Primordial Chaos, a Heavenly Temple:
Heavenly Book Paragon floated in the air with a book floating before him. His eyes closed, deep in concentration. A river of chains manifested behind, and some chains will enter the book. Subsequently, the array in this temple will also release mysterious power into the book.
Heavenly Book's life is legendary by all accounts. He was once nothing but a mortal scholar. However, after an accident where his wife became sick, he reversed her and his fate, thus becoming a Fate Star.
Then, with the gift from Grand Dao–the Heavenly Book–he slowly rose. The book showed him the rise of a peerless genius in his world. After countless battles and numerous fortunate encounters, the genius became a peerless Heaven Chosen that broke the barrier between Mortal and Immortal.
Heavenly Book used the book to steal this genius, along with many of the Heaven Chosens of his generation, to rise to the top. However, even with such a tactic, this genius became one of his greatest challengers.
Then, in the final battle, he defeated the latter, proved the Dao, and became an Eternal Emperor.
In his mortal life, Heavenly Book had three events that defined him. The first one was when he became a Fate Star. The second was his Supreme Outlaw Trial since this was the first time his book was utterly useless.
And the third was his battle with that genius.
After proving the Dao, Heavenly Book discovered his treasure was useless. However, he did not care since he expected this outcome. Furthermore, he learned to be independent of the book during the Supreme Outlaw Trial.
So, he used his own power to make the book more powerful. After his ascension, he used his wisdom and the intelligence-gathering capability of the book to become one of the most powerful Paragons in the entire Chaos Universe.
After reaching his peak, he pursued higher realms with no success. The Heavenly Book and his Heaven Dao made it easier for him to gather knowledge and secrets. Regardless, his attempt was futile.
Then, he realized there was no further realm; he needed to create it himself. So, he began to prepare. However, at that exact moment, the Second Origin Battle began.
Qiyuan and numerous Paragons began to gather allies all over Primordial Chaos. Heavenly Book Paragon knew his chance might be coming, so he began to observe Qiyuan and his group.
He was one of the few people that realized Qiyuan's true objective was not to make the Eternal Ascension World the Destiny Center of the Chaos Universe. Instead, the latter was trying to summon a legend that originated from the early eras of the universe:
The Ultimate Taboo, also called The Path of Transcendence.
Heavenly Book observed Qiyuan's plan, and with his own analysis, he realized this plan would not succeed–at least, not entirely.
Qiyuan's plan would allow the universe to enter an era where Paragons were no longer supremes. However, he would not create an age where people above the Paragon Realms were as many as dogs.
After predicting Qiyuan's failure and the fate of the people participating in the Ultimate Taboo, he began to prepare for his own plan. He knew he needed knowledge and information about what happens in the Ultimate Taboo, so he cultivated a few Paragon subordinates and sent them to the Ultimate Taboo.
Secondly, he knew many people would die in this event. So, Heavenly Paragons began to plan for the power vacuums in all these powerful Chaos Worlds.
And for the last step of his plan, he wanted to turn his Heavenly Book into a story of the entire Chaos Universe. He believed someone would rise to become Transcendent, and such a person would be the protagonist of the universe.
Unfortunately, things are not proceeding as smoothly as he wanted. Although there is progress, it is not enough for him.
"Huh?" muttered Heavenly Book as he opened his eyes. He saw more paragraphs appear in his book, and the process was suddenly accelerated.
'Did something happen?'
Heavenly Paragon had grand ambitions and wanted to achieve detachment. However, the recent slow progress made him contemplate whether to use the shoddy methods from the Ultimate Taboo and become Half-Step Transcendent.
He will then use his newfound power to complete the book before cutting himself and returning to the Paragon Realm. After all, what is Half Step Transcendent before True Transcendence?
But now, the progress of his book suddenly accelerated and at an alarming rate.
Heavenly Book looked at the artifact before him and pondered.
"According to my analysis, no one can achieve transcendence without facing Grand Dao. This act could be a test or a confrontation because Grand Dao does not allow the existence of Transcendence. Regardless of the truth, this fact does not change.
