"Dad, are Gu worms like earthworms?" Daenerys asks.
"Haha, ha... not necessarily, little cub. The appearance of Gu is incredibly diverse and does not have a single form. Depending on their function, path, and condition, they can manifest in several ways: insects, creatures, everyday objects, and even elements."
"The majority of Gu take the form of actual bugs, spiders, or small beasts. For example, my Spring Autumn Cicada looks like a delicate, glossy craftwork made of palm wood and leaves," Fang Yuan says as he closes his eyes and gently summons the Spring Autumn Cicada from his Aperture, letting it rest openly in his palm."
"You are not worried we will steal it from you? Can it not be stolen?" Karsus asks, staring intensely at the legendary creature. From his observation, he can sense the original laws of time and the original law of space radiating from it.
"My Gu can be stolen. However, it is extremely difficult due to the 'will' inside the Gu. Because a Gu Master refines and embeds their personal will into a Gu, they can detonate it with a single thought if it is about to be stolen.
"To bypass this and actually steal a Gu, you need specific advantages. For example, using the Theft Path Methods. In my Gu World, there lived a Gu Master known as Venerable Thieving Heaven, who created Theft Path, which specializes in snatching Gu. He could use killer moves like the Formless Hand, which could reach directly into an enemy's aperture and instantly sever their connection to their Gu, preventing them from detonating it.
"The other way is to kill the Gu Master instantly, and before they can react, catch them in a technique move that paralyzes their thoughts. Doing this will make the Gu simply become ownerless, allowing you to refine and claim it.
"Plus, even if you stole it, Karsus, it would be completely useless to you since you need to possess a soul capable of utilizing Primeval Essence, an energy native to my homeland. Since the physical laws of our faerunian primal universe lack the energy known as Primeval Essence but instead have mana, I am unable to gather more Primeval Essence unless I return to the Gu Primeval universe." Fang Yuan says
"If what you are saying is true, then that means you are unable to use mana and instead have to use cosmic energy like spirit energy and genetic energy together with Primeval Essence?"
"Not necessarily. My will and consciousness reincarnated into the body of Bhaal, containing a soul that can use mana, or what is commonly known as the Weave. At first, it was difficult, but using the vast repositories of the celestial god country, I eventually got used to it."
"As for my Primeval Essence, I can still have the aptitude to use it, thanks to the spring autum cicada which allows me to use different energy aptitudes from my previous life like chakra, ki, Dracunium and many other, but I still need to travel back to the home Primal Universe where this energy types originate from in order to recharge should I exhaust my reserves, for example for primeval essence I am forced to return to the Gu Primal Universe."
"Wait, you can travel outside the primal universe? I thought only Universe Masters can do it?" Karsus says.
"Yes, though previously I generally sought the aid of my companions, True God Myrkul and Universe Master Bane, who usually charged me 100 million Mixed Yuan Units to take me to the Gu Primal Universe, and usually came to pick me up after 100 years."
"You must understand, I was then an Immortal Army Lord cultivator; I required them to assist me in traveling the chaotic universe's seas, where even Universe Venerables die from sheer density of the dense chaotic airflow."
"Whenever they assisted me, they would just drop me in the Gu Primal Universe and leave. To them, they saw no benefit to be gained by staying there since they had no aptitude for Primeval Essence, and could already use magic spells capable of annihilating entire galaxies; they usually just left and offered to buy any good treasure I may find during my time there."
"After they left me, I had to use my spaceship called the Dark Nebula to travel to the Gu Universe, then the Gu Galaxy, before finally reaching the Gu World. I usually stayed and recovered my Primeval Essence enough to last me for another 100 years. During this time, I would strive to understand the lower and upper laws as I waited for 100 years to pass for one of them to come and pick me up, where they would charge me another 100 million Mixed Yuan Units to take me out of the Prime Material Plane and back to the Astral Sea," Fang Yuan says.
"Aren't the two your friends? Why charge you so much?" Daenerys asks.
"We are not friends, but rather acquaintances who work together from time to time. I would not trust them for a second. The moment those two learned I was injured from a soul attack, their hearts changed, and even they were seeking to claim my portfolio of murder. Even though they pretend to hide it by using various shadow forces backing them."
"The news from the Celestial God Country has caused various gods to use their subordinates in the lower realms to launch an attack on my various cults and divine god avatars, to test whether I could retaliate. But since I could not retaliate, even gods from other primal universes have launched attacks."
"They hope to annihilate all my divine god avatars, so that should my true body be killed, I would experience true death. To kill a god, one must annihilate all his clones, divine god avatars, and any original body he or she may possess. So far, only my Slayer avatar and Crow clone remain, but now that my divine power is back, I can create other god avatars and clones with a simple thought."
"So far, the most annoying are the Harpers. Every plan I came up with, Elminster and Gorion, together with the currently rising mortal, Cyric, thwarted. But now that I have reached Universe Master, they are no longer a threat to me. Forget a threat, they don't even qualify to be ants beneath my gaze. Most Universe Masters must have noticed my God Country expanding, and will no longer openly act or even try to befriend me or reconcile our friendships." Fang Yuan says as Daenerys remembers the name Cyric, the genius cosmic cultivator who eventually became a god king in her former life.
"Wait, Cyric!!! He was the one who killed you in my former life? And he even hunted my clone, killing it, not knowing that my true body had already escaped to Sigil," Daenerys says.
"Impossible!!! Even if he is a genius cosmic cultivator, he is only at the Student level, so how could I die to him? Daenerys, I know how weak and pathetic Gu cultivators are in the grand scale of the universe, but still, even a Rank 9 Gu Immortal can, at the very least, contend with a planetary-level cosmic cultivator, so how did he do it?"
