Chapter 1228: Your Highness, when is the next era?

Xu Zhi thought he might have changed the future’s history, but he quickly dismissed the thought. After all, one can’t live by confining oneself within a framework. He wasn’t particularly concerned with following the rules from the start.

He always believed that the phased nature of the universe's history was inevitable. The grand trends remained unchanged, but minor details could be altered. Even if it wasn't Nu Yi, there would be a Male Yi, Tai Yi, Da Yi... In the subsequent eras, saints emerging to rule the entire chaos beyond the heavens would collectively plan the grand scheme of splitting the universe.

The splitting into multiple parallel universes was destined to happen. Because saints would inevitably seek ways to survive, they would consider weakening the universe's assimilation of themselves. Cutting the universe with a single stroke to form a multiverse was the only correct choice.

Although he had taken Nu Yi away now, in the future, when the multiverse split into nine continental territories, they would certainly operate independently. Furthermore, as saints of later generations attained enlightenment, the rules of these parallel universes would also diverge.

“How do you view this, sir?” Nu Yi looked up at the sky.

Boom! Glorious radiance, the Great Dao shimmering. Great, supreme beings were attaining enlightenment in the universe. Countless entities stood within the cosmos, becoming enlightened saints, completing the universe's rules, and merging their bodies with the Dao!

This was a grand era. Nu Yi was originally supposed to preside over it alongside several other remnant ancient gods and demons. However, she chose to decisively depart with the God of Creation, feigning death to escape, leaving the leadership of the entire plan to the other ancient gods and demons and the innate saints.

She couldn't help but ask, “Does everything we've done have meaning for the future? The saints are completing the universe, but I am proving its incompleteness! Directly cutting the universe with a single stroke – one could say it's an incredibly audacious act, tearing apart the entire perfect Great Universe...”

Nu Yi gazed at this historic scene, her eyes shimmering with colorful light. To establish the mind for Heaven and Earth, to ordain destiny for living beings – this was what she hoped for. But she had only deduced an idealized future. Ultimately, like Yi Mang before her, she was a person living within her era, limited by it, and dared not be certain if she was right or wrong, or what specific impact she would have on future generations...

“There's no need to doubt; this is an inevitable process for the universe,” the God of Creation's voice was calm. Standing beside the somewhat anxious Nu Yi, he smiled, “Attaining enlightenment at this moment opens a new path for future generations. The saints of later eras will have their lifespans significantly extended. While the Tenth Order is an end, it will no longer be *the* end. You have opened the path to a pseudo-Eleventh Order for them. Even though it's an artificially created realm, it will allow them to immerse themselves in stepping into multiple dimensions, opening the sixth bloodline of diversification... giving meaning to the previously empty lives of saints once again.”

“I succeeded?” Nu Yi was so overjoyed she almost cried. She had suspected it before, but now that it was confirmed, she smiled, “Indeed, Master has opened a paradise for the common people, and I have also opened a new pure land for them... proving the incompleteness of the universe! Nothing is perfect; the imperfect is the most perfect.”

Xu Zhi merely watched her quietly, saying nothing. Then he turned to look at the scene of all the enlightenments.

It was utterly breathtaking. One by one, saints were attaining enlightenment on the rules of “black holes.” Previously, stars in the universe aged, and as planets grew old and their energy dwindled, they would gradually die out, their mass collapsing to form white dwarfs. White dwarfs were the ultimate end of a star's life, but now, this enlightenment added a new endpoint to a star's death, with mass collapsing even further to form black holes.

“Boom!” Space was enlightened. Souls were enlightened. Black holes were enlightened. Various rules subtly influenced the entire universe, like an incredibly detailed set of vast cosmic parameters, changing everything within the cosmos.

Finally, with the actions of each saint, the enlightenment concluded. The universe began to vibrate faintly, very subtly, like a magnitude one or two earthquake, continuously fermenting.

“The splitting of the universe won't be completed in a short time... No brute force, no power of any cosmic saint, can tear apart the Great Universe, but it has already begun to self-divide.”

Nu Yi smiled, “Black holes are forming one by one, drifting on their own, absorbing and expelling cosmic matter, and according to the map we drew, they will perfectly divide into nine sections.”

