Advancing Towards Civilization

He was alone for a long time, calming down.

He drank five or six glasses of ice water.

He took two pisses.

Only after confirming that he had cast all those absurd and dangerous thoughts from his mind did Tang Chuan settle down and take a fresh look at his Divine Core.

It was then that he realized dragging the Origin Universe into the Cosmic Sandbox had consumed over half of his divine power.

This made Tang Chuan frown for a long time, sinking into a kind of suspicion.

By now, he had a rough guess at how formidable the Ten Supreme Deities truly were.

Though dragging an entire universe across time and space to his doorstep, stabilizing it completely within the silent sandbox, was a feat beyond mortal comprehension—a power above that of a Creator—Tang Chuan still wanted to ask: Was the Calamity Supreme God really this weak?

Yes, weak. Too weak.

He had personally witnessed, during the Supreme Council meeting, a Supreme Deity casually toss an immensely vast universe brimming with supernatural energy onto the round table like a marble.

Moreover, even a Demigod could destroy a sub-universe.

How could a Supreme Deity only have this much capability?

Besides, during the meeting, the other nine Supreme Deities, though not explicitly showing it, clearly held respect for the God of Calamity and Terror!

Thus, the God of Calamity and Terror's latent status was likely in the upper-middle tier among the Ten Supreme Deities.

And in the Boundless Main Universe, where strength spoke louder than words, earning the respect of Supreme Deities required more than a few tricks up one's sleeve.

This led Tang Chuan to speculate whether the previous Calamity Supreme God had encountered some unimaginably dangerous situation, exhausting all his divine power, even the Power of Faith he usually ignored, down to nearly nothing.

In the end, the Calamity Supreme God's consciousness was extinguished, and he himself had inexplicably become the lucky heir to his Divine Core?

For now, that was the only way to guess.

Tang Chuan believed that any remnant power left behind by the Calamity Supreme God would be enough to shake the Universal Rules.

A mere barren sub-universe, neither large nor small, could drain over half the divine power of the Calamity Supreme God?

Impossible.

The deeper he speculated, the more unnerved Tang Chuan became.

But in his current state of mind, no matter how much he guessed, he couldn't possibly know what the former Calamity Supreme God had faced.

So...

Forget it. Stop thinking.

Let these abstract and dangerous things stay far away from him!

Once he truly became a god, he could slowly ponder them!

For now, not only could he not comprehend it, but even if he learned the truth of that time, it would only add to his fear.

Even the lowest-level Planet Butcher could kill him with a single fart—knowing the truth back then would be utterly useless.

The only real path was to quickly strengthen himself, elevate his life and thought levels!

Tang Chuan stood up, tested again and again, then placed his palm fully on the Divine Transformation Device. This time, he didn't move large amounts of divine power.

Instead, he carefully extracted wisps of divine power as thin as smoke.

Only after confirming he was still far from that omniscient state did he say to Quintessa, "Quintessa, capture the basic substances necessary for Carbon-based Life in the barren universe. I'll pick a planet, and we'll start creation."

Quintessa's eyes glowed blue as she also cast her gaze into the Origin Universe, nodding. "Basic substances have been captured and structured into cell prototypes. Master, choose a planet, name it, and let us create the first lifeforms in the Origin Universe!"

Tang Chuan didn't answer. His thoughts stretched far, aided by divine power, sweeping across starfield after starfield.

Finally, his vision settled near the core region of the Origin Universe, on a yellowish planet with a single star system and a three-moon system.

"A vast wilderness... I'll call you Cangmang Star."

Cangmang Star had water resources, though not the exaggerated ocean reserves of Azure Star. The ratio of land to water was roughly 6:4, with land dominating.

Tang Chuan used divine power to pull a few continental plates slightly closer together, forming a landscape of continents separated by sea straits.

Then, he said to Quintessa, "Release the plant and animal cells."

Quintessa nodded. "Yes, Master."

One by one, single-celled organisms were sown into the oceans by Quintessa.

