After the Supreme Law transformed into Essence of Xuanhuang, Locke could clearly sense the universe's "desire" for the Essence of Xuanhuang through his connection with his own universe.
After sensing this, Locke did not hesitate and allowed his universe to begin absorbing the Essence of Xuanhuang.
As the origin of the universe fused with the Essence of Xuanhuang, Locke could feel the Laws within his universe beginning to transform.
The strength of the entire Luomeng Universe once again increased by a large margin on its original foundation.
Outside Locke's universe, Hongmeng raised his head and saw the scene within Locke's universe.
"Tsk, tsk, my second brother really is extraordinary."
"The amount of Essence of Xuanhuang is almost three times what I had when I first opened my universe."
Although the universe Locke had opened was stronger than the universe he had opened, and the amount of Essence of Xuanhuang he had obtained was several times greater than Hongmeng's, there was not the slightest bit of discomfort in Hongmeng's heart.
Instead, Hongmeng even hoped that Locke would achieve even greater accomplishments.
After spending so many years in the Hongmeng Space, before Locke entered the Hongmeng Space, Hongmeng had been lonely. He had hoped that there could be several lifeforms at the same level as himself to alleviate his loneliness.
However, after Locke appeared, Hongmeng learned from Locke how to enjoy solitude, as well as the drive to climb toward an even higher level.
"Moreover, this universe my second brother opened up gives me the feeling that it seems to be able to accommodate my existence already."
Just like the planes in the Magical Universe, the nature of a universe was also similar to that of a plane.
If a lifeform was born within a universe, then even if it grew to a level like Locke's, surpassing the universe itself, it could still survive within its native universe.
However, if a lifeform was not born within that universe, then once it surpassed the universe's limit of what it could accommodate, it could no longer enter that universe.
Otherwise, an existence that exceeded the universe's limit of what it could accommodate would cause the universe to burst apart.
This was the case with Hongmeng and Locke.
Locke had been nurtured by the Magical Universe. Although Locke was now powerful enough to surpass the limits of the Magical Universe, he could still return to the Magical Universe and live there.
Although the stability of Hongmeng's main universe was still above that of the Magical Universe, because Locke was not a lifeform born within Hongmeng's main universe, even though the stability of its space was a hundred times greater than that of the Magical Universe, it still could not accommodate Locke.
Unless Locke merely sent out a strand of his consciousness and condensed a Law clone within Hongmeng's main universe. Only then could he walk within Hongmeng's main universe.
However, the power that this Law clone could display could not possibly exceed the limit of Hongmeng's main universe.
The Luomeng Universe that Locke had opened up should be the same for Hongmeng.
But at this moment, as the Luomeng Universe absorbed the Essence of Xuanhuang and underwent another transformation, Hongmeng felt that even if he truly entered the Luomeng Universe, he would not destroy it.
After the Luomeng Universe grew to its limit, Hongmeng could see that the amount of Essence of Xuanhuang remaining within the Luomeng Universe was still twice as much as what he had possessed back then.
In other words, if his second brother Locke completely used this Essence of Xuanhuang to temper his body, then Locke's physical strength would, if not twice as strong as his own, at the very least be fifty percent stronger.
"Looks like I have to work hard to create some techniques that can increase my strength."
"Otherwise, if I keep getting beaten down by my second brother whenever we spar in the future, I won't be able to save face."
After rubbing his chin, Hongmeng shook his head, turned around, and returned beneath the osmanthus tree, beginning to consider what kind of ultimate technique he should create.
In the past, Hongmeng Space had only had him alone. The other lifeforms had all been born within the universes Hongmeng had opened up.
In Hongmeng's eyes, they were all ants that he could easily crush to death.
Precisely because he had never encountered an opponent, Hongmeng had never created any means of combat.
But now, with Locke's appearance, and after learning that Locke's strength was about to surpass his own, Hongmeng had also rarely become motivated.
For Hongmeng, creating several combat techniques was much simpler than exploring higher levels of cultivation.
...
Whatever Hongmeng was thinking, Locke did not have the spare energy to pay attention to it now.
At this moment, Locke had already arrived at the origin of the universe.
"So this is the highest-level energy in the Hongmeng Universe, the Essence of Xuanhuang!"
Standing before this cloud condensed from the Essence of Xuanhuang, Locke could feel his body yearning for it.
It seemed that absorbing this Essence of Xuanhuang into his body could cause his body to undergo a fundamental transformation.
Naturally, Locke understood this.
As the creator of the universe, even though Locke had now separated himself from his state of being merged with the universe, he could still sense that he had absolute control over this cloud of Essence of Xuanhuang before him.
As long as he absorbed it, he would undergo a comprehensive transformation.
