bookandnovel Chapter 379 The Upper Limit of the Primitive Universe
Chapter 379 The Upper Limit of the Primitive Universe
Chapter 379 The Upper Limit of the Primitive Universe
Time flies, and thirty years have passed in the blink of an eye.
And just as Irene predicted, the replacement of the virtual universe was completed.
On this day, Chen Yuan came to the statue of the Primordial Ancestor again and transmitted his voice, saying, "Grandmaster, thirty years have passed, and the two great cosmic origins are about to separate."
In fact.
If possible, he would like to let the original ancestor continue to comprehend it, but the fusion of the two virtual universe origins would lead to the impurity of his own origin, thus causing the virtual universe to stop growing.
In other words, during the thirty years of fusion with the origin, Chen Yuan's virtual universe secret technique did not continue to increase in proficiency, and even Ireil's evolution stagnated.
However, all of this is for the purpose of completing the replacement of the virtual universe. Chen Yuan could accept a 30-year stagnation, but now that Irene has fully taken over the existing virtual universe, it would be inappropriate to stagnate any longer.
In order not to delay the growth of the virtual universe, Chen Yuan had no choice but to separate the origins of the universe. Moreover, to separate the origins of the two universes, he and the Primordial Ancestor would need to work together, so the only option was to awaken the Primordial Ancestor.
However, after calling out twice, he found that the ancestral statue did not move at all, and the other party's figure did not appear, probably because he was too engrossed.
After all, facing the origin is like comprehending the Chaos Stele when you were weak. Once you are immersed in it, it is difficult to wake up. You have to use some special methods.
Chen Yuan blinked. He never imagined that one day he would transform into "Kandri" and gently awaken his immersed mind.
However, Kandri was only responsible for awakening the comprehenders of the Chaos Monument, while the one he awakened was the Primal Ancestor.
"I'm sorry, Grandmaster."
With a thought, Chen Yuan merged his consciousness into the origin of the virtual universe and transmitted his words to the primordial consciousness by vibrating the origin.
"Grandmaster, it's time! Wake up!"
"Wake up!"
"wake up!"
"Alright, alright!" The primordial voice echoed from the very source of the universe: "I'm awake!"
Chen Yuan immediately stopped talking and withdrew his consciousness.
Upon opening his eyes, he saw the primordial figure appear before the statue, looking at him with a helpless expression: "To awaken me, a slight vibration of my essence is enough; there's no need to shout so many times."
"I'm sorry, Grandmaster," Chen Yuan chuckled awkwardly, "I was afraid you couldn't hear me."
"The period when consciousness merges with the origin is when my perception of the origin is most acute."
The progenitor gently shook his head. "Those few times you called out to me were like shouting into my ear with a megaphone. It almost shattered my last wisp of consciousness."
"So that's how it is."
Chen Yuan really didn't know this, and scratched his head.
"Never mind." The Primordial Ancestor knew that Chen Yuan did not do it on purpose, so he did not take it to heart. Instead, he sighed and said, "This illusory power is indeed unexpectedly strong. I have studied it through the Origin for thirty years and I have only barely grasped a little bit of it."
"It's probably not something that can be done in a short time to truly master this power."
Chen Yuan comforted him, "With your master's talent, it probably won't be long before you thoroughly understand these illusory powers. There's still a lot of time before this era of reincarnation, so there's no need to rush."
"Hmm." The Primordial Ancestor nodded gently. He was well aware that only half of this era of reincarnation had passed, and there were still more than six trillion epochs before it ended.
This much time is enough for him to thoroughly study these illusory powers; the only problem is—.
"Chen Yuan," the Primordial Ancestor said, looking at his grand-disciple, "I sense that these illusory powers still have unfinished business, but the path contained within this origin has abruptly ended."
He has ample time to study the power of illusion, but the problem now is that although the power of illusion contained in the origin is profound, it is incomplete. The Primordial Ancestor is worried that once he has thoroughly studied these powers, there will be no follow-up.
Judging from his current barely beginner level, even if he fully comprehends the illusory power in the current secret technique, he probably still wouldn't be able to gain the power to break free from the suppression of the original universe.
In other words, if he wants to truly escape his predicament, he needs to comprehend an even stronger illusory power.
"Grandmaster is right." Chen Yuan nodded and explained, "I can also sense that these illusory powers are incomplete. It's just that with the current strength of the virtual universe, it can only support so much power."
"Oh?" the Primordial asked curiously, "Even secret techniques surpassing those of the strongest beings in the universe won't work?"
"Of course not." Chen Yuan shook his head decisively.
Just kidding, it's merely a Void True God-level secret technique. It's already beyond reason that it can bear a trace of the power of the illusory Great Dao.
The power of the Great Dao contained in the current virtual universe secret method is roughly equivalent to the illusory power that the Primordial Ancestor comprehended after becoming an Eternal True God in the original trajectory.
The system doesn't lack more data; rather, it contains secret techniques of Void God quality that can only currently hold so much power.
"That's all we have right now."
Chen Yuan paused, then continued, "However, according to my speculation, if the secret techniques of the virtual universe are developed to a higher level, then the amount of illusory power it can bear will also be stronger."
"A higher realm—" The Primordial Ancestor fell silent, thinking that in his current state, it would be extremely difficult for him to comprehend a secret technique that surpassed the level of the strongest beings in the universe.
