Gods Vanish on a Cloudy Day

Chapter 19 Huntian Touche Ji!

Chapter 950 Hun (Ni) Tian (Tou) Yi (Che) Strike! (Second Update)

For no reason at all, Su Zhou had failed. He hadn't stepped out of the seal, and at the same time, the Scribe's voice appeared in Su Zhou's will, repeating what it had said before.

Su Zhou narrowed his eyes slightly, stopped, and said thoughtfully, "Dao Transformation Seal?"

[Yes.]

The Scribe said calmly: [It is the Dao Transformation Seal.]

[Because I have written your destiny, you cannot leave.]

The supreme divine power of destiny, [Dao Transformation Seal]—the third supreme divine power besides the Destiny Chart and the Book of Tribulation.

Driven by infinite power, the Dao Transformation Seal can write the book of destiny for anything. Its contents will definitely be realized, ignoring all possibilities and all causal probabilities.

Just now, Su Zhou found it difficult to explain what he had encountered. He had clearly taken a step, about to leave the seal, but in the next instant, he felt the entire multiverse was shaking. Then, his movements were interrupted, and he did not leave the seal.

But after all, he was a Fluctuation. He quickly discerned the Scribe's trick, and couldn't help but smile wryly: "You're writing a plot for me?"

"Since the Dao Transformation Seal is so strong, why not write that I've fallen into eternal tribulation, and can never get out of this cycle of infinite ascension?"

[At least not now.]

The Scribe said: [After all, you are a Fluctuation. If I write it like that, it wouldn't be reasonable... After all, if I write that a Fluctuation holding the inheritance of many great existences cannot break free from the infinite seal set by two Fluctuations, that would be a miracle, not destiny.]

[And even miracles have a spectrum between super developments and writing yourself into a corner. I think this time, writing yourself into a corner is more likely.]

Since there was a Destiny Fluctuation with him at all times, Su Zhou knew that he couldn't leave for the time being. After all, the Scribe didn't need to do anything else, just find a reasonable excuse to interfere when he wanted to leave.

Therefore, he said, "In any case, to be able to write my future destiny... are you about to reach the level of a Transcender?"

[Of course not. I'm far from it.]

The Blank said: [However, even a Transcender of all trials and stories, destiny and history, their characteristics are not impossible to imitate.]

[Think about it. Even if I am just a Fluctuation, not a Transcender, or even just a character in a book, am I completely unable to influence people outside the book? Of course not.]

It chuckled, as if shaking its head: [My thoughts, my will, my beliefs—my conviction, my faith, and my love, can all transcend all barriers and time and space, even the connection between words and readers.]

[Readers are influenced by the stories in books. They will think and worry about the choices of the characters in the book, whether it is joy, delight, admiration, or expectation; or disgust, boredom, aversion, or even hatred. All of this is feedback, is enlightenment.]

[Just as the characters in a book can change the people outside the book, even if we are not Transcenders, we can rely on various methods to possess some of the properties of Transcenders.]

"What you're saying is wrong."

Su Zhou argued: "This is essentially the author using the character's mouth to communicate with the reader... It has nothing to do with the character in the book."

[Yes.]

The Scribe readily admitted: [But—]

It spoke the truth: [That is 'Destiny'.]

[And isn't the 'Dao Transformation Seal' used to write words that can 'transform destiny'? I can use this divine power to write that kind of destiny, just like a 'Scribe'.]

The Dao Transformation Seal, this divine power, will gradually allow the cultivator to become a writer who transcends the world.

Driven by infinite power, it is enough to become the author of a book of prophecy.

After achieving the absolute, infinite, and eternal, one becomes the writer of a multiverse's story. In other words, a Transcender.

This is why the Scribe has no physical body, because it really has no physical body. It is a kind of thought, a kind of text, a touch of ink.

The 'Scribe's Thought' and the 'Blank's Empty Paragraph' used to write the story!

—Because it has transcended the void, it can shape everything!

Listening to this, it seems very unsolvable.

But Su Zhou keenly noticed something.

"Reasonable."

He smiled and said, "Unlike things that happen naturally, Scribe, the destiny you write for me needs to be reasonable."

"The destiny you write may indeed be predestined, but it is not a predestination at will... Because writing a book requires logic."

"And those 'infinite possibilities' don't need logic."

The true multiverse doesn't need logic.

But the person writing the story does... Unless the person writing the book doesn't plan to let others see the story they wrote.

"If you write a story, you will be judged. Scribe, your story has met me, so I will ask."

Saying this, at this moment, Su Zhou raised his hand, and instantly, a halo of light that was unclear, indescribable, and without color appeared in his palm.

The power of the Twilight Supreme Divine Power, [Manifest Void Genesis], began to shine.

Even inspiring songs rang out, causing tides in the Void Sea.

