The internal structure of the Orion Arm contains a total of five interstellar Civilization Zones of varying 'sizes'.

  From the inside out, they are the Fidd Popenif Civilization Zone, Sabachbar Civilization Zone, Cobroltaton Civilization Zone, Gadon Rodales Civilization Zone, and Didrogutin, whose majority of civilized territories reside at the very end of the Orion Arm, with a small segment of its domain extending into the Milky Way's dark matter halo region.

  Among these, Sabachbar and Cobroltaton possess roughly equal overall territorial 'sizes', with each being about one-third smaller than the Fidd Popenif Civilization Zone in 'scale'.

  Simultaneously, of the only three long-distance, high-level pathways within the Orion Arm, one is situated precisely between the civilized territories of Sabachbar and Cobroltaton.

  In other words, these two Civilization Zones share a single high-level pathway.

  The reason these two could not coalesce and develop into a single, larger Civilization Zone is because an 'isolation belt'—spanning a territorial range of over 2000 light-years—lies between them.

  Within this vast and profound 'isolation belt,' more than half consists of non-Ether Ash Zones, with only a minuscule fraction classified as Low-Ether Sectors.

  Furthermore, this high-level pathway, traversing this immense cosmic isolation belt, does not branch out into any intermediate or low-level corridors during its lengthy journey; there are none whatsoever.

  This structural reality is why Sabachbar and Cobroltaton gradually solidified into two distinct Civilization Zones over countless millennia, instead of merging into one.

  And at this very moment, on a desolate ocean planet situated on the periphery of the Sabachbar Civilization Zone—named Agelr—several Evil Eye Cultists had gathered.

  Crack crack!!

  Thunder roared, tornadoes shrieked.

  As thousands of lightning bolts emerged in Agelr's atmosphere, they descended like mischievous young Thunder Gods, striking from above along strange, unpredictable trajectories. They seemed to laugh and cheer as they conjured wind and rain, 'sliding' their way down to a thousand meters above the ground.

  A swarm of giant, multicolored dragonfly-shaped avian creatures, composed of thousands of individuals moving in unison, swiftly passed by. Unable to evade, they were instantly struck by hundreds of thunderbolts.

  But miraculously, these birds, each larger than a truck, did not perish immediately; instead, they plummeted towards the deep blue ocean below.

  They were then swiftly enveloped by layers of tiny, azure currents, calmly continuing their flight toward the more distant horizon.

  During their aerial progression, the currents that rapidly moved outside their bodies flowed and leaped for only a dozen seconds. They were then partially absorbed into their forms and partially redirected outward by their specialized, room-temperature superconducting, delicate fuzz, which simultaneously displayed rainbow-like illusions of red, yellow, and blue light.

  On the surface of this planet named Agelr, apart from a few scattered, shattered deserted islands, there was only the vast and boundless ocean. Consequently, it was perpetually covered by dense, humid water vapor, resulting in a climate characterized by frequent rain and electrical storms.

  Thus, these giant birds, as indigenous fauna of Agelr, had, through long epochs of natural selection, developed mechanisms to attract lightning and manipulate electrical energy.

  And just as these thousands of colorful giant birds were beating their four wings at high speed, an immense, ferocious maw, completely eclipsing their entire field of vision ahead, suddenly appeared, engulfing the giant birds that were drawing in wind and clouds, utterly devouring them.

  Crack crack crack!

  Within the maw's crimson throat, densely packed sharp teeth instantly erupted like a dense forest, rapidly rotating like layer upon layer of circular saws. They quickly shredded and ground these bewildered giant birds, which had blundered into their path, into large torrents of turbid flesh and blood mixed with countless tiny colorful feathers. These remains were then completely swallowed down by the surging, expanding throat of the maw.

  Roar!!!

  After swallowing these colorful giant birds, this sky-piercing maw roared once toward the sky, then suddenly blurred, rapidly shrinking—defying the law of conservation of mass—into a hundred-meter-tall crimson worm, resembling a hovering, high-speed rail train.

  "Hmm... The flesh and blood of birds are always so fragrant and delicious."

  The colossal worm, floating in the sky like a demonic dragon, spoke with a raspy, ear-piercing voice, betraying intense cruelty and pleasure.

  He lowered his head and gazed greedily 'at' the slowly rising Gray Eagle with the snake-like neck below, saying excitedly:

  "Sidney, I wonder if your flavor is as exquisite as theirs? Let me have a taste."

  Sidney, the Gray Eagle, only half the size of a human, completely ignored the worm's provocation and threat. He flew directly in front of his opponent, offering a faint, chilling laugh: "Fine, do you wish to drink my blood? Or perhaps suck out my brains? Or maybe you want to chew on my most brittle skeleton?"

  With that, he suddenly separated his limbs, exploding into a bulging, turbid mass of gore, composed of internal organs, brains, bone fragments, and large quantities of dark, heavy blood.

  Within this blood mass, countless grotesque insects covered in secret scriptures could be seen, rhythmically wandering and contemplating. At every moment, they were conducting thousands upon thousands of miniature rituals, each emanating a strong sense of evil grievance.

  Strangely, these maggots, at a quick glance, appeared unintelligent, yet when observed as a collective, a powerful radiance of wisdom could clearly be sensed.

  Individual units were unintelligent, but when gathered into a swarm, they exhibited complete sentience.

  This was clearly a form of collective intelligent life.

  "You foul, bird-disguised thing."

  The colossal worm stated gloomily, coldly, and indifferently, "Get away from my sight."

  With that, he twisted his body and flicked his tail, accompanied by a rumbling air explosion, shooting several thousand meters away, leaving behind a cackling Sidney who once again reformed into his snake-necked Gray Eagle state.

  Just then, the ocean spanning several thousand miles suddenly boiled with extreme heat.

  From the center of the sea, a crimson giant ape, dozens of meters tall, suddenly flew out.

