Xu Zimo stood frozen in place, his eyes unfocused, his gaze dull and lifeless.
He heard a loud “boom” echo within his True Fate World.
It was as if a divine chant traveled through endless void and entered his ears.
All sorts of strange and bizarre sounds surrounded him, and the world he saw turned from color to black and white, then finally into complete nothingness.
Chaos remained by his side, while Xu Zimo’s consciousness had entered his True Fate World.
The shape of his True Fate World was beginning to take form. The foundation was now halfway stabilized.
Above this world, Supreme-Yang Solar-Illumination intertwined with Supreme-Yin Nether-Glow. Under the power of the Primordial Chaos Bead, the two continued to merge and condense.
The world was now unpredictable, half the sky was black, the other half white.
It looked as if the world had been split in two, with loud rumbles booming from every direction.
No matter where one stood, this sound could be heard.
Strong winds howled as if the sky was collapsing, and the ground seemed to be sinking.
Everything looked like it was about to be swallowed up.
Endless spiritforce gathered in chaotic disarray.
The creatures of the Myriad Beast Realm all cowered in fear, not daring to even peek outside their lairs.
This scene continued for a long time, about half a month. During that period, Xu Zimo could do nothing.
His consciousness and body were frozen in place, completely unable to move.
On a certain day after half a month, the Supreme-Yang Solar-Illumination and Supreme-Yin Nether-Glow, after being entangled for so long, finally merged.
The moment they merged, it was as if two divine beasts appeared in the sky, grasping sun and moon in their claws, carrying stars on their backs.
These two giant beasts roared toward the heavens, and then transformed into four streams of light.
They became the legendary Four Supreme God Beasts: Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, Black Tortoise.
Yin and Yang give rise to Two Forms. Two Forms give rise to Four Symbols. Four Symbols give rise to Eight Trigrams, and from the Eight Trigrams comes all creation.
The Two Forms give birth to the nature of Heaven and Earth; the Four Symbols define its structure.
The moment the Four Supreme God Beasts appeared, they roared toward the heavens, dragon roars, tiger growls, phoenix cries, turtle bellows.
The shadows of the four beasts shifted endlessly.
All known and unknown beast species were evolving within them.
All races, known or unknown, from the Primordial Heartlands, those that still existed and those lost to time, were evolving within.
They evolved all living things.
Including humans.
This scene continued for a long time until finally, with a loud “boom,” the images of the Four Supreme God Beasts exploded.
They turned into countless streams of light, scattering across the God World.
Each beam of light carried a powerful life force.
The beams floated like eggs, incubating something within.
When the light fell onto different parts of the God World, countless beast cries were heard all at once.
The once quiet God World had entered its most lively and prosperous period.
Countless animals came into existence, appearing from nothing.
Tigers, lions, rabbits, mice, monkeys…
All kinds of life began forming across oceans, land, and sky.
The once-silent world became noisy in an instant. These newly born creatures were afraid and curious, just arriving in this world.
In one region of the God World, the first human appeared.
Then the second, the third, more and more newborn humans arrived in the world like infants.
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All the creatures cautiously observed their new world, still adapting to everything.
At that moment, Supreme-Yang Solar-Illumination and Supreme-Yin Nether-Glow returned to their places. Xu Zimo’s True Fate World was finally fully complete.
The God World had now become a fully formed world, no different from the Primordial Heartlands.
The biggest beneficiary of this complete world system was, of course, Xu Zimo.
The power within his body multiplied, dozens, hundreds of times stronger.
The eighth meridian gate, Shadowbearer, began to stir.
The spiritforce inside him surged like a violent storm, like crashing ocean waves, flowing as if through a roaring river.
This river of energy carried the Power of Creation and flowed through his body again and again.
Xu Zimo could feel his strength growing at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Even the eighth meridian gate was beginning to tremble under this impact.
Xu Zimo had already reached the peak of the Empyrean Meridian Realm. His next step was to break into the God Meridian Realm.
A God Meridian cultivator stood at the pinnacle of what the mortal world could dream of.
Beyond the God Meridian Realm lay the Path to Immortality and the Path of Dao, a transformation into a supreme being with an unmatched lifespan.
Of course, that step wasn’t relevant to Xu Zimo yet. His True Fate World was now complete,
But it was still operating slowly. He needed to seize Heaven’s Will, using the Heaven’s Will of the Primordial Heartlands to accelerate the growth of his world.
The key step in breaking into the God Meridian Realm was igniting God-Fire.
God-Fire could also be understood as divinity.
In the Empyrean Meridian Realm, one condenses the God-Soul. God-Fire then grants the God-Soul divinity.
What is divinity? Simply put, it’s spirit or divine consciousness.
It gives a person thought, awareness, the ability to reason and distinguish.
Though the God-Soul ultimately remains under your control, it can act as an independent being, with its own will.
When the humanity of the body and the divinity of the soul reach perfect harmony, one can step onto the higher paths of Dao or Immortality and leave the mortal world behind.
The power of the God Meridian Realm lies not just in strength, but also in its tenacity of life.
To kill a God Meridian cultivator, you must erase their divinity and destroy their God-Soul.
Otherwise, even if their body is shattered and only a drop of blood remains, they can still resurrect.
That is the terrifying power of the God Meridian Realm. As for injuries, if they have enough spiritforce, they can recover quickly.
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After Supreme-Yang Solar-Illumination and Supreme-Yin Nether-Glow fused, Xu Zimo found himself able to move again.
He slowly sat cross-legged. The spiritforce and Power of Creation inside him were overflowing.
He couldn’t suppress it.
Xu Zimo quickly guided that spiritforce to strike the eighth meridian gate, Shadowbearer.
With a loud “boom,” a muffled sound came from within his body.
Xu Zimo trembled heavily. Breaking through a meridian gate and unlocking one’s limits was a pain that reached deep into the soul.
He gritted his teeth and used his energy to strike the eighth meridian gate again and again.
Before long, he heard cracking sounds.
Cracks began to appear on the surface of Shadowbearer Gate, and with every impact, the cracks deepened.
Finally, with a loud explosion, the spiritforce surged in like water from the heavens, roaring in without end.