The real world
Since the Wizard World defeated the traitorous Atomic Control Wizard a thousand years ago and obtained all the wealth he left behind, the Wizard World has become the most powerful and terrifying civilization.
They were well-equipped and armed to the teeth.
No civilization dared to provoke the wizard civilization; in fact, they would avoid it at the mere mention of its name.
If there is no way to avoid it, they will choose to surrender immediately.
All well-informed civilizations know that they should not provoke the wizard civilization. It is like a carnivorous beast that stretches out its claws and bares its sharp teeth, freely choosing which civilization's prey will become its dinner.
However, there are also rumors that the Wizard World only received a small portion of the traitorous wizard's wealth. Although it obtained most of it, it did not actually control it and sealed it all within the Wizard World.
The powerful and terrifying nature of the Wizard World is all imagined by other civilizations.
The best evidence is: who has Supreme Lord of the wizarding civilization use a copied cosmic-level artifact?
The ability to copy cosmic-level treasures was that traitorous wizard's specialty. The fact that the wizard didn't use the copied cosmic-level treasure is enough to show that the wizard didn't actually obtain the traitorous wizard's entire legacy.
Although the guess made sense, no one was willing to risk their life to verify this information.
Even if the Wizard World gains nothing, it's not something they can afford to mess with.
Besides, everyone can see the enormous World Tree outside the Wizard World, and everyone can also see the Shadow Plane that the World Tree spreads out.
They can freely travel to different locations in the universe, turning infinite space into finite distances, arriving at any destination with a simple step. How could they dare to provoke the Wizard World!
What they could see was enough to make them shiver in the cold wind. Even if the Wizard World didn't actually control the traitor wizard's other abilities, what they had now was enough to easily overwhelm them.
The only good news is that the wizarding civilization did not launch a crazy expedition after its strength grew, but instead changed its development direction.
They actually contacted other civilizations, intending to turn the Shadow Plane into a trading center for countless civilizations...
Although each civilization was initially worried that the Shadow Plane would expose their location when the wizards first contacted them, they also suspected that this was a tactic used by the wizarding civilization to find their location and attack their world.
However, quite a few civilizations still visited the Shadow Plane at the invitation of the Wizard World, where they made many deals with the Wizard World and also completed transactions with other civilizations.
After a period of time, the news spread and fermented, and with repeated assurances from the Wizard World...
More and more civilizations cautiously opened up the Shadow World and completed preliminary deals with the wizard civilization. They were relieved to find that the Wizard World did not take the opportunity to attack their world.
The Wizard World even has covenants based on cosmic rules. As long as the rules of the trade are followed, they will not attack any civilization and will provide protection services to safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of all civilizations in the Shadow Plane.
In the words of the wizarding civilization, the distance between stars is too great, and they have no need to worry about their safety. It would be better to use the Shadow Plane to facilitate resource exchange among countless civilizations and promote the common development of all civilizations.
The Wizard World also claims to be a peace-loving civilization that wants to develop together with all civilizations.
Although no civilization believes this, that carnivorous beasts would never sharpen their claws and teeth to learn to eat grass, the convenience of the Shadow Plane certainly pleases them.
If the Wizard World truly has no interest in them, then exchanging resources with other civilizations through the Shadow Plane would indeed help their development.
In subsequent developments, the wizarding civilization did indeed treat those who came to the Shadow Plane fairly, and did not take the opportunity to attack them.
They also offered assistance on many occasions when relatively weaker civilizations were being militarily oppressed in trade.
Although they charged a hefty price, they did indeed abide by the rules they set.
Gradually, all civilizations came to like the Shadow Plane, after all, this way of trading directly with other civilizations was indeed too good.
In the past, there were only a few ways to communicate with other civilizations, but each method was extremely troublesome.
Even sending a single message requires a significant amount of energy, let alone exchanging resources—that's a realm only the most powerful experts can access.
Even in relatively close star locations, trading for a single energy crystal requires a hundred times the amount of energy.
If the distance is even greater, the energy consumed becomes astronomical.
Although the Wizard World charges a commission of five times the value of all traded goods in the Shadow Plane, it is still recognized by all civilizations.
They didn't think the price was high; on the contrary, they thought it was very cheap.
Since the Shadow Plane came into existence, the Wizard World seems to have laid down its bloodstained swords, donned dog-skin hats, and become unscrupulous merchants, making a fortune in the Shadow Plane.
The Wizard World still engages in expeditions, but these are much less frequent than before, and the worlds on these expeditions are those civilizations that have not participated in the Shadow Plane trade.
Sometimes, the Wizard World even puts locations of living worlds on the Shadow Plane for sale, and they are very popular.
