The Supreme Lord’s phantom vanished, and the power of the universe’s origin disappeared as well.
Seeing the Supreme Lord completely vanish, Zhang Ling finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Although the Supreme Lord couldn’t kill him within the universe, he still felt extremely tense and fearful in the Supreme Lord’s presence.
The Supreme Lord was an existence above the Destiny Realm, a major figure even within the Hidden God Organization. To the Supreme Lord, Zhang Ling was just an ant. Even his family held no weight in the Supreme Lord’s eyes.
“I must work harder. The Supreme Lord mentioned that once the two universes merge, the Supremes from that universe can come over too.
At that time, the battles between Supremes will be incredibly fierce. I’ve heard that the other universe is extremely powerful, not only having multiple first-tier Supremes but also possessing several Earthly Venerables comparable to Chaos Divine Generals.” Zhang Ling sighed.
In the chaos, he was also a Divine General, but only a one-star Divine General! The combat power of Earthly Venerables in the chaos was divided into ten stars. The first five stars corresponded to fifth-tier to first-tier Heavenly Venerables, and the latter five stars corresponded to fifth-tier to first-tier Supremes.
Some exceptional individuals could break through the limits and advance to another level of combat power, which was known as Divine General.
But in the universe, it was extremely difficult to increase one’s strength to two-star Divine General!
“In the universe, if one is an extraordinary talent, there’s a ten percent chance to transcend after reaching one-star Divine General. If not, one must reach three-star Divine General, and have external help from a powerful being to transcend.”
This was a secret, known by few, but the Supreme Lord of the Hidden God Organization had informed these reincarnators. However, they had sworn an oath and couldn’t reveal this secret.
“The likes of the Master of the Primordial Era are laughable. They are mostly not extraordinary talents. Even with the universe’s origin suppressed, they must still reach three-star Divine General to have a hope of transcending.
Hehe, they think transcending is easy. These fellows, relying on the Supreme Lord’s secret arts to avoid the great cosmic destruction, have limited growth potential and almost no hope of transcending in their lifetime! If the two universes fully merge and form a grand universe, even three or four-star Divine Generals can’t hope to transcend.” Zhang Ling thought.
There were few grand universes in the chaos. Once a universe advanced to a grand universe, its origin would become more powerful, capable of birthing Destiny Realm experts. However, forcibly advancing to the Destiny Realm within the universe disqualified one from transcending.
Transcenders weren’t in the Destiny Realm but broke the universe’s shackles with Earthly Venerable-level cultivation, reaching a level between the Destiny Realm and Earthly Venerable. Once they left the universe, they would be fully infused with the chaos’s origin, altering their potential and cultivation talent, even forging an unparalleled foundation with nearly infinite potential.
This was the true secret of transcenders! The birth of Destiny Realm experts in a grand universe made transcending more difficult! For instance, three-star Divine Generals could transcend from an ordinary universe but couldn’t from a grand universe. Therefore, a universe advancing to a grand universe was a disaster for many would-be transcenders.
Hence, these reincarnators could only choose to transcend in one of the universes before they fully merged. Otherwise, after the complete merger, they would lose the chance to transcend.
By then, they could choose to break through to the Destiny Realm and leave the universe, returning to the Hidden God Organization.
The only advantage of a grand universe was that breaking through to the Destiny Realm was easier than outside, and some external Destiny Realm experts could enter the grand universe by paying a certain price.
Because the grand universe was incredibly sturdy, it didn’t fear destruction from outsiders. Ordinary universes, however, feared attacks from powerful beings or chaos creatures that devoured universes, thus instinctively resisted external beings.
“My goal is to transcend from an ordinary universe. Transcending from a grand universe is unrealistic. Although there weren’t many grand universes in the chaos, they weren’t that few either.
Over the long years, only a few transcenders emerged from these grand universes. Those who transcended from grand universes had long grown to a level that even the Supreme Lord could only look up to! Such beings became dominators in the chaos, rarely seen in millions of years. We small fries had no potential to transcend from a grand universe!” Zhang Ling thought silently.
Moreover, the likelihood of an ordinary universe merging into a grand universe was extremely low, even less than ten percent. In the chaos, it was strictly forbidden to attempt to merge universes. If discovered, the Hidden God Organization would face severe punishment.
Because of this, the Hidden God Organization executed this plan secretly. The prohibition existed because, if the fusion of two universes failed, both universes would completely disappear, never to exist again.
Universes were extremely important in the chaos, as transcenders were born from them. Without universes, there would be no transcenders. The forces of transcenders in the chaos were very powerful, so any force daring to risk merging universes would face their retribution.
However, a grand universe was invaluable to any force. If the Hidden God Organization controlled a grand universe, they could cultivate numerous Destiny Realm geniuses. A grand universe was the Hidden God Organization’s true objective! Even if the merger failed, as long as a few transcenders emerged, it would still be worthwhile!
Zhang Ling returned to the main space of the universe, continuing to lurk.
In the following days, one reincarnator after another broke through to the Heavenly Venerable Realm. Some quickly achieved the strength of a second-tier Supreme, while others remained at the third-tier Supreme level.
Regardless of their strength, until the moment the two universes collided and merged, they wouldn’t engage with the Supremes of this universe, as instructed by the Supreme Lord.
Time passed, and in the blink of an eye, thirty thousand years went by.
The Human Race, in the Tian Pavilion.
Now, the Human Race had seventy Supremes, including three third-tier Supremes: Primordial Supreme, Kunwu Supreme, and Divine Blade Supreme.
Ye Tian’s strength had also greatly advanced! He had mastered the sixth and seventh forms of the Tiangang Battle Technique, with only the eighth and ninth forms remaining.
His physical body had been refined numerous times, making it much stronger than thirty thousand years ago. His divine force had accumulated to a limit, and he began compressing it, a method Supremes used in their later stages to slowly enhance their power.
As for the fourth form of the Primordial Forms and the fourth form of the Heavenly Saber System, Ye Tian currently only had a prototype. Creating them required referencing more ancient texts and more time.
“The two universes should be colliding soon. Hopefully, the collision point isn’t near the Human Race!” Ye Tian thought to himself.
If the collision point were near the Human Race, the area would instantly turn to ash. Countless ordinary humans wouldn’t withstand the impact and would be annihilated in an instant.
This was not a scene he wanted to see!
That day, the universe birthed a suppressive aura, even the universe’s origin transmitted a strange sensation.
All the Supremes understood that another universe was about to collide!
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