"Gu Masters are extremely powerful at the peak of their cultivation. Mortal Gu Masters of Ranks 1 to 5 can destroy mountains, part rivers, and wipe out entire armies, but they are limited by mortal bodies and primeval essence. While Gu Immortals of Ranks 6 to 9 can control natural laws and manipulate 'Dao Marks' to perform catastrophic, planet-altering feats." Fang Yuan says as Daenerys smiles, as she splits her consciousness and begins to research the difference between the great dao as referred by gu cultivators and the great dao as referred by cosmic cultivators within her sea of consciousness
"Dad, you must be joking. You do know that what you call Great Daos, to cosmic cultivators, are nothing more than lesser daos found in the different primal universes. One is an atomic, interactive building-block system, while the other is a macro-scale mathematical law structure," Daenerys says as she summons the Allspark Cube, which is currently the size of her palm.
"So this is the Allspark." Fang Yuan says as he observes the allspark shift in geometric movements before stopping, appearing as a Cube, a technological advance artifact that blends ancient masonry with advanced, glowing technology. Its heavy outer framework is constructed from a golden-bronze metal, intricately carved with geometric patterns and runes that give it a highly structural, architectural feel. The core of the cube features a shifting landscape of miniature blocks that glow with an Eerie blue and violet light, projecting sharp beams upward and casting a bright, luminous cross-like glow through the translucent sides as it projects several holo screens showing various data currently being analyzed by Daenerys.
"Yes, and by the way, it is a boundless treasure. So compared to your Spring Autumn Cicada, mine is more powerful and versatile," Daenerys says, as Fang Yuan rolls his eyes in amusement.
"Don't be petty, little cub. You know you would not have gotten it had it not been for me giving it to you," Fang Yuan says, smiling.
"Whatever, Dad," Daenerys says as she continues to scan trillions upon trillions of data points using the allsparks' innate ability, cosmic knowledge.
Cosmic Knowledge: The Allspark Cube gives the owner access to enormous information and knowledge on the very nature of the Cosmos. This grants the user an unparalleled comprehension of the universe and its fundamental principles, encompassing physical, metaphysical, Ideological, and conceptual structures across all scales.
Given enough time, the user can perceive and understand advanced sciences, universal laws, arcane systems, divine mechanisms, and the very fabric of reality from astrophysical phenomena and energy manipulation to temporal mechanics and interdimensional frameworks. This knowledge enables them to identify anomalies, track patterns across space-time, and analyze cause-and-effect relationships on cosmic levels. With this insight, they can predict future events, craft advanced technologies, perform complex magical and mystical operations, and derive solutions that seamlessly bridge science, mysticism, and philosophy.
Mastering this Knowledge allows them to manipulate universal constants, exploit hidden rules, and manipulate events or stabilize environments with precision. While their understanding is vast, it's bounded by unknown variables and external forces beyond current comprehension. The user's cognitive capacity influences how efficiently they process this knowledge, sometimes manifesting as instinctive awareness or conscious analysis.
They can integrate with the universe's informational structure, accessing all contained knowledge and achieving omnidirectional awareness of past, present, and potential futures within observable and unobservable domains. Though not truly omniscient, this mastery provides the user with the potential to know almost everything in existence, empowering them with insights that transcend conventional understanding.
Sub skills include Claircognizance, Knowledge Replication (Cosmic scale), Extrasensory Perception, Epiphany Inducement, Reality Searching, Supernatural/Absolute Intelligence, Encyclopedic Knowledge (of everything in the universe), Forbidden Knowledge, Transcendent Arts, Transcendent Science/Transcendent Magic. (Requires a life gene of 10,000 and above to be used correctly; otherwise, the Allspark system may limit certain requests to protect the user.)
The two watch her, wondering how she is able to analyze such vast amounts of data. To them, as they look at the screens, they see various data moving so fast that reading it becomes a challenge, but to her, it seems normal, especially after her Tiefling body was evolved to become a Targaryen Tiefling Body when she was undergoing her inheritance test. Combine that with the now merged Primodial Ai Smartlife Soul, and her existence now surpasses convention. Combined and biological understanding.
"What are you looking for?" Fang Yuan asked. "I am checking the difference between the great dao from your gu world and the great dao as viewed by cosmic cultivators. Father, based on the info I have gotten from my Allspark, in the Gu World, the Great Dao is tangible and material. It is made of Dao Marks, physical, atomic-scale fragments of conceptual law that bind together to create everything. Fire is not just hot; it is physically composed of Fire Path Dao Marks. A person's skin can physically accumulate Refinement or Strength Path Dao Marks, making them permanently tougher."
"But when it comes to cosmic cultivation, the Great Dao consists of the Origin Laws: Space, Time, Gold, Wood, Water, Fire, Earth, Wind, Light, Thunder. These laws are not physical particles you can harvest or stitch into your skin. They are universal, mathematical constants woven into the fabric of the cosmos in existence. Cultivators do not "wear" the laws; they align their energy and consciousness to resonate with them."
"The Great Daos from your world are basically just branches of the lesser Daos of the Gu Primal Universe, which are tied to your Gu world boundaries, similar to how Toril has magic. Different worlds possess different lesser branches of a Great Dao, for beings born of Toril are born with an aptitude for the great Dao of mana origin, while beings of the Gu planet are born with an aptitude for the Great Dao of Gu origin. " Daenerys says as Fang Yuan mentally understood why even in the celestial god country had millions of Pantheons that were categorized based on the planet of origin, with the strongest pantheon having the honor of having their home primal universe being named after them. There were pantheons that possessed unique abilities, such as ki, qi, and even chakra.
"My planet, Planetos, has the great Dao of mana origin engraved in it, hmm, but still, according to this info, not all planets are lucky to have a great Dao engraved in their origin. According to this info, the chances of a planet being born with a great Dao ingrained in it are 1 in every 100 trillion universes." Daenerys says as Fang Yuan remembers Earth 906, the planet on which he was born before reincarnating on planet Gu. He remembers how his home world did not have any unique properties and could probably see a student level one as a god among men.
"Hmm, so basically the Five Regions and Nine Heavens from my gu planet possess the unique blessing of the great dao of gu origin, interesting, quite interesting, if what you are saying is true, I could begin cultivating the great dao of gu origin in order to further refine my spring autam cicada." Fang Yuan says, smiling.
