Chapter 536: Qin Yu

"Three kalpas?"

Death Sovereign fell silent.

She was the first life born in the Netherworld when Hongmeng created the Magic Cosmos, and could also be considered the first life in the Magic Cosmos.

Her age was almost the same as that of the Magic Cosmos.

Up to now, she had lived through more than fifteen hundred kalpas.

A mere three kalpas was simply too short a period of time in Death Sovereign's eyes.

Locke was helpless about this as well.

Three kalpas was already the result of him doing his utmost to suppress the rate at which his own Space Origin increased.

Otherwise, if Locke did not deliberately suppress it and instead strengthened his Space Origin at the fastest possible rate, perhaps he would reach the limit of the Hongmeng Space in less than one kalpa, break through the Hongmeng Space, and enter the world beyond the Hongmeng Space.

"Lord Locke."

Just as Locke and Death Sovereign were talking, Linley had already completed the creation of his universe, cultivated the Xuanhuang Body, and returned to the small world created by Hongmeng.

"Haha, congratulations."

"I sensed before that you possessed the potential to transcend the Magic Cosmos."

"Sure enough, in only a few hundred thousand years, you have successfully broken through the Magic Cosmos and entered the Hongmeng Space."

"And since you have already left your name on the Hongmeng Gold List and become a first-level Hongmeng Controller, you can call me Second Brother."

"This... all right."

"Second Brother."

Linley hesitated for a moment, but he did not dwell on it any longer.

In the Magic Cosmos, the difference in status between Chief Sovereign Locke and himself had been enormous.

If he had not received guidance from Chief Sovereign Locke, then in his blind pursuit of greater strength, Linley might even have cultivated the Destruction Edict and created another divine clone.

At that time, Linley's strength within the Magic Cosmos might have undergone another qualitative increase.

But that would also have meant that Linley would have been completely cut off from becoming a Hongmeng lifeform.

If that happened, Linley would have been trapped within the Magic Cosmos for his entire life.

Perhaps, for the lifeforms within the universe, this might have been the optimal choice.

But for someone who had once possessed the opportunity to transcend the universe, how cruel would that have been?

Therefore, even after entering the Hongmeng Space and becoming a Hongmeng Controller, Linley still held tremendous respect for Locke and had always addressed him as "Lord Locke."

But now, Linley had already become the strongest Xuanhuang Body and Xuanhuang Spirit in the Hongmeng Space. If he did not cultivate the method of creating a universe, Linley had already reached the end of the Hongmeng Space.

And Locke?

Although he had created the largest and most stable universe in the Hongmeng Space, received the recognition of the Hongmeng Origin, and become a first-level Hongmeng Controller, the Xuanhuang Energy Locke had obtained from creating his universe had not been used to cultivate the Xuanhuang Body and Xuanhuang Spirit.

Instead, he had condensed it into the Xuanhuang Pearl and given it to Death Sovereign, allowing Death Sovereign to become a new first-level Hongmeng Controller.

Up to now, Locke's body was still the Temporal Space Body tempered through the power of space-time after fusing the Laws of Space and Time.

After Locke reshaped his body and soul into the form of his divine beast true body, he had further given birth to his own "Space Origin Great Dao," strengthening his body once again.

Locke's current physical strength was somewhat stronger than the Hongmeng Body, but there was still a gap between it and the Xuanhuang Body.

However, in terms of abilities, the Space Great Dao was far more profound than the Hongmeng Great Dao.

Well, or rather, every Great Dao had its own areas of specialty.

For example, the Hongmeng Great Dao excelled at derivation.

Thus, Hongmeng could derive Yin and Yang, the Five Elements, the Four Symbols, and the Eight Trigrams from Hongmeng Energy, then use the Five Elements, Four Symbols, and Eight Trigrams to combine into space, while light, darkness, and lightning combined to form time...

Of course, the Five Elements, Four Symbols, Eight Trigrams, and even space and time were all merely secondary Great Daos derived from the Hongmeng Great Dao.

Everything cultivated by the lifeforms within the Hongmeng Space belonged to one of the countless branches, the secondary Great Daos derived from the Hongmeng Great Dao.

Thus, no matter how much the lifeforms within the Hongmeng Space cultivated, what they ultimately achieved was still the Hongmeng Great Dao.

Only someone like Locke, who had reversed his innate nature and achieved the unprecedented supreme divine beast of the Space Element, could make his divine beast true body perfectly compatible with the Space Great Dao.

Afterward, Locke fused the Laws of Space and Time within the Hongmeng Space, achieving the Temporal Space Body.

Later, Locke even reshaped his body, soul, and will into the form of his divine beast true body, giving birth to his own unique "Space Origin," eliminating the Hongmeng Great Dao and achieving complete unity.

"This Hongmeng Space is becoming livelier and livelier."

Locke raised his head and looked at the one large, two giant, and eight small, eleven universes within the Hongmeng Space, sighing.

"Yes."

"If Third Sister is also willing to create a universe, it will become even livelier."

Although Death Sovereign was now a first-level Hongmeng Controller, after refining the Xuanhuang Energy, she had not created a universe herself. Instead, she had taken over control of the Eight Trigrams Universe created by Locke.

If Death Sovereign were willing, she could still create one first-level universe and four second-level universes.

"I'll pass."

Death Sovereign shook her head.

"I have no intention of creating a universe."

