Chapter 1 Getting Approval From the Universe's Will

Having obtained the universe's will's approval, Su Zhou could finally breathe a sigh of relief.

He hadn't forgotten that back then, a group of Dao-Harmonizing beings from the Sealed Universe engaged in internal strife, which shattered the seal and led to the awakening of the universe's will.

The World of Genesis was a reflection of the Sealed Multiverse, which was why new divinities from the myriad worlds continuously emerged in the Ruins of Creation.

Therefore, in a way, the universe's will of the World of Genesis could also reflect the situation of the Sealed Universe.

And the reality was indeed so—Genesis Dao Lord Alster Ohm used the Ending Ring to suppress the initial universe's will and create small universes, while the many Dao-Harmonizing beings of the Sealed Universe also used the Ending Ring to suppress the universe's will.

If he wasn't careful, Su Zhou might have to face the 'End of Calamity: Initial Universe' version launched by the initial universe's will in his own home.

That would be a true monster, a terrifying enemy that would destroy all meaning at any cost.

Fortunately, Su Zhou now had experience.

--To deal with the universe's will, you have to coax it--

--Yes, that's right, coax it!

At this moment, Su Zhou was showering the universe's will with compliments, calling it 'Mother of All Things,' 'Benevolent Father of All Beings,' and 'Great Will,' to the point where golden lotuses were springing from the earth within the world, and even the Great Dao was waxed and polished, making everything radiant.

While praising, he also righteously condemned the Dao-Harmonizing beings of the pioneer civilization, scolding them for not understanding empathy and harmonious coexistence with nature. He felt the universe's will's pain and urgency, and he could almost see the universe's will's depressed mood easing up, even having the inclination to join Su Zhou in scolding them.

Comfortable--

After venting years of pent-up frustration, the universe's will visibly began to glow, and the dark aura surrounding it dissipated.

Seeing this, Su Zhou couldn't help but nod slightly, "As long as you're happy."

The universe's will, the world's will, to put it nicely, was pure and untainted, unlike ordinary people; to put it bluntly, it was easily fooled.

Not to mention the 'Oath Law,' which was essentially giving the universe's will empty promises, coaxing it to borrow power from the universe's Great Dao to achieve Dao-Harmonization, and then repaying the world.

Generally speaking, the universe's will would not lie, and it would be fair and just, following the rules of the Great Dao and doing what it was supposed to do.

Even destroying the essence of the universe would generally only cause them pain, which could be slowly recovered. Only when the World of Genesis continuously created ten small universes, causing excessive damage and a deficit that could not be replenished normally, did the universe's will turn dark.

This also showed how arrogant and self-righteous, and how morally bankrupt, those Dao-Harmonizing beings were to enrage the universe's will to such an extent.

"Those pioneer Dao-Harmonizing beings, or rather, the Dao-Harmonizing beings of this multiverse, are all arrogant maniacs."

Su Zhou couldn't help but complain.

This was not just idle gossip.

Dao-Harmonization was about becoming a powerful figure who could replace the universe's Great Dao. Relative to the universe's will, they were evil. Anyone who wanted to change the Great Dao was violently altering the origin of the universe.

In particular, when they achieved Dao-Harmonization, they probably rarely consulted with the universe itself, and would even naturally believe that the universe's obstacles were calamities that needed to be 'overcome with force,' 'realm barriers' that needed to be 'broken through.'

--Tribulation of Dao-Harmonization? Calamity of Dao-Harmonization? Cosmic backlash?

--Nonsense, break them all for me!

They rarely thought about why there was such resistance and backlash.

People like Su Zhou, who would discuss things in advance before achieving Dao-Harmonization, and even show the universe's will a PPT—that is, a preview of their Dao-Harmonization, with the effect of the Zhuzhou Dream—were truly very rare.

"As long as you talk nicely, the universe's will is clearly not difficult to communicate with—can't say that achieving Dao-Harmonization makes you unable to speak human language, right?"

Thinking this, Su Zhou couldn't help but shake his head. He complained in his heart, "Too many things stem from both sides not being able to speak human language, and also wanting face!"

The youth didn't care about face; he was very young, and he didn't feel ashamed to treat the universe's will as his junior.

[You can spread your Great Dao as you wish, I will cooperate with you]

The universe's will of the Sealed Universe, which had been cheered up by Su Zhou's flattery, clearly spoke in a gentler tone: [However, your Zhuzhou Dream is not perfect enough. I think it will be a bit difficult to make it a 'phenomenon' of our universe completely.]

Su Zhou didn't mind this: "Don't worry, this is not the official version yet. It's just a pre-release to let everyone help me find bugs."

To be honest, the Zhuzhou Dream's version number was at most 0.03eA early access. Not to mention the specific content, even the UI design and interface design were missing.

According to Su Zhou's original idea, he planned to rip off the pioneer space's basic design, and then, based on the exchange list, design a set of contract blessing system to weave various benefits or difficulties for the many dreamers.

Next, he had to create some very solemn and sacred backgrounds, with world birth and death effects for each dream cycle, so that people wouldn't feel indifferent just because it was a dream—that is, to increase the 'sense of seriousness.'

