metaverse evolution.

In the calm, empty void, starlight shines eternally.

Two powerful figures from the supernatural faction, Elder Yu Ling Daozun of the Purple Palace and Thunder God Abraham, discussed the recent situation as they flew.

The Jade Spirit Daoist has just finished the battle at the Gate of the Styx. The battle lasted for six thousand years, with heavy casualties on both sides. More than 30,000 experts at the Saint level died in the battle, mainly because they were captured and sacrificed or devoured by each other.

In the war of saints, there is a cruel reality: prisoners must die! Guarding a single saint prisoner requires two to three experts of equal rank, and also expends significantly more high-level materials. Therefore, it's more cost-effective to kill and devour them, supplementing one's own forces. If one encounters another of their kind, that's fine too; simply exchange them.

Ultimately, the supernatural faction that initiated the attack emerged victorious.

As for Abraham, the God of Thunder, he arrived later to provide support and then discussed the Yanhuang civilization with Jade Spirit Daoist. Although it was only a brief glimpse, the performance of the Yanhuang civilization was truly unforgettable.

During their discussion, the two powerful figures suddenly noticed a glimmer of starlight. The glimmering starlight meant that space was no longer smooth. This must mean that a powerful being had passed by.

"Could it be that some fellow Daoist is passing by?" Thunder God Abraham said casually, without paying much attention. The void is vast, and it's not easy for saints to meet, but such situations are not uncommon.

Before the ripples could expand rapidly, almost a third of the stars in front of us were blinking in the blink of an eye. This vast ripple flashed into the distance and instantly pierced through the void.

After a while, a hazy light and shadow appeared, and a vast fleet of spaceships swept across the void, like a bridge spanning the void.

Jade Spirit Daoist exclaimed, "This is... the Yanhuang Civilization! It seems only the Yanhuang Civilization could have such a crazy fleet."

The God of Thunder, Abraham, gazed silently into the void for a long, long time, until the light faded and the distant void calmed down. Then he said softly, "Besides the Yanhuang Civilization, who else is there? I just roughly counted; there are at least thirty million spaceships. The largest are probably 100,000 kilometers in size, and the smaller ones are tens of thousands of kilometers. Each spaceship carries the aura of at least a dozen Saints. The auras within the large spaceships are so mixed that they are completely undetectable; there are probably no fewer than a thousand Saints inside."

The total number of saints in the entire fleet is probably no less than 10 billion! Holy crap, the Yanhuang civilization has gone mad; even pig farming wasn't this crazy.

Fortunately, the Yanhuang civilization is now on our side.

However, Daoist Yu Ling's expression became even more unpleasant. "Did you feel it? There seems to be an indescribable being in the fleet. I felt that this indescribable being glanced at me. This feeling is the same as when I was facing the sect leader."

The God of Thunder, Abraham, immediately jumped up. "It really is true. I hadn't even noticed it until you mentioned it. Now that you've brought it up, I realize what I've been overlooking. It seems my cultivation is still too weak. This must be the Purple Star Saint."

Yu Ling Dao Zun nodded slightly, "That's right, it's the Ziwei Sage, and this Ziwei Sage's aura is even stronger. We are currently hundreds of millions of kilometers apart. But when I faced the Sect Master, we were face to face."

Most importantly, this Ziwei Sage's aura was completely unfamiliar. Where did the Yanhuang civilization get a Ziwei Sage? There's no record of a new Ziwei Sage being born recently.

The Purple Star Sage is the supreme being in the world, and there are currently only eight of them in total—truly a handful. The Purple Star Sage is directly connected to the entire world; if a new Purple Star Sage is born, all living beings will surely sense it.

Thunder God Abraham: "Report the information and let the sect leader investigate."

Yu Ling Dao Zun immediately reported the situation to "Xuan Tian Dao Zu" and then continued forward, but the content of the discussion was now entirely about the Yanhuang civilization.

