metaverse evolution.

A massive fleet appeared in the void, drawing the attention of both sides in the battle. The impending decisive battle between the two factions came to an abrupt halt, and at the same time, the hidden super-leaders of both factions revealed themselves.

Legend has it that a Great Dao Saint exists in this ancient battlefield that has existed for a very long time. But this has always been a legend, and I never expected to see them today, especially since they appeared together at the same time.

The difference between a Heavenly Sage and a Great Dao Sage is like the difference between a Merit Sage and a True Sage—that's supposedly how it is. As for the actual situation, no cultivator has ever seen it, and perhaps those who have are speechless.

Now that the two Great Dao Saints have appeared, a frenzied scene has unfolded in the void:
Behind the Nine Luminaries Celestial Venerable, ten "suns" appeared, scorching billions of miles of void. Some people with low cultivation levels withered after being exposed to the light and had to run away quickly.
Around Death God Brahma, a vibrant realm suddenly appeared out of nowhere. Within this vast realm, colorful flowers bloomed in abundance, creating a magnificent and lush landscape.

It's understandable that the Nine Luminaries Celestial Venerable has ten suns. After all, five of the four great masters are involved; that's common knowledge. Everyone has their trump cards.

But how come Death has taken over the job of the goddess of life? That's a bit unreasonable.

Just as the many "spectators" were in shock, they saw billions of divine lights shoot into the sky from the direction of the fleet, which then closed to form a vast world, also billions of miles wide. Within this world, three thousand six hundred laws shone brightly, adorning the void like stars.

Compared to the monotonous realms of the Nine Luminaries Celestial Venerable and the God of Death, this realm has blue skies and white clouds, green mountains and clear waters, bright sunshine and thunder and lightning. It is a real world—at least ordinary cultivators cannot see the illusion.

Even a child knows that the third area is clearly more perfect.

Then, the three domains collided. Suddenly, the third domain unleashed three thousand six hundred lightning whips, each tracing a different trajectory, and they hurtled towards the other two domains.

One against two, one family shares the rule of 1,800!
The void shattered with a roar, and all that could be seen were ten suns stretching across the sky. Even the void itself was boiling and evaporating. The 1,800 law whips that rushed towards the Nine Luminaries Celestial Venerable could not even get close and were scorched and destroyed.
On the other side, the Death Realm transformed into an endless abyss. The whip continued to fall, yet it could never reach the bottom. Instead, countless flowers and plants suddenly appeared on the whip of law, growing, blooming, and withering on it. As the flowers faded and died, the whip of law began to collapse.

But this phenomenon lasted only a moment, and a vast thought faintly echoed from the void: "So that's how it is. Take my next attack, Big Data Deletion, Thunderous Sky!"

Then, the 1,800-long whip of law suddenly transformed into thunderclouds, followed by a downpour of thunder.

Under this violent attack, one of the Nine Luminaries Celestial Venerable's "suns" was instantly extinguished, and the sun turned into the moon, which quickly dimmed and was on the verge of complete collapse.

The endless flowers within the realm of death were battered by wind and rain, falling to the ground and turning to mud. Raging lightning ruled the entire territory, and that vibrant realm withered at a visible speed.

Countless quasi-saints felt the overwhelming power of the heavens, their cultivation foundations trembled, and indescribable terror emanated from the distant void.

Although they were trembling with fear, their eyes were wide open. Two Great Dao Saints had been taken down by a suddenly appearing powerful figure?
Unfortunately, this great show ended as soon as it began.

Chu Fei, after suppressing one of the Nine Luminaries Heavenly Venerable's suns and the aura of the God of Death Brahma, stopped there.

At the same time, Chu Fei is not so reckless as to challenge two major factions.

Chu Fei's meaning is clear now—he'll flex his muscles and then lead his own people. As for the war here, you can continue; our Yanhuang civilization will no longer participate. We are merely passersby.

As the battle ended, Chu Fei hovered in front of the fleet, his small figure becoming the focus of everyone's attention.