Even dreaming had to be taken seriously, because if one wasn't careful, it was easy to get lost in the Zhuzhou Dream, and fall into a long slumber like the Twilight Fiends.

For the Twilight Fiends, being able to sleep peacefully in a dream was the greatest mercy... but for other dreamers, falling into the Zhuzhou Dream was death.

Of course, any benefit would not come without a price. This was also a trace of demonic nature from the origin of Su Zhou's Dao...

Great Freedom was great transcendence, and also great depravity.

The Zhuzhou Dream was a dream of great freedom. Those who aspired upwards, like He Xiaozhao, could gradually transcend and break free. When they escaped the dream, it would be a time of self-renewal, and they would no longer need to dream.

But if someone couldn't withstand the test and fell into the infinite convenience and beauty of the dream, they would be assimilated by the Zhuzhou Dream and become a wandering 'NPC' within it. Until one day, they suddenly awakened and escaped the dream, or were rescued by other dreamers, otherwise, they would sleep forever.

This was the complete version of the design.

Now, the entire dream space was a hazy gray, and everyone knew it was a dream, so naturally no one would fall into it.

Although it couldn't support dreamers in transcending, it also couldn't make dreamers fall, which was a benefit of the eA version.

As for the contract system, it was the core of Su Zhou's design for the 'Zhuzhou Dream.'

Some benign blessing contracts that needed to improve themselves could provide various benefits to dreamers.

For example, He Xiaozhao, the protection he received was 'Eternal Reincarnation' and 'Return to Youth,' which allowed him to return to the past again and again, either by doing it himself or by cultivating his past self, breaking through the many obstacles he had encountered.

In addition, there were also 'Heavenly Treasures,' 'Peerless Inheritance,' 'Supreme Sacred Body'...

Or the stars weeping and descending into his hands.

Or falling into a cliff and obtaining the supreme inheritance, thus changing his fate.

Or being born with a supreme bone and a sacred body, embarking on an invincible path.

Why did the past self fail?

Did he lack strength or have a bad mindset? Did he lack opportunities, just have bad luck, or was he really not suitable for this path and should change direction?

Su Zhou would use blessing contracts to control variables and make the many dreamers realize what they were missing that caused them to fail.

And the other 'calamity contracts' were high-level content.

Only those who no longer needed any blessing contract bonus, and could already break through all their past difficulties and completely transform themselves into a better version of themselves, that is, after becoming 'Renovation Kin,' could choose this system!

Calamity contracts were all kinds of negative debuffs.

Whether it was twenty-five times the natural disasters, or the accelerated invasion time of enemies.

Whether it was a greatly increased malice and desire to attack from all neutral enemies, or a reduced spiritual energy activity.

All of this could allow dreamers who had already achieved something and become Renovation Kin to get more trials and optimize themselves better!

"This is just the beginning."

The Dao-Harmonizing Divine Man stood within the inner side of the universe, surveying the entire Sealed Realm.

He smiled calmly: "Based on the design of the Divine Power Network, in the future, the terminal for entering the dream world will become a 'conventional magical item' that everyone in this universe civilization has."

"Everyone can enter it to train themselves and improve themselves... Even if they don't plan to train themselves, at least they can exchange experiences with many like-minded people from the myriad worlds in the dream world."

Mistakes can be made in dreams, but not in reality.

Mistakes in dreams are no longer made in reality.

That would be enough.

If Twilight was the bottom line for all 'nothingness.'

Then, Renovation would also become the bottom line for all 'mistakes.'

"This 'Zhuzhou Dream,' if perfected, can completely prove the Dao in dreams--If it becomes the official version in the future, it will be enough to serve as my second kind of 'Supreme Inheritance.'"

This Supreme Inheritance was not specifically referring to the inheritance of a Great Existence, but simply the Supreme Inheritance of the 'Zhuzhou lineage.'

If Su Zhou also achieved transcendence or even became a Great Existence in the future, then it might be more worthy of the name, and among them, those who cleared the highest level of calamity contracts could officially obtain a series of Su Zhou's Supreme Inheritance!

With the universe's will's approval, Su Zhou prepared to lift the Ending Ring's suppression of the universe's will.

At that time, he would be able to gather the fragments of the three Great Seals and completely repair the Great Seal.

Although now, all Great Existences had already, in a sense, escaped the seal.

But the foundation of sealing the multiverse lay on the Great Seal.

Repairing the Great Seal might not be able to press the Great Existences back, but it could make this multiverse more stable and solid, so that it wouldn't be shattered by their breath.

However, just as Su Zhou was about to act, he was distracted and looked towards Earth, his home.

At the same time, on Earth, the New World Exploration Department.

Inside the director's office.

Acting Director Shao Qiming had also long since entered the dream.

However, he did not immerse himself in it like the other dreamers, but unexpectedly came to a vast hall completely composed of gray mist.

Above the gray mist, countless world phantoms emerged. Shao Qiming could see that in front of him, billions upon billions of dreamers' dreams, almost endless, were transformed into light screens, displayed before his eyes.

