Eternal Sun

Chapter 1472 Billions of Years! Expanding the Team 1 (Page 12)

Three chapters in one!

The story continues in the Void Sea, but for Yang Dong, who is no longer within this macroscopic possibility, everything here has truly come to an end.

To be honest, even Yang Dong himself was a little confused.

Just a moment ago, He had confirmed that His two "Big Bangs" had indeed buried the Nine-Headed Demon God, and at most, only some residual concepts remained to be cleared away.

But the next moment, as the scene before him changed, Yang Dong found himself in an unfamiliar place, which was definitely not the deep dimension where he had been before.

He did not panic, but instead spread his will to carefully examine the surrounding situation.

He quickly relaxed completely, because he had determined exactly where he was.

There's no way around it; the various characteristics here, as well as the authority and concepts they contain, are simply too obvious. Anyone with even a little knowledge of these things can easily extract the answers they want from these elements.

Most importantly, this place is constantly filled with a subtle sense of oppression, a power that only a great god above the demigods possesses.

Looking around, Yang Dong was not on any continent or planet in the traditional sense, but in an infinitely extending hyperdimensional space composed of countless stages and curtains.

At the center of this space was an incomparably magnificent golden stage. Yang Dong was standing at the closest point to the golden stage, witnessing firsthand the extremely wonderful "drama" that transcended the understanding of ordinary life forms unfolding in the center of the stage.

As you turn your gaze, you can see that countless corridors radiate outwards from the central stage, with numerous private boxes and even smaller stages on both sides.

Each box represents a world observed or controlled by the power of a great god, and through the "window" of the box, one can watch the "story" unfolding in the corresponding world in real time.

These are just the scenes that Yang Dong can see.

Where He cannot see, beneath this grand, hyperdimensional theater stage, lies a terrifying area known as the "Backstage Abyss."

This place is filled with "roles" and "scripts" that have been performed and abandoned; that is, the remnants of a world where history has ended and civilization has been reset.

At the same time, this place also houses "dolls" formed by countless powerful beings with empty eyes. This army of "dolls" stands silently, their sole purpose being to await their master's summons.

Also beyond the unseen hyper-dimensional theater lies a sacred sky woven from countless threads of destiny radiating a faint light. A certain great being affectionately refers to this sacred sky as the "Marionette Sky."

Every thread of fate that makes up the marionette sky extends from the spinning wheel on the central stage. Countless threads of fate converge and connect at their ends to countless living beings in all the heavens and myriad worlds.

This is... the Eternal Theater!

It is also the divine kingdom of Yang Di, one of the great gods of the Dawn God Clan, the Weaver of Fate, and the Soul Puppet Master!

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Just as Yang Dong was carefully observing every detail of this vast divine kingdom, a mocking voice suddenly rang out above him.

"How is it? Not bad, right? This is a divine kingdom that I put a lot of effort into creating."

"But you don't need to be envious. You'll have a similar divine kingdom once you successfully ascend to godhood."

Upon hearing the sound, Yang Dong looked up.

What one can see is the divine form of Yang Di, a huge humanoid light body composed of countless dazzling threads. These threads connect the past, present, and future, linking the destinies of countless beings.

As Yang Dong looked over, the vast divine essence began to recede, quickly condensing into the usual form of the Sun God Clan that Yang Di maintained on a daily basis.

A handsome young man of about twenty years old, with unparalleled good looks, but with an inhumanly refined and pale appearance.

Her tall and straight figure was clad in a dark Hanfu embroidered with dark gold silk threads, and her long, flowing hair was tied up with a simple wooden hairpin.

Despite his simple attire, coupled with Yang Di's undisguised aura of greatness and divinity, he was so imposing and awe-inspiring that he was impossible to look directly at.

Normally, all the Sun Gods only reveal their aura so unreservedly in places like the Sun Gods in the High Heavens or their own divine kingdoms. The miracles they display in lower dimensions are all restrained manifestations.

Otherwise, relying solely on the aura of the great gods themselves, those truly capable of directly gazing upon their lives would be few and far between even in the vast ocean of emptiness.

At this moment, as Yang Di approached, his opening remarks shattered the sacred image He had cultivated.

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"You're not bad, kid. I watched the whole battle between you and the Nine-Headed Demon God. Although it's far from perfect, you've definitely made progress!"

As he spoke, Yang Di stepped forward and wrapped his arms around Yang Dong's neck, completely abandoning any semblance of his great divine deity status.