"Please continue, Daeneys." Fang Yuan said, intrigued by the new revelation
"In terms of cultivation, Gu cultivation is highly invasive. Cultivators use Gu worms, which are literal, living fragments of a Great Dao of gu origin, to channel its power. At Rank 9, a Venerable engages in Dao Mark Refinement; they physically take over the natural Dao Marks of the universe, stamping them with their own willpower. Once a Venerable refines all the Fire Path Dao Marks in the world, they essentially own fire. Anyone else trying to use fire path moves will find their power heavily suppressed because the Venerable controls the branches leading to the source."
"But in cosmic cultivation, you cannot 'own' the Space Law. Cultivation is entirely based on Comprehension. A cultivator studies universal laws in order to gain recognition from their home primal will, and supreme operation laws of their home source world, upon which he or she is granted recognition of the Origin Laws, chaos laws, and great daos he or she has mastered. and only after becoming a Hunyuan lifeform like a god king and above does a source world consider them an adult, allowing them to venture outside the source world and into the chaotic origin dimension."
"Basically, when a Domain master uses a domain, they are not stealing the universe's laws; they are broadcasting their own energy to mimic and channel the original laws of the universe. When a prime chaos sovereign uses the laws of chaos, they are not stealing the laws of chaos; they are broadcasting their own energy to mimic and channel the chaos laws of the universe, and when a god king uses a great daos. They are not stealing the great daos; they are broadcasting their own energy to mimic and channel the great daos of the universe,
Multiple people can master origin laws, Law of Chaos, and great daos simultaneously without stepping on each other's toes; what truly defines is not mastery but their level of comprehension."
"For example, although my current cultivation is at the planetary level. My current comprehension of time and space is on the level of the Great Dao of Time Origin and the Great Dao of Space Origin, meaning if you tried to fight me using these laws, you are basically just wasting my time," Daenerys says as the two look at her in shock but the two understood, even if their cultivation was to reach high levels, Daenerys could still contend with them, they understood that in terms of cultivation Daenerys was a beast as she continued to master multiple daos and origins the gap would continue to be like heaven and earth.
"What about the primal wills, in my gu world their is the Heavens will. Is there a difference with the primal will of a primal universe?" Fang Yuan asked
"The Gu World Heaven's Will is Active and Scheming. It is a semi-sentient, calculating force. It actively manages balance by orchestrating disasters, manipulating luck, and guiding the fates of mortals to prevent any one gu path or gu cultivator from growing too powerful and draining the world's resource pool. It feels like an active antagonist playing a grand chess match against humanity and is simply an extension of the gu primal will."
"Dad, in the grand universe, there are multiple independent wills governing existences. The weakest, as per cosmic cultivators' standards, is the primal will, which governs the primal universe containing universes, galaxies, star systems, and planets. The next is the Supreme operation laws that govern an entire cosmic ocean composed of thousands of universe seas where thousands of primal universes exist, allowing those who break through to the void true god to reside in a primordial continent similar to where we are."
"Then their is the chaotic origin will which governs a chaotic origin dimension containing 10,081 layers; each Chaotic Origin layer is not a single space, it is a vast realm possessing 100 trillion sub-dimensions, each one spanning 100,000,081 centillion light-years containing billions upon billions of source worlds of varying sizes possessing diameters of varying sizes ranging from 100 million light years for the smallest and 1 centillion light years for the largest and with 10,081 chaotic origin layers, the sheer size of this chaotic origin dimension is so vast that no single being has explored it in its entirety, even then this is not the end their is the Absolute Will that exists beyond the chaotic origin dimension and covers all the 100,000, 081 centillion chaotic origin dimensions which float in the beyond realm a realm of infinity, where concepts end, and where Boundless Beings reside. and dominate the lands here, the size of the smallest planets has a diameter of 100,000,081 centillion light years."
"So basically, all these cosmic wills operate more like an automated, protective operating system. They don't care if a cultivator becomes incredibly powerful; in fact, they reward them with law acknowledgments, innate talents, and abilities. They only intervene with absolute suppression if something poses a threat to their fundamental existence... interesting," Fang Yuan says as he rises from the ground and begins to walk a few steps, while gazing into the now evening sky, raising his hand as if wanting to grab the very stars.
"In this life, I hope to be one with the river of time, flowing across countless worlds, discovering the wonders of eternal life, and existing beyond the grasp of fate."Fang Yuan says as a gentle breeze waves his long hair.
"That is quite a bold goal, Fang Yuan. Are you sure you can achieve it? Will it make you happy?" Karsus asks.
"Happiness! ..., I care not for happiness."
"Happiness cannot teach a person life's true meaning, while only pain and suffering can. You need to know that what's most reliable is your own strength. And without strength, freedom is just an illusion. If I lack even this bit of ambition, what's the point of being human? Failure is fine, just try several times again. Even if I cannot achieve my goals in the end, so what?" Fang Yuan says, as Daenerys rises to her feet, looking at her holo-screen.
"Hmm, Dad, you said that the Spring Autumn Cicada uses primeval essence to work?"
"Yes."
"I believe I can create primeval essence."
"You what!!! Surely you jest," Fang Yuan says, his face calm but showing hints of doubt.
"I am not joking. I have primordial force energy, but that's not all, I now have chaotic origin energy," Daenerys says, showing him the stats of the two energy types.
1. primordial force energy. The Allspark heart grants the owner the ability to generate and manipulate the primordial force energy. The user can create and manipulate anything and everything made by the raw primordial force energy used by Hunyuan Overlords, the unique source or origin of every universal concept. Primordial Force is the primordial energy that originated everything - reality, time, space, life, death, matter, energy, and every possible and impossible concept existing and non-existing in the omniverse, from a single particular to the infinite omniverse, and can be converted into any energy type in existence.
2. Chaotic Origin Energy: 10,081 Units. Note: This energy is 1 Quintillion times purer than primordial force energy; 1 unit of chaotic origin energy contains the concentrated essence of 100 trillion great daos governing the chaotic origin dimension. A single unit is capable of annihilating or creating an entire Caged World with a thought. Use with extreme caution. This energy acts as a "Universal Solvent," capable of being transformed into any known energy type in the Chaotic Origin Dimensions.
