Multiverse Skill System

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At first, the heartbeat was normal, but as time went on, the heartbeat became louder and faster.

Yi Shuihan felt a strange turmoil in his heart, and he felt extremely uncomfortable.

"Resonance!?"

That's right, it was resonance. The eerie heartbeat resonated with Yi Shuihan's heart. Unbeknownst to him, Yi Shuihan's heart was beating at the same speed as the eerie heartbeat, and it was even accelerating.

Clearly, Yi Shuihan was not the only one affected. Beside him, a Chaos Emperor of extremely ordinary strength was forced to kneel in the void due to heart resonance, his expression one of pain.

"I can not stand it any more."

A loud shout heralded the collapse of the formation. The formation was maintained by everyone working together. Although the formation was powerful, it had a fatal weakness: if even one person had a problem, the entire formation could not be maintained and had to be restarted.

The first member of Yi Shuihan's team collapsed, and the formation broke immediately. As a result of the formation's collapse, its defensive power was greatly reduced, and the Chaos Emperors in the Dao Seeking Realm were seriously injured one by one due to the resonance, and the dead appeared one after another.

Every few breaths, a Chaos Emperor in the Dao Seeking Realm died. In just a short time, the number of dead and injured on the entire battlefield exceeded a thousand. This speed was simply terrifying. You must know that before, because of the formation, none of them died.

As a being at the Enlightenment Realm, Yi Shuihan was not weak. Apart from those at the Creation Realm, he was not afraid of any being of the same level. He was ranked among the top dozens of Chaos Emperors. However, even so, he felt extremely uncomfortable. If his heart rate continued to increase at the current speed, he could only hold on for another ten minutes at most.

"Yi Shuihan, let's escape together!"

A clear, panicked voice rang in Yi Shuihan's ears. Yi Shuihan looked up and saw Bai Huaxiang standing in front of him with a flustered expression.

Around Baihuaxiang were several other Chaos Emperors who were also at the Seeking Realm.

With Baihuaxiang's strength, she should have had a worse time than Yishuihan under these circumstances, but who told her to have such a powerful backer! Above her head was a lamp, its blue light covering a small area. When Yishuihan was also included in this area, the resonance effect disappeared completely, as if it had never happened at all.

"This treasure is amazing."

Yi Shuihan had no doubt that if it came down to the length of time, Baihuaxiang, who possessed the treasure of the Green Lamp, would definitely last longer than him.

Perseverance is one thing, but the ability to survive is another. With his super teleportation ability, Yi Shuihan believed that his ability to survive was definitely superior to Bai Huaxiang's.

"Okay, count me in."

Looking at his colleagues who were under the protection of the Green Lamp, Yi Shuihan decisively nodded and agreed to Bai Huaxiang's invitation. In the current situation, only those who had achieved the Dao could handle it with ease.

Seeing that Yi Shuihan agreed, Bai Huaxiang also smiled and then continued to move.

Next, Baihuaxiang saved several Chaos Emperors who were on the verge of death.

In the end, a total of 13 Chaos Emperors joined Baihuaxiang's team. Among them, in addition to Yi Shuihan, there were 3 Enlightenment Realm cultivators, none of whom Yi Shuihan was familiar with.

Grandma Feng and Crazy Horse are the two Enlightenment Realm experts that Yi Shuihan is most familiar with in the company. Yi Shuihan had seen them before. Because of their strong strength, they were assigned to the team with two Creation Realm experts. However, their current situation is much better than Yi Shuihan's.

Baihuaxiang should have been assigned to the strongest team, but she took the initiative to request to be assigned to the same team as Yishuihan. The specific reason is unclear; it may have been a momentary lapse of judgment.

Under the protection of the Azure Lamp, Yi Shuihan and his companions flew away from Illusion Island. Along the way, they encountered many Chaos Emperors who had the same idea of ​​escaping, but without the Azure Lamp's protection, most of them died halfway there.

Chapter 1392, The Heart of the Universe

The heartbeat finally disappeared completely after they were about a thousand miles away from Illusion Island, which relieved Yi Shuihan and the others.

"Its influence range is only a thousand miles, which is small, but its power is astonishing."

For ordinary people, a thousand miles is a very large area. But for Chaos Emperors like Yi Shuihan, this range is very small. As Chaos Emperors, even the weakest Chaos Emperor has an attack range of hundreds of millions of miles.

Have you noticed?

"Speak up if you find anything."

"The mist seems to be slowly dissipating!"