The sacred music of the Destiny Supreme Divine Power, [Destiny Chart], resounded.

"Scribe/Blank, is a book reasonable or not?"

Su Zhou said, "Does it really matter?"

"As long as the melody of a song is pleasant to the ear, who cares whether it conforms to any musical theory? What Western tradition, what Eastern tradition, why bother with rock classics, jazz blues, cheesy club music, or ancient style? As long as it sounds good, it's a musical movement!"

[Yes.]

In the light of Manifest Void Genesis, in the symphony of the Destiny Chart, the Blank retreated. It smiled and said, [Just like now, I can't write your destiny... Because if I write 'The Scribe/Blank tries its best to directly confront Su Zhou's two supreme divine powers, and once again imprisons the Primordial Torch Dragon in an infinite cage', then I must follow it up with 'However, although the Scribe/Blank succeeds, it is severely injured, resulting in the lack of one person in the subsequent joint effort, thereby setting the stage for the Primordial Torch Dragon's great victory'.]

Of course, none of this will happen.

The Scribe cannot write content at will, just as it cannot casually write Su Zhou into supporting their plan, because if it wrote it like that, Su Zhou's character would collapse.

But Su Zhou is a Fluctuation. Even if the multiverse collapses, he will not collapse. The backlash of the Dao Transformation Seal driven by infinite power is enough to severely damage the Scribe itself, and even affect the endless multiverse, causing a part of the multiverse to collapse.

Therefore, it leaves a blank space, leaving infinite possibilities, waiting for the opportunity to write a destiny of sure victory again.

"You delayed my time." Su Zhou watched the direction in which the Scribe/Blank retreated. He couldn't help but click his tongue, and the other party laughed: [That's right. The reason I don't hide anything from you is because even if I don't say it, you will figure it out yourself.]

[What I need is just to delay your subjective will a little bit.]

So, in the next instant.

In the instant the Scribe/Blank retreated, two phantoms appeared before Su Zhou's eyes.

The moment the first phantom appeared, Su Zhou was shocked: "Blue Tanuki?!" (raccoon dog)

No, it wasn't a Blue Tanuki, but the [Delusional Mind Creator].

And the Delusional Mind Creator wasn't the image of a Blue Tanuki. Rather, its image itself was an infinite mirror, an infinite reflection. After Su Zhou learned of the concept of the Delusional Mind Creator, the first thing that flashed in his mind was a certain blue tanuki from a childhood manga, so at that moment, what he saw was also a Blue Tanuki.

But in reality, the Delusional Mind Creator is an infinite delusion, the infinite arrogant fantasy that everyone has in their hearts.

——Dreaming of winning fifty million before bed, how should I spend it?

——If I got an If Telephone Booth, how would I change the world?

——If I had the pouch of a Blue Tanuki...

——If the person I like also liked me...

——If that person knew my heart...

——If, if...

All unattainable thoughts are delusions; all unreal hearts are delusional minds.

That is the most shameless and sincere imagination.

And the 'Delusional Mind Creator' can turn all of this into reality! It can even evolve endless real universes as the source of power to support all these delusions!

As for the second existence that appeared... it was even more heavyweight.

The existence called [True World] simply focused its attention on the mirror.

True World acknowledged: [That is true.]

Then, it turned its head and looked at Su Zhou: [That is your power.]

So, in that instant.

The power of the Delusional Mind Creator and the power of True World transformed into an unspeakable, great power, descending upon Su Zhou.

All arrogant fantasies, what is thought is achieved, and even the great power that is completely overflowing without thinking is transformed into reality—the delusions and phenomena, satisfaction and desires of infinite beings, all transform into a kind of satisfaction, a kind of effusion, becoming a part of Su Zhou, making the youth instantly feel omnipotent, able to do whatever he wants, almost like the creator of an infinite universe, able to do as he pleases.

——At this moment, the seal jointly constructed by the five Fluctuations targeting Su Zhou finally began to take shape.

Taiyi Hunyuan, constructs the stage of reality and illusion, infinity and one.

Infinite Eternal Return, transforms all of this into an infinite cycle, constructing a cage of eternal tribulation.

The Scribe/Blank sets the destiny of Su Zhou's stay here and leaves the possibility for the five Fluctuations to continue to exert their power.

The Delusional Mind Creator uses the mirror to reflect Su Zhou's delusions, unfolding his most incredible and unbelievable imagination.

And the final True World transforms all of this into 'reality', into a 'real multiverse'.

And Su Zhou is the creator of this multiverse prison.

The five Fluctuations joined forces to create a multiverse that is disconnected from all contact with the outside world, with infinite internal cycles, and where Su Zhou can do whatever he wants—the moment the Delusional Mind Creator appeared in front of Su Zhou, Su Zhou had already entered this multiverse where he could do whatever he wanted.