Today, with the rise of the Yanhuang civilization, many of its units of measurement have gradually spread, such as kilometers, the Yanhuang calendar, and kilograms. There's no way around it; we have to learn them. Products from the Yanhuang civilization are now widely sold, so we need to have some knowledge of them.

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Meanwhile, Chu Fei, representing the Yanhuang civilization's fleet, silently glanced at the powerful figures in the void before continuing his journey. He had encountered many powerful individuals along the way; it wasn't unusual.

The fleet did not slow down at all, continuing its mad dash through the void at a speed of more than three thousand times the speed of light.

However, in the endless void, even three thousand times the speed of light is still pitifully slow relative to the entire void. The starlight in the distance does not turn into streaks of light like in the movies; it still slowly approaches.

Each star here represents a continent or a world.

As they moved forward, Daoist Yuanyang couldn't help but approach Chu Fei and complain, "This isn't the direction we're heading towards the Creation Heaven of the Netherworld."

Chu Fei laughed and said, "Now that the Heavenly Sin True Ruler is leading the way, just follow along."

Then Chu Fei looked at the starry sky outside and waited quietly.

This time, Chu Fei led a hundred billion saints to explore the Senluo Creation Heaven, to compete for the so-called Primordial Laws, and to snatch food from the mouths of the two major camps' leaders.

However, each of the two factions has three Ziwei Saints. To snatch food from the jaws of six Ziwei Saints, the Ascending Dragon Palace needs to find allies. For example, the sister of the Heavenly Sin True Ruler, the Mother Goddess mentioned by the Goddess of Nature, the Spirit Mother Tree with innate spiritual roots, and the Primordial Spirit True Ruler.

The two sisters simply had different paths, not that they were at odds. Tianzui Zhenzai's earlier departure was largely due to his awareness that he was beyond saving—without the scientific technology brought by Chu Fei, Tianzui Zhenzai's ultimate fate would have been a gradual collapse.

Recently, Chu Fei learned from the True Ruler of Heavenly Sin that even the Elf Mother Tree had encountered problems.

When they first met, the True Ruler of Heavenly Sin told Chu Fei that after the three opportunistic guys "ascended" at the beginning of creation, the remaining Purple Star Saints were getting worse day by day.

For example, the Heavenly Sin True Ruler appears to be constantly developing, but in reality, not only can its individual development speed not keep up with the world's development speed, but as the world develops, sins and other evils increase, making the Heavenly Sin True Ruler increasingly impure.

This so-called "evil" is chaos, it is karma. Many powerful beings have discovered the rules governing the world through their own observations and understanding.

The Yanhuang civilization, through scientific research, has learned that this is actually "entropy increase." Within a system, as time increases, it always tends towards chaos. Although the entire world is vast, it is ultimately a relatively closed space.

Whenever the world becomes chaotic (entropy increases) to a certain extent, it triggers what is known as a "cosmic catastrophe." In reality, it is a self-cleansing process within the world itself.

The world ultimately possesses a certain inherent instinct; this is the great way.

Chu Fei pondered, and also discussed with the others, Tianzui Zhenzai and other powerful outsiders who had come to join the Yanhuang civilization.

The fleet advanced in a grand and undisguised manner. Such unbridled flight attracted considerable attention.

Some top experts used supernatural abilities to catch up with the fleet and followed behind, ready to watch the spectacle.

Or send a message to get attention from friends ahead, your own sect, and so on.

But a fleet is a fleet. Cultivators might be able to catch up with a fleet for a short time, but when the fleet's range reaches tens of thousands of light-years, those powerful individuals who were tracking it gradually gave up.

Some powerful individuals also appeared beside the fleet, directly trying to gather information, but the fleet completely ignored them.

Judging from the fleet's imposing presence and aggressive attitude, it seems they're looking for trouble.

Gradually, some powerful individuals noticed that the fleet's direction seemed to be towards the territory of the elves.

Amidst countless gazes, the fleet raced over 300,000 light-years before Chu Fei finally saw a green world.

