Lu Bai naturally has relevant knowledge about the soul.
The soul is the original existence. Of course, its true appearance is definitely different from what is observed in daily life.
The soul now is affected by many aspects.
Most of the original existence has no thought, no thought, no form and no form.
It was only after being constrained by the real dimension that it gradually became what it is today.
However, although souls are primitive existences, does this primitive existence really come from ancient times?
Elodos' first question made Lu Bai discover some errors and omissions in his past knowledge.
For example, the Xingxiu Sea, the universe where the earth is located, is expanding every moment. Although life planets are rare, there is definitely no shortage.
There are beings with souls everywhere on it. Just looking at the dimension of the Constellation Sea, the number of souls must be in an increasing state.
And if you focus on the Netherworld, you will find that souls are dissipating in the Netherworld every moment.
The gray-white stone soul box in the underground pool is the best evidence.
On the one hand, the number of souls is increasing, and on the other hand, souls are being consumed.
So thinking logically, there must be some kind of force producing souls.
In other words, the soul does not come from ancient times, but is a thing that is being generated every moment.
It's just that its material may be primitive existence, and some kind of force pushes this primitive existence to incarnate into a soul.
And this power is the first driving force, the original origin mentioned by Jinfeng and Dashu.
As for where this power comes from.
Lu Bai already had a guess in his mind.
He has not forgotten that the purpose of Erodos asking these questions is to let him understand the nature of the Star Cave.
But as of now, the Star Cave does not have the ability to produce souls. Some of them are even pursuing the original individuals. They are beaten as rebels here, and there are also special dead-slayers to target them.
In addition, the origins of Dashu and Jinfeng were probably losers who competed with the real dimension.
Lu Bai then had the most basic guess about the first driving force.
When they reach a certain level, or when losers have a certain ability to challenge the real dimension, they may need to touch the original existence.
This is consistent with Lu Bai's previous conjecture about the true dimension.
The various rules of the real dimension are to exploit the original existence. The losers have the ability to provoke and are regarded as threats by the real dimension because they can touch the original existence.
Then it is estimated that they will be able to create souls by this time.
The souls of Dashu and Jinfeng were all created by some losers.
At least in this process, their first driving force and their original origin came from those losers.
That's why they think that their fate has been decided.
The original origin of their cognition - real existence, this real existence is probably those losers.
After the losers failed to challenge the real dimension, they were buried in the star cave. If they wanted to be resurrected, they could only find the souls that were born under their influence and resurrect from their souls in the original way.
And this kind of selected individuals, because they originally came from a loser, their future destiny is actually doomed to failure, so they who want to revive the original are called those who rebel against fate.
As for why these losers were not accepted by the Netherworld after their death, but were instead put into this star cave, this may be the third question of Elodos.
After the original grows to a certain extent, will it become a resource?
The answer to this kind of question can basically be guessed. If it were not for resources, there would be no need to create so many things.
Therefore, the strong original must be a resource, and it is a resource that should be cherished.
After all, the real dimension exploits primitive existence. Since losers can create souls, doesn’t the real dimension create more souls?
Lu Bai thought of the power fragments of these losers. Their power had some characteristics of the real dimension.
The original innate magical power brought by the big tree - the chapter of life usurpation, is even closer to the two real dimensions of life related to Jinglin or Green Forest.
This may indicate that the original origin-real existence of the big tree is probably a challenger in the quiet forest or green forest.
So do these challengers have souls, and where do their souls come from?
Most likely they are the target of their challenge.
This is the real reason for the emergence of Star Cave.
Under their influence, a large number of souls were born in various real dimensions, and the origins of these souls were these real dimensions.
And when these souls grow to a certain extent and grasp the originality in their own souls, they become challengers of these real dimensions.
If it succeeds, it will probably be like the dirt splitting the Netherworld. If it doesn't succeed, or it will be strangled to death at the first sign, then it will be these losers in the Star Cave who will be torn into pieces.
Normally, all souls after death return to the underworld or dirty earth.
However, this kind of soul's original connection with other real dimensions has grown to a certain extent, and it has a certain ability to provoke other real dimensions.
