Chapter 1 What Does It Feel Like to Become a Song?

If he were on Earth, Su Zhou could just go to Dao乎 and say, 'Thanks for the invite, currently in the Grand Universe of Cadence, transforming into a song.' But now, he could only silently experience this extraordinary sensation.

The Grand Universe of Cadence is, in essence, a different world with a fundamentally 'dissimilar existential foundation.' It is completely different from the normal material universe. From the very beginning, there is a great difference, so that the two worlds, except for the superficial aspects that seem similar, are fundamentally not the same in terms of underlying logic.

Su Zhou had once seen the Entropy Shadows in the Senosian. That was an alien universe that only had spiritual power and entropy. It had no material, nor any special energy in the conventional sense. It only had spiritual energy (lingqi), one of the basic constants of the sealed multiverse, and entropy, which was produced by changes in spiritual energy.

The similarity between the Entropy Shadow Realm and the Universe of Cadence is far greater than that between the normal material universe and the Universe of Cadence. But even so, the Entropy Shadow Realm and the Universe of Cadence are still absolutely different.

"That is oneness."

At this moment, Su Zhou was deconstructing the Great Daos of the Grand Universe of Cadence. This was not a unilateral analysis. If it were a unilateral analysis, the speed would not be so fast. The youth could be regarded as having reached an agreement with the Great Daos of the Grand Universe of Cadence. The two sides communicated with each other. Su Zhou could even be said to have taken the initiative to hand over his own body of the Great Daos as a certificate of allegiance, allowing the Grand Universe of Cadence to transform him into a musical note, while he governed the authority represented by the musical note of 'innovation'.

As Su Zhou delved deeper, he became more and more aware of the special nature of the Grand Universe of Cadence.

In the Grand Universe of Cadence, time, fate, and the world are equal.

This may sound like nonsense, but it is not—in the material universe, time is actually the scale of material change. If the material change is reversed, it is equivalent to reversing time, which is equivalent to going back to fate.

For example, a person exists independently in an isolated system that has nothing but him. He is still at first, motionless, and time does not flow.

The person opens his mouth and exhales, and matter begins to move. The first driving force is this person, or the creator god, the power of Pangu's breath, and time begins to flow.

But what if this person inhales all the air he exhaled in the same posture, perfectly replicating the original trajectory of every wisp of water vapor... then what is this?

This is not the destruction of the world, this is time reversal.

Matter is the first element. Without matter, there is no time, space, or all subsequent possibilities.

But can a song do this?

If a song is played backwards, the melody is still the melody. Is that song still the original song?

In the material universe, material existence trumps meaning and process, or rather the three are one.

But in the song universe, the cadence (matter), the song's melody (meaning), and the performance (process) are separate and equal.

In the Grand Universe of Cadence, there is no reverse symmetry. Only by following the direction of time can the melody be the melody, the world can be the world, and the musical notes that make up all things and living beings have their meaning. Otherwise, most of them are just noise.

Moreover, the material universe will not collapse due to the lack of some elements, because existence is reasonable. As long as it exists, even if the internal life cannot survive, and the structure is not perfect or complete, the world will still exist... But in the Grand Universe of Cadence, all the notes and melodies are very important. The absence of a part is at least not the eternal song in the traditional sense.

So, in the Grand Universe of Cadence.

The God-Kings who existed in the past still exist in the present, because the notes and melodies are always part of the song.

No matter how it is played, it exists on the score of destiny. This is why Deus, the God-King of this era, can summon the other three God-Kings of the past and future to fight with him—they were originally the supreme kings who set foot on fate, existence, and time. Even in the sealed multiverse that prohibits the reversal of time, they can use this method to use the magical power of time!

And now, Su Zhou was also beginning to experience this feeling of existing in the past and future at the same time.

As a kind of musical note... an impassioned and never-ending heroic song.

At this moment, Su Zhou's body of the Great Dao collapsed and then condensed again.

Following this, there were several abrupt and loud bell sounds, which were more like a long ringing alarm bell than a shocking sound!

The bell was soul-stirring, grand and sonorous, as if it came from the most ancient chimes, yet it was still ringing today. But if you listen carefully, you can hear a faint melody. This melody is melodious, as if sighing, as if pitying, as if in some inevitable trend, watching the eyes of those who can't catch up.

However, it is pity, but not despair and sorrow. Some people may fall behind in the innovation, but everyone is allowed to catch up... The bell of innovation is vast, but the ensuing piano sound is also full of warmth and enthusiasm, like an enthusiastic young man who opens his arms to everyone. His embrace is full of strength, but it will not cause fractures.

Hearing this melody, the gods were momentarily unaware, because for the gods, they were constantly listening to the countless melodies of the surrounding world. Therefore, in the tune of this bell and piano, they seemed to see all kinds of fantasies, all the great dreams and lives woven by Su Zhou—the magical power of the Candlelight Dream was too compatible with this song. For a time, the gods began to close their eyes and fall asleep, as if they were about to immerse themselves in this tune.

