Deep within the Miracle Star Sea, Rosen released the Ancient God's Micro-Universe, which he had stripped away after the Ancient God's death. The entire Ancient God's Micro-Universe was devoid of any living beings, as if the entire micro-universe had been crushed and then crumpled into a ball. It was only barely formed and, overall, very unstable.
Rosen had won a complete victory in his memory war with the Ancient God. Before the Ancient God's memories were destroyed by him, they were naturally thoroughly scrutinized and clearly understood. Therefore, he already knew that the Ancient God's Micro-Universe had been destroyed once. This was the price of using the Heaven-Splitting Divine Axe to destroy the Dimensional Micro-Universe; first, one had to destroy one's own Ancient God's Micro-Universe.
The Heaven-Splitting Divine Axe, whether it was used to sever Indestructible Will or destroy a universe, was, without exception, a case of "killing a thousand enemies, self-damaging a thousand." Rosen hesitated for a moment, but ultimately decided to keep the Ancient God's Micro-Universe and continue repairing it. Since he had refined the Heaven-Splitting Divine Axe, he couldn't sacrifice his own Root Micro-Universe. At that point, the Ancient God's Micro-Universe would become a consumable for repeated use, so there was no need for the repaired Ancient God's Micro-Universe to even evolve life.
The Ancient God's Micro-Universe merged into the Miracle Star Sea. Using the Miracle Star Sea's stripping ability, it stripped away the Ancient God's now memoryless Indestructible Will, then suppressed the micro-universe's instability, and finally stripped away the genuine Universe Source Seed, replacing it with multiple fake Universe Source Seeds transformed from Root Source Seeds to reshape the micro-universe.
After finishing this, Rosen took out the Tablet of Destiny, which he had stripped from the Ancient God's sea of consciousness. This item was only an Eternal Sacred Object, but it had been strengthened by the Ancient God to be just one step away from being a Primeval Sacred Object. Rosen decided to integrate the Tablet of Destiny into the Bronze Book of Destiny to further strengthen the Bronze Book of Destiny's power. As for the other Eternal Sacred Objects besides the Tablet of Destiny, they were all distributed to his clones and pets.
Finally, Rosen took out the Blue Star, which was the most valuable treasure on the Ancient God, second only to the Heaven-Splitting Divine Axe. The Blue Star had once fallen into the Dimension Saint God's hands, but the Dimension Saint God had clearly misjudged the Blue Star's true value.
Without the Ancient God to cause trouble, Rosen quickly integrated the Indestructible Source Seed into the internal Blue Star Micro-Universe. This micro-universe was only half-finished, lacking a Universe Source Seed and thus unable to become a proper micro-universe. Furthermore, the Ancient God hadn't invested too many resources into it; most resources were used to enhance the Ancient God Micro-Universe. After all, although the Blue Star Micro-Universe was mysterious and special, after its Time Source Seed was stolen, the Ancient God couldn't fully control the Blue Star Micro-Universe, much less confidently cultivate the Blue Star Micro-Universe as a core.
As Rosen integrated the Time Source Seed and Space Source Seed into the Blue Star, the two completed source seeds began to merge. However, after merging, they didn't generate a Spacetime Source Seed but instead continued to transform towards a Universe Source Seed. This transformation required resources, extraordinarily vast resources.
Rosen couldn't dismantle his Root Micro-Universe to feed the Blue Star Micro-Universe. He could only change his mind and dismantle the Ancient God Micro-Universe, turning it into nourishment for the Blue Star Micro-Universe's growth. As the Blue Star Micro-Universe received enough nourishment and truly took shape, the Universe Source Seed finally transformed and was born.
After the Indestructible Source Seed integrated into the Universe Source Seed, Rosen immediately discovered the uniqueness of this Universe Source Seed. This wasn't a counterfeit Universe Source Seed, but a genuine Universe Source Seed in the true sense. Moreover, it wasn't a fission body of a Universe Source Seed, but a complete and perfect Universe Source Seed.
Rosen's first reaction was, could this be the Universe Source Seed from the Primeval Universe era? It certainly couldn't be a Universe Source Seed from the Starry Sky Universe era, because it was completely different from the Universe Source Seeds he had controlled in the past. But after careful differentiation, Rosen determined that the two types of Universe Source Seeds were not of the same origin.
If this were a Universe Source Seed born during the Primeval Universe era, there would inevitably be an inseparable connection and affinity with the Universe Between, which was made from the remnants of the Primeval Universe's Heart of the Universe. However, in reality, there was no connection between the two whatsoever. This perfect Universe Source Seed, instead, had some kind of connection with the Heaven-Splitting Divine Axe.
Rosen thoughtfully looked at the faintly discernible cosmic remnants in the endless deep space. If the Heaven-Splitting Divine Axe and the Blue Star didn't belong to the Primeval Universe and the Starry Sky Universe, but originated from other universes in the endless deep space, then this anomaly could be explained.
