light completely merged into the tree trunk. In an instant, the entire Myriad Dao Source Root Tree shone brightly, and countless Dao patterns on the bark lit up at the same time.
Each line seemed to be a complete ancient history of the Great Dao. The entire ancient tree finally restored its most complete original aura. Qin Yu and Qian Wenwan watched this scene before them, their hearts unable to calm down for a long time. At this moment, the deepest part of the tree canopy suddenly swayed gently.
A fruit the size of a fist slowly fell from the branch; the fruit was crystal clear and its entire body was a chaotic blue-gold color.
The fruit peel was adorned with golden patterns of destiny, silver radiance of reincarnation, primordial purple Zixia, black lightning of the end, and white light of the Primordial —dozens of great Dao radiances intertwined without any conflict.
The moment the fruit appeared, the true essence of the Great Dao of the entire world converged upon it, and even the Compassionate Joy Divine Sword resonated gently. The gentle yet vast voice of the Myriad Dao Source Root Tree rang out once more. "It bears fruit once every 100,000 years." "Nine fruits each time." "This fruit..." "is called the Source Fruit." The Source Fruit slowly flew towards Qian Wenwan.
Finally, it quietly stopped before her. Qian Wenwan was slightly taken aback, subconsciously taking a half-step back, and looked up at the Myriad Dao Source Root Tree, her expression hesitant. "Senior... what is this?" The Myriad Dao Source Root Tree slowly responded. "Your Dao." "It is not about killing." "It is not about conquering." "It is about embracing all Daos and reflecting all living beings."
"The Way of Compassion and Joy and Joy resonates most deeply with the essence of my Root." "This Source Fruit is a gift to you." "After you refine it," "you will gain an Ultimate opportunity to truly confront the origin of all things." "At that time," "you will no longer merely comprehend the Great Dao," but will witness firsthand why the Great Dao exists.
Qian Wenwan gazed at the Source Fruit floating before her, her eyes slightly reddening. She solemnly held the Source Fruit in both hands and bowed gently, saying, "Junior Qian Wenwan thanks Senior for bestowing upon me the Dao." The Myriad Dao Source Root Tree swayed gently, and countless Origin Lights slowly fell, making the entire world more peaceful and serene because of the arrival of this Source Fruit.