CHAPTER 320: THE SHOCK OF ALL WITHIN THE UNIVERSE

"The Tree and Sea actually descended with such immeasurable gifts!"

Phanes returned to her senses and quickly looked toward Noah, who was laughing loudly, asking in shock:

"How did you do it? How could you make the Tree and Sea bestow such power directly?"

Phanes knew it must have been Noah’s doing. After all, he was the Supreme—an existence she could not even look up to with her current strength.

Supreme, meaning the only one. Above him, nothing else remained.

For he was super single-universe, while the strongest existence in the Tree and Sea was no more than standard single-universe.

As for the Great Will of the Tree and Sea, that was merely the will of multiversal order, not an individual being.

Such a will was like the Chaos Will of Greek mythology or the Heavenly Dao of Chinese myth—just will, not even a consciousness-body. Even if it could think, it was no more than raw awareness.

Mio looked at Noah, who laughed without restraint. She bit her lip lightly, her eyes sparkling with starlight, her love threatening to overflow across the whole of Teyvat.

Truly, he was unfathomably great.

Ophis, the Infinite Dragon God, gazed upward at the endless resources pouring down from above—resources enough to birth untold great universes. She recalled the countless moments of world ascensions she had witnessed.

Her lips curved, and she raised a finger toward the heavens. "As expected of you, Heavenly Principle."

"Hahaha, what did I do? Isn’t it obvious? Even if you don’t understand now, in the very next moment you will."

Noah laughed wantonly, spreading his arms wide as though to embrace even this overwhelming flood of power that astonished even him.

"Good! Now let us welcome the expansion of power that will step directly into super single-universe!"

His heart pounded at its fastest, his spirit boiling over.

Even for him, a Super-Primeval God, this was shocking.

Such wealth—how impossibly rich the Tree and Sea was! How many resources had it stored away?

The sheer abundance could easily recreate another Imaginary Tree.

And the Imaginary Tree was nearly one-third of a weak multiverse in scale.

These resources were clearly stockpiled by the Great Will of the Tree and Sea as nourishment to raise itself to standard multiverse level.

Now it believed that by cultivating Teyvat, it could ensure its own ascension to standard multiverse.

Heheheheheh... a fortune, an unimaginable fortune! This was like winning the jackpot every day—far, far beyond it.

"System, calculate the exact amount of resources the Tree and Sea has released, using pre-ascension Teyvat as the unit of measure."

[Ding! Calculating.]

[Ding! Calculation complete. Equivalent to 38,743 times the total mass of Teyvat.]

[After ascension, Teyvat will advance directly to high-tier super single-universe. Once all resources are digested, it will begin advancing toward weak multiverse.]

This amount of resources was comparable to a newly advanced but weak great world of weak multiverse rank.

Noah’s smile nearly split his face. Excellent, excellent, excellent!

Rumble—

The entire great world of the Tree and Sea quaked.

The Imaginary Tree, the Sea of Quanta, and the Dimensional Realm—the newly formed circulation system—was continually redirected by the Super-Primeval Power.

Truth, Laws, and multiversal order rolled turbulently.

The Dimensional Realm, newly formed, severed its link with the Sea of Quanta and the Imaginary Tree, and began revolving around the Teyvat Universe as its center, forming a vortex on an incomprehensibly vast scale.

It was as if the Teyvat Universe was a black hole, and the Dimensional Realm a galaxy orbiting it.

Buzz—

Under the Super-Primeval Power of the Tree and Sea, the entire Dimensional Realm surged toward the Dimensional Gap of the Teyvat Great Universe, merging into it.

With the constant infusion of dimensional properties from the Dimensional Realm, the Dimensional Gap rapidly expanded—within but a quark of time, it had doubled in size.

The energy of the Dimensional Realm was far weaker than that of the Dimensional Gap—merely an inferior form of it.

Even if the entire Dimensional Realm merged into the Dimensional Gap, the expansion would occupy less than ten percent of the original range.

Yet the Dimensional Gap’s rapid expansion caused the distance between its endless realms and the surrounding great universes to stretch at incredible speed, resembling cosmic inflation.

And amid that vast expansion, those unimaginable resources poured down directly.

The resources descending from the multiversal dome resembled a tornado of light.

All the Laws and Truth energies possessed by the Tree and Sea appeared evenly throughout.

