To many cultivators, the Arboreal Universe resembled an incomparably vast, luxuriant tree.
But that was actually just an illusion.
In reality, the Arboreal Universe was more like a chaotic tangle of threads, or ball lightning. As it expanded, countless "branches" constantly appeared and were destroyed.
Some of these branches did indeed resemble tree limbs, with a large branch serving as the trunk before growing countless smaller offshoots.
Generally speaking, worlds closer to the tips of branches were younger, while worlds nearer the trunk were older. Many powerful cultivators established their main bases near the trunk.
The Arboreal Universe was simply too vast, boundless and endless. Most regions were exceedingly empty, with no matter or energy present.
Even if one truly reached its boundary, the boundary might expand the very next second, vanishing from sight again in the blink of an eye.
In such empty regions, although old monsters clustered together to build their main bases, they were actually separated by immense distances.
Under normal circumstances, even if old monsters who practiced the Alternate-Identity Style had conflicts with one another, they would only send their alternate identities to resolve them. The losing side silently accepted the loss, while the winner would not press the advantage, lest an even greater conflict erupt.
After all, no one knew who their enemy truly was. Perhaps you thought your enemy was A, only to discover that A was actually B's alternate identity. Then you might provoke a B you could not defeat.
Knowing when to stop was the only way to stay alive!
But Little Nuo's sudden emergence left all the old monsters groaning in misery.
They were skilled at using alternate identities to infiltrate their enemies' main bases, but Little Nuo had no main base. They were skilled at using schemes and stratagems—
—to