CHAPTER 37: CHAPTER 36: VERSION CHANGE VALUE AND REPLACING HEAVEN WITH HUMANS

The entire "Heavenly Dao Discussion" revolves around the speculation of the Heavenly Dao’s replacement, but to others, it seems completely absurd.

In the Cultivation Realm, countless living fossils have witnessed the vicissitudes of life and the passage of time. If the Heavenly Dao were to be replaced, would these living fossils not know?

The orthodoxy of the Cultivation Realm has been passed down since ancient times, undergoing several great catastrophes, yet the lineage remains clear. If the Heavenly Dao were replaced, those lineages would inevitably be affected.

However, from the historical results, the so-called replacement of the Heavenly Dao has never occurred in the Cultivation Realm; this is precisely why cultivators believe these words are absurd.

Moreover, the higher one’s cultivation, the closer they are to the Heavenly Dao, unable to escape its binding. Such statements, to some extent, deny the current cultivation system.

This idea can be considered treasonous, no wonder it is seen as madness by others.

But in Lu Yan’s eyes, all this has another explanation.

Having experienced numerous version updates, Lu Yan is well aware that once an update descends, everything but the unchanging will change with the world version update, even the underlying rules cannot escape the constraints.

Everyone is within the chessboard, unable to break free, only able to evolve with the version changes, isn’t this precisely what is described in the "Heavenly Dao Discussion" as the Heavenly Dao’s replacement?

If it were just this, it would be fine, but the speculation in the last paragraph of the "Heavenly Dao Discussion" truly enlightened Lu Yan.

[With oneself unchanging, guide the replacement of the Heavenly Dao, replacing Heaven with man!]

This is a crazy idea, but now Lu Yan sees a glimmer of possibility.

As the only unchanging person in the world, Lu Yan can, to some extent, influence the direction of the next version update, but this is far from replacing Heaven with man.

What Lu Yan does is simply choose one of the three options in a version update; in the end, the world still operates according to the rules of version updates.

The true foundation of replacing Heaven with man lies in the value of version changes!

"Each version represents a kind of Heavenly Dao, a direction of world evolution. Originally, everything ran under the predetermined framework of the Heavenly Dao.

But as the unchanging one, I possess abilities beyond the current world version. When I display abilities beyond the version in this version, the original order of the Heavenly Dao has been disrupted.

In the urban version without any extraordinary abilities, I comprehended and practiced cultivation methods to become the only cultivator in this world, obtaining a 3% version change value.

During the apocalypse, I slaughtered more than ten thousand zombies. Although this number is not much compared to the entire apocalypse world, the act of separating the souls of zombies with vengeful spirits is eradicating the foundation of the apocalypse, which also brought a 0.2% version change value."

"These two world versions have already changed under my influence. If the version change value reaches 100%, does it mean that my actions have changed the world version, creating a new version?

Can this method be called replacing Heaven with man?"

Lu Yan looked at the "Heavenly Dao Discussion" in his hand, immensely excited.

The reason he keeps choosing to traverse different versions, using every means to enhance his strength, is due to the crisis of world version changes.

In the great tide of version changes, individual strength is too weak; even with a three-choice option, absolute safety cannot be assured.

Especially after several version updates, Lu Yan finds that the complexity of these versions has already exceeded his expectations.

Just a few version updates have brought about dangerous versions like the mysterious, Martial God, and strange tales.

Imagine, what if there is a version with Dao mysteries, strange tales, and a resurgence of the mysterious three options, where could Lu Yan go with his current strength but to meet his doom?

Lu Yan is not afraid of the high power system in world versions, but fears these versions being too chaotic and difficult to control.

And now the replacement of Heaven with man described in the "Heavenly Dao Discussion," combined with the version change value he has encountered, gives Lu Yan a real chance to touch the essence of world version updates.

Turning to the front page of "Heavenly Dao Discussion," Lu Yan only saw the author’s name.

Zhao Huowang.

A very ordinary name.

According to He Dongsheng, Zhao Huowang is just an ordinary person from a Mortal Dynasty. After writing the "Heavenly Dao Discussion," people regarded him as a madman.

But Lu Yan believes Zhao Huowang definitely sensed something to write such a seemingly treasonous "Heavenly Dao Discussion."

"According to the book, the higher one’s cultivation, the more one is bound by the Xianxia version, difficult to perceive the changes brought by version updates.

Instead, being an ordinary person like Zhao Huowang gives more hope to glimpse the truth of version updates."

"Madman? Genius? Perhaps there’s only a fine line between them."

Lu Yan sighed inwardly, putting the "Heavenly Dao Discussion" into his storage bag.

Although he found the idea of replacing Heaven with man, this method is unsuitable in the Xianxia version.

The Xianxia version is a version with extremely high power levels, where a Golden Core True Person can wipe out cities with a wave of the hand; Lu Yan’s cultivation foundation is also from the Xianxia version.

With Lu Yan’s current strength, the influence he can have on the Xianxia version is negligible, making it difficult to cause change in the Xianxia version.

The only hope at the current stage is still in the urban version, that is where Lu Yan can truly exert his capabilities.

However, before that, Lu Yan still needs to remedy his own shortcomings in the Xianxia version and enhance his cultivation strength.

Opening the "Tier One Magic Skill Collection," Lu Yan began to carefully study these low-level spells.

...

Half a month later, in the Middle Grade Cave Mansion where Lu Yan lived, a green glow flew up and down within the cave mansion, moving so fast that it was hard to catch with the naked eye.

The glow streaked across the walls of the cave mansion, effortlessly penetrating the hard rock, leaving a deep scratch on it.

In the center of the cave mansion, Lu Yan gestured with his right hand to retrieve the green glow back to his palm, which upon closer inspection was actually a finely crafted jade sword.

During this half month, Lu Yan had been cultivating in seclusion.

Whenever hungry, he ate a Spirit Stone or three bottles of Grain Avoidance Pill, and when thirsty, he drank pure water condensed by the Water Condensation Technique, dedicating all his energy to practicing spells.

Thanks to Lu Yan practicing cultivation for three months in the apocalypse version, during which he absorbed Moonlight Spiritual Qi to strengthen his soul, Lu Yan’s control over Magical Power far surpasses that of ordinary Qi Cultivation cultivators.

Moreover, most of the spells in the "Tier One Magic Skill Collection" were developed for the convenience of cultivators in daily life, with most being of low or middle grade, and none of high grade.

For Lu Yan, there were almost no bottlenecks in practicing them.

In just half a month, Lu Yan had mastered the commonly used spells.

In addition, Lu Yan spent a few days refining the middle-grade flying sword obtained from his storage bag.

Initially, Lu Yan wanted to sell this middle-grade flying sword, but then he considered that the flying sword was related to the Red Lotus Demon Sect and could not be easily sold.

Moreover, aside from the Hundred Soul Banner, Lu Yan had no conventional offensive means.

The spells in the "Tier One Magic Skill Collection" were too low-level to be used against adversaries, so Lu Yan chose to refine the magical flying sword as a supplement to his offensive methods.

"After all, I cannot think of using the Hundred Soul Banner to kill everyone present every time I encounter danger, right?"