Chapter 4794: The Universe's Life and Death Tribulation
The Language God Universe advanced; Lin Moyu attained the Dao and comprehended the void and substance of the flesh, achieving a perfect union of spirit and flesh.
Everything was perfect.
At least for now, there were no flaws.
The next step was to wait for the first great tribulation of the Language God Universe.
Once, there had been the worry that, before the universe's life and death tribulation, the Language God Universe might end up becoming a dead universe.
Now Lin Moyu could be certain that this would not happen.
There were many factors that determined whether a universe would live or die, but one point never changed: the origin treasures of the universe.
As long as the universe obtained origin treasures, even if the amount was small, they could gradually proliferate, eventually filling the universe with vitality.
All the more so because that was the result of natural evolution.
The Language God Universe, however, was no longer like that it now had an owner.
He was not only its master, but also a supreme expert who had already refined the universe and could control its rules.
Other universes evolving naturally would need an extremely long time, usually measured in hundreds of millions of years.
But Lin Moyu needed only a thousand years, or even merely a hundred.
Moreover, living beings from his own domain could, when the time came, enter the Language God Universe and bring it more vitality.
As for the origin treasures of the universe, even if the Wall of the Universe truly refused to grant them, he could still rob them.
The Hongmeng Gem had watched many universes undergo their first life and death tribulation and knew the process all too well.
It had demonstrated the scenes to Lin Moyu countless times with both words and gestures.
Lin Moyu had never eaten pork, but had certainly seen pigs run.
Now what he needed to do was seize as many universe origin treasures as possible.
The more origin treasures there were, the more vigorous the initial vitality of the universe's evolution would be, and the faster the evolution would proceed this could be counted as one of the foundations.
Lin Moyu stood within the universe, quietly watching the outer void.
The direction of his gaze was exactly where the Wall of the Universe lay.
At this moment the power of the Wall of the Universe was surging in continuously, which also meant the first great tribulation would arrive at any time.
The Hongmeng Gem asked, "How much does Master plan to snatch?"
Lin Moyu replied, "However much it spews out, that's how much I'll snatch.
"I want it all."
The Hongmeng Gem giggled.
"Master is so greedy but I like it.
"I will help Master snatch everything."
Lin Moyu shook his head.
"You are not helping; you are the main force doing the snatching.
"I have other matters to attend to."
"Eh?
"What else could Master have to do?" the Hongmeng Gem blurted out.
Lin Moyu looked toward the void.
"If I am not mistaken, a certain fellow ought to show up.
"There is no need for you to ask more; you will know when the time comes."
The Hongmeng Gem let out an "oh," and obediently asked no further questions.
Time passed day by day, and the Language God Universe grew stronger with each passing day.
The Hongmeng Spirit Tree constantly absorbed and transformed annihilation power from the Forbidden Zone of Life, supplying nourishment to the Language God Universe.
No longer needing to help Lin Moyu search for other universes, the Hongmeng Spirit Tree finally began to perform its proper duty.
It drew in all the universe remnants it could find nearby, either by establishing space channels or simply by pulling them directly over.
One of the Hongmeng Spirit Tree's abilities was to bear universes upon itself.
Although there were no more intact universes now, that did not mean universe remnants could not be used.
Each remnant that was drawn over became connected to the Hongmeng Spirit Tree's roots.
Its projection appeared upon the Hongmeng Spirit Tree's leaves, forming connections similar to space channels yet far superior to them.
One after another, remnants of universes appeared upon the leaves of the Hongmeng Spirit Tree, and Lin Moyu could enter any of them whenever he wished.
The universe remnants found so far were all very weak, all from universes below three cycles.
As time went on, the number of remnants that could be found would increase.
With the Hongmeng Spirit Tree bearing universes, once the remnants became connected to it, they immediately began to stabilize rapidly.
The power of the Hongmeng Spirit Tree flowed into them, as though repairing the universe remnants.
At the same time, the remnants in turn returned some universe power to the Hongmeng Spirit Tree.
