Chapter 1313: 变数

Xu Zhi narrowed his eyes. He had deliberately left his address in a sea area at the other end of the universe. It would take Di Qi and the others a considerable amount of time to reach this location, as the vast Chaos Sea was immense; long voyages naturally required time, so they were still approaching.

"Or, has the news leaked?" Xu Zhi's thoughts shifted slightly. Di Qi and his group had shallow foundations, making it difficult for them to travel here. However, Multidimensional Saints were different. Those from nearby universes could simply send another reincarnation to sail over. For them, they could dispatch a nearby reincarnation to any corner of the entire Nine Yuan Universe Continent at any time.

"News leaked?" Xu Zhi murmured to himself. "Perhaps Di Qi's side already has spies embedded? Or, they used some special bloodline technique?" It was also possible he was overthinking things. Being constantly around these calculating, secretive powerhouses made him generally paranoid, always thinking nothing was coincidental, when perhaps this very situation was an exception.

A universe slowly approached before him. The Saints on its deck were shaking their heads and chattering. "This cosmic trend of chaos, a flourishing era for Saints... now other universes are too lazy to prevent smuggling. We need to continue to the next universe, leave a reincarnation in the next grand universe, and Multidimensional Sainthood will be within reach."

"Shh! We still need to be careful. Those Multidimensional Saints were killed by ancient, mysterious existences, like ants. We should be cautious too." They were conversing, common Tenth-tier descendants, seemingly nothing special.

Xu Zhi watched them navigate nearby, ignoring them as he continued his own work. They sailed past, seemingly not noticing him, still chatting idly. As subordinates of the Zerg cosmic life, they were naturally restricted by the Zerg protective shield.

Xu Zhi continued his preparations. Suddenly, the sky trembled slightly. Xu Zhi turned his head in surprise.

*Boom!* He saw the vast, flat land of the nine continents caving in, forming deep gulleys. The endless Chaos Sea was turning into rivers that flowed into these depressions, connecting to the oceans.

"Dao Proving has begun," Xu Zhi mused, looking at the distant cosmic continents. "Another event for perfecting the rules of the Chaos Sea, but in reality, isn't it also perfecting the environment for the gestation of those chaotic life forms?" After all, life-form universes and native chaotic life forms share the same survival environment; it's very similar, otherwise the other party wouldn't consider life-form universes to be the next great trend.

Xu Zhi remained lost in thought, but his hands didn't stop working.

*Whoosh.* In the distance, that cosmic ship, caught in the Chaos Sea's currents flowing into the rivers, was rapidly pulled backward, entering a nearby universe's port.

"Ah!"

"Help!"

That universe was being sucked in, but Xu Zhi had no desire to intervene. "It seems many nearby life-form universes are flowing backward, being sucked away," Xu Zhi shook his head.

But in the next second.

"Fly, quick, fly!" The beings on the cosmic deck roared, "Quickly leave the turbulent currents!" As they shrieked and frantically operated, that life-form universe suddenly performed a 'carp's tail wag,' quickly leaping out of the water, floating in the air, gliding like a flying fish, briefly staying airborne, then falling back into the sea... It kept leaping and falling.

Xu Zhi: "..."

And something even more bizarre happened. The universe not only continued to glide and fall like a flying fish, but the moment it hit the water, it began to furiously tread water, its muscles tensing, leaping again, like a wobbly, drenched chicken, hopping and gliding across the surface.

"This... is also possible?" Xu Zhi was utterly dumbfounded. It seemed there really were talented individuals everywhere. Someone had actually evolved, from scratch, a relatively mature creation, a flying biological universe capable of staying airborne.

Xu Zhi frowned. "It can't be that coincidental, can it? Suddenly, at the supposed location where the 'Sea Beast Leader' king might appear, coinciding with the timing of Dao Proving, a very powerful and noteworthy universe emerges, resisting and displaying its strength?"

