"Thank you."
"Hmm? What did you say, Your Excellency Tang Feng? Are you talking about these ancient murals? No, no, this is what I should do. You paid me a large sum of money and helped me revitalize my family. The one who should really say thank you is me, Your Excellency Tang Feng. If it weren't for me, our family would have been starving labourers forever. "
"No, there are other things. Although you don't know, I want to say thank you. "
"Oh? Oh. "
Old Man Tang really didn't know, and couldn't know. Tang Shidao couldn't tell him what he had learned. It was something he couldn't understand, and it was also something he couldn't benefit from knowing. Strictly speaking, Old Man Tang didn't provide any help, he only provided a revelation.
Or rather.
Tang Shidao received a revelation from him.
It was … positioning.
In the world of mages, there was no zero, and the lowest was one. This one could be infinitely small, so small that you couldn't detect it, so small that you couldn't understand it. But it must exist. Mages believed that there was no real meaning in the existence of zero, only one that couldn't be found, one that was so small that it couldn't be distinguished.
Mages had a definition of nothing, but they didn't believe in nothing.
The void.
The world of nothingness.
The Creation Cloud Atlas.
They all had blank places, such as the magic-free places in the void. Another example was the material-free places in the world of nothingness. However, this was just a definition. Mages didn't believe that a magic-free place was truly magic-free. They only believed that … this "magic" was too small, so small that no mage could perceive it, so small that there was no power to use it, so it was treated as nothing.
The most obvious example.
The Great Withering Spell.
It could slowly reduce magic until the surroundings became an environment of nothing. However, even an idiot knew that the Great Withering Spell was a spell in itself. Spells were composed of a combination of "method" and "energy." In other words, the Great Withering Spell itself was magic energy. It could generate a magic-free environment because its effect forced the environment to become like this.
In other words.
The greatest pursuit and greatest difficulty of mages was the same, and it was: positioning!
For a type of flame, how high was its highest temperature? Or rather, what was the current highest temperature?
It needed a definition.
How low was the temperature of a type of ice needed to be?
It also needs a definition.
Great Perfection was the meaning of 'within the definition' and 'above the definition'. The 'infinity' of Great Perfection referred to the position of 'someone had achieved it before' and the authority of 'you can pursue higher'. In other words, you have the right to step on this endless path. Every type of great perfection was a type of limitless hope, and every type of path was different.
There were also many types of positioning.
What did Old Man Tang define?
Life.
Insects, fishes, birds, beasts, humans, demons, dragons, and spirits. There were countless races and lifeforms in the void. Old Man Tang not only represented people, but he also represented a position in life: the ordinary of the ordinary, the middle of the middle, and the average of the average. Old Man Tang could form an independent line between good and bad. Although such a boundary did not exist in reality, it could be defined in one's perception.
Åling once said, "A true powerhouse only needs ideas."
Old Man Tang did not provide any ideas.
But.
He provided a 1.
Tang Shidao did one thing according to this 1: he expanded the bloodline of the Bridge of Life and Death to 50%. He was still half a level away from 100% Great Perfection, and one level away from 101% Great Perfection. However, because of this step, it gave birth to a skill.
Its name was: Self-control of Reincarnation!
Tang Shidao had the Void Bloodline and the Nihility Bloodline. He also had the Void Elemental Embryo and the Nihility Elemental Embryo. He could have done it a long time ago. However, self-control of reincarnation was different from rebirth. It was also different from nirvana rebirth. It was more … free.
To put it more simply …
Tang Shidao could now 'kill' himself with a thought and be reborn in the void world. If he felt bored, he could kill himself with a thought and return to the void again. Whether he died or was killed by others, as long as he was still in the void or the void world, Tang Shidao would not die. In other words, as long as it was either life or death, Tang Shidao could choose one.
Not only could he choose, but he could also change the answer.
Of course, this did not mean that he was invincible.
Self-control of reincarnation.
It also had limitations.
First of all.
This reincarnation was limited to the void and the void world. As far as Tang Shidao knew, it also included the outside world and the Creation Cloud Atlas, which was all the spaces he knew. However, since self-control of reincarnation had such a definition, it meant that there might be an environment that was neither void nor void. If there was such a place, self-control of reincarnation would be ineffective, and other forces would remain unchanged.
Secondly …
Self-control of reincarnation was safe and had no losses. However, it was not certain if he was killed by a strong enemy.
For example, the scarecrow.
If he was killed by it, even if he could be resurrected, it might not be '100% reincarnation'. He might lose some things. Of course, he could not be sure without trying. Tang Shidao only felt that there was such a possibility. Since self-control of reincarnation had such a definition, it meant that there was a possibility beyond the definition.
Thirdly …
Self-control of reincarnation could not resurrect Åling.
It was called self-control of reincarnation, but it was not controlling reincarnation. In theory, its real description should be … self-control of one's own reincarnation.
"The ninth skill of Life Weave must be related to reincarnation." Tang Shidao was very sure.
There were two possibilities for the snake mage's death.
First …
It and the 72 people tried to construct an independent reincarnation, but they failed and all died.