It should be noted that the two holy land masters of the Cosmic Sea, the Eastern Emperor and the Purple Moon Holy Lord, are only at this level.
A realm even stronger than the Lord of the Holy Land? He had never even heard of it, let alone reached it.
However, given the original ancestor's mindset, he quickly recovered from this setback. So what if it was a realm he had never heard of before?
He has accomplished quite a few miracles over the years; this is just one more.
"I see."
The Primordial Ancestor nodded, a slight smile appearing on his face: "I will continue to comprehend it. Surpassing the realm of the Holy Land Lord? That's something to look forward to."
"I believe that our master can definitely do it."
Chen Yuan did not doubt the original ancestor's talent.
"Alright, let's not talk about things too far in the future," the Primordial Ancestor said. "Let's begin separating the origins of the virtual universe. The sooner we finish, the better, so I can go into seclusion to cultivate."
"Okay." Chen Yuan nodded.
Then, with their combined efforts, the previously merged origins finally separated. Chen Yuan felt as if his virtual universe had been relieved of a heavy burden, becoming much more active, and the previously stagnant universe began to slowly expand. "Alright, I have now affiliated my virtual universe with your origin."
Yuan Zu said, "You can freely utilize the computing power of my terminal core."
"Yes, Grandmaster." Chen Yuan nodded. "I will transfer the data on the power of illusion to you."
"Um."
After receiving the data from the illusory power, the Primordial Ancestor quickly immersed himself in it. After giving Chen Yuan a brief instruction, his entire figure disappeared from the spot.
Subsequently, Chen Yuan also left the area where the ancestral statue was located and returned to Thunder Island.
Thunder Island is now under Irelia's control. The only remaining area of the original universe is near her statue, which is also the location of the origin of the virtual universe.
Chen Yuan first sent an email to several decision-makers at Virtual Universe Company, as well as the founder of Giant Axe, explaining that he had completed the replacement of Virtual Universe.
While waiting for their replies, he integrated his consciousness into his current origin, sensing the state of the virtual universe after its activation.
"Hmm—this area is quite large."
In Chen Yuan's perception, the coverage of his virtual universe has exceeded twelve trillion light-years!
Yes, a full twelve trillion light-years, exceeding the limit of the original universe's size.
Keep in mind that the entire primordial universe is only ten trillion light-years wide.
Moreover, because it needed to nurture countless lives, it consumed a large amount of the universe's primordial energy, resulting in most areas of the original universe being in a void region devoid of anything.
"The territory where life existed in the primordial universe only occupied a little over 30% of the entire universe."
Chen Yuan was slightly surprised. "The remaining nearly 70% is actually all dark and void areas."
This is why the spaces between planets and galaxies appear so vast.
"And—the primordial universe was breathing."
This is what he saw through the virtual universe: the original universe also needed to draw energy from the outside, rather than using its own energy from the beginning.
"As more and more energy is absorbed, the territory of life in the universe will also expand, but this also has its limits."
Chen Yuan thought to himself, "When the consumption of life in the universe exceeds the absorption rate of the original universe, the entire universe will begin to be unable to make ends meet and will enter a period of decline."
"When decay reaches its extreme—that is the arrival of the Great Cataclysm, when all living beings perish and everything restarts."
"This is what is known as the era of cosmic reincarnation."
After confirming his guess, Chen Yuan was not particularly happy, because it meant that the primordial power contained in the original universe was not infinite, but related to the speed at which it absorbed the primordial power.
"No wonder the rate at which the efficiency of absorbing primordial energy increases is getting slower and slower."
Chen Yuan frowned slightly.
Under normal circumstances, the greater the strength of his primordial spirit, the more efficient he should be at absorbing primordial energy. This also applies to primordial treasures.
For example, if his primordial spirit is ten times stronger, then the primordial energy he obtains should also be ten times greater.
But that's not actually the case.
Although Chen Yuan's primordial spirit body was constantly growing, and the primordial treasure was also transformed into a Void True God level through repeated optimizations, the efficiency of absorbing primordial power did not increase much.
For example, when he optimized the Origin Treasure from True God to Void True God quality, the Origin Absorption efficiency should have increased a hundredfold, but in reality it only increased by a dozen times.
All of this is because he is slowly approaching the upper limit of the 'Primordial Universe Breath'.
"The speed at which I absorb primordial energy has gradually caught up with the growth rate of the original universe."
"Once my rate of absorption reaches—or exceeds—the upper limit of the primordial universe, then not only will the growth rate of the primordial universe stagnate, but the primordial essence stored within it will also gradually decrease."
Chen Yuan narrowed his eyes and thought to himself, "And the consequence of this is that the primordial universe will begin the cycle of reincarnation ahead of schedule."
This is quite possible.
Even without exceeding the limit, Chen Yuan's act of stealing the origin of the primordial universe is actually accelerating the time of the Great Cataclysm.
Because the original universe received less primordial energy, but the growth rate of life in the universe remained unchanged, the original universe entered the decay period prematurely.
In other words, his cultivation time is still short, so the effects are not yet apparent. However, if this theft continues indefinitely, then the premature onset of reincarnation is inevitable.
"Perhaps I should find a different target to exploit."
Chen Yuan blinked, seemingly lost in thought: "Since the primordial universe itself also draws upon its primordial energy through 'breathing,' perhaps I could give it a try?"