If he had not known that the Essence of Xuanhuang was formed from the Supreme Law of a higher dimension, Locke would probably have done the same as Hongmeng, following the demands of his body and directly using the Essence of Xuanhuang to temper his body and soul, cultivating them into the Xuanhuang Body and Xuanhuang Soul.
However, after learning the origin of the Essence of Xuanhuang, Locke would not squander it in this way.
He wanted to use this cloud of Essence of Xuanhuang to comprehend the Supreme Law!
Fortunately, Locke had previously merged with the universe, and the Luomeng Universe had absorbed the Essence of Xuanhuang, causing the Laws of the universe to transform. This had given Locke a certain understanding of the Supreme Law.
If he simply absorbed the Essence of Xuanhuang now and refined it into an incomplete Xuanhuang Body and Xuanhuang Soul, it could indeed increase his strength.
But without the Essence of Xuanhuang as a sample, Locke's comprehension of the Supreme Law would inevitably lose its guidance, ultimately becoming stuck at a certain point with no further progress.
Locke had a premonition that whether he could successfully transcend the Hongmeng Space and continue his path of cultivation would depend on this cloud of Essence of Xuanhuang.
Without comprehending the Supreme Law, this Essence of Xuanhuang was merely a consumable resource.
After completely comprehending the Supreme Law, Locke would be able to do what he had done in the Magical Universe, using the origins of the Laws of Earth, Wind, Water, and Fire to fuse Hongmeng Spiritual Energy, and thereby produce an endless amount of Essence of Xuanhuang himself.
With that, Locke sat down cross-legged and began cultivating.
Locke remembered that although Tomato had not continued describing the circumstances of the Hongmeng Space afterward, the later "Origin Continent" might perhaps be an existence at the same level as the Hongmeng Space.
On the Origin Continent, after completely comprehending the fundamental Laws of the universe, one could fuse these Laws into the "Law of Chaos." Afterward came comprehending the "Great Dao," or, in other words, opening up a "Great Dao" suited to oneself.
What Locke needed to do now was to attempt to completely fuse the Laws within his universe and see whether he could comprehend his own "Law of Chaos."
As for Hongmeng, although he did not know why Locke still had not absorbed the Essence of Xuanhuang to cultivate, seeing Locke calm his mind and cultivate before the Essence of Xuanhuang, he also knew that Locke was absorbing the insights he had gained from opening up his universe.
Hongmeng had experienced this feeling after opening his own universe as well.
However, for Hongmeng, the Laws within the universe were simply too weak.
Furthermore, if he wanted to use these Laws, he could mobilize the Laws within the universe at any time.
Not to mention merely the Laws within the universe, even the universe he had opened up was an existence he could easily destroy.
Although he did not know why Locke placed such importance on the Laws of the universe, Hongmeng would not interrupt Locke's comprehension.
However, Hongmeng waited, and another ten thousand years passed...
...
"Augusta!"
Within the Chaotic Sea of the Infernal Realm, Linley let out an enraged roar. After tearing open the spatial rift of the Infernal Realm, he charged toward the Light God Plane with murderous intent.
"What happened to Chief Sovereign Linley?"
Such a huge commotion was first noticed by the Sovereigns in the Infernal Realm. The Amethyst Sovereign could not help but ask in confusion.
"If I remember correctly, wasn't the grudge between Chief Sovereign Linley and Light Chief Sovereign Augusta already resolved by Fate Chief Sovereign Orloff?"
"Why is he going to kill Light Chief Sovereign Augusta now?"
Ten thousand years ago, during the Planar Wars, Chief Sovereign Linley had been willing to violate the rules of the Planar Battlefield to bring that angel out of the Planar Battlefield, allowing the Sovereigns to learn that the angel was Chief Sovereign Linley's mother.
All these years, that angel named "Lina" had been living together with Chief Sovereign Linley's father, Hogg. The various Sovereigns had all believed that, under Fate Chief Sovereign Orloff's mediation, Chief Sovereign Linley and Light Chief Sovereign Augusta had completely reconciled.
But the murderous intent emanating from Linley now certainly did not look like a joke.
No one doubted that if Light Chief Sovereign Augusta were standing before Chief Sovereign Linley at this moment, Chief Sovereign Linley would definitely attack Light Chief Sovereign Augusta with the intent to kill.
"Hmph, that's a good question."
The one who answered the Amethyst Sovereign was Destruction Chief Sovereign Wodred.
The Destruction Chief Sovereign sneered.
"Recently, I heard that Chief Sovereign Linley was also researching the Four Divine Beasts Sovereigns' fused innate divine ability, so I intended to exchange pointers with Chief Sovereign Linley."
"However, during our exchange, I unexpectedly learned that Chief Sovereign Linley's mother, Lina, had not recovered her memories..."