Plant cells with infinite evolutionary potential spread across the seabed and continents alike.

Next, Tang Chuan used divine power to write macro-level, predetermined evolutionary directions into the gene fragments of these cells.

For instance, the final high-intelligence beings had a 99.9999% probability of evolving into a biological form modeled after Azure Star humans.

The remaining 0.0001% non-determined probability was left as a little suspense for biodiversity.

As for Non-High-Intelligence Beings, Tang Chuan also roughly set their macro evolutionary paths.

They could be chimeras, but only from a human perspective. Bizarre creature forms like those in the Classic of Mountains and Seas were acceptable to Tang Chuan.

The reason Tang Chuan set a macro direction for Non-High-Intelligence Beings was that he didn't want the animals on Cangmang Star, aside from humans, to bristle all over like Meatball did at the mere sight of him.

Better to skip that.

After all, this was the first life system he had created, so it naturally had to match his current aesthetic.

Having done this, Tang Chuan initially thought to replicate the process on other planets, creating more intelligent beings to guide them into devoutly believing in him.

But he reconsidered.

For one, his divine power was running low.

For another, he wanted to test the waters first; sometimes, the quality of followers mattered more than their quantity.

Let it be for now. When his investment yielded returns, he would develop other planets, or simply let the intelligent civilization on Cangmang Star multiply and colonize the entire universe.

Next, Tang Chan expended a bit of divine power to lightly inscribe a "Rapid Evolution" genetic trait into the cellular life on Cangmang Star.

Then, he channeled several strands of divine power and isolated the entire Cangmang Star from the Time Dimension!

Around Cangmang Star, Tang Chuan created a "Time Force Field" that enveloped the whole Planetary System, accelerating Cangmang Star's evolution at a ratio of 1:1,000,000!

In an instant, the wind and grass, the ebb and flow of tides on Cangmang Star, all appeared distorted to the naked eye.

The Time Flow Rate was terrifyingly fast!

In the desolate universe, there were no powerful beings, and the Universal Rules were still chaotic and unformed. If one had to pick a concept of Universal Rules, perhaps it would be Tang Chuan himself.

Thus, plunging a planet without powerful creatures into a Time Force Field to speed up time was still quite easy to do with divine power, and the cost wasn't great.

In truth, even a millionfold increase in Time Flow Rate wasn't particularly fast for the evolution of intelligent life.

The humans of Azure Star had taken billions of years of evolution to achieve their later wisdom and prosperity.

Theoretically, Tang Chuan could accelerate the Time Flow Rate to produce intelligent beings in just a few minutes.

But the creation of the Cosmic Sandbox and the Divine Transformation Device had consumed nearly all of his Fantasy Attribute.

Moreover, if he overused divine power, the eerie emotions that followed might truly tear his mind apart...

After suffering such bizarre mental blows repeatedly, even the Divine Core might not hold up this time, his thoughts told him.

Furthermore, the Fantasy Weapon running at full power was already causing the Divine Transformation Device to struggle in generating the Time Force Field.

Even without the side effects of using divine power, continuing to invest large amounts of divine power and overloading the Fantasy Attribute could affect the stability of the Cosmic Sandbox.

Tang Chuan withdrew his gaze from the Origin Universe and said to Quintessa, "The Time Force Field is set. Keep an eye on it for me. The moment any sign of Human Civilization Sprout appears, notify me immediately!"

He needed to intervene at a key node in the early stages of civilization formation, spreading the concept of faith to early humans.

Quintessa nodded and said, "Rest assured, Master. I will keep watching Cangmang Star."

Tang Chuan nodded and said, "Next, scan the Level 9 Civilization star regions in the Main Universe that are similar to me in form and thought patterns. Let's find a place to settle."

Quintessa smiled and said, "I've already prepared one for you. Fifteen Cosmic Nations away from us, a Level 9 Civilization called the 'Heckarians' is the most suitable destination for us right now."

Tang Chuan said, "What are we waiting for? Let's head toward civilization."