"Is this phenomenon of the New Universe expanding and accelerating normal?" Rosen asked tentatively.
"Of course not!" the Chaos Saint God replied, somewhat anxiously.
Rosen knew without asking that it certainly wasn't normal, because if his Doomsday Ark and the Ancient God's Heaven-Splitting Divine Axe hadn't emerged unexpectedly, the Chaos Saint God and Dimension Saint God would never have been able to catch up to the New Universe. If the universe's movement trajectory in the endless deep space was a fixed cycle, then they might have been able to encounter the New Universe again after a long time. If the universe's movement trajectory wasn't fixed, they would be forced to wander the endless deep space until death.
"Since it's not normal, could those transcendent beings have tampered with it?" Rosen asked the question he truly wanted to ask.
The Chaos Saint God and Dimension Saint God fell into thought, then almost simultaneously looked at the Ancient God. Although the Heaven and Earth Saint God's ship was unexpectedly powerful, it was still within a reasonable range. However, the Ancient God's Heaven-Splitting Divine Axe had already surpassed the limits of their comprehension.
"Don't look at me like that…" The Ancient God explained helplessly, "My Heaven-Splitting Divine Axe is a symbiotic Nirvana Sacred Object. This is a treasure that only appears when a universe is born and destroyed. The Heaven-Splitting Divine Axe should be a Nirvana Sacred Object born during the Primeval Universe's first rebirth into a Starry Sky Universe."
Upon hearing the explanation, the Chaos Saint God and Dimension Saint God almost simultaneously looked at the New Universe. If what the Ancient God said was true, it meant that the New Universe would very likely give birth to a second Nirvana Sacred Object. The New Universe's expansion might be related to a Nirvana Sacred Object.
They were already impatient, eager to catch up to the New Universe and contend for it. However, as time passed, the New Universe's accelerating expansion was not the end, but merely the beginning. As the New Universe moved faster and faster, the four of them, even working together, couldn't catch up. They could only watch helplessly as the New Universe disappeared into the darkness of deep space.
Universes emitted light, but this light wasn't strong. The cosmic remnants in the endless deep space could transmit light across the vastness, most likely because the destruction of those universes released extremely strong light. The cosmic remnants that Rosen and the others could visually capture were merely scenes from the destruction of universes countless ages ago.
At first, Rosen and the three others could still catch the afterglow left by the New Universe. Later, they couldn't even catch the afterglow and could only track the New Universe along its original trajectory. In the endlessly dark deep space, even a slight deviation would lead them astray, completely moving away from the New Universe.
A thousand years passed in a flash, and Rosen and the three others were beginning to feel restless. They hadn't given up because they believed that the New Universe wouldn't expand indefinitely or accelerate infinitely. As long as the expansion stopped and the speed slowed down, catching up was only a matter of time.
Now, after a thousand years, they still hadn't caught up. If they hadn't deviated from the New Universe's movement trajectory, then the New Universe's acceleration was more sustained than they had imagined. They might catch up in a few more centuries, but it was also possible they would sail for hundreds of millions of years, getting further and further away from the New Universe.
"How much longer do we have to chase?" the Ancient God couldn't help but ask.
"We can't chase indefinitely," the Chaos Saint God said, worried.
"Let's round it up, a maximum of ten thousand years?" the Dimension Saint God suggested.
"If we still haven't caught up after ten thousand years, we'll fight to the death," Rosen agreed.
No one had any objection, as this was their only option for now. Unless they gave up on the New Universe, their time was limited. If they couldn't control the New Universe, transcendent beings might appear later and seize it first. Therefore, if they still couldn't catch up after ten thousand years, their only choice was to fight to the death, and the survivor would inherit the others' legacies, which might be enough to ascend to Primeval Life and perhaps still have a chance to catch up to the New Universe.
Rosen and the three others each left a clone to pilot their respective vehicles, while their main bodies retreated into their own micro-universes to accumulate strength. Although at their realm, ten thousand years might not bring much growth, every bit of growth mattered. Perhaps that tiny bit of growth would be the final straw that broke the camel's back.
Time flowed relentlessly, and on the surface, the Doomsday Ark appeared peaceful. In reality, however, in the shadows, none of them were easily dealt with.
Rosen first approached the Ancient God and formed an alliance, then he made an agreement with the Dimension Saint God. Finally, the Chaos Saint God wasn't left out; he also had numerous private meetings with the Chaos Saint God to discuss forming an alliance. Rosen was very certain that he wasn't the only one secretly allied with all three parties simultaneously. The Chaos Saint God and the others had undoubtedly formed two-person alliances in private as well.
