Starting with Growing Mushrooms

The battle between Magaras and Surya caught even Liu Jun’s slight attention.

He sat high in Heaven, his gaze lowered, silently observing the events unfold.

Nearby, Cain served attentively and exclaimed:

"Your Majesty! This Ma truly lives up to the destiny to end the gods’ myth, so formidable! It’s like the God of Time, the Parallel God, the God of Evolution... all united together."

Fortuna nodded in agreement: "His strength is undeniably formidable. Over the years, he’s developed such a force outside, truly not a waste of time."

The other gods nearby watched the battle with solemn expressions.

The oppressive force from Magaras was indeed quite overwhelming for them.

After all, the Cosmos, elevated through twelve trials... was brought in by him.

Yet while they felt Magaras’s might, only Liu Jun remained composed.

The more mysterious, the more powerful.

From Liu Jun’s perspective, Magaras was someone who had been defeated before, although his defeat was at the hands of a group of unruly frontline monsters.

But a defeat is still a defeat.

Although his loss occurred in a future timeline that no longer exists.

Liu Jun, on the contrary, watched in silence, pondering another matter, internally noting: "Since Magaras is willing to make a move, it makes things easier."

Why is he so powerful?

Why do people call him the destined man to create the Twilight of the Gods?

Because in the 165th Divine Era, he perfected a system accommodating multiple Divine Objects!

And now that he’s willing to make a move... doing so implies the risk of exposing his foundations.

Liu Jun, observing the battle, thought it was time to use his world-shocking wisdom to observe the enemy’s "martial arts" and gain insights.

The longer they fight, the better.

Unfortunately, Magaras is quite cautious, not bringing his true form with Divine Objects.

He only let nine avatars from other trials fuse together.

Which makes sense.

If he dared to personally come with Divine Objects...

He’d likely suffer a fierce pounding from God, the Longevity God, and Bal, the God of Chaos!

Even in this form, without actual Divine Objects, he’s already quite strong.

At this moment, in the center of the battlefield.

A continuous surge of power emanates from both sides.

Surya’s heavenly Dao Divine Object holds a significant edge in this locked Tao Spirit cultivation.

As the battle intensified, Surya, utilizing local resources and his world-shocking wisdom, advanced his Tao Spirit to the level of over 1,400 locks.

It was incredibly astonishing!

What humanity possesses, I too possess; what humanity gains, I too gain.

This phrase carries immense weight and significance!

But how to define, who are my people?

I am Heaven, you ask who are my people?

All I see are my subjects.

Everywhere I step is my kingdom.

This is Heaven, the almighty and high Heaven!

"Michael..."

"Ma..."

Surya and Magaras each chanted the names of their Tao Spirits, and the battle between their Tao Spirits grew fiercer.

All sorts of Divine Powers erupted, causing those strong on the battlefield who initially wanted to assist, to steadily withdraw.

Even the warrior at the 1,700th lock dared not intervene.

He understood that fundamentally, he was just a relatively "ordinary" mortal.

Moreover, he practiced a flawed popular chicken system... unlike those core ancient law practitioners.

In the First Trial Universe, with the Magic Net’s reinforcement, the terror of the gods was very vast and intense.

This battle darkened the celestial bodies.

As time passed, their combat power incrementally enhanced, improved.

One day passed.

Ten days.

A month.

Finally, with a crackling sound, Surya’s body underwent yet another transformation.

"I’ve broken through again, how about you?"

"Your wisdom, in the end, is insufficient."

As if endless energy burst forth, Surya’s Tao Spirit surged forth to an incredible 1,800 locks level.

And at this moment.

The various Divine Powers stored within this Magaras avatar completely exhausted.

His figure gradually faded, "This battle shall pause here... I’ll leave the middle Parallel Divine Object with you for now."

"Be careful when you sleep; I’ll open the door anytime to snatch it away."

With that, Magaras’s figure gradually vanished.

Ultimately, he chose not to go headlong, avoiding the investment of more power or descending with his true form.

After a certain degree of combat, he chose to abandon the fight.

"Think you can leave?"

Surya sneered, watching the portal seemingly closing, stepped forward, pursuing into the other world.

Seeing this scene, Liu Jun frowned slightly, Surya was truly reckless, daring to chase out?

Beside him, Fortuna suddenly called out: "Should we stop him?"

God contemplated, "Forget it, he’s already gone out... We can’t stop him now."

Surya was indeed adept at concealment.

After all, his movements were always enigmatic, wandering everywhere that even Liu Jun couldn’t locate without deliberate searching.

Hence, they weren’t worried about his capture.

If he didn’t act irrationally, he wouldn’t venture to the front lines of the Tenth Trial to confront that matriarchal civilization.

"So should we let them scheme against each other outside?"

Cain hesitated slightly.

God thought for a moment, "We should continue to hibernate in the First and Second Trials, if you wish to explore the outside world, it’s permissible."

Cain felt a surge of excitement.

A trip? A grand adventure outside?

Seems alright.