There, five real Fluctuations will appear. They are Taiyi Hunyuan, Infinite Eternal Return, the Scribe/Blank, the Delusional Mind Creator, and True World.

Just as the Primordial Torch Dragon has Su Zhou and Torch Dragon Heaven as two main bodies, and even more bodies, other Fluctuations can also infinitely differentiate their own bodies with infinite power. In that multiverse, Su Zhou can defeat the five Fluctuations and the five Supreme Sages according to his own will, and then deal with the Taboo in that multiverse.

He can succeed or fail. Just like a person dreaming of winning fifty million before going to bed, no matter what ending he dreams of, if he doesn't buy a lottery ticket, none of these facts can be achieved. Even if it is achieved, it is not achieved in the 'real universe'.

Next, no matter what happens, whether Su Zhou realizes that he has actually been isolated outside the sealed multiverse, or what, that will be later. During this time, the Primordial Torch Dragon cannot interfere with them.

Because all of this is done by borrowing the 'delusion' of the 'Primordial Torch Dragon' itself. It is Su Zhou's own delusion. True World is just turning the delusion into reality, and in turn, allowing the delusion to devour the youth.

The Delusional Mind Creator and True World possess such power to freely control delusions and make them come true. Any great path, any life, any mind, any technique, any matter, any realm, anything known or thought, all things, are reflected in their mirrors and the truth of their acknowledgement.

In theory, that is true.

But, in the next instant, Su Zhou's 'delusion' directly destroyed the multiverse prison set up by the Delusional Mind Creator and True World.

[How can this be?!]

This time, the two Fluctuations were really shocked: [What a glutton! Is one multiverse not enough for it to mess around with?!]

To break a delusion, there must be an even more arrogant idea, so that even the master of the delusion feels that this delusion is too incredible, to the point of being stupid.

Ordinary people dream of five million, dream of fifty million, which are still delusions that can be imagined; a person they like suddenly liking them, or dreaming of changing the entire world, it is not impossible to achieve, and is still roughly in the state of 'not so outrageous' dreams.

However, if you ask an ordinary person to imagine becoming the leader of a country, or becoming a top tycoon, he can't imagine how the leader of a country should work, or how a top tycoon should enjoy himself, so he can only achieve it with the golden hoe of the emperor.

In this way, it is okay at the beginning, but after a long time, even the deluded person himself will feel stupid and bizarre, so he gives up this delusion.

The beginning of 'disbelief' is the initial severing of 'delusion'.

But Su Zhou is a Fluctuation!

The stronger the person, the harder it is to escape from the imprisonment of the real delusional prison, because the stronger the person, the more likely it is to really achieve their delusions—and Su Zhou is a Fluctuation. In this multiverse, he is almost omnipotent except for dealing with other Fluctuations. It can even be said that as long as there are no other Fluctuations, any Fluctuation can achieve relative all-around awakening, and achieve relative omniscience and omnipotence.

No matter what he does, even if he is omniscient and omnipotent, it is very reasonable and very normal—so it is impossible to escape this prison!

But Su Zhou just walked out.

Even with a look of disgust, as if he had eaten a fly.

"Actually, it was okay at the beginning. I was really trapped."

Su Zhou had a look on his face as if he had eaten a stinky crab. His brows were furrowed, and he waved his right hand forward, as if to drive away something bad: "But later, when I became a Great Existence, I found that Yala didn't raise me up on a pole, and Twilight even ran over to congratulate me, instead of saying 'meaningless', wow, this is too... eugh eugh eugh!"

He gagged once, and Su Zhou said disgustedly: "In that instant, I knew this was too outrageous. This delusion is really too disgusting—am I a fool? How could I think of something like this?!"

Even if he is omniscient and omnipotent in the multiverse, it is impossible for Yala not to argue, impossible for Twilight not to make meaningless comments, and even more impossible for Balance not to be a balancing party, and not to let Destiny talk to itself there.

Although Su Zhou was vomiting and gagging, it was difficult to understand how huge the scene he saw was, to the point where even a multiverse was not enough for him to mess around... But in fact, at this moment, it was already a very dangerous situation for the five Fluctuations.

Because Su Zhou had already solved all the riddles, he had already broken free from all the influences that the five Fluctuations had imposed on him. Next, no matter what supernatural power the five Fluctuations used, it would be useless to Su Zhou.

[Fortunately, we used the highest specifications and the same methods to deal with this guy as we would to deal with a Taboo.]

Taiyi Hunyuan, who first attacked, sighed: [So we expected this.]

[Yes.] Infinite Eternal Return also said lightly: [Fortunately, we did not underestimate this Primordial Torch Dragon and recognized that it is also a Taboo-level Taboo.]

The five Fluctuations were silent, but at this moment, Su Zhou suddenly raised his head.

