Li Mu already understood the trick of "God's Enlightenment". Since the top of the Jianmu tree was not under his control, Li Mu would not force it.
Putting this matter behind him, Li Mu began to carefully observe the world at the top of the tree.
Originally, he thought that climbing to the top along the Jianmu tree would lead to "God", but he found that he was wrong. Rather than calling it God, this place was more like an extension of the Lingxiao Universe, a "bubble" world that was not controlled by Li Mu and was attached to the Lingxiao Universe.
When he released his spiritual sense and looked around, 3 trillion light years away from this world, at the top of Jianmu, there was also a vast expanse of white. However, unlike before, this time Li Mu's spiritual sense penetrated the white space without any hindrance. This layer of white space was not very thick, probably only a few light years, and was more like a layer of light curtain.
When looking at the Lingxiao Universe from outside the light curtain again, the light of the Lingxiao Universe has been basically blocked. Even the light curtains that enveloped the Lingxiao Universe have become dark and only emit a faint light.
What appeared in Li Mu's sea of consciousness was an endless darkness, a kind of darkness he had never seen before.
At first, Li Mu thought that there was something blocking the way ahead, but soon Li Mu realized something was wrong. If there was something blocking it, the light of the Lingxiao Universe behind him should have illuminated it.
However, even though there was darkness ahead, Li Mu's spiritual consciousness could still expand forward, but he still could not see anything. In this dark void, Li Mu's spiritual consciousness was like falling into an endless abyss. Even if he expanded his spiritual consciousness to the level of light, it had already exceeded the diameter of the Lingxiao Universe, and it was still dark, with nothing.
When his spiritual consciousness looked back again, even the direction of the Lingxiao Universe behind him turned into endless darkness. Wrapped in this endless darkness, even though Li Mu's spiritual consciousness was projected outward, he still felt a deep despair. In addition, the distance of his spiritual consciousness seemed to have reached its limit. Li Mu did not hesitate and quickly retracted his spiritual consciousness.
After his consciousness returned to the sea of consciousness, Li Mu was still a little frightened. He thought that his Lingxiao Universe was big enough, but the vastness of the world outside the Lingxiao Universe once again refreshed his cognition.
This is just the distance to the limit of his spiritual awareness. Who knows where the limit of this endless darkness is? Or maybe there is no limit at all?
"Is this endless darkness the so-called 'God'?" Li Mu murmured.
According to Hongxi, there are not only Lingxiao Universe and Qiongzu Universe in the universe, but also countless higher-dimensional universes hidden in the darkness. They are wary of each other and never dare to show up easily. Anyone who dares to show up in this endless void will surely be ruthlessly destroyed by the masters of other higher-dimensional universes hidden in the darkness. This is the law of the "Dark Forest" that exists in the universe.
Before seeing this endless dark void, Li Mu was still skeptical about Hongxi's "Dark Forest" theory. After all, the high-dimensional universe is so big, how could there be a bigger place in the outside world?
Let’s put it this way, before Li Mu founded the Lingxiao Universe, the universe to which the Earth belonged was just an ordinary small universe. From the perspective of the Earthlings at that time when the Earth had not yet entered the era of cultivation, ordinary people on Earth where they lived would not be able to complete the journey in their entire lives.
The scope of the solar system where the earth is located is even more despairing. Its diameter is as long as 2 light years. Even if an ordinary person were to take the most advanced spacecraft on earth at that time, he would not be able to fly out in his lifetime.
The solar system is located in the Milky Way, which has a diameter of 200,000 light years. There are about 400 billion celestial bodies like the solar system in the Milky Way. As for traveling through the Milky Way? The people on Earth at that time did not even dare to think about it.
However, this is not the end. The Local Group where the Milky Way is located is a community composed of more than 50 galaxies like the Milky Way. The entire Local Group occupies an area of about 10 million light-years.
The Laniakea Supercluster, in which this galaxy group is located, has a diameter of about 520 million light-years and contains at least 100,000 galaxies like the Milky Way.
Next is the Pisces-Cetus Supercluster complex, the Hercules-Corona Borealis Great Wall, and so on. The diameter of the entire universe exceeds 150 billion light-years.
This is the Pangu Universe where the Earth once existed. This huge celestial body that makes mortals and even immortals feel despair is just one of the countless small universes in the higher-dimensional universe.
However, through Li Mu's exploration of the heavens just now, he realized how insignificant he was. Compared with this endless heaven, the high-dimensional universe was too fragile.
Even though Li Mu's spiritual sense had just broken through the limit and failed to detect the existence of other high-dimensional universes, Li Mu had no doubt that there were other high-dimensional universes lurking in the endless void. As for how many there were, he could not confirm at this moment. Perhaps they were extremely rare, or perhaps these high-dimensional universes in the sky were as countless as the stars in the ordinary universe.
The heaven is far more vast than imagined. At this moment, Li Mu feels so insignificant.
At this moment, Li Mu couldn't help but doubt the purpose of his life's hard practice.
There is no limit to the path of cultivation, and it will never end.
Even a mortal emperor can enjoy the rest of his life in peace when his power reaches its peak. An Immortal Emperor in an ordinary universe can also spend the rest of his life happily when he is invincible. A Hongmeng 9th-level peak cultivator in a higher-dimensional universe can dominate a region and do whatever he wants for endless years as long as he does not provoke the Lord of the Universe in that higher-dimensional universe.
Little did he know that the Lord of the High-Dimensional Universe, who could control a high-dimensional universe at will, the dignified Hongmeng Immortal, did not even know where his enemies were in the heavens, and could only develop cautiously. If his traces were exposed, then any Lord of the High-Dimensional Universe in the heavens might become his enemy, and he would be killed without even knowing who his enemies were.
What does it have to do with you if it destroys you? How sad it is. This is the "Dark Forest" theory.
Be it the Hongmeng Immortal Ancestors who dominate the higher-dimensional universe or the Immortal Emperors who dominate the smaller universe, the reason why they can rule the world without worries is not because the "Dark Forest" of heaven does not apply to them, but because someone is carrying the burden for them.
For them, the Lord of the Universe is their God and the strongest person in the world they know. The only thing they need to worry about is whether they can get the recognition of the Lord of the Universe in their universe. As long as they serve one person well, they will have no other concerns.
As for things outside the universe, they don't have to worry at all, nor are they qualified to worry. To put it bluntly, if the sky falls, there will be a tall person to hold it up. And they have absolute confidence in the Lord of the Universe in which they live, and have never considered that there are any existences outside the universe that can threaten the Lord of the Universe.
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