'And currently, the protagonist is in a battle with Grand Dao; this battle has affected the past, present, and future.'
Heavenly Book squinted his eyes.
'The only explanation this book has suddenly changed is because of their battle. Something must have happened that alters the course of the battle. So, Grand Dao decided to create a new pawn in the shape of me.'
His eyes did not hide his sneer. Heaven and Earth is a chess board. And if someone does not have the strength or the intelligence, they can only be pawns.
Heavenly Book looked at the book, and two names caught his attention:
"Son of Grand Dao and Wang Wei," he muttered. However, the paragraphs in his book were not complete enough for him to gather more information.
'So, it is one of those two,' he thought before trying to deduce the information about either of them. And as expected, his attempt was futile.
'It doesn't matter. I can guess where one of these people was–the Eternal Ascension World.'
Qiyuan's action did work in some ways as the Eternal Ascension World gathered a tremendous amount of destiny after the event of the Second Origin War.
So, if there is a protagonist, it is one of the few places where the latter could rise.
"The Eternal Ascension World," muttered Heavenly Book. "Things are a little complicated. Although I have raised these eight pawns, the presence of Supreme Unity and Maitreya makes it difficult for me to intervene."
After the Ultimate Taboo, Heavenly Book took advantage of the power vacuum to raise many pawns in different Chaos Worlds–especially the original 3800 Source Chaos Worlds.
However, in a few of these worlds, Half-Step Transcendence appeared, making his hard work useless or rendering it impossible to use these pawns.
After all, no matter how intelligent he is, in front of Half Step Transcendent, that can kill him with one finger, it's extremely dangerous trying to do anything under these people's noses.
'Is it worth the risks?' thought Heavenly Book. 'Even if I found the protagonist now, it would be useless without the proper Time Nexus, and those are rare.
'However, the more advantage the protagonist has, the more valuable a pawn I am to Grand Dao.
'Moreover, time is on my side.'
The situation of Grand Dao will become worse as time goes on. Heavenly Book does not favor it in this battle, and the main reason was due to the two other people who succeeded in transcending.
Of course, the main reason for his lack of confidence in Grand Dao was the information he gathered. Their battle rippled across space-time. And based on the clues he deduced, Heavenly Book knew things were not going well for Grand Dao.
'No, my thinking is wrong. I still need to find the protagonist and observe his growth. Otherwise, even if a Time Nexus appeared, it would be useless to me. So, I must take the risks.'
Heavenly Book took a moment to plan how to minimize the risks while also getting what he wanted and more.
'Previously, there was a balance between Supreme Unity and Maitreya. However, recently, she seems to have the advantage. I can use this situation to get in touch with the Eternal Ascension World.
'So, I need a way to get in touch with Supreme Unity and give him a way to return the balance.'
Countless thoughts flashed in his mind.
'There are two things he would need from me: the first one is another method of becoming Half-Step Transcendence; he would definitely want to learn something from it.'
Heavenly could get such a method from other Chaos Source Worlds. However, the process would be very challenging and require too much time. Additionally, he did not want to give such a thing to Supreme Unity and allow the latter to fix his flaws and become more powerful.
'Based on his apprentice with two physiques, he might be searching for a way to divide his existence into two.'
Heavenly Paragons knew a madman who succeeded in such a thing. Although the latter was hiding in a dangerous place, it should be no problem for him to go there and get the method from him.
'Okay, let's see if I can tempt him with this method. The only issue is how to contact him without Maitreya's knowledge.'
However, Heavenly Book took less than a second to think of a way. Many people have been attacking the Eternal Ascension World, and his eight pawns can barely keep up.
So, as long as she sent someone who overwhelmed them, either Maitreya or Supreme Unity would have to intervene.
Heavenly Book waved his hand to send a message. Then, a Peak Boundless Paragon rushed toward the Eternal Ascension World.
'I cannot place all my hopes on the Eternal Ascension World. One of these people lives there, but where is the second one?'
Heavenly Book stood up, and the River of Time bent to his whim. Then, using its power, he traveled through the infinite Primordial Chaos as if it was a swimming pool in his backyard.