The Truth Ring encircling the main universe continually grew in mass, and the light of Truth expanded in step with the inflation of the Dimensional Gap.

Tens of thousands of Laws circled around the Truth Ring like Saturn’s rings.

Threads of Laws spread outward from the main universe like a spider’s web, extending into every world within the Dimensional Gap.

These worlds ranged from the smallest ordinary continent-type planes to primordial universes corresponding to Pseudo Star Map Creations.

Meanwhile, under the control of the Tree and Sea’s fragmentary consciousness, the Cosmic Nexus of the main universe detached itself and rose to the very top of the main universe.

At the same time, the Truth Ring and the surrounding rings of Laws detached from the main universe as well.

...

The Cosmic Nexus fell into the center of the rings, then shattered. Within the interaction of Truth and Laws, a multicolored geometric crystal of golden ratio appeared, bearing the weight of multiversal order.

Buzz—

The instant multiversal order appeared, the Dimensional Gap—already inflated ten thousandfold—encompassed it all. Representing everything of Teyvat, it resonated and formed a collective consciousness.

Multiversal order was born. Yet this was not the end.

The Dimensional Realm had already been half absorbed into the Dimensional Gap, but of the Tree and Sea’s resources—equivalent to one-third of its total—less than a tenth had been absorbed.

The absorption would be an extremely long process.

Once all resources were consumed, the Teyvat Universe—no, the Teyvat Internal Multiversal Great World—would reach the same scale as the Imaginary Tree.

At the same time, in a blind spot entirely concealed from the Great Will of the Tree and Sea—

Four auras surged upward at astonishing speed.

Their power spread outward with the expanding Teyvat, nearly matching its rate of expansion.

It was precisely this synchronization that prevented the Great Will of the Tree and Sea from sensing anything amiss.

Moreover, their auras were those of Truth. How could there possibly be a problem with Truth itself?

Behind the four women appeared Truth Rings unique to each of them.

Mid-tier strong single-universe.

High-tier strong single-universe.

Crack! Truth underwent a qualitative change.

Initial super single-universe.

...

Beyond the universe, within the Dimensional Gap, there was no concept of time or space. Here, a single second might equal a billion years inside the universe—or perhaps a billion years here might pass as only a few seconds within.

Fortunately, the whole of Teyvat was under his control, for he himself was Teyvat. He could precisely regulate it.

He slowed the flow of time in all the worlds within the Dimensional Gap until it was sufficient for Teyvat to fully absorb the entire Dimensional Realm.

"This power... it feels too exhilarating. This rate of growth is simply addictive."

Noah marveled at the staggering acceleration of his own power.

Though he had already been a super single-universe, at that time he relied only on the entire Dimensional Realm given by the Tree and Sea. His power then was borrowed—it was not his own.

And even as a super single-universe, it had only been the weakest kind—a mere authority-based super single-universe.

Now, however, his power was multiplying geometrically, surging in magnitudes of "millions."

At the super single-universe level, strength could no longer be measured in multiples of past power.

Even great universes could no longer serve as a proper unit. Now, with a single punch, he could strike across the span of an entire multiversal structure, shaking its stability to the core.

That meant if he struck the Imaginary Tree with his fist, it could directly tremble, causing countless great universes to tumble down from its heights.

Yet he remained calm. He did not foolishly assume he could already suppress the Tree and Sea outright.

High-tier super single-universe.

This was the realm he had reached.

Here, time had no meaning.

By now, the entire Dimensional Realm had been absorbed into the Dimensional Gap.

Within this one-third weak multiversal scale of emptiness, a purple sphere floated, occupying only one-twentieth of that vast space—like a violet lamp in the center of a darkened chamber.

The aura of a high-tier super single-universe radiated from it, saturating the expanse.

Above the sphere, from the multiversal dome, pillars of multicolored light cascaded endlessly, flowing down and being slowly absorbed.

The absorption was sluggish—it was unknown how long it would last.

But once the sphere swelled to equal the mass of the Imaginary Tree, it would cease.

Only when a brand-new multiversal structure had been successfully born did the joy of the Great Will of the Tree and Sea finally subside.

This was not the fading of joy, but simply the withdrawal of its gaze.

Sensing the change, Noah—now a high-tier super single-universe—appeared instantly before the core of multiversal order.

