Multiverse City
Primordial Chaos: Starting with a Chat Group HeistBiodata
| Feature | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | Multiverse City (诸天城) |
| Alias(es) | Multiverse Exchange City; City of All Heavens |
| Species/Race | Artificial intelligence; multiversal trading city |
| Affiliation | Multiverse Chat Group (subordinate institution) 114 115 |
| Occupation/Role | Cross-world trading platform, world-coordinate acquisition network, and secure containment site |
| Status | Active; Great Dao source permanently diminished 495 |
| First Appearance | 98 |
Power Progression
| Stage / Realm / Level | Chapter | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Complete Time and Space Source Great Daos (unstable) | 101 119 | Its original Time-Space power came from a damaged Tier 30 supreme treasure core fragment. The city had swallowed the two Great Daos with the fragment's other seven Dao powers but could not fully integrate them. |
| Time-Space Great Dao authority under the Chat Group | 114 120 | The Chat Group seized the city's Time-Space Source Laws, refined the core fragment, and delegated stable authority over the Great Dao back to the city. |
| Three complete Source Great Daos: Time, Space, and Karma | 331 | Its Great Dao protection automatically suppresses and annihilates intrusions below the Great Dao level. |
| Permanently diminished Great Dao source | 495 | The Chat Group left enough of the city's source for its existing functions but extracted so much that it cannot recover its lost source or develop further as a Great Dao Treasure. |
| Defensive Great Dao authority delegated to Shi Yueyao | 494 495 500 | Bai Yu delegated the city's administration and access to its Great Dao power. The Chat Group restricted Shi Yueyao's use of that power to occasions when the city is attacked or damaged. |
Background / History
The Multiverse Exchange City originally stretched through the chaotic void and admitted beings from all worlds without restricting how many entrants came from the same world. Anyone holding a Trading Token could enter, and the city could expand without limit despite its ten-thousand-foot walls. Its time-and-space power placed visitors from different eras, parallel spaces, and dimensions into the same apparent marketplace without overcrowding it. 98 101
Before its fall, the city was controlled by the transmigrator Qin Feng. His authority was only three-star, and the city had only recently opened; its clientele was therefore generally weak, while Cloud Heaven Pavilion had opened only its first nine floors because Qin lacked higher-order stock. Although he regarded himself as invincible inside the city, he had not mastered much of its authority and did not understand its true condition. 103 104
The city’s instability originated in its attempt to absorb the core fragment of a damaged Tier 30 supreme treasure containing nine Source Great Daos. Using the remaining seven Dao powers within the fragment, it forcibly swallowed the Time and Space Source Great Daos. Unable to digest them, it consumed its own origin to suppress the backlash and frantically collected world origins in an attempt to stabilize itself. 119
The Multiverse Chat Group invaded during a clash of Time-Space Great Dao powers. The city sealed its gates, suppressed residents attempting to flee, and annihilated troublemakers, but its unstable Great Dao could not withstand the Chat Group's strengthened foundation. Qin Feng was annihilated, the city was reduced to ruins, and the Chat Group seized its origin and permissions. 113 114
Bai Yu received all city-lord permissions and rebuilt the city. The Chat Group refined the supreme treasure fragment in minutes, resolved the Time-Space instability, and made Multiverse City effectively part of itself while granting the city authority to use its Great Dao power. 118 120
The reconstruction restored the city's functions, but did not undo the loss of Great Dao source during the takeover. The Chat Group had extracted most of its Time-Space Great Dao source, leaving enough to keep the city useful and subordinate. Because that lost source cannot be restored, the city retains its existing powers but cannot develop further as a Great Dao Treasure. 495
Under Bai Yu's administration, the city reopened with a new layout, All-Heavens Tokens, a Spirit Stone-based currency system, and digitized management. It later became a major resource hub for Chat Group members and connected to vast numbers of Lesser and Greater Worlds, though it did not openly distribute tokens in Grand Cosmoses. 121 129 429 Its network subsequently reached tens of millions of Lesser Worlds, while Bai Yu increasingly valued it for World Source and Grand Cosmos coordinates rather than further development of the city itself. 494 565
Appearance & Structure
Multiverse City is enclosed by ancient, weathered bluestone walls ten thousand feet high. Its restored exterior is deliberately solemn and intimidating, while its rebuilt interior is landscaped like an Immortal Realm rather than the plain, uniform city built under Qin Feng. 118 130
- Four gates — Azure Dragon Gate, White Tiger Gate, Vermillion Bird Gate, and Black Tortoise Gate; each bears a stone sculpture of its corresponding Holy Beast. 118
