Chapter 593: Ancient History Exploration

At this moment, everyone listening below felt enveloped by an indescribable sense of suffocation.

They had originally believed that the true essence of the world was "physics"—the principles of matter, the essence of form. Understanding it meant comprehending the fundamental material composition of all things in the world, controlling the sources of light and fields within it. It was a direct path to the ultimate singular power. This was already incredible, but they had ultimately accepted it. Only in recent years, upon entering Buddhism, had they gradually understood its mysteries. Yet now, the recently established concepts were shattered once again.

Because someone was telling them two more words: "chemistry"—the study of all changes in heaven and earth!

This was also a mysterious cultivation method from the ancient Chinese pantheon, existing alongside the Buddhist lineage and directly pointing to the true essence of all things. The ancient Dao also created an unimaginable era of gods and buddhas filling the sky—the ancient ancestors and immortals of this land. This was enough to fill all the Heavenly Emperors, chosen talents, and powerful figures from various sects and factions present with unease, as if they were being fiercely struck by multiple waves. At this moment, apart from shock, they could only look up in awe.

"This is the second ultimate path of cultivation," even the Celestials whispered. They felt that their former pride was nothing more than that of a frog in a well, laughable ants of this era.

"May I ask, what is the fundamental difference..." Emperor Fentian slowly began.

"You've cultivated Buddhism, that's not good." Seeing Emperor Fentian's bald head, having purified the six senses, the treant couldn't help but feel heartbroken, lamenting that he was too late, and that Emperor Fentian had been forcibly corrupted. "Those hairless individuals just want to trick others."

"As for the fundamental difference?" The treant Taoist smiled, slowly extended a hand, and said, "The Dao governs change. The study of any change in heaven and earth is encompassed within it. All things in the world are mutually generative and restrictive, mutually transforming: one quality pleases another, one quality overcomes another, and one quality dominates another."

With a flick of his hand, flames appeared from thin air. After burning, the flames astonishingly turned into water, slowly flowing over his palm. Everyone was completely stunned. Fire from emptiness? It was clearly a cluster of flames, but after burning, it transformed into water itself? How could such an illogical thing exist in this world?

"This is transformation, chemistry." The Taoist slowly rose into the air, and with a gesture, an explosion occurred. Everyone's expression completely changed to one of surprise. With such a low cultivation level, he could actually fly through the air? Had he broken the confinement of cultivation realms? And what was that explosion? They found it somewhat incomprehensible, just as strange and peculiar as when they first saw the Buddha.

"This is the study of the transformation of all things," the treant floated in the air and said softly. "From water, gas can be separated; from fire, water can be burned out; from water, light can be separated. Following this principle, many extraordinary transformations will be produced from that singular entity."

"This is the Dao. If you wish to learn, I can teach you."

On this day, Dao cultivation was thus conceived and born. Those who cultivated the Dao flocked to it, and it gradually flourished, no less powerful than Buddhism. Chemistry and Physics began to thrive!

The internet also immediately exploded.

"Hahahahaha! You guys are crazy! I've never seen such serious nonsense! I'm dying of laughter! Chemistry Dao, Physics Buddha—it really fits the theme!"

"To say there were no such myths in ancient times—I truly don't believe it now!"

"I even think that our modern nine-year compulsory education, diligently studying chemistry and physics, is clearly for the purpose of inheriting the legacy of our ancient Chinese ancestors!"

"Brothers, rise up for learning!"

Everyone was very excited; they were thoroughly reviving ancient civilization. How could their individual derivations of the two major systems compare to the speed of the entire world deriving them? It was clear that the future of this world was about to change rapidly. Even things like the Dark Forbidden Zones and ancient Great Sages might have a chance to resist.

"However, according to our predictions, the style of this era is already very clear."

"Yes, history is divided into three stages."

"The first stage, hundreds of millions of years ago, was the Ultra-Ancient God-Buddha Era, the ancient era of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva. This corresponds to the thousands of years when Earth's heroes ascended in China. At that time, a terrifying war broke out, and gods and buddhas filled the sky and fell—it was very likely the conflict between Chemistry and Physics." Everyone nodded; it was indeed so.

"The second stage, after that destruction, was when there were no immortals or gods left in the world, and the world itself was shattered. This was the Chaotic Ancient Era, which should correspond to our Great Qing Dynasty, because it was precisely the Age of Dharma Decline, and no one could ascend! This era, if it had developed normally, should have seen people cultivating to become immortals and gods. However, a powerful figure from the Samsara Palace appeared, directly establishing the Six Paths of Reincarnation and dominating the entire world. Therefore, before new breakthrough-level Eighth-Order gods could emerge, an era without immortals was completely formed." Everyone fell silent; this terrifying, unknown dark hand was somewhat frightening.

"The third stage is now! The path to immortality is severed. Those who wish to defy the heavens, like Jue Wushen, and the ancient existences from the Dark Forbidden Zones, want to overthrow the sovereign who controls reincarnation and reopen the path to immortality."

After this series of deductions, the entire vast and grand worldview became completely clear, appearing before everyone's eyes, fully fleshed out. And before them, they should first resist the ancient existences from the Forbidden Zones.

Click. Xu Zhi closed his tablet.

"They've really started to influence the whole world... just as I guessed, no matter how weak, they find ways to leverage the world in various ways." Seeing this scene, his expression became peculiar. The 'art style' was very strange. You could say its style was off, yet it was very classical and ancient. Investigating things to understand their principles, the transformation of all things... It was even very profound and elevated, far more metaphysical than the previous world, truly supernatural, appearing to have deep foundations and an even more elegant, ancient immortal flavor. But if you said it was right, there was still a vague feeling that something was amiss.

"Indeed, they've really outdone themselves with this world," Xu Zhi mused, glancing again at the players. He noticed they had started to entice the Heavenly Emperors of the Mortal Realm Path, regularly bringing them into it. Once a repulsive force appeared, they would be sent back to the Beast Realm Path. After all, the Beast Realm Path was a lower world with a slow time flow and not as lively. Being able to enter the Mortal Realm Path was naturally preferable.

"Chaos aside, as long as the era flourishes, it's enough. They'll also witness history." Xu Zhi smiled, then suddenly walked along the streets of this world, observing the flow of people on both sides, "and even more directly witness the history they have already changed."

What would happen if they entered the Mortal Realm Path periodically? One day in the Beast Realm Path equaled ten days in the Mortal Realm Path. This meant that each time they entered after an interval, they would witness a rapidly developing era that they themselves had changed. This online game mode was very good. Although they had previously witnessed the eras they changed, it was all seen on a webpage! With the different time flow, they could see these changes much more directly, and by continuously entering, they could observe the changes they brought to the future.

"Having a sense of participation is how one truly feels the weight of history." Xu Zhi felt his model was perfect. "Soon, after entering the Mortal Realm Path a few more times, legends of what came before will spread throughout the land... They'll see the systems they derived fully develop into a grand era."

Of course, this would only work if their lifespans were long enough. With the current trend, if they didn't break through, the lifespan of this batch of players would soon be exhausted; they would probably be eliminated quickly. Even if they broke through to Heavenly Emperor, they would only live to eighty.

"But speaking of a grand era..." Xu Zhi's gaze slowly lowered. "Once they flourish, they'll probably start causing trouble. I still need to make the ancient existences in the Forbidden Zones more realistic."