"You mean your body can handle such intense energy levels? I can't even sense your aura. How are you doing this? From my perspective, you seem like a normal mortal," Fang Yuan says.
Daenerys smiles. "So you want to see my true power when I don't hold back? If I did that, I would accidentally destroy this source world. Let me show you just a tiny spec of my power," Daenerys says, letting out a gentle giggle.
"You might want to move a few steps back," Daenerys says. The two continue to move back as she gestures for them to move further, eventually reaching a distance of 100 meters away from her.
"Okay, here I go. I will only release 0.10 units of my Chaotic Origin Energy, which will at least not destroy this source world." Daenerys says mentally as her aura begins to leak out and explodes in a burst of golden-purple aura.
"Targaryen secret technique: Absolute Domain!" Daenerys says, waving her right arm as her aura transforms into trillions of threads made up of the origin laws of time and the origin laws of space. Each appears as a golden-purple thread that explodes from her body and begins to expand outward, covering Planet Zayra, as it continues to explode outwards, eventually covering the Zayra star system, Zayra galaxy, Zayrar starfield, Zayra, universe, and continues to its chaos states, each the size of a starfield, and eventually large cities each the size of an observable universe, eventually covering the Zayra God Kingdom before exploding upward toward the sky.
The threads continued to cover billions upon billions of light-years, eventually covering the entire sky of the Primordial Continent, passing into the different miniature universes and holy lands that resided in the sky belonging to cultivators who were lucky to be born in the primordial continent, usually referred to as the upper realm.
Afterward, they began to move downward to the various god kingdoms that dominated the afterlife of the Primordial Continent, passing into the various chaos states and large cities, eventually covering the entire Primordial Continent and beginning to descend into the Cosmic Sea, where the 100,000 Universe Oceans reside. Here, it passes through the various holy lands and miniature universes of cultivators from the lower dimensions who were born from their respective primal universes, usually referred to as the cradle of all life.
As her aura threads continue to move, they begin to cover all the primal universes of the Universe Oceans, entering each one and covering all the universes, starfields, galaxies, star systems, and planets.
As the aura threads flowed and covered the various dimensions, every being within the afterlife source world felt fear; they knew this aura was from an existence so powerful that conventional understanding was not enough to describe it. But as the threads continued to dance around them, their fear was replaced by a sense of peace and warmth, from flesh and blood lifeforms to mechanical lifeforms, to energy lifeforms, to plant lifeforms, and even elemental lifeforms.
They all felt that this existence had no malice against them. Daenerys could see and sense their true nature; nothing was hidden. She could tell that there were trillions upon trillions of races. Some were good, some were evil, some were neutral, some were chaotic, some were mortal races whose strongest members ranged from student level to world masters, some were Average races whose strongest members ranged from immortals to universe venerable. Some were powerful races whose strongest members were universe masters, some were pinnacle races whose strongest members ranged from true god to void true god, some were eternal races whose strongest members ranged from eternal true god to primal chaos sovereign, and some were primordial races whose strongest members ranged from god king to hunyuan overlords.
As all of the gazers looked up at their respective dimensions, they realized that in this vast cosmos, there existed existences that were far beyond their comprehension. Even though they had not seen Daenerys, they could feel it just by the presence of her aura, that he held supreme authority within the domain which her aura had covered.
It was only her slaves residing in different miniature universes, Holylands, primal universes, and primordial continents, ranging from student level to Hunyuan Overlords, that could tell this was their master's aura, and at that point, realized just how terrifying and powerful their new master was. If she wanted, with a simple thought, she could kill and destroy everything within the entire source world.
"What was that domain technique!!! " Fang Yuan said in shock as he took one step and moved faster than the eye, appearing next to her.
"Please teach me that technique!!" Fang Yuan says his eyes are burning with a new, profound vigor
"Okay, though it's just one of my F-grade secret techniques? Its principle is just releasing, compressing, and scattering aura across a vast space," Daenerys said.
The words hit Fang Yuan like a dagger. The technique she used was mediocre to her, but to him, it was a technique so impressive that he was completely stunned. Every law thread within the space had become completely inaccessible to him; he was completely helpless. Even if he wanted to take any action, he felt he could only do so if Daenerys allowed it.
"Amazing, simply amazing, Dany. Your understanding of time and space laws is on a completely different level. Seriously, covering an entire planet..." Karsus says as he used magic without chanting to teleport near Daenerys as her aura dissolved into nothingness.
"Umm, I didn't cover only Planet Zayra. I covered the entire source world. From the Primordial Continent to the Cosmic Sea, everything was under my control. If I truly exerted my aura, this source world would shatter like an egg," Daenerys says calmly, as the two look at her, wondering just how big the gap was between them and her.
"Why are you just staring at me? Is there something on my face?" Daenerys says as she looks at the two.
"No, it's nothing. You previously said that you could create primeval essence?" Fang Yuan asks.
"Yes, I can convert primordial force energy into raw primeval essence. But if I use chaotic origin energy, I can create primeval essence that is 1 quintillion times purer than the one made from primordial force energy. Let me show you," Daenerys says.
She begins to generate primordial force energy from her Allspark heart, which appears as a dark white galaxy vortex of swirling energy on her left palm. She then begins to use her second heart, the divine demonic heart, and begins to generate chaotic origin energy, which appears as a golden-purple miniature galaxy vortex of condensed energy.
"Amazing. Both of these energy types are impressive, but I can feel that the aura of the chaotic origin energy is extremely stronger," Fang Yuan says, looking at the two energies.
"So you can convert these energy types into any energy?" Karsus asks.
"Yes. For example, I can convert 1 unit of primordial force energy into 100 billion units of any energy in existence, whether divine, demonic, ki, qi, nen, Reiryoku, tao, or any other form as long as it exists, I can create it. Watch this, I will convert this 1 unit of primordial energy into primeval essence," Daenerys says, as she converts the primordial force energy into a rich, radiant golden-yellow liquid with an apricot hue.
