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The Human Pillar God is currently studying the Lesser Thunder Tribulation Purple Lingzhi, striving to optimize the secret realm to its best.
Lin Ye came to see Chu Lian'er ahead of time to inform her that he was about to form his Nascent Soul.
'The matter of needing female cultivators for primordial yin energy can simply be left to trainer Lian'er to arrange... Sometimes I just want to reap the benefits without sowing.'
'If she wants to, she can do it herself; I'll allow it.'
'If she wants to continue to endure, with her methods, finding a pure and reliable bloodline would be a piece of cake. Would she go to Xia Yan or the old masters...?'
'Compared to last time, when Lian'er gave me a terrible idea to find a Daoist partner that landed on the Hehuan Sect Master's head, this time I need a female cultivator's primordial yin essence, so there shouldn't be any problems.'
'Wait, if the Hehuan Sect had a legendary, pure, and chaste nun, that wouldn't be a problem either.'
'Uh...it doesn't matter, I'm just grass all the same...' Lin Ye wiped the corner of his mouth.
With a breakthrough imminent, he felt incredibly bloated, his yang energy surging, becoming stronger, and more powerful! He felt he could conquer the heavens and the earth.
Upon seeing Chu Lian'er, Lin Ye became somewhat agitated.
Unexpectedly, she was even more anxious than I was.
Upon seeing Lin Ye, Chu Lian'er couldn't wait any longer. She clicked on a projected document and said nervously, "Master, look at this...we're in big trouble!"
"Oh, what's going on?" Lin Ye's expression changed slightly.
"Mad Sword and Dark Star are here; let them explain!"
"Hmm." Lin Ye magnified the document in his hand and found that it was a piece of unfamiliar text that was being deciphered, with a small portion of the content already analyzed.
As soon as Dark Star and Mad Sword saw Lin Ye, they exclaimed in unison, "Lin Ye, we're in big trouble!"
Lin Ye raised an eyebrow and asked, "What's going on?"
Dark Star frowned and said, "We are currently on the 40th level of the underwater secret realm and have received a message from an intelligent civilization."
"This message comes with its own self-decoding system."
Lin Ye nodded and said, "This shows that the other party has a very high level of civilization."
"Yes, the crystal brain is using this to decipher the text." Chu Lian'er pointed to the passage whose translation was becoming increasingly accurate.
"The analyzed passage mentions the seventh stage of cultivation... I hope it's not as I thought..."
Chu Lian'er's face was somewhat pale as she explained to Lin Ye:
"We generally believe that the upper limit of power in the vast world is the peak of the Nascent Soul stage."
Lin Ye nodded.
Based on intelligence gathered by the Star Alliance during its brief contact with the outside world, the birth rate of cultivators in the World Sea Civilization is much lower than that of the Four Continents.
They lack the ancient techniques passed down from the four continents, and they also lack knowledge and resources related to "immortals".
Therefore, technological development does not contain any element of the divine, and there is a gap between it and the upper limit of the four continents.
In fact, there are no traces of immortals in the entire universe.
According to records, cultivators from the World Sea are significantly suppressed by cultivators from the Four Continents when they are of the same level.
This was nine hundred years ago...
Not to mention now, the Star Alliance cultivators and technology are in a state of intense competition.
Combat readiness has been increased to its limit.
In terms of combat preparedness for those below the Nascent Soul stage, the Star Alliance has already reached an extremely high level of martial virtue.
As long as too many Nascent Soul cultivators are not sacrificed in the battle to annihilate the giants, the Star Alliance, though lacking the power of a Divine Transformation cultivator, is not actually too afraid of some of the civilizations of the Great Thousand Worlds that they know.
At least in short-term and small-scale frictions, they won't suffer major losses.
However, the situation is different now.
Chu Lian'er's face turned pale as she read aloud the text that had already been analyzed: "This is what they said... about the existence within the secret realm. We hope you have the wisdom to understand this message; we mean no harm."
Do you know that beyond the world you live in, there are countless other worlds?
"As numerous as the grains of sand in a river, these worlds, when gathered together, form a vast cluster of worlds! We directly control 28 such large clusters, and our influence extends to over 1000."
"Our strongest cultivator has reached the seventh major realm in cultivation."
"If you understand what this means, then stop stirring up trouble. Control your unwise subordinates, and the wise leaders can join us through negotiations."
"If you do not stop, we will take coercive measures to completely wipe you out."
That's the end of the message.
Chu Lian'er gritted her teeth and said, "This civilization is flawed! They can't even communicate directly with the monsters in the secret realm using their consciousness; they need to use a text self-deciphering system."
"And our Golden Core cultivators are already able to communicate with each other."
"But no matter what... its influence covers 1000 Great Thousand Worlds, and it even has cultivators who have reached the seventh major realm in their cultivation!"
Lin Ye said in a deep voice, "Tribulation Transcending Stage."
"The civilization that sent this message is the [Trans-World Maritime Civilization]!"
Although at the beginning, Lin Ye was also shocked by the vastness and boundlessness of the universe.
But he quickly calmed down.
Emperor Yan once explained the science to him.
Those civilizations that transcended the limitations of the Great Thousand Worlds and, led by cultivators at the Nascent Soul stage or above, began to colonize areas outside the Great Thousand Worlds cluster were trans-world maritime civilizations.
Moreover, within the transcontinental maritime civilization, there were distinct social classes, with different levels of hierarchy.
The reason for all this is that, starting from the Tribulation Transcending stage, cultivators begin to deeply engage with and master the rules of the universe, and the differences between each minor realm are particularly large.
People around the world refer to the period of tribulation as "immortality".
Every immortal stage represents a leap in social class.
