In the Primordial Space, Hong Meng was idly sipping osmanthus tea at a stone table.
After more than a thousand cycles, he was the only one in the Primordial Space, and it was a lie to say he wasn't lonely.
He desperately hoped for some living being to break through the universe's limitations and appear in the Primordial Space, becoming an existence like himself.
Hong Meng wouldn't even glance at those whose destinies were predetermined.
Because fate had sealed their lives, they were destined never to escape the confines of the universe.
Only those with uncertain destinies had even a sliver of a chance to grow to a level comparable to himself.
Unfortunately, the greater the hope, the greater the disappointment.
One cycle was sixty trillion years.
In over a thousand cycles, no one else had managed to reach the Primordial Space.
The only one who gave Hong Meng a sliver of hope of entering the Primordial Space was that little fellow from the Magic Universe.
As early as several hundred cycles ago, that brat named "Roy" had already reached the point where he could break through his affiliated universe and enter the Primordial Space.
But to Hong Meng's surprise, that little fellow still hadn't entered the Primordial Space after so long.
Of course, if that little fellow wanted to enter the Primordial Space now, Hong Meng would have stopped him.
Because the current Roy couldn't withstand the Hong Meng Qi yet; he would likely be dissolved by the endless Hong Meng Qi the moment he entered the Primordial Space.
Suddenly, Hong Meng froze for a moment, shifting his gaze to a certain spot within the Primordial Space.
There, a black hole the size of a needle's tip had appeared. Countless yellow halos formed layers of space around the black hole, counteracting the erosion of the Hong Meng Qi on this void.
Beneath the space formed by these yellow halos, the rate at which the Hong Meng Qi eroded was almost balanced by the rate at which space condensed.
It was unclear how long this situation had persisted. Wisps of Hong Meng Qi, as if experiencing a "boundary layer surface effect," flowed against the black hole's suction, slowly moving inward along the space condensed by the Earthly Supreme Law.
Then, these wisps of Hong Meng Qi followed the spatial passage opened by Roy, spreading into Roy's internal world.
Vast amounts of space condensed by the Supreme Rules of the Earth were dissolved by these wisps of Hong Meng Qi, but they were immediately replenished by Roy with more Earthly Supreme Laws.
Finally, after annihilating and dissolving a large amount of the Earthly Supreme Laws, this wisp of Hong Meng Qi finally arrived in the world within Roy's body.
"Dong!"
Before this wisp of Hong Meng Qi could even begin to display its ability to dissolve all things, the Lord God Artifact, the Star Bell, suspended above the black hole, suddenly let out a chime. Instantly, space solidified, time froze, and even this wisp of Hong Meng Qi was frozen for a moment.
The moment this wisp of Hong Meng Qi emerged from the other side of the black hole and was frozen, Roy's Soul Power formed a thick shield, capturing the Hong Meng Qi and preventing it from dissipating and damaging his internal world.
"Boom, boom, boom!"
"Dong, dong, dong!"
This wisp of Hong Meng Qi spread throughout Roy's Soul Power, rapidly dissolving his Soul Power and causing him immense pain.
The Star Bell, suspended above the black hole, also vibrated with its chimes. The phantoms of the Four Divine Beast Lord Gods circled around the Star Bell, freezing space and time, preventing the Hong Meng Qi from dissipating and eroding Roy's soul.
With the Star Bell's assistance, Roy's soul had more time to interact with this wisp of Hong Meng Qi.
Although each contact felt like exposing his entire defenseless body to a scorching sun, enduring the burning of powerful flames, it was also a great opportunity for Roy.
It was like the "Nebula Array" laid out by Light Breler; if one's strength wasn't sufficient, the Nebula Array was a powerful offensive formation. Below Paragon, anyone without a Lord God Artifact for physical defense would die, no matter how many came.
However, above Paragon, the "Nebula Array" transformed into a formation that could temper divine bodies, capable of tempering the divine bodies of those at Paragon or even Lord Gods to near the level of Lord God Artifacts, or even truly reach the level of Lord God Artifacts.
With the Star Bell's assistance, the speed at which Roy's soul was dissolved by the Hong Meng Qi greatly reduced. Later, this wisp of Hong Meng Qi could no longer dissolve Roy's Soul Power; instead, it began to temper his Soul Power, imbuing it with a faint gray halo.
