"Before setting out, I want to further determine whether the Chaos Universe harbors any hidden dangers, such as the universe's instinctive consciousness."
Mu Qing voiced his thoughts as he looked at Senior Brother Xin Rui beside him, whose appearance had become somewhat more handsome.
The original enemies within the Chaos Universe—the Heavenly Emperor had already fallen, the Devil Ancestor had joined the Black Realm, and the Sun Dominator had died at the hands of the Pale Demon God.
Now that he had learned that the Crimson Dominator had also died at Senior Brother Xin Rui's hands, logically speaking, there should no longer be any particularly powerful enemies in the Chaos Universe.
Yet Mu Qing knew that the Chaos Universe had a latent threat: the universe's instinctive consciousness!
Every universe's instinctive consciousness possessed only hazy intelligence. Under normal circumstances, it would not interfere with affairs within the universe; only when the universe entered its decline would its intelligence fully mature.
However, the Chaos Universe was different. Though the Chaos Universe was currently only in its mature stage, its instinctive consciousness had already become quite mature, even taking action to interfere with powerful beings.
After returning from the Life Royal Court, Mu Qing had already learned of the differences and peculiarities between the Chaos Universe and other universes.
Within the Chaos Universe, every Supreme had shackles placed upon them, dividing their cultivation into nine heavens.
In truth, in other universes, breaking through to the Supreme realm immediately granted one the strength of the ninth heaven of Supreme. One further step would bring them to the tenth heaven of Supreme.
Only in the Chaos Universe was there this additional division into nine heavens. It was a shackle imposed by the universe's instinctive consciousness, sealing away the power that living beings should have possessed