An Ancient Hymn, Yet Only Dust of History

Crash.

All the books returned to their places.

"I understand it all now."

Xu Zhi lightly stepped forward, leaving the library and flying into the atmosphere of the entire planet.

"Three hundred and ten thousand years ago, Rennimansga established Cosmos Villa, gathering Stars from beyond the heavens. Planets like this Cat Race Planet were continuously moved here.

At its peak, there were thirty-seven planets in total, orbiting around the villa. Yet there were only four primitive indigenous life planets of this type. The other thirty-three were mostly desolate planets from the universe, with basic conditions for life. They were moved here, then underwent planetary transformation projects over thousands or tens of thousands of years until they became habitable."

"The thirty-three uninhabited life planets above were used to gather wandering races from the universe, extinction-bound homeless races like the Brain Worm God, allowing them to reproduce. In a sense, among Ninth-Order beings, he was a rare cosmic philanthropist, a great benefactor with a collecting obsession.

This was an unusual Ninth-Order hobby. To him, diverse life forms were collectibles, even adorable pets kept at home to pass the boring days. But for Lower Civilizations, being able to dwell under the care and protection of such an existence was a blessing."

Perhaps, among those collectible "stamp" planets, his favorite pets had been the Great Octopus race.

After all, the Great Octopus was not that different from him in size.

"Two hundred and seventy thousand years ago, Cosmos Villa declared itself open to all, teaching without discrimination and broadly accepting disciples. There were two hundred million candidates for Outer Sect Disciples alone. After passing the trials, they began living on the Outer Sect Land and cultivating."

Sect was Xu Zhi's own translation of the concept, though it was roughly what it meant.

"The Outer