"Hong Meng Primordial Spirit?"
Sensing his Soul Power, slightly grayed after being tempered by the Hong Meng Qi, a thought suddenly flashed through Roy's mind.
Immediately, Roy couldn't sit still.
A semi-transparent, miniaturized version of Roy appeared at the very center of this black hole, as if suppressing the black hole with himself. A faint gray halo spread around Roy's Soul Nascent Soul.
Wisps of Hong Meng Qi entered Roy's body through the passage he had constructed with the Earthly Supreme Law. Then, Roy used them as fuel to temper his own soul, strengthening it.
Gradually, Roy's Soul Nascent Soul shrunk, but a faint gray halo emanated from both its interior and exterior.
The wisp of Hong Meng Qi that had leaked from the black hole no longer caused harm to Roy's soul; instead, it continuously entered his soul, strengthening it.
...
"Hahahahaha, hahahaha..."
"Good, good, good!"
Within the Primordial Space, Hong Meng watched the gradually stabilizing black hole and Roy's soul, which was turning gray, and was eventually strengthened by the Hong Meng Qi. He laughed with immense joy.
This meant that even if Roy entered the Primordial Space now, he could survive within it thanks to his Hong Meng Primordial Spirit.
Of course, Hong Meng didn't believe that Roy, who had cultivated his soul to the Hong Meng Primordial Spirit stage, wouldn't be able to cultivate a Hong Meng Body.
Possessing a Hong Meng Primordial Spirit meant one could control the Hong Meng Qi. At that point, tempering his body with the Hong Meng Qi to achieve the Hong Meng Body would be as easy as turning over one's hand.
It seemed that soon, he would have another brother.
...
"Too slow."
After drawing another wisp of Hong Meng Qi into his body, Roy shook his head.
The amount of Hong Meng Qi that one passage could absorb was far too little.
At this moment, Roy's mind stirred. The wisp of Hong Meng Qi that had just appeared was refined by him, not to strengthen his nascent soul, but to construct a passage from the black hole to the Primordial Space.
Once the black hole that penetrated to the other side of the Primordial Space was also fixed by Roy using Hong Meng Qi, wisps of Hong Meng Qi were drawn into Roy's body through this black hole.
Because the Hong Meng Qi used to construct the spatial passage had already been refined by Roy, these destructive energies that entered Roy's body through the spatial passage were tainted with Roy's aura. This was equivalent to being refined by Roy and could be controlled by him.
After confirming that the black hole could stably absorb Hong Meng Qi, Roy's nascent soul immediately dispersed, no longer blocking the black hole to refine Hong Meng Qi.
The Hong Meng Qi that entered Roy's body through the black hole did not dissipate after passing through it. Instead, it circled the black hole, forming a gray halo around it.
This halo gradually deepened in color with the amount of destructive energy entering Roy's body.
Next, Roy did not stop.
One dark star after another, under Roy's control, formed black holes connected to the Primordial Space.
Then, the space of these black holes was quickly fixed by the Hong Meng Qi refined by Roy, allowing the black holes to slowly absorb Hong Meng Qi.
As Roy opened more black holes, the total amount of Hong Meng Qi he absorbed increased.
Later, Roy even refined his nascent soul into a gray Hong Meng Nascent Soul. He still had surplus Hong Meng Qi to refine the Star Bell into a Hong Meng Spirit Treasure – the Hong Meng Bell!
At this time, the Hong Meng Bell already possessed some of the characteristics of the Chaos Bell, capable of suppressing chaos and stabilizing the world.
...
Roy focused his thoughts on breaking through the Black Hole stage, while the outside world did not cease its commotion.
Star Sovereign Tina completed her task for the Earth Supreme God and obtained a Supreme Artifact, which allowed all the Lord Gods who did not wish for great upheaval to breathe a sigh of relief.
Destruction Sovereign Utred and Destiny Sovereign Off also became much more subdued upon hearing this news.
After all, considering that both of them were slightly inferior to Death Sovereign Lilia and Star Sovereign Tina, if they continued to be aggressive, they would not die in a fight, but it would be quite embarrassing.
The biggest change was that the intensity of the Plane War decreased by more than one level.
It was now rare for five or more Sovereign Legions to enter the Plane War to fight together.