  At the same moment, an aged giant rat, leaning on a staff that elongated at extreme speed like a Ruyi Jingu Bang, glided rapidly from the horizon.

  And once the crimson giant ape ascended into the sky, these strangely shaped Evil Eye Cultists immediately greeted him respectfully: "Bishop Renenpu."

  "Heh, heh, heh."

  Renenpu scratched his head and ears, cackling sinisterly, "It's truly a shame that none of you perished in the last Sabbath like Bactan."

  "Cough cough cough."

  The giant rat coughed violently, reaching out to catch the tiny rat he inadvertently coughed out, stuffing it back into his mouth, and mumbled while chewing:

  "Ah, my Lord Bishop, poor Lord Bactan just died without his body intact; is it not a bit excessive for you to jest about him like that?"

  "Excessive?"

  Renenpu suddenly pulled out a peculiar fruit the size of a human face. As the human face wailed and cried out, he bit into it fiercely, while cackling:

  "Why should a deceased fellow be shown deference? Besides, if he hadn't died, I wouldn't be able to assume his position, would I?"

  "Hahahahahahaha!"

  The worm, several thousand meters distant, twisted and turned, hissing with laughter, "The Bishop speaks sense. He's a dead man; why should we respect his final breath?"

  At this moment, Sidney, the snake-necked Gray Eagle, who was closest, shouted and asked: "Bishop, I'm a bit curious, why did you suddenly summon us here? What task requires our presence?"

  "Crunch crunch crunch, what else could it be?"

  Renenpu said casually while biting his fruit: "You must have seen the directive issued by the Great Archbishop. We need to find a method to bewitch each civilization into intercepting that so-called unknown entity.

  Hmm, here is my assessment. As unfortunate souls who personally survived the Teddy catastrophe, logically speaking, you must possess some familiarity with that so-called 'unknown entity'."

  "Unknown entity?" The three Evil Eye Cultists exchanged glances, sensing the waves of latent fear emanating from each other.

  On that fateful day, although they hadn't, unlike Obra and Bactan, either 'witnessed' directly or implicitly understood the nature of that unknown entity.

  But as seasoned elder demon leaders, the three of them had, long before any danger erupted, followed years of careful familiarity with all previous Sabbaths, and had wisely withdrawn early.

  Subsequently, from a distant spacetime vantage point, the three, acting purely out of ingrained habit, used divine arts or artifacts to 'peer back' at Teddy's situation, only to discover that the planet, along with its entire star system, had been instantly vaporized.

  They had originally intended to cast a causality-type divine art to 'glimpse' the true form of that entity.

  But upon witnessing the tragic spectacle of several cult brethren exploding on the spot after attempting observation with divine arts, the three forcibly suppressed their overwhelming curiosity, and immediately fled without a second glance, utilizing precious escape artifacts to make their way to the periphery of the Sabachbar Civilization Zone, over 2000 light-years distant.

  But now, Bishop Renenpu genuinely intended to adhere to the Great Archbishop's order to intercept that terrifying unknown entity. This felt... challenging.

  "Bishop," the aged giant rat stammered, "I believe we should perhaps deliberate on this further?"

  "Indeed," the worm echoed in a muffled, subdued tone, "I also believe we need to think this through properly."

  The snake-necked Gray Eagle remained silent, but the restless twitching of its tail feathers betrayed its underlying anxiety.

  "Heh heh heh heh heh heh."

  The crimson giant ape looked at the three of them, baring its fangs and hissing with laughter: "I summoned you here to gather intelligence, not to receive lessons on how to execute my duties."

  With that, his expression instantly turned frigid. The ambient temperature around them plummeted instantaneously, and even the undulating sea surface a thousand meters below instantly froze solid, transforming into vast expanses of hard, azure ice.

  At the same time, countless strangely shaped, gloomy eyes inexplicably opened across the damp, cold atmosphere stretching for thousands of miles, all focusing on the three individuals.

  Accompanying the dense cold air, those countless pairs of eyes suddenly emitted layers of ear-piercing, soul-grating ghostly whispers and sinister laughter.

  "Caw caw caw caw caw..."

  "Heh heh heh heh heh..."

  "Tra la la la la la..."

  This scene suddenly felt as if an ancient ghost god, grinning, had crawled out from the Underworld, dragging thousands of ghost children and grandchildren back to the human realm—incredibly eerie and terrifying.

  "What unknown entity?"

  Renenpu sneered, "Do you realize that before arriving here, I had already successfully cultivated a Milky Way Tyrant..."

  Suddenly, the world ceased moving, and all things stood still.

  The crimson giant ape, along with the other three Evil Eye Cultists, stiffened instantly, from the depth of their souls to their physical bodies.

  In the next instant, this desolate ocean planet, along with its entire colossal star system, instantly shattered and vaporized into violent energy, swept into roaring torrents by immense, twisting space-time currents, surging at superluminal speed toward the boundless void.

  And following the direction of this current.

  Looking across trillions, hundreds of trillions, tens of quadrillions of light-years.

  At this very moment, a human-shaped cosmic giant, whose body was covered with countless brilliant nebulae and stellar light, resembling the cosmos itself, was striding forward with profound indifference.

  It was Seraphine’s true form passing through.

  The heavy space-time waves generated by her footfalls would tear apart and annihilate all star systems within a radius of tens to hundreds of light-years, transforming them into colossal rivers of energy that flowed at superluminal speed into the silent dimensional rifts on her colossal body, which gaped like bottomless abysses.

  This was precisely what happened to the star system where those Evil Eye Cultists were located.

  But unlike before, when each step could only cover a distance of tens of light-years.

  Now, every stride Seraphine took would, under the effect of the Light of Infinity, forcibly distort cosmic rules, traversing a distance exceeding one thousand light-years in a single second, achieving a terrifying velocity of tens of billions of times the speed of light.

  And through this high-frequency utilization of the Light of Infinity, Seraphine also gradually explored the vague limits of her materialized Spirituality.

