Chapter 1252: For the Universe, Offer a Piece of Prairie

Author: Three Hundred Jin's Smile

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Autumn Mountain Speed woke up, unsure how much time had passed. His mind was muddled, a blank slate. He felt extremely tired, as if he were a water-filled balloon that had been emptied, now lying deflated on the ground.

"Where am I?"

His mind was clouded and confused. Trying hard to recall, he vaguely remembered the scene before his memory loss: revealing the ultimate truth of China's Buddhist and Taoist history, and the Ancient Gods, on a forum. Afterwards, without a moment's rest, he was taken away by the Ancient Gods. He tried to remember what the Ancient Gods had said, or what secret research he was fortunate enough to participate in, but nothing came to mind.

"I... I'm exhausted, as if my body has been drained," he mumbled, struggling to get up.

Meanwhile, Xu Zhi clearly understood that creatures like the Heavenly Dao Piano, the Phoenix, the Alchemy Factory, and the Primordial Worm were unique mutated beings and could not be replicated. The Heavenly Dao Piano was unique, and its singular existence alone couldn't bear the task of resisting the assimilation of the entire universe. Therefore, Xu Zhi had always kept it with Caroline, letting her use it.

However, now, combined with Autumn Mountain Speed's cloning factory, an unimaginably powerful combination had emerged! He could mass-produce Heavenly Dao Pianos, each possessing a unique bloodline, achieving something truly incredible.

"I've gotten over sixty thousand of them." Xu Zhi looked at the arrays of earthy-gold pianos, neatly and orderly arranged before him.

"Over sixty thousand should last for a long time... I also have hundreds of thousands of Grand Dao Singularity Beads! One bead, plus a thousand Heavenly Dao Pianos, can create a stable, active living universe... It's like a life alchemy formula, but instead of alchemizing life, I'm alchemizing universes!" Xu Zhi suddenly found it very mysterious, how by piecing things together, such a miracle had developed.

The Zerg had achieved a super qualitative leap. They evolved cosmic spores.

"However, although those sea-beast universes appear long-lasting, they too have a lifespan. After all, they are not true grand universes; they are incomplete, artificial constructs. Their longevity depends on the consumption rate of the Heavenly Dao Pianos!" Xu Zhi's expression was calm as he mused inwardly: "After all, the Heavenly Dao Pianos, in resisting cosmic assimilation, have a limited lifespan. Once they are used up and I don't replenish them, the universe will inevitably perish, completely assimilated by the grand universe."

"In reality, these seemingly mysterious and terrifying cosmic life forms I create are essentially the same as the 'false Dao universes'—cosmic ships—created by the multi-dimensional saints! The difference is, theirs are false Dao universes, while mine are external Dao universes, and this external Great Dao is merely a special active universe containing the rules of life." Upon closer thought, their essence was the same. Ultimately, these were not true universes; they were akin to cosmic ships, only these cosmic ships were alive and did not operate under the rules of this particular universe—that was all.

*Swoosh.* With a wave of his hand, Xu Zhi instantly created fifty of them. Thirty of the seaweed type, twenty of the trilobite type. He then carefully installed a Heavenly Dao Piano into each, following his previous method. After some thought, he kept the remaining Heavenly Dao Pianos as reserves, as it was always wise to have some left over for unforeseen needs. After all, there always had to be spare parts ready for replacement.

*Gurgle.* Soon, these living universes were released by Xu Zhi directly into the Chaos Sea. As juveniles, they quickly drifted away with the currents. He feared that any chaos ships approaching from all directions would suffer. But was this not also an opportunity? For billions of years, the accumulation in the Chaos Sea had been immense. Countless multi-universe civilizations had left their mark, and who knew how many rare treasures and ancient divine artifacts had settled on its seabed. And these would now be salvaged and explored by the current cosmic ships.

The Chaos Sea was a forbidden zone of the universe, also serving to conceal the sands of time for the entire universe, preserving ancient artifacts from many eras. From here, beings 14.4 billion years later could search for all past ancient ruins and historical truths, which would be revealed anew.

