Da Qin: Conquer all heavens and all realms

Yuanshi Daozhu, who is older than Yuanshi Emperor, more noble than Taichu and Yinhe Daozu, and can even be said to be the supreme existence of the "living incarnation" of this universe, finally showed up when the empire was facing a crisis of survival!

His eyes swept over the five extraterritorial emperors calmly. There was no emotion in his eyes, but they were filled with all-knowing compassion and... a hint of barely perceptible disgust.

"After countless years, you still like to use this self-proclaimed clever method to 'correct' other people's world. You are truly... stubborn and recalcitrant."

The five emperors, including the always calm and composed "Entropy", had their expressions drastically changed for the first time the moment they saw Yuanshi Daozu.

It was not fear, but an extreme astonishment and confusion.

"The Ancestor of Nothingness?" The head of the Five Emperors, "Entropy", frowned, and the four companions behind him were also confused.

"You said... we are the running dogs of the 'Ancestor of Nothingness'?" Entropy's tone was full of absurdity and confusion. "You... you know us? No, that's impossible. This is our first time in this universe. We are 'Observers', not 'running dogs'!"

"Observer?" Yuanshi Daozu repeated the word calmly, a hint of sarcasm flashing in his eyes. "Observe? And then, like now, use violence to 'animate' the object of your observation? This is your 'observation'?"

"You don't understand!" another emperor spoke eagerly. "We're not destroying, we're saving! Your universe is on the brink of 'heat death'. Everything has become too orderly, too stable, too... dead! We're injecting 'vitality' into it, preventing it from ultimate destruction!"

"Heat death? Activity?" Yuanshi Daozu smiled, a smile filled with pity. "Poor creatures, you have no idea what you are doing. What you believe in and what you practice is nothing but a huge lie."

He paused, and his gaze became extremely deep, as if he could penetrate the five emperors in front of him and see the endless dimensional abyss behind them.

"Let me tell you a truth."

"We are not from what you call a 'higher dimension'. In other words, we and you share the same origin."

"Those dimensional universes you are in, which you consider to be more advanced, are numerous and have different structures, but tracing back to their origins, they all come from the same 'mother'."

"That 'Mother', you may call it 'Singularity', or 'The Beginning', but here we call it - 'The Ancestor of Nothingness'!"

"boom--"

The words of Yuanshi Daozu were like a bolt from the blue, exploding in everyone's mind!

The confusion on the faces of the five emperors froze instantly, replaced by extreme shock and disbelief.

"Impossible... This is impossible!" Entropy roared. "Our universe is self-consistent, perfect, and exists independently! How could we... How could we be born from something called the 'Ancestor of Nothingness'?!"

Not only them, but also Ying Zheng, the fifteen Yuanshi Emperors, Taichu, the two Daozu of the Galaxy, and all the powerful empires in the distance, all stood there in a daze, their minds blank.

Outside the universe is a higher-dimensional universe.

This concept is enough to subvert cognition.

But now, the original Taoist ancestor told them that those higher-dimensional universes all originated from a being called "Ancestor of Nothingness"?

Then...what is the "Ancestor of Nothingness"?

where is it?

What level of existence is it?

The same huge question mark arose in everyone's mind.

The five emperors were obviously unable to accept this fact. They roared in unison, and an even more violent aura burst out from their bodies.

"A lie! This is a lie! How could a native of a lower universe like you know the secrets of our dimension?"

"Yes, they must be trying to shake our faith with these words!"

"Kill him! As long as we kill him, this universe will be completely ours!"

However, Yuanshi Daozu just stood there quietly, ignoring their roars and releases of power.

He just looked at them with compassionate eyes, and then threw out the ultimate question that suffocated the entire universe and even all dimensions.

"You ask, where did the 'Ancestor of Nothingness' come from?"

"Then I will ask you a more fundamental question."

"Nothingness...how did it come about?"

As soon as the words fell, the whole world fell into complete silence.

The violent attacks of the five emperors came to an abrupt halt three feet away from Yuanshi Daozu, as if they were held down by an invisible giant hand.

The anger and disbelief on their faces faded away in an instant, and were replaced by a kind of confusion and fear that penetrated deep into their bones and came from the deepest part of their souls.

How did nothingness...come about?

This question, like a key, instantly opened the deepest, strongest, and never-questioned shackles in their cognition.

If everything originated from the "ancestor of nothingness".

So, what was there before the "Ancestor of Nothingness"?

Is it... "nothingness"?

But if "nothingness" is the origin of "existence", then what is "nothingness" itself?

How did it come into being?

This is a logical dead end, a paradox of thought, an... unsolvable, ultimate... horror!

Their self-righteous "superiority", their proud "observation", and the "activation" they performed, at this moment, all became a huge joke.

They, like the creatures in this "lower universe" before them, are perhaps merely unconscious characters in a larger, more incomprehensible... script.

This cognition is more deadly than any physical attack.

The five emperors began to tremble violently, and the divine light in their eyes quickly dimmed, replaced by endless confusion and emptiness.

They are crazy.

In other words, their worldview collapsed.

On the other hand, Ying Zheng, the master of the universe who had been observing everything calmly, now had an unprecedentedly sharp and profound look in his eyes.

He looked at the five outsiders who were in a frenzy, and then looked at the original Taoist ancestor who was as calm as the universe itself, and a huge wave rose in his heart.

The Ancestor of Nothingness...

The Origin of Nothingness...

This is not just a secret, this is... the Tao!

It is the ultimate "Tao" that transcends all power, all laws, and all dimensions!

He, Ying Zheng, ruled the world with laws and conquered the heavens with force. What he pursued was eternal order and an immortal empire.

But now, he saw a world that was far greater than his empire, far greater than anything he knew.

Or rather, it is a... "truth".

The fighting spirit in his eyes remained, but there was an unprecedented desire to explore the "unknown".

Perhaps, conquering the universe is not the end.

Exploring the "Ancestor of Nothingness" outside the universe and solving the ultimate mystery of the "Origin of Nothingness" is what he, as the only emperor of the heavens and myriad worlds, should truly accomplish...hegemony!

Thinking of this, the corners of Ying Zheng's mouth slowly curled up into a smile that no one could understand.

The war seems to be over.

But a new journey, even bigger and more dangerous, seems to have just begun.