Chapter 1325: The Food Chain Pattern of the Multiverse Forms

Time flew by.

Two hundred years passed in the blink of an eye. Though two centuries might seem short, with every hour and every day relentlessly optimized, it had actually been an exceedingly long period.

It was the year 733 of the Myriad Heavens Era.

"Strong individuals from the Clan Heavenly Court may enter my cosmos and become my descendants, thereby proving their Dao!" The Clan Cosmos had reached its zenith. The three factions of Emperor Qi, which had caused such a stir in the past, had now fully established the three great Clan Cosmos: Nuwa, Pangu, and Heavenly Dao. Many exceptional Saints seized control of a cosmos, becoming its Heavenly Dao will, while ordinary Saints proved their Dao within these cosmos and attained Sainthood. Each of these cosmos began to host a vast number of deities, flourishing and prospering.

In just two hundred years, the three great clans developed rapidly, multiplying exponentially, giving rise to over seven thousand Myriad Heavens Cosmos—a truly astonishing number.

Of course, seven thousand cosmos is an immense number for Saints, but compared to the vast and boundless chaotic sea, it doesn't even represent one hundred-trillionth of its territory; it is merely a speck of dust within it.

Three more years passed. The Demon God Cosmos cluster subtly emerged.

"My will replaces the heavens' will; my Dao replaces the heavenly Dao!" "While all beings cultivate individually, I cultivate everything, simultaneously cultivating 129,600 cosmos to form the Myriad Heavens and achieve True Sainthood of the Myriad Realms." This was a mysterious and unfathomable cosmic species. People occasionally heard rumors that it was a unique and powerful entity, monopolizing countless cosmos by itself, treating them as individual cells to form a single living being.

In the year 753 of the Myriad Heavens Era, the Immortal Saint took action once again to prove a Dao for the cosmos. "I shall take another step forward and prove the great cosmic repulsion, allowing life cosmos to ascend to the chaotic heavens!" However, even with this, landing on the chaotic land remained extremely difficult for most oceanic cosmos. They would need to evolve into truly terrestrial cosmos adapted to land. Of course, such a proving of Dao was not without significance. It laid the foundation for the future emergence of terrestrial cosmos.

In the year 753 of the Myriad Heavens Era, the Six Paths Reincarnation Cosmos also fully manifested, appearing before all beings in the chaotic sea. "This cosmos can serve as the Underworld, where true spirits reincarnate. After death, it functions like the Underworld, judging merits and demerits from one's life, allowing one to achieve Sainthood through merit." Sainthood through merit! As soon as these words were uttered, many Saints were completely moved. Previously, cosmos relied on combat power, but now a cosmos relied on merit? Becoming a Saint through good deeds? Immediately, countless cosmic Saints began to discuss animatedly.

However, an even more astonishing scene appeared: another fully developed power began to emerge. "The Dandelion Project has finally succeeded!" Rong Cheng burst into laughter, watching the disc-shaped cosmos below the chaotic sea emit a soft beam of light, connecting to a dandelion-like umbrella plant in the sky.

Phoenix, Ji Shang, and Sun God Asa had all utilized their bloodlines to evolve their own unique elemental cosmos of their respective clans, gaining authority. Rong Cheng also transformed into a Mother River elemental being, and he proudly announced to the world, "I am the Mother River system, the most mysterious in all the Myriad Heavens, residing above the firmament, gazing down upon all living beings. Saints may join my path, and the opportunities are boundless!"

All at once, four major Myriad Heavens systems surged forth.

The Saints of the Immortal World began to communicate, immediately growing anxious. "Damn it! Rong Cheng and Zhi Ji have secretly achieved so much!" "They abandoned us!" These Saints began to demand an explanation.

Zhi Ji and Rong Cheng no longer concealed anything and revealed the truth directly. "What?" "Are you trying to deceive us?" "This isn't the true great trend; the coming great trend is..." They saw the scenes Rong Cheng showed them and couldn't help but feel bitter and terrified, sensing a great horror looming. "Our Immortal World was nothing but a joke."

At the same time, they were infuriated. "You knew the cosmic apocalypse was imminent, the era's destruction, yet you didn't inform us to prepare together, instead vying for an early advantage!" "If we had told you, your hearts would have grown restless. How then could you prove the Dao for the environment of the Myriad Heavens?" Rong Cheng chuckled.

Their faces immediately darkened. Yes, if they had been told, they wouldn't have wasted time on this endeavor. They had previously thought they were proving the Dao for the great trend of the chaotic sea; since it wasn't the major trend and they wouldn't gain much authority, especially with a new great trend about to supersede it... "Your Highness, what do you think?" One by one, the Immortal Saints silently looked up. The ancient being shrouded in mist remained calm, no one able to discern his true face hidden in shadow. "This is indeed a great trend. Our destruction is imminent. Since prehistoric beings are preparing, we should also strive for a variable, a glimmer of hope!"

"Go prove... that Dao," the ancient being suddenly said. "But Your Highness, the true origin of that life cosmos has not yet been clarified..."

"It cannot be denied that the described historical trend is true, but the sudden cosmic meteor shower also has some suspicious points." They were too intelligent; nothing could deceive them. Even though they knew the described history was true, they still suspected the cosmic rain might not have good intentions. It was not impossible to be caught between a wolf and a tiger!

"Is there any other choice?" The ancient being high above smiled, "There is no choice. Whether it's the method of some prehistoric entity, a scheme, or a boon, we have no choice... At least our interests align. This account can be settled later, but we must remain vigilant towards the other side... Go prove that Dao." "Yes, Your Highness." A Saint stepped forward.

