Chapter 1360: Hope

**Main Body**

Upon receiving the news, Xu Zhi put aside his ongoing experiments and quickly came to observe. After all, what would the new era's biological cultivation system truly be? This was of paramount importance. Understanding both sides was key.

When Xu Zhi arrived, he was somewhat bewildered to see two "muscle demons"—women with glistening, bronzed muscles—wildly gesturing and posturing. Why were these two, seemingly well, suddenly tearing their clothes off and training with such fervor again? Were they nostalgic for the past?

The adorable, beautiful young woman, with her distinctly powerful muscular physique topped by a cute, innocent girl's head—this was probably the essence of 'contrast moe'. It felt somewhat nostalgic to Xu Zhi. Although not much time had passed in reality, this 'must-see for tough guys' scene—a fiery bikini-clad beauty weighing three thousand kilograms—evoked a sense of nostalgia for a bygone era of youth.

"So they're looking here and feeling inspired?" he mused.

He then gazed towards the distant land, where the chaotic lifeforms were training their bodies and meditating... After a moment of contemplation, he instantly grasped the future cosmic order. Even he was astonished, but he quickly grew accustomed to the sight. Everything that had transpired until now, while seemingly bizarre, was also inevitable. The Martial Way and the Soul Way—the two fundamental systems that required no bloodline cultivation—were, in fact, the ultimate trend of the future!

"So, the path to Tenth-Order enlightenment and Ninth-Order achievement is closed, and all mortals are relegated to Eighth-Order deities... Does this mean that the Soul Way and Martial Way, which are beyond the Eighth Order, are now opening?" Xu Zhi felt he should have realized this sooner.

Just then, Sheila approached, her muscular physique exuding a formidable aura as she moved with a dragon-like stride. "Your Highness," she began earnestly, "was the Martial God Palace from back then already a setup you orchestrated? Did you, as the savior, foresee this day and begin preparations for salvation even then?"

Xu Zhi was speechless. He couldn't have possibly thought that far ahead. The Martial God Palace era was ancient, dating back to the period of Eighth-Order deity development. Its rise at the time had clearly been a mere coincidence...

"This is inevitable; we mustn't underestimate His Highness!" Mu Yuling was equally excited, stating earnestly, "To us, it's an ancient event from ten thousand years ago. But for the former God of Wisdom, who has lived for untold ages, it's merely a few arrangements that feel like yesterday... Otherwise, why would he be slumbering here with us?"

Xu Zhi remained silent. If their previous assumptions were mere fabrications of their minds, then this truly was a pure coincidence. When he developed the Martial God Palace, he genuinely hadn't envisioned this day; after all, he had established numerous factions. As for his 'feigned death' within the Martial God Palace, he had simply forgotten about a figure named 'Messiah' and literally starved to death... Now, suddenly remembering, he decided to make use of the persona.

Xu Zhi longed to tell them the truth, but he found it too cruel: Messiah had actually been a persona he'd forgotten, left to literally starve to death... He simply couldn't bring himself to say it.

"It seems you are quite astute to have grasped this," Messiah said with a soft chuckle. "After all these years, your brains haven't been addled by your training."

Sheila's eyes widened, and she instantly became defiant. "We may not be as brilliant as those geniuses," she retorted, "but this is simply too obvious! Our Martial God Palace also cultivated this very system; if we hadn't realized it upon seeing this, then there'd truly be something wrong with us! You bringing us out here was undoubtedly to continue forging the path of the Martial Way and the Soul Way!"

"Naturally," the Messiah monarch replied, nodding.

Even these two muscular young women could figure it out. If 'Akina Mountain Car Speed' were to discover that the future trend was the 'Martial Way and Soul Way,' and then combine that with his past assistance in establishing the Martial God Palace and taking its two members, there would undoubtedly be extensive analysis and deduction...

"Reality is stranger than fiction," he mused.

Xu Zhi, no longer bothering with their conjectures, quietly observed the unfolding situation. He then suddenly smiled and asked, "Now that you've seen the future system, what do you two believe our artificial, bloodline-less gods should do going forward?"

Sheila pondered for a moment. As a Valkyrie skilled in the Martial Way, she held considerable authority on the subject. "It now seems," she stated earnestly, "that they are indeed obsolete old organisms. The sandbox world just established in the ruins, with its bloodline creatures severed, has absolutely no hope if it continues to develop this way!"

"They face two daunting challenges."

"Firstly, those with severed bloodlines possess an incomplete foundation of life. In self-cultivation systems like the Martial Way and Soul Way, a solid foundation is absolutely crucial! Incomplete, they stand no chance of breaking through Martial Way realms beyond Eighth-Order deities to reach the Ninth Order of this new era!"

What would the Ninth-Order Martial Way even entail? No one had seen it yet. But if there was no chance of reaching it, then further discussion was pointless.

Upon hearing this, Xu Zhi secretly sighed. "So," he mused, "whether one severs their bloodline or not, the outcome is effectively the same?" All would be limited to Eighth-Order deities, unable to progress further. His own act of severing his bloodline had merely been a flashy, redundant gesture, serving no practical purpose.

"And the second point?" Messiah inquired.

"The second point presents another challenge: even if one severs their bloodline and manages to compensate for the missing life origin through other means, they could never blend in... This is because the discrepancy in our physical size and energy levels is simply too immense!" This was truly the most critical issue. They were colossal beings spanning countless light-years, while he was a mere ant—attempting to blend in would be ludicrous! They weren't even in the same league, like a featherweight trying to fight a heavyweight boxer.

"This is indeed a dilemma," Messiah remarked softly. "However, being small in size means requiring a lower energy level and thus faster cultivation... While one might initially overwhelm them, regrettably, once they catch up, the advantage is completely lost."

"But I believe where there's a will, there's a way," Mu Yuling interjected. Mu Yuling stated earnestly, "We can continue our research and observations. After all, everything we're saying now is too arbitrary. We haven't even seen what a true Ninth-Order Martial Saint is like, what their combat style entails, or what martial arts techniques they cultivate..."

Xu Zhi nodded, his gaze distant. Indeed. There was no point in saying anything more. It was better to simply observe.

For now, he would secretly observe the development of these chaotic sea beings. They were indeed formidable; in just over two real-world days, equating to two hundred years in high-dimensional spacetime, they had already rapidly deduced their own system.

"All we need to do is observe from the shadows." Xu Zhi remained calm. Although he couldn't interfere with or influence their civilization's development, observation was certainly possible. Because of their small size, from countless light-years away, they could remotely observe the actions and routines of those colossal beings, seeing everything clearly. But what if those beings looked back? Being mere ants already, further separated by countless light-years, coupled with his concealed aura and the fact that this wasn't their era, he could use the rules to hide himself. It would be an absolute impossibility for them to detect such small forms.