The child nodded, "That must be a young chess player, but with quite uncommon talent."

"Perhaps," the old man chuckled, "I hope the opponent can be interesting. Other Celestial Venerables think it's a setup by the Venerable of Creation, but I know he's a newcomer, even with little strength, empty rules without actual combat power at the Celestial Venerable level."

The other Celestial Venerables couldn't see this, but he saw it clearly.

In fact, he guessed it all from the clues; the truth was mostly as he suspected!

If Fu Qingjun heard his words here and combined them with his experiences, he would understand all historical truths.

The description of the old rival's layout undoubtedly refers to: the Vortex Country!

Back then, the Vortex Country used two time rule fragments, the Sovereign spent the nation's strength to create the Time Ancient Ship, traveling between past and future times, across the universe, fishing for some supreme rule everywhere.

The final catch was likely the "Life Creation Rule."

Rotary Country was aware that they would surely face destruction!

So, when the destruction came, they let the Time Ancient Ship escape with the seed of the Life Rule, fleeing to a distant future, eventually allowing oneself to obtain the ancient ship.

The Life Rule fragment seed within the ancient ship was acquired by oneself.

Thus, upon acquiring the ancient ship, one's hair transformed wildly, rooting into the heads of the masses, altering their species' forms, evolving them, precisely because of fusion with this "Creation Rule."

The ability to host the Divine Demon Night Banquet and transform other creatures is also for this reason.

With one's continuous growth, even traveled to the era of the great flood, extracting life force from countless strong beings through extensive slaughter, the Life Rule seed completely developed into a rule fragment, becoming the Venerable of Creation.

Indeed, this was the layout of the Vortex Country.

However, because Fu Qingjun accidentally let Jiaxia use the Time Ancient Ship, oneself hardly used it, leading the opponent to think Jiaxia was the legitimate heir of the Vortex Country. Later, oneself metaphorically shed the golden cicada, giving the ancient ship to Jiaxia again, leading them to chase Jiaxia...

So, they don't know the origin of this Creation Rule and don't realize it's the Vortex Country's backup plan.

In their eyes, Jiaxia is the legitimate heir.

While oneself...

Has always been hidden in the shadows, without anyone knowing the true identity, even unaware of the origin of this Creation Rule.

Even a mighty elder who has plotted for eons merely speculates it to be a layout left by some bygone entity!

The old man sighed, "At present, the weight of the Venerable of Creation, such a grand momentum, is the realm laid by that country for him, a chess move spanning hundreds of billions of years."

"Their wisdom is terrifying, their calculations celestial; knowing to kill us would require leveraging the grand trend of heaven and earth, to let this rule appear at the most suitable time, creating a massive momentum. Using this Life Rule, enacting the mortal's authority to slay gods, perfectly reversing positions, forcing Celestial Venerables to reincarnate, abandoning their godly positions cultivated for hundreds of billions of years."

"It seems, the master hasn't been this interested in quite some time." The child smiled.

The old man stood up, full of compassion, "Almost time for you to reincarnate. The most frightening aspect of this chess match is that the opponent is overturning our Celestial Venerable rule in this era. Once the wall collapses, everyone pushes; the rebels of this era will certainly seize this chance to crazily overthrow us. This match is set for the rebels of this era; the Venerable of Creation is still a newcomer, the troublesome ones aren't him, the truly clever and frightening Nether Celestial Venerable, Void Celestial Venerable… they know this match is built for them and have already returned from beyond the realm."

Though the rebelling Celestial Venerables don't know this was set by an ancient civilization, believing it's set by the contemporary Venerable of Creation, they recognize him highly... but they've indeed grasped the opportunity.

"They're taking advantage of the chaos. As rules they return entirely, the new universe is about to be fully established, heaven and earth will be created. They want to catch us off guard, cement us in the primordial god position as the universe is built. We must quickly change god positions and escape into the mortal realm; time is running out."

Once trapped in god positions, they would be primordial gods.

No matter how powerful, they would face overthrow because the version of life among the masses has updated, granting them the authority to 'slay gods.' Sooner or later, they will be jointly extracted from the universe by the masses, suppressed on that day.

Just like how these civilizations of old once drew out rules one by one from the cosmic membrane.

Only then, those little bits of rules fled unconsciously; now rules bear self-awareness, being eternally suppressed would be more torturous!

Internally treated as a Nascent Soul, suppressed from all directions by billions of cellular soldiers; just imagining it is terrifying.

"But… this ancient, astonishing chess match has exhausted its foundation. Paving the way for the Venerable of Creation to this point has reached its limit. The rest is up to him, whether he can make something of himself…"

"Heh?"

The old man's gaze lowered, suddenly laughed, "Hope, the heirs of such ancient folks who laid this chess match aren't worthless, failing their intentions."

Ah Qiu!

Fu Qingjun was eating at the table when he sneezed unprecedentedly.

Recently he also realized why he sneezed frequently,

Through those continual "pleasant exchanges" lately, it seems those lofty Celestial Venerables are craving his body, pondering over him.

"No wonder they're lofty Celestial Venerables, holding core rules of the universe, embodiments of the Celestial Dao, darlings of the Dao. Just pondering can curse me." Fu Qingjun was speechless.

I, this little mortal, am still trembling with fear, what virtue or ability to attract the attention of these great figures?

After all, I am quite self-aware.

Though currently titled Celestial Venerable, it's merely a name without real combat prowess, only slightly better than an ordinary Saint. In the divine realm, I can't even beat the weakest "Lamp Holder" like the Master of Bright Light.

Utterly weak.

Across the Cosmic Continent, each Celestial Venerable claims they had pleasant exchanges with me; I am actually bewildered.

This situation is like every dragon excitedly claiming familiarity with some ant while that ant is lost on the ground, too small to be found.

This discord is odd.

"What in the world is happening among Celestial Venerables?"

Fu Qingjun lay in the canteen, pondering deeply, unaware that his small butterfly effect induced the Celestial Venerables across the universe to fight for him, even forcing them to reincarnate,

"Hmm, I hear two Celestial Venerables returned, saying I called them back, but I don't know their experiences or identities too well."

He thought for a moment, then sighed.

Limited vision and realm, the only source of information is folk gossip from street and neighborhood chatter, unable to gather any other information.

Too tragic.

"But surely, both chaotic and prosperous times are arriving. The entire land will inevitably be turbulent, a new universe fully established, the era of creation will come. Better contemplate my strength first, ensuring my safety is paramount." Fu Qingjun muttered as he ate, beginning to study his current strength,

"I couldn't fight those Celestial Venerables; one strand of their hair could crush me. Without power, there's no voice; they make rumors, but I couldn't reveal myself for a 'press conference' to clarify, better to focus on enhancing my strength first."

"The seventh-tier Life Rule has already spread; how does a seventh-tier Rule Saint cultivate? I need to study up." Fu Qingjun whispered.

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