Chapter 2249: Chapter 2249: The Origin of Everything (Grand Finale)
"Hmm, where is this place?" Du You slowly opened his eyes, and before him was complete darkness. However, Du You quickly adjusted and could tell that he was in a cave.
"Master, you’re finally awake, that’s great." Suddenly, a slightly hoarse voice came from beside his ear.
Turning his head, Du You saw it was Lin Yushi and Lin Yucha, but both of them looked unwell, covered in scars and their breaths weak.
Du You knew that this was because the two sisters were injured by the World Origin’s power earlier; in fact, he was the same. Otherwise, given his physique, he wouldn’t feel so weak.
However, he had accomplished what he needed to do. Destroying a tier 10 world, the Power of Destruction required for advancement was fully replenished. While others might not know, Du You could feel it himself.
In his hand, he still tightly gripped that World’s Origin. With this, he could create a new tier 10 world, and then, by combining their powers, he would reach tier 10. The injuries on the two sisters and himself carried tier 10 auras, and relying on his own strength, he didn’t know how long it would take to dispel them.
But once he advanced, he would be able to recover quickly.
"By the way, where is this place?" Du You spoke again, slowly sitting up.
"This is Earth." The two sisters exchanged glances, seemingly incredulous but still said it. "However, it’s not the original Earth, but a different one."
Du You was taken aback; had he traveled through time again? But it didn’t seem right. Opening his senses, Du You found that the aura of this Earth was not much different from the one he had been on. If there were any differences, it was that it was much weaker.
This Earth was only a tier 1 world. Although it was a real world and an exceptional one at that, being tier 1 was too weak. The original Earth was a tier 10 world.
Wait, something didn’t feel right.
"Let’s go out and have a look." Du You held the two sisters’ hands; in their current state, they wouldn’t encounter any danger in such a world. Soon, the three found themselves outside.
This Earth was of a normal size, just like the world Du You had traveled through from. There hadn’t been any Earth expansion, yet the backdrop of this era was entirely different.
"During the time when the Da Ming’s founder was unifying the world, wait a minute, if I remember correctly, the world’s mutation started happening around this time, right?" Du You suddenly spoke.
Lin Yucha nodded, saying, "That’s right, in this era, after Da Ming’s founder established the Ming Dynasty, the world suddenly mutated, then entered a new epoch. The evolution of the five major alliances also began from this time."
Du You seemed to have realized something: "Hahahaha, so that’s how it is, so that’s how it is, it was all my doing."
Du You understood, and then dragged the two sisters to the Earth’s core, easily finding its Origin. "Well then, let’s make use of it." After tempering the World’s Origin in his hand, Du You injected it into the Earth’s core. In an instant, Earth’s power started expanding, and the entire world began to mutate.
"Next, we’ll rest here and heal properly, and after a few hundred years, we can return to our era." The two sisters nodded gently, but suddenly the Earth began to shake.
"Not good, Earth’s level is too low to withstand this power."
Not only is Earth’s strength insufficient, but this world’s level is also inadequate. Du You patted his head; he had been too eager. Oh well, he’ll rely on himself now. Du You sat in front of the World’s Origin, then used his power to control and let the power release slowly, transforming the world bit by bit to avoid causing problems from happening too fast.
But for the next few hundred years, Du You couldn’t leave this place either.
Now Du You was more certain that Earth’s mutation was due to him.
It’s even possible that because he originally didn’t belong to this world, he could cross time to come here and make changes. Crossing time directly back to his own era wasn’t impossible either.
But Du You could feel that if he forced himself to do so, it would lead to a series of unknown consequences. Plus, his breakthrough and recovery also required time, which was the actual reason Du You stayed here.
The three of them were not entirely idle here, as they still had a doppelganger. Casually creating one that wasn’t very strong, they sent it out to explore the world.
"Master, look, that person looks familiar."
One day, while exploring, Du You saw a scholar nearly starved to death. Du You walked over and took a closer look: "Isn’t this Venerable Ming? I never expected that before becoming Venerable Ming, he was like this."
Nearing death, Venerable Ming naturally had an aura of death around him, which was probably why he later walked the path of death.
Du You casually helped him recover slightly, then thought for a bit, injecting a special cultivation method into Venerable Ming’s mind. "Let me see how your path evolves."
Du You looked up, and by now Earth had already connected with some of the weaker worlds outside. In a little while, people would be randomly chosen and sent to explore other worlds.
Time slowly passed, and on Earth, Du You saw many people he knew or had heard of, who were later influential figures or greatly contributed to Earth.
To these people, Du You didn’t hesitate to lend a hand, and simultaneously, Du You’s reputation spread.
No one knew Du You’s identity; all they knew was a powerful being was protecting Earth. "Perhaps, the mysterious strongest one in their eyes is indeed myself." A mystery solved by Du You.
All along, the one regarded as Earth’s strongest never appeared. Only when Earth faced danger did he show up to help, then disappear, leaving no trace of his true appearance ever seen.
Many believed this person didn’t exist, but now it seemed it was indeed himself.
After some more time, Xiaobai, who suffered in Du You’s space, awoke. Du You let Xiaobai come out, and they traveled together on this newborn Earth.
Xiaobai quickly accepted his current situation, especially with Du You by his side.
A hundred years passed, and the world finally stabilized. On this day, Du You released his control, letting Earth develop on its own.
"Now I understand why Earth’s will feels so friendly to us." Du You smiled, seemingly grasping something. Looking up, the massive force of creation was sweeping in.
Du You closed his eyes, absorbing it. When he opened them again, the aura around him had completely vanished.
"Master, have you successfully advanced now?"
Du You nodded slightly, "Yes, I have surpassed everything and succeeded in reaching tier 10, but this might only be a beginning." Saying so, Du You implanted some basic configurations into Earth’s will.
Using himself as a reference, he set his current level to 91, with the maximum level being 100.
The complete level wasn’t the 90 that later people thought but rather the one he set.
From this day, Earth entered a phase of rapid expansion and exploration, with countless legendary stories unfolding everywhere, ushering in the Great Exploration Era.
"Next, we’ll just wait. It will take a few hundred years to reunite with others."
"This time isn’t that long; we just need to wait a bit," Lin Yushi said with a smile. Their lifespans were eternal; this time was just a brief adjustment before reunion.