After the Spirit Tree absorbed a portion, it sent a small amount of that universe power into the Language God Universe.
In this way, all three parties benefited, forming a positive cycle.
A single universe remnant had only limited effect.
But when the number of remnants grew, their accumulated effect would become obvious.
Watching this process, Lin Moyu understood clearly that if the Language God Universe wished to grow into a Hongmeng Universe, it had to go through this process.
By gathering the power of myriad universes into one, the Language God Universe would be able to complete its final promotion.
He would reach the Hongmeng Universe level.
Over a hundred years, Little Tree had become the busiest existence within the Language God Universe.
Lin Moyu left one clone with the Hongmeng Gem, watching the Wall of the Universe and waiting for the great tribulation.
His true body continued to polish runes within the Chessboard of All Beings.
In a hundred years he gained some harvest, but there were still three runes he had not reduced them to two.
He felt that something was still missing, that there was something he had yet to comprehend.
"Perhaps it is time to change direction," Lin Moyu thought.
But now was not the right moment.
The universe's life and death tribulation was about to arrive, and anything else would have to wait until after it had passed.
The power from the Wall of the Universe was growing denser and was finally about to reach its peak.
Lin Moyu left the Chessboard of All Beings and returned to the side of the Hongmeng Gem.
He stood at the edge of the universe, gazing into the void.
For the time being, the Hongmeng Spirit Tree stopped drawing in other universes.
Its roots, which had pierced into the Forbidden Zone of Life, rapidly withdrew.
The Hongmeng Gem was excited yet also nervous.
It had seen many universe life and death tribulations, but this was the first time it faced one in person.
"It's coming!"
Lin Moyu's eyes shone slightly as his gaze fell upon a blurry projection that slowly emerged.
The projection of the Wall of the Universe appeared outside the Language God Universe.
Boundless power surged forth like a tidal wave, spreading straight into the Language God Universe and forming a strange passage.
The annihilation power of the Forbidden Zone of Life was pushed back.
Within this passage, an indescribable vitality suffused everything.
This was the power coming from the Wall of the Universe.
The Forbidden Zone of Life governed death, while the Wall of the Universe governed vitality.
The origin treasures that it spewed forth were the source of life for all universes.
A point of light appeared within the Wall of the Universe.
The light point gradually grew larger and brighter, and a ray of light shot out, falling onto the Language God Universe.
Lin Moyu's heart stirred, and he instantly understood the significance of this ray of light.
This was the first threshold that would decide whether the Language God Universe lived or died.
It was the first marker of the universe's life or death judgment.
If this threshold could not be passed, there would be no follow up, and the Language God Universe would inevitably become a dead universe.
This rule applied not only to the Language God Universe, but to other universes as well.
The light from the Wall of the Universe had to penetrate the Language God Universe and form a coordinate within it.
This coordinate was very indistinct, yet incomparably important.
It would become the most crucial point linking the Language God Universe to the Wall of the Universe.
Just like in the Primordial Chaotic Wilds, there had been such a coordinate a great gate at the North Pole.
Through that gate one could reach the region outside the barrier of the Wall of the Universe.
With a thought, Lin Moyu relaxed the rules of the Language God Universe, allowing the light point to enter the universe without the slightest obstruction and complete the establishment of the coordinate.
Within the Language God Universe, a great door slowly emerged.
This gate would become the link between the Language God Universe and the Wall of the Universe.
In the past, the supreme experts of those universes had relied on the coordinates within their own universes to travel to the Wall of the Universe and use it as a hub to transfer to other universes.
Supreme experts could also communicate with one another beyond that gate and exchange resources.
Before long, the gate slowly finished forming and the coordinate was established.
The first threshold of the universe's life and death tribulation was passed smoothly.
Right now this coordinate was still blurry and not entirely stable.
Only after the universe passed the subsequent tribulations would it be able to stabilize completely.
Boom!
The Wall of the Universe shook, and the power connecting it to the Language God Universe surged like waves.
Amid the shaking, one universe origin treasure after another spewed out from the Wall of the Universe and scattered in all directions.