What you perceive is an incomparably enormous tree, a cosmic tree that reaches to the heavens and connects to the earth!
This universe is divided into two layers, like a flowerpot.
The upper structure refers to the plant itself visible inside the flowerpot.
Those who can dwell in that great tree, live in its canopy, or walk on the surface of the soil in the flowerpot... are all seventh-realm emperors who have reached the end of the Emperor's Path!
[The lower structure, those "cosmic rocks" that compress and encase the planet, are like the soil in a flowerpot.]
The so-called imperial road ends at the lower half of a tree, from which countless branches sprout from a single trunk.
[Those tendrils kept differentiating and branching, until finally reaching the planet, their diameter was only a few thousand to millions of miles.]
[They didn't settle on ordinary planets either. Take Phosphorus Planet, for example. The main component of that planet is phosphorus, so that planet is essentially a magnified version of... fertilizer!]
Every so often, the energy naturally generated in the universe gathers, transforming into tangible matter, condensing into life-bearing planets like fertilizer particles, and causing them to continuously increase in size.
When the planet grows to a certain size, tiny roots that forage in the soil of this flowerpot will attach themselves to it, absorbing its nutrients and leaving a channel for them to move inward.
"What a magnificent tree that reaches the heavens!"
After a moment of reflection, you casually severed the roots of Phosphorus Star and the home planets of the friends you met on the Imperial Road, leaving the rest largely untouched.
[This is because it is a universe with a cosmic ruler, a universe structure carefully managed and deliberately adjusted by others to cultivate powerful beings.]
Those planets that can rapidly expand and grow powerful all originate from the rules established by their cosmic rulers, and those imperial paths are merely a means of testing them to compete for immortality through blood and fire.
If the Lord of the Universe, "Beard," only seeks pleasure in slaughtering living beings, reveling in the despair of those planets' decline from prosperity, and repeatedly creating and destroying them, then you will definitely have to take action to eliminate Beard and liberate the entire universe.
[But the problem is that Xu didn't have any malicious intent; his initial goal was to cultivate strong individuals, to use limited resources to cultivate more strong individuals more efficiently.]
This is like a parent breaking their child's leg and rendering them lifeless. In that case, relevant authorities would definitely intervene. But if the only punishment is physical punishment... then others would either be annoyed by the crying or simply have nothing better to do than get involved in such a trivial matter.
[So you simply offered a slight suggestion, suggesting that Xu slightly modify the rules so that even if no one attempts to slay the Emperor's Path on those planets, the Emperor's Path will still break free at the last moment, leaving behind tens of thousands of miles of land even in failure.]
[Give them a chance to rise again many years later; don't drain the planet dry, causing the extinction of all life still on it.]
"Is this why planets grow in size when spiritual energy revives?"
"Is this why this incredibly large planet from ancient times now appears so tiny?"
"Is this why the ancient immortals and powerful beings left?"
Four hundred years later, you left the Sumeru Universe, and incidentally, during that time, you spread a benefit called Essence.
[The number of Dao principles: 26.853 billion.]
The heavens are vast, the universe is infinite.
You discover that you have a deep connection with "Apo".
[That legendary Cosmic King has modified so many universes that you've encountered several more in the boundless void...]
Well, it's not really a coincidence.
[Because after Apo emerged from the nearby void gate, he wandered aimlessly through the boundless sea of void along a single line, transforming the universes he passed as he went.]
[While you are entering the universes you pass through and walking towards the portal, both of your paths are in a straight line, and Apo's starting point and your ending point are at the same place.]
Therefore, once you encounter the first universe modified by Awa in your own path, it means that your paths of action highly overlap. The probability of encountering a second and third such universe then naturally increases significantly.
[There is a universe that has been transformed into a sword.]
The unique environment forces all living beings to fight to the death within it. Legend has it that the victor of each generation will leave this hell where death is certain without fighting and enter a paradise of eternal peace.
However, this is not the case. The essence and spirit of those beings who fought to the death in the universe were like hammer blows striking the cosmic sword, making it even sharper and more incomparable.
The ultimate victor of each generation has their soul extracted and forged into the "spirit" of this cosmic weapon.
[According to Apo's vision, when this sword universe, containing 21.5 billion Dao principles, is completed, it can be used to cleave through other universes with fewer than 22 billion Dao principles!]
Although this would be useless in battle for Apo, who is a fully-fledged Cosmic Lord, and would result in his destruction along with the entire universe after unleashing a single strike, the Cosmic Sword was created for collection, not for use, so it doesn't matter much.
[There is another universe where the "Path to Immortality" was severed by Awa.]
[It forbids the existence of systems in that universe with a Dao Seal quality exceeding one point, which means that even if the beings in that universe can cultivate, they can ultimately only stop at the fifth realm of perfection.]
After all, extraordinary systems with a Dao Seal quality below 1 cannot condense a Dao Seal.
However, this doesn't mean that the universe is forever filled with a bunch of weaklings fighting each other, because Apo left behind a special mechanism: the Heart of the Universe.
[The most outstanding cultivator of each era, having reached the peak of the Fifth Realm, upon defeating countless others of the same realm and becoming invincible in their time, has a chance to gain the approval of the Heart of the Universe, briefly merging with it and becoming a pseudo-Universe Lord.]
They call him "Unicron".
[However, this Cosmic Emperor's lifespan is almost nonexistent; unlike other cultivators at the peak of the Fifth Realm, he doesn't live much longer, and most of them reach the end of their lifespan after about ten thousand years.]
Only in extremely fortunate circumstances will a "Great Elixir of the Dao" be born in the universe, which can extend one's lifespan by one lifetime, but even then, it is unlikely to exceed thirty to fifty thousand years.
[Only one such cosmic emperor can be born in the entire universe at any given time. No matter how brilliant or extraordinary others may be, they will be confined to the fifth realm of perfection. One can imagine how hopeless this universe is.]
[Every time a great conflict erupts, trillions of beings at the peak of the Five Realms rain down upon us. After even a small to medium-sized conflict, the corpses of countless powerful beings can fill an entire star field!]
You came into this world during the Fall of the Emperor Era.
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