"This is the innate spiritual root, the Mother Tree of Spirits?!"

What appeared before Chu Fei was a “tree” with a diameter of three light-years, a true “World Tree”.

It's only because Chu Fei's cultivation level is now quite high that he can see things several light-years away at a glance. Otherwise, even with instruments and equipment, it would be impossible to observe such a vast area instantly.

The Heavenly Sin True Ruler nodded slightly beside Chu Fei, “As people with innate spiritual roots, it is extremely difficult for us to take human form; only our bodies can continuously expand. Although my sister is much better than me, she ultimately cannot escape this innate limitation.”

"The fleet can slow down now. I'll talk to my sister."

The fleet shut down and glided through the void using inertia; even so, it still traveled at 0.8 times the speed of light.

The figure of the Heavenly Sin True Ruler vanished instantly, then reappeared in front of the giant Elf Mother Tree, paused for a moment, and then disappeared again.

Chu Fei also began to carefully observe the Elf Mother Tree, his heart filled with awe. If it weren't for the unique laws of the inner world, who knew if the Elf Mother Tree would have collapsed due to gravity?
At the same time, with Chu Fei's current cultivation level, he can easily discover the problem with the Elf Mother Tree—chaos.

The branches around it grew somewhat haphazardly.

Mathematically speaking, the world everywhere follows the logic of fractal geometry. Even in chaos, this logic still applies. But the current state of the Elf Mother Tree is quite dire; it can no longer maintain the properties of fractal geometry.

So why does the world follow the logic of fractal geometry? Because it's the most economical, conforming to the logic of lowest energy consumption. Ice crystals, snowflakes, coastlines, rivers, tree branches, leaf veins, and even blood vessels in the human body all conform to this logic. By extension, the divinity of gods, the true energy of cultivators, and formations also conform to this logic.

The practice of big data also follows this logic, from the initial algorithm to the cell, to the computing unit, to the final cosmic brain, all conform to this logic.

Natural creations that conform to fractal geometry are harmonious. Consider, for example, a beach washed clean by a river or the sea. But if someone steps on it, chaos ensues, disrupting this harmony. The innate spirit mother tree right now embodies this feeling.

"So, this is entropy increase. The law of entropy increase governs the entire world," Chu Fei said thoughtfully.

But then Chu Fei had another question. According to the Heavenly Sin True Ruler, three guys ascended to heaven after the creation was completed.

If the world is inside a black hole, how can one ascend? It's likely that when crossing the event horizon, even if one isn't pulled back by gravity, one would be ejected as an energy jet, and would be completely crushed.

According to current theories, time may stand still, or come very close to stopping, within the event horizon. In other words, even if one could withstand the gravity of a black hole, they would still be trapped within the event horizon due to the time standstill.

Time passed slowly, and half a year went by in the blink of an eye. Chu Fei wasn't in a hurry at all. For top-tier experts, one or two years was nothing; a single seclusion could last for thousands of years.

However, Chu Fei did not remain idle during these six months; instead, he recklessly explored the 'Innate Spirit Mother Tree' before him.

Through continuous investigation, Chu Fei gained a lot, but also discovered many problems.

According to the theory of "anti-de Sitter space", the surface information of things is equal to the internal information. It can be judged that the core of the innate spirit mother tree is probably problematic and has been contaminated.

In fact, this theory of anti-de Sitter space is reflected in traditional Chinese medicine. Skilled TCM practitioners can make a preliminary judgment on a person's health condition simply by visual inspection.

Chu Fei is now essentially performing a diagnostic examination on the Innate Spirit Mother Tree, akin to a traditional Chinese medicine diagnostic procedure involving observation, listening, questioning, and palpation.

Let's start with the takeaways. Through this observation, Chu Fei vaguely discovered the fundamental laws governing the world's operation. The Primordial Spirit Mother Tree was born from chaos, meaning it shares the same origin as the world.

