448: Chapter 448 Lu Yuantian (Part 1)

A translucent green infant reluctantly opened its eyes within the Void Realm and spoke softly.

"Is this... Luyuan Heaven?"

Silence, an absolute silence.

Countless Dao patterns evolved within the Void Realm, flickering between light and dark like billions of silent, entangling dragons.

There was no up or down here, no beginning or end; only that chaotic Power of Law surged, inducing nausea at a single glance.

Zhou Yan watched all of this, feeling it all.

After a short while, Zhou Yan confirmed that this really was Luyuan Heaven. He had successfully controlled his Nascent Soul and entered on his first attempt.

"Holy crap, I made it in one go?"

"Weren't they saying that entering even once is a massive pain?"

Zhou Yan's Nascent Soul made a grasping motion and flexed its wrists.

After confirming that its movements were fine, the Nascent Soul began to explore.

The small, emerald-green figure drifted through this chaotic space, observing continuously.

This place was like the root system of a banyan tree, constantly spreading and growing; main trunks sprouted branches, branches sprouted more branches, and some even became new main trunks, growing back to cover and generate dense new offshoots on the original trunks.

"I have to say, this really is disgusting. Anyone with trypophobia or OCD would probably go insane here."

After some investigation, Zhou Yan had a rough idea of his current location.

"The Cultivation Technique says there are no directions in Luyuan Heaven, so the best way is to look for reference points."

Zhou Yan's Nascent Soul looked up at the brightest, largest, and most obvious one among the chaotic mess of roots.

That was a Law, vermillion all over and radiating powerful energy.

From its appearance alone, it wasn't hard to tell that this was the Law of Fire.

"Since it's surrounded by many Laws related to fire, this must be the main trunk of the Law of Fire."

"In other words, I am currently in the Earthly Dao region recorded in Luyuan Heaven."

Luyuan Heaven is divided into three major regions: the Heavenly Dao region, the Earthly Dao region, and the Human Dao region.

"I didn't expect to start right next to a major Law like the Law of Fire. My Luck is truly good; if Long Tianxing weren't away, I'd really think I was leeching off his Luck again."

After a moment of joy, the Nascent Soul extended its Divine Sense and began rummaging through the vast array of Laws.

"According to the records, the Law of Time is in the Heavenly Dao region. Since there are no directions and I can't go there directly, it's best to follow the clues from a reference point."

"The Law of Fire has branches related to temperature, and temperature can involve life, so I can follow this branch to find the Law of Life."

"Life involves Yin and Yang, so I can find the Law of Yin-Yang through life."

"The Law of Yin-Yang belongs to the Heavenly Dao. Once I find Yin and Yang, I can head to the Heavenly Dao region to find Time."

"Let's see where temperature is."

There were far too many chaotic Laws here. Never mind things like Blazing Flames or Holy Light; there were even Laws as specific as 'Heat' and 'Scalding'.

Zhou Yan felt numb seeing these two.

"Even something this specific can enter the Sea of Laws?"

Zhou Yan couldn't help but wonder: if someone actually chose these two, would they promote to Soul Transformation or drop in Realm down to the Late Nascent Soul Stage?

"Found it, here it is!"

As expected, heaven rewards the diligent. Zhou Yan followed the Law of Scalding to find the Law of Heat, and through the Law of Heat, he found the Law of Temperature.

"It seems these things aren't useless after all."

"But wait, why is the priority of 'Scalding' below 'Heat'? What kind of logic is that?"

No time to overthink; Zhou Yan quickly followed Temperature to find the connection to Life.

It was hidden quite sneakily. Perhaps because temperature accounts for a small part of life, its connection wasn't very thick.

If Zhou Yan hadn't happened to see it, searching for it thoroughly might have taken a long time.

Zhou Yan raised the Nascent Soul's arm, lifted the infant's Dharma robe woven from green mana, and looked at the golden thread that had already reached halfway up the forearm.

"There's still time. I should strike while the iron is hot."

The Nascent Soul instantly circulated its mana, following the Law's connection and heading straight for the Law of Life.

Luyuan Heaven knows no years or months. Here, time is sometimes fast and sometimes slow, but it is fast most of the time.

It was quite possible that one could spend ten or twenty years inside without even realizing it.

To ensure one didn't die directly inside, there was this Spell that left a golden thread on the arm.

The golden thread would change according to the shifts in time; once one stayed for a full ten years, it would grow to the wrist.