“Nine sections was a carefully measured quantity because too much division, with territories too small, would lead to the universe's power diminishing, and it could even lose stability, making it difficult to even maintain transcendent realms.”

Xu Zhi nodded. The number of divisions certainly shouldn't be too many. Dividing into 129,000—that's just a thought, not a practical number.

Nu Yi continued, “And the matter ejected by these collapsing celestial black holes will form a vast sea of chaos, upon which the universes will drift like continents.”

“However, the universes won't deplete or shrink in area due to the matter ejected by black holes... Additionally, the continental plates will absorb cosmic dust, and the edges of the continents will draw in matter attached to the sea of chaos.”

Xu Zhi heard an exceptionally perfect plan. This grand enlightenment finally concluded. Although the universe didn't appear to have undergone significant changes, it was undoubtedly the greatest historical turning point. Not just the saints, but all enlightened beings felt the continuous vibration of the universe.

The grand blueprint of the universe, under the increasing influence of the rules' blessings, would eventually lead to its division.

Xu Zhi also observed the actions of some enlightened beings and sects. “The universe is dividing into nine parts! We can migrate directly to a nebula in one of these universes and stake out our influence and territory!” an enlightened being declared.

“That's exactly right!” another powerful enlightened being chuckled. “If we don't migrate beforehand, it will be very difficult to cross over to another universe in the future.”

When there's a policy from above, there's a countermeasure from below. The various factions and enlightened beings below naturally had their own subtle intentions. They even began to form alliances, aiming to occupy and dominate a cosmic territory in advance, intending to become the overlords of that particular multiverse in the future.

Ten thousand years passed. Continuous conflicts erupted, and the territories began to split. The sea of chaos, the border, resembled a chaotic river, with two parallel universes now facing each other from afar.

Despite tens of thousands of celestial black holes ejecting matter, the universe was too vast; it still drifted slowly at a speed of mere centimeters per year.

Witnessing this, Xu Zhi finally understood that the universe's structure had fully formed. Innate beings had become incomplete, entering the Post-Heaven era. The Innate Universe also became incomplete, entering the Post-Heaven Universe.

“Everything is part of the grand, unseen trend of chaos,” Xu Zhi murmured, observing this scene while still experimenting in his laboratory, his expression placid. “I fear that, from this point on, the universe's grand structure will no longer undergo significant changes.”

Xu Zhi looked at Nu Yi beside him and said, “Since you have understood me and seen the future development of the universe, you must completely avoid contact with the outside world. You are ‘dead’.”

Nu Yi nodded respectfully. From the moment she chose to agree to complete reclusion, join the Tianyin Sect, and go out to deal with her affairs, handing things over to others, she had prepared for this day, no longer interfering with the universe's development.

Furthermore, although she was one of the decision-makers for this “multiverse project,” the other ancient innate gods and demons who contributed this time were no less talented than her.

After all, these few had emerged from the chaotic war of three thousand gods and demons, their talents absolutely astounding. The multiverse plan involved too much; it could only be achieved through their collective refinement.

Therefore, handing over the matters of the multiverse, and even its future development, to them was very reassuring.

Nu Yi continued her research in the laboratory. Suddenly, her brow furrowed slightly, and she smiled, “Your Highness, God of Creation, if I may ask, when the universe and living beings have fully entered the Post-Heaven era, what will be the next cosmic era?”

The next cosmic era? It should be when the non-existent Eleventh Order is seen...

Xu Zhi was momentarily stunned, his expression flickering. At that time, they would choose to pursue eternal life, enduring until an era far beyond the current cosmic epoch. It should also be the era when the first generation of Zerg Overlords appeared. And some other saints from his "colleague group" would begin constructing great ships to traverse the universe, hoping to escape the era of Heavenly Secrets.

Xu Zhi suddenly looked at her with a faint, knowing smile, then chuckled, “The next era will be the Eleventh Order cosmic era. When an existence of astonishing talent sees the path that Yi Mang saw in his later years, the structure of the universe will change accordingly... There will be beings who wish to ‘stow away’ to the distant future!”