Chapter 1 World-Group Formation Amidst Void Ice Melt

The void ice melted, and world-groups took shape.

These two upheavals affecting the myriad realms had been occurring for quite some time.

Frankly speaking, even those renowned great worlds, some already legendary in the history of other worlds, with cloud-like experts and technology nearing the Dao itself, were completely baffled as to why the multiverse had become what it was.

[I thought that ice-frozen void was a fundamental constant of the multiverse...]

[Heavens, our multiverse model needs a major overhaul—quick, apply for funding from the Alliance Central!] (Ecstatic)

[We, we've finally left the Void Zone and arrived in a normal multiverse block?!]

It was only natural that these advanced civilizations, who thought they had reached the end of the road, felt panic or excitement because of the upheaval, and it was also normal for some backwater civilizations on the edge of the multiverse to feel joy as they entered the city center due to the changes.

But regardless, adapting to the environment was the foundation of all life and intelligent civilizations.

Faced with more than ten times the number of neighbors, the way to adapt to the environment might be a multi-universe war with hundreds of millions of casualties, a conference involving hundreds of world civilizations, or an incomparably grand super martial arts tournament that gathers all the extraordinary powerhouses from hundreds of worlds to determine who is the strongest in this world-group…

In short, after many civilizations used their own methods to resolve the new territorial and political issues around their civilization's world.

They finally raised their heads, filled with doubt, and looked towards the boundless Void Sea.

"Is the upheaval that is happening now a beginning, or is it already over?"

They couldn't help but ponder these questions: "If this upheaval that affects the multiverse is only a beginning, how should we respond in the waves that follow?"

This was a major problem that plagued all life and civilizations.

And facing this doubt, every powerful race had its own way of answering it.

——Multiverse Void Sea——

A vast wandering trade fleet.

Although most He Dao (Harmonization) experts only harmonize with one universe world, very few can truly take the step to try harmonizing with many worlds in the multiverse, walking on the road to achieving the Hong Liu (Grand Tide).

But that doesn't mean that the new Dao created by He Dao experts won't be sensed by other powerful civilizations.

Just like how the Zhong Huan Zhen Yin (Terminal Universe Suppressing Seal) can sense and seal all the Daos in all worlds, as long as you reach a certain realm, not to mention detailed information, at least everyone can barely figure out whether a new He Dao expert has appeared in the multiverse.

——Three He Dao experts have appeared in quick succession recently, which is more than before.

——In the past, one might not even appear in a year, but recently it's like a blowout.

——The void anomaly is indeed an unprecedented major change, and it seems that it will indeed promote the birth of experts.

A high-level extraordinary civilization that was accustomed to traversing the void and conducting trade in many world universes was carrying out its daily routine.

This race, called the Ira, looked like a floating spiritual energy sea anemone, and their void giant ship looked very much like an extremely huge coral reef, like an irregular giant rock, covered with dense small holes that would cause trypophobia patients to die on the spot.

However, although they looked like just small holes, in reality, each small hole contained a unique simulated world environment. They were the Ira civilization's 'world holes' used to collect information about the surrounding void.

When the Ira civilization's giant ship passed through the multiverse void, these 'world holes' would generate a 'world resonance effect' with similar environment worlds in the surrounding void world—if there was only one, the resonance might be somewhat distorted, but just like a compound eye, the resonance generated by hundreds of millions of world holes could completely replicate the overview of the surrounding tens of millions of worlds in the central mind.

In this way, just by passing by, the Ira civilization could obtain most of the useful information in the surrounding worlds.

When the Ira giant ship traversed the void, passing over many world stars; when countless anemone-like Ira people floated in the mothership, rising and falling in accordance with the rhythm of spiritual energy; when information from many worlds was transmitted from the world holes to the Ira central mind 'Heart of Omniscience'.

Once every ten years (approximately equal to one thousand three hundred Earth years), the Ira civilization's statistics on the number of new He Dao in the multiverse would begin.

From the irregular giant rock-like coral giant ship, those hundreds of millions of fine holes suddenly leaped out with dancing strands, and soaring spiritual light danced in the void, vaguely outlining a vast, magnificent, and incomparably solemn giant array in the void darkness.

Information gathering and selling was the Ira civilization's hobby.

Why wasn't it their livelihood and specialty?

