Chapter 499: Devouring All Realms and Slaying the Dimensional Saint God
In endless deep space, Rosen spent over fifty years traveling to the cosmic remnant adjacent to the Candleglow Universe. After locking onto the memory world and successfully entering it, he then locked the Heaven-Splitting Divine Axe onto the corresponding universe in the memory world, unleashing an apocalyptic blow.
As with the Candleglow Universe, this equally deceased universe in the memory world was revived by the spacetime cycle. This time, however, the Cycle Lifeform within this universe didn't even give him a chance to speak. The moment he entered the universe, the Cycle Lifeform immediately launched an attack. During the battle, Rosen's Eye of Nightfall reached its active critical point, forcing him to exit the memory world.
A few years later, he tried again, this time attempting to communicate from outside the universe. But no one responded to him. Rosen immediately realized that the Cycle Lifeforms in this universe might not be exclusionary, but rather, they recognized their own death earlier than Candleglow, and thus had no desire to communicate with him at all.
Rosen spent the next few hundred years changing targets over a dozen times. Some were willing to talk, others were not. Even among those willing to talk, none were willing to leave behind their legacy. However, it did confirm that Candleglow had not lied; the Nightfall and Dark Sun factions truly had allied to seal the Cycle Will.
But the clues ended there; they all refused to reveal the origin of the mysterious mummies. They only said it was a forbidden topic that couldn't be spoken of within the memory world. Unable to gain more from the memory world, Rosen shifted his focus to other areas.
Devouring a cosmic remnant yielded a portion of the cosmic barrier, a portion of essence, a Cycle Dark Sun, and a Cycle-level Nightfall Parasitic Flower. Now, his Eye of Nightfall and Dark Sun Heavenly Eye could no longer integrate more Cycle Dark Suns or Nightfall Parasitic Flowers.
Rosen chose to integrate the Cycle Dark Suns into the Miracle Star Sea, replacing ordinary stars with them. Over time, it wouldn't be difficult for the Miracle Star Sea to strengthen into a Cycle Sacred Object, similar to the Heaven-Splitting Divine Axe. As for the Nightfall Parasitic Flowers, after burning them, he integrated their ashes into the Nightfall Emblem of the Miracle Sequence. It wouldn't be difficult to strengthen this Primeval Sacred Object-level miracle treasure into a Cycle Sacred Object. At that point, he would also be able to strengthen his control over the Eye of Nightfall through the Nightfall Emblem.
Although the gains from the memory world were not substantial, Rosen hadn't completely given up on it. Whenever he destroyed a cosmic remnant, he would also enter the memory world for a look. If friendly communication was possible, that was ideal. If not, he would secretly steal the extraordinary system of that universe. Because he was only stealing from civilizations within the universe, the upper limit was usually the Eternal level. While this couldn't directly boost Rosen's strength, it could serve as a reference for him to create his Primeval Sacred Laws.
Although the development of extraordinary systems differed across universes, they generally shared a common origin in the Great Cycle Realm. Rosen integrated these different civilizations' extraordinary systems into various planes within his cosmic clone. As Void Essence and Time Essence accumulated to an inexhaustible degree, he began integrating these extraordinary essences into the various planes within his cosmic clone.
The stronger the cosmic clone became, the stronger the Indestructible Will Rosen integrated into it became. Although quantitatively far less than the Indestructible Will within his true body, it qualitatively far surpassed it. If he were to kill his clone, which was equivalent to a Cosmic Will, Rosen's true body could then ascend to a Cycle Lifeform. He hadn't made a move yet simply because he wasn't sure if the New Universe could undergo a third nirvana rebirth.
In any case, 1.6 billion years was still a long time, and Rosen had ample time to prepare for future contingencies. Ever since transforming the New Universe into a cosmic clone, he had not stopped researching it. What was the fundamental difference between a universe and an ordinary world? Why was the cosmic barrier so special? Why could the Cosmic Origin Sea decompose the cosmic barrier? Why couldn't other universes undergo nirvana rebirth, and why had his cosmic clone experienced two rebirths?
And the biggest question: why did those mysterious mummies exclusively leave this universe? Rosen had too many unresolved questions. So, he decided to sublimate his micro-universes into true universes. If a micro-universe could transform into a macro-universe, perhaps he could ascend to a Cycle Lifeform through a fourth path. Moreover, this method would very likely make him stronger than a Cycle Lifeform achieved by killing a Cosmic Will.
For this, Rosen re-extracted the Root Source Seed that had been integrated into the New Universe's Heart of the Universe and sent it back to the Root Micro-Universe. He also began to attempt a complete fusion of his Life Space and the Root Micro-Universe.
Although the Root Micro-Universe's Cosmic Origin Sea was very nascent and utterly incapable of decomposing cosmic barrier fragments, with the assistance of Life Space and the creation of targeted Primeval Sacred Laws to enhance its digestive effect, the Root Micro-Universe might just be able to digest the cosmic barrier.