"What!!! This is... impossible. This primeval essence is golden yellow, representing the apex of a Rank 9 Gu Venerable's power," Fang Yuan says, as Daenerys begins to compress the energy into a spherical, pill-like structure.
"Here, Dad. This is what I call a Gu primeval pill, which contains enough primeval essence to last you for around 10,081 years if you were to use it consistently and without stopping for even a second," Daenerys says, as she gives Fang Yuan the now-glowing spherical pill.
"You're just giving me this supreme treasure? What's the catch?" Feng Yuan asks.
"No catch, just take it. After all, I couldn't have reached my level if not for all the resources you gave me in my former life. I will create more for you should you need them; after all, it just takes 1 unit of primordial energy, and currently, I have a reserve of 1,000,810,000,000,000,000, around 1 quintillion plus in reserve. Even if I exhaust my entire reserve, my Allspark heart just needs 60 seconds, and I will be as good as new," Daenerys says.
Fang Yuan is stunned by the thought. At this statement, he understood that fighting Daenerys in her Targaryen Tiefling body was basically just a waste of time. To win, the only way was probably to seal her, but knowing her, he had already discerned that Daenerys had a way to counter that as well.
"Now watch, I will make another pill using chaotic origin energy," Daenerys says as she condenses the energy into a small spherical ball.
The very sky begins to change as golden lightning begins to descend, striking different locations on Planet Zayra, but Daenerys is so focused that she barely notices. On the other hand, Fang Yuan and Karsus are trying their best to dodge the various lightning strikes when, suddenly, a golden, serpent-like dragon descends and enters the pill, making it shine like the sun before transforming into a bright golden pill with runic engravings.
"There, all done," Daenerys says. She then notices Fang Yuan and Karsus panting as if they were fighting for their very lives, as she finally realizes that the golden lightning had damaged several areas of Planet Zayra, along with the golden palace and several galaxies within the Zayra Universe.
"Oops, seems I caused a little mess," Daenerys says as Fang Yuan and Karsus look pissed.
"What the fuck? You could have given us a warning!" Fang Yuan jolts.
"Oh, don't be such a sourpuss, I can fix it, Absolute domain," Daenerys says as he releases her aura, transforming it into trillions of law threads made up of the law of time and law of space and covers the entire Zayra god kingdom, but unlike before, the law threads are invisible even to the hunyuan overlords.
She then simply manipulates the law threads and reverses time and space of the entire Zayra god kingdom, repairing everything within the Zayra Universe back to its original state ten minutes ago.
This leaves even God Emperor Zayra, who has supreme ownership of the Zayra god kingdom stunned since even he cant tell who is messing with the time and space within his own domain, he and her other chefs are stunned after noticing several dishes which they had prepared ten minutes ago returning to the cooking utensils and begin cooking backwards eventually becoming raw and begin to return to the large storage room where the ingredients are usually stored. It was as if he were watching someone rewind a movie.
As for Tharadan, who had been woken up from seeing Daenerys's display of aura, notices that the birds are now flying backwards before continuing back to normal, and wonders what the fuck is going on. and goes to wipe his face, thinking he is hallucinating.
As for her other subordinates who were relaxing on what appears to be a beautiful beach, they are left confused as they notice the tides reverting back into the sea, leaving them on the sand, before suddenly returning to normal, and a huge wave sweeps them from the shore, making Kaelith Nivara and Vezra, who were sunbathing, find themselves drifting in the ocean.
As for the servants, they are the ones most confused, especially a dragon-scaled humanoid God King who had just completed trimming a 5-kilometer-long, huge Bougainvillea fence ten minutes ago, and was admiring his work notices it reverting back to the exact untrimmed state, appearing exactly as it did ten minutes ago.
As for the others in other galaxies containing trillions of life planets where millions upon millions of different races resided, they just saw things going back to their original positions ten minutes ago. Previously, on the various planets containing various races, many catastrophes had been caused by the golden thunder, which made them think it was the end times; millions of lower-ranked cultivators like True Gods and Void True Gods were killed by the various huge lightning bolts. While the survivors were now trying to recover from the disaster, suddenly everything started reverting to ten minutes before the disaster, returning all the millions who had died back to life.
The other God-kings tried to explain what was going on, but even they were confused; to them, the laws of time and space that Daenerys was performing were so advanced that they did not have the qualifications to see them. So they just assumed perhaps it was the being that had previously spread her aura to cover the various god kingdoms.
To them, they thought that Daenerys was displaying that she held their lives in her hands, to them they thought it was a philosophical gesture of power, to them they thought she was showing them that if she wanted, she could kill them, and if she wanted, she could bring them back, and they revered the her even more, even though they had not seen her saying "Long Live the Heavenly Demon" which was a title they had began to call the powerful existence for they did not know if she was helping them or trying to kill them.
Across various virtual universes, the events had become breaking news, and her existence was now the main trending topic across different god kingdoms, with the titles reading Heavenly Demon Shows Mercy. But in truth, all this commotion was just Daenerys creating a pill and had nothing to do with them.
Suddenly, the scene reverts back to Daenerys, Fang Yuan, and Karsus.
"Here, Dad. This is a Gu Dao pill containing the primal essence, enough to last you a full chaotic origin reincarnation era, approximately 10.09 duodecillion years. I can't believe it's of such poor quality; it should possess enough primeval essence to last 10,081 times longer. I will try to improve my alchemy techniques. Seems my skills still need polishing," Daenerys says.
The two look at her dumbfoundedly. She had just caused universe-wide disasters, created a pill containing the very essence of the Great Dao of Gu Origin, and used time and space to revert time and space to repair all the disasters caused during the creation of the Gu Dao pill as if it were nothing.
"So this is the power of a Chaotic Origin Ancestor? With these two pills, the path ahead is limitless," Fang Yuan says mentally.
"Hmm, I still don't see why you value the Spring Autumn Cicada, Dad. The disadvantages are simply ridiculous," Daenerys says as she opens another hologram using her Allspark Cube.