  In terms of breadth, it spanned a range of 1,000 light-years in every direction.

  In terms of precision, it reached the level of elementary particles and beyond.

  In terms of intensity, it allowed her to interfere with, distort, peel away, and overwrite space-time, matter, energy, information, and fields—as well as the 【Internal Properties】 and 【External Imprint Objects】 of all things in the universe—thereby effortlessly creating various paradoxical and anomalous effects without apparent cause.

  For instance: creating blazing light of absolute zero that simultaneously registered as hot as 15 million degrees Celsius; propelling all matter to move at superluminal speeds while ignoring relativistic effects; forcibly causing an ordinary carbon-based lion to give birth to a black hole more massive than a mountain without suffering any harm; enabling the most common mantis shrimp in the sea, using its chitinous claws, to unleash gamma-ray bursts traveling at superluminal speeds without expending energy; causing carbon-based mammals, reptiles, fish, and birds to undergo bizarre chromosomal cell division reproduction without altering their fundamental genetic makeup; or creating an electric bicycle capable of running for hundreds of thousands or millions of years purely on a vat of diesel, ignoring all terrain limitations...

  All manner of phenomena that defy common sense and established science can be easily achieved through the Light of Infinity.

  For Seraphine, there is no necessity to debate whether a certain thing objectively exists.

  As long as she believes it exists, then that thing unequivocally exists.

  Utilizing one's subjective thought to distort and envelop the objective external world.

  This is the power embodied by the Light of Infinity.

  And while traversing the vast cosmos, devouring tens of thousands of star systems and countless intelligent species at superluminal speed, Seraphine's primary focus was already on the future sublimation of her materialized Root Spirituality.

  While traversing the colossal 'isolation belt' between the Fidd Popenif Civilization Zone and the Sabachbar Civilization Zone, she, utilizing the combined power of Eye of True Revelation, Chaos Calculation, and Cosmic Intellect, deduced twenty types of cultivation methodologies capable of effectively elevating the Root Spirituality of intelligent life.

  Namely:

  《Blind Following and Solitude》《Assimilation and Mutation》《The False and Reality》《Perception, Development, Transcendence》《Freedom and Isolation》《The Reliance and Burden of Self Versus the Universe》《Subjective Imagination and Objective Truth》《The Beast of Thought》《Marvel of Consciousness》《Self-Originated Talent Creation》《Records of Spiritual Inspiration》《Breaking Through One's Own Limits》《The Journey of Spiritual Freedom》《Thought and Language》《Memory and Wisdom》《Cognition and Fact》《The Evolution of Thought》《Surpassing the Self》《The Art of Ideation》《The Science of the Mind》.

  Each of these twenty types of Spirituality cultivation methods possesses terrifying intrinsic power sufficient to enable a life form, during the cultivation process, to rapidly unearth its inherent talent and elevate it to an unparalleled level.

  Under the support of these cultivation protocols, any intelligent life form possessing Root Spirituality, no matter how dense or incompetent, could freely select one path—science, martial arts, superpowers, or mystical arts—and then unhindered, evolve all the way to a peak Milky Way Overlord, or potentially even touch the Half-Sage realm.

  But merely reaching this level of advancement held no significance for Seraphine.

  Thus, while relentlessly consuming the numerous interstellar civilizations of the Sabachbar Civilization Zone, she never paused her rampage.

  During this time, Seraphine constantly utilized these twenty Spirituality methods as her foundation and sustenance, continuously merging and refining them, aiming to condense a significantly more powerful Spirituality cultivation method.

  Time slowly progressed.

  Boom!!

  Within a radius spanning over a thousand light-years, excluding the star systems that harbored intelligent life, all other abundant stellar bodies suddenly collapsed and disintegrated, transforming into continuous rivers of energy that flowed at faster-than-light speed directly into the dimensional rifts upon Seraphine's body.

  Simultaneously.

  After acquiring a new influx of wisdom spark providers, her Spirituality cultivation method refinement process finally declared success.

  The twenty foundational methods were condensed by her into six great disciplines.

  These are:

  《Superiority Over the Ordinary》《Transcendental Thinking》《Inevitable Journey》《Transcendent Experience》《The Path of Self-Mastery》《Instinct, Self, and Divinity》.

  Each of these Spirituality cultivation methods could permit all intelligent life forms to enter the Universal Sage level without impediment or bottleneck, allowing them to delve deeply into its power, even potentially touching upon—or possessing a minuscule chance of experiencing—Spirituality materialization.

  Yet, for Seraphine, this was still insufficient.

  "Continue!"

  She indifferently stomped, traversing another thousand light-years, ruthlessly devouring numerous confused and ignorant intelligent species.

  Another period of time elapsed.

  After Seraphine had completely absorbed every interstellar civilization within the entirety of the Sabachbar Civilization Zone, leaving absolutely nothing behind.

  Eye of True Revelation + Chaos Calculation + Cosmic Intellect, operating in concert and exerting their combined power, finally, painstakingly refined and condensed a singular Spirituality cultivation method.

  Namely: 《Cosmic Dawn Decree》.

  ...

  "Cosmic Dawn, is it..."

  Within the long, sprawling Orion Arm, in the colossal 'isolation belt' situated between the Sabachbar Civilization Zone and the Cobroltaton Civilization Zone.

  Seraphine, appearing as a human-shaped cosmos seemingly constructed from endless star clusters, stood quietly in the boundless universe.

  At the center of her massive visage, which was adorned with brilliant nebulae, her super-dimensional eyes, vast as entire star systems, rotated with divine light, instantly illuminating the boundless, brilliant starry expanse spanning hundreds of quadrillions of kilometers of the universe's spacetime ahead.

  "All are Ash Zone stars, useless."

  Her cold gaze swept across the void. Wherever it landed, millions of stars violently convulsed, instantly collapsing and disintegrating, transforming into countless thick, long, scorching rivers of light, surging at faster-than-light speed toward Seraphine's form, flowing into the numerous silent dimensional cracks—like bottomless abysses.