These alliances, until the very last moment, made it impossible to tell who would stand with whom. Even if they truly allied to face others in the end, the most cautious one wouldn't be the opponent but the insidious schemes of allies, as there was no trust between them whatsoever.
Deep within the Root Micro-Universe, Rosen controlled the Indestructible Root, integrating it into his Root Celestial Eye between his brows. The Primeval Organ generated by the Indestructible Root was naturally a special origin primarily composed of Life Origin. Even when Indestructible Will and Indestructible Root merged, the Indestructible Root remained dominant.
At this moment, the Indestructible Root, using the Root Celestial Eye as a medium, began to spread throughout his body, prompting his Eternal Sacred Body to gradually transform into a Primeval Sacred Body. This process had been ongoing for many years, but the Eternal Sacred Body's transformation progress was less than one percent. To completely transform to one hundred percent, it would take at least one hundred thousand years in reality.
This meant that after ten thousand years, Rosen would at most gain one-tenth of a Primeval Sacred Body. However, it didn't matter; he had other ways to accelerate it. The Dark Sun Heavenly Eye, as a Primeval Organ, possessed a unique special ability: infinite evolution. In theory, all things could evolve infinitely.
However, the efficiency of evolution was extremely slow. The infinite evolution of life, generation after generation, struggled to evolve into a new species even after hundreds of thousands or millions of years. But the Dark Sun Heavenly Eye's infinite evolution could infinitely increase the speed of life's own evolution. As long as there was enough Primeval Dark Sun power, the speed of life's evolution could be increased by any desired multiple.
At this moment, the combined power of the Dark Sun Heavenly Eye and the Root Celestial Eye increased the Eternal Sacred Body's transformation speed by more than tenfold. This was still a result of conserving Primeval Dark Sun power, so the power of infinite evolution wasn't pushed to its limit. But even with such conservation, Rosen's accumulated Primeval Dark Sun power only lasted for less than a thousand years.
Although the Dark Sun Heavenly Eye was continuously polluting and assimilating other Primeval power into Primeval Dark Sun power, the generation rate was already far outpaced by the consumption rate. Based on the current recovery speed, the Eternal Sacred Body's evolution speed could at most barely increase by onefold. To achieve a complete Primeval Sacred Body within ten thousand years of seclusion, the acquisition rate of Primeval Dark Sun power had to increase tenfold.
Further arduous cultivation was useless; otherwise, so many Eternal Lifeforms wouldn't have wasted billions of years. Rosen's true body ended his seclusion, preparing to visit the Chaos Saint God and the others. In the past, his clones had always gone for visits, and clones lacked the Root Celestial Eye, limiting the secrets they could observe. His true body was different; the Root Celestial Eye might be able to peek into the Chaos Saint God and others' methods for elevating their Eternal Sacred Bodies.
They were all now at the pinnacle of Indestructible Will, and the only option for secluded cultivation was to elevate their Eternal Sacred Bodies. If he could discover their secrets for accelerating cultivation, it would more or less provide some inspiration for him.
In the Chaos Micro-Universe, Rosen's true body, disguised as a clone, met with the Chaos Saint God's clone. There was a vast difference in strength between a true body and a clone, and the Chaos Saint God never expected the Heaven and Earth Saint God's true body to dare enter his micro-universe. Rosen, right in front of the Chaos Saint God's clone, secretly activated his Root Celestial Eye to observe the Chaos Micro-Universe.
He then discovered a secret: deep within the Chaos Micro-Universe, there was an enormous amount of Primeval Dark Sun power. The Chaos Saint God obtained the Dark Sun Heavenly Eye in the Memory World, and the Dimension Saint God obtained the Eye of Night Veil in the Memory World. Therefore, the Chaos Saint God also mastered the Dark Sun Heavenly Eye's ability of infinite evolution. He must also be using the Dark Sun Heavenly Eye to accelerate the evolution of his Eternal Sacred Body, which was why Rosen first visited the Chaos Saint God. He wanted to know how the Chaos Saint God solved the problem of insufficient Primeval Dark Sun power.
However, under the scrutiny of his Root Celestial Eye, the Chaos Saint God's Primeval Dark Sun power was so abundant that it was seemingly inexhaustible. Both had the Dark Sun Heavenly Eye, and Rosen acquired his earlier. Why did the Chaos Saint God have so much Primeval Dark Sun power that he couldn't use it all? Did he get it from the Dimension Saint God?