Immediately, endless waves beat against the reefs, countless thunders intertwined and played, and the epic of heaven and earth played the most resounding and brilliant movement because of the birth of a new God-King level existence. In the melody that shocked the gods, the notes wantonly waved their voices, bringing bursts of turbulent torrents in the center of the four major god systems!

[No, wake up quickly!]

But at this moment, the faceless God-King of the Stars suddenly changed his face. His body began to dissipate, and he couldn't help but raise his arms and shout, awakening the gods: [The melody of the Candlelight will now make you immerse yourselves, immerse yourselves in the beautiful dream of innovation, but then, he will ring the alarm bell again and wake you up!]

[At that time, you will have fallen into his dream and become a part of his melody! You will no longer belong to the four sequences of 'prologue', 'resonance', 'performance' and 'finale', and you will have no possibility of becoming one of the gods in the future!]

[Although he has also become an existence in our universe, he is still an outsider in the final analysis!]

He is a God-King who exists in the future, destined to appear, but has not yet been born. Simply changing the past will not affect his birth in the future, because he is destined to achieve this in this era.

However, the position of the God-King can be plundered—if the Candlelight seizes most of the starry sky, causing a large number of notes to play for him, then he may be the Candlelight.

The Starry Sky God-King does not have a name now. What is destined is only the starry sky itself. This name can be Sorawell, Posikalen, and naturally it can also be Su Zhou, the Candlelight!

Therefore, his reaction to Su Zhou becoming an existence in the Song Universe was the most violent.

Hearing the voice of the Starry Sky God-King, and with the help of those gods who were not immersed, the gods immersed in Su Zhou's melody woke up one by one. After recalling the previous process, their expressions changed drastically—Su Zhou's power was too terrifying, and he could brainwash them in an instant. He was indeed an extremely powerful extraterrestrial evil god!

"What evil god, what brainwashing, it is clear that you are also looking forward to something better. Is there anyone who would want to resist the possibility of becoming a God-King?"

Su Zhou shook his head slightly. He did not encourage people to use evil methods to innovate. The gods who were immersed in his Candlelight Dream, such as the God of Craftsmen, the God of Travel, the God of Suffering, and the God of Protection, all had good character and hoped to better fulfill their responsibilities. It was normal to be immersed in the Candlelight Dream.

The Starry Sky God-King was really judging others by himself. He must have had the intention of brainwashing, otherwise, how could he accuse Su Zhou of thinking that way at the first time?

As everyone knows, when a person wants to slander others, what they say must be what they have done and thought about!

However, the Starry Sky God-King was not wrong.

Su Zhou knew very well that the Candlelight Song he transformed into was indeed an outsider. The gods he summoned would probably not become the gods of the four major systems in the next era.

The Eternal Song is a song that accommodates infinite possibilities. It has the real and unadulterated characteristic of infinity. Otherwise, it would not be possible to create four God-Kings comparable to the peak of the Dao Integration realm by relying solely on the melody itself. The many evils that these four God-Kings have committed, manipulating the fate of mortals and stifling dreams, may also be because they found a glimmer of opportunity to break through from the God-King realm, achieve the torrent, achieve the seed of infinity, and the anchor point of eternity from this action.

Su Zhou himself had already found his own path to the seed of infinity. It was actually very simple. He only needed to let infinity itself respond to his Great Dao. For the youth who held three great seal fragments and the Candlelight Heaven, it was a matter of course to achieve the torrent as long as his Candlelight Heaven officially began to operate and the Inter-World Police Station and Didi Arrest Hotline were developed and expanded.

But... this seemed to be different from the 'anchor point of eternity' that the four God-Kings desired.

If he continued his 'seed of infinity' idea instead of the 'anchor point of eternity', the existence of this universe and the gods would not truly stand on the same side as him.

"The seed of infinity, the anchor point of eternity, and the absolute domain, these should be the three paths."

Su Zhou recalled the three paths of the torrent that he knew.

Infinity is a practical method of expanding oneself, changing the outer domain, and making one's Great Dao manifest.

Eternity is the power essence of being self-existent, maintaining oneself, and breaking all external tribulations.

And absolute is to dig inward. No matter what the outer domain or outer tribulations are, I will cultivate myself, and it will not be affected nor affect the outside world, an attitude of existence.

This is just the beginning. A true torrent must have all three, not only can it manifest the Great Dao, but it can also exist eternally, and it can be independent of everything. It can create changes from nothing and create the prototype of the multiverse.

Although he had transformed into the Candlelight Song and summoned all things, this summoning itself was still a method of spreading his seed of infinity. This could not fundamentally change these gods who pursued eternity.

"Interesting."

With his hands behind his back, Su Zhou smiled slightly: "In that case, I will take the path of eternity again, and defeat you in the aspect you are pursuing."

The Candlelight Song no longer only existed in the present. The curled-up sound of the Great Dao began to extend to the past and the future at the same time. The Candlelight ballad also began to separate into four stages: 'beginning', 'development', 'prosperity', and 'end', the four kalpas of formation, existence, destruction, and emptiness.