Rosen thought of the various myths and legends of Blue Star, and of Pangu, who, according to legend, created the heavens and the earth and became all things. For a time, he wondered if the Ancient God was the Pangu of Blue Star myths. However, the story was repeatedly revised as it was passed down, eventually becoming the story of Pangu he knew.
Now it seemed that the myths and legends circulating on Blue Star were very likely, like Blue Star itself, from another universe in the endless deep space. The true identity of the Heaven-Splitting Divine Axe was very likely the Heaven-Splitting Divine Axe, Pangu's Axe, from Blue Star's myths.
It was highly possible that the universe in Blue Star's myths and legends had already been destroyed. That's why Pangu's Axe and this Blue Star, which carried a complete Universe Source Seed, wandered through the endless deep space to the Starry Sky Universe, eventually falling into the hands of the Dimension Saint God and the Ancient God respectively, and finally being collected by the Ancient God. However, both suffered severe damage during their wandering through the endless deep space.
Because when the Ancient God first obtained the Heaven-Splitting Divine Axe in his memories, the Heaven-Splitting Divine Axe was not as strong as it was now. The Heaven-Splitting Divine Axe was continuously repairing itself, and the Universe Source Seed within the Blue Star also degenerated and dispersed into the Time Source Seed and Space Source Seed. If it weren't for the Ancient God repairing the Blue Star Micro-Universe for countless years, and if he hadn't swallowed the Ancient God Micro-Universe, the Universe Source Seed within it would not have revived.
Rosen, now in control of the Blue Star Universe Source Seed, could clearly sense that the Blue Star Micro-Universe was still incredibly hungry. This indicated that the Blue Star Micro-Universe was not yet in its prime, merely clinging to life. Fully nourishing the Blue Star Micro-Universe would likely require more than just consuming a few other micro-universes.
Rosen strongly suspected that the true nature of the Blue Star Micro-Universe was an entity similar to a Heart of the Universe from another universe. If he could fully nourish the Blue Star Micro-Universe, and then leverage the power of the Heaven-Splitting Divine Axe, it might even be possible to open it up into a true universe.
However, this was almost impossible, as fully nourishing the Blue Star Micro-Universe would likely require consuming the third-generation New Universe. Rosen clearly couldn't destroy the existing New Universe for the sake of a potentially nascent universe. Furthermore, he didn't even know where the New Universe had gone. His immediate priority was to first catch up to it.
Rosen went to the depths of his Root Micro-Universe. There, the Heaven-Splitting Divine Axe was tightly bound by countless chains materialized from laws. All of the Ancient God's Indestructible Will, including its memories, had been destroyed by him. Yet, the Heaven-Splitting Divine Axe somehow retained a shred of the Ancient God's obsession, consistently resisting his Indestructible Source Seed from refining and controlling it.
Rosen conjured the Blue Star in his palm and attempted to bring it into contact with the Heaven-Splitting Divine Axe. Sure enough, the Heaven-Splitting Divine Axe's resistance vanished. Instead, the Ancient God's last remaining obsession was suppressed by the Heaven-Splitting Divine Axe itself. The Indestructible Source Seed easily integrated into the Heaven-Splitting Divine Axe this time. In fact, the Heaven-Splitting Divine Axe actively merged with his Indestructible Source Seed, expelling the Ancient God's Indestructible Will. The moment he gained complete control of the Heaven-Splitting Divine Axe, it resonated with the Blue Star Universe Source Seed.
From then on, the Heaven-Splitting Divine Axe could destroy micro-universe level worlds without needing to destroy his own micro-universe. The stronger the Blue Star Micro-Universe became, the stronger the Heaven-Splitting Divine Axe's power would become in parallel. Simultaneously, the more worlds the Heaven-Splitting Divine Axe destroyed, the more Creation Origin the Blue Star Micro-Universe would gain. These two could be said to be complementary. Had he not stolen the Time Source Seed back then, if the Ancient God had truly mastered both the Blue Star and the Heaven-Splitting Divine Axe, he might not have died at Rosen's hands, nor would Rosen have seized all his core resources.
Rosen extended his hand, and the Heaven-Splitting Divine Axe fell into his palm. The axe blade slashed through the void, tearing spacetime and opening a path to the endless deep space. After the Blue Star Universe Source Seed condensed, the Heaven-Splitting Divine Axe and the Blue Star Micro-Universe became complementary, and the Heaven-Splitting Divine Axe's power to traverse spacetime also increased. Currently, it had increased by at least five times, and this amplification would grow stronger as the Blue Star Micro-Universe became stronger.
