Superman's words seemed to Chen Sheng's heart as if a seed of shock had suddenly been cast in a calm lake.

After a glimmer of light in his eyes, he looked at the 'real being' in front of him, at least the real superman in front of him, as if he was in some kind of contemplation.

All the while, Chen Sheng recalled his experiences in the multiverse, many bizarre and incredible things, the powers he had seen, from the mystical mages, to the Greek gods, Norse mythology, dimensional powers, Infinity Stones, dark monarchs, Setoras, the Celestial Clan, anti-universe, phoenix, chaos, reincarnation theory...

For himself, it is only a few months of personal time, Chen Sheng has experienced countless legendary deeds that may not be comparable to each other in his life, but he has always found that those secret methods, secret techniques, and unique powers seem to exist widely in many multiverses, and the multiverse is like a plausible replica, although there is a certain degree of difference within it, but it is more like a coincidence setting, which makes people always wonder,

Who set it all up? Is there a true source for those ultimate powers? Is the overlord of the multiverse above the supreme existence?

Chen Sheng couldn't say clearly. These things are a little far away from him.

Just like a human being has become the richest man in the world, his wealth and power may overlook the billions of vast human beings on the entire planet, and he is a well-deserved uncrowned king, who can dominate on a planet, but if it is enlarged to an entire star system, the mineral resources of any planet may be several times or even hundreds of times the value of the richest man's net worth, when wealth is extended to the scale of the universe, human beings will find that their wealth is simply mediocre, and when this scale is extended to the vast and infinite multiverse, All but the true multiverse overlords will be nothing in the vastness of the universe, and the same metaphor can be applied to power.

In the biggest secret in Chen Sheng's heart, even his own true origin is still an unsolved mystery, and the only thing he only knows is that he doesn't know how many billions of years ago, his predecessor was an inexplicably powerful unknown existence.

And if he wants to solve this secret, he must reforge all the Infinity Primordial Stones, and combine them with the seventh Self Stone, in order to get the clue that the predecessor left in the Self Stone to unlock this secret.

"My original hometown, Krypton, has developed life gene technology to the limit, all people are born with a set existence, one person should be born a teacher, and another person is destined to become a general, or a soldier, or a scholar, a researcher, the endless expansion has made Krypton's radiation around millions of light years almost exhausted resources, extremely long time has passed, when it can't go further, it means decline or even death."

Superman looked at Chen Sheng, whose expression was lost in thought, and continued to speak in a calm voice.

"There are two important reasons for the death of the Kryptonian civilization, the first is the transformation of the ideology of the whole race, the abuse of genetic engineering, and the second is because Krypton's exploration of the nature of life has reached its limit, no matter how much it invests in infinite research, there is no way to go further and break the bottleneck."

"So my father, who chose to break the deadlock of civilization that has lasted for tens of thousands of years, chose to let me be born naturally, rather than being a 'batch product' under gene editing."

"Of course, my father's choice was not just because he wanted to rebel against the already completely ossified Kryptonian civilization system, but because he discovered a secret, an ultimate secret about the nature of life that involves breaking the bottleneck."

Listening to Superman's narration, Chen Sheng raised his eyebrows, he didn't speak, and waited patiently for the other party's next words.

"Master Chen, what do you think is the reason for the birth of life?"

Superman suddenly asked Chen Sheng coldly at this time.

"What is the reason for the birth of life?"

Chen Sheng pondered for a moment, and he tried to find some reasonable explanations or assumptions in Gu Yi's memory.

But to his surprise, even Gu Yi, who was a Supreme Mage, did not have some kind of positive answer to this question.

“... Substance? Or a combination of matter and energy? ”

Combined with what he had learned and thought, after thinking for a while, Chen Sheng spoke.

"No, it's supposed to be the soul."

Superman replied without thinking.

“... Strictly speaking, the soul should also be divided as an energy. ”

Chen Sheng frowned, as arcane mages, their insights and research on souls far surpassed those of many magic systems.

"That's right, because energy exists widely in infinite dimensions, and so does the soul, and after the death of life, the soul usually disappears in the universe, so it is not wrong to simply think of the soul as an energy."

Superman smiled.

"But what if we think about it from a different perspective?"

"The strength of life depends on the combination of matter and energy in the universe, figuratively speaking, matter is like masonry, energy is cement, and how to place and build masonry and cement is the law formed by nature, normally speaking, there should only be masonry and cement in the universe, or the house that has been built, but the soul has made this house come alive and become 'life'."

Superman spread out his hands, as if he had performed some special ability, causing an illusory image of a tall building to emerge in the center of the two of them.

"Our conventional thinking thinks that the soul should be born from the combination of matter and energy, but if this order is reversed, if the soul first gives life to matter, then can we think that only a strong enough soul is the shackle that breaks through the limits of life?"

Chen Sheng's face was reflected in a radiant luster, he frowned and was silent, but a layer of not-so-calm ripples set off in his mind.

