“I will die in the future!”
“Those who hear the Dao are born in the morning and die in the evening…”
Xu Zhi saw a scene from the future, and goosebumps rose on his skin.
At this very moment, he was still frantically assimilating the entire universe.
To outsiders, it seemed as if nothing was happening, because their perceptions had been blocked, and they had even become part of the very matter within it. In reality, the entire universe was undergoing an unimaginable transformation. It was like an earthquake of magnitude 100, with the heavens and earth spinning, vast oceans turning into mulberry fields, and mountains and seas overturning. This was an unprecedented cataclysm for the macrocosm!
From the sky, the entire macrocosm seemed to be painted with Xu Zhi’s own colors, as if by a gigantic ink-splashing brush.
Xu Zhi had now assimilated an eleventh-order Being of Light, even the cosmos of all heavens and myriad realms, and the very matter of the entire Realm of Immortality, which was now frantically extending beyond the entire Sea of Chaos.
This was a terrifying power that grew exponentially.
In this very second, Xu Zhi's mass was increasing crazily at a rate of 3 x 10^4! And this number was still skyrocketing, almost by an order of magnitude every second. Each subsequent second, Xu Zhi would become tens of thousands of times more powerful than he was the previous second.
This was infinitely growing power!
Invincible power!
Xu Zhi was becoming an omnipotent Creator God!
Each realm represented a dimensional leap, with the gap widening significantly in later stages; the difference between the eleventh and twelfth orders was already an unimaginably vast magnitude.
But was this exponentially growing power truly something to be happy about?
Xu Zhi felt a profound fear!
The infinite growth of power... brought an uncontrollable fear, the greatest fear rooted deep within the genes of an individual organism! It was like a human continuously exercising and strengthening their crimson muscles, gradually feeling proud and happy about their increasing strength. But what if your muscles grew uncontrollably, with no upper limit, tearing down your entire house, collapsing an entire building, spreading crimson muscle across the entire street, and bursting through the entire town...? What a disgusting and terrifying sight that would be!
Xu Zhi was currently in this very situation. He had become so "bloated" that he no longer resembled a human, but a pure muscle monster. Within his own dwelling, muscles so vast they rivaled a continental plate or even a planet would render him completely immobile, leaving him piled up in place, suffocating to death, gradually losing his will, and being swallowed by a vast ocean...
"I am uncontrollably advancing towards the twelfth order."
Xu Zhi fell completely silent. He suddenly looked up, standing on the cosmic membrane, gazing at the hazy, dim sky. "Humans must always hold reverence for nature! Whether it's weak mortals, or even Saints, or Singularity beings comparable to the universe, or even me now..."
Just as he had said when acting as the Creator God: "Enter and die." The twelfth order was simply not something a human could attain! To reach this realm, one could only abandon their independent human consciousness and become an eternally supreme "God," becoming the "universe" itself.
But that would be another form of death.
"I was truly too greedy."
Xu Zhi gave a wry smile, slowly squatted down, and gently stroked the ground beneath his feet. "Even if I were invincible in the universe, I should still hold reverence for the entire macrocosm."
"Nevertheless, I will eventually take its place," he said faintly.
Having integrated into the state of the Macrocosm Cultivation Technique, and leveraging the unprecedented vast wisdom of all beings in the universe, he naturally found his way out in the next second.
The best way to resolve his assimilation was to seal his Macrocosm Martial Arts for life.
Sealing 99.999% of his power.
"The Macrocosm Cultivation Technique is not the orthodox path to becoming a twelfth-order being; it's an indirect one..."
Xu Zhi whispered, "The orthodox path is to become a singularity, collapsing all matter in the universe, destroying the entire universe, and then recreating it... to become a twelfth-order being. But I am different."
He wasn't transforming into a unified singularity. Instead, he was "dispersedly" devouring all matter, or rather, "transforming" it. After the transformation, everything remained as it was before, with no apparent change.
"This Macrocosm Cultivation Technique can still be cultivated," Xu Zhi softly said. "It's just that I cannot use it. I must constantly seal my exponentially growing power. In my daily life, I will remain an individual life form and absolutely must not enter the 'Macrocosm State,' because once I do, I will surely die."