Are those real dimensions really willing to be obtained by the Netherworld or the Dirty Earth?
If this is the case, then Netherworld will not be the first or second real dimension, but the father of all real dimensions.
Therefore, these souls that have grown to a certain degree in all real dimensions are precious resources.
The rebels derived from these souls and used to resurrect themselves are secondary resources.
Star Cave is most likely the product of mutual checks and balances among the major real dimensions. This large-scale phenomenon continues to consume the original power of those who lose.
At the same time, we must guard against other real dimensions and quietly collect the original souls of our own dimension.
As a result, there were problems with the connections between the major real dimensions in the Star Cave.
Lu Bai couldn't contact Netherworld, the strange demon couldn't contact Critical, and other dimensional creatures probably couldn't contact their own true dimensions.
This is the nature of Star Cave, the real dimension used to deal with those original places.
The Netherworld is probably special among them. After all, souls are supposed to enter the Netherworld and the dirty land.
The identity of the deceased person has a deep connection with Netherworld. It is probably the benefit that Netherworld gets through this special kind of thing.
This also explains why he can suppress everything that tramples the dead so much.
"If that's the case, then my origin is actually plants that take the lead?" If Lu Bai's previous conjecture was correct, then the various events arranged by the Star Cave are probably related to his origin.
"Plant life, Qi and blood, and dragons!" Lu Bai's three priority factors after entering the Star Cave.
"My origin is probably related to these three."
"It can be seen from this that the original first driving force may not come from the same existence."
The birth of a thing in real life may have gone through many hands, and the raw materials used may be the same, but it is hard to say what happened in the middle.
The same is probably true for souls.
"Some souls have a single first driving force, and they probably become the native lives in the real dimension, such as the alien demons in the critical state."
"Some souls have complex first driving forces, and they may land in different dimensions and become various intelligent races therein."
"From this point of view, my soul is probably not too simple. Although it is not the kind of high-quality products specially made, it should not be the kind of assembly line product."
Lu Bai did not show any concern that his soul might be controlled by others.
Anyway, Erodos said, the original is not everything.
Since there is a first driving force, there must be second, third and even countless driving forces.
"Is this why Star Cave separates nature and nurture?"
Where exactly Lu Bai's talent comes from, he himself can't say now, at least he only knows some factors.
But the driving force the day after tomorrow is much clearer.
"First of all, there must be a netherworld. I have been in the netherworld for more than seventy years."
"Secondly, there is a high probability that there is an abyss. My soul's desires have changed. If it weren't for the Netherworld, I would have fallen into the abyss and become a demon."
"Even the abyss may have targeted my soul first, but Netherworld intervened successfully."
"No, there may be the intervention of the God of Thousand Dimensions."
"This may involve various games, but in the end, the God of Thousand Dimensions and Netherworld will be the winner."
"I became an awakened person on the surface, and then I was placed on Earth, given death compensation, and successfully became a traveler."
"And secretly, he obtained the Ring of Life and Death and became the Prince of the Netherworld."
"The Abyss is the loser. Even after being immersed in the netherworld for decades, my soul's structure has changed and I have become a being with controllable desires. I am relatively restrained by the Abyss."
"And Lusen probably has some problems as well."
"When I was in the martial arts dimension, it was unlikely that it was an accident that I came into contact with Green Forest."
"So, during the second trip, the old curator tricked me into going to the Demonic Land. Maybe it was a counterattack by the Abyss?"
Lu Bai kept looking back at his past, and then he could find that many of his seemingly normal behaviors and various events he encountered were probably not accidents.
But there really is something, playing games with each other behind the scenes, affecting each other's own destiny. It's terrifying to think about it.
Things like destiny may have been determined at the origin of the soul's appearance in the world.
The first driving force, the original origin of the soul, these things are the beginning of destiny.
But there will be many driving forces the day after tomorrow, so that your destiny is no longer just a one-way line, but has many possibilities.
After this realization emerged, Lu Bai found that his perspective had changed.
This perspective appeared in Lu Bai's soul, and he had a certain ability to observe the original.
Second update.
(End of chapter)