With each minor realm of the Tribulation Transcending stage, a cultivator's grasp of the rules deepens.
Di Yan said that the gap between each level is as insurmountable as the previous major realms, making it difficult to fight beyond one's level!
Therefore, once the Tribulation Transcending stage begins, the path a cultivator must travel is extremely long.
Correspondingly, the ranks of civilizations visible throughout the world are also exceptionally vast.
Emperors and quasi-emperors spend most of their time in the more distant star battlefields.
Apart from this battlefield, the rulers of the universe are three hegemonic civilizations.
Lin Yexin said that almost no records of the Immortal Ancient Era have survived. He wasn't sure if they had contact with the universe back then, and if not...
He truly couldn't imagine how the Pangu Clan, now much smaller than the universe, could have left such a deep grudge in the hearts of the universe's leaders.
However, the cultivators of the Pangu Clan who have reached the universe in the past have all ridden in immortal artifacts!
Immortals are a missing link in the universe.
Not to mention that the cultivators of the Pangu clan have long lifespans and possess aptitudes and skills that are different from those of cultivators throughout the world.
Therefore, they were able to repeatedly climb to the top and face the highest level of competition in the universe, leaving a deep impression at a very early stage... Even immortals may have had contact with the universe, causing great turmoil.
It now appears that when the four continents collided with the universe, they unexpectedly created these layers upon layers of underwater wonderlands.
On the other side of the secret realm, there is a connection with a trans-world maritime civilization!
Dark Star sighed and said, "Now it seems that the many monsters in this underwater secret realm are actually protecting us."
"To prevent the world on the other side from directly contacting us."
"Due to the power and absorption of the giant god, it will continue to spread deeper into the underwater secret realm. The monsters in the underwater secret realm should be driven towards the direction of the Great Thousand World."
Chu Lian'er nodded: "It will cause a disaster similar to a beast tide on their side."
Lin Ye seemed to understand something, and said, "That's why the monsters are weaker at lower levels of the underwater secret realm?"
The Mad Sword God, hands on his hips, said, "That's right. It should be caused by the monsters migrating to distant places, as well as the giants absorbing the energy."
Mad Sword scratched his head: "As for the monsters in the secret realm, whether they can understand me..."
"They seem to have some intelligence, but not much."
Dark Star sneered, "Just like you."
"The area we can explore is limited. I speculate that some high-level monsters at certain levels should have human intelligence, but we haven't dealt with them yet."
Mad Sword roared, "You're the idiot!"
"Lin Ye, I suspect the fluctuations from the deep-sea underwater realm heading our way might be due to some kind of manipulation from the other world! Aren't I clever?"
Lin Ye pondered for a moment and said, "That makes sense."
"Haha, right? If the opponent is just an ordinary Great Thousand World, and the strongest is at the peak of the Nascent Soul stage... I'm actually not that afraid!"
Mad Sword clenched his fists: "After defeating the giant god, I'll definitely be a god too. If you're not convinced, then fight me."
"You all agree, right, Dark Star, Lin Ye?"
"But this trans-world maritime civilization is at the Tribulation Transcending stage..."
Mad Sword frowned and said, "What do you think we should do?"
Lin Ye sighed, "Don't panic, the Star Alliance can still hide underground."
"The surface is so desolate, even if their exploration team arrives, they'll probably turn around and leave."
"Of course, this is without considering the existence of the giant god, which inevitably attracts attention..."
Chu Lian'er nodded and said, "The trans-world sea civilization is vast, and the probability of it having a tribulation-crossing cultivator in the other world is very small."
"What we are connected to may not even be a large world, but rather a smaller world within it."
"This trans-world maritime civilization claims to directly control 28 large world clusters."
"Let's assume that there are Mahayana cultivators in charge of these worlds."
"There may not be any Mahayana cultivators in the other 1000 great worlds that are covered by influence."
Chu Lian'er said, "The situation is not as serious as we imagine, at least in the short term."
Upon hearing this, Kuang Jian breathed a sigh of relief: "That's true."
Seeing him relax, Dark Star sneered, "Mad Sword, don't relax yet. What about the Giant God?"
"It's so big, we can't be sure what the giant's body will look like after it dies."
"I estimate that it probably won't be able to be dealt with quickly!"
"Will the giant's corpse attract their covetousness, and thus draw deeper exploration of the four continents...?"
"The giant god was once at the Tribulation Transcending stage; in the worst-case scenario, he could still attract the strongest Tribulation Transcending cultivator from the other world..."
Dark Star licked his lips and said in a deep voice, "I think we can't afford to be careless."
"That's right."
Lin Ye's eyes flickered for a moment.
"Hopefully, this monster's buffer period can last for a while longer."
"Give the Covenant more time to breathe."
"In any case, being hidden underground is a great advantage for us, and we still have a good chance of surviving."
Mad Swordsman said helplessly, "This is a huge problem..."
"Even the disturbances at the monster level suddenly seem less serious."
"After all, we feel like they did help us."
"When the layer disorder erupts, there might be a very powerful beast tide. Lin Ye, be prepared!"
Lin Ye flexed his wrists: "Understood."
Dark Star lowered his head slightly, a glint of light flashing in his eyes, and said, "The information we have about this place will not be directly reported to the Star Alliance."
Mad Sword was taken aback: "Huh? You're not reporting it?"
Dark Star replied matter-of-factly, "Foolish! How to selectively submit information to influence superiors' decisions in a way that benefits us is up to Chief Engineer Chu. Of course, informing them of everything is also an option."
Mad Swordsman stammered, "Oh...you're the stupid one!"
Seeing that the two were about to start fighting again, Lin Ye shook his head and said, "Then I'll hang up first."