"The Spring Autumn Cicada is a powerful Time Path Gu from the Gu Primal Universe that allows a Gu Master's will, consciousness, and memories to travel back in time. However, using it comes with severe risks and fundamental disadvantages."
"The success rate of traveling through the River of Time is incredibly low, often less than ten percent. If the activation fails, the user's will is obliterated within the River of Time, resulting in absolute death. Furthermore, to activate the Cicada, the user must sacrifice their entire body and cultivation base to serve as the fuel and driving force for the time travel."
"Repeated use of the Spring Autumn Cicada progressively decreases the host's luck, making them highly susceptible to terrible circumstances in the new timeline. No wonder you have such shitty luck! Even in my former life, whenever I was with you, something weird just had to happen."
"One cannot even freely reverse time indefinitely without matching cultivation, meaning if you died as a Universe Master, you have to reach Universe Master in order to use it correctly."
"There are also fixed outcomes because time is a continuous river; simply changing the past does not guarantee a completely different future. The overall trajectory and limits imposed by Heaven's Will are incredibly difficult to permanently alter."
"Finally, while traveling upstream in the River of Time, the user's consciousness and will are highly vulnerable to being battered or destroyed by the raging currents. For the average Gu Master, using the Cicada is practically a death sentence or a dead end. Only otherworldly demons or individuals with specialized killer moves, and exceptions like the power of Love Gu, can alter timelines without being completely undone by Fate. Not gonna lie, using the Spring Autumn Cicada seems to me more trouble than it's worth," Daenerys says as she scrolls over her holo-screen and finds that there are billions of Gu which exist.
"There are so many types of Gu... Hold on a sec, what's this? Hope Gu?" Daenerys reads aloud. "Hope Gu is a legendary Human Path Gu that can allow a mortal to awaken their aperture and become a Rank 1 Gu Master. Hmm, I wonder... Can the Allspark create Immortal Hope Gu?"
"What do you mean, create Hope Gu.... ?" Fang Yuan says, knowing that she had never taught her how to create and refine a gu.
"Give me a sec. It's just a theory, but I believe I can create a Gu. I just need to use Fantastic-Matter Manipulation to shape and create the body. Then, use Life Inducement to give the Gu life, and lastly, use Cosmic Knowledge to imbue it with all knowledge of a given dao path," Daenerys says as she begins to utilize the Allspark Cube to create her first Gu.
"Creation complete. Rank 6 Immortal Hope Gu created," the Allspark UI displays
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The cube glows with a bright blue light, and upon completion, it releases what appears to be an ethereal, bright, and warm illumination. The Hope Gu lacks a traditional, solid, bug-like shape. Instead, when used or held, it manifests primarily as a luminescent, glowing radiance.
"Did I mess up? It has no body. What did I do wrong? I thought it would work," Daenerys says. "Fuck, guess I just have to destroy it and try later?"
"You insane bitch! That's a Gu, a Rank 6 Immortal Hope Gu!" Fang Yuan says, feeling the purity of the primeval essence that the Gu worm was releasing, still shocked that she refined such a Gu without even knowing the recipe.
"Really? How can you be so sure?" Daenerys asks.
"Hope Gu does not have a set physical bug or insect-like form. Instead, it appears as an ethereal, bright, and warm light. Its appearance is defined by these specific details: it lacks a traditional, solid, bug-like shape. Instead, when used or held, it manifests primarily as a luminescent, glowing radiance. It famously resides inside the heart and mind of a human. However, I have only ever seen mortal Hope Gu before," Fang Yuan explains.
"When it enters a human's heart, it awakens their aperture, the mysterious space in the body used to store primeval essence, the same as what we call the sea of consciousness. According to the foundational Legends of Ren Zu, Hope Gu was a guiding, loyal companion to Ren Zu. Whenever Ren Zu was exhausted or surrounded by despair, Hope Gu would light up brilliantly, soothing him and pumping new energy into his body to help him survive predestined trials. Because of its illusory nature, it often allows humans who possess it to look past their own limitations and see the true reality of the world."
"Hmm, if what you are saying is true, we need to test it. I can already use primeval essence, so we need to test this on a guinea pig to be sure," Daenerys says.
"Let's use Karsus," Fang Yuan says.
"Wait, what the fuck? I am not your test subject, you two," Karsus replies.
"Don't you want to test if your wife's creation is true? I thought you believed in her?" Fang Yuan says, trying to persuade him.
"I believe in her, it's just that this could be risky. I am already strong with magic and don't really need primeval essence," Karsus says as he observes Daenerys giving him puppy-dog eyes.
'Oh no, I am not falling for your puppy-dog eyes,' Karsus thinks to himself. "Oh, fine, I will take it, though I doubt it will work," Karsus says as he takes the Hope Gu into his palm.
"So what now?" Karsus starts to say, when the Hope Gu suddenly jolts into his mind and enters his sea of consciousness. It immediately awakens his aperture, and he feels a warm, tingly feeling in his stomach as he becomes a Rank 1 Gu Master.
"Okay, that was weird," Karsus says, when suddenly a glowing golden light appears next to him, radiating an aura of encouragement. "The fuck... this little thing is actually amazing. I feel an overwhelming sense of motivation," Karsus says as the Hope Gu dances around him. But as Fang Yuan nears the Hope Gu, it moves straight back into Karsus's sea of consciousness.
"He is scary!" Hope Gu says in a small, female voice.
"Hold on, you can talk?" Karsus asks mentally.
"Yes, though only Master can hear me. Master, you need more primeval essence to use me correctly. You are currently a Rank 1 Gu Master, so you can only use a small portion of my power," the Hope Gu says as Karsus listens.
"Can you come out for a second, Hope Gu?" Karsus says, and the Hope Gu emerges from his body.
"Say something, I want to test something," Karsus says, and the Hope Gu dims before glowing brightly.
"Master is handsome!" Hope Gu says, but no one except for Karsus hears anything.
"Guys, did you hear that? Hope Gu said I am handsome! Oh, you are so precious," Karsus says as he plays with the Hope Gu, his heart filled with joy.