What a joke, a super civilization supported by a He Dao expert would never need to make a living by buying and selling—whether it was bargaining, scamming, or selling fake goods, deliberately giving other low-level civilizations loopholes, all of them were the hobbies of this group of sea anemones.

After all, as one of the 'escapees' of the Second Era of the Hun Tian Zhi Jie (World of Primal Chaos), they were purely fun-loving people.

However, now.

The Ira people were probably not going to be happy.

[What?!]

[H, how could this be…]

[How could such nonsensical things run rampant…]

When the central mind Heart of Omniscience summarized all the Dao change information collected over the years, and transmitted the results to all Ira people who had purchased the central information access, almost all Ira people were shocked.

Because the number of new He Dao experts transmitted by the brain.

Was forty-nine thousand!

Not four, not forty, not four hundred and forty thousand, but forty thousand!

For a time, basically all members of the Ira race were numb.

[What the hell?!]

Ira civilization He Dao expert, Zhuo Na Ha Er · Fu Yi (Zornahar the Bound), was originally soaking in a miniature star in the center of the giant ship, and this soothing and stable sunbath was indeed one of his few hobbies, and the multiverse gossip in the central information access was even more his favorite.

But now, this glowing red anemone was even so shocked that it began to change colors rapidly: [Nearly five thousand new He Dao? What a joke, how can there be so many He Dao experts, do you really think He Dao is seaweed? Even the Hun Tian Zhi Jie (World of Primal Chaos) isn't this exaggerated!]

[Is there something wrong with the central mind? Or is this multiverse change really so terrifying? Then why hasn't my race produced a second He Dao expert?]

Zhuo Na Ha Er's murmur was just a moment of surprise, but soon, compared to most ordinary Ira people who were shocked and lost, and couldn't see the clues, this He Dao expert quickly discovered the subtle points of these data: [Wait]

[Why are most of these forty-nine thousand He Dao experts harmonizing with the same Dao?]

Generally speaking, only one He Dao will appear in a unified civilized race.

The reason is actually very simple… Having a He Dao inheritance, facing a lack of He Dao inheritance, is almost a complete crush.

Whether it's the degree of refinement, the ease of cultivation with someone pointing the way, or the power of magical abilities, the future upper limit, and the guaranteed lower limit, all of them are advantageous to the He Dao inheritance.

And generally speaking, because of the principle of inheritance immortality, at least in the sealed multiverse, those who can achieve the He Dao realm basically don't reject sharing their inheritance with all beings in the myriad realms.

This means that the powerful inheritance is not only not hidden, but has begun to spread almost without cost… In that case, what room is there for other inheritances to exist?

Don't think you can rely on 'winning by surprise'. Those who can really cultivate to the He Dao, where could there be any omissions in the inheritance? Whether it's alchemy or magic potions, forging or hidden weapon attacks, holding your breath or escaping, frontal combat or investigation and prediction, the He Dao inheritance can cover everything.

One race practices one method, one country reveres one Dao, so as to gather all strength.

Although this does not mean that no one else can harmonize with this Dao except for the first He Dao expert.

It's very normal for a Dao to have dozens or hundreds of He Dao experts.

But to say that there is no impact at all is also a joke.

At least, there must be a subtle breakthrough, a bit of uniqueness, and, be relatively far away from the original He Dao world, so as not to interfere with each other, so that the probability of successful He Dao is greater.

[Innovation… Zhu Zhao (Torch Sun)]

Dancing tentacles, Zhuo Na Ha Er's skin color turned into a solemn pure cyan: [Why are there suddenly nearly five thousand experts harmonizing with Zhu Zhao's innovation?!]

[Moreover, the He Dao fluctuation spans all the heavens and myriad realms, and the He Dao time is almost the same… What kind of technique is this?]

For a time, this He Dao expert of the Ira civilization couldn't help but have a bold guess in his heart: [Could it be…]

The ends of the tentacles contracted slightly, and this old He Dao, who had lived for who knows how many years, felt the 'tension' and 'excitement' that he hadn't felt for a long time: [Could it be that all of this is the He Dao of the same expert… the prelude to beginning to achieve the Hong Liu (Grand Tide)?!]

Getting up, the surrounding space distorted.