This way, even if one's perception was scrambled by the Laws, they could use it to determine the time spent here, preventing them from getting lost and eventually exhausting their Lifespan and directly transforming into the Dao.

And now, Zhou Yan had spent five years just exploring a little.

Seeing the branches below grow thicker, Zhou Yan knew he wasn't far.

He couldn't help feeling a bit nervous. He checked the golden thread on his arm again; this time there was no major change, it had only advanced a tiny bit.

"I've only lived for a little over twenty years, but in just this short while, I've aged five years. This is truly terrifying."

"Inexplicably, I'm about to hit thirty?"

When Lifespan becomes a mere number, even though Zhou Yan was in the Nascent Soul Stage with a thousand-year Lifespan, he couldn't help but feel a bit panicked.

Fortunately, the journey ahead in Luyuan Heaven was relatively mild. Most of the time flow was normal, and it might have even slowed down significantly.

So, by the time Zhou Yan arrived near the Law of Life, the golden thread was still at the same progress.

Looking at the milky-white Law before him, brimming with the aura of life, Zhou Yan was momentarily dazed, vaguely feeling a desire to establish a connection with it.

Zhou Yan shook his head, simultaneously feeling a wave of revulsion.

"Holy shit, is this Law insane?!"

The Nascent Soul's small face immediately scrunched up.

"Dammit, is this Law actually seducing me?"

For something as pure and direct as a Law to behave like this was pure and direct disgust.

Though he didn't know why, Zhou Yan had a feeling that the Law of Life was seducing him, trying to get him to establish a connection with life.

And he could clearly sense that if he did so, he would reap massive benefits.

"But it's really so disgusting."

The Nascent Soul's small hands rubbed its shoulders, but it didn't help at all.

He had originally thought that the Senior who wrote "This place is a pile of shit" might have been an obsessive-compulsive who exaggerated a bit.

But now he didn't think so at all, because he was truly disgusted—thousands of times more disgusted than when he saw the chaotic mess earlier.

The Law of Life was massive, even larger than the Law of Fire he saw earlier, but its underside was bare; though it had some branches, they were far less than half of Fire's.

"There's actually no Law of Creation here?"

The Demon Venerable attained the Mahayana stage through the Law of Creation, so its Law certainly wouldn't be narrow.

And the Foundation of his creation came from some fragmented Great Dao of Life within the Eastern Extreme Secret Realm.

With the Azure Chapter, Zhou Yan naturally knew that the Azure Dragon cultivated the Great Dao of Life.

Those who chose not to continue forward but instead to meditate on the stone tablets naturally gained the opportunity to catch a glimpse of the fragmented Great Dao of Life.

Although he didn't know how the Demon Venerable, being so cowardly and weak, managed to reach that place.

But he must have truly seen the Great Dao of Life to comprehend the prototype of the Law of Creation.

Combining that, the Law of Creation was born from the Great Dao of Life, so it must be connected to the Law of Life, and the two might be of similar scale.

I see, I understand now. It turns out this Law craves my Law of Creation.

Feeling the Law of Life continuously casting flirtatious glances at him, Zhou Yan ultimately chose not to establish a connection.

If he established a connection here, Zhou Yan's treatment might be the same as Feng Xu, who created the Law of Wind; he might even attain the Righteous Path on the spot.

But this involved the Demon Venerable, a Mahayana expert; heaven knows what might happen.

The Law of Creation was likely created by the Demon Venerable; otherwise, how could a mere maggot like him attain the Mahayana stage just by collaborating with Kun Gou.

If he were to usurp this position now, it would be disastrous if it led to some terrifying consequences.

Ignoring the Law of Life, Zhou Yan quickly locked onto the Law of Death, which was almost equal in size but still attached to it.

Through a tiny link connected to both of them, he quickly pinpointed the location of the Law of Yin-Yang.

However, just as Zhou Yan was about to continue along the link, a golden light suddenly flared on the Nascent Soul's small arm.

"Damn it, it's all the fault of this cursed Law of Life. It wasted another five years of my time."

"Seriously, why does time pass so quickly!"

Helplessly, Zhou Yan could only follow the records in the Cultivation Technique and leave a mark here.

This way, the next time Zhou Yan entered, he would appear in the vicinity of this mark.

Taking one last look at that connection, Zhou Yan felt somewhat frustrated; although he could reappear nearby, this connection was not easy to find.

Having finally spotted this tiny connection, he would have to search for it again next time. If he wasn't careful, his time might run out again.

If he got stuck here because of that, it would be truly unlucky.