On the immortal island of Penglai, beneath a peach tree.
Zhang Xiaoling and Ye Ling were playing a game of chess.
Their chessboard seemed to connect with the river of time. With every move they made, stars in billions of spacetime would undergo corresponding changes.
Spring turned to autumn, and their game of chess, from spring to winter, and then from winter back to spring, day after day, year after year.
After an unknown duration, Zhang Xiaoling looked at the scattered pieces on the board, sighed, resigned the game, and chuckled, "Alas, I've lost, I've lost. I still can't beat you young folks!"
Ye Ling placed a chess piece back into the basket and smiled at Zhang Xiaoling, "You've done very well. I thought this game would last at most a year, but it ended up taking thirty years!"
Zhang Xiaoling's mouth twitched, "You brat, do you look down on me too much? While I'm not as powerful as my old man, I still have some abilities!"
The World-Destroying Spiritual Fire laughed at Ye Ling, "Haha! You're still so sharp-tongued, kid. Don't you feel uncomfortable if you don't tease for a day?"
"Zhang Xiaoling might not know, but I'm very clear. Every move you make, you calculate billions of times in your mind. You must have sweated profusely!"
Ye Ling ignored the World-Destroying Spiritual Fire and said to Zhang Xiaoling, "Since we've finished our game, you should tell me the truth about this world, right?"
Zhang Xiaoling smiled, "This is too complicated to explain. Let's do it in a Q&A format. You ask, I'll answer."
"I'll tell you anything I know."
"Alright." Ye Ling nodded slightly, "First question, where did the Lord of the Upper Realm come from? And what is the origin of the Chaos Battlefield?"
"The first question is already so weighty..."
Zhang Xiaoling shook his head and smiled, then said, "Actually, the spacetime we are in is called the Origin Lower Realm, and the world the Lord of the Upper Realm comes from is the Origin Upper Realm. The Chaos Battlefield is the passage connecting the Origin Upper Realm and the Origin Lower Realm, but it has been eroded by the Lord of the Upper Realm and used as a bridge for invasion into our world."
Ye Ling asked again, "Origin Upper Realm and Origin Lower Realm? What are those?"
Zhang Xiaoling replied, "You should also know that there are many spacetimes in our river of time, right? Actually, those spacetimes all belong to the lower realm. Each spacetime has three thousand great worlds, each great world has three thousand middle worlds, and each middle world has three thousand small worlds. However, due to certain reasons, the three thousand great worlds merged into the Nine Heavens Realm, and then the Nine Heavens Realm became the Inner Domain and Outer Domain due to the invasion of the Lord of the Upper Realm."
"The relationship between the Upper Realm and the Lower Realm is similar to the relationship between the great, middle, and small worlds within each spacetime. However, the Lower Realm and the Upper Realm are mutually independent. They are not like the three thousand great worlds where one can travel freely. Only powerful beings like the Lord of the Upper Realm can link the Upper Realm and the Lower Realm using the Chaos Battlefield as a passage."
Ye Ling asked again, "You've explained the relationship between the Upper Realm and the Lower Realm, so what is Origin?"
Zhang Xiaoling explained, "A world that possesses the Seed of Origin can be called an Origin World. The main spacetime we are in is the only world with the Seed of Origin among billions of spacetimes in this river of time."
"In fact, whether it's the Lower Realm or the Upper Realm, Origin spacetimes are extremely rare. More importantly, the Seed of Origin in the Lower Realm and the Seed of Origin in the Upper Realm are of the same quality, with no difference. However, because the Origin Lower Realm cannot give birth to supreme experts, many supreme experts in the Upper Realm search for Origin Lower Realms and devour the Seed of Origin of the Lower Realms to seek breakthroughs."
Ye Ling: "Since the Lower Realm cannot give birth to supreme experts, what about the two powerful beings, Good and Evil?"
Zhang Xiaoling laughed, "They are exceptions. In short, there are two supreme experts in the Origin Lower Realm we are in, which is why the Lord of the Upper Realm has not been able to successfully devour our main spacetime."