The Dimension Saint God seized the Memory World, and their Primeval Organs all originated from the Memory World. There must be a large amount of Primeval Dark Sun power in the Memory World, but there was no reason for the Dimension Saint God to trade Primeval Dark Sun power that he didn't need to the Chaos Saint God in this situation.
For the next few decades, Rosen frequently visited the Chaos Saint God, investigating from various angles. He finally uncovered the Chaos Saint God's hidden secret. The Chaos Saint God was actually drawing Primeval Dark Sun power from an unknown place through the Eternal Tribulation Mantis mount.
After Rosen discovered this clue, he immediately tried to draw energy from the endless deep space through the Doomsday Ark. However, the Dark Sun Heavenly Eye didn't draw any Primeval Dark Sun power. Instead, the Eye of Night Veil drew Primeval Night Veil power. In the seemingly empty endless deep space, there existed inexhaustible and difficult-to-observe Primeval Night Veil power.
Rosen possessed the Eye of Night Veil, and by rights, he should have been able to observe and perceive Primeval Night Veil power. However, direct observation and perception were completely useless. Only by directly drawing from the endless deep space through the Night Veil Parasitic Flower could he absorb the Primeval Night Veil power hidden within. So, where did the Primeval Dark Sun power that the Chaos Saint God drew come from?
Rosen gradually shifted his focus to the endless, countless cosmic remnants in deep space. He discovered that when he activated the Dark Sun Heavenly Eye to lock onto a cosmic remnant, the Dark Sun Heavenly Eye could faintly establish a connection with that cosmic remnant. Then, through this connection, the Dark Sun Heavenly Eye could continuously draw Primeval Dark Sun power.
Clearly, whether it was Primeval Dark Sun or Primeval Night Veil, perhaps they both originally came from the endless deep space. The transformation of the Primeval Sun into the Primeval Dark Sun might be related to the cosmic remnants in the endless deep space.
Rosen had long been curious about why the Chaos Saint God possessed the Dark Sun Heavenly Eye and the Dimension Saint God possessed the Eye of Night Veil. This was because after his Root Celestial Eye was born, he tried to also generate a Root Celestial Eye for his clones. However, it simply didn't work; the Root Celestial Eye, as a Primeval Organ, was unique. Since they were both Primeval Organs, why weren't the Dark Sun Heavenly Eye and the Eye of Night Veil unique?
Unless he had underestimated these two eyes, perhaps Primeval wasn't their limit. These two eyes would likely transcend Primeval, otherwise, there was no reason for the endless deep space to contain hidden energy that only these two Primeval Organs could acquire. Regardless of the secrets hidden behind it, at least the problem of Primeval Dark Sun power was solved.
Rosen immediately maximized the efficiency of infinite evolution. With a continuous supply of Primeval Dark Sun power, the enhancement of infinite evolution on the Eternal Sacred Body could be stably maintained at fifteen times. This meant that a complete Primeval Sacred Body could be achieved in just six thousand years.
Years passed, and Rosen's growth wasn't limited to just his true body's Eternal Sacred Body. The Eye of Night Veil continuously drew Primeval Night Veil power from the endless deep space, which made the Night Veil Parasitic Flower's power grow stronger and stronger. With power, it had to be used. He had completely enslaved all Eternal Lifeforms in the Saint God Hall with the power of the Night Veil Parasitic Flower and the Indestructible Source Seed.
With the Night Veil Parasitic Flower, he could freely conceal and tamper with memories. With the Indestructible Source Seed, he could parasitize their origins and completely control everything. With the combination of the two, all Eternal Lifeforms became puppets under Rosen's absolute control. Rosen also completely let loose, thoroughly transforming their Eternal Worlds and the Saint God Hall Micro-Universe into nourishment, integrating them into his Root Micro-Universe, bringing the Root Micro-Universe one small step closer to transforming into a Primeval Micro-Universe.
This was just the growth of his true body. His clones and pets also continuously advanced to Eternal with the assistance of his true body. Just as everything was going smoothly for five thousand years, Rosen suddenly felt something was wrong and ended his seclusion. He noticed that the Chaos Saint God had ended his seclusion and was using the Dark Sun Heavenly Eye to pollute and control his Doomsday Ark.
There were still four thousand years left until the ten-thousand-year mark, yet the Chaos Saint God couldn't resist striking first. Moreover, under the lock of Rosen's Root Celestial Eye, it was quickly confirmed that the Chaos Saint God's Primeval Sacred Body was complete. The Chaos Saint God had known how to obtain Primeval Dark Sun power from the endless deep space earlier, and he also possessed the Universe Source Seed, which allowed for time acceleration within his micro-universe. Therefore, his Primeval Sacred Body had completed its transformation a thousand years ahead of schedule.