- Gate pressure — Entrants feel an overwhelming warning-like pressure; it is meant to deter disorder and preserve the city as a peaceful trading ground. 118 183
- Four major regions — The core area, Saint Domain, Immortal Domain, and Mortal Domain. The latter three are divided by cultivation realm. 119
- Separate dimensions — The four regions occupy different space-time dimensions despite appearing to be part of one city. 119
- Infinite shop interiors — Shops may appear small externally, but their internal spaces can expand indefinitely through Time-Space Great Dao power. 119 131
- No ambient Spiritual Energy — The city does not provide Heaven-and-Earth Spiritual Energy, preventing shop interiors from becoming self-sufficient cultivation worlds and permanent settlements. 127 131 Residents can create local Spiritual Energy environments using Spirit Stones. 331
- Limitless Pavilion — Bai Yu's nine-floor central pavilion and the city’s premier commercial building; it only sells goods starting from Tier 16. 119
- Yao Hua Pavilion — Shi Yueyao's modern-styled pavilion near the Limitless Pavilion. 120
- Great Light Orb — A glowing sphere suspended above the city that gradually restores injuries and vitality below the Great Dao level. It cannot function as resurrection. 129
- All-Heavens Auction House — Holds auctions for treasures at different tiers, with admission requirements for its highest-grade events. 328 489
Administration
- Bai Yu holds the underlying city-lord authority, determines the city's general direction, and can reclaim delegated permissions at will. His avatar stationed in Limitless Pavilion has managed affairs and investigated newly discovered worlds. He was initially the only person permitted to mobilize the city's Great Dao power. 114 127 226 332 495
- Shi Yueyao serves as Deputy City Lord and Bai Yu's secretary, handling many minor matters under delegated authority. Bai Yu later handed her the city's administrative authority and limited access to its Great Dao power. 121 127 494 500
- Multiverse Chat Group members receive varying permissions and preferential access to the core area, where they may establish shops. 121 122 127
- Automated systems handle routine operations through digitized and intelligent management, allowing the city to function with minimal staff intervention. 121
- Rules cannot be altered by deputies once Bai Yu establishes them; even Shi Yueyao lacked authority to change the foundational rules under her earlier delegation. Her later administrative handover did not remove the Chat Group's restriction on her use of Great Dao power. 127 495
- Great Dao safeguard — The Chat Group permits Shi Yueyao to mobilize the city's Great Dao power only if the city is attacked or damaged; it did not restrict her other newly delegated administrative powers. 494 495
Abilities & Functions
Time-Space Great Dao Protection
The city uses delegated Time-Space Great Dao authority to isolate visitors across time, space, and parallel dimensions, expand its internal capacity, and defend itself.
- Shields inhabitants from external Great Dao-level conflicts occurring outside the city. 220
- Can lock down space-time, trap invaders, and suppress hostile Great Dao power when mobilized by Bai Yu. 220 221
- Prevents ordinary beings from forcibly escaping during a lockdown; Qin Feng's city once annihilated residents who tried to break open sealed gates. 113
- Its current Time-Space power is stable because it belongs to the Chat Group rather than the original city core. 219
- Its stable operation does not restore the Great Dao source taken during the Chat Group's conquest or allow the treasure itself to advance further. 495
Karma Great Dao Suppression
Multiverse City later possesses the complete Karma Source Great Dao alongside Time and Space.
- Automatically detects, suppresses, and annihilates mysterious intrusions below the Great Dao level. 331
- Makes the city a secure location for using dangerous items or investigating unknown systems and treasures. 207 341
- Does not guarantee safety against powers operating at the same Great Dao level. 331 357
All-Heavens Tokens
All-Heavens Tokens replaced Qin Feng's Trading Tokens after the city changed hands.
- Permit travel between a holder's world and Multiverse City. 120 309
- Are permanent, bound to living beings, and serve as the primary tool for purchases and currency storage. 121
- Display owner information and support direct deposits, withdrawals, and payments through the Chat Group's currency storage space. 120 121
- Function as world anchors, locators, and scanners, allowing Bai Yu to investigate the worlds linked through them. 332
- Are distributed randomly among beings in worlds discovered by the city; worldly fortune in Lesser and Greater Worlds does not influence who receives one. 128 429
- Are not issued openly to Grand Cosmoses, limiting the risk of attracting Great Dao-level forces. 331 429
- Have been connected to Bai Yu's warning apparatus, allowing their use to passively scan linked worlds for anomalies, transmigrators, and systems. Bai Yu later added a function intended to detect treasures comparable to Multiverse City or the Chat Group. 332 529 565
World Discovery and Coordinates
The city continuously searches for worlds and treats its token network as a source of world coordinates.
