Chapter 329

Chapter 329: A Glimpse of Great Luo’s Potential

Great Luo Merging Heaven, Chaos Origin Essence, and Calamity Qi—these three essences held immense power yet carried inherent risks.

Confident in his True Spirit Domain Chart, Mu Lin began refining without hesitation. After contemplation, he chose Great Luo Merging Heaven first.

"Let’s see if your power of existence and nothingness can erase my True Spirit Domain Chart."

When the True Spirit Domain Chart absorbed Great Luo Merging Heaven, there were no grand phenomena or sounds. Yet Mu Lin’s eyes narrowed as his chart gradually blurred under the infusion. A mist seemed to veil his spirit map, rendering it faint and indistinct.

More unsettling was how the obscurity eroded his memories of the chart itself. Should he forget it entirely, his divine ranks and cultivation methods would vanish, leaving his entire cultivation base hollow—explaining why few dared refine this supreme-grade essence despite its potency.

"So it truly affects…"

The essence’s might startled Mu Lin, yet soon he chuckled wryly. While Great Luo Merging Heaven’s lofty rank created a dissolving void where it shrouded the chart, neither it nor Mu Lin had anticipated one crucial flaw: its quantity was pitifully small compared to his vast True Spirit Domain Chart.

"Against ordinary cultivators, you’d erase their souls entirely. Severed from reality, their existence would fade to nothingness. But I’m no ordinary man."

His chart contained the legendary Beiwai Army, County City Gods governing territories, the Governor City God matching High Mastery of Transformation, the Ink Dragon River God, civil and military judges—countless forces making his chart magnitudes vaster than others’.

A drop of ink taints a bowl but vanishes in a pond. Mu Lin’s chart was that pond. The invading essence dispersed like ink in water, thinning until its mist merely dimmed the chart without concealing it. Though the essence instinctively tried concentrating its power, Mu Lin forcefully spread it thinner through his dominion over the chart, rendering it harmless.

"Cleared the first hurdle so easily. Quantity trumps all—a sturdy foundation negates countless threats."

"Could this be called overwhelming force crushing finesse?"

Emboldened, Mu Lin absorbed more Great Luo Merging Heaven, diluting it across his chart. He refined five portions consecutively. But during the fifth attempt, something went wrong.

A divine rank silently vanished.

“?!!”

“What happened?”

Mu Lin hadn’t noticed the disappearance at all, nor sensed any irregularities.

He’d even forgotten what the lost divine rank was.

It wasn’t until he later spotted a blank space on his True Spirit Domain Chart that he realized something was wrong.

“I underestimated this. No wonder cultivators fear refining such potent energy…”

The situation left Mu Lin both anxious and irritated.

Though losing one divine rank didn’t cripple the True Spirit Domain Chart, it lowered its upper limit…

“Wait.”

Amid his frustration, Mu Lin noticed something crucial.

While the blank spot itself eluded his memory, the surrounding areas remained sharply defined.

The sparse amount of Great Luo Merging Heaven could only obscure fragments rather than erase entire sections.

Moreover, the divine ranks in his chart weren’t isolated – they were linked by countless lines throughout the chart.

By tracing these connections, Mu Lin reconstructed the missing piece.

Cross-referencing adjacent ranks, he suddenly remembered: “The Crimson Blood Dragon – a divine rank forged from the Crimson Holy Grail and dragon power. To think it vanished first… Wait!”

“It reappeared when I recalled it! True void requires universal oblivion. A single memory resurrects it.”

Mu Lin grasped the intimate bond between remembrance, existence, and oblivion.

This worked because Great Luo Merging Heaven’s scant quantity merely hid names and images rather than erasing the rank entirely. Full erasure would’ve required more than personal recollection to restore.

Yet Mu Lin’s True Spirit Domain Chart proved vast enough to dilute Great Luo Merging Heaven into near-insignificance.

Like the sprawling lands of ancient China, his chart’s immense scale provided resilience.

“In my past life, smaller nations like France could be toppled swiftly, while vast territories like Russia endured through sheer size despite early defeats.”

“My chart functions similarly. With countless divine ranks forming its foundation, mistakes become recoverable.”

“Many threats simply dissipate across its expanse.”

Mu Lin finally understood why veterans emphasized foundational strength – why some cultivators stagnated to build deeper reserves rather than advance.

…

Though restored, the divine rank’s temporary erasure taught Mu Lin respect for Great Luo Merging Heaven, Chaos Origin Essence, and Calamity Qi.

His eyes now burned with fervor as he stared at the swirling Great Luo Merging Heaven energy.

At this moment, Mu Lin finally understood why this energy carried the "Great Luo" prefix.

"Existence and Nothingness… erasing presence. This power is terrifying, but it can work inversely…"

What was Great Luo? The ultimate transcendence beyond all time and space – an eternal, unfettered immortal. As long as its name remained, Great Luo would persist.

Great Luo Merging Heaven could conceal anything, making people forget hidden objects, names, and forms. Conversely, by mastering the power of Existence and Nothingness, Mu Lin realized he could survive as long as one person remembered him, emerging from eternal oblivion. Like his blank divine throne that reappeared when he recalled it.

"So if I fully master Great Luo Merging Heaven and push it to its fundamental level, I could grasp Existence and Nothingness… and glimpse the Great Luo realm?"

This revelation shocked him.

He soon shook his head bitterly. Using, comprehending, controlling fundamentals, and further development represented exponentially increasing difficulties. Like sunlight – all use it, but understanding solar mechanics alone? Nearly impossible. Controlling the sun’s core? Pure fantasy.

Currently, Mu Lin merely utilized surface-level aspects. Great Luo Merging Heaven existed like sunlight – observable and usable by many. To go deeper, he’d need to study it like physicists analyzing light – understanding speed, properties, origins.

In his past life, generations of scientists unraveled solar secrets. Here, Great Luo Merging Heaven research barely existed. Mu Lin would need to single-handedly pioneer discoveries like Copernicus or Einstein.

"Am I being overambitious?"

Even achieving this would only complete step two – comprehension. Step three demanded control, step four further evolution…

"Great Luo’s too distant – like chasing dreams."

Resigned, Mu Lin nearly abandoned hope. Without predecessors’ knowledge, lacking giants’ shoulders to stand on…

Wait. Were there truly no predecessors? This world had heroes and sages. Hadn’t True Lords studied Existence and Nothingness?

After contemplation, Mu Lin guessed where such knowledge lay:

"Heavenly Techniques! Created by True Lords, containing their wisdom about the world. Existence and Nothingness must be among them."

"Find a relevant Heavenly Technique, and I won’t need to start from zero like Galileo. I’ll build on ancestral wisdom."

Humanity took millennia to understand the sun. Modern students learn it in months – proof of inheritance’s value.

With proper inheritance, his talent, and the Attribute Panel, mastering Existence and Nothingness became feasible. Excitement surged through him.

New doubts emerged. Unlike his past life, this world hoarded knowledge – especially cultivation methods. How could he obtain a Heavenly Technique about Existence and Nothingness?

After consideration, Mu Lin shelved the issue:

"Enough. No use craving now. Let Yan Yunyu investigate available cultivation methods first."