Ye Ling asked again, "Then what about the endless cycles of reincarnation? Logically, with two supreme experts on our side and only one on the Lord of the Upper Realm's side, we should have been able to deal with the Lord of the Upper Realm long ago, right?"
Zhang Xiaoling shook his head and sighed, "It's not that simple... In fact, both Good and Evil are stronger than the Lord of the Upper Realm. If they were determined, they could have dealt with the Lord of the Upper Realm. But the trouble arises after dealing with the Lord of the Upper Realm."
Ye Ling frowned, "Why?"
Zhang Xiaoling said, "I've already said before that the Origin Lower Realm cannot give birth to supreme experts; the True Creation God Realm is the limit. But the Origin Upper Realm has no such restrictions. There are many supreme experts in that world who have successfully devoured the Seed of Origin of lower realms, and their strength surpasses that of the Lord of the Upper Realm."
"Currently, the Lord of the Upper Realm is invading our spacetime, so other supreme experts in the Origin Upper Realm will treat our spacetime as the territory of the Lord of the Upper Realm and will not interfere... But once the Lord of the Upper Realm perishes, other supreme experts from the Origin Upper Realm will swarm in. At that time, what we will have to face will not be as simple as just one Lord of the Upper Realm."
"Therefore, Good and Evil can only rely on endless cycles of reincarnation to hold back the Lord of the Upper Realm, in search of an opportunity to break the deadlock."
Upon hearing Zhang Xiaoling's words, the World-Destroying Spiritual Fire exclaimed, "Damn! What's the point of playing then! One Lord of the Upper Realm is already this troublesome. If a whole group comes, won't we be completely wiped out?"
Ye Ling pondered for a moment, then asked Zhang Xiaoling again, "Are there any solutions for now?"
Zhang Xiaoling sighed slightly, then said, "There is only one conjecture, but whether it can succeed, no one knows."
Ye Ling: "Tell me about it?"
Zhang Xiaoling looked at Ye Ling and said, "You are currently the only one who has escaped reincarnation and the Lord of the Upper Realm's sight. Therefore, you are the only one who might be able to sneak into the Origin Upper Realm."
"So, you need to sneak into the Origin Upper Realm, become a supreme expert there, and carve out a territory. Then, Good and Evil will act to kill the Lord of the Upper Realm. You will then preempt other supreme experts, actively invade our Origin Lower Realm, and declare the Origin Lower Realm as your territory."
"At that time, other supreme experts might spare our Origin Lower Realm out of respect for you. Good and Evil can then break free from the Origin Lower Realm, ascend to the Origin Upper Realm, and join you in carving out a territory."
"After that, our Origin Lower Realm will have three supreme experts, and no one will dare to covet our world."
Ye Ling said in a deep voice, "So, you need me to sneak into the Origin Upper Realm and become a supreme expert?"
Zhang Xiaoling nodded, "Mm... However, the Origin Upper Realm is filled with powerful beings, and there are many chosen ones like you who have ascended from other Origin Lower Realms seeking to save their worlds. There are countless beings more outstanding than you there, and you will have no protection from Good and Evil. Your survival will depend entirely on your own fortune."
"To put it more cruelly, after you perish, we will not be able to avenge you. We will only continuously screen out people like you and send them to the Origin Upper Realm until one of them becomes a supreme expert and completes the plan."
At this point, Zhang Xiaoling looked seriously into Ye Ling's eyes and said in a deep voice, "So, Ye Ling, you are our first test subject. You have a very high chance of perishing in the Origin Upper Realm, paving the way for those who follow. Even so... will you still go?"
Ye Ling looked directly into Zhang Xiaoling's eyes, a slight smile curving his lips, "With a fun place like the Origin Upper Realm, why should I refuse?"
"And... I don't think your plan is very perfect."
Zhang Xiaoling raised an eyebrow, "Oh? Do you have any suggestions?"
A glint flashed in Ye Ling's eyes. He directly smashed the chessboard in front of him into dust and laughed, "Why should... only the supreme experts of your Upper Realm devour the Seed of Origin of our Lower Realm?"
Zhang Xiaoling was stunned.