In just a moment, Zhuo Na Ha Er appeared in the void, with countless runes flowing on his countless tentacles, forming 'world holes' that were as illusory and flowing as the coral giant ship, making him look incomparably holy and majestic.

He began to sense the true origin of these tens of thousands of He Dao fluctuations with his own divine power.

Then, he saw a huge world, so huge that even a He Dao expert could hardly imagine.

The sealed universe, originally concealed in the great seal, was now quietly rotating, surrounded by many worlds.

[There, is the center of the He Dao ripples…]

He couldn't help but murmur in a low voice.

However, at the same time that Zhuo Na Ha Er sensed the sealed universe.

"Hello."

A piece of information also traced back, causing this expert to suddenly wake up, uncertain in shock.

The power of He Dao experts is enough to transmit across endless time and space, and can even carry Gu (Poison) supernatural powers, easily destroying a world without the protection of powerful immortals, or punishing all disrespectful people who dare to peep—the Ira people have lost a lot in this matter, these intelligence dealers are best at being hacked.

So after noticing something was wrong, Zhuo Na Ha Er immediately adopted a defensive posture, and immediately prepared to fight back.

But this time was different.

After a brief surprise and vigilance, he heard a rather mechanical voice, which seemed to be just a preset prompt tone: "Press 1 if you are interested in the Dao of Innovation, press 2 to report to the Zhu Zhao (Torch Sun) Multiverse Police Department, press 3 to report a lost-Dao extraordinary expert, and press 4 to transfer to manual service if you have additional requirements."

"Everyone contributes a little to build a harmonious and beautiful home in the multiverse!"

Zhuo Na Ha Er: [?]

Some time later.

"S, Supreme One?"

"Supreme One Fu Yi (Bound)?"

Such a cautious request for communication came from Zhuo Na Ha Er's private rest bath.

An Ira person with a milky white body combed his tentacles neatly, prostrated in front of the space-time door, and respectfully asked: "Excuse me, have you seen the message from the Heart of Omniscience?"

[Hmm]

Then, a solemn voice that seemed to have just reacted and was still reminiscing about the details of the previous exchange sounded: [I saw it… Zhu Zhao (Torch Sun)? Very interesting, very interesting]

[Very interesting!]

Saying this, he transmitted the information about Zhu Zhao (Torch Sun) and innovation to the current navigator of the Ira civilization: [You should also take a look, this good fun must be shared!]

To this, the captain, who was prostrating on the ground and representing the entire Ira fleet civilization, was also quite accustomed—this ancestor of all Ira people was indeed a pure fun-loving person, just like all of them Ira people.

So, feeling that the ancestor was very happy, he smiled and asked for instructions after briefly browsing the relevant information: "Then how should we respond next? Is all of this a threat to our race?"

[A group of pretentious guys who want to be the multiverse police… They are a good group of people, but I don't know if they have the strength to match it]

At this moment, Zhuo Na Ha Er seemed to have just reacted, he laughed and shook his head: [It shouldn't be harmful to us, maybe even…]

[We can also cooperate with them]

At this time, Zhuo Na Ha Er was simply shining, he thought excitedly, and then said: [We collect information, collect information about those evil experts in the multiverse, and then… report it all to this Zhu Zhao (Torch Sun)!]

[What will happen next has nothing to do with us, we can just follow behind and watch the fun!]

[This multiverse, I am afraid it will not be boring]

Situations similar to that of the Ira civilization were not uncommon in the multiverse.

Because Zhu Zhao's (Torch Sun) He Dao fluctuations, one after another, or even continuous, did indeed affect many worlds, and shocked many old experts and ancient civilizations that had been dormant for a long time, forcing them to come out.

Just like a dragon that has been sleeping for a long time, when it feels the earth shaking, it can't help but surface to see what's going on.

However, unlike the Ira civilization, which was purely fun-loving… there were still many civilizations that were not peering into the origin of Zhu Zhao (Torch Sun) with 'curiosity', but with 'malice'.

For example, the Hong Shi Shang Jie (Vast Beginning Upper World) was such a long-established and powerful civilization.

This name must be very unfamiliar to everyone, but if you mention another identity, you may be able to recall a little.

The origin of the Yun Zhou Jie (Cloud Ark World), the huge warship that can be transformed into a world, was made by the Hong Shi Shang Jie (Vast Beginning Upper World).