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Chapter 1824 Martial Arts, the Path of Destiny (Long Chapter, Requesting Monthly Tickets)
If all the 'Tao' in a world were created by martial artists, wouldn't that be creation itself?

While pondering, He Ao sensed the illusory divine consciousness within his body.

In fact, the cost of this pre-made 'Genesis' experience is not low.

He Ao's accumulated ethereal divine consciousness during his advancement was almost completely exhausted in this process, merging into the rules of the new underworld. However, when he returned to the main world, this divine consciousness would be continuously replenished by the main world, so it was not a big problem.

If one can find a way to connect the world of the Dao with oneself, and cleverly utilize the power of the world of the Dao during the creation process, it seems that it is not a pipe dream for a martial artist to achieve 'creation'.

Of course, the prerequisite is that the martial artist must understand the rules of all worlds and be able to create similar rules based on them, possessing the knowledge to construct the rules of the entire world from scratch.

Even if this knowledge were simply left there, it would probably take a martial artist a very long time to learn it.

This level of difficulty is almost impossible to achieve.

However, if we set aside all the preconditions and difficulties, based on the characteristics of martial artists' abilities, 'creation' does seem to be a path that can continue.

Judging from the fact that Death created the Underworld and the New Underworld, creation in the universe is not entirely impossible.

Gods have their way of creating the world, and martial artists have their way of creating the world.

So, having one's own world is the next stage of martial arts?
From being the world's representative to becoming the world itself?

From the chosen one to destiny itself?

He Ao didn't know if this path was the right one, but judging from the current situation, it was the only viable path for him in the martial arts world.

He still hasn't figured out the last two pages of the little martial arts book he initially received.

The second to last page consists of blurry lines, in which there are no longer human figures, only drifting clouds and radiance.

It's abstract, like a character card from a system.

However, He Ao understood the meaning of the key elements of the character cards in the system. He Ao had experienced events related to the character cards and could decipher the metaphors in the character cards.

This martial arts manual is missing too much; he can't piece together the earlier parts or understand the later ones. He can only guess that it might be related to some kind of abstract realm.

As for the last page of the martial arts book, it was even more abstract, consisting of a dense cluster of tiny dots and some vaguely defined words.

I just can't understand that at all.

However, given that there are no clear records or legends about martial arts usurpers in the world of the dungeon, the contents of the martial arts book may not be entirely accurate.

But in any case, having reached this point, he will almost have to figure out the rest of the road himself.

At present, the only path He Ao can think of is creation, but this path is obviously very difficult to achieve.

This feels even more difficult than advancing to godhood through the talent sequence.

After all, the only people he had encountered who could create worlds were Death and the wizard from the system's reward backstory. Moreover, the wizard didn't seem to be a complete creator; rather, he captured a small world and modified its laws.

But then again.

If the goal is to control a world and shape all its rules with martial arts, perhaps one doesn't need to take the most difficult path of creation?
As he pondered, a flash of inspiration struck He Ao.

Can we just use the existing world?

If you use an existing, controlled world, then using martial arts to 'create rules' becomes using martial arts to 'reshape rules'.

Having a reference point makes it much simpler to repair and reshape the world by comparing it with the original rules, than to start from scratch.

Perhaps for those who possess the knowledge of creation, creation is easier than repair, but Heo's problem is that he does not have this knowledge.

By referencing the rules of a world, modifying and reshaping them, one can actually master this knowledge.

The knowledge he gained from the memories of the skeletal giant regarding the creation of the 'new underworld' can help him penetrate the bottom of the world and complete the most difficult first step.

So where is there a world that Heo can try to reshape?

He Ao possesses such a world, the martial arts world within the Trapped Fate Disc.

Although that world was completely destroyed by the power left behind by a good friend, it was still much better than nothing.

With his thoughts now clear, He Ao let out a slight sigh of relief.

In a sense, the experience he gained from this 'creation' in the dungeon world can be considered priceless.

After all, not just anyone can create a world at will. Even the Grim Reaper needs to prepare for so long. This experience, which far exceeds his current level, has fundamentally broadened his horizons, allowing him to see higher levels and explore some of the paths ahead.

Although the difficulty of the dungeons increases, and you encounter more and more gods and even higher beings, the dungeons also become more and more dangerous.

