Chapter 16 - Heaven

Yun Haoran 'left' the two. His eyes returned their carefreeness without any intent, returning his presence into nature. Perhaps it is because of his Wood Qi that governs the Longevity properties of things but he blended really well with the trees and grass in the surrounding

"Time to start, I guess." Yun Haoran mumbled with his eyes having a knowing light. He tried searching if there was an unknown entity who was watching or seeing him. He was also divining the truth of the Universe if someone could find out his whereabouts.

He was also alert if the Master and Disciple were to catch him. He also hid his presence with many artifacts. A while later he found a secluded mountain with formations perfected by him alone.

"This is the essence of being lowkey." He mumbled while looking at the mountain with many vegetation growing. Trees as tall as a 10-story building and grass as tall as humans could be seen all over it.

The secluded mountain is full of Lightning Attributes. There are also traces of Five Elements covering the mountain. It had a cube hovering in the sky, invisibly transforming this Mountain into its own domain.

This is not the first time he was here but a year ago, he decided to make this his secret base just for fun. And because it is where he meets the Operator of this world.

He then created a mudra with his hands and looked at the sky. Heaven oversaw all of it and thunderclouds appeared above him. After a while when he finished doing the mudra and the thunderclouds finished its charge, he disappeared.

"You are here." An archaic voice of neither male nor female nor it was robotic or animalistic. It reverberated throughout the endless expanse of nothingness. It had a mysterious charm that was also neither emotionless nor any emotions.

"The Path of Heaven is the first manifestation of Heaven but to think, it is here. Hahaha." Yun Haoran said to the white being in front of him. His eyes showed no fear or reverence, greed or scheme. He was even greeting the white being in front of him.

"Correction. We are only split of the whole. It is us who created order on the Eastern Continent." The white being said.

"You are boring to talk to, what would happen then if you gain perfection? Imagining it makes me chill" Yun Haoran replied then sitting down. Distance and directions don't matter in this place because it is the place where 'Nothing' resides.

"Doesn't matter as we are only an Order. Did you have anything to add here?" The white being showed him a cube that floated in this place. The cube has an unimaginable distance and place. Innumerable secrets to discover and also many weapons that are stuck in different places. It is like a miniature world that uses the Eastern Continent as the base.

"Give my Junior…" Before Yun Haoran could reply, the white being said…

"Everything is not equal, to begin with. Your Junior Sister doesn't need to worry if the one who designed this is her Senior Brother." The white being retorted.

"And you have explained the mechanics to your "Children" so you don't need to worry about it." It added.

Yun Haoran could only scratch his cheeks while cheekily replying, "So I am now a Dungeon Master? Thank you for that great opportunity, oh Heaven."

"Why not just use their Mortal default, give them quantified numbers to make all of them equal?" Yun Haoran added. This is the second time he has requested it but he has always denied it.

"Despair is the greatest pill to become stronger or the greatest poison to remain weak. Pride is the greatest poison to arrogance and the greatest pill for survival. Let those people know that." The white being said.

"If you want them to despair, let those Devil join. It would be more exciting, no?" Yun Haoran recommended it with a smile on his face.

"Your feud with them is great but here you are recommending them to join. We do not know if that is your madness or confidence. The Devils are the plague of Heaven and Earth, all of the World's bad karma is upon them. Are you sure of your decision?" The white being asked.

"And too many Eras that the Devil did not join on the Path of Heaven. Are you sure you are giving them a chance? It is right for me to listen to your request.

"Don't sweat the small stuff, as your Order returned to normal. The Luck of Heaven and Earth would also increase. The intertwined karma returned. If the Devils didn't become stronger, who would take all the bad karma in their eventual extinction?" Yun Haoran explained and the white being nodded in response.

"We plan to redistribute them when the Devils are extinct but I get what you are coming from." The white being replied.

"The Great Tribulation, if you plan on doing that. I'm out. The Devils are needed to form a common enemy. If not, wars would happen daily." Yun Haoran said as a teapot and teacup suddenly appeared in his hands.

"There are only 3 Great Tribulations that happened and only 1 person per Great Tribulation had stopped it. If we decide on another tribulation, you are here to stop it, no?" The white being said.

"No, thank you. I wanted to wholly enjoy the peaceful scenery rather than the chaotic wars that decide the World's Order when finished." Yun Haoran declined. He was even "shooing" with his hands while his eyes had a disinterested look.

"That seed of yours could cause chaos in the world and you are not worried about it?" The white being said like it was taunting Yun Haoran.

"Don't underestimate me, oh Heaven. I have laid down countless backhands, it would not create as such." Yun Haoran replied with a hardened voice and confidence.

