To ensure that friends and family at different points in time could contact him, He Yuan created a clone.
This avatar exists throughout all timelines of the ancient Boundless Sea, from the very beginning of the primordial universe to a point infinitely close to the present Boundless Sea.
In addition to simply maintaining contact, he was also responsible for assessments and granting authority to those who passed the tests and gained his favor.
The Temple of Time.
Two guards stood in the way: "Want to pay homage to the Old Ones? You must pass our test!"
You chose to escalate the situation.
"Go in and announce that I am the future ruler. He sealed off the Dao principles eighty-six years ago precisely to restrict me."
[Two guards: "We've heard this kind of platitudes more than eight quadrillion times. For over eighty years, there have always been some self-proclaimed clever people trying to infiltrate using these platitudes. Do you think we're bots?"]
You've decided to directly control their souls.
You've only got nothing to show for it.
[Two guards: "Didn't expect that, did you? We're just soulless, worry-free bots!"]
They weren't actually androids; they simply used the Power of Myriad Transformations to add a soul defense ability to themselves.
As for why that feature was added... it's obviously to protect against you!
[Beware of you, the future Dao Lord!]
[Back when he was just a quasi-Dao Lord, he possessed the skill of "summoning past incarnations" to increase his combat power.]
[It shares a similar sentiment with your arrival.]
He guessed that you might use methods like "summoning your future self" to make your information and current Dao power exceed that of a 30 billion-level Cosmic Lord, so he reminded the many Dao Lords in the Origin Land who possessed the power of myriad transformations to add several layers of defense.
As guardians of the "Hall of Time," where the avatar of the Ancient Lord resides, both of them possess an extraordinary level of power, 1e500 times stronger than the Eighth Authority. Their soul defenses, enhanced through the Myriad Transformations, reach the level of an 80 billion-level Cosmic Lord. Of course, you can't simply read their minds!
"The two gatekeepers could blow away all the myriad transformations and proportions in one breath."
You originally intended to prove your identity by demonstrating your superior understanding of informational principles, thus inducing them to open the door.
But those two are too stubborn; they don't believe it!
[Realizing the security guard was about to subdue you, you quickly interrupted the game and restarted a new game in the future.]
[We don't yet know how many layers of guards there are. Since the reward and punishment system can only be used once a year, let's first honestly see what kind of test it is.]
You strode forward with an air of indifference, loudly proclaiming, "Present the test!"
A huge list is laid out in front of you.
[Those are a whole host of different challenges, testing a person's qualities in various aspects such as temperament, combat skills, character, and personality. Passing the most difficult one will grant you access to an avatar of an Old One.]
"Battles, adventures, friendships, family... oh my god, there's even a visual novel!"
[However, this time you haven't started playing live-action visual novels yet, and you're afraid you won't be able to handle it, so you've chosen one.]
Without hesitation, you selected the "Outsmart" option.
"..."
However, you find that the plot is not what you expected.
The challenge is to take a woman away to a distant universe, escaping a powerful enemy force of true immortals.
"Didn't you say it wasn't a dating sim?"
"Wasn't it said that this wasn't a combat scenario?"
That's right, this isn't a test of combat, escaping pursuit, or romance; it's a battle of wits.
[Because the power level configured in the test is that of a True Immortal of the billionth rank, and it also possesses the Dao principle of faster than light speed, it can easily carry a person through the cosmic membrane layer in less than ten days.]
[And that powerful immortal force didn't send a large number of strong pursuers to intercept you; you can leave whenever you want.]
The real challenge is... that woman isn't actually alive.
[It is the laws of nature that give rise to life!]
[Biographies based on the principles of the Dao, meaning that once they leave the universe corresponding to the parameters of the Dao, they will vanish into nothingness!]
[To take a being governed by the laws of nature out of its universe?]
This is no difficult task for a fully-fledged Universe Lord, as he can create a portable universe or similar space at any time and then adjust it to be suitable for beings governed by the laws of the universe.
But how does a True Immortal with a resonance level of one hundred million achieve this?
You think this is impossible.
But after thinking about it carefully, you realize it's not impossible.
[You've connected this to Hongjun, whom Fourteen encountered in the simulation, who possessed the Chaos God.]
[The other party forcibly implanted their consciousness into the mind of a Dao-law-based being, a Chaos Demon God, transforming it into a being that is half Dao-law and half-life form.]
This gave you inspiration.
There is a philosophical concept called "The Ship of Theseus."
As a wooden boat sails on, when a plank rots, a new plank is replaced; when a rope breaks, a new rope is added. When only a few planks and ropes are replaced, the boat is still itself...
But if hundreds or thousands of years pass and every part of the ship is replaced, is it still the same ship?
You bet it is; you bet it is in this test.
[So, you implanted a brain cell into the Daoist woman.]
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