Chapter 622: A surreal possibility
In the ancient era, numerous events marked history and are still remembered today.
Although the Tang Yin world does not have too much writing from that era, there are still some, and among those, the most memorable was the appearance of the Heir of Death.
He appeared as a small fry in the First World; no one paid attention to him, and everyone underestimated him. He was not weak, but he was not at the level of the Gods of that era. Some records describe him as being in the Realm of the Law, but others put him at the level of the Divine Ruler, the Cultivation Realm, where Tang Yin was in the past.
Although it is not possible to know exactly how strong this person was, what is clear is that he was not too powerful at the cultivation level.
There are rumors that the gods of that era were immortal, but again, no one knows exactly the level of power that these great beings had, as there are no records about it. Even so, the reality is that the Gods of that era were more powerful than those of today.
Despite this, they all fell into the hands of a single living being: The Heir of Death.
The entire First World and an entire era were exterminated by a single living being, who was said not to have too high a cultivation.
When Tang Yin first heard this, he thought it was a lie. He had never seen a Heir of Death, but after being attacked by an aura from a small remnant left there for hundreds of millions of years and finding no way to counter it, he naturally understood that it was no joke.
An Heir of Death is too dangerous an entity; the fact that it exists goes against all existence itself, but what he had experienced was only death at work—that aura that no one can bear. Perhaps only the Heir of Death could endure it without dying.
He had not experienced the power of the real Death Heir until recently, when it became clear to him that this guy was not only dangerous because of his aura of death but that he could be just as powerful as him, despite being numerous cultivation realms below.
And that's where the question came in for him, once again. Why could the Heir of Death do that? How could he stand up to him? How could he put an end to an Age as powerful as the Age of Gods?
'If I think about it carefully, when I hit him I felt that his power was less than mine in general, but it didn't seem to be too much as it should be. I thought it was the Law of Death that did that, but no. That shouldn't be possible.'
'What am I missing?'
His mind whirled briefly, and then he remembered something he'd forgotten.
'A power source? In his most orthodox description, this would be a place where power comes from and is created. The Primordial Laws act upon what their Law indicates, but they do so by 'Aura or Energy'... Where does that energy come from?'
'Could it be that all Primordial Laws are Sources of Power? After all, death energy has to come from somewhere, just like life energy.' His eyes sparkled as he realized this.
What he thought it was very likely to be. After all, those energies cannot exist if nothing brings them into existence. And the Primordial Laws are supposed to be independent; although they have controllers, they also act upon themselves by bringing death and creating life. Moving time and maintaining space.
And all that power does not come from a cultivator but must come from something else.
'I see, so they're all Sources of Power... Could that be why the Heirs are so powerful, without requiring cultivation? Although that still leaves a tremendous gap in what they do and what a Power Source means...'
A Power Source is a place where power is created or comes from. Perhaps it is formed from nothing, or maybe it is drawn from somewhere; in either case, it is a place where power or energy comes from.
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They're not something that can be used to be that strong, are they?
'No? No, wait... If a Power Source draws power from somewhere and someone controls it to cultivate themselves, like I could do in the future with the Law of Control, then it's likely that it can indeed be used so that guy can do that.'
Although his mind was spinning and he was trying to figure out what was behind this, the truth was that he was getting more and more confused. His idea was clear, and he understood that it could be accurate, but something didn't add up in the whole equation forming in his mind.
And this time, it was that, although it didn't seem to be impossible for a Power Source to strengthen you, that would undoubtedly increase cultivation. But he was trying to think why that guy could stand up to him without increasing his cultivation.
His thoughts had practically gone off into opposite worlds, so he tried to get back to the main reins of his thoughts.
But suddenly, an unreal possibility entered his mind.
Even he didn't understand why it had come to him. He had never read or seen anything like it, but that seemed to be the only option if he thought about it carefully.
Tang Yin stopped in mid-air as he flew with his women behind him.
His sudden stop surprised them, but they all stopped.
But Tang Yin couldn't hear the words they were saying to him.
'Could it be? Maybe... Maybe I'm not wrong. It's possible that that guy is using a Power Source to get stronger at an alarming rate. But... Could it be that there is a Power System other than cultivation in this world?' Although his thoughts were going against what this world, the upper world, and the entire universe were, he didn't know why he had a feeling that it certainly was.