Previously, the "Macrocosm State" only involved assimilating the entire Zerg race, and Xu Zhi could naturally withstand the information flow it brought. However, having fully cultivated the true Macrocosm Cultivation Technique, where the entire universe was his substance, he was already an alternative twelfth-order being in the true sense. If he were to re-enter that state, it would be equivalent to instantly attaining the Dao of a Creator God... The immense flood of cosmic matter would completely overwhelm his consciousness! Once he entered, it would be impossible for him to exit that state alive, as he could now.
"From now on, I can only seal my Macrocosm Martial Arts, making it almost impossible to use their power." Xu Zhi whispered to himself, "But it doesn't matter. The entire universe is my substance, a part of my body. Who could defeat me? Even if I don't enter that state, I'm already nominally twelfth-order... In fact, this is the true alternative twelfth-order!"
This might be the most perfect method in the universe to attain the twelfth-order while perfectly preserving one's will.
So-called invincibility... is relative.
By not entering the Macrocosm Cultivation Technique state, Xu Zhi essentially sealed 99.999...99% of his power. Existing independently as an individual life form, he was already completely invincible. In essence, there was no difference between him and a true twelfth-order being.
"However, sealing is not an orthodox method after all." Xu Zhi softly shook his head. "Perhaps in the distant future, I will find a way to unseal this power while still retaining my consciousness, and truly become a twelfth-order being... This could be considered a pursuit born of boredom, as I am already invincible in the mortal world. But does such a method truly exist?"
"Should I still deduce the future through the sandbox? After all, there's nothing that cannot be deduced. If one sandbox isn't enough, I can create several more extraordinary sandboxes, especially since I can now create new types of Queen Mothers for miniature universes." Xu Zhi shook his head. "Perhaps this opportunity lies beyond the universe? But is there truly a universe beyond the entire macrocosm?"
But that would be a very distant matter... The vastness beyond the universe was truly immense, an emptiness within emptiness. Billions of years might pass in the blink of an eye; it was an unimaginably distant future. Especially for Xu Zhi, who was still young.
Meanwhile.
The ancient Creator God, accompanied by several prehistoric taboo existences, entered the palace for a discussion.
On the other side, Qiu Mingshan Che Su initiated his usual evaluation. He even streamed not only to netizens on Earth but also to Zhi Ji, Rong Cheng, and others.
"Dear netizens on Earth, we are now witnessing the final battle—the Emperor, resolute throughout eternity, defeating all heroes of past and present!"
The other Saints stood bewildered on the surface of the Realm of Immortality, watching Qiu Mingshan Che Su conduct what seemed to be the final tactical summary of his life regarding the battle, continuously deducing its implications.
"Now, let's begin the tactical summary."
Qiu Mingshan Che Su stood with his hands clasped behind his back, looking around. "By now, you must have understood the true origin of the Emperor, and the origins of the three ancient giants must also be evident."
Zhi Ji and others watched, holding their breath, feeling somewhat nervous.
The Emperor's origin?
And the origins of those three ancient eleventh-order existences that appeared at the end...
Qiu Mingshan Che Su and his companions came from the Emperor's faction, so they likely knew much about the history of this ancient prehistoric civilization. They couldn't help but secretly listen.
Qiu Mingshan Che Su continued to stream to the netizens, "Brothers, you must have fully understood the truth by now. This was an ancient prehistoric plan, and the Emperor's identity and origin can finally be deciphered! Why did the Emperor's wisdom and talent surpass the limits of both old and new humanity?"
In the distance.
Generations of Zerg Queen Mothers, including Tu Xin, the defeated, had been suppressed by the breakthrough Being of Light and awaited the Emperor's emergence to be dealt with. They couldn't help but glance over. The Emperor's power was terrifying; his continuous breakthroughs left Tu Xin bewildered and stunned.
"You must understand that New Humans are the overlords of a fully mature universe. Whose wisdom could possibly surpass the limits of that race?" Qiu Mingshan Che Su sighed softly. "The answer is already very clear... Wisdom that surpasses everything, strength of this magnitude, constantly breaking through one's own limits – only the descendant of that existence could achieve it."
Qiu Mingshan Che Su uttered a single word, his expression profound and mysterious: "The Creator God!"
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