Furthermore, the Lord Gods also discovered that the Four Divine Beast Lord Gods, who often appeared in the Plane War to intercept Destruction Sovereign Utred and Destiny Sovereign Off, had not been paying much attention to the Plane War recently. They had not been seen in the spatial turbulence above the Plane War for several consecutive times.
It was as if they no longer cared about who won or lost in the Plane War.
The armies of the Four Divine Beast Family were currently managed by Water Sovereign Gaia and Star Sovereign Tina.
It was precisely because of these four legions that the Death lineage and the Star lineage were able to successfully intercept the winning streaks of the Destruction lineage and the Destiny lineage each time.
As time went on, some observant Lord Gods discovered that, starting from some unknown point, the world above the Star God Realm, formed by the Earth Supreme God Yi, began to be shrouded in a light gray mist.
The moment all the Lord Gods saw the gray mist, they felt their bodies and minds tremble greatly.
It was a fear of facing an unstoppable, powerful force.
What kind of power was this? Was its might countless times more terrifying than the Sovereign Power?
This made the Lord Gods worry if they would be able to survive this gray mist when it descended upon the outside world one day.
...
In the endless spatial turbulence, a material plane quietly came into existence.
And in the world almost completely shrouded in gray mist, Roy's thoughts stirred slightly.
"Is it about to begin?"
"Because of my existence, will Lin Lei still be born in this world? Will he still be a person whose destiny is uncertain? Will he still become Lin Meng, who broke through the cage of the Magic Universe?"
As far as Roy knew, it took over a hundred trillion years, or nearly two epochs, after the Yulan Plane was born for Lin Lei to be born.
Two epochs were not long for Roy now.
In the very beginning, when Roy could not control the Hong Meng Qi he had fused with, he had thought of asking Lin Meng for some diluted Hong Meng Qi to study, to see if he could find a way to control Hong Meng Qi for body tempering.
Or, he could directly use this Hong Meng Qi to open up worlds, generate a trace of Xuanhuang Qi, and cultivate the Xuanhuang Indestructible Body, allowing him to withstand the erosive power of Hong Meng Qi, break through to the Primordial Space, and leave his name on the Primordial Golden Rankings.
But now, Roy no longer needed those two backup plans.
His soul had already become a Hong Meng Primordial Spirit, and he would continue to absorb Hong Meng Qi to grow stronger.
Moreover, the dark stars within his body were turning into black holes one by one, breaking through to the Primordial Space to absorb Hong Meng Qi.
Once all the dark stars in his body transformed into black holes and he successfully broke through to the "Black Hole Stage," his divine body would be tempered by the countless Hong Meng Qi into a Hong Meng Body, reaching a realm that completely surpassed God Kings and Heavenly Venerates, becoming a "Hong Meng Controller."
He could even, like Qin Meng, create his own universe without signing the Primordial Golden Rankings, obtain a large amount of Xuanhuang Qi, and cultivate the most powerful "Xuanhuang Indestructible Body."
However, Roy was now very curious.
Was Lin Lei becoming a Hong Meng Controller a matter of "uncertain" destiny or "predetermined" destiny?
Therefore, after the Yulan Plane was born, Roy directed his gaze towards the Yulan Plane.
The plane was newly born, and all life was flourishing.
The first to be born in this world were naturally the divine beasts favored by heaven and earth.
A little mouse!
The first-generation God-Eating Rat—Beirut!
As Roy's gaze fell upon Beirut, the fate of Beirut was instantly understood by Roy.
As expected, Beirut was not a person whose fate was uncertain.
Without the Lord Godhead of the Four Divine Beast Lord Gods, Beirut's strongest Dark Divine Clone was merely a High-level God who had merged four Profound Mysteries of Laws. Relying on his physical strength, he was only slightly stronger than a Seven-star Demon, barely reaching the realm of an Asura, an Asura Prefect.
His Wind Element Divine Clone was weaker than his Dark Divine Clone, barely reaching Seven-star Demon level.
Of course, this was excluding his innate divine abilities. Once his innate divine abilities were unleashed, unless one possessed a Soul Defense Lord God Artifact or inherent Willpower, no one at the same level could contend with Beirut; they were all as good as dead!
Roy shook his head. Forget it. Since Beirut lost his position as Lord God because of him, he might as well offer a little compensation!
Otherwise, if the little old man with the mustache in his memory only had this much strength, Roy would be truly disappointed.
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