Chaos Evolution and Unexpected Interference

"Collapse!"

The white-gold Beast God True Form dissolved into surging divine power, leaving only a palm-sized bronze mirror and an eyeball seemingly containing an endless starry sky floating in midair.

These were Shi Yan's two treasures: the peak soul-type treasure Clear Heart Mirror and the top-tier domain-type treasure Starlight River.

The vast divine power churned into a vortex, spinning at the Universe Origin, and at the vortex's center was a heart—Shi Yan's "True God Heart."

"After stepping into True God, the soul no longer merges with the divine body but hides within the True God Heart, while also being able to communicate with the Miniature Universe... Thus, when a True God burns their divine body, the soul remains unharmed. Even with only ten percent of their divine power, they can still exert one hundred percent of their strength..."

Shi Yan sensed the resonance between his True God Heart and his Miniature Universe, gaining a deeper understanding of this new life level of True God.

"Return to Origin!"

The spinning mass of divine power rapidly condensed in midair. In an instant, flesh, bones, skin, and more continuously formed, and soon a white-gold, lizard-like beast appeared in the sky.

The newly formed divine body seemed no different from before, but its divine power was a hundred times purer. As for quantity, the change was minor—only twice the original.

After all, Shi Yan's divine body gene level was merely 21,000 times. As for the good fortune of a divine body gene level above 30,000 times, where the divine body would surge tenfold from its base, he naturally couldn't even dream of it.

"What a pity. Someone like the future Galaxy Overlord, with a True God Heart a thousand times stronger—what formidable divine power that must be." Shi Yan felt a twinge of envy in his heart, but now that his Miniature Universe was set, he would never have such an opportunity again.

"Time to begin the universe architecture."

Shi Yan's gaze fell upon the Universe Origin. As his own Miniature Universe, one glance allowed him to see every corner of the entire cosmos.

Universe architecture was the most critical step on the path of cultivation.

The divine power route and the law route only determined the basic differences between experts of the same level, but the architecture of the Miniature Universe decided a cultivator's ultimate ceiling.

"As long as the architecture is good, I can still cultivate into..." The latter half of the sentence couldn't be spoken under the restriction of the Supreme Rules, but the rules could not limit his resolve.

"Origin of One, Hundred Thousand Heavens..."

This was the true standard answer—the architectural method of the Primal Universe, absolutely the most top-tier universe architecture.

It was also the only universe architecture method described in detail in Swallowed Star.

And as a Natural Beast God, Shi Yan was naturally close to the Primal Universe Origin, having been born and nurtured from it. With such innate conditions, Shi Yan actually had a vague impression of the Primal Universe Origin.

The descriptions from the original work, the impressions from the nurturing womb, his natural affinity for the Universe Origin, plus the fact that his Miniature Universe was only the normal 1 billion light-years in diameter.

These advantages meant that although Shi Yan's realm and willpower were far inferior to Luo Feng's when he broke through to True God, he still dared to attempt this architectural method.

"Let's begin."

Shi Yan took a deep breath, and the Chaos Airflow permeating his Miniature Universe immediately began to stir.

"Rise!"

With a single thought from Shi Yan, all the Chaos Airflow in the endless space of the entire Miniature Universe erupted into chaos.

Under Shi Yan's will, the Chaos Airflow split into a hundred thousand portions. Then, one by one, realms formed, rapidly consuming the Chaos Airflow.

"This first step is the Hundred Thousand Heavens."

In a few breaths, a hundred thousand realms quickly took shape. The realms varied in size, subtly connected to each other, orbiting and rotating, vaguely forming a whole.

At the same time, a hundred thousand stars appeared at the Miniature Universe's Origin Land. These stars were interconnected, mirroring the hundred thousand realms exactly.

At this point, the Miniature Universe's architecture could already be considered quite good even by Origin Continent standards, but...

"The Hundred Thousand Heavens, though interconnected to form a whole and stable, lack a true core to govern everything. The universe's power is hard to concentrate efficiently. If struck by external force, without a core, its stability still falls short..."

Now in control of the overall situation, Shi Yan understood every detail of his Miniature Universe. Clarity dawned in his heart, giving him more confidence in the next stage of the universe's evolution.

"Origin of One!"

His will descended upon the hundred thousand realms. Shi Yan manipulated them, attempting to make these realms begin orbiting the Universe Origin Land.

"Turn... now!"

Shi Yan's face flushed red, every muscle in his body taut, clearly under immense pressure.

His will was at the peak True God level, vastly different from Luo Feng's Eternal Grade will when he broke through to True God.

However, although the Origin of One, Hundred Thousand Heavens universe architecture was the most top-tier, it was still a True God's Miniature Universe architecture. It didn't necessarily require Eternal Grade willpower to complete, but without a doubt, a True God-level will had a higher chance of failure.

Fortunately, Shi Yan was born from the Primal Universe Origin. He had personally experienced some of the exquisite mechanisms of the Primal Universe's operation, and these techniques could help alleviate some of the pressure on his will.

In an instant, the hundred thousand realms, like a rusted machine, slowly began to rotate as a whole around the Universe Origin. Shi Yan's will was slightly weaker, and his control was not precise enough. In that moment, nearly half of the realms collided with each other. Some fragile realms shattered on the spot, while others at the edges were directly "flung" against the Universe Membrane, smashing into pieces.

