What is the origin?
Lin Yu exchanged words with the system for a long time, still completely bewildered.
He knew that the origin was the birthplace of living beings, the place where they first arrived in this world.
It was the beginning of life, and the origin of all beings, but what was the meaning of this origin?
He pondered for too long and still found nothing.
"No, the origin is not necessarily a place. It might be a state of mind, a state of mind that sees through the life and death of events, and sees through fate."
"Everyone has an origin. When we are just born, our minds and bodies are the purest. But from the moment we step into the human world, we are contaminated by the aura of the mortal realm. Washing away these impurities might allow us to understand our true nature and see the origin."
He muttered to himself.
He had too many thoughts in his mind, so he could only test them one by one.
To understand the origin, he borrowed the Wheel of Reincarnation from the Lord of Reincarnation. He spent thousands of years comprehending the Great Dao of Reincarnation, understanding its truth, even more profoundly than the Lord of Reincarnation.
The origin was the moment of birth. He then researched the Great Dao of Life, comprehending its essence.
He discovered that life is a state, an activity of the soul.
He then studied the Great Dao of Death and found that death is silence.
Life and death, one moving and one still, conform to the principles of Yin and Yang.
These truths gave him a sense of enlightenment.
But he found that none of them could lead him to the origin.
Where the origin was, remained a mystery to him.
He sat on the mountaintop, feeling the mountain wind, and sighed endlessly.
Suddenly, he heard footsteps behind him.
Tramp, tramp, tramp!
A middle-aged man walked over.
The man held a pot of wine in his left hand and grilled meat in his right, eating with great relish. After taking a bite, he did not forget to invite Lin Yu to share the feast: "Want some?"
This person was none other than the mysterious man who had been devoured by the insect mother.
He had been imprisoned by the insect mother for countless years, and finally, he was swallowed by her. However, before she could digest him, Lin Rong attacked.
After the insect mother died, Lin Yu rescued the dying mysterious man.
Although a large part of his strength had been stripped away by the insect mother, his power was rapidly recovering daily after coming back to life.
This mysterious man was also not weak; he was a powerhouse at the Root Realm. He had been imprisoned alone in the Starry Sky Prison, a Root-level treasure of the insect mother, which now belonged to Lin Yu.
Over the years, Lin Yu had not found any other Root Realm powerhouses. He knew that in the Land of Origin, there were probably only the two of them at the Root Realm.
After all, to break through to the Root Realm, one needed Origin Qi. Origin Qi was rare, and no one knew where to find it.
Therefore, those who could break through to the Root Realm were all existences where both luck and strength were indispensable.
"You guy, you only know how to eat all day!" Lin Yu pouted and teased him.
The two had become quite familiar and often joked like this, and the mysterious man did not get angry.
"Haha, life, you have to have some fun," the mysterious man said, completely unbothered, and laughed heartily.
Lin Yu smiled and said, "Don't forget, you are not human!"
"Hey, you brat, you just like to tease me. By the way, have you found the place of origin yet?" He put down the grilled meat and said seriously.
The mysterious man did not know about the origin's location at first; Lin Yu told him later.
After learning about the origin's location, he also spent a lot of time searching and comprehending, but found nothing. So, he simply drank and ate meat every day, living a carefree life.
Lin Yu was different. He wanted to find the origin, so he immersed himself in comprehension every day.
Not only was he comprehending, but his countless clones were also comprehending.
With so many clones, even if he did nothing, various novel insights would flow into his mind daily, constantly improving his state of mind and experience.
This was his advantage.
He believed that given enough time in the world, he would definitely be able to comprehend it.
But, after so many years, he still found nothing. Instead, he felt a sense of falling into a heart demon, which made him disheartened.
"Alas, I haven't found it yet!" He lowered his head slightly, sighing in his heart.
The mysterious man heard this and chuckled, "I suggest that since you can't find it, why don't you try studying it from a different angle?"
Lin Yu's heart stirred, and he quickly asked, "Please elaborate."
The mysterious man said, "I think that since the origin is our origin, perhaps it requires a certain amount of worldly experience, a certain level of comprehension, and a certain life experience to realize it."
"You have countless clones. Why not let all your clones experience the mortal world? Your insights will naturally increase exponentially. When your insights and state of mind improve, perhaps quantity will lead to a qualitative change, and you will be able to see the origin!"
This was just his conjecture, casually spoken, and he did not expect Lin Yu to actually do it.
He did not have clones, so he could only comprehend by himself. Even if he created some avatars, they did not have the capabilities of Lin Yu's clones. Therefore, this method was only usable by Lin Yu.
Lin Yu's heart stirred upon hearing this.
"Thank you, fellow Daoist. I will give it a try."
The mysterious man was stunned for a moment, then shook his head and sighed, "Alas, perhaps there will be a harvest after all!"
With that, he sat down on a rock and leisurely drank in the mountain breeze.
...
Time flew by.
In the blink of an eye, billions of years passed.