Only a mighty voice echoed between heaven and earth, and resonated in the hearts of all living beings: "Everyone from the Execution Hall, pack up and let's go."

The people at the Execution Hall were extremely excited, especially Ye Yishan, who was still somewhat stunned.

What happened? The Yanhuang civilization actually has its own Great Dao Sage?
"Little Yezi, what are you daydreaming about? Hurry up and go back to pack your things." Bai Yingying patted Ye Yishan's head with a "concerned" expression.

Ye Yishan's face darkened, but he didn't dare to retaliate and turned to leave. Bai Yingying, however, followed behind him leisurely.

Upon returning to the dilapidated territory of the Execution Palace, Bai Yingying sighed after seeing it. Although an outbreak had occurred at the Ascending Dragon Palace, their knowledge of the two major factions controlling the inner world was very limited. Therefore, for now, they were only focusing on gathering their clansmen; the rest would have to be dealt with slowly.

After giving his orders, Ye Yishan finally approached Bai Yingying again, mustered his courage, and asked directly, "What exactly happened?"

Bai Yingying: "That's a long story, it'll take a long time to tell."

"Could you make this brief?"

Bai Yingying: "We now have fourteen million saints."

"..."

Excellent, it's short and concise, capturing the key points and core essence.

On the other side, Chu Fei had already invited the two Great Dao Saints to a small sightseeing spaceship for a "discussion".

This small sightseeing spaceship was one of the three spaceships designed for Daoist Yuanyang. Daoist Yuanyang received one, and the remaining two were used as ordinary sightseeing spaceships.

Of course, the spaceship's technology is a bit outdated now, but it's sufficient for sightseeing rather than combat. It's perfect for picking up and entertaining guests.

After the two powerful beings, Nine Luminaries Celestial Venerable and Death God Brahma, took their seats, their faces remained as calm as rocks, revealing no joy, anger, sorrow, or happiness. However, their expressions alone were enough to prove that they were not in a good mood.

Chu Fei spoke first: "Fellow Daoists, I am Chu Fei. Please forgive me for any offense I may have caused. We have recently made a breakthrough and were quite excited to meet you two. Moreover, this is the first time we have reached such a level. We are wondering how to interact with fellow Daoists."

Two small gifts, please accept them as a token of my appreciation.

You resort to violence without knowing how to deal with people? Your logic is absolutely unbelievable—leaving others speechless. Nine Luminaries Celestial Venerable and Death God Brahma stood frozen in place.

Chu Fei took out two small boxes from the large box in front of him. These small boxes were made of ordinary materials and could not prevent a powerful being from detecting them.

Two different gifts were placed before the two men, and at a glance, the two powerful figures were stunned. The Jade Disc of Creation!

Looking at the expressions of the two "people," Chu Fei felt a little smug—man-made Creation Jade Discs were as plentiful as he wanted. Technological advancements, indeed, became more and more wondrous as they progressed.

Even before leaving Changqingtian, the Ascending Dragon Palace was able to create a simple Creation Jade Disc, which attracted the covetousness of the Merit Saint (Sun God Osho).

Now, both of the Great Dao Saints are so fond of it that, judging from their expressions, if the conditions at the scene weren't so restrictive, they would probably have swallowed it whole.

Chu Fei waited a moment, then continued, "I have some questions I would like to ask you two fellow Daoists. I will certainly repay you handsomely afterward."

As he spoke, Chu Fei seemed to tap the large box in front of him intentionally or unintentionally with his fingers—it was from this box that he took out two Jade Discs of Creation.

Nine Luminaries Celestial Venerable played with the Creation Jade Disc in his hand. It was a snowflake-shaped Creation Jade Disc containing the water system law with ice as its core.

But these laws are a bit strange; they're too pure, too perfect. The laws of nature are never perfect.

This is easy to understand; there is no perfect circle in nature, nor is there a 100% pure element.

