Chapter 2812: Land of Origin
After the appearance of the Fifth Venerable, his body immediately began to corrode.
The five coffins nearby quickly rushed over, dividing the Fifth Venerable’s body into five parts, which were absorbed into the coffins respectively.
This situation was identical to that of the Third Heavenly Venerate that Su Yang had recounted earlier!
Everyone was dumbfounded. Without a doubt, this was the black hole that Su Yang had mentioned.
"Why is this black hole here?" the Human Emperor asked urgently.
No one on the Human Clan side could answer this question.
"Hahaha..." The First God threw his head back and laughed: "You should be asking me this question!"
The Human Emperor looked at the First God with furrowed brows but said nothing.
"Even if you don’t ask, I’ll still tell you. I’ve already said that I’ll make you die completely convinced." The First God laughed maniacally: "You really think that we don’t know about the things you’ve done in the Chaos? Ha, everything you’ve done is crystal clear to us. We just pretended not to know!"
"You know what we’ve done?" The Taoist Venerable’s expression changed. The Guardian God knew they were cultivating and increasing their strength inside, yet did not stop them. What did this imply?
The strongest individuals of the Human Clan exchanged glances, suddenly realizing that it was all a conspiracy.
"Of course I know what you’re doing!" The First God said coldly: "Hmph, you think increasing your power in the Land of Origin allows you to defeat our Guardian God? Ha, you’re truly naive. If it were that simple, why wouldn’t we go to the Land of Origin ourselves instead of letting you go there?"
"Land of Origin?" the Heaven Slayer frowned: "That place, is the Land of Origin?"
"Yes, it’s the Land of Origin!" The First God said arrogantly: "What, you all don’t know? Ha, you’re truly foolish. You dare go there without even knowing what it is, that’s truly bold!"
"What exactly is the Land of Origin?" the Heaven Slayer asked deeply.
The First God replied: "You idiots, the name alone tells you, it’s the most primordial place, the Source of All Things!"
"Source of All Things?" The Human Emperor furrowed his brows: "Isn’t the World Tree the Source of All Things?"
"What does the World Tree count as the Source of All Things? It must also include Chaos!" The First God said arrogantly: "Your understanding of the universe is far too limited!"
"Stop trying to deceive us, you really think we’re stupid?" The Taoist Venerable sneered: "I know exactly when you were born. Didn’t we both emerge from the World Tree? How could you know more than I do?"
"Hah, as the Guardian God, I know far more than you!" The First God boasted: "During the Ancient Battle, we Guardian Gods discovered the Source of All Things. And you have only discovered it in this era, how can you compare to us?"
"Do you mean the Source of All Things is not only the birthplace of the World Tree but also of Chaos?" The Heaven Slayer asked deeply.
The First God replied loudly: "As expected from the Heaven Slayer, your comprehension is far superior to some cultivation practitioners!"
The Taoist Venerable: "%&*￥..."
The First God remembered what Su Yang had described earlier, that in the forest there was a huge pit, and within the pit was a gigantic Tai Chi Diagram. The Tai Chi Diagram was what formed space and Chaos.
Could this be the Source of All Things?
"Do you really think we are the most original life?" The First God said loudly: "We can only be counted as the first life of this world but definitely not of the Land of Origin. You have entered the Land of Origin; there is such a vast forest where each dead tree represents a civilization. Each dead tree is like our World Tree, once nurturing powerful civilizations."
"The number of dead trees in that forest signifies the number of civilizations. You have seen it, haven’t you? There are at least tens of thousands of dead trees in there. This means there were tens of thousands of civilizations similar to ours."
Everyone was astounded. Even though Su Yang had guessed this earlier, there was no evidence to prove it. So it was just speculation.
Now that the First God personally mentioned it, it was truly shocking!
"Aren’t you just spewing nonsense?" The Taoist Venerable sneered: "How do you know about the matters of the Land of Origin?"
"Heh..." The First God sneered: "Let me tell you, the one named Su has entered the Land of Origin; he should be very clear about its situations. In the forest there, each dead tree represents a past civilization. Later, all life disappeared, and their World Tree turned into dead trees, returning to that forest."
"But in that forest, there are many flourishing World Trees. Then, could these World Trees give birth to new civilizations, new life?"
This question immediately piqued the curiosity of the Heaven Slayer and others, as it was precisely what they wanted to ask.
"Don’t know, do you?" The First God smiled triumphantly: "To tell you the truth, these World Trees can also give birth to new civilizations, new life. However, this will only happen after our civilization has completely vanished, after our World Tree withers, and then other World Trees will birth new life and new civilization!"
"Why?" The Taoist Venerable asked in surprise: "Those trees appear to be thriving, not smaller than our World Tree, why can’t they directly produce life?"
"Because, to produce life is not as simple as having the World Tree!" The First God said loudly: "To have the birth of life, there needs to be order!"
"Order?" Everyone furrowed their brows, forming a vague hypothesis.
"If life is born without order, what would happen?" The First God asked: "Take our world for example, if there was no Heavenly Dao, which is the order of space, what would our world be like? No one could cultivate, no Spiritual Energy, even if life was born, it couldn’t survive. Similarly, if Chaos had no order, it would endlessly devour space, leading all life to perish!"
Everyone nodded slowly, as they had similar suspicions earlier. The so-called order might very well be the Heavenly Dao Earth Principles.
"So you’re saying, a World Tree can give birth to life but requires Heavenly Dao and Earth Principles!" The Human Emperor asked.
"Indeed!" The First God nodded.
"Then why can’t other World Trees create Heavenly Dao and Earth Principles?" The Human Emperor asked curiously.
"Hah, that’s the most important question!" The First God replied: "There are countless World Trees, but the Heavenly Dao Earth Principles are unique!"