But along with these dangers come a multitude of unimaginable opportunities.

He Ao gathered his thoughts and looked at the card in his field of vision.

As he gazed at it, a line of text appeared.

[Would you like to pay 24 Exchange Stars to exchange for 'The Dead'? (Your current available Exchange Stars: 19.5)]

what?
He Ao glanced at the remaining 19.5 exchange stars.

Is it reasonable that 'abnormal' only has 18 stars, while 'deceased' has 24 stars?

Are these two really that different?

Hmm, it seems there is a slight difference.

The dead carry with them a world.

Although Heo didn't actually experience the feeling of being the creator, after all, Hawke's body power was completely exhausted as soon as he stabilized the new underworld, and he returned to the main world.

In fact, Heo himself didn't know what the new underworld looked like.

Currently, it seems that apart from him exchanging for the 'Dead' character card, he has no chance of entering the new underworld, after all, that is the world of the dead.

However, judging from his final perception, the new underworld should have covered the entire copy world as scheduled, or at least the entire territory of the Federation.

The mutation rate among the dead in the Federation should not be so high in the future.

From this perspective, the underworld is very important.

The underworld was also very important to its creator.

When Heo was analyzing the rules that shaped the new underworld, he naturally sensed the 'framework' that Death had laid within these rules.

The most crucial point is that the creator of the new underworld can sacrifice the souls of the new underworld at any time to replenish himself.

In other words, in the original design, the entire new underworld was a blood bag of the Grim Reaper.

Death can sacrifice the souls of the new underworld at any time to repair itself.

It's as if the entire world, from its very inception, was a super blood bank for Death.

Of course, thinking about it in relation to this, since the new underworld has this underlying rule, does the real 'underworld' also have similar rules?

Is the entire underworld essentially a health pack that the Grim Reaper carries, capable of infinitely restoring health?
From this perspective, the true power of Death has probably not yet been revealed.

He Ao watched as the character card in his field of vision gradually disappeared.

The system's exchange stars are generally divided directly according to strength; the higher the exchange star, the stronger the card itself is.

Within the same level, the exchange stars are generally not too different.

When the last instance ended, He Ao thought that the anomaly of 18 stars was close to the level of a usurper, or even possibly the level of a usurper.

However, judging from the fact that the 'Dead One' now has 24 stars and has been upgraded with six exchange stars, the power gap among beings near the level of usurper is probably very large.

If we follow this line of reasoning further, the higher we go, the greater the gap between people at the same level might be than the gap between angels and mortals.

What about the gods at even higher levels?
Looking back, He Ao's success in this dungeon run also had a large element of luck.

He used the power left behind by the God of War to activate the wounds left by the God of War, temporarily hindering the true form of the God of Death.

Then, his good friend, lurking in the shadows, dealt with Death's hidden power in the new underworld in one fell swoop, giving Death no chance to unleash his power.

Throughout the entire process, He Ao did not actually confront Death head-on at all. With the help of his good friend and his previous accumulation of experience, he briefly restricted Death's movements and took advantage of the gap when Death was unable to make a move to complete the integration of the new underworld.

However, these plans can only be used once. The Grim Reaper will likely be well-prepared for the next attack. At that time, Heo will either have to come up with a new plan to deal with Him, or he will have to confront this god head-on.

And that day will probably come very soon.

He Ao knew very well that, besides the Witch of Desire, Death also clearly had a great interest in him, or rather, 'hostility'.

The plan to replace the 'K' faith and thus He'ao was clearly meticulously designed, with a clear objective: to completely eliminate He'ao.

But if we're talking about hatred, apart from the one with Ilya Ann, before this, Heo had almost no intense conflicts with Death or even the Death Cult.

On the contrary, there were many friendly interactions with close friends.

But Death is hostile to 'K' and will stop at nothing to get rid of him.

If Death isn't the kind of person who remembers something for life after being offended once, then this hostility can only be attributed to other factors.

This hostility may not stem from anything Heo did, but rather from something Heo was unaware of.

From this perspective, the older woman's hostility towards her seemed quite 'sudden'.

On the last two occasions, He did not hesitate to personally descend His power to hunt down Ho'o and attempt to devour Ho'o's soul.