"System, control! Capture!"

He issued the command decisively.

[Ding! Defensive mechanism activated.]

[Ding! Commencing capture of multiversal structure consciousness concept.]

Within Noah, a power emerged that he could not comprehend at all.

This force could not be seen, conceived, spoken, known, or imagined.

It was entirely above Super-Primeval Power. Compared to it, Super-Primeval Power was utterly crushed into insignificance.

He felt as though he were a figure within a painting, and this force could redraw at will, or even tear and burn the painting outright, erasing it from its roots.

Was this high-tier multiverse? Infinite multiverse? Or even outerversal level?

No reaction. No resistance. No disturbance.

The fragmentary consciousness of the Tree and Sea, already merged with the multiversal order core, was forcibly separated.

It manifested as a shimmering, multicolored sphere.

No—in truth, multiversal-level consciousness had no form. It only appeared so because Noah thought it should, and thus the system shaped it accordingly.

For he himself was Teyvat, and the system afforded absolute protection to his being. Thus, so long as it lay within the concept of Teyvat, it was part of his body—including this fragment of the Tree and Sea’s multiversal consciousness.

"Many thanks for the gift, Tree and Sea."

Noah stretched out his hand, tossing the multiversal consciousness sphere as though it were a toy.

Turning back, he gazed upon what was now no longer the Teyvat Universe.

No—at this point, Teyvat could no longer be called a great universe. It had to be called a small multiverse.

Though its mass had not yet reached true multiverse level, there was no doubt—its form was already that of a multiverse.

"Now then, restore the normal flow of time to all worlds."

With a thought from Noah, the time order of all worlds within the Dimensional Gap returned to normal, adjusted according to each world’s level.

At the same time, he ordered all worlds with mass at galactic scale or higher to open, allowing large worlds and great universes to communicate freely.

Any being who had reached star-level strength could now traverse freely between worlds.

Even star-level beings could craft ark-type tools that would allow those below star-level to safely travel through the Dimensional Gap.

Noah idly toyed with the sphere of consciousness in one hand while holding the core of multiversal order in the other.

With a casual throw, he sent both the consciousness sphere and the multiversal order core into the Temple of Truth in Eden, at the summit of the main universe.

Naturally, such vital things had to be placed in the most important place.

The core of multiversal order, in essence, was no different from the old Cosmic Nexus.

Only, one was the control platform of a great universe, while the other was the control platform of an entire multiversal structure.

The moment the core of multiversal order settled at the very center of the Temple of Truth’s great hall—

The combined power of Truth and Laws took effect instantly.

The edge of the main universe began to expand at incredible speed.

Its diameter, already close to two hundred billion light-years, multiplied again and again, its mass soaring as well.

Four hundred billion light-years, eight hundred billion, one trillion six hundred billion, three trillion two hundred billion...

And still its mass surged.

Mid-tier strong single-universe. High-tier strong single-universe. Low-tier super single-universe.

Finally, it stabilized at low-tier super single-universe—the utmost limit that a universe could reach within the Teyvat multiversal structure—measured at one quadrillion light-years across.

In comparison, an ordinary great universe was like a grain of sand before a basketball.

All small universes and primordial universes now revolved around this colossal super-universe.

Such a commotion—the ascension of Teyvat to super single-universe and its transformation into a multiversal structure—naturally shook every existence at True God-level and above.

They all sensed the universe abruptly shift from closed to open.

One after another, in shock and unease, they borrowed the World Gates forged by their own Supreme Gods to approach the universe’s edge, attempting to peer beyond.

But the most shaken were not the lesser gods—it was the holders of cosmologies.

Zhongli, Venti, Athena... all the gods at the pinnacle of the pyramid trembled in fear, preparing to tear open the cosmic barrier to see what lay outside.

Even Aether, who already knew a great universe was about to be annexed, was dumbfounded.

"This... what is this?! This incomprehensible will and pressure—what in the world is happening?!"

"Swallowing a great universe shouldn’t make Lord Heavenly Principle unleash such terrifying power!"

"Could it be that Lord Heavenly Principle is clashing with some unknown force of the Tree and Sea?"

At that thought, Aether too tore at the cosmic barrier, attempting to break into the outside.

But the instant he did, a dreadful pressure from the universe itself descended.

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