It is because of the existence of the fog that everyone has to work so hard to find the key. If there were no fog, there would be no restrictions on the means of investigation, and any cultivator could explore the foggy area in a very short time.

Yi Shuihan looked up and gazed into the distance. Sure enough, he saw the mist slowly receding. The rate of dissipation was neither fast nor slow. At the current rate, the misty area would be completely gone in a few months.

The dissipation of the mist signifies that the key is about to be revealed, which is an omen. The mist could have caused problems earlier or later, but it happened at this particular time. It's impossible to say that it has nothing to do with Illusion Island.

"Then what do we do now?"

"A Chaos Emperor asked."

"Why don't we stay here and see? There's no danger here. We'll leave if there is."

This proposal was accepted by most of the Chaos Emperors. The reason they escaped before was because their lives were in danger; if they hadn't escaped, they would have died. It didn't mean they had completely given up on the "key." Now that they were safe, they naturally had new ideas.

The only exception was probably Baihuaxiang. She really didn't want to stay here any longer. The reason she had joined in before was simply because she thought it was interesting to have so many Chaos Emperors together. She wasn't as obsessed with the "key" as the other Chaos Emperors.

As a princess-level figure with a Great Dao Earth King protecting her, Baihuaxiang has hardly encountered any bottlenecks in her cultivation so far. Therefore, her desire for the Great Dao Emperor is not as strong as that of other Chaos Emperors.

On this point, Yi Shuihan and Bai Huaxiang had similar attitudes, but in the end, everyone unanimously decided to stay where they were for a while.

As the mist gradually dissipated, Yi Shuihan and his companions were able to see the situation on Illusion Island a thousand miles away, as well as the Chaos Emperors who were continuing their battle with Illusion Island.

The strength of the Creation Dao Grandmasters is indeed different. The heartbeat that could kill a large number of Seeking Dao Realm cultivators in one go only has a slight impact on them and does not affect their combat power at all. They even have the spare strength to protect some Chaos Emperors in Enlightenment Realm.

As the powerful beings who had created the Dao began to attack Illusion Island, the island underwent further changes. It constantly roamed the battlefield, absorbing the corpses of those fallen Chaos Emperors.

……

"It's amazing, it's starting to look more and more like a key."

"Hey, now that you mention it, it's actually true."

"Could it be the key?"

As time passed, the outer shape of Illusion Island gradually shifted towards that of a key, which was eventually discovered by everyone, causing widespread shock.

"That person said that as long as we find it, we'll know it's what we're looking for. But we don't have that feeling now. If what that person said is true, then is the reason we don't have that feeling because the key hasn't fully formed yet? Is the final form of Illusion Island what we're looking for?"

As Yi Shuihan pondered, his attention was almost completely drawn to Illusion Island.

Even Yi Shuihan was unaware that above their battlefield, in a special alternate dimension, dozens of enormous figures were silently watching Illusion Island.

"Tsk tsk tsk, this time you myriad realms are doomed to lose. The opportunity belongs to us demons."

"Demon, don't be too happy yet, or you might just capsize in a ditch."

"A gutter? Heh, even the abyss can't stop our demon race."

These beings existing in another dimension are all true powerhouses, belonging to the Great Dao Emperors of all the heavens and myriad worlds, as well as demons of the demon race comparable to the Great Dao Emperors.

Clearly, they had reached some kind of agreement; otherwise, either of them could have ended the battle below instantly with a single move.

Yi Shuihan and his companions were unaware that they were actually completely surrounded by countless demons. Among these demons were many beings comparable to those who had achieved the Dao Creation Realm. Even when they fought against all the Chaos Emperors before, they had a great advantage. Not to mention now, because of the battle with Illusion Island, the strength of the Chaos Emperors of the myriad realms had been greatly reduced.

Suddenly, Illusion Island stopped moving, and the entire island began to radiate nine-colored light, with streams of Dao aura spreading outwards.

"This is……"

Yi Shuihan stared wide-eyed in astonishment as Illusion Island completely transformed into a key. The moment this "key" appeared, a message flashed through his mind, revealing that the key before him was the opportunity they had come here to seek.

"The Heart of the Universe: The essence of a world that survived nine immeasurable calamities without destruction, which was sublimated to the extreme under special circumstances. If it recognizes its master, it will surely become a Great Dao Emperor. If one fully comprehends its mysteries, one can transcend all the heavens and myriad worlds and become the ultimate deity."