Similar problems exist in the Jade Disc of Creation. Although its laws are powerful, they are always imperfect, and multiple laws often permeate and interfere with each other.

However, the laws within this Creation Jade Disc are flawless and can be directly absorbed and refined.

The Nine Luminaries Celestial Venerable had never encountered such a Creation Jade Disc before.

The Creation Jade Disc in Death's hand was shaped like a crystal ball, faintly emanating a strong "soul" aura. Nine Luminaries Celestial Venerable was curious, but Death simply gripped the "crystal ball" tightly and remained silent.

After Chu Fei finished speaking, the Nine Luminaries Heavenly Venerable asked, "Fellow Daoist Chu Fei, where did you get this Creation Jade Disc?"

Chu Fei: "We entered a desolate place and discovered a treasure. It was also in this desolate place that we completed our transformation."

Before entering the Wasteland, we only had one Quasi-Saint. In just five hundred years since then, we have reached our current size.

"Five hundred years!" The Nine Luminaries Celestial Venerable's eyes narrowed instantly. "Is that the Yanhuang Era?"

"Yes, the Yanhuang calendar. If we change it to the Heaven and Earth calendar, it's one year."

Nine Luminaries Celestial Venerable and Death exchanged a glance, both seeing the shock in each other's eyes. Death couldn't help but ask, "Where did you encounter this miracle?"

Chu Fei laughed, "Do you think I would say that, fellow Daoist?"

The two powerful figures fell silent.

Chu Fei tapped the box in front of him again.

The two experts immediately understood – the price.

Death spoke first, "Fellow Daoist Chu Fei, shall we speak privately?"

Chu Fei's figure blurred for a moment, and two Chu Feis appeared on the scene. One of them stood up and extended an invitation.

Afterwards, Chu Fei negotiated with the two powerful figures separately.

First, Chu Fei sold the locations of the Wasteland and the Sorrowful Wind Continent to the Grim Reaper because the Grim Reaper offered a high price.

That place used to be where Zhao Weiguang, Pixiu, and others stayed, but it has now been abandoned by the Shenglong Palace.

Everyone is currently in the fleet, including the Pixiu. The Sorrowful Wind Continent has been completely transformed into an excellent survival base, but it's no longer needed. It can fetch a good price, though. Anyway, it won't be long before other forces discover and occupy it. For example, those races temporarily subjugated by the Ascending Dragon Palace in the surrounding area.

Actually, there was another reason for selling this place to Death—there was nothing of value here at all; it was just an empty shell.

Of course, it's impossible to say there's nothing at all. For example, there are many ruins around the Sorrowful Wind Continent, but these things are no longer of much significance to the Great Dao Saints.

The Grim Reaper belongs to the "supernatural" camp, while the powerful being saved by the Yanhuang civilization belongs to the "superego" camp. For the time being, the Yanhuang civilization leans more towards the superego camp.

Secondly, Chu Fei also used the "Creation Jade Disc" to obtain a considerable amount of information he needed from the two powerful figures. Although the two wanted to keep it a secret, as the saying goes, when the snipe and the clam fight, the fisherman benefits. In addition, Chu Fei paid a sufficient price and ultimately obtained quite a few secrets.

For example, the Dao fruit.

This kind of information was something that would have been impossible to obtain in the past. But after obtaining this information, some things suddenly became clear.

Chu Fei was surprised when he first learned about the "Dao Fruit," but after the initial surprise, he seemed to be deep in thought.

According to Chu Fei's past research, the entire inner world is structured as a super World Tree. Previously, the two major factions had been vying for power and fortune, and Chu Fei had led research on this, but he always felt something was missing.

Luck does exist, but after much research, no particularly efficient or directly usable methods have been found.

I've heard of influencing destiny, but I've never heard of killing someone directly through destiny. If you could kill someone directly, why bother severing dragon veins? Wouldn't it be better to just sit on the throne yourself? In short, such indirect methods of influencing destiny are like taking off your pants to fart for a true master.

