Global Catastrophe: I Begin to Evolve from an Ancient Tree

Chapter 571 - 542: A Bold Idea

"Boom!"

"Rumble!"

Two mighty towering figures battled in the void, with Dao Rules stretching across the starry sky, spreading terrifying power that could easily destroy an entire galaxy.

Stars collapsed.

Galaxies shattered.

Everywhere they passed, space turned into chaotic flows.

Eventually.

Gu Qingyang, willing to cut down half of the Ancient Immortal’s body, was also completely obliterated on the spot.

His body fell.

His mind also retreated from the simulation space.

"Battling to the death with a twelfth-tier mid-grade powerhouse results in sacrificing my life to severely wound them. This means my strength hasn’t truly reached the twelfth-tier mid-grade level.

But at the twelfth-tier low-grade level, I’m almost at the top!"

This battle gave Gu Qingyang a clear estimate of his strength.

Before breaking through the tenth tier, his strength was already equivalent to the tenth tier.

Now that he’s broken through the tenth tier.

His strength has explosively increased.

His combat power soared from the tenth tier straight to the peak of the twelfth-tier low-grade level.

At the same time.

This simulation trial.

Also gave Gu Qingyang absolute control over his strength after the breakthrough.

Looking at the words in the simulation space, Gu Qingyang’s gaze finally locked onto the top row.

Taichu!

Sixteenth-tier high-grade!

He very much wanted to see just how powerful a sixteenth-tier high-grade powerhouse truly was.

As soon as the thought landed.

Gu Qingyang appeared directly in the simulation space.

And at the moment he appeared, a world-destroying aura crushed upon him, and the vast starry sky in his sight turned to dust and perished.

Stars annihilated!

Galaxies shattered!

The entire starry sky took on an apocalyptic appearance.

Gu Qingyang couldn’t even move a finger before this force crushed him on the spot.

When his mind exited the simulation space, Gu Qingyang remained unresponsive for a long time.

A moment later.

He sighed inwardly.

"The terror of a sixteenth-tier powerhouse is like this!"

Without truly witnessing a sixteenth-tier powerhouse in action, one cannot comprehend the fear they invoke.

Gu Qingyang didn’t even see Taichu’s appearance before being completely annihilated by the emitted power.

This feeling.

Was like being an ant.

Weak!

Powerless!

Many emotions couldn’t fully express his state of mind then.

It was only at this moment that Gu Qingyang truly understood how astounding the power of a sixteenth-tier powerhouse is.

With his current means, he doesn’t even have the right to make a move in front of such a powerhouse.

Even if he were to break through the eleventh tier, the twelfth, or even the thirteenth, Gu Qingyang doubted he had any chance to contend with a sixteenth-tier powerhouse.

Fighting beyond one’s level.

Requires consideration.

Clearly.

Such a level of existence isn’t something anyone can fight beyond their level.

"According to Demon Venerable Xuan Yin, in the Upper Realm’s Three Thousand Cosmos, there are quite a few sixteenth-tier powerhouses, each a truly top-tier existence. Above the sixteenth tier, there stands the seventeenth tier at the absolute pinnacle.

With the current strength of the starry sky, let alone the seventeenth tier, even the arrival of any sixteenth-tier powerhouse could easily obliterate the entire starry sky.

Countless beings are mere ants, easily extinguished by such powerhouses with a wave of the hand.

To truly bridge such a gap is not something that can be done overnight..."

Gu Qingyang now withdrew from the emotions of breaking through realms and skyrocketing strength, calming down considerably.

Tenth-tier cultivation.

Twelfth-tier strength.

This is indeed something to be pleased about.

But if compared to the Upper Realm, then it’s far from enough.

After all—

In the Upper Realm, powerhouses are as numerous as clouds, and those above the tenth tier are as vast as the stars. To truly stand shoulder to shoulder with the Upper Realm, it’s a long and arduous journey.

"However, there’s still time; thirty thousand years, and now only a few years have passed. If given thirty thousand years for the starry sky, I may very well break through to the sixteenth, even the seventeenth-tier realm!"

Gu Qingyang mused.

Regardless, within these thirty thousand years, he must step into the sixteenth, or even seventeenth-tier realm, and have combat power equal to a seventeenth-tier powerhouse.

Otherwise.

In thirty thousand years, with the advent of a calamity.

The only fate awaiting the starry sky is destruction.

Thereafter.

Gu Qingyang calmed his mind and re-entered the Starry Celestial River.

After breaking through the tenth tier, his Divine Thought Power surged again, far stronger than before the breakthrough.

With the increase in Divine Soul, it became much easier for Gu Qingyang to search other worlds.

One world after another had its defenses shattered, and then one by one, the worlds were annihilated.

Suddenly.

Gu Qingyang discovered the existence of a world, and his previously emotionless heart gained a hint of joy.

"A world of life!"

"And by its aura, this world has developed quite well, hm... no, this world appears to be one of the many worlds conquered by my Cyan Yang Divine Court!"

Gu Qingyang overlooked this world, and under the sweep of his Divine Thought, he was fully aware of everything about this world.

The Heavenly Dao of this world had retreated, trembling in a corner, not daring to move at all.

In this Heavenly Dao’s eyes, the descent of a higher-tier Heavenly Dao was an unstoppable force.

Immediately.

Gu Qingyang made up his mind, directly opening a gate between the two worlds, starting to devour and merge them.

Because this world had long surrendered to the Cyan Yang Divine Court, the merger didn’t cause much of a stir. Within just a few days, the Cyan Yang Divine Realm gained another state.

This action.

Meant Gu Qingyang had fully opened the door to a new world.

"The Cyan Yang Divine Court manages three hundred thousand galaxies, with worlds as numerous as stars. Instead of constantly searching for worlds of life in the Starry Celestial River, why not move all these worlds to the Cyan Yang Galaxy.

By doing so, I can directly use the power of the Heavenly Dao to merge these worlds into the Cyan Yang Divine Realm."

Each world merged accounts for five hundred thousand Heavenly Dao Origin.

Ten thousand worlds amount to five billion Heavenly Dao Origin.

Among the three hundred thousand galaxies, there are far more than just ten thousand worlds.

However, such a practice would inevitably leave other galaxies barren.

But the barrenness of galaxies doesn’t really matter; such an approach, in Gu Qingyang’s view, is merely integrating the power of three hundred thousand galaxies into one.

The only problem.

Is that merging all worlds of the three hundred thousand galaxies will inevitably increase the number of beings in the Cyan Yang Divine Realm, making the cultivation and absorption of Spiritual Qi not a small issue.

Moreover.

Subsequent management would also require a considerable amount of effort.

However—

These thoughts had just surfaced in Gu Qingyang’s mind before he snuffed them out immediately.

A little trouble is nothing.

In the long term, this move is only beneficial without harm.

Even in the short term, these troubles can be resolved.

With this thought in mind.

Gu Qingyang made the decision directly.

Go for it!