Second …
It and the 72 people experimented with the effect of independent reincarnation and went to an unknown place. It was not there for the void or the void world, which meant … they all died.
Judging from the results of everything they left behind, the first possibility was the most likely.
However, the second possibility was not impossible.
Åling wanted to defeat the void.
The snake mage and the others wanted to 'escape' the void.
In a sense … well, they were all lunatics! He was a complete and utter madman who was beyond redemption! Such people, if you asked them to restart their lives, they would still do the same. They did not know how to write the word 'death'.
There were restrictions … but in reality, there were no restrictions.
As far as he knew, Tang Shidao could not think of any way to really kill himself, except for the possibility of "injury" like the scarecrow.
These were the disadvantages for the time being.
Then …
Self-control of reincarnation also had its advantages.
First: It did not require magic power to use. However, resurrection without magic power meant that he was an ordinary person. Starting over … Starting from Yuanzu Yuan Ling, there was a foundation for this. The identity of his son could not be erased.
Second: It did not require a body to use it. Because the void world itself was a world of energy, reincarnation in the void world did not require a body. On the other hand, reincarnation could not retrieve what was lost. This was also one of the disadvantages mentioned earlier.
Third: It ignored time limits.
The Bridge of Life and Death bloodline was a special bloodline. Therefore, self-control of reincarnation did not require immediate resurrection after death. He could be resurrected whenever he wanted. Even if tens of thousands of years, hundreds of millions of years, or trillions of years passed, it would have no effect on self-control of reincarnation. As long as the void and the void world did not change, Tang Shidao could return whenever he wanted.
Fourth: It ignored race. Yes, self-control of reincarnation did not require Tang Shidao to be reborn as a human. It was fine to change to a dragon or a demon.
As long as it was within the scope of knowledge.
It did not even need to be understood.
Self-control of reincarnation was like bringing with it the knowledge base of the Creation Cloud Atlas. He could change it to any one of them.
"Only 50%." Tang Shidao checked the ability of self-control of reincarnation and sighed at the difficulty of improving this bloodline.
It could not be cultivated.
At least, there was no way to cultivate it at the moment.
The Bridge of Life and Death bloodline had a very annoying requirement: it could not be cultivated in the void or the void world. It could only be cultivated outside or between the two. In short, the Bridge of Life and Death bloodline could not be cultivated in the void or the void world. Tang Shidao tried, but it did not work in the Creation Cloud Atlas. The Creation Cloud Atlas was not between the two. It was probably a little bit of both.
With the help of Old Man Tang's positioning, he found a position.
Or rather.
He found a balance point between life and death, a turning point, a cycle point.
However.
Old Man Tang's "effect" could not be repeated. He did not know how much luck he would need to get such an "opportunity" next time. Moreover, even if he was lucky, the help he could provide might not necessarily be from the Bridge of Life and Death bloodline. It was very likely that other fated people had different insights.
This time.
In fact, Tang Shidao felt that the biggest gain was not being in control of reincarnation.
Because he had the void bloodline and the void bloodline, it was very difficult for him to die, unless it was an opponent like the scarecrow. Generally speaking, even if all the ancestral spirits attacked together, the six derivative abilities of the Mage talent, Reincarnation and Rebirth, could guarantee his resurrection. Reincarnation and Derivation, Salvation and Change, Strange Birth, Primordial Birth, The Birth of the Devil, Weak Birth and Strong Birth … They were enough to deal with all crises.
Being in control of reincarnation was just a greater guarantee.
It was a real gain … a revelation to Life Weave. It could be said that Life Weave originally only had eight skills: Nirvana Rebirth, Life Embedding, Wisdom Revelation, Soul Drawing, Energy Shaping, Life Evolution, Elemental Evolution, Space-Time Evolution … It was now at 8.5.
The last one.
It must be related to some kind of reincarnation.
Snake Mage probably did not have the Bridge of Life and Death bloodline, which was why they were all "dead". However, they found this direction from another path. However, the final result was not what they wanted.
"A bunch of monsters." Tang Shidao truly sighed.
Without the same conditions, they found the direction from another path. This kind of wisdom and ability was truly terrifying.
Åling's strength was already known.
Self-generating magic power.
It came with a level modifier.
Snake Mage and the 72 people almost left the void and created reincarnation.
Scarecrow.
Hmm, this guy was still unclear, but it was definitely not simple.
Now think about it.
Gu could absorb the power of the Gu formation. Every time someone died in the Gu formation, it could absorb a portion of the power. Every time the Shaman revived someone, she could share an additional portion of the power. This level was completely different from Åling and Snake Mage. If they had not lost, the result would have been that the void and even the world of nothingness could not restrain them. They would have been a group of unknown monsters above the 'known' and 'existing'.
Even if they failed.
Self-generating magic power was a modifier, and life weave was a simulator. They were far beyond the known of the Creation Cloud Atlas and had already reached the level of the unknown.
They could only blame themselves for having to go one step further.
Pursuing the unknown beyond the unknown directly killed themselves.
No wonder.
Åling had never stepped into the mortal world. In her eyes, everyone here was her younger brother.
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