  Simultaneously, Seraphine, while executing various acts of destruction, also shifted her focus, directing her attention inward toward the Cosmic Intellect deep within her Primordial Soul, where she contemplated the exceptionally powerful Spirituality cultivation method, 《Cosmic Dawn Decree》, deduced from countless sources of knowledge.

  This Spirituality method is currently an incomplete product. According to Seraphine's assessment, it tentatively comprises only six realms in its early to mid-stages.

  The first realm is the realm of spiritual awakening:

  【Mind Like Glazed Jade, Intent Like Hardened Steel】

  Those who step into this realm will possess thoughts and intentions as unyielding and resilient as tempered steel, unwavering, and will never falter or submit due to external coercion.

  Concurrently, their mental state and insight will become extraordinarily clear and profound; reason and desire coexist in near-perfect harmony, resembling a transparent, brilliant, glazed jade—pristine and unified.

  Upon attaining this realm, practitioners can fully unearth the potential of their brain structures and physical form, greatly augmenting the strength of their soul. Coupled with exceptional martial arts aptitude and foundation, they will manifest potent mental and psychic abilities such as eidetic memory, unparalleled mental calculation, hypnotic gaze, illusion crafting, telekinetic manipulation of objects, telepathic broadcasting, soul-searching and spirit-snatching, and even body possession.

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  With these capabilities, one can effortlessly dominate the mundane sphere; ordinary martial artists and superpower users are no match whatsoever.

  The second realm is the realm of intellectual leap:

  【Vast Heavens Beyond Reach, Thought Untainted by Birth】

  The so-called ten thousand miles of starry sky, devoid of foul winds or ugly waves, is seen rippling and surging, featuring soaring verdant peaks, jade streams drinking ice, overflowing fragrant essences, wild fields of red and purple, and quiet, golden-flowing mountain deer.

  Those who ascend to this realm, even if they encounter repeated sieges and layered conspiracies, or even experience a world turned upside down or a great reversal of the universe, their mental state will remain like a clear sky spanning ten thousand miles, untroubled by any distracting clouds or miscellaneous thoughts.

  It will forever be supremely quiet and pure, ethereal and unhindered, carefree and without worries.

  Those who attain this realm will find their Soul greatly solidified, and their innate talent and foundation rapidly surge. Moreover, their wisdom and intelligence will also significantly increase, truly making them unparalleled and rare geniuses across all aspects: science, martial arts, mystical arts, and superpowers.

  The third realm, the realm of Spirituality's ascent:

  【Wind and Cloud Transform, Intent and Mind Endure】

  After stepping into this realm, one's mental state will forever remain in a highly ambitious and enterprising condition.

  Furthermore, even if one experiences various ups and downs and hardships in life—whether great or small, severe or mild—including dramatic shifts in circumstances, fate, and destiny encountered while roaming the vast cosmos, alongside the myriad challenges faced while walking the mundane world, one's mental state can still remain perpetually stable and serene. Guided by supreme faith and determination, they view all adversities as mere stepping stones and all enemies as scenery, advancing joyfully.

  Those who halt at this realm can only be physically slain, but they cannot be mentally defeated.

  Because all internal and external interference, fluctuations, and immense pressure will simply slide past them—like an illusory, empty parallel universe—leaving absolutely no trace in their hearts, incapable of causing any influence whatsoever.

  Those who enter this realm will undergo an immense transformation in their mind, temperament, and belief, ascending to become unparalleled talents, standing above tens of thousands of rare geniuses.

  The fourth realm, the realm of Spirituality's sublimation:

  【Immortal Embryo Solidifies Thought, Severing Emotion and Severing Self】

  Upon achieving this realm, the practitioner will rapidly eradicate incomplete 'mortal' thoughts such as weakness, timidity, regret, negativity, naivety, despondency, reliance on luck, and evasion.

  Simultaneously, they will condense a supreme thought that transcends both rationality and sensibility, yet perfectly encompasses both.

  This supreme thought can manifest as god or demon, monster or ghost, immortal or buddha.

  It then unifies the mental states of the first three realms of the 《Cosmic Dawn Decree》, using these as its foundation, finally gestating an extremely pure, terrifyingly absolute, utterly transcendent, supreme mental state.

  Upon reaching this realm, Spirituality will gradually semi-materialize. As previously mentioned, one will begin to possess the miraculous ability to easily influence the external material world purely through mental will, without relying on techniques for manipulating objects or controlling energy.

  The fifth realm, the realm of Spirituality's metamorphosis:

  【Witnessing All Ages, Intent Unblemished by Frost or Dew】

  Roaming through the historical currents of countless species, traversing the Ocean of Knowledge of countless civilizations.

  Experiencing the baptism of time and the tempering of ages.

  Only after absorbing endless information, thereby furiously elevating one's cognitive structure of the world and the universe—from the simple to the complex—and continuously sublimating thought, can one finally enter this realm.

  Time wields a terrifying power.

  It can render the sturdy fragile, the brave cowardly, the light dark, and the beautiful distorted and flawed. It can turn the good evil, the great vile.

  No matter how noble and pure the dragon-slaying youth, he will eventually become the evil dragon he once scorned.

  No matter how beautiful and kind the Snow White princess, she will eventually become the evil queen she once feared.

  It appears that all things in this great universe, from their once orderly, magnificent beauty, will gradually be weathered by the winds of time, becoming flawed objects entwined with endless chaos.

  And those who step into this realm can possess a noble and distant spirit, untainted by any erosion or adverse wounds.

  No matter how many years pass.

  Even if it spans ten thousand years, a hundred thousand years, countless ages, or endless eons.

  The practitioner's thoughts and beliefs, will and spirit, reasoning and perception, will never show the slightest fluctuation or deviation.

