Counterattack System appeared when I'm already At The Mahayana Realm

Chapter 770: Chapter 769: The Oldest Mystery (Thanks to the Book Friend Illusion. Dream. Smoke for the Alliance Leader reward)

Qiong Xin felt restless, unable to calm his heart, and he stopped teaching the eight students like Earth and Xuan, heading to his teacher’s seclusion instead.

There was nothing in Taichu’s seclusion, as if Taichu had never been there.

“Master!”

Qiong Xin felt despair, leaning against a corner. He knew his teacher had died.

Taichu had talked to Qiong many times about life and death, but Qiong, having never experienced death, couldn’t understand what Taichu meant when he talked about “death”.

So this is death.

“Saint Teacher, what happened?” Earth asked.

Qiong Xin looked at his eight students, grief-stricken, and spoke in a trembling voice, “Master Taichu, your grandmaster, has reincarnated.”

“Remember, this is the rule of life and death.”

Although Earth and the others had never attended Taichu’s class, they often played around him. Their feelings for him are no less deep than Qiong’s.

But they are still in a state of ignorance, not knowing what “death” really is.

Qiong sighed, these eight students were far from grown up.

“Take a week off, classes will resume next week.”

Several years had passed and Thier world consisted of just the nine of them, one teacher and eight students.

Qiong thought this life was good. As Taichu was not here, he had complete authority. Everyone respected him and listened to him.

Taichu never taught Qiong about this feeling of control, commonly found at the beginning of a dictatorship.

Qiong was standing within the boundary wall, looking at the nearby world with an exploratory heart.

But he was only at the Transcendence Tribulation Stage. If he stepped into the Void, he would be torn apart.

“It’s a pity that there are no realms above the Transcendence Tribulation Stage… wait, I remember Master Taichu mentioned, in the old world, there was a separation between mortal and immortal. Being mortal could become immortal, Immortal was the realm after the Transcendence Tribulation Stage, and immortals can be categorized into Earth Immortal, Heavenly Immortal, Golden Immortal, and Immortal with limitless potential.”

“Master said that he could do anything, including creating a world, because he was the only consciousness in the world.”

“Now that our world has nine people, but as a Saint Teacher, they will all trust my words, so, in this way, the condition of ‘single consciousness’ should be fulfilled.”

…

“Today, we will continue to learn about the evolution of life.”

“I have told you before, the stage of Transcendence Tribulation is the final form of life evolution. This final form has one prerequisite, which is the final form of mortals.”

“After being mortal, one can become an immortal.”

“Immortal?” A boy named Constant asked, his heart itching with curiosity. He was better than his siblings at learning about the rules of life evolution.

Qiong nodded, “Yes, Immortal.”

“Once someone becomes an immortal, their lifespan immediately becomes 100,000 years. The Immortal’s rank is equivalent to the world’s. Immortals can traverse the void, free and unrestrained.”

“There are four levels of immortals: Earth Immortal, Heavenly Immortal, Golden Immortal, and Immortal with limitless potential.”

“We will discuss these levels later. Today, we will focus on how to become an Immortal.”

“To become an Immortal, two steps are indispensable: one is the immortal body, and the other is the immortal power.”

“Different from the spiritual energy you’re familiar with, immortal power is a more advanced form of energy with endless uses.”

“Saint Teacher, where does the immortal power come from?” Constant asked with his hand raised.

“It comes from Heavenly Dao.”

“What is Heavenly Dao?”

“Like with the Transcendence Tribulation stage, it’s not something one can simply transmit. The spoken Dao is not the true Dao. The Dao is in your heart, and you need to comprehend it carefully.”

“Whatever you think in your heart is the Dao.”

“All you need to know now is that the Heavenly Dao can issue the Immortal Power, and it is an essential requirement to becoming an Immortal.”

“Because our world has a Heavenly Dao that allows people to become Immortals, our world is known as the Immortal Realm.”

The students nodded their heads in a dazed manner, somewhat understanding, yet still confused.

After class, the students pondered what the Heavenly Dao truly was. Qiong looked up at the stars, feeling that the Heavenly Dao was gradually taking shape.

…

God knows how long it has been, but during one class, everyone was present except for Earth.

“Earth, what happened to you? Why didn’t you come to class?” An angry Qiong went looking for Earth.

Such a situation had never happened before.