When the Destruction Chief Sovereign reached this point, the five Destruction Sovereigns in the Infernal Realm all froze.
As Sovereigns who had survived since the creation of the world, they naturally knew the secret between the Light Sovereigns and the angels.
After all, during the Sovereign War back then, the angel under that slain Light Sovereign had been proof enough.
If an angel wanted to regain freedom, the only way was for the Light Sovereign to release his ownership of the Angel Reincarnation Pool.
And an angel who had regained freedom could naturally recover the memories of their previous life, just as the undead in the Netherworld could recover their memories after becoming divine-level.
Chief Sovereign Linley's mother, Lina, had not recovered her memories. This meant that Light Chief Sovereign Augusta had not granted Chief Sovereign Linley's mother Lina her freedom as he had claimed.
Of course, what shocked the Amethyst Sovereign and the others even more was the role Fate Chief Sovereign Orloff had played in this matter.
It had to be known that the previous dispute between Linley and Light Chief Sovereign Augusta had been resolved by Fate Chief Sovereign Orloff, who had brought Chief Sovereign Linley and Light Chief Sovereign Augusta to an agreement.
In the process, Chief Sovereign Linley had paid a certain price for Light Chief Sovereign Augusta to grant his mother freedom.
Fate Chief Sovereign Orloff was also one of the first Sovereigns born between Heaven and Earth. It was impossible for him not to know what had to be done for an angel to gain freedom.
Yet, despite this, Fate Chief Sovereign Orloff had not revealed a single thing to Chief Sovereign Linley. Instead, he had even helped Light Chief Sovereign Augusta conceal it...
Could it be that refusing to grant Linley's mother Lina her freedom had been something Fate Chief Sovereign Orloff had instructed Light Chief Sovereign Augusta to do?
But what was he trying to accomplish by doing this?
Even if Chief Sovereign Linley did not know this secret before, as time passed, there would always come a day when he learned the truth.
What would Fate Chief Sovereign Orloff do then?
It had to be known that Chief Sovereign Locke had personally said that Chief Sovereign Linley possessed the potential to grow to his level.
The other Sovereigns could not even befriend him quickly enough. How could Fate Chief Sovereign Orloff have thought of scheming against Chief Sovereign Linley like this?
Could it be that Fate Chief Sovereign Orloff's image as a "good old man" had all been an act?
Thinking about it carefully, it did seem so.
Back then, Chief Sovereign Locke had clearly never intended to seize the Water Sovereign spark to increase his strength, yet Fate Chief Sovereign Orloff had brought Water Sovereign Snowfall to the Celestial Realm for countless trillions of years.
Only after Chief Sovereign Locke's strength had completely surpassed the level of the Rule Sovereigns was Water Sovereign Snowfall finally able to return from the Celestial Realm to the Water God Plane.
Could it be that Fate Chief Sovereign Orloff believed that because he had failed to stop Chief Sovereign Locke's rise before, he wanted to use the same method against Chief Sovereign Linley that he had used against Chief Sovereign Locke?
Only, because his attempt to hinder Locke's growth had failed, Fate Chief Sovereign Orloff had now changed his method of hindering him?
Back then, Fate Chief Sovereign Orloff had kept watch over the Water Sovereign spark that could have greatly increased Chief Sovereign Locke's strength, but he had underestimated Chief Sovereign Locke's talent for cultivation.
And this time, Chief Sovereign Linley clearly still had a Wind divine clone, yet Fate Chief Sovereign Orloff had not placed any restrictions on the Wind Sovereigns. Instead, he had begun targeting Linley's mother.
Could it be that Fate Chief Sovereign Orloff was preparing to destroy Linley's state of mind, causing Linley to lose the possibility of advancing further?
This was not impossible either.
Looking throughout the countless years of the Magical Universe, those with extraordinary talent and aptitude were as numerous as carp crossing a river.
However, among these geniuses, only a very small portion could completely fulfill their potential and become great figures whose names shook the world.
Among them, quite a few geniuses had suffered enormous mental blows while growing, causing them to become completely dispirited.
From the fact that Chief Sovereign Linley had been willing to violate the rules of the Planar Battlefield just to bring his mother out of the Planar Battlefield, it could be seen how important Lina truly was to Linley.
If something really happened to Lina, the feeling of gaining something only to lose it again would very likely cause Chief Sovereign Linley to collapse.
After this thought passed through the Amethyst Sovereign's mind, the Amethyst Sovereign could not help but tremble.
How terrifying Fate Chief Sovereign Orloff was.
Such a disposition was frightening.
Would Fate Chief Sovereign Orloff attack her because she had learned of his intentions?
After having this thought, the Amethyst Sovereign could not help but move a little closer to the Destruction Chief Sovereign.
It was as though doing so could give her a little more sense of security.
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