The decomposition of a cosmic barrier would yield special essence and spacetime origin. However, these separated special essence and spacetime origin couldn't effectively contribute to the growth of the cosmic barrier. The only explanation was that the cosmic barrier contained an undiscovered special component. Furthermore, this special component could only exist within the cosmic barrier; upon decomposition, it would mysteriously vanish.
As the Life Space and Root Micro-Universe fully merged, Rosen began to attempt decomposing cosmic barrier fragments. But the decomposition failed. Although Life Space could decompose all things into Life Origin, cosmic barrier fragments clearly surpassed Life Space too much, and even if they did convert into Life Origin, that wasn't the result he needed.
Failure... attempt... failure again... attempt again... Countless cycles, countless simulations of the Cosmic Origin Sea of his cosmic clone. Without experimental materials, he would head to the next cosmic remnant to acquire new ones.
Rosen dedicated hundreds of thousands of years to this research. Finally, after countless failures, he found a path to success. Using tens of thousands of cosmic remnants as experimental materials, and combining the extraordinary systems of tens of thousands of cosmic civilizations, he finally created a Primeval Sacred Law that could aid in digesting cosmic barrier fragments.
Rosen transferred all life from the Root Micro-Universe to the various cosmic planes of his cosmic clone. He then used the Indestructible Will integrated into the Root Micro-Universe to control the decomposition of everything within the Root Micro-Universe's world barrier. This decomposition primarily used Life Space, and all successfully decomposed matter was converted into Life Origin. In the end, the entire Root Micro-Universe was left with nothing but an empty shell of a world barrier and an endless supply of Life Origin.
At this point, the indestructible characteristic, long suppressed within the Root Micro-Universe, began to activate. The Root Source Seed, which had been decomposed by the Life Space, reappeared. The moment the Root Source Seed indestructible regenerated, it began frantically absorbing the Life Origin spread throughout the universe. The Root Source Seed began to grow roots wildly, eventually embedding itself in the world barrier and spreading its roots continuously.
Rosen, holding the Root Micro-Universe in his palm, brought it to the New Universe's Cosmic Origin Sea. He released the Miracle Star Sea, which had transformed into a Cycle Sacred Object, unleashing boundless assimilation power. Then, using Life Space as an intermediary, he locally merged the Root Micro-Universe with the Cosmic Origin Sea. Following this, he fed cosmic barrier fragments into the Cosmic Origin Sea for digestion.
Normally, the nutrients digested by the Cosmic Origin Sea would flow entirely to the cosmic barrier of the cosmic clone. But now, with the Miracle Star Sea acting as an intermediary, some of the nutrients began to flow to the Root Micro-Universe. At this point, the roots integrated into the world barrier began to absorb nutrients and integrate them into the world barrier. Although it could only absorb a very small portion of the nutrients, it was clearly visible that the Root Micro-Universe's world barrier was beginning to change.
The most difficult part of this entire process wasn't transferring the nutrients, but rather getting the world barrier to absorb them. To ensure the success of the final step, Rosen used combinations of various Primeval Sacred Laws to maximally enhance the growth and digestive capabilities of the Root Source Seed, treating the entire world barrier of the Root Micro-Universe as a Root Fruit.
Rosen estimated that by continuously repeating this cycle, sharing the nutrients from the Cosmic Origin Sea's digestion of cosmic barrier fragments approximately ten thousand times, the Root Fruit, which was the world barrier of the Root Micro-Universe, would ripen and transform into a Root Universe.
However, Rosen was not in a hurry to immediately proceed to the next universe. Having found a method to sublimate and transform the Root Micro-Universe, it was time for him to deal with an old acquaintance. After over a million years, he had finally found the Dimensional Saint God. Endless deep space was too vast; finding the Dimensional Saint God was harder than finding a needle in a haystack.
However, as the Nightfall Emblem, a treasure of the Miracle Sequence, continuously absorbed Nightfall Parasitic Flower powder, and the Miracle Star Sea soon after ascended to a Cycle Sacred Object, the Nightfall Emblem also successfully transformed into a Cycle Sacred Object. The transformed Nightfall Emblem now had significantly amplified abilities to control Nightfall Parasitic Flowers. Without even using the Eye of Nightfall, he could control the Nightfall Parasitic Flowers left after a cosmic remnant's destruction.
The Nightfall Emblem could also enhance the Eye of Nightfall, allowing him to freely enter and exit the memory world formed by the Eye of Nightfall and Nightfall Parasitic Flowers. Rosen's time spent in the Great Cycle Realm's memory world was now increased tenfold or more. He could even return to previously visited locations in the memory world simply by using the Nightfall Emblem.
