The spatial force continuously compressed, and the black hole in the eye of the storm expanded relentlessly. A vortex-like portal began to form slowly.
"I never expected this eleventh universe to be formed so quickly?" Ye Yun stared dumbfoundedly at the faintly glowing spot within the nebulous expanse of his dantian. He felt an overwhelming surge of excitement.
The eleventh universe also boasted three thousand star domains, but within these domains resided tens of thousands of cultivators from different races. All of them were awakened beings from the Heavenly Dao Game!
According to what Little Red and Old Wang had said earlier, awakeners would lose their original game memories upon entering the Path of Awakening. However, once they awakened, their original strength could be retained to a certain extent, along with their innate talents, based on the wealth they had accumulated.
They could even change their race at will on the Path of Awakening!
It could be said that the eleventh universe's initial years on the Path of Awakening were a time for powerful figures to rise. Subsequently, based on their development, these figures would evolve into power struggles. In the end, even before the eleventh universe was fully formed, some of these influential figures might have extended their influence across an entire star domain, causing all awakeners to adopt their race!
This was a new era of contention for tens of thousands of races, involving destiny, and determining which race the eleventh universe would ultimately belong to.
"Zhang Xiao! Notify General Zhou of 'Venomous Sting' immediately and have him bring the Venomous Sting forces over!" Ye Yun knew all the Domain Lords of the Empire! After all, these Domain Lords were almost all from the military of the former Huayi Nation.
"Yes!" Upon hearing Ye Yun's voice, Zhang Xiao jolted and quickly acknowledged.
He didn't have direct authority to contact Zhou Ningdong, but he could report to his immediate superior or the two levels above him. Therefore, all he needed to do was report. Moreover, with news transmitted via the Heavenly Dao, Zhou Ningdong would likely receive it within a few minutes.
The spatial force continued to tear, and the black hole kept expanding until it became a vortex nearly a hundred miles in size.
Time ticked by, and in the blink of an eye, an hour had passed, yet Ye Yun felt as if he had lived through a lifetime.
"Your Majesty."
Zhou Ningdong, having received Ye Yun's orders, abandoned the star domain he had half-conquered and rushed over with his twelve thousand Monarchs at the fastest possible speed.
"You will take your men and seal off the surrounding ten thousand miles. Anyone who dares to intrude will be killed!" Ye Yun's voice was chilling.
"As you command!"
Zhou Ningdong's arrival caused all the powerful figures in the star domain to tremble. The moniker "God of Slaughter Zhou" had become renowned throughout the empire after Zhou Ningdong took charge of 'Venomous Sting.'
"Greetings, General Zhou." Zhang Xiao, his face pale, led over three hundred executive officers to pay their respects.
Even without unleashing any imposing aura, the battle-hardened energy emanating from Zhou Ningdong sent shivers down their spines.
The importance of the eleventh universe lay not in conquest, but in the beings within it! After all, they were transferred from the Heavenly Dao, and each of them was a supreme powerhouse within the Heavenly Dao. Upon entering the game, their potential for growth was immense. If they could be brought under one's banner before they matured, then within a year or two, one would have gained a host of formidable subordinates.
Rumbling…
Thunder boomed, and colossal thunder dragons roared incessantly within the black hole until they slowly dissipated.
The Domain Gate! It was complete!
The vortex, hundreds of miles in diameter, was no longer a black hole but a vast expanse of sapphire blue, mesmerizing and beautiful.
Ye Yun's divine sense penetrated the nebula unobstructed, entering the eleventh universe. However, mere seconds after his divine sense entered, before he could even survey his surroundings, it was instantly scattered.
"What the hell is this?"
Ye Yun was aghast. His divine sense was at the sixth realm! In this Ten Directions Universe, where those at the third realm were considered kings and those at the fourth realm were rarely seen, his divine sense was dispersed so easily!
A sixth-realm divine sense possessed more than ten million times the intensity of a third-realm one! Even the casual probe Ye Yun had unleashed was a thousand times more powerful than that of a third-realm cultivator. How could it be scattered in the Ten Directions Universe, and so quickly?
Disbelieving, Ye Yun willed his divine sense to rise again, this time with an intensity ten thousand times greater than before, and slowly extended it towards the star domain.
Ye Yun was undoubtedly much more cautious now, and his probe was sustained.
As expected, as soon as Ye Yun's divine sense entered the eleventh universe, it continued to dissipate, but the speed of dissipation was a thousand times slower than before.
Like a colossal dragon, his divine sense roamed this universe, but Ye Yun dared not spread it out like a net to cover the entire star domain. This was because the more dispersed his divine sense became, the faster it would dissipate.
In just a few seconds, a sapphire planet appeared before Ye Yun's eyes. If not for the fact that this planet was several times larger than Blue Star, Ye Yun would have suspected it was Blue Star itself.
The planet was inhabited by thirteen different species. Ye Yun, like a god, gazed down upon the lives of all creatures on this planet.
He watched them from ordinary people to awakening their talents, awakening their strength, and then embarking on the path of cultivation.
He watched them go from strangers to acquaintances, from acquaintances to lovers, and even to forming families and having children.
He also witnessed them progress from minor altercations leading to bloody incidents, to forming factions, and eventually initiating battles.
Their world unfolded before Ye Yun like a movie on a giant screen.
Hmm?
Something is wrong! Terribly wrong!
Ye Yun stared dumbfoundedly as, like a sped-up film, the first generation of beings, from birth to death, lived out their entire long lives within mere thirty seconds before his eyes! And this was not a simulation, but real, tangible life!
With the second generation of beings, it was the same, though the playback time increased by ten seconds.
The third generation took fifty seconds.
The fourth generation, sixty seconds…
Ye Yun gazed in a daze at the rapidly changing scenes on the planet, his eyes shifting from stupor to a neutral expression, and then from neutrality back to clarity. His mind was completely engrossed by the various beings and different races in this world, experiencing the impermanence of life!
He even secretly separated a few strands of his divine sense, like reincarnation, and participated in their lives.
These lives Ye Yun inhabited spanned thirteen races, some good, some evil, male and female, from wealthy offspring to lowly slaves…
One life, two lives…
In less than ten minutes, Ye Yun had experienced the diverse lives of over three hundred and sixty different alien races!
CRASH…
His divine sense collapsed and dissipated once more…