Wuhun: Desert Death on the left hand, the world on the right hand

Baiyun City, by the Luoying Lake.

The bright peach petals fell into the lake, creating ripples and adding a touch of agility to the quiet scenery. Bai Yun, dressed in white clothes as white as snow, lazily leaned against the lake to fish, but his handsome face was full of sorrow.

"Brother Yun, Master Sang and the master are all so busy, and you are hiding here and doing nothing!" A figure broke the silence.

Bai Yun raised his head and looked at Nasus who was standing in front of him with an anxious look. He smiled and said, "What do you mean by lazy? I am just trying to understand the truth."

Nasus walked over to Baiyun and followed his gaze towards the shimmering pond. “Enlightenment? I guess you’re just being lazy. This is a great place. Why didn’t I discover it before?”

"What do you know, kid? This is called..." Bai Yun was interrupted by Nasus before he could finish his words.

“Why am I still at level 69? It’s been three years, why haven’t I broken through yet?” Nasus sensed Bai Yun’s breath and frowned.

"My situation is rather special and hard to explain in a few words. Let's not talk about me. What about you? Three years have passed. What realm are you in?" Bai Yun avoided the question and asked Nasus instead.

“I just broke through to the Title Douluo level yesterday.” Nasus said with a hint of pride, but it was soon replaced by worry. “That’s not right, Brother Yun. Your talent is higher than mine. How come you are stuck?”

"Alas, the Baiyun Realm Law has begun to evolve into the fundamental Tao." Baiyun sighed softly.

"The fundamental way of evolution? Wasn't it fine before?" Nasus was even more confused.

“Before the fusion of my spatial godhead, the Baiyun Realm was just a medium-level world. But after the fusion, it has evolved into a high-level world, while the Douluo Continent is still just a medium-level world now,” Baiyun explained.

"You mean, the level of Baiyun Realm has surpassed Douluo Continent?" Nasus asked in surprise.

"That's right." Bai Yun nodded, "Although the Bai Yun Realm has reached the level of a higher world, the time it took to grow is still too short."

“I still don’t quite understand.” Nasus shook his head.

Bai Yun pondered for a moment and changed his words to be more understandable: "You can think of the Douluo World as a foster mother, and the Baiyun World as a child. The foster mother originally planned the path of martial spirit for the child, hoping that he would inherit everything from her."

“I understand!” Nasus suddenly realized. “The White Cloud Realm is like a child. At first, it knew nothing and could only obey its adoptive mother’s arrangements. But now, the child has grown up and has his own ideas. He no longer wants to follow the path planned by his adoptive mother, right?”

“Yes, you put it very vividly.” Baiyun looked at Nasus with appreciation. “Although Baiyun Realm was born in Douluo World, it now has its own consciousness and wants to forge its own path.”

"Then why did it choose to evolve the fundamental way?" Nasus asked.

"Because the fundamental path is more suitable for the development of Baiyun Realm." Baiyun explained, "Although the martial spirit system of Douluo World is powerful, it is not suitable for Baiyun Realm. What Baiyun Realm needs is a completely new path, a path that can allow it to transcend Douluo World and even surpass all worlds."

“I see.” Nasus nodded thoughtfully. “So, you are now helping the White Cloud Realm evolve its fundamental way?”

"That's right." Bai Yun answered affirmatively, "The fundamental way of evolution is changing rapidly. I must watch it myself!"

Nasus' eyes suddenly turned, and he pretended to be puzzled and asked, "Oh, right, you just said that you compared the Douluo World to a foster mother and the White Cloud Realm to a child. But, didn't the White Cloud Realm evolve from your Divine Realm? How can it be the child of the Douluo World?"

Bai Yun looked at Nasus's expression of pretending to be puzzled. He knew that this boy was asking questions knowing the answer, but he still explained with a smile: "Well... just think of it as Bai Yunjie being sensed by Douluo's laws when he traveled to Douluo, so he recognized us as relatives!"

“Recognizing relatives?” Nasus opened his mouth in surprise. “Isn’t this… this too much of a joke?”

"Haha..." Bai Yun couldn't help laughing.

“So, Brother Yun, you... will be trapped here forever?” Nasus looked worried, with a hint of anxiety in his tone.

Baiyun saw this, patted his shoulder, smiled and comforted him: "What nonsense are you talking about? Of course I can practice, but now is not the right time. Baiyun Realm is my foundation, its future determines my future, I must protect it personally until its world consciousness finally evolves into the 'fundamental way'."

After a pause, he said seriously, "Although I can intervene in this process, it will not do me any good to force things to happen. The 'fundamental way' that evolves naturally is the most suitable, isn't it?"

Nasus frowned slightly and asked in confusion: "Brother Yun, what is this?"

Bai Yun smiled and patiently explained: "The fundamental way is actually also called the fundamental law, or the origin law. You can understand it as the only law that operates this world."

He paused, and then continued, "Of course, different worlds call it differently. Some worlds call it the only root fruit, some worlds call it the Dao fruit, and some even call it the original Dao directly!"

Nasus became even more confused and asked, "The only way? Brother Yun, can you explain it in more detail? I still don't quite understand."

Bai Yun smiled, pointed at Nasus and said, "Then I'll give you an example so you can understand. For example, the fundamental principle of the Douluo World is the martial soul."

Nasus nodded, not quite understanding, and asked, "Martial Soul? How can Martial Soul be the fundamental way?"