  In this mental state, the practitioner herself will forever be her own god.

  Furthermore, upon entering this realm, the practitioner's Spirituality will rapidly materialize, like a perfect, flawless, and incomparably tough peerless diamond. Relying on the subtly radiated light of will, she can command time, matter, energy, information, rules, common sense, and even all things in the great universe, becoming a true Lord of All Things.

  Seraphine is in this realm.

  And the sixth realm, which is currently the highest realm of the 《Cosmic Dawn Decree》.

  It is also the final and most crucial stage in the early to mid-stages of this cultivation method.

  That is, Spirituality's sanctification.

  【Universe Collapses, Will Unwavering】

  According to Seraphine's estimation, upon entering this realm, apart from the inherent ability to modify the rules of cosmic reality being further enhanced—greatly amplified across all layers of breadth, intensity, and precision—more importantly, her Root Spirituality will also experience an extremely massive and extremely mysterious grand transformation.

  It will, along with Root Spirituality, ascend to Fundamental Divinity.

  That would be a groundbreaking transformation, possibly involving what is termed Authority and Hypostasis, carrying an absolute quality.

  "However, to step into the sixth realm of Cosmic Dawn, I must first thoroughly perfect this fifth realm."

  Seraphine calmly looked towards the nearby Cobroltaton Interstellar Civilization Zone, whispering coldly, "To achieve perfection, I need to 'eat' more civilizations."

  At this moment, Chaos Calculation, which had evolved countless times and now appeared even more mystical—displaying clear signs of fusion with the Eye of True Revelation—suddenly vibrated, projecting a piece of information directly into her mind:

  【Devouring the entire Milky Way galaxy will achieve the sixth realm of Dawn, and furthermore, unlock the path to five-dimensional life within that state.】

  "Oh?"

  Seraphine smiled, "Intriguing. Advancing from four dimensions to five dimensions requires consuming an entire Milky Way. So, from five dimensions to six dimensions... how much consumption will that demand?"

  Chaos Calculation provided no further answer.

  After completely consuming the Sabachbar Civilization Zone and the numerous Broken Sectors scattered nearby, Seraphine's 'body' had acquired an additional two hundred and sixty-seven interstellar-level intelligent species, alongside seven hundred and thirteen low-technology planetary-level intelligent species that had not yet achieved space travel, totaling eight hundred trillion intelligent life forms.

  Moreover, by this time, while engaged in devouring these intelligent species, in just two days, over 10 million star systems had permanently vanished from this now perilous Milky Way due to Seraphine's actions.

  If, at this instant, an intelligent life form were to command a Level 9 warp superluminal spaceship, departing from the outer periphery of the Golden Bough Interstellar Civilization Zone and traveling continuously to the very end of the Sabachbar Civilization Zone, they would discover that this colossal, vast interstellar expanse had been reduced to an empty void of the universe.

  Aside from sparse, scattered, shattered non-Ether star systems tucked away in various corners, and large yet porous, low-density cosmic dust clouds, this void contained absolutely nothing else.

  However, Seraphine paid no heed to these remnants.

  She took a single step, traversing over a thousand light-years in one second, carrying surging and fluctuating space-time tides, and instantaneously materialized at the outermost edge of the Cobroltaton Civilization Zone.

  Her Eye of Transcendence rotated, her divine gaze sweeping across the expanse.

  Now, excluding the outermost fringes in all four cardinal directions, more than half of this colossal Civilization Zone's interstellar civilizations' activities were instantly illuminated within Seraphine's comprehension.

  Among these, the thousands upon thousands of colossal starship fleets, which were slowly converging from various vectors through the Sentience Realm Hallway at superluminal speed toward the outer regions of this Civilization Zone, were also clearly perceived by her.

  "Hmm, these Evil Eye Cultists' mobilization is truly swift."

  The cosmic giant murmured indifferently, "They actually managed to incite so many interstellar civilizations to gather their strength to intercept me."

  While consuming numerous intelligent civilizations, some Evil Eye Cultists who were too slow to escape also, under those circumstances, offered their memories to Seraphine without reservation.

  Thus, she naturally learned of Dark Archbishop Ogulafata's, arguably pointless, scheme.

  As for the Spirituality of these cultists...

  Perhaps due to that unknown Great Eyes, all Evil Eye Cultists' Spirituality, including Swetha's, seemed to have suffered some kind of contamination.

  Although they could yield sparks of wisdom, their magnitude was exceptionally small, and moreover, they were highly chaotic, lacking true purity.

  So Seraphine, after a brief consideration, annihilated them all.

  Filthy entities possess no need for existence.

  "They actually intend to utilize a so-called interstellar fleet to impede my progress; one can only observe..."

  Seraphine gently shook her head, "Ants, due to their own inherent insignificance, are entirely incapable of comprehending the sheer vastness of the blazing sun."

  With that declaration, countless stars within a thousand light-years immediately soared and danced wildly. Amidst the rumbling collapse of their structural integrity, they organized and condensed into tens of millions of brilliant rivers of light, several light-years thick, stretching for billions of miles. They roared and surged at superluminal velocity, fiercely flying toward Seraphine, who was slowly extending her arms.

  Boom!!!

  Almost resembling a cosmic Big Bang event.

  Vast and terrifying light and heat instantly boiled and roared within a hundred light-years surrounding Seraphine. The fierce, angry radiance tore apart all matter at levels higher than elementary particles into absolute nothingness.

  She held no concern for what tactics those interstellar fleets might devise, nor did she care for their subsequent maneuvers.

  The immense space-time differential rendered it nearly impossible for them to ever achieve contact.

  Based on the speed and efficiency of these interstellar warships, by the time Seraphine executed her next step, they likely wouldn't even register a reaction before being directly annihilated into oblivion.

  Too insignificant, too minute.

  So small, in fact, that she didn't even register it as an offense; she simply dismissed it as a mere trifle.