Rosen had already tried it; he could return to the Candleglow Universe in an instant. In the Great Cycle Realm's memory world, Rosen returned to the Void Universe corresponding to the reality of the memory world with a thought. Like the Candleglow Universe, the Void Universe in the memory world had also died. However, not far from the Void Universe, a tiny memory world drifted in the void.
Rosen's Nightfall Emblem was initially bound to the memory world left behind by the Cosmic Will of the Primeval Universe. That memory world fell into the hands of the Dimensional Saint God back then, and the connection between the Nightfall Emblem and the memory world was severed by endless deep space. Rosen had thought he might never see the Dimensional Saint God again.
However, he never expected that the Dimensional Saint God would manage to successfully enter the Great Cycle Realm's memory world by leveraging the Cosmic Will's memory world, and even survive there. But it seemed he hadn't moved from that spot for over a million years. If the Nightfall Emblem hadn't transformed into a Cycle Sacred Object, and if he hadn't gained the ability to instantly return in the memory world, it would have been almost impossible for Rosen to see the Dimensional Saint God again.
Rosen instantly arrived before the small memory world. His Eye of Nightfall generated a Cycle-level Nightfall Parasitic Flower, which unfurled and enveloped the memory world. Unless the Dimensional Saint God became a Cycle Lifeform, he would be like a turtle in a jar, with no chance of escape.
Deep within the memory world, the Dimensional Micro-Universe appeared exceptionally weak in the void. Rosen's Indestructible Will effortlessly pierced through the Dimensional Micro-Universe, discovering the Dimensional Saint God indulging in endless pleasure within a veritable pool of wine and meat.
Over a million years had passed, and the part of spacetime where the Void Universe remnant in the Great Cycle Realm was located had long since collapsed. As soon as a cosmic remnant was destroyed, the countdown to life in the nearby spacetime would turn to 160,000 years. Thus, in the reality of the Great Cycle Realm, Rosen had no retreat left.
However, the collapse of spacetime in reality evidently hadn't affected the memory world, but the Dimensional Saint God was also trapped and doomed within the memory world. He couldn't return to reality from the Void Universe coordinate, forced to remain trapped here, slowly awaiting death.
Rosen's Life Magnetic Field warped space, and he crossed the distance to stand before the Dimensional Saint God. The Dimensional Saint God, who had been savoring delicacies at a huge dining table, felt a sense of relief upon seeing Rosen appear. He too had aspirations. He was overjoyed to discover the larger memory world through his smaller one.
However, upon entering, he realized that the small memory world clung to the larger memory world like a magnet. He had tried to leave the small memory world and explore the larger one. But he found that only the nearby dead universe was accessible. The further he moved from that dead universe, the more distorted the memory world became. The entire memory world wasn't a seamless expanse, but rather isolated islands formed around individual deceased universes.
The Dimensional Saint God didn't want to be trapped on this isolated island, so he used the small memory world to exit the large memory world. At first, he could go back, but soon, reality's spacetime collapsed. The Dimensional Saint God barely escaped with his life, returning to the small memory world. From then on, completely trapped and without hope, he had unknowingly fallen into depravity.
Rosen looked at the Dimensional Saint God with a complex expression. He hadn't expected his final enemy to end up in such a state. For a moment, he considered whether to spare the Dimensional Saint God. But in the next instant, he dismissed the thought.
Even if the Dimensional Saint God appeared to be resigned to his fate and not resisting, if Rosen were to show mercy and let him live, he would absolutely not be grateful. If there was no opportunity, he might remain dormant, but given any chance, he would surely kill Rosen and take his place. To cut the grass but not remove the roots—that wasn't something he should do.
Rosen's Life Magnetic Field instantly enveloped the Dimensional Saint God. With a formidable thirty thousand units of Indestructible Will, coupled with his Life Space infused with vast amounts of Void Essence, the Dimensional Saint God, despite resisting with all his might, was instantly crushed to dust. He didn't even bother to destroy his memories at the memory level; he simply chose to extract the Dimensional Saint God's Life Origin using his Life Space.
Although the Life Origin that constituted the Dimensional Saint God's Indestructible Will could regenerate indestructibly, Life Space extracted as much as it regenerated. The Dimensional Saint God became a living battery, continuously supplying Life Origin to the Life Space. Though the "charge" was small, it was inexhaustible.
Having successfully slain the Dimensional Saint God, Rosen began to take control of the Dimensional Micro-Universe. His cosmic clone had always been slightly incomplete because one of the Cosmic Source Seeds from the Starry Sky Universe had transformed into the Dimensional Micro-Universe. Now, having recovered all ten Cosmic Source Seeds, he wondered if his cosmic clone would undergo a change.
Finally, there was the small memory world. The Dimensional Saint God had been unable to move it, but with his Eye of Nightfall, Rosen could strip away the small memory world. This memory world, left behind by the Primeval Universe's Cosmic Will, might also benefit his cosmic clone.