Three years later, a voice that resounded through heaven and earth completely enveloped the land. "I, Teng Shou, shall once again prove the third cosmic assimilation, reducing it to a minimum, and prove the Dao of plant fertility." A rule enveloped the Nine Yuan Cosmos, causing an unprecedented tremor and change.

"It's only been two hundred years." Xu Zhi looked at the blurry dandelion in the sky, sensing the subtle tremor. "My husband is beginning to prove the last Great Dao," Zhi Ji, still studying the Six Paths Reincarnation, said softly. "Allow the Myriad Heavens, these individual cosmos, to devour and connect to the ecological food chain of the Nine Great Cosmos!"

"The last of the nine multi-element Great Daos, the food chain?" Xu Zhi was puzzled. "Yes, the reason those oceanic cosmos still can't climb ashore is that the chaotic land repels them, and there's no food for them on the vast chaotic land. Living on land, their energy would eventually deplete... Now, it's about creating the food chain for the chaotic land, creating food for terrestrial beings."

Zhi Ji said seriously, "The lowest end of the food chain is plants! And plants cannot take root and survive on the chaotic heavens. Now, this is the Dao to prove." "How to prove it?" Xu Zhi asked curiously, "How can plants grow on the cosmic membrane?"

"Prove it according to the method of a Dao field." Zhi Ji explained, "The principle of a Saint's Dao field is clear to everyone: taking root in the chaotic land, drawing power from the chaotic heaven cosmos beneath their feet... Now, it's about opening a 'Dao field' rule loophole, allowing plants, like Saint's Dao fields, to also take root in the chaotic land and draw power from the cosmos beneath them." Xu Zhi listened in astonishment.

"There's such a move?" This indeed completed the food chain!

Plants are at the bottom of the food chain. Now, if plants can draw power from the cosmic membrane beneath them, then plants will appear on barren continents, and animals will soon follow, as animals have only been able to wander along the coast due to lack of food on barren lands. "This completely completes the food chain," Xu Zhi said, stunned and deeply impressed. "Not just the food chain, but the entire ecological energy circulation chain is completed. The Great Cosmos and the Myriad Heavens will begin to circulate energy with each other..."

They would even be devoured. "Good heavens, this is completely opening a backdoor for myself, allowing me to 'sneak-eat' the entire Nine Multi-element Cosmos!" Infinite plants taking root on the membrane, sucking the cosmos's matter, branded with Xu Zhi's mark, would effectively become cancer cells, and the cosmos's self-protection mechanism would completely fail.

"Too ruthless," Xu Zhi thought with pleasant surprise. "As expected, the appearance of the God of Destruction immediately made the Immortal World determined. After all, without their help in proving the Dao of the chaotic sea, I would have been completely incapable! And I couldn't defeat them. How could I prove it?" His cultivation realm required a Ten Yuan Cosmos to prove the Dao in nine cosmos simultaneously.

Knowledge-wise, the strongest knowledge and bloodline were needed to create this new rule. So, apart from the Immortal World's help, he had no other way... because even if he met the requirements, he couldn't defeat them; he would be killed the moment he showed his face. Currently, it was only through countless coincidences that this situation could be reached.

"It seems the Great Cosmos's self-defense mechanism has completely failed," Xu Zhi laughed. "Only the power of the cosmos, and the defense force of the next era's beings, remain." But undoubtedly, the Great Cosmos fundamentally had no self-defense capability; breaking through it was easy. The general trend of the era was its only means of resisting variables, a subtle natural self-protection mechanism.

"We need to evolve plant-type cosmos quickly," Zhi Ji said seriously. "Taking over the continents and forming our own ecosystems... this is very important. Also, only Rong Cheng and I know this, which is our first-mover advantage. We must quickly evolve plants and get ashore to seize territory." After all, the chaotic sea was difficult to occupy, being too deep and vast. But the chaotic land was different; one could claim territory and rule.

At this point, the giant octopus laughed heartily and said, "We'd best form a defensive line along the coast. Anyone who comes ashore besides us should be wiped out!" Zhi Ji was momentarily stunned. Such a move was possible? Perhaps she was indeed a bit outdated, more conservative, only thinking of occupying territory, never imagining occupying the coastline and eliminating everyone who landed. As long as one occupied a section of the coastline, wouldn't the vast land behind it all become theirs?

"That's a good strategy," Zhi Ji said seriously. A player spoke up, "Speaking of coastlines, we have an idea. You said it's about taking root on the cosmic membrane and absorbing power. That power must be abundant. Plants fighting the climbing sea beasts would definitely be a tower defense game! We'd have a complete advantage!"

"But most of them are our own people, even if some smaller forces have started to evolve clans... Do we have to be so ruthless?" A player felt uncomfortable. After all, they were all players; why should they be so hostile to each other? "Hehehe, we have insider information from Empress Zhi Ji. We'll hit everyone else hard!"

"Right, after all, the only other force with this information is Rong Cheng's Mother River faction. We already have no way against their air force; they can just fly over and occupy land freely." "Regardless, let's set up a tower defense first. Plants vs. Zombies! Whenever a wave emerges from the chaotic sea, we'll wipe them out," another Asura Path warrior said.

"When it comes to plant-type cosmos, we are experts; this is very serious!" An Asura Path warrior laughed heartily and said, "After all, we came from this path; our DNA maps have adapted!" "I'll evolve the Pea Shooter!"

"I'll evolve the Sunflower to provide energy for everyone!" "I'll evolve the Wall-nut to form high walls!"

"Brothers, let's get moving! Don't let the zombies eat your brains." Zhi Ji: "???" Plants vs. Zombies? She was once again unaccustomed to the players' wild ideas.

Xu Zhi watched this scene, sitting on the coastline, feeling that life was quite good.