Bai Yun explained: "Think about it, isn't everything in the Douluo World centered around the Martial Soul? Training relies on the Martial Soul, fighting relies on the Martial Soul, and even social status is closely related to the Martial Soul."

Nasus thought about it carefully and realized that this was indeed the case, so he nodded and said, "It seems to be true. So you mean that the White Cloud Realm will also evolve something similar to the Martial Spirit?"

Bai Yun shook his head and said, "No, what I mean is that the Bai Yun Realm needs to evolve its own fundamental path, which may be a martial soul, or it may be something else, such as martial arts, magic, technology, etc."

Nasus became even more confused and asked, “What are the other fundamental ways like? Brother Yun, can you tell me in detail?”

Bai Yun smiled and said, "Of course, in addition to martial spirits, there are many other fundamental ways, such as martial arts."

Nasus interrupted, “Martial Arts? What is that?”

Bai Yun explained: "The martial arts is to take martial arts as the way, pursue the ultimate of the physical body, and ultimately transcend life and death and break the void."

Nasus listened with longing and asked, "Besides martial arts, what else?"

Bai Yun continued, "There is also the way of luck. Control your luck and change your fate."

Nasus was stunned and couldn't help asking, "Can you control your luck? Doesn't that mean you're invincible?"

Bai Yun smiled and said, "It can't be said that he is invincible, but it can influence his own destiny to a certain extent."

Nasus nodded to show his understanding, and then asked, “Anything else?”

Bai Yun continued, "There is also magic, which can control the power of elements and destroy the world."

Nasus' blood boiled after hearing this, and he couldn't wait to learn magic.

Bai Yun continued, "There is also the Way of Killing. Using killing to prove the Way, one can eventually become the God of Killing."

Nasus was horrified and asked, "Isn't this... too scary?"

Bai Yun smiled and said, "The Way of Killing is just a way of practicing. The ultimate goal is to pursue the ultimate power."

Nasus nodded in understanding.

Bai Yun continued, "There is also time and space. If you can control time and space, you can do anything."

Nasus was dazzled by what he heard and asked, “Doesn’t that mean we can travel through time and space at will?”

Bai Yun nodded and said, "Theoretically, it is possible."

Nasus became even more excited after hearing this, and wished he could immediately have the power to control time and space.

Bai Yun continued, "There are also talents, Confucianism, faith, spirit, rune, feng shui, summoning, genes, etc. There are countless."

As Nasus listened to Bai Yun reciting a series of Daos, he could not help but sigh, “Brother Yun, you know so much! Where did all these Daos come from?”

Bai Yun looked at Nasus who was listening seriously and was very satisfied. He continued: "Every world is born first from the fundamental Tao, and then the Tao gives birth to one, one gives birth to two, two gives birth to three, and three gives birth to all things! Finally, a world with clear laws is formed!" Bai Yun's image at this time was full of mystery and supreme charm.

“So that’s how it is!” Nasus suddenly realized and exclaimed, “Then Brother Yun, don’t you mean that the White Cloud Realm is currently evolving its fundamental Dao?”

Bai Yun nodded, confirming his guess: "Yes! This is also the reason why I have been sleeping from time to time in recent years! I must watch the evolution of the fundamental way carefully. If the trend of evolution is not right, I will intervene immediately. Otherwise, I will not intervene easily."

"Oh? Brother Yun, do you mean that you can interfere with the evolution of the fundamental Tao?" When Nasus heard Bai Yun's words, he immediately became interested and asked.

"Of course you can, but the number of interventions cannot be too many, and the degree of intervention cannot be too great, otherwise it will cause irreversible damage to the Baiyun Realm." Baiyun explained.

"It's like a tree. If we want it to grow taller and straighter, we need to prune its branches and leaves appropriately. But if we prune too many times or to a great extent, it will damage the tree or even cause its death."

Nasus nodded in understanding.

"Brother Yun, how many times have you intervened in the evolution of the fundamental Tao?" Nasus asked curiously.

Bai Yun held up a finger and said, "Only once."

“Only once?” Nasus said in surprise. “I thought you would interfere often!”

"Of course not!" Bai Yun shook his head and said, "The evolution of the fundamental way is a very complicated process. I dare not interfere easily. I will only intervene when it is absolutely necessary."

"Then Brother Yun, when was the first time you intervened in the evolution of the fundamental Tao? Why did you intervene?" Nasus asked.

Bai Yun recalled and said, "It was about two months ago. At that time, the fundamental way of the Bai Yun Realm evolved into a very terrifying rule. This rule allowed various life forms to devour each other and evolve infinitely, eventually breaking through the limits of life and becoming an existence that transcends everything."

“Infinite evolution? Wouldn’t that be great?” Nasus asked puzzledly.

"What's so good about it!" Bai Yun shook his head and said, "Although this ability of infinite evolution sounds wonderful, it is actually very dangerous."

"Think about it, if all life forms are devoured, and only one finally breaks through the limit of life, then wouldn't the world be in chaos? The key is this devouring, which can only devour the life in this world to evolve, which is why I intervened!"

Nasus thought about it carefully and felt that what Bai Yun said made sense, so he asked, "Then Brother Yun, how did you intervene?"

Bai Yun explained: "At that time, I took direct action and wiped out this terrible rule from the fundamental way."

“Erased?” Nasus said in surprise, “Brother Yun, you can actually do this?”

"Haha, this is not difficult." Bai Yun said calmly, "After all, I am the master of Bai Yun Realm, controlling the power of the entire Bai Yun Realm. Erasing a rule is not a difficult task for me."