However, if one's fortune is like nutrients and water, then it makes sense to use it to cultivate "the fruit of the Dao".

Over the years, Chu Fei and his colleagues have conducted considerable research on the concept of "qi yun" (氣韻), which can be simply described as a "trend," a kind of alternative "potential energy." Therefore, qi yun is also known as "yun shi" (韻势). It should be said that the naming by our ancestors was quite accurate.

Just as high temperatures can affect the environment and great speeds possess great inertia, the existence of fortune also exhibits similar characteristics.

Using big data technology, it's easy to explain that so-called "luck" refers to the movement trend of an individual within a group environment. This individual is defined as "a person's total amount of information and direction of movement (development trend)."

What about the overall fortune of the world? It is naturally the flood of information that influences the world, a long river of information, or "multiple" long rivers of information.

If the world is essentially an information field, then this river of information is the world's most important resource. This is destiny.

That "Tao Fruit" is the "World Tree" blossoming and bearing fruit, the prototype of a world, a "universe in a nutshell".

If this path to enlightenment is not stopped (not disturbed), it will gradually develop into a 'world', a mustard seed world, a small chiliocosm, a medium chiliocosm, a large chiliocosm, and even a larger world.

Of course, the development of the world is very, very slow. Most of the "fruits of the Tao" are picked before they have a chance to fully develop, becoming someone else's prize.

Therefore, the original Azure Lotus World was actually a "Dao Fruit".

Furthermore, a sage, as a "world-class life form," is also equivalent to an alternative Dao fruit! So why devour sages? That's the fundamental reason.

As for the so-called "Jade Disc of Creation," it can be understood as the seed inside a fruit.

This information broadened Chu Fei's horizons and made him realize many things that he couldn't understand before.

Based on this, a completely new understanding of the hierarchy of sages emerges.

Saints of Merit and Saints of Sainthood are essentially quasi-saints, but they have attained "sainthood." This so-called sainthood is the Jade Disc of Creation (seed of the Dao Fruit)—the Jade Disc of Creation is not necessarily tangible, but can also be intangible.

A true sage is one who has condensed his own "seed of the Dao".

A sage of the Heavenly Dao must possess multiple "seeds" to construct a "Dao Fruit".

The Great Dao Sage is the one whose Dao fruit begins to unfold and spread to the world.

The more advanced "Ziwei Sage" is someone whose inner world is complete and powerful enough to break free from the current world.

However, at present, we can still see the Great Dao Saints, but as for the Ziwei Saints, even the Nine Luminaries Heavenly Venerable and the God of Death Brahma have never seen them; they are all legendary figures.

This exchange lasted three and a half months. Chu Fei sought advice from the two experts, and the two experts also sought advice from Chu Fei. In the end, it was a mutually beneficial exchange. The scientific thinking from Chu Fei provided the two experts with many insights.

Finally, the two powerful figures left with several "Creation Jade Discs." It seemed Chu Fei had suffered a slight loss, but he also took all the Yanhuang bloodline from the two powerful figures. Death God Brahma, on the other hand, had quite a few prisoners.

Many prisoners of war committed suicide on the spot after being released. Chu Fei could only sigh; that was war.

Overall, the negotiations were beneficial; Chu Fei gained more advanced insights and learned what the two camps were actually fighting over.

But it also left many questions unanswered. Just like Master Xuanyu's question, did the Yanhuang Federation back then really have the ability to break through the "prison" and rescue the "Tianyan Ancestor"?

Of course, theoretically speaking, it is possible. The attack by the Yanhuang Federation was like the last straw that broke the camel's back, launching a crucial attack at a critical moment.

Unfortunately, this possibility cannot be verified at present.

After six months of preparation, the Zhuxian Palace was completely cleared up, and all personnel were transferred to the fleet. Then, the mighty fleet set sail, heading towards the next "palace" based on the information provided by the Zhuxian Palace.

It's time to unite the various branches of the Yanhuang civilization. (End of Chapter)