"Father was right. We had only just entered the universe's highest world. It was already good enough that we could learn this much. We had to grow even stronger before we could glimpse more ancient history."
Shi Ji's eyes shone as she looked at the Chaos Sea shore, where the tides rose and fell. Longingly, she said, "That Primordial God or Demon had attained the Dao with flaws at the very end of its life. That was why the era of Acquired Lifeforms arrived. Acquired Lifeforms all had lifespans—formation, abiding, decay, and emptiness; Birth, Aging, Sickness, and Death. But what exactly was the Acquired Universe era from more than ten billion years ago? Even the universe had shattered?"
Nine-Headed Ancient Mother could not help but immerse herself in that history as well. She said softly and wistfully, "All ancient beings have studied the origin of Parallel Universes. There are currently three theories!"
"What three?"
"The first is the Natural Continental Drift Theory. The universe had been too vast at the beginning. As the Acquired era progressed, cracks appeared, eventually widening and becoming fragments of space—like a shattered glass sphere, with the pieces drifting apart."
"The second is the Battle of the Powerful Theory. The universe at that time had not yet stabilized or matured. During the Primordial Era, the Great Dao was incomplete. Even a single deity could pry at the laws of the universe. Even a Seventh-Order breakthrough could cause upheaval. Inconceivably powerful ultimate saints battled, causing the universe to crack and shatter."
Everyone nodded. It was a shocking conjecture.
In truth, Rennimansga's words had also corroborated it.
During the ancient Primordial Era, the laws of the universe had been incomplete. Anyone could pry at the universe, and it had still been very fragile. If someone had been unimaginably