  Seraphine personally consumed the myriad interstellar civilizations and intelligent species existing within a radius of nearly 1000 light-years.

  Simultaneously, she channeled the Light of Infinity into the Cosmic Intellect, encompassing the memory entities of Cadelon and Panei.

  Under this immense power of reality alteration, the so-called secret lock—a system information archive of an extremely advanced technological content and an utterly alien galactic core Civilization—was instantly bypassed.

  Thus, a vast trove of information regarding the galactic core was entirely laid bare before Seraphine's 'eyes'.

  First, the environment.

  Compared to many spiral arms, the galactic core environment proved exceptionally bizarre.

  There, although Super-Ether Sectors existed where Ether activity was a million times higher than even High-Ether Sectors.

  The life birth rate there was not considered high.

  Or perhaps, the survival rate of life post-birth, and its capacity for sustained existence... was extremely low.

  Because, unlike the relative 'emptiness' of the Orion Arm.

  The star density in the galactic core region was incredibly concentrated, reaching an almost exaggerated value of 300,000 stars per cubic light-year.

  This is an absolutely staggering figure; to put it another way, it is equivalent to forcibly compressing over a million suns into the space occupied by a single Solar System.

  Furthermore, the majority of these 'suns' were well past their prime, already approaching the mid-to-late stages of stellar senescence.

  Consequently, their volume and luminosity were distinctly more powerful, akin to 'super suns'.

  Due to this, the galactic core, despite being a Super-Ether region, is, in a sense, almost the most perilous area of the entire Milky Way, and the least hospitable to life forms.

  There, the numerous aged stars acted like countless ticking time bombs, perpetually threatening the safety and lives of surrounding stars.

  Moreover, aside from these aged stars, the galactic core was also subjected to continuous supernovae explosions.

  Finally, because of this extreme stellar overcrowding, collisions and catastrophic explosions frequently occurred even between the stars of the galactic core, generating wave after wave of rapidly propagating energy surges.

  Under the cover of these surges, newly birthed, extremely fragile life forms possessed no defense and could only close their eyes and await inevitable death.

  Therefore, in the near-absolute Death Zone of the galactic core, apart from life forms like the Yonruk species, which are Nuclear Molecule Nebula life forms inherently born in high-pressure, high-temperature environments, other conventional carbon-based, silicon-based, sulfur-based, ring-based, amino-based, nitrogen-based, phosphorus-based, and mercury-based organisms simply could not originate or survive.

  Of course, the six mentioned species do not reside amongst these overly clustered, scorching stars.

  In fact, they... inhabit the galactic core black hole.

  According to Seraphine's calculations, without her intervention, approximately five billion years later, the Sun, upon entering old age, would become 2,000 times brighter than it is presently.

  Thus, the galactic core region, densely packed with countless aged stars, would become so luminous it would blind the sight of all fragile beings, and might even be 'scorched' into ash by its terrifyingly intense stellar radiation.

  The fundamental reason the galactic core region can aggregate so many colossal stars and maintain their tight orbit in one place lies entirely in the existence of the great black hole at the center of the galaxy.

  From Cadelon's and Panei's memories, it is known that this behemoth, situated at the very nexus of the Milky Way, possessing an event horizon diameter of 2.4 million kilometers, has a mass approximately 4.3 million times that of the Sun.

  Such a colossal mass naturally brings with it an incredibly immense gravitational pull.

  Only in this manner could so many stars willingly and obediently cluster around it, remaining in a state of hibernation and revolution.

  However, while the motion of many stars within the galactic core region is clearly influenced by the central great black hole, this does not imply that the hundreds of billions of star systems in the entire Milky Way similarly revolve around it.

  For instance, many star systems in the Orion Arm, which is extremely distant from the galactic core region, are almost entirely unaffected by that gravitational singularity.

  The reason for this is also fundamentally simple.

  Because the Milky Way galaxy is truly too vast.

  The Milky Way's bulge and disk alone, along with the massive concentration of dark matter that remains invisible and intangible yet tangibly permeates the two outer halos, possesses a combined mass and inherent power far exceeding that of the central black hole.

  Perhaps these vast regions also exert an immense gravitational pull due to their own colossal inherent mass.

  Therefore, apart from the ancient stars residing in the galactic core region, the majority of stars within the Milky Way do not orbit that singular central black hole—or rather, their orbits are not exclusively dictated by it.

  Within the boundless expanse of the Milky Way, every celestial body possesses gravity, whether its influence is minute or substantial, weak or strong.

  When viewed from a larger, macroscopic perspective, this individual force might be negligible, but when aggregated, it manifests as an immensely powerful and unparalleled force.

  This mirrors the dynamics of a certain Low-Ether star system existing deep within the Orion Arm.

  It has likely always been subtly affected by the extremely weak gravitational pull emanating from the galactic core black hole.

  However, simultaneously, it is more heavily dominated by the collective gravitational pull exerted by other large star clusters and concentrations of dark matter in the distant reaches.

  This illustrates the complex nature of gravitational interactions governing the celestial bodies of the Milky Way.

  And within Panei and Cadelon’s memories, Seraphine also observed that among the six dominant species inhabiting the terrifying galactic core region, there were: the Yonruk Civilization, which was born amidst the dust and gas clouds of high-temperature, high-pressure nebulae and possessed an ardent desire for conflict.

  And the Ponret species, from which Panei originated, characterized by average combat prowess but born with potent psychic abilities and an extraordinarily long lifespan.

  And the colossal plant life form species that styled themselves as life protectors yet were, in reality, maniacs obsessed with bioweapon experimentation—the Pelodi Life Tree Civilization.

  As well as the Loveling Civilization, physically diminutive but naturally gifted with powerful psychic abilities, adept at various strange mystical arts, extremely keen on interstellar exploration and treasure hunting, and whose appearance miraculously mirrored Earth's felines.

