Chapter 1242: Chaos Ocean, Cosmic Undercurrents

Xu Zhi left the outer universe and entered the true universe. The feeling of omnipotence suddenly vanished, replaced by a sense of reality and clarity.

The waves crashed. As he gazed at the beach of the chaotic ocean, with its rising and falling tides, a daring idea came to him: "These two cosmic creatures before me were born in the chaotic sea, which is their habitat. This means... I can release them into the vast, boundless cosmic chaotic sea!"

Xu Zhi's audacity was extraordinary. These were clearly two alien invasive "species," extremely sinister and dangerous. Their impact and effects would be terrifying beyond imagination; even Xu Zhi couldn't fathom what they truly were, or how malicious. They had just broken through Nu Yi's limits and escaped a siege, which alone warranted extreme caution. Moreover, their exact nature remained unknown, and the specific secrets of their life forms were still incomprehensible.

Yet, Xu Zhi chose to disregard this. "The Zerg, after all, are a natural disaster, aren't they?" he mused. "Whatever happens is fine."

"I must say, the previous Zerg Mother Queens were too petty," Xu Zhi thought, looking at the chaotic beach. "They spent their days contentedly interfering in the affairs of the Saints... yet they failed to grasp that the ultimate form of interference is to interfere with the entire universe!"

"They didn't know how to look past the surface to see the essence," he continued. "They constantly obsessed over fighting some enemy in the universe, their minds trapped in a blind spot... yet they failed to realize that if they first brought the universe under control, any enemies within it would be nothing more than harmless fledglings?"

Xu Zhi had once resisted the idea of being a grand manipulator, but by now, he had unknowingly advanced rapidly on this path, even showing a tendency to become the greatest manipulator in Zerg history.

Having finished his grand pronouncements, Xu Zhi was not in a hurry. Now that he was in the true grand universe, there were other matters he needed to attend to. With a wave of his hand, he released the true forms of Phoenix, Meng Mei, the Nine-Headed Ancient Mother, and others.

"They can now return to their respective civilizations," he thought. "After all, the era of the multiverse has now taken shape, and their parallel universe counterparts will no longer alter the entire cosmic structure. Therefore, their main bodies in this universe can awaken and return."

Acting as the Super Ancient Gods, Xu Zhi personally went and woke them, then sent them back to their civilizations.

The Nine-Headed Ancient Mother's eyes widened in surprise as she looked around. "I'm back!"

"What happened to you in the other universe?" Medusa, the Four Grandmasters, and even Little Shiji asked, gazing at her with excitement. "And now, what is your parallel universe counterpart doing?"

The Nine-Headed Ancient Mother's mind reeled as she recalled the dreamlike ancient cosmic myths she had experienced and the vast cosmic currents she had personally witnessed. Looking at the people before her, she realized there was so much history to tell—the very main text of cosmic history! Everything that had transpired since the era of sculptural art!

The Nine-Headed Ancient Mother instinctively looked at Renimansiga.

"You can tell the story," Renimansiga said with a smile. "Before, I always recounted the ancient history. Now, you can continue to narrate the subsequent cosmic main text for me."

"Yes," the Nine-Headed Ancient Mother replied. "It felt as if I traveled back 14 billion years, experiencing an unimaginable era, the Cosmic Bridge Era, when parallel universes had just begun to form..."

Meanwhile, Phoenix also awoke, sensing her parallel universe counterpart and the entire civilization of the Moon God Season, and began recounting everything.

Meng Mei awoke on Earth. She gazed at the bustling traffic, slightly startled. "I'm back!"

Just moments ago, she had been in a laboratory with Saint Nu Yi, conducting terrifying experiments that had gone awry, causing a major lab accident. "I need to find Qiu Mingshan Che Su and tell him what happened, so he can analyze it. The forums should also be informed!"

Meng Mei knew how terrifying this was; it was absolutely horrifying: the main text of history, the Creator God, the cosmic creation diagram, and the Heavenly Sound Sect.

With a whoosh, Meng Mei, as a deity, suddenly flew into the sky above Earth.

"Mom, come quickly and see the immortal!" a child on the street exclaimed, pointing to the sky. Everyone paused and looked up. The entire street realized that Meng Mei had awakened and returned, and instantly, the online forums erupted with excitement.

Xu Zhi allowed them to return because the accumulated knowledge from the outer universe was now sufficient, at least to support some initial actions and developments.

"As for other matters, I'll ignore them for now," Xu Zhi said, his expression calm, as he looked at the two small universes in his hands. "They grew up in the chaotic sea [of the outer universe]. I wonder if they can adapt to the chaotic sea of the grand universe?"

Xu Zhi clearly understood the structure of the vessels that traversed the cosmos. They were self-contained domains, pseudo-universes created with countless rules from Saints and self-sustaining, specifically designed to traverse the chaotic sea. After all, as he had said before, only universes could float on the chaotic sea.

"And these two before me are also universes..." Xu Zhi tried taking out one of the seaweed universes and releasing it into the chaotic sea. "As rules that don't belong to this universe, they are repelled by it... But what if they are placed in the chaotic sea, which itself doesn't belong *within* a specific universe? Perhaps they could survive?"

Xu Zhi tried placing it in the chaotic waters. But a shocking scene unfolded: it was as if a freshwater fish had been suddenly plunged into saltwater. The entire seaweed universe violently vibrated, broke apart, rapidly disintegrated, and was assimilated by the chaotic sea.

Xu Zhi took a deep breath, a wry smile flashing across his face. "Indeed, these universes cannot be placed in the outer chaotic sea either... because the chaotic sea is also a part of the grand universe!"

The grand universe was like Earth; its plates and oceans were all parts of Earth. Xu Zhi clearly knew the history of parallel universe generation and naturally understood that the so-called chaotic sea was actually a tumultuous zone where matter ejected from black holes by nine multiverses mixed together, but it ultimately still belonged to the grand universe.

"Creatures that do not originate from a true Grand Dao singularity are mere counterfeits, fakes!" Xu Zhi shook his head, looking at the two seaweed universes. "The only option is to install a batch of Heavenly Dao Pianos, cloned by Qiu Mingshan Che Su, within your universes to transform and resist the grand universe's assimilation."

This was an experiment, and Xu Zhi also wanted to explore the chaotic sea of the true universe.

With a plop, Xu Zhi extended his hand, and a batch of earthy-gold Heavenly Dao Pianos instantly merged into the seaweed-like universe and the trilobite universe. He then placed them into the great sea. "Go forth! Your true path lies in the boundless cosmos."

Xu Zhi gazed into the distance, looking at the endless chaotic ocean, and secretly thought: "Coincidentally, countless Saints' World-Traversing Vessels are all sailing towards this area. The two of you might be noticed by the Saints... understanding the mysteries of the universe, that in the chaotic sea, known as death, there are actually mysterious living beings, deep-sea behemoths of the multiverse."