Chapter 1041: Major gains

How could Li Qi describe everything he saw before him?

He couldn't; words were already insufficient.

However, Li Qi immediately held back and didn't make any major moves.

He merely continued to observe the interaction between the Human Emperor's remains and the Desire Realm, watching how the two organically combined, or rather… reacted.

This reaction process was likely a precious, one-time-only material.

Even if the Universe restarted many, many times, such a wondrous sight might never be seen again.

How to put it? To describe it in terms that a Mortal might understand, it was like being born in the first second of the Big Bang.

At the dawn of creation, when the Universe was still a quark-gluon plasma, finding physical laws was very simple, like picking fruit from a tree.

Because almost all forces were coupled at that instant, at that moment, the Universe was undefended, and it was very easy to find all extreme physical phenomena.

But later, when the Universe cooled, to continue seeing those wondrous sights, one could only use particle colliders, accelerating a small portion of matter to extremely high-energy states to glimpse a tiny trace of the Universe's beginning.

But even the largest particle collider, such as a global particle collider, or even a galactic particle collider, could only replicate a tiny area, a small portion of a high-energy state.

You could only constantly collide, constantly accelerate, accelerate non-stop, over and over again, billions of times, observing precisely each time, and each time obtaining a fragment of a puzzle.

Even if you didn't know how many pieces the puzzle had.

You would have to work hard for many, many years.

You would have to try to piece together the puzzle itself without knowing what the original picture was, very likely making mistakes, and then having to dismantle it and reassemble it.

Each collision was like drawing a card, and it was very likely that all the cards drawn were useless; in fact, the original picture didn't have these fragments at all, and you had to discard them yourself.

Many fragments might form a beautiful picture, but this beautiful picture had almost no relation to the original one.

How to discard, how to search, colliding fragments out again and again, all for the purpose of piecing together a crude, or even erroneous, picture of creation.

But there were always people who flocked to this, because it was about exploring the Truth.

However, for beings born in the first second of the Universe, they didn't need to exert themselves so much.

They could see the original picture as soon as they opened their eyes, and its clarity was unparalleled.

Every detail was so clearly visible.

The secrets on the scroll… no, those were only secrets to later generations. Now, these fragments, which later generations would have to expend countless resources and run colliders countless times to see, were laid out perfectly intact before him, costing nothing, readily available.

This was what Li Qi saw.

This was something he might not have seen even after countless experiments and trillions of years in the Reality Universe, and now it was laid out perfectly intact before him, for him to observe at will.

Contained within it were more objective, more pure 'Laws'.

The Dao within was the way to guide himself.

The Dao outside was the way to guide the world's operation.

So-called physical laws were a manifestation of the Dao.

And here, Li Qi saw the core of the Reality Universe! He saw the astonishingly intricate structure of the Reality Universe!

In the past, when Li Qi had just reached Fourth Grade, he had already seen the intricacy of this Reality Universe.

At that time, he marveled at how rich, grand, yet so simple and elegant it was; even 'miracle' was insufficient to describe it. The world Li Qi created was simply a child's toy. (For details, see Chapter 696)

Even now, Li Qi still believed this.

The grand intricacy of the Reality Universe, with its subtle settings, remained beyond Li Qi's reach. Although he could now open up the Heavens and create complex infinities, these were still far inferior to the Reality Universe.

Li Qi's world had many, many constants set and many patches applied.

But the Reality World set only one parameter, and applied no patches at all.

One parameter, and it transformed into all things, thereby giving rise to this endless repetition of miracles.

This was a magnificent thing Li Qi could not replicate, and he still held reverence for it.

For example, Li Qi's own 'Myriad Heavens' was built up from many settings and patches. If someone tampered with the physical rules of Myriad Heavens, Myriad Heavens might contradict itself and eventually collapse.

Because among many patches, any two patches might create various loopholes, contradict each other, and even lead to a vicious cycle, ultimately causing Myriad Heavens to self-destruct.