"Did you hear anything?" Fang Yuan asks.
"No, I didn't. Do you think he has gone mental?" Daenerys asks.
"No, I believe the Hope Gu can only be heard by its master," Fang Yuan says as they notice Karsus doing press-ups on the ground while the Hope Gu encourages him.
"Okay, I am so keeping this Gu... Hope Gu, you can go and rest up. I will call you if I need you," Karsus says, and Hope Gu suddenly enters his heart.
"So, what does it eat?" Karsus asks Fang Yuan.
"Hope Gu does not eat traditional food. Instead, this mystical Gu thrives on the energy of people with perseverance and unyielding determination," Fang Yuan explains.
"Haha! If that's the case, Hope Gu has found a feast. I never give up, even if there is no chance of winning! If it is perseverance, I once survived drifting alone in the Astral Plane for thousands of years without losing my mind. And if it is determination, I once stole the power of a goddess; my title in Toril was legendary."
"I am known by many names: Karsus the Great, The Momentary God, the Arcanist Supreme, the Unmaker of the Weave. I could get my list like it long, really, but these ones were the ones I liked." Karsus says as the Fang Yuan and Daenerys roll their eyes, tired of his boasting.
"I wonder if I can create another Immortal Hope Gu?" Daenerys says as she tries to create another, only to fail.
"Administrator cannot create another Hope Gu until the current one is killed," the UI alerts.
The number of Gu worms that can exist at one time depends entirely on the type of Gu:
Immortal Gu: These are a unique type of Gu tied to a specific branch of the Great Dao of Gu Origin; only one of any specific Immortal Gu can exist in any given timeline. If a specific Immortal Gu already exists in the current timeline, it cannot be refined again until the current one is destroyed. The administrator was able to create a Rank 6 Immortal Hope Gu because the previous unique, immortal version of the Gu had long ago chosen to sacrifice itself in honor of its master, Ren Zu.
At the very end of his life, Ren Zu was left entirely alone after all ten of his children died. Facing his own death from old age, he gathered the corpses of his children and leaped together with them into the stomach of Derivation Gu, also known as Evolution Gu. By sacrificing his own life and those of his children, Ren Zu initiated a massive refinement process. The result of this ultimate sacrifice was the birth of the human race.
Before his death, Hope Gu had promised Ren Zu that it would never leave him, because a human's heart is its only true home. Because Ren Zu's body and soul were fragmented and multiplied to create humanity, Hope Gu was not destroyed; rather, it was divided and dispersed.
Following the philosophy of "Where there is life, there is hope," it divided itself into millions of shards and dispersed across the present Gu world. This made it such that a tiny shard of that original Hope Gu resides within the heart of every single human being born on Planet Gu. This is why mortal Hope Gu are so abundant and are found naturally in primeval essence springs; they are the physical manifestations of the collective hope of humanity.
Mortal Gu: These types of Gu are theoretically infinite. They exist naturally or can be constantly refined by Gu Masters, making their total active population essentially limitless. For individual cultivators, the number of Gu worms a Gu Master can actively nurture and use at once is restricted only by their aperture size, their ability to feed the Gu, and their Primeval Essence.
"Hmm, so if I want to create another Spring Autumn Cicada, I have to kill yours?" Daenerys says as Fang Yuan returns his Gu worm back into his aperture.
"Try it, and death will be a mercy compared to the things I will do to you," Fang Yuan says.
"I was just joking, Dad, sheesh! Can't you take a joke? Plus, do you honestly think you can kill me? Even as a Universe Master, your abilities are mediocre. I am not being overconfident; it's just a fact. And threaten me again, and I will trap you in a moment for all eternity," Daenerys says as she creates a transparent time-space bubble containing alien engravings around Fang Yuan, stopping time within the bubble to a standstill for several seconds before returning it to normal.
"Hmm, seems my little cub has begun to grow fangs," Fang Yuan says, looking at his daughter.
Although her actions seemed to be a simple display, it was a clear demonstration of power. He understood that his daughter was showing she did not have to directly harm him, thus having to worry about breaking their ebon soul contract and incurring punishment from their ebon soul contract.
She could simply imprison him in the time and space burble where he could not move for all eternity. In doing so, she did not injure or cause any direct harm to him, stopping all metabolic functions, living only his will and consciousness active, meaning he could stay in that state forever and since their contract stated they could not cause direct or indirect harm toward each other, encasing him in a time-space bubble put him in a state where he was not directly or indirectly injured, and thus she had found a loophole to the contract.
"This cunning little devil, I have never been so proud, so cunning, so devious, just like her father." Fang Yuan is proud of her daughter.
"Fine, you have the upper hand, for now," Fang Yuan says as he pats Daenerys on her head.
"By the way, what was the main reason why you called me here? I doubt it was to show me this source world," Fang Yuan says as he looks at Daenerys.
"I wanted to make a deal with you. In exchange for the blue Sharingan and the thirty unique alien DNAs you gave Irenicus, I am willing to give you a data bank containing your 50,293 years of memories from my future time. Before I performed the Echoes of the Past technique, I stored all the memories of all my subordinates in virtual data banks within my Targaryen Virtual Universe. I have already given my husband his memories from 50,293 years in the future, since the more knowledge and memories he consumes, the longer his lifespan."
"Wait, so the more he learns, the stronger he becomes?"
"Yes, but he does this because his origin in the Great Wheel was previously destroyed. Even now that he has his origin tied to my god's internal world, his lifespan is still slowly diminishing. For now, he can only survive for 50,293 years before dying."
"But at least now that he has his origin tied to my source world, I can resurrect him. However, whenever I resurrect him, I will have to bear the cost of that resurrection, meaning the stronger he becomes, the higher the cost of divine energy I will require to bring him back. Even if he is to become a Chaotic Origin Ancestor, his lifespan will continue to be drained, and by then, the cost of resurrecting him will be too much even for me," Daenerys says, looking at Karsus with deep admiration in her eyes.