He sensed an unspeakable sense of danger and an extreme 'opportunity', just like a mountain collapsing and a tsunami, rushing towards him.

At the same time, the five Fluctuations made way.

Then, what appeared before the wide-eyed and extremely shocked Su Zhou was the 'Five Supreme Sages' driving the Houtian and carrying the status of 'Center of the Sealed Multiverse', crashing towards the youth!

[Primordial Torch Dragon, try to take this!]

He could hear the Supreme Sages, led by Qian Yuan Daozun, roar: [The full power of Houtian, the strongest Fluctuation strike of our combined forces!]

[The full force impact of a multiverse—take this!]

The Houtian Realm, which nurtured the true spirit of the multiverse and was always located at the center of the multiverse, was now driven by the combined Fluctuation power of the five Supreme Sages. It was simply like a muck truck carrying the entire sealed multiverse, rushing towards Su Zhou rumbling, and the youth had no possibility of dodging and could only take it head-on!

"What the hell is there to take!"

Su Zhou couldn't help but curse. The cages and seals of the five Fluctuations were still on Su Zhou. Although he could break free, the five Supreme Sages definitely did not leave him time to escape: "If I could take it, I would have suppressed Houtian with one hand long ago, carried the multiverse on my back, and become invincible in the Great Seal——"

But even so, calling 'Yala save me!' now probably doesn't make any sense. Su Zhou gritted his teeth and began to fully activate all the Great Inheritances he knew. His legs even turned into divine trees, rooting themselves in the void.

Even the impact of the multiverse could not seriously injure or even harm Su Zhou, but just like a cement muck truck hitting a small car-sized alloy steel plate, it would certainly not do anything to the alloy steel plate, but it would be enough to knock it away.

What consequences this most unadorned and most technically demanding 'Houtian Strike' would cause, not to mention Su Zhou, even they themselves did not know.

So, in the next instant.

———Boom boom boom boom boom boom———

When Emperor Hongshi and Holy Master Taishi were driving the Torch Dragon Heaven and rushed to the vicinity of the Houtian Realm, what the two shocked Harmony Realm experts saw was a great scene that could be recorded in the history of the Sealed Multiverse and engraved on the foundation of the multiverse.

That was, the entire Houtian and the Five Supreme Sages, and even all the seals and divine power within it, and even the unaware Taboo itself, all transformed into a colorless brilliance and crashed into Su Zhou.

The void of the multiverse, and even the barrier of the multiverse, shattered.

This was a strike that was enough to shatter the foundation of the multiverse. Even the void membrane mountains shaped by Taiyi Hunyuan could not withstand it and began to collapse and disintegrate.

The aftermath of the Fluctuation War should have swept towards the endless beyond, destroying infinite worlds, but at this moment, the infinite prison and seal surrounding Su Zhou, created by the five Fluctuations, was directly shattered and collapsed by the Houtian Strike, turning into a wave of destruction, and then opened a crack, guiding this infinite power to the 'outside'.

Infinite divine power trembled and surged. It shattered the origin of the multiverse, but it was guided out by the Fluctuations, so that this terrifying impact, which was enough to destroy everything, would not affect other innocent worlds in the multiverse.

Of course, along with this infinite power, what was also guided out as 'garbage' was Su Zhou.

——He was directly knocked out of the Sealed Multiverse by the Houtian Strike.

——Pan-Infinite Multiverse Derivative Axis——

"Where is this..."

At this moment, recovering from the impact, Su Zhou noticed that something was wrong: "The Pan-Infinite Multiverse Derivative Axis? Kicking me out of the multiverse is indeed a good way to seal!"

This was the method that the five Fluctuations and the five Supreme Sages had originally intended to use to deal with the Taboo in the end.

Using the power of the multiverse itself, let Houtian shatter the void and membrane of the multiverse, directly breaking away from the Sealed Multiverse—in this way, the true spirit of the multiverse would be directly thrown out of the multiverse and would no longer be able to interfere with the Sealed Multiverse.

After all, no matter how powerful the true spirit of the multiverse is, it is also the true spirit of the multiverse, just like the master of a story in a book. If it is kicked out of the story, then it is just meaningless nothingness.

However, this idea has a fatal flaw.

"If I didn't know about it, then maybe I would really be kicked out. In theory, ordinary true spirits of the multiverse would indeed have no way to do anything about it if they were kicked out like this."

Sighing, Su Zhou murmured: "But thanks to Yala, I knew about this thing before I even started cultivating."

"Pan-Infinite Multiverse Derivative Axis... Righteous War, Great Seal... and the Sealed Multiverse."

He was silent for a while, and then sighed: "All of this is still within the scope of the 'story' of 'Sealing the True Spirit of the Multiverse'."

"Sure enough, the sealing method of the five Fluctuations and the five Supreme Sages has a fatal flaw."