Observing a world is difficult. But observing the current Primal Spirit Mother Tree is much simpler.

The shape of the Primordial Spirit Mother Tree and the surrounding aura (nebula, energy flow, radiation, etc.) reveal many traces of creation.

These observed data effectively fill some gaps in our understanding of big data and related scientific technologies. Further research will undoubtedly yield even greater insights.

Then came the problem that was discovered. Chu Fei vaguely sensed that this innate spirit mother tree seemed to have become a "tumor," a tumor of the world!

The observed data revealed traces of a "cancer law"—the kind of law found in the glaciers of despair and the traces left by the death of the strong.

The entire Primal Spirit Mother Tree seems to be 'becoming cancerous'. However, for now it only appears to be in the early stages of cancer, and there's still a chance to save it.

During his observation, Chu Fei also saw a large number of elves lurking around, wary of the fleet. Among these elves, there were even several at the level of Great Dao Saints.

However, the saint among the elves didn't seem to be in good condition. Their cultivation methods were too simplistic, heavily reliant on the innate elven mother tree. These elves reminded Chu Fei of the words "parasite" and "maggot."

After a quick glance, Chu Fei noticed that these elves were also vying for power and profit, clearly divided among themselves, and subtly displaying intense hatred.

Chu Fei instantly identified the root cause of the Innate Spirit Mother Tree's "cancer-like" condition—the problem lay with its followers. The problems with the lowest-level followers led to issues with the power of faith, ultimately causing problems with the entire Innate Spirit Mother Tree.

Chu Fei also inquired with the Goddess of Nature. According to her, the reason she left was because she was fed up with the chaos and corruption within the Elven race and saw no hope within it.

Because the innate spirit mother tree is the Purple Star Sage, this place is a near-absolutely safe haven. However, civilizations inevitably collapse from within when living in an absolutely safe environment.

In fact, the early history of the Yanhuang civilization is proof of this. Before the Western Han Dynasty, the Yanhuang civilization faced great crises. After reaching its peak in the world, it began to decline, experiencing various hardships until it became strong again during the Sui and Tang Dynasties. After eliminating external threats, it declined again, going downhill all the way. There was a surge in its decline in the early Ming Dynasty, followed by another rapid decline. It was not until the new era of the state that it rose again.

The elves may have had a good foundation from the start, but what happens when a civilization exists for billions of years without any external threats? Decline is inevitable.

According to the Goddess of Nature, many of the younger generation of elves are unaware of the outside world, content to remain in their sheltered world, like frogs in a well. Furthermore, the elven elites firmly control power, status, and cultivation, leaving the common people as mere pawns and brainwashed fodder.

Among the elves, some choose not to marry or have children. However, the Primordial Elf Mother Tree continuously gives birth to more elves. Not marrying or having children is not a problem; after death, they return to the Primordial Elf Mother Tree (their matter, energy, and soul are recycled), and new elves are born again.

In this life cycle, the Primordial Elf Mother Tree mimics the laws of nature, the so-called 'information creation'. As the Elf race multiplies, as Elf culture progresses, and as social information increases, the Primordial Elf Mother Tree eventually expands continuously.

In Chu Fei's view, the approach itself was fine, but the failure to properly educate the next generation and manage the believers led to a collapse at the source of information. The current Elven race was a chaotic, conflict-ridden, hateful, and decadent society, and such an Elven race was clearly incapable of providing high-quality information.

The theory of information creation posits that life activities, especially those of intelligent life, create vast amounts of information, and that information is indestructible. Because information is indestructible, it accumulates continuously, transforming into information fields, which in turn generate quantum fields, ultimately leading to quanta and elementary particles. However, the quality of the information directly determines the quality of creation.

As Chu Fei observed, the Heavenly Sin True Ruler reappeared, and immediately the entire Primordial Spirit Mother Tree changed. A branch transformed into a bridge, becoming a heavenly gate, inviting Chu Fei and the others to enter. (End of Chapter)