"Just as Autumn Mountain Speed said before, this is an overt strategy—openly making others work for you because they see an opportunity." Xu Zhi's expression was calm as he looked towards Lady Yi's laboratory. "And this is just the beginning! Seaweed and trilobites are two of the most primitive types. In the future, the Chaos Sea might see the emergence of vertebrate universes, reptile universes, amphibian universes..."

He gazed at the vast and boundless Chaos Sea, a grey, endless expanse. "The immense waters of the Chaos Sea here, an endless forbidden zone even vaster than a single universe, will become the true origin of life, nurturing everything! The desolate Chaos Ocean will teem with life. Eventually, they will crawl onto land, transform into various species, and spread across the nine continents..."

"The chaotic lands on the surface of the nine cosmic continents, previously cold, dry, and lifeless, will truly become a place of vast, flourishing life!"

"Beyond the Chaos Heavens, the flowers and grasses on the ground, the forests rooted in the earth, the fish swimming in rivers, the beasts roaming in basins... They may seem ordinary, but in reality, even a single wild blade of grass is a vast universe!"

"This is the true meaning of... 'A flower is a world, a leaf a Bodhi!'"

The more Xu Zhi thought about it, the more excited he became. "These are the true 129,600 worlds! The myriad realms!"

If he truly succeeded, he would completely transform the entire cold and desolate ecosystem of the Chaos Heavens, as if thoroughly greening a lifeless desert! The map of the grand universe vividly appeared before Xu Zhi's eyes. It resembled a shattered glass planet, composed of nine fragmented continents, with the gaps between them filled by the Chaos Sea. The surface of these continents was entirely covered in rubble, a desolate rocky terrain.

"I will green the entire universe, planting nine lush green grasslands across all the surface areas of this planet!" Xu Zhi knew this was an incredibly audacious idea. This would usher in a new cosmic era. But what difference is there between a person without dreams and a salted fish? Xu Zhi had never liked conflict and violence. How much more at ease was it to farm behind closed doors? Although he was currently still "farming" in secret, there wasn't much difference.

However, the changes and shock this would bring would be no less significant than the first strike that split the primeval chaos to create heaven and earth! No less than dividing the universe into nine parts! This was about using "farming" to alter the cosmic ecosystem. Furthermore, this era, following the two most crucial eras of destiny, could be called the Third Cosmic Node! The structure of the multi-universe would be completely transformed by this!

"I intend to attain Dao for the entire grand universe... to prove the vitality beyond the Chaos Heavens, and to complete the order beyond chaos." Xu Zhi gazed down at the Chaos Ocean and chuckled softly: "This act is no less significant than creating heaven and earth, no less significant than attaining Dao for all sentient beings... It can add prosperity to the universe beyond the Chaos Heavens, carve out territory for the saints! It will bring blessings to future generations! Its benevolence will last for billions of years!"

This was a species invasion. He was essentially treating the nine continents of the entire grand universe as his own sandbox, evolving endless life forms: sea fish, reptiles, land beasts... And the original natives of those universes—the saints, the Dao attainers—they would only become... mere bacteria within the life forms on the surface of these chaotic lands!!!

For Xu Zhi to call this thought audacious would not be an overstatement! If it were before, he would never have dared to entertain such radical and unrestrained ideas. But he had witnessed the entire development of cosmic history: the cleaving of the universe, proving its incompleteness, a strike to sever the lifespan of all beings, and another strike to cleave the universe itself.

Severing the lifespan of sentient beings—how shocking and scandalous was that, to be scorned by all life in the universe? Cleaving the cosmic map, directly dividing the entire universe into nine parts—how utterly rebellious was that? If it were before, could one have conceived such audacious ideas, such groundbreaking future actions?

These pioneering historical events had allowed Xu Zhi to leap beyond ancient frameworks, seeing the true essence of things. "Truth is always held by a minority and scorned by the majority." "It was the same for Yi Mang and Lady Yi in their time; they were not understood by their era. Only later generations, looking back at history, could comprehend their painstaking efforts..."

"It is the same for me. Even if I am scorned by the beings of this era, misunderstood by all, I will persist on my path to green the entire universe, planting endless lush grasslands."