Chapter 864: The Fourth Layer & the Truth about His Previous Life

In the fourth layer of the Treasure-snatching Rock.

Like the first two layers, there was an endless void. But one thing was different; there were no fairy weapons floating everywhere.

Planets were the theme of the scenery here.

Everything here was exactly the same as the universe in Zhou Bao’s memory.

A huge fireball, which turned out to be a star after observation, was blazing in the distance. After tearing open the third layer, Zhou Bao appeared on a vast planet, where dead silence reigned everywhere. No air or gravity existed here, and what he saw were countless strangely shaped rocks revolving around a vast planet far away.

Just when he was lost in thought, a colorful ray flashed past in the distance. He narrowed his eyes and directly executed the Infinite Realms Teleportation in this space. He again split the space open and arrived at another unknown void.

“Interesting! The stability of the space inside the Treasure-snatching Rock is just like that of the Human World!” With the aid of the Infinite Realms Teleportation, he had arrived here extremely quickly, but he did not expect the Law of Space here to be so fragile. Carelessly, he found himself in a strange void.

However, he did not care about that. In the end, this was just one layer of the Treasure-snatching Rock. And since it was so vulnerable, breaking this space was as easy as pie for him. However, when he swept around and made out his surroundings, he was taken aback.

“This is… the universe… the Milky Way galaxy?”

He saw a huge silver plate revolving slowly in the depths of the void. It was a galaxy made up of untold stars and its shape resembled the Milky Way galaxy from his memory!

Yes, it was the Milky Way galaxy!

Presently, Zhou Bao was already an Immortal. Furthermore, with the assistance of the Fiery Eyes, his eyesight was unimaginably keen. But at this moment, he still could not believe what he had seen. After rubbing his eyes, he confirmed that it was indeed the Milky Way galaxy he had seen in his previous life.

The flat, silver plate was thick in the middle and thin at the ends. Its four spiral arms were clear and distinct. The two companion galaxies not far away also matched up with the knowledge he had learned from his previous life.

“The Carina–Sagittarius Arm, Orion Arm, Perseus Arm, Near 3 kpc Arm, Large Magellanic Cloud, and Small Magellanic Cloud! Damn, have I entered into a magic matrix? Is it a magic matrix set up by a powerful Celestial Immortal?” Zhou Bao’s heart throbbed and his spirit shook violently without any known reason. An unspeakable impulse rose from the depths of his spirit.

“What the hell is going on here? Is everything I see real? This is the universe where I lived in my previous life, this is…!”

At this moment, Zhou Bao stopped thinking because he felt a strong willpower emerge from the Milky Way galaxy. Though it was not overwhelming, it was very strange, as if it had a strong suction. Zhou Bao was very familiar with it. The moment that it showed up, his spirit stopped being agitated. His body, however, flew involuntarily toward its cradle. At this point, he seemed to have lost consciousness. He crossed through spaces by tearing them open and reappeared in another galaxy.

The solar system!

Yes, this was the solar system, in which fixed stars and planets could be seen everywhere. Most important of all, he saw Earth!

“Earth!!!” He looked at the blue planet in front of him and the familiar space junk blankly, as if he was dreaming.

“Is this real?” he muttered to himself.

“Yes, it is!” Before his voice had trailed off, someone else chimed in.

“Who’s there?”

Zhou Bao was alarmed to find someone else approaching him without being noticed. His divine thoughts surged out and swept around, but he discovered nothing.

“Don’t search for me with your divine thoughts, it’s useless!” The familiar willpower appeared once again. Zhou Bao tracked down its source—the fiery sun in front of him.

“You are…!” Staring at the sun, Zhou Bao was petrified.

“I am the sun!”

“F*ck!”

When the willpower passed the answer on to him, Zhou Bao blurted out such a word. Hence, the willpower was choked with rage and could not utter a word. Nonetheless, Zhou Bao did not care that much. With a quick move, he entered the blue planet and reappeared in front of a high-end residential neighborhood.

“What on earth is going on here?”

It was just at the time people got off work. Before he went into the residential neighborhood, he saw a familiar figure appear in front of the building’s gate. His expression altered suddenly.