In the Land of Origin, within the Endless Domain, the Nine Ring Domain quietly rose, swallowing countless domains.
A domain even vaster than the former Insect Domain appeared before all beings.
And in a colossal world within this Nine Ring Domain, a young man sat cross-legged, motionless.
He had been sitting there for billions of years.
He did not move even an inch, regardless of the wind and thunder.
This scene, observed by the middle-aged man, who, while drinking wine, muttered to himself:
"Your clones are spread across all domains, taking on various forms and races, and have been struggling in the mortal world for billions of years. Is your worldly experience still not enough?!"
"Alas, since you've been gone, no one has been here to drink with me. It's so boring!"
The mysterious man sat down on a rock, muttering to himself.
At this moment.
Lin Yu was completely immersed in the boundless aura of the mortal world.
Although he had not entered the mortal world himself, his clones were constantly transmitting countless worldly insights into his mind.
Over the countless years, his worldly experience and his comprehension had improved immensely.
If he was a naive child before, he was now like an elder who had weathered the storms of time and seen through everything.
"Life, born and then dies!"
"We come from the origin and go towards the destination!"
"The origin is birth, and the destination is death."
"I am on my way to the destination, searching for news of the origin!"
"I understand!"
Suddenly!
He opened his eyes.
The mysterious man was startled.
"You kid, why are you so jumpy? Judging by your appearance, you've had a breakthrough?"
Lin Yu nodded, stood up, and looked into the distance.
"What exactly have you comprehended?"
Lin Yu smiled and pointed to a bird flying in the distance, saying, "Where do they come from?"
"From over the mountain, perhaps?" the mysterious man replied uncertainly.
"Where are they going?"
"To the other side of the mountain?"
Lin Yu smiled.
He laughed heartily.
"Am I wrong?" the mysterious man asked, looking embarrassed.
Lin Yu nodded.
"You are absolutely right!" he said with a smile. "They come from this side of the mountain and go to the other side. One side is the origin, and the other is the destination!"
"The origin is birth, and the destination is death."
"But since we have already set out from the origin, we are bound to head towards the destination."
"Only by finding the destination can we see the origin, which is why finding the origin is so difficult!"
Once one leaves the origin, they irreversibly move towards the destination. How can one return to the origin?
The mysterious man was confused.
"What are you talking about? Have you found the origin or not?"
Lin Yu nodded.
The mysterious man quickly asked, "Tell me quickly, where is the origin?"
Lin Yu pointed to his heart and said, "It's here!"
The mysterious man looked constipated. "That's your heart, not the origin."
"This is the origin. If you don't believe me, look!" Lin Yu said with a smile.
The next moment, the scenery before the mysterious man's eyes changed drastically.
He found himself in a strange land.
Here, he saw many old men, frail and nearing death, as if they could die at any moment.
"This is the destination!" Lin Yu said.
The mysterious man nodded. He understood now; this was the twilight of life, and these old men represented those on the verge of death.
Suddenly, the scene shifted again.
Infants appeared before his eyes, and Lin Yu smiled, saying, "This is the origin!"
The mysterious man stood there in shock, muttering, "So this is the origin!"
Lin Yu smiled and said, "The origin is hidden in the river of destiny, and human comprehension is the key to unlocking it. You can also comprehend it yourself. To go to the origin, you must first go to the destination. After experiencing death, you can go upstream and see the place of origin."
"Furthermore, I am no longer at the Root Realm! I am at the Infinite Realm!"
"The Infinite Realm is the next realm, where one can freely enter the origin."
"I have completely mastered life and death, and mastered my own destiny!"
The mysterious man was struck by lightning and stood there stunned.
Suddenly, Lin Yu disappeared before his eyes.
At this moment, Lin Yu flew above the Land of Origin, growing larger and stronger.
Finally, the entire Land of Origin became like a small marble in his hand.
At this time, the system's voice sounded again.
"Ding, congratulations to the host for breaking through to the Infinite Realm on your own. From now on, the host has completely mastered life and death. The host is the master of life and death and can arbitrarily modify the destiny of all things."
Lin Yu nodded.
He raised a finger and lightly tapped the void.
Instantly, a marble identical to the Land of Origin formed before his eyes.
Then, one marble after another appeared, and soon there were tens of thousands of marbles.
These marbles were all Land of Origins.
He picked up a marble and brought it closer to observe. Within the marble, countless domains were circulating, and countless beings were being born.
"I gave the Land of Origin an origin, and thus, the Land of Origin was born!"
"The origin is actually transcending the Land of Origin and becoming its creator."
He sighed, filled with infinite emotion.
After tens of thousands of years of cultivation, he had finally reached the pinnacle of the world, feeling both a sense of loss and pride.
Boom!
Suddenly, a loud roar sounded above his head.
He looked up.
It was a pair of giant eyes, calmly looking at him.
...
The End of the Book!
This book began in July 2022 and concluded at the end of April this year, spanning nine months.
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