(Although the previous chapter contained a lot of transitional content, it was very important. This chapter reveals the source of the protagonist's cheat abilities. The primordial world is extremely advanced. This chapter features seven powerful cheat abilities.)
Deep within the chaos, Wang Han could no longer sense the corrosive influence of the chaotic energy. Standing in the chaos, gazing at the singular yet ever-changing chaotic energy, a sharp light shone in Wang Han's eyes. Although he had spent eight thousand years listening to Hongjun's teachings, the moment he uttered his insight, the cheat program that hadn't even reached one percent of its download in five thousand years instantly finished downloading, making him a huge winner. And that wasn't the most important thing.
After a cursory glance at the six new cheat programs he had downloaded, Wang Han finally discovered the method for downloading speed-up cheats, and finally understood the pattern of cheat downloads and where they came from. His ability to download cheats wasn't due to any divine favor, but rather because of his special nature; he had received the blessing of the Dao, or rather, gained an innate affinity with all things. Of the six cheat programs he had downloaded over the past eight thousand years, apart from the one he had been downloading from the beginning, the other five were all related to his gains from listening to the Dao, especially the last three.
It turns out that each of his cheat codes was a law (power cheat, speed cheat), a rule (multiplication cheat, amplification cheat), a derivative of a Tao (stealing cheat, evolution cheat), or a manifestation of a certain causal law (red thread cheat, lock cheat), and its usage evolved from there. This is the origin of his cheat codes.
It turns out that what I always thought were random downloads of cheats weren't actually random. Rather, due to the influence of many external factors such as the environment, my actions, my interactions, my understanding, my desires, and illusions, the download of cheats was more like my body and soul constantly absorbing certain laws, rules, or causes and effects of the world, which then became cheats, or rather, a method of use evolved from these absorbed laws, rules, and causes and effects.
The strength of a cheat program and the time it takes to download it depend on how much of the rules and laws one has absorbed.
Before downloading a new cheat program, if you deliberately try to comprehend one or more certain principles and reach a certain level of understanding, the new cheat program is very likely to be derived from the principles you specifically comprehended.
I always thought that cheats could only be downloaded by waiting for time to complete, but the download speed actually depends on how quickly I absorb and understand the rules, laws, and causality of my surroundings. Just like the cheat that downloaded instantly at the end, it was because I grasped a certain truth of the Dao that it downloaded instantly, and there were three of them, three very powerful cheats. (This does not mean that Wang Han thoroughly understood the Dao, but only thoroughly grasped one aspect of the Dao.)
Having truly understood the cheat system, Wang Han felt boundless confidence. His cheat system, aside from being limited by his own abilities, was unstoppable. To kill his infinitely resurrected self, one would have to destroy various rules of the world—life and death, energy, and the soul. Otherwise, no one could kill him. Even if he were killed a thousand times, he could still regenerate without limit using these rules. However, destroying these rules meant first killing himself, destroying his own soul. Otherwise, even if he destroyed the rules, he would still be bound by them, allowing him to resurrect in another body.
The idea of killing oneself, who has the ability to resurrect infinitely, is causally impossible, and reversing cause and effect is also impossible. Even Wang Han himself cannot kill himself; at most, he can only put himself into a deep sleep for a period of time.
Having grasped the Dao, Wang Han also unlocked a shackle within himself—a shackle he had placed on himself. Gazing upon this boundless chaos, Wang Han decided to use an evolutionary cheat on himself. He would become a Chaos Demon God, evolving towards the root of the Dao, or rather, regressing, transforming his own self, which had evolved through all things, back into one.
Wang Han aspires to become the Dao, a living Dao with thoughts, feelings, and desires—a Dao that transcends the Great Dao, the root of all things. Chaos, then, is the perfect place for his own evolution, and the beginning of his new goal.
However, before evolving, Wang Han planned to carefully understand and experiment with the six new cheat codes he had just acquired.
Observing with eyes closed, the first cheat code is the Red Giant cheat. The angrier the Red Giant is, the greater their strength, speed, stamina, and recovery speed become—without limit. The side effect is that while gaining immense power, they lose their sanity, their appearance changes due to anger, and their size increases to accommodate the greater power. They don't digest physical energy but consume mental energy.
This is a cheat program that I started downloading before I even came to the prehistoric world. I've been downloading it for a full six years, and those six years were also the six years in which I was most emotionally angry.
The second cheat is the Fluid Cheat, which can turn any object or living thing into a fluid. Fluid is the most fluid of all things. This cheat was derived from my understanding of Tai Chi Yin and Yang when listening to Hongjun's sermons on Yin and Yang. It consumes a certain amount of stamina. Download time: 700 years.
The third cheat, the Degeneration Cheat, can degenerate evolved life forms (making items useless), turning them back into their original state. (This can be understood as reversion to ancestral origins, because the protagonist's understanding of the origin is insufficient, so he hasn't reached the level of a top-tier cheat and cannot transform into the origin itself.) This cheat evolved from Wang Han's understanding of the origin when Hongjun spoke of the origin of all things. Download time: 1000 years.
The fourth cheat is the "Creation from Nothingness" cheat, which consumes a certain amount of physical and mental energy, mixing yin and yang to create all things. This cheat was downloaded by Wang Han the instant he achieved his final understanding of the Dao, the same cheat that had been downloaded for five thousand years without even reaching one percent of its potential. Having this cheat also means that Wang Han possesses abilities akin to a creator god. Even Hongjun couldn't do this. The Heavenly Dao can't either; perhaps only the Great Dao itself can achieve this.
The fifth cheat is the Destruction Cheat. Consuming a certain amount of physical and mental energy, it can utterly destroy everything in the world, returning it to Yin and Yang. This cheat is a reverse cheat developed by Wang Han after his final understanding of the Dao; it also downloads instantly. It can be incorporated into any of his attacks, ignoring all defenses. (Defense, too, is a form of destruction.)
The sixth add-on, the locking add-on, can lock any existence with defined terms, including entities, non-entities, mental entities, events, the meaning of events, and their properties. For example, it can directly lock the meaning represented by the term "Sunday" and erase it. This add-on is also derived from Wang Han's understanding and cognition of the Dao. It also downloads instantly.
If Wang Han hadn't listened to Hongjun's teachings, it's unknown how long it would have taken to download these incredibly powerful cheat codes, or how many times he would have had to download them. More importantly, Wang Han finally understood his cheat codes and found his own path.
However, Wang Han no longer intended to listen to Hongjun's sermons, because he had already found his own goal and his own path. Continuing to listen to the sermons, while still beneficial, would primarily interfere with his thoughts, goals, and path. The rest, he would witness and understand for himself.
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