Ye Xuan laughed coldly. "I'll ask you a question, and you'll answer. Then, we'll write off our differences. If your answer displeases me, then this Last Days will be your burial ground."
A threat!
A blatant threat!
The Heartless had a gloomy look on her face. Her beautiful face was filled with rage, but all she could do was nod hatefully. She was no match for Ye Xuan right now.
A wise man submits to circumstances. This saying didn't just apply to everyone; it was even more applicable to taboo figures, because they were still considered humans!
"Tell me. What is a taboo? Who are you? Who are the taboo figures who emerged from the Primordial Chaos and the Rivers of Time? What do they have to do with you? How many taboo figures have yet to be born?"
Ye Xuan sat in the lotus position in midair, inviting the Heartless to sit down and talk. He had a kind smile on his face, as though he hadn't been the one who had been shouting about killing.
"You ask too many questions, but I'll tell you everything I know," the Heartless said coldly.
"Thank you." Ye Xuan smiled, his eyes abnormally deep. He had been waiting for a very, very long time. Perhaps today would be the day that the veil covering this so-called taboo figure would be unveiled.
"Perhaps you've already guessed it. I'm not a creature of this Chaosverse, but a survivor of the previous Chaosverse …" the Heartless said in a low voice.
The 'Heartless' spoke in a low voice, gradually uncovering a piece of dusty history for Ye Xuan. This caused Ye Xuan's spirits to rise as he listened attentively.
Chaosverse, Twelve Periods!
These words were known to all living beings. They represented that the Chaosverse was divided into twelve periods, but in truth, they were just a drop in the ocean.
The Heartless was a creature of the previous Chaosverse, and her other identity shocked Ye Xuan even more. Still, Ye Xuan had expected this.
She was the Master of Destiny of the previous Chaosverse!
That's right!
She was the Master of Destiny of the previous Chaosverse, which was why she had been able to emerge from the River of Destiny.
Chaosverse, Twelve Periods!
When the Twelfth Eon ended, the Chaotic Universe would be destroyed and reincarnated. All living beings would be reduced to nothingness until a new Chaotic Universe opened. This was also known as the Chaotic Reincarnation.
According to legend, only by opening the door to the depths of the primal-chaos could one truly transcend. Only by not entering the cycle of reincarnation would one be able to exist eternally in the primal-chaos, or even surpass the Chaosverse.
"If you are the Lord of Destiny of the previous Chaosverse, then the two forbidden figures who emerged from the River of Chaos and the River of Time are the Lord of Chaos and the Lord of Spacetime of the previous Chaosverse?"
When the Heartless Man said this, Ye Xuan boldly deduced.
"You're both right and wrong."
The Heartless Man shook his head slowly. Ye Xuan could not understand his words.
"These two old fellows are indeed the Lord of Chaos and the Lord of Spacetime, but they aren't from the same era as I am. They are survivors of an even more ancient Chaosverse."
"As for Chaos and Spacetime, who were in the same era as me, they had long been destroyed in body and soul by the Chaos Samsara," said the Heartless Man solemnly.
"What?"
"An even more ancient Chaosverse?"
Ye Xuan was shocked to hear this, and his face instantly turned grim. He had guessed that these three might be the three supreme experts of the previous Chaosverse, but he hadn't expected there to be such a huge difference between them.
The three of them weren't from the same era. The other two were actually survivors of an even more ancient Chaosverse!
"Are you very surprised?"
The Heartless Man let out a self-deprecating laugh, then murmured, "Do you know that the Chaosverse experienced countless cycles of reincarnation from its birth to its destruction? Do you know how many supreme experts died tragically in the Chaos Samsara?"
"Everyone wants to transcend, but in the entire Chaosverse, how many people can truly transcend?"
"In the previous Chaosverse, the era in which I achieved my Dao, I witnessed the destruction of the Chaosverse with my very own eyes. Out of twelve Autarchs, I was the only one who managed to survive. I hid within the River of Destiny, but in the end, I ended up as a walking corpse."
When the Heartless Man reached this point, she paused for a moment, then looked at Ye Xuan. "Didn't you want to know what a taboo is?"
"Today, I'll tell you. A 'taboo' is a fork in the road, a road you've been forced to take.
"Everyone knows of the Nine Heavenly Gates, but this is an incomplete path to begin with. The true path should be the Twelve Heavenly Gates. In the previous Chaosverse, I was only able to open the Nine Heavenly Gates.
"It wasn't until the Chaosverse was destroyed that I finally comprehended the Twelve Heavenly Gates. But by then, it was already too late. My entire body was destroyed by the Chaosverse, and I was transformed into a dead person. However, my truesoul remained behind.
"I rebuilt my fleshly body, destroyed my own cultivation, and then trained in the Twelve Heavenly Gates. But in the end, I was nothing more than a dead person. Even though I trained in the Twelve Heavenly Gates and broke through to the next level, I was still walking a fork in the road. That's how I became the taboo figure you speak of."
The Heartless Man spoke a great deal, and she even explained the origins of the taboo figures to Ye Xuan. This left Ye Xuan utterly stunned.
"No matter how peerlessly talented you are, no matter how peerlessly talented you are, when you reach the end of the Chaosverse, if you don't push open the Great Gate, you'll be nothing more than a speck of dust.
"There are as many dazzlingly talented people in the Eternal Universe as there are carps in the river. None of them wish to die, but one Chaosverse after another passes. How many of them actually survive?" The Heartless Man sighed heavily.
"In other words, the people who walked out of the rivers of time and the primordial chaos are the survivors of an even more ancient Chaosverse?" Ye Xuan asked.
"That's right!"
The Heartless Man slowly nodded. "When I transformed myself into a taboo figure, I could sense their existence, and they could sense my existence. In addition, those two old fellows were once the Lords of Spacetime and the Primordial Chaos. They've lived through countless Chaosverses, and so they know far more than I do."
"A Chaosverse is a so-called era. Every time a Chaosverse is destroyed and reincarnated, it'd be a miracle for even a single person to survive. There are far too many Chaosverses where no living beings are able to survive," the Heartless Man said solemnly.
"Why would a Chaosverse be destroyed and reincarnated? What's the point of this?" Ye Xuan asked the question that puzzled him.
"Heh!"
The Heartless Man let out a desolate laugh. "All things are born to nourish man, but man has nothing to repay the heavens with. Every single living being is plundering the resources of the Chaosverse. They constantly train to become stronger and stronger, to the point where they are on par with the Chaosverse itself."
"We are like parasites that live within the Chaosverse. We are a threat to the Chaosverse itself. Thus, every twelve Yuans, the Chaosverse will undergo a cycle of destruction and reincarnation, destroying all existences that threaten it in order to nourish itself. Then, a new Chaosverse will be created. This is what the Chaosverse is called."
After hearing the Heartless Man's explanation, Ye Xuan was unable to come back to his senses for a very long time. This was because he had learned far too many shocking secrets today.
"Fellow Daoist, there's one more thing I'd like to ask you about!"
Ye Xuan hesitated for three breaths of time, then finally said these words.
"I've told you everything I need to tell you. If you have any other questions, feel free to ask," the Heartless Man said.
"Are there taboos above taboos? What sort of existences are they?" Ye Xuan said solemnly.
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