"This is..."

Sitting on a chair that had appeared sometime ago, the young man with brown hair stroked his chin and muttered in confusion, "Administrator privileges?"

"A'Zhou, what does this mean?"

He wasn't surprised at all—Shao Qiming knew from the beginning that this change was caused by Su Zhou, so even if he was dragged into the dream, the young man wasn't flustered.

Shao Qiming had thought of many things, such as having VIP treatment in the dream world, or having extra bonuses, but he didn't expect that he would directly become an administrator: "This is not good, I'm only a Earth Immortal Realm, it is impossible to manage these things—Even if you want to elevate your friends and family, you shouldn't promote me like this!"

Why was this? He knew very well that Su Zhou wouldn't do meaningless things.

"Because I also have selfish motives."

In the dream, countless gray mists condensed, transforming into Su Zhou's figure. He clapped his hands, and an ancient long table appeared in this hall composed of endless gray mist. He sat upright on the main seat.

Su Zhou looked at his friend and smiled: "Not just you—including my parents, Uncle Shao and Aunt Wen, all my relatives and friends who are relatively familiar, they all have related permissions, so they won't be swallowed by my dream, and they won't encounter any harm in the dream."

"Elevation, it can't be considered as that, after all, administrator privileges don't have any special privileges. In the dream world, there won't be any opportunity to communicate with others. Even if there is, it's just silencing."

Saying this, the young man lowered his eyes and sighed softly: "I just want to ensure your safety."

Shao Qiming sat on the side, listening to Su Zhou's sigh, thoughtful.

"Is this selfish motive important?"

Knowing that his friend had understood what he meant, Su Zhou raised his head and smiled: "Yes, it's very important."

"After I achieved Dao-Harmonization... or rather, after I became a Celestial Venerable and entrusted my inheritance to the universe, I discovered that my perspective on everything, and my way of thinking, are gradually approaching 'Great Existence'."

"It's not to say that I'm as strong as a Great Existence, maybe it's because I was influenced by three Great Existences at that time. It's just that as I become stronger and stronger, my heart becomes more and more different from mortals. Although this is not irreversible, it's not a bad thing in itself."

"It's just... still not good enough."

At this moment, Su Zhou raised his head, he stared at the ever-changing dome in the dream gray mist hall, and Shao Qiming looked at him, and his friend could clearly see that trace of 'indifference' in Su Zhou's eyes.

It wasn't indifference to all beings, but indifference to himself.

That was the ultimate selflessness.

And the ultimate 'love'.

Staring at the dome, Su Zhou murmured softly: "I'm not afraid of becoming a divinity—just like the Lonely Sovereign said to me in the past, the reason why I have that one-sided perspective is because I can't peek through time and space and cause and effect. Without eternity, I can never understand the perspective of the eternal, and even less know what the myriad beings are like in the perspective of the eternal."

"Now, I can already understand it, a part of it, so I am already constantly innovating myself... I firmly believe that my Dao is correct, so even if I 'die,' it's not unacceptable."

"No!" Hearing this, even Shao Qiming, who had been listening quietly, couldn't help but speak.

He loudly scolded: "How can you think like this! How can you feel that it's okay if you die?!"

"You can't even think about this kind of thing! Not even in your dreams!"

"Haha."

Hearing this scolding, Su Zhou laughed instead.

From the bottom of his heart.

Some distresses can only be confided to friends and family, and only friends and family can understand.

Only friends and family would feel fear and 'rejection' from the bottom of their hearts for Su Zhou's death.

"Yes."

The young man said: "So I must have selfish motives."

"Without selfishness, there is no selflessness. Heaven and earth have no selfish motives, so they treat all things equally. Such love is equivalent to non-existence."

"I must have an anchor, anchoring the existence of 'me,' otherwise, I will completely become Renovation, not Su Zhou--Just like Yala is chaos, but chaos is not Yala. I must be Su Zhou."

Dao-Harmonizing myriad worlds sounded very powerful, far more powerful than ordinary Dao-Harmonization.

But everything has a price.

The reason why many Dao-Harmonizing beings in the myriad worlds don't Dao-Harmonize with many worlds at the same time is precisely because the Great Daos from the myriad worlds will constantly feed back to the Dao-Harmonizing beings' minds, causing them to accelerate their Dao-transformation.

A few worlds are fine, but with too many Dao-Harmonizing worlds, the maintenance strength can't keep up with the speed of assimilation, and they will definitely transform into the Dao.

How amazing was Su Zhou's mind? He was no ordinary person, and the most important reason why he was favored by Great Existences was because his mind was born extraordinary, stubborn, arrogant, extremely self-centered, and extremely convinced of his own Dao.

Only in this way can he Dao-Harmonize myriad worlds without extinguishing his own mind.

But even so, Su Zhou has now reached his limit. He returned to the Sealed Universe, one is that the Sealed Universe really needs Dao-Harmonization to hold the fort, and the same is that he needs to return to his hometown to anchor himself.

"Your existence is my anchor."