  Upon encountering this specific piece of data, Seraphine recalled and mused:

  "So that explains it; the precursor to that Astralglow Tiger likely originated from this so-called Loveling Civilization."

  Finally, there were the two equally formidable species ranking first and second among the six core tribes: the Arnel Civilization, and the Iain Civilization, which proclaimed itself the Milky Way's Observer.

  These six great galactic core Civilizations were also what are termed Transcendent species.

  That is, any individual born into these species is necessarily a potent Transcendent-level being from birth.

  This represents an... extremely terrifying inherent advantage.

  Across the entire Milky Way, individuals from countless civilizations and myriad intelligent species almost universally have to commence from the Ordinary stage, cultivating and evolving step by step to reach Transcendent, and then overcoming various arduous trials to finally qualify, only after achieving the peak of Transcendent, to look up towards the Overlord level.

  But the six galactic core species are Transcendent beings from their inception. Under such exceptionally favorable conditions, barring a very small number of outliers like Panei, whose inherent aptitude is truly abysmal, the majority of members from these six species can, with minimal exertion, easily cultivate to the peak of Transcendent.

  In this developmental process, there are almost no significant roadblocks; difficulty only truly arises when attempting to ascend to the higher Milky Way Overlord level.

  Yet, for the substantial contingent of geniuses within these six core species, this remaining hurdle is not considered great.

  Consequently, the sheer quantity of Milky Way Overlords found among these six species is remarkable.

  Their numbers are so vast that if they were to mobilize en masse, they would be sufficient to eradicate all tens of thousands of interstellar civilizations existing outside the galactic core.

  Not to mention, they have inherited a wealth of powerful artifacts from the ancient Star Eater species of prior cosmic epochs.

  Excluding all the aforementioned factors.

  Seraphine even discerned that the count of Universal Sages among these six great species approached nearly a hundred.

  It must be recalled that the entirety of the Orion Arm, and even during Cadelon’s extensive traversals across numerous Milky Way regions, she had never encountered a single genuine Universal Sage.

  However, in her memories, she also recalled that these overwhelmingly powerful species, who mostly dwelled within the galactic core and rarely ventured outward, included, besides the perpetually warlike Yonruk and the interstellar adventurer Loveling species, the Pelodi Life Tree, which spanned various sectors of the Milky Way seeking low-level civilizations to utilize as subjects for biological experimentation.

  The remaining three major species largely exhibited minimal interest in the Low-Ether activities of the outer Milky Way, confining their concerns primarily to the numerous affairs within their established civilized territories.

  Furthermore, the territorial spheres of influence for these six species were not situated near the star-dense, crowded star cluster regions, but rather orbited that most perilous location: the galactic core black hole.

  This location is renowned as the legendary site of the Divine Trial.

  In Cadelon's colossal memory, spanning tens of thousands of years, Seraphine perceived that in reality, all six galactic core species resided within an ultimate mega-structure called the 【Sanchegues】, which was constructed enveloping the black hole's event horizon.

  What exactly constitutes an ultimate mega-structure?

  If the Dyson Sphere represents the zenith of interstellar civilization in terms of cosmic mega-structure engineering.

  Then the Sanchegues, possessing a construction partially resembling a Penrose Sphere, is an engineering marvel that comprehensively surpasses the Dyson Sphere in every measurable aspect.

  The so-called Penrose Sphere is a large-scale energy apparatus designed to continuously extract substantial amounts of thermodynamic free energy from a black hole via the Penrose Process.

  Its operational principle is remarkably straightforward.

  Normally, as a black hole rotates, it drags the surrounding spacetime, thereby creating a region known as the 'Ergosphere' just outside the event horizon.

  In this specific region, because the three-dimensional spacetime is severely warped by the black hole's gravity, any object located within it cannot maintain a stationary position relative to an observer located further out in space.

  Crucially, because the Ergosphere exists outside the black hole's event horizon, objects entering this zone retain a chance of escape.

  If, when matter is projected toward the black hole, one precisely chooses the appropriate angular velocity and trajectory to enter the Ergosphere before subsequently disintegrating automatically.

  One portion falls across the event horizon, while the other part is violently ejected outward from the Ergosphere.

  Then, provided the trajectory is correctly calculated, the kinetic energy of the object expelled from the Ergosphere (outside the event horizon) will actually exceed the kinetic energy of the object that initially entered.

  And this surplus kinetic energy is siphoned directly from the black hole's own rotational kinetic energy.

  However, based on Cadelon's stored recollections, the deep structure of the Sanchegues is not as straightforward as merely being a Penrose Sphere.

  It is far more complex.

  Judging by its visible appearance and function, this super mega-structure is almost an artificial... 'Primordial World'.

  The Sanchegues is a gargantuan sphere, several hundred to several thousand kilometers thick, possessing a diameter of two trillion kilometers, effectively encompassing nearly half of the galactic core black hole. Its entire surface is adorned with rivers, vast seas, lakes, mountain ranges, continents, and thousands of diverse natural environments, ranging from temperate zones to the most extreme climates.

  But why is it stated to only encompass roughly half of the black hole?

  Because this immense undertaking... remains incomplete.

  Since Cadelon's earliest recollections, and drawing from the historical archives of the Yonruk species' civilization spanning several million years.

  This Sanchegues has seemingly always been unfinished, or perhaps, severely compromised.

  As if an unimaginably terrifying catastrophe had ravaged the galactic core eons ago.

  Consequently, its current habitable area constitutes only one-third of its theoretically complete surface area.

  And even this one-third segment is fractured into hundreds of thousands of separate pieces.

  Yet, even shattered to this degree, within these numerous fractured blocks, the smallest single piece boasts an area 100,000 times that of Earth's total surface area.

  And the six largest resulting blocks have been completely colonized by the Milky Way's six primary tribes long ago.

  Because of this, the primary centers of civilization for the Milky Way's six tribes are established upon these Sanchegues blocks, supplemented by a few peripheral planets located near the galactic core region.

