Before leaving Gear Time-Space, the World-Realm Emperor Monarch asked Saine for a set of Primordial Universe Time-Space transit records cleared for public access.
Saine did not refuse.
The sections concerning the Mechanical Civilization's internal garrisons and important projects had already been removed. What remained was enough for this level-13 peak being to find places that interested him.
"You're not planning to head straight back?" Saine asked.
"I intend to visit Primordial Universe Time-Space first," the World-Realm Emperor Monarch said.
The Cosmic Realm Disc before him turned slowly, a few lingering wisps of spatial power flowing along the ancient disc's edge.
For a powerful being who had traveled through many Dimensional Planes, Primordial Universe Time-Space held considerable appeal as well.
That universe might not possess any particularly extreme rule attributes, but its ability to maintain connections with so many different Dimensional Planes was already extraordinary.
The World-Realm Emperor Monarch wanted to see for himself what made the space there different.
Of course, he also needed to visit the trading outpost that Source-Devouring Time-Space had just established.
"Some channels have simply been operated by their respective parties for a long time. They don't necessarily have anything to do with Primordial Universe Time-Space itself," Saine reminded him.
The World-Realm Emperor Monarch nodded.
He had not assumed that a single set of transit records gave him a complete understanding of that universe.
The Multiverse was more complicated than anyone imagined.
Take the Material Star Realm, for instance. Even now, after Saine had risen to greater heights, there were still things he could not see clearly...
The two then discussed several resources currently being delivered. Their previous cooperation had not been interrupted by the changes to the garrisons in Primordial Universe Time-Space, and one batch of materials would still be sent to Gear Time-Space as