Before its amplification, the Heaven-Splitting Divine Axe's speed in tearing spacetime rifts to travel was already faster than the Doomsday Ark. Now, with a five-fold enhancement plus the Doomsday Ark's own speed, he might truly be able to catch up to the New Universe.
Rosen crossed spacetime rifts again and again. After a few months, he had already caught up to the Chaos Saint God and the Dimension Saint God. Dimension Wings had regrown on the back of the Eternal Tribulation Mantis mount, clearly indicating that the Dimension Saint God's Dimensional Micro-Universe had been reshaped. Otherwise, he wouldn't dare to deal with the Chaos Saint God superficially. Although their combined speed was already very fast, it was no longer possible for them to catch up to him.
Time flew by, and five thousand years passed in a blink. Rosen had already left the Chaos Saint God and his allies far behind. The New Universe, which he had once lost track of, now reappeared as a faint afterglow under his relentless pursuit. He also used these five thousand years to effortlessly transform his Eternal Sacred Body completely into a Primeval Sacred Body.
Although he saw the New Universe, Rosen showed no signs of relaxing. This was because it had been far more than ten thousand years since the New Universe was lost, and anything could have happened during such a long period. He wouldn't even be surprised if transcendent beings had found the New Universe first. At this moment, on the surface, the New Universe had stopped expanding, and its speed had stabilized. It was roughly five times faster than its initial movement speed. Since the New Universe had stabilized, it should now be possible to refine it using the Universe Between.
Rosen piloted the Doomsday Ark, cautiously approaching. Upon nearing the cosmic barrier, he began to attempt crossing it. Compared to before, the cosmic barrier was at least several times weaker. In just a few years, the Doomsday Ark had crossed the cosmic barrier and entered the universe's interior.
The New Universe was not the flat, round Primeval Universe, nor was it the Starry Sky Universe, which was very similar to endless deep space. The current New Universe was a Plane Universe, resembling a honeycomb composed of countless planes. Endless World Origin flowed between planes of various sizes.
The Doomsday Ark crossed one nascent plane after another, quickly arriving at the Eternal Plane at the universe's core. The level of a plane determined the upper limit of the supernaturals it could contain. In the singular Eternal Plane, Rosen's Creator's Eye did not observe a Cosmic Origin Sea.
However, he saw a brand new Heart of the Universe—a fist-sized, dazzling gem. Perhaps because the Heart of the Universe had been destroyed twice in succession, this third-generation Heart of the Universe instinctively and maximally strengthened its own defenses. Rosen eagerly went deep into the void, approached the Heart of the Universe, and tried to integrate his Indestructible Source Seed.
The Indestructible Source Seed, which even the Heaven-Splitting Divine Axe struggled to resist, was effortlessly repelled by the Heart of the Universe. The Heart of the Universe even began to counterattack, with an immensely vast power threatening to emerge from within and destroy any existence that threatened it. Rosen immediately released the Universe Between, using it to envelop the Heart of the Universe.
The Heart of the Universe, which had been stimulated and began to counterattack, almost immediately fell silent and actively started absorbing and merging with the Universe Between. As the Universe Between integrated into the Heart of the Universe, the Indestructible Source Seed that Rosen had integrated into the Universe Between also synchronously flowed into the Heart of the Universe.
Rosen, through his Indestructible Source Seed, continuously infused his Indestructible Will into the Heart of the Universe. Having been destroyed twice, the third-generation Heart of the Universe suffered from congenital underdevelopment. The Universe Between, crafted from the empty shell of a Heart of the Universe, was naturally the best nourishment for the third-generation Heart of the Universe's growth. Therefore, by controlling the Universe Between, he could easily control the third-generation Heart of the Universe.
Rosen clearly felt his Indestructible Will transforming into Cosmic Will as it integrated into the Heart of the Universe. Once fully integrated, he would become the Cosmic Will of the New Universe, and he would, by extension, transcend both Eternal and Primitive levels, directly becoming a higher-tier lifeform beyond Primitive.
However, if his Indestructible Will transformed into Cosmic Will, this would mean that from then on, the New Universe would be his true body. His current body would eventually become a Primeval-level clone of his new true body. When calculating this, the question arose: was he controlling the New Universe, or was the New Universe assimilating and controlling him?
While there were infinite benefits to having the New Universe as his true body, he also discovered an unbearable drawback through the Heart of the Universe. He couldn't fully control the New Universe. He had absolute control over the interior of the New Universe; he could manipulate all laws and energies, destroy all planar worlds with a thought, and re-evolve the New Universe into a Starry Sky Universe.
But Rosen couldn't command the New Universe to stop moving in the endless deep space, nor could he alter its trajectory. If the New Universe became his true body, it would henceforth move uncontrollably through the endless deep space. If he hadn't seen the countless cosmic remnants in the endless deep space, Rosen might not have resisted occupying the New Universe and making it his true body. However, those cosmic remnants made him ponder deeply, making him hesitant to fully bind himself to the New Universe and be unable to escape.
