Chapter 1194

"Still, it's truly difficult," Xu Zhi smiled. He now had a clearer understanding of the Bug Tribe Mother Empress's realm: the Multi-Dimensional Saint, the true end of the universe. It seemed the vaguely hidden sixth bloodline was a characteristic of these "multiverse overlords."

"'Difficult? It's more than just difficult,' said the Bug Tribe's sub-brain. 'Even if they successfully cross the shore and deploy a clone, that Multi-Dimensional Saint still faces the crisis of returning. Their journey back across the Sea of Chaos to their original universe is just as long and fraught with the danger of falling at any moment!'"

That's right, they have to return! At this point, Xu Zhi fully realized how arduous and terrifying it was. Coming here once was already a near-death experience; did they have to go back as well? That's double the journey!

How powerful must the 'False Dao Universe' they created be to sustain enough 'fuel' without being able to draw supplies from their original universe? Xu Zhi found it hard to imagine how terrifying and defiant of nature such beings were, capable of traversing such a vast Sea of Chaos. They were simply creatures of a completely different dimension compared to the Saints he knew.

"'Such beings are probably like a small island in one of the nine continents!'" Xu Zhi took a deep breath and whispered, "It's as if they've carved a small piece of land from their own cosmic continent and turned it into an island, drifting outside... This is the true horror!"

"'And it's truly terrifying...'" Xu Zhi mused, sighing with emotion, "They risk their Saint body potentially perishing in the Sea of Chaos—a near-death ordeal—to painstakingly make a round trip, all just to deploy a clone here to grow anew... Even if the deployment succeeds and they evade the forces hunting their reincarnated self, success isn't guaranteed, because re-cultivation itself is risky. Who knows what natural disasters or man-made calamities might strike?"

There's simply no telling. After all, you might have just cultivated to the Seventh-Tier Heavenly Emperor stage, not even left your home planet, when suddenly two Ninth-Tier beings clash in a cosmic battle, directly obliterating all life on your planet. Even a Saint would be left in tears, wouldn't they? It's unimaginable!

Two ant-like beings who achieved Dao fighting each other, and they end up causing the highest-dimensional Multi-Dimensional Saint to...? The sheer exasperation of it made even Xu Zhi feel helpless.

So, is it possible to deploy multiple clones after arriving, so if one dies, there are many backups? That's impossible! Each parallel universe can only have one 'self' from a parallel timeline. Each universe can only generate one true spirit of oneself. If the self in this universe perishes, they can only cross over again, enduring another near-death ordeal, and attempt to deploy once more...

"'It seems the little fatty who appeared while fishing has a terrifying background...'" Xu Zhi narrowed his eyes. "The reincarnated body of a Multi-Dimensional Saint, the true epitome of ultimate greatness and invincibility... hidden here, and I actually discovered him..."

In fact, not to mention appearing before Xu Zhi, even if he appeared before other Multi-Dimensional Saints of equal standing, he would be completely undetectable without using his power. It was just like how other Saints couldn't detect the Bug Tribe's sixth latent native bloodline.

But the other party couldn't resist the temptation. "'If I kill him, I might really provoke him... but this is a parasite in our parallel universe, an enemy of all Saints...'" Xu Zhi took a deep breath, his mind racing.

He understood the logic clearly: this was an external parasite. It was like someone invading the territory of one's own country... If his own universe were to fail and be invaded, it would mean the destruction of his nation and race, and he wouldn't be able to escape either.

"'What would happen if too many Saint positions were plundered?'" Xu Zhi took a deep breath, closed his eyes, and immediately activated the Great Universe Cultivation Method. He began to deduce, and an endless stream of information surged through his mind. All sorts of unimaginable informational rules flowed like rushing rivers. At that moment, he was more omniscient than even a so-called true Grand Dao Saint.

"'The Saint positions in each universe are limited... The wars between multiverses are inevitably battles over Saint positions. You vie for mine, I vie for yours. When, during a certain Saint era in a universe, most of the positions are secretly occupied by external invaders who seize the highest authority in that universe, it will become a colony of one of their parallel universes...'"

Xu Zhi continued to deduce: "'They will seize the authority of this universe's Saints, sending Saints from their own universes en masse. They will then be responsible for guiding them here, opening up the 'customs'... One after another, great ancient beings will fully descend into this spacetime, making this place their dominion! Concurrently, our universe's excessive resources will be plundered, and its Grand Dao positions will be completely occupied, leading to the closure of the Tenth-Tier Gate. Our universe will rapidly fall into an aging phase, prematurely entering an era of declining magic...'"

Xu Zhi closed his eyes, and in an instant, many terrifying things came to mind. It was like discovering a continent on Earth and then cruelly colonizing and plundering it. The scope of the Multi-Dimensional Saints was far more terrifying than imagined.

"'And that era of declining magic...'" A glint flashed in his eyes. If other Saints heard this, they would simply think their universe was doomed to collapse and utterly decay. But hearing it, he felt... "'So this is what parallel universes are... What exactly is the origin of parallel universes?'" Xu Zhi wore a faint, unreadable smile, always feeling as if he was glimpsing some vague, ancient manipulation.

But he came back to his senses; these matters didn't concern him much for now. He had only just entered this realm; the Tenth-Tier was the true threshold. So-called Grand Dao Saints could only glimpse the truth of the universe. He was among the weakest. If the sky fell, taller figures would bear the brunt, and there were certainly Multi-Dimensional Saints of his own universe secretly orchestrating everything.

"'I just need to focus on my own development.'" Xu Zhi glanced at the little fatty, pretending he hadn't gained any insights, and continued fishing with his fellow disciples.

"'I can't afford to provoke this guy. If we fall out completely, who knows what trump cards he might have hidden away? If he struck me, I'd have nowhere to cry... It's a pity I don't know any Multi-Dimensional Saints, otherwise I'd call one over to deal with him.... But for now, secretly making things a bit 'fun' for him is certainly doable... After all, he sealed his memories and reincarnated to re-cultivate. In his eyes, I'm just a supposedly lucky 'country bumpkin' who ascended from the lower realms, only an Eighth-Tier God. So, there's definitely something to work with there.'"

Xu Zhi wore a faint smile, "This matter can be left to the players. They'll definitely make this little fatty from an external universe 'happy' to the extreme."