  As for the more distant interstellar reaches, the six tribes utterly disregard them, dismissing them as barbaric territories devoid of high-level Ether.

  "Sanchegues, a continent of space situated outside a black hole—what an intriguing concept."

  After processing this information, Seraphine's core stirred with immediate excitement, developing a profound desire to construct a Sanchegues of her own.

  Thinking it, she acted upon it.

  Hum ——

  Under her magnificent, god-like exertion of will, the dozens of naked Singularities existing within a colossal four-dimensional unit cell in the first layer of her internalized space suddenly vibrated and coalesced.

  Whoosh ——

  In a violent spacetime tremor, these naked Singularities instantaneously condensed into a single entity, and were then instantly transferred via a dimensional rift into a specific three-dimensional spacetime unit cell located within her second layer construct.

  As soon as this naked Singularity appeared in this silent three-dimensional space, it suddenly transformed into a complete and intact black hole. Moreover, its mass surged inexplicably without devouring any matter whatsoever.

  This was Seraphine’s direct manipulation.

  Towards these space-time unit cells within her own body, she possessed an almost absolute dominion.

  Coupled with the BUG-like reality-modifying ability of the Light of Infinity.

  To arbitrarily 'feed' a black hole to grow larger was simply effortless.

  Thus, in just a few seconds, this black hole's mass reached three million times that of the Sun.

  Seraphine was still not satisfied. Her will vibrated, and she continued to 'stuff' energy into the black hole.

  A few seconds later.

  The black hole's mass had already increased to twelve million times [that of the Sun].

  After a few more seconds.

  This black hole's mass had already escalated to a terrifying eighty million times that of the Sun.

  After a few more seconds.

  Seraphine was finally content, halting her 'feeding' behavior.

  By this point, this black hole had become a terrifying giant, boasting a mass equivalent to one billion times that of the Sun and an event horizon diameter of three billion kilometers.

  "The foundation has been laid. Construction may commence."

  Her will shifted slightly.

  In the vast three-dimensional space-time, hundreds of millions of trillions of the most fundamental atoms of all elements suddenly materialized.

  Mimicking the basic constituents of that super mega-structure located in the distant galactic core region, these endless atoms of all elements immediately began rapidly attracting the omnipresent Ether in the surrounding void, evolving into self-limiting Ether-Crystalline atoms possessing potent intelligence.

  Simultaneously, the moment these astonishingly numerous self-limiting Ether-Crystalline atoms appeared, they immediately flew outward at superluminal speed—upwards, downwards, and in all four cardinal directions.

  When these intelligent atoms flew to approximately ninety-nine million kilometers around this super black hole within a single second, the ultimate mega-structure construction project immediately began.

  Clang!

  In the void, countless invisible hands seemed to manifest, assembling and erecting various complex or simple super-gigantic structures with unbelievable swiftness.

  This construction process was immensely grand and steeped in mystery.

  If an outsider could observe this magnificent construction using superluminal senses, she would surely feel as if she were witnessing a Creator God's ultimate masterstroke.

  Colossal, Supreme Continents with vast territories, winding rivers spanning millions of miles, and enormous mountain ranges stretching for trillions of miles... all materialized out of thin air.

  It wasn't until a full ten minutes later that this new Sanchegues was completely erected by Seraphine.

  Thus, a colossal 'planet,' possessing a diameter of one trillion kilometers and a surface area approximately six thousand trillion times that of Earth’s surface area, encompassing a colossal black hole and featuring deserts, forests, oceans, plateaus, ice fields, plains, swamps, wetlands, rivers, lakes, mountains... various terrains and geographical features on its surface, materialized from nothingness in the boundless void.

  If one were to calculate based on the surface area of this 'planet,' even if all the countless intelligent life forms scattered throughout the entire Milky Way, residing on the surfaces of innumerable stars, were to migrate here, the area they could occupy and influence would probably not even amount to 1% of the 'planet's' total expanse.

  As for the specific gravity challenge, Seraphine, utilizing the Light of Infinity, decreed:

  "Any individual life form upon it shall immediately enjoy the most suitable, exclusive gravity."

  And as she continuously transferred each intelligent species from other three-dimensional space-time unit cells, placing them onto the surface of this super 'planet'...

  ...

  Milky Way core region.

  At a certain point on the surface of Sanchegues, which existed surrounding the galactic core black hole, a hundred-meter-tall, completely featureless, grotesque metallic creature, resembling pure, sculpted metal, stood at the edge of a vast, illusory Milky Way.

  This illusory Milky Way, seemingly constructed from pure energy and light-shadows, rotated slowly.

  As the featureless metallic creature slowly raised its long, slender hand and touched it.

  The exact point where this illusory Milky Way was tapped instantly magnified countless times, fully revealing the general situation of many stars in that interstellar region.

  Just then, this metallic creature seemed to discover something significant.

  It rapidly stimulated the Milky Way's rotation, pointing towards the position of the Orion Arm.

  Whoosh ——

  In an instant, that ancient spiral arm, spanning twenty-five thousand light-years, rapidly magnified, appearing before its eyes.

  And at this moment, this fully expanded Milky Way clearly appeared almost ruptured.

  Another spiral arm, approximately over 10,000 light-years in length, had become completely empty.

  As if it had been literally swallowed whole by some terrifying entity.

  "Hmm?"

  The featureless metallic being was clearly shocked by this sight as well. It raised its slender hand, remaining stunned for a few seconds, before pressing it again towards the illusory Milky Way, seeking to 'see' more clearly.

  Thus, the perspective was once again stretched countless times.

  In the mental perception of the metallic creature, flooded with terror, the Fidd Popenif Interstellar Civilization Zone, the Sabachbar Civilization Zone, the Cobroltaton Civilization Zone, which had existed for countless millennia, along with the colossal Broken Sector separating these three Civilization Zones, had all vanished without a trace, as if they had never existed before.

  "This... What happened?!"