Trade in the Shadow Plane changed the way civilization operates in the Wizard World Wizard World, and other civilizations, seeing this change, breathed a sigh of relief.
It's always better to communicate with language and resources than with weapons.
A new Wizard Alliance centered on the Shadow Plane was taking shape, but one day the Shadow Plane, which connected to other civilizations in space, suddenly shut down, and no one knew what had happened.
The various civilizations stranded in the Shadow Plane were forcibly taken away by the Wizard World immediately. It was initially thought that the Wizard World had revealed its true intentions and wanted to kill everyone.
The wizard simply led them to another place and didn't make things difficult for them; he just didn't let them wander around.
The civilization that suddenly lost contact with the Shadow Plane contacted the Wizard World through other means, only to receive the reply from the wizards that the Shadow Plane was undergoing adjustments. As for when the Shadow Plane would be reopened, the Wizard World did not say.
During this process, some civilized groups complained, blaming the Wizard World for not giving them advance notice and disrupting their business.
Instead of receiving an apology from the Wizard World, they witnessed a wizarding army appear in their own world.
They seem to have forgotten that the Wizard World's willingness to lay down their bloodied swords and engage in dialogue with them as equals is not because they were inherently equal, but because the Wizard World had humbled itself.
If anyone angers the wizard and makes him take up arms again, he will still be the terrifying being that terrifies all civilizations.
The Wizard World
The World Tree stands above the stars, beside the Wizard World, its canopy larger than the area of a large world, like a loyal guardian protecting the Wizard World.
The roots of the World Tree stretch into the depths of the starry sky, enveloping countless stars.
In order to ensure that the World Tree could obtain sufficient energy to continue growing, the Wizard World dispatched numerous Supreme Lord to move a large number of celestial bodies from other star systems and place them beneath the World Tree to provide nutrients.
The World Tree lived up to expectations, indeed growing lush and verdant. Especially under the control of the Wizard World, it extended its branches deep into the Shadow World, entwining itself around every open spatial passage, ensuring the passage remained open.
The World Tree alone has saved the Wizard World a tremendous amount of resources and energy.
The Supreme Lord the Sword of Winter resides atop the World Tree, his perception locked onto the Shadow Plane not far away. Even with his powerful perception Supreme Lord, he cannot completely cover the Shadow Plane now.
The once bustling spatial transfer center ceased operations, and the lively Shadow Plane Trading Center also vanished.
All spatial passages connecting to other civilizations have been closed, and each day that these passages are closed represents a tremendous loss for the wizarding civilization.
However, the Sword of Winter did not care about these losses; he only cared about why the Shadow Plane had suddenly expanded and advanced, growing from a large world to World Cluster.
The Shadow Plane is now roughly the same size as the Wizard World itself!
The Wizard World has gained another World Cluster —what exciting news!
But not a single wizard could smile; all they showed were terrifying faces, like those of a stormy day!
Besides him monitoring from outside the Shadow Plane, there were four Supreme Lord inside searching for the reason why the Shadow Plane had suddenly grown larger.
Not only them, but the Bloodline Controller and Elemental Controller also summoned the assimilated Atomic Control again, using the control of the Wizard Will to inquire why the Shadow Plane had suddenly grown larger and evolved.
They actually knew the reason; they had already found out the answer through previous inquiries. They just didn't want to believe it and wanted to find other reasons.
The Shadow Plane is a plane formed by the traitorous wizard Atomic Control Shadow Talent. It evolved from the earliest small plane, to micro-planets, small planes, medium planes, and even the earlier large planes.
Each evolution was caused by the traitorous wizard Atomic Control's advancement.
They were indeed shocked when they first heard this news from the traitorous wizard. They never imagined that there was such a terrifying talent in the universe, capable of leading an entire world to evolve together.
Normally, the Shadow Plane of large planes shouldn't have evolved, since the traitorous wizard Atomic Control is dead.
The Shadow Plane had become ownerless. If they hadn't used the World Tree to hold Shadow Plane and hadn't used traitorous wizards controlled by the Wizard Will to manage it, the Shadow Plane would have drifted away somewhere in the chaotic space.
The sudden evolution of the Shadow Plane shattered the peaceful life that the Wizard World had painstakingly restored, making every Supreme Lord uneasy, and even they themselves carried a trace of fear that no one else knew about.
If the traitor Atomic Control wasn't completely dead, but merely managed to deceive them through some means, then does this sudden advancement in the Shadow Plane mean he has ascended to become Supreme Lord?
They harbored a deep-seated panic and fear about that traitorous wizard, a fear that no one would admit to themselves.