But the Reality Universe was constantly being tampered with, from the speed of light to various physical constants, and even various Heaven-openings, and the back-and-forth manipulation of space-time and Karma laws.

With so many people messing with it, when have you ever seen the Reality Universe collapse?

This was the subtlety of the Reality Universe; it seemed to be able to accommodate all these patches without any paradoxes or collapses. Even if a vicious cycle like vacuum decay, a super disaster that would affect the entire Universe, began, the Reality Universe could quickly reset and smooth out the vacuum decay.

Moreover, this smoothing was not manipulated by someone; it was spontaneous to the Reality Universe, part of its inherent design.

Li Qi couldn't do such a thing. While he could prevent vacuum decay, he couldn't make Myriad Heavens autonomously resolve all types of vacuum decay.

He could only apply a few patches for certain vacuum decays; if something happened, he would have to manually intervene and create new patches on the spot.

But the Reality Universe had never applied a single patch.

Perfect as such.

However, as everyone knows, the Desire Realm is the summation of the Reality Universe.

The Desire Realm can simulate the Reality World with an astonishing 100% fidelity, only unable to accommodate the First Grade.

And at this moment, this method of simulation, this direct intervention by a Heavenly Demon, which deciphered the operating laws of the Reality Universe, was laid out honestly before Li Qi.

This was truly… a Heaven-sent gift package.

Li Qi greedily absorbed the knowledge within, all of which came from the fundamental layers of the Reality Universe.

Calling it the source code of the Reality Universe might be a bit off, but it should be the first layer of a virtual machine, simulated by the Heavenly Demon based on the Reality Universe's underlying architecture.

This thing was simply…

Li Qi didn't even know how to describe it.

In any case, he just kept absorbing the knowledge, comparing it to the puzzle pieces he had previously understood, and then directly delving into an incredible depth.

How many people in the entire Universe could possibly obtain such a wondrous encounter?

What a pleasant surprise.

This time it was truly unexpected. At this stage, Li Qi was no longer afraid of being manipulated.

He was already one of the strongest among the Second Grade. If his personality enjoyed causing trouble, or if he possessed some kind of overbearing aura, he could travel from one end of the Universe to the other, beating a Great Emperor every day for tens of thousands of years without repetition.

If he had a restless personality, then Li Qi's reputation abroad would definitely be associated with titles like 'Invincible Might'.

In fact, if they wished, every Second Grade, upon reviewing their own lives, would find themselves to be a super 'Dragon King' protagonist; the only difference was the specific aspect of their 'Dragon King' status.

Those who enjoyed fighting would undoubtedly have won every battle, and would continue to win, winning until the world's destruction, slaying gods and being unbeatable, breaking through all obstacles like a hot knife through butter, gaining immense fame, with countless legends about him, constantly dominating this and defeating that, setting new records every day.

Those who preferred to quietly research would also progress by leaps and bounds. They would have little news, appearing similar to ordinary people, despite being born on an unremarkable rocky planet, watching the 'Dragon King' protagonist above create new records with everyone else, eating and drinking with you. But one day, you would suddenly discover that this person had already researched FTL spacecraft and left this civilization.

The talents of the Second Grade could not be measured by common sense; their experiences were incredibly legendary, and thus the achievements they could attain were extraordinary.

Therefore, even a First Grade, wanting to manipulate the current Li Qi, would need to be meticulous and cautious, and such manipulation would be very easy for Li Qi to discover. The resulting historical turmoil would also be difficult to resolve. Furthermore, because Li Qi had participated in many First Grade operations, Li Qi's death would disrupt some of these First Grade's plans, so Li Qi would actually be protected by certain First Grade individuals.

Hence, Li Qi now felt completely secure and wasn't at all worried that this was a conspiracy.

So what if it was a conspiracy? The current Li Qi could no longer be dealt with by conspiracies; all conspiracies, when put into practice, would require a struggle at the execution level with Li Qi.