It was as if, after a certain boundary, He suddenly became unusually concerned about Heo.

Before this, He treated Hooh much the same way He treated a good friend.

He viewed Ho'ao as a slightly larger ant, someone He could easily crush at any moment, and He would simply unleash a force to end any trouble that might arise.

However, it seems that since the last instance, Heo has discovered that Heo is consciously 'searching' for Heo and is trying to control and capture Heo.

Where is the dividing line?

Has Heo been promoted to angel?
The color of Death and the Witch of Desire's power is purple, as is the color of Hypermemory.

Because He'ao and these two gods share the same attributes?

But there are so many angels of the same attribute, why are they targeting me like this?
Because he was trying to ascend to godhood?
There must be some kind of contradiction between gods of the same attribute and usurpers.

However, this can only explain the enmity of the Witch of Desire towards him.

After all, He Ao was basically certain that the one from the Whirlwind Hill and the one from the Whirlwind Hill were from the same path, because He Ao also obtained the specific recipe for the Memory Master from the Whirlwind Hill.

The one on the winding hill was killed by the Witch of Desire, who also set up a large number of lightning strikes to whip his corpse.

Since the one on the winding hill had a conflict with the Witch of Desire, it's understandable that Heo, who was on the same path, would be 'taken care of' by the Witch of Desire when he sought to usurp the godhood.

Of course, this is somewhat forced.

After all, there are too many angels who want to become tyrants, but most of them are just cannon fodder and the gods don't need to pay attention to them. Only true tyrants deserve the gods' attention.

Even so, Death cannot get involved unless His hostility toward Heo comes from somewhere.

For example, 'hyperthymesia'?
Hypermemory comes directly from a close friend's offspring; it doesn't seem to belong to any particular talent sequence.

Although it has the serial number '272', it was originally an F-level talent sequence. Moreover, unlike most talent sequences, it is a soul-bound talent sequence, and its power will only spread to the body when it reaches the angel level.

Moreover, 272's talent sequence is actually 'Fate Memorizer'.

However, after each talent sequence is promoted, it will be directly 'overwritten' by Super Memory in the system interface and become Super Memory.

Even a Fate Master with a base stat of 272 is no exception.

This might suggest that, in the system's assessment, Hypermemory holds a higher rank than all other talent sequences along the same path.

But why?

Your good friend may know this, but considering that He uses super-memory as the core of His offspring, super-memory may not be particularly 'precious' in essence, at least not to your good friend.

Or perhaps, what's precious isn't hypermemory, but the hypermemory that develops over time?
In any case, the logic behind Death's actions lacks core support, and even the logic behind the Witch of Desire's actions seems somewhat incomplete to He Ao.

However, the Witch of Desire should know the method for ascending to godhood through transcendence.

After all, the one on the winding hill was suspected to be a usurper god, and he was killed by the witch of desire.

The Witch of Desire may have devoured the one on the Winding Hill, much like a good friend devoured the tuner, forming the long-sleeping place of the tyrannical god's dead corpse.

Even so, the Witch of Desire did not stop, and still left the power of 'whipping the corpse' on the Winding Hill. The corpse was stolen by someone unknown, and the Winding Hill was left with only an 'empty tomb'.

Perhaps the stolen corpse also possessed some special characteristics, otherwise the Witch of Desire wouldn't have whipped it, and no one would have stolen it.

Finding the person who stole the corpse might lead to finding the corpse itself and the method for ascending to godhood through transcendental memory.

But the one who stole the body was no weakling either.

After all, he could steal what the Witch of Desire was watching silently, under the watchful eye of her power.

He Ao rubbed his temples.

The universe is so vast and boundless that finding a powerful being adept at concealing itself is extremely difficult.

In short, judging from the current situation, Death and the Witch of Desire must be hostile to me; they are my enemies.

The situation regarding their close friends is unclear, but when it comes to dealing with Death, they are clearly capable of cooperating.

Of course, good friends are not necessarily true friends.

After all, the best friend's power attribute is gray, and so is the Mystic Wizard's.

In the main world, the God of Machines is also an enemy.

If you think about it, it seems like I have quite a few enemies.

He Ao watched the text change in his field of vision.

[Main quest evaluation in progress...]

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