"But it doesn't matter." Xu Zhi smiled faintly. Regardless of whether it was real or fake, he only needed to verify its capability. "Sub-brain, pull up this universe's evolution data," Xu Zhi said softly.

A cold voice responded. "Retrieving data, please wait."

Xu Zhi quickly received the information. Even he marveled at what a terrifying genius this was. The universe's initial movements were clumsy, clearly that of a novice, but it quickly found a pattern and rhythm, rapidly evolving.

"My Luna Season lineage finally has a successor." While the God of Destruction was evolving here, Luna Season slowly revealed himself, piloting a newly infant universe, gradually approaching.

At this moment, the Chaos Sea's suction gradually slowed, and the waves subsided. The Saints on the deck were all alive, having narrowly escaped death.

*Whoosh.* A radiant and gentle young man, about fourteen or fifteen years old, slowly walked over and stepped onto the deck.

"You are?"

"Esteemed senior?"

They immediately became wary, looking at the cosmic ship the youth was piloting—it was an incredibly small, infant universe.

"Everyone, your cosmic life-form just now seemed quite special. Could you tell me who evolved it and who is responsible?" the youth asked courteously.

"That would be me," a tall man appearing to be in his twenties slowly walked out. "May I ask what this is regarding?"

"A private discussion?" Luna Season asked.

"Of course," the tall, honest-looking man nodded. Soon, the two demarcated an area on the deck, isolating themselves from the outside.

"Is it the Immortal Dao Palace, or something else?" Luna Season got straight to the point. The tall, honest-looking man's smile gradually faded. He invited the young man before him to sit down. "What makes you say that?"

"It's too coincidental," Luna Season replied.

"My name is Rong Cheng," he introduced himself.

"Where did you get the news?"

"Those few who are establishing Dao Proving don't accept Saints, only Tenth-tier descendants for cultivation. I successfully infiltrated their inner circle and was informed to come here... so I came."

Xu Zhi was stunned. An informant? Di Qi and the others were certainly expanding their influence and recruiting descendants, but they must have numerous methods for detection. Yet, an informant appeared and infiltrated so quickly?

"He can block others' infiltration, but I have special bloodline techniques," Rong Cheng said. "I can bio-transform into thousands of forms, so it's natural for other Saints not to detect me." The older, the wiser. Zhi Ji's power was detection, while the other's power seemed to be countless avatars? Was this an 'Old Neighbor Wang'? Xu Zhi felt a chill in his heart, a sense of vigilance.

Rong Cheng had indeed learned of this location and secretly traveled here in advance, knowing that the other party might be hidden and might not notice him. So, he chose the most opportune moment, using the 'Dao Proving' induced wave crisis to showcase his universe's potential and strength... hoping to attract attention, and indeed, it did.

"Are you the behind-the-scenes controller of some Buddhist civilization?" Rong Cheng asked.

"Not exactly. There are several civilizations aware of the prophecy of the meteor shower, and I am not among them; I belong to another civilization." Luna Season gazed into the distance. "Since you arrived here early, I'm afraid you have no intention of leaving. It's fine to tell you: we came here because a mysterious existence from the Chaos Sea might descend here."

"Mysterious existence?" Rong Cheng, the tall man, widened his eyes and laughed heartily. "Then I shall certainly wait with you, esteemed sir!"

Xu Zhi nodded, saying no more. If he couldn't drive them away, they could just wait here. The two suddenly fell silent. They stood together, waiting for time to pass, for the mysterious creature to descend.

But after a long wait, Rong Cheng opened the topic again. "To be honest, I'm very interested in your civilization. I wonder if we could also establish a cooperation?"

Xu Zhi looked at him. Each of these Immortal Saints was using their unique abilities to gain an advantage. Not only was Medusa's side being courted, but his own side was also being painstakingly approached?

"What can you offer?" Luna Season asked.

"I don't research Dao Proving, but I can offer talent." Rong Cheng pointed to the ground below him and chuckled, "I can find many talents. Whatever you want, I have it. For example, the talent who created this gliding universe below us is the direction I specialize in developing."