He absorbed this knowledge with a clear conscience.

Until the Human Emperor's enthronement.

After approximately one-tenth of the Human-Shaman War's progress, a new Human Emperor was finally born.

At this instant, all the Heavens trembled.

Including Myriad Heavens, which Li Qi created, it also trembled along.

A terrifying power pierced through all space-time, but the space-time of the Reality World was as stable as a rock, so it didn't tremble much, while the space-time of the Myriad Heavens was more ethereal, and thus began to tremble incessantly, with many of its laws and rules constantly collapsing, forcing Li Qi to start patching them up.

But there were also some more stable Heavens that didn't move, and Li Qi, sensing those space-times, felt a certain admiration.

Heavens that even the power of a First Grade couldn't shake—who could their Master be, and what immense power did they possess, to what extent had they understood Reality?

But no matter what, it was all over.

Li Qi felt a force rushing towards the Human Emperor's remains in his hand.

It seemed the other party was still unwilling to let go.

However, Li Qi had already anticipated this, so he decisively let go, allowing that force to snatch the Human Emperor's remains back.

If there was a real need… hmm, should he consider going to the Human Emperor's mausoleum complex and digging up some graves?

As is well known, the Human Emperor has a mausoleum complex where successive Human Emperors are buried.

Moreover, Li Qi happened to have studied the structure of this mausoleum complex during Zhu Fengdan's crash course earlier. (For details, see Chapter 1014)

But, that could wait. For now, Li Qi didn't need it; his gains were enough for him to digest for a very long time.

The Human Emperor's remains were taken away.

Li Qi, meanwhile, savored the knowledge in his mind.

Then, he gently squeezed his Myriad Heavens, and new rules began to infuse it. Myriad Heavens gradually became more 'reasonable', requiring fewer patches, and its overall operation became smoother.

Li Qi's Inner World also made new progress based on these changes.

Evidently, Li Qi's Divine Ability grew stronger, and he could influence more things.

“Phew.” Li Qi walked out of his secluded cultivation chamber.

Though in reality, the chamber served no purpose; it was just a place, and being in or out of it didn't really matter.

Outside, Shen Shuibi was still engaged in Alchemy.

Seeing Li Qi emerge, she glanced at him, but didn't pay him any mind.

Li Qi's secluded cultivation was a common occurrence, nothing special about it.

There was no one else at home.

Li Tian De had also grown up; many, many years had passed since Li Qi went into seclusion, so the child should have grown up by now, right?

Theoretically, Li Qi had actually sent out quite a few avatars, which accounted for a significant portion of his growth experience.

However, Li Qi also knew that the importance of offspring was too low for him.

The matter of Bloodline Legacy was becoming less and less important to Li Qi. In fact, Li Qi had no expectation that his offspring would inherit his Dao path, and he couldn't care less whether his Bloodline would be passed down.

If he truly cared about Bloodline Legacy, he could manifest billions of offspring with just a drop of blood, so it didn't matter at all.

In fact, Li Qi was not thinking of Li Tian De right now, but of La Qi.

It had been a long time since he had seen his Disciple; it was time to go check on him.

He wondered if he had gone astray.

Thinking this, Li Qi greeted Shen Shuibi, then headed out.

With the good mood from his recent Breakthrough, Li Qi took a step and arrived next to La Qi.

He had already placed a mark on La Qi, so as long as La Qi wasn't shielded, he could instantly reach La Qi's side with his eyes closed, no matter where he was.

If La Qi encountered any problems, he could also directly summon Li Qi to descend from the Heavens.

However, there had been no need for Li Qi to descend so far.

La Qi was startled, his body trembling, and he instantly turned into a shaking, transparent mosaic.

“Am I that scary?” Li Qi picked him up, then squeezed and reshaped him back into human form.

La Qi gasped for breath: “Master… no, why do you have the time to come here?”

“Is there something wrong here?” Li Qi looked around.

Huh?

Where was this place?

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