Hongmeng lifeforms were the limit to which the lifeforms within the Hongmeng Space could cultivate.

Above Hongmeng lifeforms were Xuanhuang lifeforms. Hongmeng, Death Sovereign, and Linley, who had cultivated their Xuanhuang Bodies and Xuanhuang Spirits using Xuanhuang Energy, were all peerless geniuses who had only obtained Xuanhuang Energy and cultivated with it because they had created the method of creating universes.

Death Sovereign had obtained the Xuanhuang Energy bestowed upon her by Locke and had already cultivated the Xuanhuang Body and Xuanhuang Spirit.

Even if Death Sovereign created a universe, the Xuanhuang Energy she obtained would not be enough to allow her to advance any further.

Furthermore, there was also a limit to the number of universes that the Hongmeng Space could contain.

The largest first-level universes could only accommodate four, corresponding to the four first-level Hongmeng Controllers.

Now, because Locke had become the Dao Lord of the Space Great Dao and no longer held the position of Hongmeng Controller, one more position for a first-level Hongmeng Controller had become available.

If Death Sovereign created a first-level universe, then the fourth first-level Hongmeng Controller in the future, that is, everyone's "Fifth Brother" or "Fifth Sister," would no longer be able to create a first-level universe and cultivate the Xuanhuang Indestructible Body that could rival Hongmeng and the others.

At that time, although this "Fifth Brother" or "Fifth Sister" would be somewhat stronger than a second-level Hongmeng Controller, there would still be an enormous gap between them and first-level Hongmeng Controllers such as Hongmeng.

Death Sovereign had only been able to cultivate the Xuanhuang Body and Xuanhuang Spirit and rise to the position of Hongmeng Controller by relying on the Xuanhuang Pearl Locke had left for her.

If she were to take the opportunity of the final first-level Hongmeng Controller as well, who knew whether this future "Fifth Brother" or "Fifth Sister" would become estranged from her?

If so, would that go against Hongmeng's original intention of treating the first-level Hongmeng Controllers as "family"?

Therefore, Death Sovereign said that she had no intention of creating a universe.

In any case, even if she did not create a universe, her basic strength was still the strongest among the Hongmeng Controllers.

At least, before Hongmeng had completely comprehended the creation of the Nine Palaces Universe and the Ten Directions Universe, Hongmeng's Xuanhuang Indestructible Body was still somewhat weaker than Death Sovereign's.

Moreover, the universe created by Locke was currently also being managed by Death Sovereign.

Loran, Veer, Grant, Rena, and the others had already established sacred lands within the Eight Trigrams Universe, assisting Death Sovereign in maintaining the normal operation of the Eight Trigrams Universe and establishing numerous rules for it.

After spending some time reconnecting with Hongmeng and Linley, Locke left Hongmeng's small world together with Death Sovereign.

Since he had at most three kalpas left, Locke did not continue cultivating. Instead, he and Death Sovereign concealed their auras and traveled throughout the eleven universes.

He devoted all of his remaining time in the Hongmeng Space to Death Sovereign.

More than two kalpas later, the final first-level Hongmeng Controller had also taken his place.

Just as Locke had expected.

The final "Fifth Brother" was the super-genius Qin Yu, who had grown up within the Linmeng Universe created by Linley.

He completed the Star Transformation cultivation technique, allowing it to connect to the Hongmeng Space during the "Black Hole Stage" and come into contact with Hongmeng Energy.

Afterward, he went step by step and transformed the dantian within his body into a complete universe, directly ascending in a single leap and achieving the Xuanhuang Indestructible Body.

After Qin Yu entered the Hongmeng Space, Locke and Death Sovereign also went together to Hongmeng's small world to congratulate Qin Yu.

During this time, the few of them exchanged their experiences regarding the "creation of universes."

At first, Linley and Death Sovereign could still contribute a few words based on the method of creating universes they had obtained from Hongmeng.

But as the discussions between Locke, Hongmeng, and Qin Yu progressed, Linley and Death Sovereign could no longer get a word in.

There was nothing they could do about it. Before this, Linley and Death Sovereign had not even possessed the concept of "creating a universe."

They had both entered the Hongmeng Space, obtained the method of creating universes bestowed by Hongmeng, and then relied on the complete control of Hongmeng Energy possessed by Hongmeng Controllers to create their universes.

Hongmeng, Locke, and Qin Yu, on the other hand, had all independently walked their own paths step by step and created their respective universes.

Hongmeng had created something from nothing within the Hongmeng Space. Wanting to create something that could alleviate his loneliness, he created the first universe in the Hongmeng Space.

Locke, on the other hand, had known about the universes of the Hongmeng Space from the very beginning. From the start of his cultivation, he had been committed to using his Laws to derive space and time. Only after completely fusing the Laws of Space and Time did he finally take the last step.

Qin Yu was no less remarkable.

Although the Star Transformation was created by Lei Wei of the technological universe based on the workings of the universe, he had only created the first few realms. The subsequent realms were all created by Qin Yu himself.

From Nebula, Meteor, Star Core, Planet, Stellar, Dark Star, Black Hole, Origin Point, Qiankun, all the way to the final Universe Realm, Qin Yu was in no way inferior to Hongmeng and Locke when it came to understanding the universe.

However, because the limit of the Hongmeng Space was the first-level universe, Qin Yu was unable to break through the shackles of the Hongmeng Space like Locke and stopped at the Five Elements Universe level.

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