Rosen wanted to give up, but he truly couldn't bear to. If he missed this opportunity, it would be incredibly difficult for his Indestructible Will to integrate into the Heart of the Universe again. He didn't have a second Universe Between to merge into the Heart of the Universe. Furthermore, if he gave up control of the Heart of the Universe now, it would only benefit the Chaos Saint God and the Dimension Saint God. He no longer had the Universe Between, but the Chaos Saint God and his allies still possessed the Primeval World Remnants and the Memory World.
The Main God Computer integrated into Rosen's brain was running so fast that its computing power was on the verge of collapse. He couldn't think of a way to have the best of both worlds. Finally, after excluding all possibilities, he could only risk using the method with the highest success rate.
Rosen stripped away his most core Root Source Seed. This item originated from the second-generation Heart of the Universe, and with the assistance of the Universe Between, it effortlessly carried a portion of his Indestructible Source Seed, successfully integrating into the Heart of the Universe and slowly taking root. He planned to use the Root Source Seed to gradually absorb the third-generation Heart of the Universe as nourishment. Then, he would gradually transform the Root Source Seed into the fourth-generation Heart of the Universe.
This entire process wouldn't require the universe to undergo another destruction. Throughout the process, the Heart of the Universe would resist, but it wouldn't fight to the death. This was because the Root Source Seed wasn't going to destroy the Heart of the Universe; rather, it was integrating the Heart of the Universe into a seed to sprout, grow, and bear fruit. Essentially, it was giving the congenitally underdeveloped Heart of the Universe a second chance to develop and grow. The Heart of the Universe's resistance was more against the Indestructible Source Seed generated by his Indestructible Will.
If he could acquire the Primeval Universe Remnants and the Night Veil Memory World, he could accelerate the growth of the Root Source Seed using these two. Ultimately, once the Root Source Seed completely became the fourth-generation Heart of the Universe, the entire New Universe would become his clone. The clone would provide feedback to the true body, allowing the true body to easily transform into a Primeval Lifeform.
While the outcome might seem like a simple reversal of true body and clone, in the former scenario, his future achievements would be bound to the New Universe, and if the New Universe were destroyed, he would suffer unbearable damage. In the latter, even if the New Universe were destroyed, the impact on him wouldn't be fundamental.
As the Root Source Seed and the Heart of the Universe fully merged, Rosen gained roughly one percent control over the Heart of the Universe. The authority wasn't extensive, but it was enough for him to synchronously perceive the New Universe's current state. Rosen learned why the New Universe was expanding: it was underdeveloped and needed more nourishment.
Through the New Universe, he perceived the Spacetime Origin of the endless deep space. That was a higher-tier origin than Primeval Spacetime Power, and also the only nourishment required for the universe's growth. The more the universe expanded, the more Spacetime Origin it could draw.
The Spacetime Origin in the endless deep space was evenly distributed according to his perception. If a universe absorbed the Spacetime Origin from one area and then stopped moving, it would be difficult to absorb more Spacetime Origin. Therefore, the universe needed to constantly move, continuously changing its position to absorb more Spacetime Origin. Thus, the greater the universe's expansion and the faster its movement, the higher the efficiency of absorbing Spacetime Origin.
On the surface, this seemed like a good thing, but the New Universe instinctively resisted doing so. This was because such an approach was akin to "drinking poison to quench thirst." While the New Universe's speed would skyrocket after expansion, leading to more Spacetime Origin absorption, it would also cause fluctuations in the Spacetime Origin. The consequences were hard to predict, but the New Universe instinctively resisted this action. Therefore, after its speed increased fivefold, the New Universe stopped expanding further. As the New Universe gradually recovered from its "drinking poison to quench thirst," it was even gradually shrinking and slowing down.
Rosen felt a slight tension. He worried that the New Universe might attract the entities that had destroyed countless universes in the endless deep space. He could now perceive Spacetime Origin through the New Universe, Primeval Dark Sun Power through the Dark Sun Heavenly Eye, and Primeval Night Veil Power through the Eye of Night Veil. He then distinctly perceived that Primeval Night Veil Power was actually encroaching upon the Spacetime Origin.
The universe's movement absorbed Spacetime Origin, leading to a decrease in the total amount of Spacetime Origin within the region. This directly increased the efficiency of the Primeval Night Veil Power's encroachment on Spacetime Origin. If this encroachment was harmful to the endless deep space, then the New Universe had virtually become an accomplice in the Primeval Night Veil Power's encroachment on the endless deep space.
As Rosen became more familiar with the Heart of the Universe's power, he increasingly felt the New Universe being shrouded by infinite malice. This malice originated from the endless deep space, and from the Spacetime Origin absorbed by the New Universe.