Fortuna saw this and shook her head, "I’ll pass. It’s inconvenient for me to go out with the Divine Object. If you die outside, you’ll just die."

"What do you mean ’just die’?" Cain cursed.

It’s normal to want to see a world so vast.

Liu Jun agreed with this as well. The battle between Magaras and Surya indeed taught many lessons.

Enough to take some time to thoroughly digest.

Once absorbed, though lacking the top-tier core secrets, the general technology of the Ninth Trial Universe is available.

The only regret Liu Jun felt was:

Magaras didn’t expose his core multi-Divine Object technology.

"It’s evident he’s wary of this Surya God stealing his learning..."

Liu Jun mused.

To learn this technology, one might need to capture Magaras’ true form.

Liu Jun pondered, then looked to the nearby Goddess of Destiny, "Next, I’m going to retreat for a while. You manage the era seriously."

"Huh? Retreat?" Fortuna blinked, then nodded, "Yes, developing according to the current situation in an orderly manner will lead to the Tao Spirit Realm’s boom period."

"You control destiny, just follow the best path." Liu Jun didn’t mention the Tao Spirit had side effects.

Mentioning it would be meaningless and might cause unnecessary anxiety.

After spending about half a month, Liu Jun assisted Fortuna in handling various matters and then began his retreat.

As destiny, naturally, she has the advantage of managing people and lives.

Liu Jun returned to Heaven, closed the door that didn’t matter, took a deep breath, "Magaras, Surya have gone out."

"I should also go out for a walk."

Liu Jun announced retreat, precisely to make a trip outside.

Of course, he didn’t plan on going out as God but as the God of Merchants.

Whoa!

Concealment opened, creating an Epoch Eagle, silently opening the world door.

He stepped out, entering the third Forest Universe.

Before him lay a dense forest.

It’s as if the infinite planetary sand of the First Desert Universe grew lush plants, becoming the vast Forest Universe continent.

Liu Jun only glanced briefly, then read various information in the air, gaining a rough understanding of this universe.

"Magaras has already taken root here..."

Without dwelling or staying, Liu Jun continued to open the next trial door.

His goal was clear.

The front line!

Mother Civilization.

...

Tenth Trial Universe.

Each time the dimension rises, the universe perfects further.

The higher the universe, the better the environment, desert, ocean, forest, metal, gust...

These once appeared in the lower single universe environments.

Their distribution becomes even throughout each point in the Tenth Trial Universe as dimensions rise.

Swish.

The portal opened.

Liu Jun appeared on a green grass field. The environment full of bird songs and fragrant flowers shows a hint of a smile, "Indeed, compared to those barren and desolate places below, the higher dimensional environments are better."

After all, the era is progressive, spiraling upwards.

The barren places also include the non-elevated Zero Planet Universe, filled with desolate planetary islands.

Liu Jun slightly closed his eyes, gently perceiving.

A breeze blew.

"Over there?"

His figure continually disappeared into the original place.

Months later, Liu Jun appeared in a secret underground bustling city, walking into a secure laboratory.

An Epoch Eagle was imprisoned here.

Countless alien scientists were studying continually.

Yes, the Chaos Suns and an Epoch Eagle were lost in a parallel world back then.

This Mother Civilization demanded the lower Cosmic Layers deliver them layer by layer.

Thus, this eagle appeared in their laboratory.

"It’s unbelievable, this creature, an uncommon Tao Spirit."

"No! Perhaps, this is the true correct Tao Spirit form. Our Tao Spirit took a wrong path!"

Countless scientists watched the eagle with fervent eyes.

Bear in mind, each modified stage has multiple versions.

Just the Sixth Tier Divine Era stage has reached 186 update versions, continually undergoing tweaks and updates.

Seventh Tier, Eighth Tier, these stages are the same.

Even a small online game’s version requires multiple updates, let alone cosmic stages?

As the Mother Civilization, the cosmos’ pinnacle and strongest civilization.

They shoulder the survival burden of billions of civilizations!

They raise the torch, guiding the cultivation levels of countless strong and weak civilizations.

"I heard, the Divine Power of this fairy seems like it’s from a prehistoric God of Merchants, giving a pawn shop within."

"The God of Merchants, like the God of Longevity, is one of the two only ancient gods to awaken in ancient times, possibly experienced the last Twelve Trial Dimensional Ascensions of the universe. Is this true..."

"Anyway, I don’t believe it! We’ve held back so long in the front line, yet didn’t complete Twelve Trials, why would they?"

"I don’t believe it either. Has the universe really ascended once? I don’t think so."

"Unbelievable, this eagle..."

In their continuous studies.

A tall man’s figure suddenly walked out at the door.

The scientists were startled, quickly pressing severe alarms, "Who are you? We’ve already notified our three-tier leaders, I advise you to surrender immediately."

"Who am I?"

A cold snort, the man stepped forward, arriving before the Epoch Eagle,

"You’re researching the small pet I created with Divine Power, following the trail, who do you say I am?"