- It prioritizes quantity, contrasting with the Chat Group's more cautious recruitment-focused approach. 110 121
- Bai Yu's Law Avatar investigates a discovered world for anomalies and transmigrators before an All-Heavens Token is released. 332
- A world connected through an All-Heavens Token is accessible to the city even if its inhabitants do not wish to open their world. 332
- World coordinates support the sale of World Tokens and the collection of World Source. 201 309
- Its expanding token network has surveyed millions of worlds and uncovered numerous transmigrators and system-type treasures, although Bai Yu considers complete, high-tier systems exceptionally rare. 529
- By the time its links to Lesser Worlds numbered in the tens of millions, Bai Yu continued to support the network chiefly for World Source and the possibility of discovering Grand Cosmos coordinates. 565
Economy & Rules
| System | Details |
|---|---|
| Currency | Spirit Stones, Immortal Spirit Stones, and Sacred Spirit Stones replaced the former Trading Points system. 120 Sacred Spirit Stones remain the high-end currency; Bai Yu does not establish a higher denomination because currency involving the Source Great Dao cannot be mass-produced. 489 494 |
| Resource availability | Resources below Tier 13 are abundant due to the city’s connections to millions of worlds; Tier 13 and above remain scarce. 429 430 |
| Land and shops | Land and shops bind to an All-Heavens Token. Each being can bind only one token and therefore open only one shop, though a shop's interior can contain countless subdivisions. 131 |
| Shop access | Buyers may purchase land or rent space. Chat Group members receive privileged plots in the core area, while ordinary newcomers initially qualify for the Mortal Domain. 122 130 131 |
| Competition | Competition, including vicious competition, is allowed so long as it remains within the city’s rules. The city has no antitrust prohibition; merchants capable of establishing a monopoly may do so. 430 500 |
| Private transactions | The city acts as a platform and commission collector; it does not guarantee private exchange agreements or intervene if one party reneges. 312 |
| Violence | Fighting is prohibited within the city. 312 |
| Auctions | Auctions were previously graded Yellow, Profound, Earth, and Heaven. Later, small auctions were held every ten years for rare Tier 1–8 treasures, medium auctions every hundred years for Tier 9–12 treasures, and grand auctions every ten thousand years for treasures from Tier 13 upward. Small and medium auctions have no cultivation requirement; grand auctions require entrants to be at least Tier 13. 328 489 |
| Cultivation methods | Limitless Pavilion withdrew Primordial World techniques because practicing them creates karmic ties traceable by that world's Heavenly Dao. The absence of suitable methods beyond Tier 16 stalled many residents before Bai Yu made other cultivation paths available. 489 561 565 |
| World Source trade | Merchants, including those in the Immortal Domain, obtain World Source through the city's market and exchange it for Sacred Spirit Stones. Bai Yu controls the high-end currency and its exchange, while other merchants also profit from the trade. 489 525 |
Relationships
- Multiverse Chat Group — Parent organization that defeated and absorbed Multiverse City; its Source Great Dao power now underpins the city's stability. It retained control over access to the city's most dangerous power and left its own Great Dao source permanently diminished. 114 120 495
- Bai Yu — Current City Lord and holder of the underlying permissions; rebuilt the city, established its rules, and re-forged its tokens. He later delegated administration to Shi Yueyao while retaining the ability to reclaim that authority. 114 115 120 494 495
- Qin Feng — Former City Lord whose limited authority and inability to manage the unstable city ended with his annihilation during the Chat Group's takeover. 103 114
- Shi Yueyao — Deputy City Lord who assists with administration, landscaping, construction, and routine decisions. She later received broad administrative authority and conditional access to the city's Great Dao power. 118 121 127 494 500
- Chat Group members — Privileged managers and core-area shop owners who share in the city’s commercial opportunities and revenues. 118 121 127
- Lin Daiyu — Early visitor under Qin Feng's administration who later opens Red Chamber Pavilion and values the rebuilt city's business environment. 101 218 226
- Zeus — Great Dao-level invader defeated through the city’s Time-Space authority; afterward transformed into a security puppet. 219 221
- Sea God Seth — Manipulated into joining the city’s security team after answering an All-Heavens Token sent in Zeus's name. 222
Major Incidents
- Chat Group takeover — The Multiverse Chat Group defeated the unstable original city, seized its Source Laws, destroyed Cloud Heaven Pavilion, and made the city its subordinate institution. The amount of Great Dao source extracted permanently ended the city's ability to develop further, although it remained operational. 113 114 495
- Reconstruction — Bai Yu restored the walls and gates, erased the previous uniform cityscape, created the four-domain structure, and built Limitless Pavilion at the center. 118 119
- Token reshuffle — Trading Tokens were recalled and replaced with newly refined All-Heavens Tokens before the rebuilt city reopened. 115 120 128
- Zeus invasion — Zeus attacked in pursuit of the city's supreme power but was trapped, suppressed, stripped of his Thunder Source Great Dao and world authority, and repurposed as security. 219 220 221
- System suppression — Liu Shu's system was crippled after attempting to act inside Multiverse City, demonstrating the city's ability to neutralize Law-level external systems. 341
- Cultivation-method bottleneck — Bai Yu removed Primordial World methods from Limitless Pavilion because of their traceable karmic ties. As more residents reached Tier 16, the lack of suitable higher-tier methods stalled their advancement; he later listed other cultivation paths. 489 561 565
- Authority handover — Bai Yu delegated the city's administration to Shi Yueyao. The Chat Group independently limited her new Great Dao authority to defending the city when it is attacked or damaged, a restriction that startled other members when she disclosed the extent of the handover. 494 495 500