He saw the man clearly. Without a doubt, it was Wang Bo—another one of himself in his previous life.

“How is this possible? Aren’t I already dead? How am I still alive, how…”

“Don’t you understand? You think that everyone else can reincarnate, don’t you?” Just when Zhou Bao was scratching his head, the willpower descended again. “Creatures and souls here are extremely fragile. How can they be reborn casually?”

“What happened?” Zhou Bao transformed into a flash of silver lightning and once again appeared in the outer space above Earth.

His face darkened. When he saw Wang Bo just now, his old memories became aroused from the depths of his spirit. But soon afterward, they fell dormant, leaving only an emptiness in his heart.

“Can you figure all this out?”

“Who am I?” Zhou Bao said in a gravelly voice.

“To be precise, you are a wisp of consciousness!”

“A device spirit? The essence of consciousness?”

“There are five layers in total in the Treasure-snatching Rock and this is the fourth layer!”

“So what?”

“You’ve seen the first two layers and witnessed the power of the Treasure-snatching Rock. What idea can you dream up?”

“I don’t want to bother thinking about that. I just want to know the truth. Why is Wang Bo still alive? If that’s true, who am I? The essence of consciousness? A device spirit? I have no memory of it at all. I don’t remember which Heavenly Fairy Weapon I come from. I have reached the Immortal Realm and I possess combat capability equivalent to that of an Earthly Immortal. If I really am the reincarnation of the device spirit of a Heavenly Fairy Weapon, I definitely could remember that. But I cannot recall anything. It’s impossible!”

“Really? But the truth is the exact opposite of what you think. You can’t remember it because you were reborn in the Human World due to an accident before you could become a device spirit. It seemed like an accident from the start, but now it appears to be a scheme designed by someone on purpose!”

“Can you make it clearer?”

“Haha, you will understand as long as you devote your attention to observing and thinking about all this. This is the space of the Treasure-snatching Rock, and the device spirits of Heavenly Fairy Weapons grow in the third layer. However, they just gain elementary spiritual sense—the essence of consciousness. And this layer aims to put the essence of consciousness into the spirits of real living creatures. In this way, these creatures can grow up very quickly. Then, the essence of consciousness will be separated from their spirits!”

“And finally load it into the Heavenly Fairy Weapons?” Zhou Bao narrowed his eyes. “It sounds like a quick fix!”

“Of course. This is the significance of the fourth layer. It allows spirits to grow rapidly and become appropriate device spirits!”

“Don’t tell me everyone outside has a device spirit attached to them!”

“Of course not. Every once in a while, the third and fourth layer connect to each other. And then the essence of consciousness enters the fourth layer and attaches to the spirit of a living creature randomly until it’s fully grown up…”

“How long does this process take?”

“It depends on the life expectancy of the living creature it attaches to. Whether long and short, we never interfere in it!”

“You mean this universe is merely a layer of the Treasure-snatching Rock?”

“Yes. But it’s not necessarily right for you!” The willpower seemed to have understood Zhou Bao’s concern. “Your fist intent simulated this universe; maybe the first, second, third, or the fifth layer. Thus, there is not much room for improvement. However, the fourth layer simulated the Dharma and rules of the universe from the last era. Therefore, you gained a great advantage!”

“A great advantage?”

“Yes. The last era has long gone and disappeared since Primordial Origin. This universe represents a new era. Strictly speaking, the fourth layer is merely a shadow. Wang Bo did exist, though in the last era. It’s like a documentary. The fourth layer resembles an eternal documentary that records the scene of the last Dharma Ending Age. I believe you can tell that they are not real!”

“Yes, I can!” Zhou Bao sighed. Indeed, he had just felt that everything on this earth seemed so real, but in fact, it was only virtual. In his eyes, Wang Bo was just a thought of his spirit. Even his body was fake!

“But why did this happen to me?”

“I told you that I thought it was an accident, but now it turns out that I was wrong. I am unaware of the details of the situation. This is the trick of the Treasure-snatching Rock. If you wish to know the truth, go and find its device spirit. It’s in the fifth layer, which is also the last layer. But I don’t think it’ll be easy for you to see him!”