After Zhang Yang advanced to Fifth-Level Star Lord, his will grew immeasurably stronger, allowing him to control the entire Milky Way.
He could instantly descend upon any location in the Milky Way, learn what had happened, was happening, or would happen at any given point, and make corrections and manage it accordingly.
This was the authority granted to him by the Universal Consciousness of the Laniakea Universe.
He would manage and develop the Milky Way on behalf of the Universal Consciousness.
Only after taking control of the Milky Way did Zhang Yang discover that it lagged behind other galaxies. This backwardness extended beyond technology and strength; it was comprehensive, rooted in its institutions.
Simply put, the other galaxies operated as unified wholes, with unified institutions and administration. Under their Fifth-Level Star Lords, each galaxy broadly worked toward the same goal.
The other galaxies had already achieved complete unification, with uniform technological standards, cultivation systems, and ideologies. The Milky Way, however, resembled Blue Star during the wars among the Eight Kingdoms, with everyone governing their own patch.
As a result, their hearts were divided, technological development was chaotic, and each lineage and Star Lord fought alone.
Zhang Yang's rapid advancement to Fifth-Level Star Lord had also been connected to the invasion by the Alien Races.
When Alien Races invaded other galaxies, the unified leadership of their Star Lords allowed them to repel the invasions with ease and swiftly resolve the cosmic crisis.
The Milky Way, however, still operated under the Cosmic Elders Council's dispatch system: whoever was closest was responsible.
Had Zhang Yang not stepped forward and shouldered that responsibility, advancing directly to Fifth-Level Star Lord would have been rather difficult.
Zhang Yang suspected that both the Universal Consciousness and the Milky Way branch of the Cosmic Elders Council had grown