As long as one recognizes the master, one can become a Great Dao Emperor; if one fully comprehends it, one can become a Zhi. Yi Shuihan's first reaction to this information was disbelief; this heaven-defying level was almost surpassing his own system.

However, whether one believes it or not, one has to believe it. Only something like this is worth the promise of the myriad realms to nurture a Great Dao Emperor with all their might.

After carefully considering the formation process of the Heart of the Universe, Yi Shuihan gradually came to believe in its miraculous nature.

Yi Shuihan knew what the Boundless Calamity was. It was a calamity for the world, and each calamity could shatter the entire world if one was not careful. Once it was overcome, the world would be sublimated. The Boundless Calamity was a calamity that even saints could not escape, and three or more Boundless Calamities were enough to threaten the Chaos Emperor. The power of the calamity would increase with each subsequent calamity. One could imagine how precious a world that had experienced nine Boundless Calamities would be.

In fact, even the Great Dao Emperor can at most ensure that the world goes through seven immeasurable calamities smoothly; they have no say in the subsequent eight and nine.

Chapter 1393, The True Colors Revealed

Among all the known worlds in the myriad realms, there are only eight worlds that have survived the immeasurable calamity. In terms of level, such worlds are comparable to the Great Dao Emperors. If one could unify the power of a world, then dealing with a Great Dao Emperor would not be impossible.

In fact, if one can continuously undergo tribulations in the world under their control by following the path of the World Lord, passing the seventh tribulation will allow them to transcend the Chaos Emperor and become as powerful as the weakest Great Dao Emperor in their home world. Passing the eighth tribulation will allow them to become as powerful as an ordinary Great Dao Emperor in their own world. If they can pass the ninth immeasurable tribulation, their power will be considered invincible among Great Dao Emperors in their own world.

Becoming the master of a world and cultivating worlds to transcend tribulations seems like a good path, but in reality, there are very few world masters in the myriad realms who have survived the seventh immeasurable tribulation.

It's rare, not nonexistent, because those world lords who survived the seventh great calamity already possessed the power of the Great Dao Emperors; the power of the world lords was merely incidental to them.

As the ruler of a world, no matter how many tribulations one undergoes, one cannot take one's strength with one's own. Once outside one's own world, one still has to rely on oneself. Moreover, helping the world overcome tribulations is more difficult than cultivating to the corresponding strength oneself. Rather than spending energy helping the world overcome tribulations, it is better to cultivate oneself.

Not only is it difficult to help the world overcome its tribulations, but one can only remain confined to one's own world. Anyone with a modicum of common sense would not choose this path.

Only when one's strength reaches the level of a Great Dao Emperor, and there is no further room for advancement, will one have the leisure to cultivate a world. After all, if one cultivates a world that has survived seven immeasurable calamities as one's lair, then even a Great Dao Emperor of the same level will be unable to do anything to him.

The known world has only survived eight immeasurable eons. What Yi Shuihan is facing now is the Heart of the Universe, which has survived nine immeasurable eons and undergone the ultimate sublimation. There must be something strange about it.

"There was no sign of it before, but it has only now come to light. Only a supreme being has the ability to cultivate something that can survive nine immeasurable calamities. Perhaps the being has been cultivating the world all along, hoping to cultivate the Heart of the Universe, and has only now succeeded completely. I just don't know which being cultivated this Heart of the Universe, whether it belongs to a demon or to the myriad realms?"

Yi Shuihan gradually pieced together a line in his mind and deduced a cause and effect based on it, but whether this was the truth was unknown.

Regardless of the origin of the Heart of the Universe, Yi Shuihan no longer has the energy to continue pondering it.

When the Heart of the Universe appeared, the mist in the misty area completely dissipated in a short moment, exposing the Heart of the Universe to all the heavens and myriad worlds, and the demons lurking around it also came into everyone's sight.

"Kill them all, the Heart of the Universe belongs to our demon race."

"How ridiculous! These foolish cultivators wanted to steal the Heart of the Universe from us. Now they're dumbfounded!"

"Eat them, so that there will be no more Chaos Emperors in all the heavens and myriad realms."

The moment they met was the moment when their true colors were revealed, and the demons roared and attacked from all directions.

"Gentlemen, we must not let the evil spirits take the Heart of the Universe. How about we fight the evil spirits first, and then compete for the Heart of the Universe based on our own abilities?"

"I agree."

"I agree."

"Swallow it, do you dare? Stop it."

A startled and enraged voice rang out, and suddenly a giant serpent with heads on both sides lunged at the Heart of the Universe.