"As a magician with a deep understanding of the soul, I'm sure you know what I mean."

Superman continued.

"But this theory has no research direction, the technique of strengthening the soul is generally considered a forbidden technique, and even it can attract some unspeakable pollution, there have been many such examples, the magicians who study the power of the soul have degenerated into evil gods, lost themselves, and become monsters that devour the souls of all things..."

Chen Sheng shook his head, Superman's point of view is indeed very fresh, but it is not that no one has ever tried it, including the mystic, the mystic mage also has some soul-strengthening and soul-manipulating techniques that the sages have studied and created, but if you want to continue to go deeper into this field, you will find that the soul actually naturally has some kind of bottleneck-like constraint, when you have no way to go, you have to break this constraint, unless you devour the souls of other creatures to strengthen yourself, but the consequences of devouring the soul are huge hidden dangers, That is, it is very likely to lose one's original self under such a bold act.

Or, touching an extremely rare natural treasure like the Soul Gem can be used to strengthen the soul, but touching the Infinity Gem is a very dangerous thing, and the whole universe can contact the existence of the Soul Gem without hidden dangers, how many can be found?

Chen Sheng himself possessed the power of the Soul Stone, and although it was not complete, he did not feel any special reaction that would occur when the Soul Primordial Stone was used to amplify the soul.

"Yes, this is usually considered a point of no return, and the study of the mysteries of the soul is doomed to be full of danger and unpredictability, but exploring the power of the soul is not as simple as simply strengthening it, in a specific adjective, perhaps we should call it evolution."

Superman seemed to know Chen Sheng's inner thoughts, he waved his hand, and the projection in front of him changed into the image of a middle-aged man with a white beard, this is a Kryptonian and Superman's biological father, Joe Al.

"In the message that my biological father left me, there is a very bold hypothetical theory, which points out that the source of life science is the inquiry that leads to the soul, and the soul may be a projection from the infinite dimension, and its essence should be idealistic, not the same as the soul should be treated with the thinking of exploring matter and energy, life is limited by matter and energy, and the upper limit of matter and energy is actually the limit of the universe, and if you want to break through the limit, you must evolve, The ultimate goal of this evolution is what we can call 'ascension'. ”

“... Soaring? ”

Chen Sheng's eyes flashed with a different color, I have to say that this is indeed a very crazy hypothesis, but he did not immediately open his mouth to question it, because some doubts in his heart did overlap with Superman's statement to some extent, the ascension of the soul? Could this be a path to a multiverse overlord existence?

"That's right, Master Chen, do you feel this way, have you ever thought that our world is not real enough, or that it is not perfect enough, but no matter what, we can't confirm this conjecture."

“... What did you find? ”

Chen Sheng looked at the tall young man in front of him.

"I can't explain it all to you."

Superman sighed softly at this point.

"Not everyone has the qualifications for this 'ascension', this is a completely different path, maybe those multiverse-level existences only belong to those who have already embarked on this path, but what its end point will be, we are completely unknown."

"Are you already on this path?"

Chen Sheng sensed the potential meaning of Superman's words, and while he pondered deeply, his eyes showed inexplicable surprise.

"You can understand that in fact if I wanted to, I could have started to ascend 'immediately', maybe I would become an extradimensional being, or maybe I would go to self-destruction."

Superman said calmly.

"I can sense everything in the world now, but I can't see my own way forward, and I can't see your way forward."

"Master Chen, you are also special, so I think your potential is also unknown. Maybe you don't have to spend a long time collecting those primordial stones, but if you can follow your own path and unleash your true potential, I believe that one day, your power will be far greater than these Infinity Primordial Stones. ”

.............

The underworld.

Generally speaking, people think that the underworld is the place where the soul dies, but Chen Sheng understands that the soul often returns to the void rather than entering the so-called reincarnation, and the underworld dimension of this world can attract and accommodate souls to reside here because of its speciality, but there is no ability to let the soul reincarnate here, strictly speaking, this place is more like a prison of exile.

After leaving the watchtower and burrowing into the gap in the underworld dimension, Chen Sheng easily used his spiritual power to scan the location of Athena and the others.

Looking at the gray land as desolate and desolate as ever, he also felt the inexplicable breath he felt when he arrived last time, as if this world was rejecting tangible material life, but the difference was that this time Chen Sheng's feeling was clearer, and he seemed to be faintly aware of what the origin of this breath was.

"The sleeping god Erebos..."

Chen Sheng had a thoughtful look on his face, but he quickly put away his expression, and then took a step forward, and his figure disappeared in an instant.

In the next second, Chen Sheng suddenly appeared and walked out of the space, and he came to a new place, and in front of him was a line of tall figures standing there, as if waiting for something.

As if sensing his arrival, a sword-wielding woman at the back of the line turned to look at him, smiling like a bud blooming.