Within Bai Yue's God Kingdom, the will of the universe descended.
Above the boundless Endless Youhai, a colossal five-colored vortex slowly took shape. Its diameter stretched for hundreds of billions of kilometers, vast beyond comprehension. The five fundamental law energies—metal, wood, water, fire, and earth—interwove perfectly, forming a harmonious cycle. At the very center of the vortex lay an immense void, radiating the profound aura of the Space Law origin, deep and inexhaustible.
"Whoosh—whoosh—whoosh—"
From that void, torrents of Space god-power seawater, visible even to the naked eye, poured down like an endless celestial waterfall, surging straight into the Endless Youhai.
Bai Yue raised his head and watched silently, awe flickering across his gaze.
"So this is the descent of the universe origin…"
Even he could not help but feel a sense of solemn reverence.
Throughout the long history of the universe, countless experts had broken through to the Universe Exalt realm. Their breakthrough scenes were preserved in the Virtual Universe, and Bai Yue had watched many of them before. Normally, when an Undying advanced, the descending five-colored vortex would be no more than a few hundred kilometers wide—occasionally a few thousand at most.
But his?
Hundreds of billions of kilometers.
The difference was so absurd it bordered on the unreal.
"Whoosh—!"
The void at the core—over ten billion kilometers in diameter—roared as god-power seawater thundered downward. The Endless Youhai trembled in excitement, frantically absorbing everything, initiating the grand transformation from Undying god power to Universe Exalt god power.
A breakthrough was never just about realm.
It was also a declaration of foundation.
From Undying to Universe Exalt, the upper limit of a god body increased by one hundred times.
For ordinary humans, this meant rising from roughly 100,000 times World Lord power to 10 million times World Lord power. Bai Yue, however, was different. His Earthling clone had already reached the perfect gene level. The purity of his god power naturally exceeded the norm by orders of magnitude.
He suppressed all distracting thoughts and focused completely, seizing every fleeting instant. God power poured in endlessly, and his god body transformed at an astonishing pace.
"I absorb."
"I absorb."
"I absorb."
The Endless Youhai surged violently, waves rising and crashing as if intoxicated by abundance.
Normally, if a cultivator had no clone, the universe origin would descend directly above their true body to maximize absorption efficiency. But Bai Yue possessed multiple clones. In such cases, the universe favored the one with the largest volume and highest absorption efficiency.
Thus—
The origin descended above the Endless Youhai.
Its absorption efficiency surpassed that of Bai Yue's Earthling clone by hundreds of millions of times.
This preferential descent was not favoritism.
It was simply the universe's instinct—to seek maximum efficiency.
Yet even so, the duration of the descent was cruelly short.
Among all breakthroughs, only advancing to Undying allowed for full and perfect god-body transformation. For Universe Exalt—and later Universe Lord—the window to absorb god power was fleeting, and everything depended on one's own capacity.
Moments later, the vortex dissipated.
The heavens quieted.
The Endless Youhai slowly calmed, faint undercurrents still rippling as god power continued to refine itself internally. Bai Yue's Earthling clone hovered above the sea, surveying the result.
"The Endless Youhai is simply too vast…" he thought calmly. "Even with full absorption, only about fifteen percent completed the transformation."
After nearly three thousand years of growth, the Endless Youhai had expanded to almost two billion kilometers in diameter. This breakthrough converted roughly one billion kilometers' worth of it into Universe Exalt–level god power.
For comparison, most Human Race experts achieved around ninety percent transformation when breaking through, with only rare geniuses reaching full conversion.
But Bai Yue felt no dissatisfaction.
His foundation had long surpassed conventional logic.
As the god-power transformation stabilized, a deeper change began.
The God Kingdom itself responded.
Rumble…
Space and matter shifted as the God Kingdom absorbed energy from the Endless Youhai at a controlled, balanced rate—fast enough to transform, slow enough to remain stable.
Bai Yue sensed it clearly.
The God Kingdom was becoming solid.
Previously, it had been like a thatched hut—vast, but vulnerable. A desperate Universe Lord could, at great cost, damage or even collapse it.
Now?
It was transforming into reinforced divine architecture.
With complete Space Law integration, even a Universe Lord fighting with all their might would struggle to leave a scratch.
This transformation lasted three full days.
When it finally ended, Bai Yue's God Kingdom had reached a diameter of roughly two hundred trillion kilometers—over twenty-three light-years wide.
Endless.
Truly endless.
During these three days, Bai Yue did not rest.
With assistance from his Original Universe, he expanded the Endless Youhai further, pushing it past one hundred billion kilometers in diameter.
This was deliberate.
Because—
He was not finished.
Bai Yue had no intention of stopping at Universe Exalt.
He had already fully comprehended Time–Space Law. Suppressing such a breakthrough would have been pointless.
Originally, the Endless Youhai was nurtured as a power reservoir, so he would not need to draw upon his Original Universe constantly. Ironically, now he had to supply the Endless Youhai instead—but this was a necessary investment.
If he broke through to Universe Lord with the Endless Youhai only partially transformed, the long-term inefficiency would be unbearable.
The larger the god body before breakthrough, the greater the long-term advantage afterward.
With its current scale, even a mere fifteen percent transformation at the Universe Lord level would yield a region tens of billions of kilometers wide—an advantage measured not in tens or hundreds, but millions of times.
When all preparations were complete, Bai Yue no longer hesitated.
He began evolving the complete Time Law.
"Boom—!!!"
The moment the complete Time Law aura emerged, the Original Universe's will descended.
Pressure beyond description crushed down upon the God Kingdom.
The Endless Youhai erupted violently.
This time, the descending vortex was utterly different.
No five colors.
Instead—
Black and white, alternating endlessly.
A colossal nested vortex unfolded—black within white, white within black, layer after layer—its diameter exceeding one hundred billion kilometers. At its core lay a channel connecting directly to the Universe Law Ocean.
The instant it formed, Bai Yue shut out everything else.
Devour.
Transform.
Absorb.
The Endless Youhai drank deeply, greedily, its god power surging and refining itself at breakneck speed.
But the window was short.
Cruelly short.
In barely a heartbeat, the pressure vanished. The vortex collapsed. Silence returned.
Bai Yue examined the result.
"Still about fifteen percent," he judged calmly. "Consistent with my Universe Exalt breakthrough."
Yet with the Endless Youhai's current size, that fifteen percent now represented a truly terrifying volume.
The sea continued to resonate faintly with the distant Law Ocean, slowly refining god power under its own strength. Full transformation would take time—but Bai Yue was no longer impatient.
A towering Endless Youhai clone condensed, nearly ten thousand kilometers tall, its god power already at Universe Lord level.
Not impressive by conventional standards.
But Bai Yue did not intend for this clone to fight.
He smiled faintly.
The breakthrough was complete.
With a flash of God Kingdom teleportation, Bai Yue's Earthling clone—perfect genes, ninety-thousand-kilometer divine body—vanished.
When he reappeared, it was within the Thousand Treasure River.
At the very heart of the grand palace complex, a newly ascended existence paused mid-motion.
Chaos True God—Primordial Chaos City Lord—lowered his wine cup and looked across endless space-time.
Around him, all Human Race powerhouses above Universe Lord were gathered, celebrating his ascension.
Sensing the familiar yet vastly transformed aura, he laughed.
"Haha… today just gained another reason to celebrate."