The giant serpent is named Devourer, a powerful being who created the Dao. He specializes in the Great Dao of Devouring, and the Dao he created is the Return to Origin of Devouring. After devouring, one can return to the source. If he can become the Great Dao Emperor, a Great Dao called Return to Origin will be born in all the heavens and myriad worlds.

Devourer's strength ranks among the top in the Path of Creation, but here he is not number one, at most in the top ten.

If Devourer hadn't taken the step of seizing the Heart of the Universe, the situation could have remained stable, and the various Chaos Emperors from all the heavens and myriad realms could have united to resist the evil forces. But now, it has set a precedent, and other powerful beings who created the Dao have reached out for the Heart of the Universe, whether passively or actively.

"With disaster looming, they're still fighting over the Heart of the Universe. What can I say?"

Yi Shuihan naturally witnessed the struggle among the founders and was somewhat speechless.

"Sister Baihuaxiang, what... what should we do?"

A Chaos Emperor who looked like a little girl asked Baihuaxiang in a panic.

The other Chaos Emperors, even those at the Enlightenment Realm, all looked to Bai Huaxiang. There was no other way; Bai Huaxiang had a powerful backer and strong survival abilities, so they had to cling to her coattails at this time.

“We’ll head south. There are fewer demons there, and their main targets should be the Heart of the Universe and the Creation Masters. If we keep a low profile, we should be able to escape.”

Indeed, for the demons, Baihuaxiang and her group of seekers of the Dao and several Enlightenment Realm cultivators were not considered key targets. Although they certainly wouldn't let them break through easily, nor would they face a situation where several demons comparable to those who had created the Dao attacked them together, with Baihuaxiang's Green Lamp present, the possibility of breaking through was still quite high.

To be honest, if Baihuaxiang had ignored Yi Shuihan and the others and had run away on her own, she would have most likely escaped. After all, the demons aren't stupid. As long as Baihuaxiang takes out her treasure, they will naturally be able to guess her background. Even if they are enemies, the demons will probably go easy on her because of the person behind Baihuaxiang.

If Baihuaxiang chooses to stay with Yishuihan and the others, those evil spirits won't let them off so easily. After all, letting one go is completely different from letting a dozen go. You can say you didn't notice one, but if you can't see a dozen, you're practically blind.

The demon moved swiftly; it arrived in front of Baihuaxiang and the others just as Baihuaxiang finished speaking.

Baihuaxiang immediately summoned the Green Lantern, from which a green flame floated out, instantly wiping out a large number of demons. Any demon touched by the green flame did not escape the fate of death.

"With such strong defense, I didn't expect their attack to be so powerful too!"

Having witnessed several demons with auras comparable to those seeking the Dao being instantly killed, Yi Shuihan also gained a new assessment of Qingdeng.

"Everyone, stay close to me."

With a loud shout, Yi Shuihan finally revealed his full strength at the Enlightenment Realm. At this point, hiding his power would be tantamount to courting death.

Chapter 1394, The Scramble

Yi Shuihan's unleashing of full power instantly attracted a large wave of demons, but none of the demons comparable to the Creation Realm had noticed him yet.

Baihuaxiang struggled to manipulate the green lamp, and a line of fine sweat gradually appeared on her forehead. Although the other Chaos Emperors also contributed, their role was minimal.

"When did he become so strong?"

Bai Huaxiang stared at Yi Shuihan in shock. The more she learned about Yi Shuihan, the more shocked she became. Bai Huaxiang still remembered Yi Shuihan a million years ago, when he had just become the Chaos Emperor. Although Yi Shuihan was very strong in the Dao Seeking Realm, he did not rely on his understanding of the Dao, but on other things such as secret techniques.

In just a million years, he broke through to the Enlightenment Realm, and not just any ordinary Enlightenment Realm. If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, Baihuaxiang would never have believed it.

"He could have escaped even without my help, right?"

Overwhelmed with complex emotions, Baihuaxiang felt jealous for the first time. She envied Yi Shuihan's talent, just as others envied her birth. There was a time when she thought she would never feel jealous, because it was always others who were jealous of her.

"Don't be distracted."

Noticing that Baihuaxiang was in a daze, causing Qingdeng to show signs of instability, Yi Shuihan whispered a warning to Baihuaxiang.

"He yelled at me? He actually..."

Before Baihuaxiang could process any more emotions, due to her unstable state of mind, the power of the Green Lantern decreased, and several demons instantly broke through the range of the Green Lantern's light and came in front of her. Their ferocious faces stunned Baihuaxiang.