This was a completely new experience, because the special nature of the sealed multiverse had never seen multiple times at the same time, a perspective beyond the essence of time and space—although Su Zhou could rely on the Reincarnation Seal to witness the reincarnation of many lifetimes and the future, and had also witnessed the past and future of many life spirits in the Land of Reincarnation, and the essence of everything.

However, that was just seeing.

But now, it was experiencing it firsthand.

"The playful fight is over."

Before completely integrating into the Grand Universe of Cadence and launching a real battle, Su Zhou announced: "Gods, wait, you who play with the fate of all living beings with the fate of destiny, will be completely defeated by me because of 'correctness', not 'destiny'."

In an instant, the loud Candlelight Song came to an abrupt end.

In the battlefield originally shrouded in the shadow world of the Goddess of Night, there was no longer a 'God of Candlelight'.

And the gods in the sky also began to gradually break away from the superficial appearance, revealing their true forms as notes, the constantly oscillating notes that showed light and rhythm.

Only the God-Kings still retained their external appearances.

[...Candlelight has transformed into the essence of us God-Kings and integrated into the Grand Universe of Cadence... The Eternal Song has actually accepted him!]

The Goddess of Daylight, who had been fighting Su Zhou head-on and resisting his attacks, spoke in a clear and decisive voice, but without losing her gentleness. But at this moment, her expression was serious: [Is this part of the Cadence melody? Or has everything destined been changed?]

[These are all minor matters.] The voice of the Goddess of Night was lazy. She stroked her harp with several broken strings with some pity, and shook her head: [His power surpasses ours, it's simply unbelievable. We could persist before only because the foundation of existence was different. But he actually dared to give up his familiar foundation and transform into a long song to fight against us... at least I can't beat him.]

[We are more familiar with this universe.]

And as the God-King of this era, the main force in outputting Candlelight, Deus, whose fist marks on his head had not yet faded, said in a deep voice: [We are the masters of this universe. Noel is right, these are all minor matters. The most important thing is to figure out the purpose of Candlelight.]

Hearing this, the God-King of Time couldn't help but sneer and shook his head: [That goes without saying.]

This old God-King said in a deep voice: [He must also want to achieve the so-called 'torrent' in the outside world, which is the true realm of eternity... He has sensed that our plan is heading towards success and wants to seize the key to eternity like us!]

Apart from this reason, the God-King of Time really couldn't think of why a powerhouse at the peak of Dao Integration would suddenly come to their remote place.

[Want to pick peaches?] The Starry Sky God-King said: [He can't succeed. Seven epochs, four cycles, if you want to change a little, you must change all four time periods—he must defeat all five of us God-Kings in our respective prime periods.]

[He, like the Dao Integration realm cultivators from the outside world, is not adapted to existing in the past, future, and present at the same time. We can block him in different time and space at the same time. He will not have the energy to do other things, let alone change the destiny we have written.]

Deus also shook his head. He relaxed and laughed: [Haha, that's true. We can confront him now, and naturally we can in the past and future. Unless he calls for other helpers.]

[But even if he calls for a helper as powerful as himself, the Grand Universe of Cadence itself will reject it—he has transformed into a ballad and has become part of our universe's grand cadence. If a new Dao Integration cultivator wants to enter our universe, he will be counterattacked by our and Candlelight's power together!]

The God-King's wise eyes flickered, and he raised his head, staring at the endless void: [The stronger they are, the less likely they are to enter, and the weaker ones are useless even if they enter...]

[Destiny is irresistible. This is the essence of our destiny multiverse.]

A brief exchange allowed the five God-Kings of the Four Epochs to reach a consensus. They were about to return to their respective prime eras to fight against the Candlelight that had lurked into the cadence, was lurking in history, and was seeking opportunities to change fate.

After the God-Kings of other eras returned, Deus, the God-King of this era, returned to the Cloudscape Pantheon. With a single thought, he repaired all the damage and announced to the world that the alien evil god had been temporarily repelled. Immediately, all the people of the countries cheered and celebrated, praising the power of the gods.

[Who exactly... summoned the arrival of the Candlelight?]

Afterwards, Deus returned to his throne, and he lowered his head thoughtfully, gazing at all things under the heavens.

At the same time.

Former movie protagonist, Pioneer Space Contractor, Bioweapon Publisher, Alan of the激奏(Jizòu) Era, was forcibly suppressing the turbulence and astonishment in his heart when he looked up at the sky, and continued to pretend to be his wealthy identity.

"Oh my god..."

He murmured to himself: "I just wanted to get someone to smuggle Eve out... how could the Primal Candlelight, this kind of Dao Integration peak level supreme powerhouse, come..."

In the man's heart, the long ringing alarm bell, the Candlelight Song, was still echoing.

Is it really necessary to fight the gods just for smuggling?!

"This, this, isn't this, a bit too much?!"