"You are right. It would help us in the long run. A new path that you lay, what is your grand purpose for doing that? You don't look like someone who would replace someone who only does their job." The white being said.

"I am Yun Haoran, for now, my goal is to get all the 13th Foundation." Yun Haoran said while smiling.

"Oh, that foundation. Great luck doing that." The white being said as unknown to Yun Haoran, the white being thought for the first time, 'The Transcendental Foundation, to comprehend one of it makes people brilliant but he was an anomaly of all anomalies so it is understandable.'

"Let's get started, Yun Haoran." The white being declared while Yun Haoran simply nodded.

The reason why the Path of Heaven appeared suddenly and not 3 months later is because of Yong Yunzi. When she had an epiphany, Yun Haoran learned to update all his reasoning about Martial Arts.

He then realized his mistakes and weaknesses which he used to hone himself some more to become stronger.

He should be scheming with the Devil Cultivators in the Heavenly Tiger Empire. It was a week of constant planning because Yun Haoran didn't know how many there were in the previous timeline because he didn't have enough strength at that time.

Devil Cultivators also didn't make the same mistake of crowding in the same place when they heard that Yun Haoran was coming. It is a coincidence that they crowded the place because he came early a day later in the previous timeline.

Unable to use the Formations that had been hijacked by Yun Haoran, the Grotto Heaven or that Senior Hei would devour all the Devils and become a Pseudo Primordial Soul Cultivator.

It would also result in the deaths of countless citizens even if he used all of his clones to seal him. He realizes all his mistakes in his final confrontation with them.

His strength dropped 30% of the original and needed three months of recuperation but he became stronger in the process.

He decided to create an artifact to play games with mortals. He finished it after 5 months of hard work

Heaven finally called him because of that invention and his Perfect Cultivation. He designed the Path of Heaven while also helping its construction with Heaven itself.

In this timeline, he created the 'Computer' with 5 months and 7 months to perfect the Path of Heaven without the lag of 3 months that is needed for recuperation.

On this day in all parts of the Eastern Continent. Manifestations of luck can be seen all over. Countless lightning roiled in the sky. The world becomes resplendent and the presence of Heaven can be seen.

It was weak and only had a Low Tier Peak Existence strength. If all the cracked Heavens returned to where it was before, it would become a Peak Tier Existence or even a Pseudo Originator.

"The Path of Heaven." Yong Yunzi murmured and all the Nine Hall Mountains disciples and Elders looked up at the sky. It was faint but they could discern the path ahead. Only when the Heavens become Heavens again could the path become Perfected.

"Senior Brother, I don't know what is your future or even your destination but I would know all of it this time around." Yong Yunzi said as her eyes had a blazing determination around them.

The Path of Heaven is where those only 30 and below could join. It was the fact that every decade, this notion would change.

This Path of Heaven this time around is Special because of how it was played and the challenges it brought. There would be a time when someone wanted to obtain their legacy, the challenge is like in the Path of Heaven.

This is also special because it would become permanent and all species can come and go. When All Heavens finally joined, many floors would be added with many exciting challenges with many talent-increasing rewards.

It was the Survival of the Fittest where the body would be safe because only the Consciousness is brought. There are more of it that she cannot understand how and who designed it. No one could understand the mechanics but as a Regressor, she remembered and mastered all of it.

There are many trials and weird creations that those who get the recipe for would instantly become a Sensation. It was a place that not only made the bloodshed decrease but also made the Myriad Martial World stronger as a whole.

When the Eastern Continent is being excited. All the Personal Disciples, Holy Sons, and Daughters are also excited to face all their competitors and challenge them in a brawl where the Strongest is decided.

They, of course, didn't know what the Path of Heaven was this time. They would only care to become the strongest, except Yun Haoran, in this generation.

A huge hologram then appeared in the sky with a black robe sitting down on a throne. It then spoke these lines without any intonation or diction to it. It was a voice coming from the abyss itself.

[The Path of Heaven appears. As the True Heavens would show up and the Continental Wall break apart in the near future. All 30 and below could join and show your might to the world to see. As Heaven's representative, you all could call me the Dungeon Master. You all would start at Meridian Opening Foundational Level 1. It would be nonsense if I allowed you all at Level 5 so I used my authority to do just that. Then let us start.]

The black being snapped his finger and a gray coin started raining down in the World. Instead of raining down, it was like they all came down just to get by those people.

[This is all for you. It would only tell the mudra how to enter and would dissolve. Mortals or Cultivators could try their luck. Those gray coins cannot be sold and if you have one, you cannot own it again. It is the key to get to the Path of Heaven.]

Of course, Mortals are happy to comply but not Cultivators because they could not understand what the hell happened in the Path of Heaven this time.