But none of this affected Shi Yan. He continued to push the remaining tens of thousands of realms to complete the final step.

"As long as the Origin of One forms, the shattered realms will naturally recover quickly." Shi Yan's heart remained unmoved, his will completely focused.

"Rumble..."

Realms kept colliding and collapsing, and the pressure on Shi Yan's will grew heavier. If his will couldn't bear the strain and he lost consciousness, the lightest outcome would be failing to form the Origin of One and missing the Chaos Evolution, while the worst would be the collapse of his Miniature Universe.

Neither outcome was acceptable to Shi Yan.

"Hold on... just hold on!"

Shi Yan roared, veins bulging all over his body.

Finally, under the push of his will, a massive vortex slowly formed at the center of the remaining tens of thousands of spaces, enveloping the Universe Origin Land.

And as the vortex took over the remaining tens of thousands of spaces, the pressure on Shi Yan's own will sharply decreased.

"Hoo..."

Shi Yan let out a long breath, manipulating his Miniature Universe to complete the final structural touches.

At the core of the universe's Origin Land, amidst tens of thousands of planets reflecting the planes, a vortex of void also appeared.

With the formation of the Origin of One, the universe cycled, and the tens of thousands of planes that had collapsed rapidly recovered. In just a short moment, both the planes and the planets reflecting them in the Origin returned to a count of one hundred thousand.

"Done!"

Shi Yan evaporated the sweat from his entire body, unable to suppress a surge of excitement in his heart.

"Though I took the Law path, which dooms my combat power to mediocrity at the same level, still..." Shi Yan took in his Miniature Universe at a glance: "With this universe, my foundation is set."

This Miniature Universe structure, without exaggeration, was enough to support him in becoming a God King.

Of course, having such potential in the Miniature Universe didn't guarantee he'd become a God King—whether Shi Yan reached that step still depended on himself.

With the completion of the Origin of One and the Hundred Thousand Heavens, divine power began to surge endlessly from the void at the center of the universe's Origin.

If anyone were outside the Miniature Universe at this moment, they would see that near Shi Yan's Miniature Universe, endless Chaos Airflows were being continuously absorbed by it, transforming into divine power at the universe's Origin, entering Shi Yan's divine body through the True God Heart.

Since Shi Yan's divine power was relatively scarce—only about twice that of an ordinary True God—under the terrifying devouring force of the Origin of One, his power recovered rapidly. Shi Yan estimated it would take about half a day to fully replenish the missing half.

"Heh... though my storage is lacking, the replenishment is pretty fast." Shi Yan gave a helpless smile.

At the same time, the completed Miniature Universe began its Chaos Evolution.

The Chaos Law manifested, followed by the Ten Great Laws—Time, Space, Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, Earth, Wind, Light, and Thunder—along with various fused laws appearing intermittently.

Shi Yan stared intently at the constantly manifesting laws.

What was called Chaos Evolution was essentially the process of the Chaos Law breaking down into various fundamental laws and fused laws—simply put, a progression from "One" to "Ten Thousand."

During Chaos Evolution, virtually any law a cultivator had trained in could manifest, and it also helped True Gods draw parallels, granting insight into related fused laws.

Many True Gods' cultivation over three Reincarnation Eras couldn't compare to this brief moment of Chaos Evolution.

Shi Yan watched, utterly captivated, and his realm broke through rapidly. Having already comprehended a sixth-tier Secret Technique, he quickly reached the peak of the sixth tier, then broke through to the seventh tier.

But just then, Shi Yan suddenly felt a slight tremor in his Miniature Universe.

"Hm?"

Shi Yan felt a flash of shock and anger. The importance of the Miniature Universe to a True God went without saying. He quickly split off a sliver of his mind to observe the outside world, only to find someone relentlessly bombarding his Miniature Universe.

"Monster Beast Progenitor?"

Shi Yan fumed inwardly. The opportunity of Chaos Evolution was priceless to any powerhouse, and the Monster Beast Progenitor's arrival now was clearly meant to disrupt his cultivation.

Though the Origin Will and Supreme Rules would protect a cultivator from interference while breaking through to True God, strictly speaking, once the Miniature Universe was fully structured, the breakthrough was already complete.

As for the subsequent enlightenment of Chaos Evolution, that fell under the category of "consolidating one's realm" after the breakthrough, and the Supreme Rules would not provide protection.

The Monster Beast Progenitor had clearly already located the outside of his Miniature Universe, waiting only for the Supreme Rules and Origin Will to withdraw before striking to interfere, preventing him from fully comprehending Chaos Evolution.

After all, Shi Yan's God Kingdom's location had been exposed, and based on the coordinates of the God Kingdom in the Primal Universe, it was easy to deduce where the Miniature Universe would be expelled to outside the Primal Universe.

"Damn Monster Race." Shi Yan spat, then immediately split off a sliver of his will to reinforce the Origin of One, stabilizing the Miniature Universe.

Soon, the Miniature Universe stopped trembling, and Shi Yan threw himself back into comprehending Chaos Evolution with full force. But having to divert a sliver of his will to stabilize the Miniature Universe inevitably affected his insight to some extent.

Before long, as the Miniature Universe's operating laws gradually perfected themselves, the Chaos Law concealed itself, and further comprehension became impossible.

"Chaos Evolution—truly remarkably effective." Silver light swirled around Shi Yan's body, giving him a rather mysterious appearance.