The duration of the battle was one hundred years.
The Plane War battlefield created by Roy was designed to constantly shrink, ultimately eliminating all participating contestants within a hundred years.
The vastness of the universe was unknown to those who entered the battlefield.
However, beings who were not participating, with keen eyesight, could see the universe's battlefield shrinking every second.
Based on this shrinking speed, in exactly one hundred years, the universe battlefield displayed on the sky curtain would completely disappear.
A hundred years was merely a fleeting moment for cultivation universes.
But for the Technology Universe within the Lin Meng Universe, it represented a significant portion of an individual's life.
No, for many, it was their entire life.
After all, gene serums that extended lifespan were not affordable for everyone.
Every world had its class disparities and gaps between the rich and the poor.
This Universe Ranking Battle might be their chance to change their destinies.
Thus, before the people in charge could even devise a countermeasure, many were transported to the battlefield via pillars of light.
The choices of these individuals clearly disrupted the plans of the higher-ups in the Technology Universe. In order to increase their chances of survival, the people of the Technology Universe opened their armories and material reserves.
Anyone who wished to participate could receive a resource pack containing the latest high-tech weaponry for free.
After entering the battlefield, those with good luck found themselves in uninhabited areas and could barely hold on for a while with their resource packs.
Those with bad luck landed in areas occupied by beings from other universes and were immediately eliminated in the first round.
Fortunately, even though they were killed by other contestants in the Plane War, the next moment, a white pillar of light would appear where they were previously standing, and the participants' figures would emerge from the pillar.
Aside from the memory of participating in the Universe Ranking Battle, they suffered no injuries.
This further encouraged more people to participate.
After all, with their lives guaranteed, agreeing to this was akin to going on an inter-universe vacation; it was a win-win situation no matter how you looked at it.
...
In the Primordial Space, Hong Meng, Roy, and Linley, the three brothers, gathered in Hong Meng's small celestial realm.
A projection floated before the three of them.
It was a projection of the universe where the Universe Ranking Battle was taking place.
"As expected of the universe created by my second brother; in just tens of millions of years, there are already powerhouses at the God King level."
"Indeed, the humans in my third brother's Starry Sky Universe have at least ten times the spirituality of beings in the Hong Meng Universe and the Lin Meng Universe. Combined with the limitation of lifespan, they are all desperately cultivating."
"In my Hong Meng Universe and my third brother's Lin Meng Universe, after cultivating to a certain extent, one can possess infinite lifespan. Unless one genuinely enjoys cultivation or holds a grudge, they will become complacent..."
"Precisely. The lifespan limitations in my second brother's Starry Sky Universe not only boost the cultivation enthusiasm of beings within the universe but also prevent the issue of an excessive population that exceeds the universe's carrying capacity."
After Hong Meng finished speaking, Linley also sighed in admiration.
Indeed, in both Hong Meng's Hong Meng Universe and his own Lin Meng Universe, due to the low requirement for eternal life, they had to engage in large-scale wars periodically to eliminate a certain number of beings.
Otherwise, the universe would collapse from the burden of its inhabitants.
But looking at second brother Roy's universe, it simply did not grant eternal life.
Immortals had a lifespan of 100 million years, Immortal Kings had a lifespan of 10 billion years, and Immortal Emperors could live for one 'Yi Yan Ji'.
However, even with the astonishing talents of the beings in the Starry Sky Universe, excluding the seventeen individuals Roy brought to the Starry Sky Universe, it would be considered good if one or two beings managed to cultivate to Immortal Emperor within an 'Yi Yan Ji'.
For all other beings, once their lifespan ended, there was no need for Roy to create battlefields for them to fight and kill each other. Beings within the Starry Sky Universe would never experience 'overload'.
"Haha, we possess longevity because we have transcended the universe and are no longer bound by its limitations."
"As for me, I believe that the cycle of life and death is the authority of heaven and earth. For beings in the universe, from birth to death is a complete life."
"I would rather they embrace death with a smile when their natural lifespan ends than force those who have achieved longevity into meaningless battles."
Indeed, in Roy's opinion, failing to limit the lifespan of beings in his universe and having no other means to deal with the ever-increasing number of eternal beings meant that the Plane Wars, which occurred once every trillion years, were merely Hong Meng's way of making the beings in the universe bear the consequences of his mistakes.
Hong Meng and Linley both chuckled sheepishly.
They could all discern the implicit meaning in Roy's words.
However, it wasn't entirely their fault.
The universe was first created by Hong Meng, and beings were also first created by Hong Meng.
It was only after Hong Meng encountered a situation where the population exceeded the universe's capacity that he devised the Plane War and other similar conflicts to reduce the number of beings and lessen the universe's load.
Later, when Linley created the Lin Meng Universe, he also felt that this method was effective and adopted it in his own universe.
Currently, only the beings in the Technology Universe of the Lin Meng Universe had not yet touched upon the concept of "eternal life," hence no battlefields had appeared there yet.
"Hahaha, look at the projection, look at the projection..."
In his awkwardness, Hong Meng quickly changed the subject, inviting his two brothers to watch the projection of the Universe Ranking Battle.
For Hong Meng, the beings in his universe were merely "toys" to alleviate his boredom.
When there are too many toys and the toy box can no longer hold them, one should find a way to discard some.
However, the person who had just spoken was his second brother, Roy. Hong Meng couldn't voice this thought of his.
After all, his second brother Roy and third brother Linley were once just toys in his box.
Now that they had jumped out of the box to play with him, in order to avoid any rift between his two brothers and himself, this mindset needed to be changed.
On the battlefield of the Universe Ranking Battle, the ten Immortal path powerhouses from Roy's Starry Sky Universe had gone berserk.
Aside from the Immortal path powerhouses from the same universe, people from other universes were simply not qualified to contend with them.
Whether it was the Sovereign from the Magic Universe, the Heavenly God, or the Mechanical Life from the Mechanical Universe, none of them could survive for even a moment in the hands of these ten Immortal path powerhouses.
After traversing the battlefield for several rounds and confirming that there were no beings that could threaten them, these ten Immortal path powerhouses from the Starry Sky Universe began to engage in one-on-one combat.
The Sword Immortal and Martial Immortal, with a punch and a sword, tore heaven and earth apart.
The Spear Immortal thrust out his spear, piercing the battlefield's earth, while the War Immortal erupted with blood and energy, fierce and invincible.
The Law Immortal uttered decrees that manifested reality.
The Painting Immortal held his Spring and Autumn Brush, displaying the sharpness of countless laws and legendary figures.
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