Karsus' existence was like that of the footless bird. He had no legs, only wings. He could not stop. He could not rest. He could not perch. He could not nest. He was born into the sky, and the sky was both his prison and his freedom. He did not fly because he wanted to; he flew because he must. The moment he stops, he dies.
To Fang Yuan, that kind of existence was true clarity. No illusions, no comfort. Just purpose and movement, soaring not to enjoy the view, but because the alternative is death.
But now his daughter had chained the footless bird. This bird was now bound by the invisible chains of love, family, and duty. For the first time in its life, it could stop. It could rest. It could perch. It could nest. For the first time in its existence, it had a reason to live aside from survival. This footless bird had now been given something it never had before: it was given hope.
"What idiocy," Fang Yuan says mentally as he remembers the tale of the footless bird.
"Karsus, why do you choose to be chained? Your existence was so pure and clear?"
" pure and clear? What do you mean by that? My existence before I met Daenerys' soul in the astral plane was empty and without meaning. Every day was a constant struggle for survival. I sought knowledge not because I wanted it, but because failure to master new knowledge was death, not just death, but true death, complete origin erasure, every memory, every aspect of existence wiped from the river of time with no chance of coming back."
"Let me tell you something, Fang Yuan. I was branded with a tattoo on my back by Overlord Ao, a mark so deep that it is merged with my very soul. It is a curse, usurping my very lifespan. It serves as a constant reminder of my ambition to seize power I did not yet understand, and the lives that were lost due to my actions."
"It is a punishment I am now forced to live with....."Karsus says, taking a slight sigh
"Of all the gods, I took the power of the goddess of magic, Mystra, not knowing what my actions actually meant. In taking over the portfolio of magic, I was instantaneously flooded with a scope of power so unfathomably immense, so terrifyingly vast, that my mind could not even begin to compute it. The portfolio of magic was a hyper-dimensional, ever-shifting monstrosity of fundamental laws, an absolute nexus so volatile and agonizingly complex that the highest orders of quantum mechanics seemed like basic children's play in comparison! I didn't just hold power; I was holding a collapsing universe by its frayed threads, and when I lost control, all magic ceased to function, and my empire, my floating cities fell from the sky not only that I was unable to repair the weave, causing magic to go haywire across the entire Faerunian Primal Universe, leading me to indirectly kill millions in the process."
"I did not know this would happen. I only wanted to save my people from the phaerimm, a race of highly intelligent, magic-eating aberrations with stinger tails who lived beneath the earth. We had fought for so long, prayed to the gods, but nothing. We died and died. I just wanted it to stop and save my people. I did not think my actions would lead to all those deaths. How could I have known?"
"Fang Yuan, knowledge is my greatest strength, but it is also my greatest weakness. Due to the curse, the more knowledge I learn and master, the stronger I become while still gaining additional lifespan. I don't even need to cultivate; I can grow just by acquiring knowledge. But still, the cost I have to face is high, if I fail to learn a new concept within my remaining lifespan I fucking die, it is only when Daenerys merged my origin to his gods internal world that I don't have to worry of having to be erased once I am dead, thus I can still be resurrected though as I grow more powerful the cost is even greater."
"From my memories, which I got during my future 50,293 years, I have mastered so many topics that your mind wouldn't believe. Even though your cultivation is higher than mine, my comprehension is far beyond yours. If you think you defeated me in my previous life when you were in your Crimson Horned Beast form, you are mistaken."
"You only defeated me because I was tired of hurting Daenerys. I have mastered all the lower laws, all the upper laws, the laws of the void, and even the laws of chaos. It is only that I am still accumulating and creating a firm foundation, but believe me, if I wanted to, I could break through to Universe Master this very second."
"Aside from this, I have mastered topics on various cultures, technology, and science, with my favorite topics being the applications of quantum mechanics, general relativity, neuroscience, organic chemistry, and thermodynamics."
"Okay, I get it... By the gods, do you ever shut up?" Fang Yuan says as he turns his attention back to Daenerys.
"Little cub, I am interested. But what makes you think I would want those memories?" Fang Yuan asks.
"In the future timeline, you died because Myrkul and Bane sold you out to Cyric, whom they wanted to cultivate after realizing how pathetic your cultivation had become. Everything currently happening is because of those two, who are leaking information on your movements to Cyric. They want Cyric to kill your final avatar since they still think your soul is damaged and can't create any more, leaving you completely vulnerable. But this is only the beginning.
"Father, the reason why you were killed in my previous life was generally because of events known as the Time of Troubles. In my former life, Bane and Myrkul had proposed to you a plan to steal the Tablets of Fate, and you refused, stating it was not worth it to anger Ao since their cultivation was only at True God, Universe Master, and Immortal, while all of AO's three bodies were already Overlords."
"Bane had even scanned your body and sensed your soul was injured during one of your meetings. In one, Bane even offered that if you joined them, in executing the plan, he would resurrect you to life for free when you died, since he was now a True God capable of resurrecting even a Universe Master. But still, you refused, saying you did not need him to resurrect you since you knew you had already prepared a countermeasure for your resurrection, and that countermeasure was me."
At first, they let you go, but in truth, they had grown tired of your cowardice and cautionary nature. You had changed from the chaotic, fearless Bhaal they had known, and since you now knew of their plans, they knew they had to get rid of you, since you were of no further use to them. Plus, with your cultivation talent, they saw you as nothing more than dead weight. So, they hatched a plan to kill you.
"Later on, Bane and Myrkul stole the Tablets of Fate and hid them within your cult, using your own servant, Amelyssan, who was playing a double agent, and feeding Bane and Myrkul info on what you were doing, The two had chosen her since they knew she was ambitious and hated you, all they told in exchange for following their orders they would help her in becoming the new godess of murder after Bhaals final avatar had been killed and they had killed Bhaals true body leaving his portfolio vacant."
"But not even they could predict what happened next. Stealing the primordial treasure caused AO to act personally for the first time in fifteen reincarnation eras since he became the Overgod," Daenerys says, as Fang Yuan is shocked, but still maintains his composure.