At this moment, apart from the Chaos Saint God, neither his nor the Ancient God's Primeval Sacred Bodies were complete. The Chaos Saint God held an absolute advantage. Didn't he worry that he and the Ancient God would be forced to ally against him? Rosen felt something was off. He seemed to have forgotten something.
However, he couldn't remember it all at once and could only contact the Ancient God to ally against the Chaos Saint God. Rosen put away the Doomsday Ark and unfolded his Creator's Domain in the void. The Miracle Star Sea merged into the Creator's Domain, and at this moment, the Ancient God also voluntarily appeared and entered the Creator's Domain.
The Ancient God had no choice; the Chaos Saint God's complete Primeval Sacred Body put immense pressure on him. Allowing the Chaos Saint God to kill Rosen meant that he would be the next one to be eliminated by the Chaos Saint God. Under the cover of the Miracle Star Sea, the Ancient God's Heaven-Splitting Divine Axe cleaved down from afar.
The Ancient God didn't dare to unleash the Heaven-Splitting Divine Axe's maximum destructive power, at most temporarily severing one hundred points of his own Indestructible Origin in exchange for the Chaos Saint God also having one hundred points of his Indestructible Origin severed. Then, he handed over the main counterattack to Rosen.
Rosen activated the Doomsday Ark's Doomsday Armament form, and a layer of golden sacred armor immediately enveloped him. At the same time, he also gained a sniper rifle for long-range shooting. The weapon part of the Doomsday Armament could enhance the overall damage of Primeval Sacred Laws. After aiming and locking onto the Chaos Saint God, bullets formed from the transformed Indestructible Source Seed were fired continuously.
The Indestructible Source Seed could parasitize all things, and upon successful parasitism, it could form an absolute control effect. After the Chaos Saint God's Chaos World-Destroying Divine Light collided with the Indestructible Source Seed bullets, the Indestructible Source Seed immediately grew countless energy roots, rooting and parasitizing the Chaos World-Destroying Divine Light, competing with the Chaos Saint God's Indestructible Will for control over the Chaos World-Destroying Divine Light.
Rosen's Indestructible Will, besides fusing Divine Origin and Life Origin, also fused with one thousand points of Indestructible Root. So, theoretically, one point of his Indestructible Will was equivalent to two points of the Chaos Saint God's Indestructible Will. Furthermore, the Chaos Saint God's Indestructible Will had been severed by one hundred points by the Ancient God. With two thousand points of Indestructible Will and nine hundred points of Indestructible Will each wielding Primeval Sacred Laws, the Chaos Saint God was at a disadvantage at the Indestructible Will level.
However, the Chaos Saint God's complete Primeval Sacred Body provided at least a twofold boost to his own Indestructible Will. And Rosen also had some Indestructible Root used to parasitize and control the Eternal Lifeforms of the Saint God Hall. So, with gains and losses on both sides, the final balance meant he and the Chaos Saint God were almost evenly matched. The greatest possibility of a decisive battle was mutual destruction.
After Rosen assessed the outcome, his first reaction was that he didn't want to fight further or suffer a mutual loss. But the Chaos Saint God showed no intention of stopping, as if he had already guaranteed victory over him and the Ancient God. Rosen felt increasingly uneasy. Finally, he remembered what was wrong: he had forgotten the Dimension Saint God. This memory concealment was clearly the effect of the Eye of Night Veil. The Dimension Saint God had hidden himself and concealed their memories.
If he hadn't also possessed the Eye of Night Veil, he wouldn't have even noticed that his memories were being concealed. Clearly, the Chaos Saint God and the Dimension Saint God had allied, deciding to kill him and the Ancient God first. Moreover, the Dimension Saint God's Primeval Sacred Body must also be complete, which was why his Eye of Night Veil could suppress Rosen's Eye of Night Veil and then blind his and the Ancient God's memories to hide himself.
The Dimension Saint God's target for a sneak attack wouldn't be him, because he had the Doomsday Armament and the Miracle Star Sea around him. A sneak attack wouldn't heavily wound him, so the only remaining target for a sneak attack was the Ancient God. Rosen, after weighing his options, didn't warn him, because he also coveted the Ancient God's Heaven-Splitting Divine Axe.
Even if the Ancient God fell, he would have to face the Chaos Saint God and Dimension Saint God alone. But as long as he obtained the Heaven-Splitting Divine Axe, he could advance and retreat freely in the endless deep space, then hide in the darkness and watch the tigers fight. He didn't believe the Chaos Saint God and the others could remain allied indefinitely.
(End of chapter)