Lying on the grass, she yawned impatiently and closed her eyes, “What’s so captivating about it? It’s merely those eight same rules, constantly repeated over and over again. It’s all so futile and it grates my nerves to listen to them.”

She no longer addressed Qiong as her master, and her attitude was no longer respectful.

“And besides, I’ve entered the Transcendence Tribulation Stage already. I wouldn’t be afraid even if we truly had to fight.”

In the early stages of the world’s creation, dangers lurked everywhere, but as the second person created by Taichu, it was a breeze for her to transcend death and reach the Transcendence Tribulation Stage.

Qiong felt anger, an emotion he was experiencing for the first time.

He had lost control over his eight students, and with her achieving the Transcendence Tribulation Stage, it was only a matter of time for the others to follow.

And as more beings continue to appear, more transcenders and immortals would form, he would no longer be unique.

Under Qiong’s pressure, she eventually went back to studying reluctantly, but this incident spurred Qiong to contemplate on a question.

Why was he so special? Because he was the first being created by Taichu?

“No, everyone believes in me because I hold knowledge, and the essence of knowledge is resource.”

“If I want everyone to heed me, then I must control resources.”

“Knowledge is hard to control as it will eventually spread; therefore, I will control energy.”

…

“Classmates, today let’s learn about the ninth rule, the Law of Conservation of Energy.”

“Has anyone ever thought about where energy comes from?”

“I can tell you all that energy has existed since the beginning of creation.”

“The world is fair. The total amount of energy is fixed and unchanging.”

“If energy could be created out of nothing, wouldn’t the world have already been plunged into chaos?”

Qiong’s words rang true. The Immortal Realm was abundant in energy, and his eight students never had to worry about running out of energy so they trusted in Qiong’s words.

Qiong knew that once the Law of Conservation of Energy emerged, no one could break it. Future scientific research or cultivating immortality would all adhere to it, even considering it as common knowledge.

People wouldn’t question the knowledge that has existed from the beginning.

“We can refer to the Law of Conservation of Energy as the pseudo-rule; unless the whole world could cease to believe in energy conservation, this rule would always hold true and stands as equal to the other eight laws.”

Qiong had succeeded. The nine rules were as he had wished.

“As Teacher Taichu has estimated, there will soon be an explosive proliferation of life. This will herald the first wave of life’s emergence across the Ten Thousand Realms, including the Immortal Realm. What I have to do is to continually cultivate, to soon become a Primordial Supreme Immortal and to rule over the Ten Thousand Realms.”

“Only with power can you control everything.”

…

“Master, why should you control all the energy across the Ten Thousand Realms? Does that mean everyone’s cultivation has to be approved by you?”

“You even ask living beings to swear allegiance to you, to be your slaves and servants. Is this your way of treating people?”

Qiong formed the Ancient Heavenly Court, demanding all realms to submit to his rule.

Angered by Qiong’s behavior, the eight students confronted him.

Qiong frowned slightly; these eight had been stirring up trouble and undermining his authority. It was time to reassert his dominance.

The War of Ancient Heavenly Court began. It may not have been as spectacular as the encounters between Primordial Supreme Immortals we see today, but it was bloodier.

Among the eight, the youngest, Constant, was the strongest.

After sixty years of continuous struggle, Constant had a breakthrough on the battlefield and became the first Primordial Supreme Immortal, ending Qiong’s brutal reign.

Following Qiong’s death, the scene ended.

The mark on the stone dates back to the time before the birth of parallel worlds, indicating that these origins are consistent across all parallel worlds.

Jiang Li walked down the river of time; Emperor Shun wanted to say something when he saw Jiang Li emerge, but held back when he saw his serious expression.

Jiang Li saw that Taichu had reincarnated, and involuntarily exclaimed, “Mother Earth? ”

Even though Taichu had no gender, reincarnating as Mother Earth was entirely beyond Jiang Li’s expectation.

He saw from the original eight, only the youngest one, Constant, became the Dao Ancestor. The rest could not achieve the status of Primordial Supreme Immortal due to their lack of innate talent. Over time, they eventually passed away.

He saw Qiong was also reincarnated. In every life cycle, he became an immortal, even reincarnating as Qiong Xin in his ninth life to become the Immortal Emperor.

“No wonder in one of the parallel worlds, the Immortal Emperor successfully rebelled, replacing the Heavenly Dao.”

Everything started to make sense to Jiang Li at last.

(Seems like I can’t add more now, I will need to write mini-stories to make up for that)