After hearing what the other party said, what could Yang Dong do but roll his eyes helplessly?

Then He began to ask questions.

"Brother, shouldn't I still be in that Void Sea? Why are you suddenly teleporting me to your divine kingdom?"

"Moreover, apart from the Nine-Headed Demon God, the remaining few demigods in that Void Sea are probably not enough for me to train with, right?"

Upon hearing Yang Dong's question, Yang Di chuckled and patted him on the shoulder, saying...

"Hey, you've hit the nail on the head. That's why I brought you back."

"Since it's about exercise, it can't just end after one session. Since that place is no longer effective for you, you should just go somewhere else."

"As for the future, once you've successfully ascended to godhood, if you're still interested in those demigods of the Void Sea, you can always go back and catch up with them."

Upon hearing Yang Di's explanation, Yang Dong suddenly felt a bad premonition.

"Wait... what do you mean by 'change locations'? Could it be what I'm thinking? Logically, shouldn't this be over by now? Shouldn't I be able to do what I want to do next?"

A mischievous smile appeared on Yang Di's lips, and countless tiny, crystalline threads began to slowly flow and weave in his eyes as he smiled.

"Brother, I've picked out a few more interesting macro possibilities for you. You're welcome, just remember to have fun with them!"

After saying that, he didn't wait for Yang Dong to speak again.

Yang Di's long, nimble fingers twitched slightly, and the invisible forces of fate and time materialized, enveloping Yang Dong, who was about to speak.

As a mysterious fluctuation arose, a ripple appeared in the divine kingdom's [Eternal Theater], and [Yang Dong]'s figure disappeared again in a daze.

From beginning to end, Yang Dong didn't even have time to properly observe the structure of the surrounding divine kingdom. He just glanced at it briefly, like a soldier on a forced march, before Yang Di turned his attention to other macroscopic possibilities.

"I*****!"

In the final moments before disappearing, a faint, almost imperceptible sound seemed to echo within the divine realm, but Yang Di stated that he heard nothing.

"Tsk~ Young people~ They have such fiery tempers!"

……

The 7rd era of the divine calendar.

Amidst Yang Dong's grumbling, having just finished the previous battle of macroscopic possibilities, He once again embarked on a journey to experience other macroscopic possibilities.

In the previous macroscopic possibility, it took hundreds of thousands of years of twists and turns to finally become a nine-headed demon god who was qualified to be an opponent.

Now, before I could even catch my breath and relax, my "good" older brother has thrown me into other macro possibilities once again.

In other words, Yang Dong had long been accustomed to and even anticipated his elder brother's temper; otherwise, he might have really thought that the other party was deliberately messing with him.

However, despite his constant cursing, Yang Dong's actions during the actual training were remarkably sincere.

Following the previous macroscopic possibility, the first new macroscopic possibility that Yang Dong was thrown into was unexpected. It was not the structure of the Void Sea and the myriad worlds of the past, but a supercontinental worldview similar to the Realm of Heavenly Dao created by Yang Qing.

Within this macroscopic possibility, naturally no great god has yet been born, allowing Yang Dong to unleash his power without restraint.

It must be said that the power of the demigods in this macroscopic possibility is indeed much stronger than the previous one, with quite a few gods comparable to the nine-headed demon god.

However, due to mutual fear among the demigods, none of them dared to take the step of ascending to godhood, for fear of being tripped up during the process.

This brings us to the differences in the birth process of the Great God within different macroscopic possibilities, and their subsequent impact on those different macroscopic possibilities.

Normally, even those great beings who are born with divine power can hardly occupy the path to becoming great gods from the moment of their birth; they still need to go through a process of growth and ascension to godhood.

As a result, several very interesting phenomena have emerged, indirectly influencing the course of the endless future under different macroscopic possibilities.

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The first possibility is that, in a certain macroscopic scenario, there is a demigod whose strength is ridiculously powerful, exceeding the range that all other medicine gods can handle, and forcefully ascends to the top when all the demigods are helpless.

This means that if anyone else tries to ascend to godhood, they can only depend on the mood and attitude of the strongest being, and may never have the chance to advance any further.

The God in the macro-possibility that Yang Hong once transformed was of this type. All the great gods that were born afterward were subject to God, and might even be forcibly demoted from the level of great gods by God for some reason.

Such macroscopic possibilities, unless the being at the top can achieve godhood or even the "ultimate," are like stagnant water, devoid of any vitality.

The second possibility is that several equally powerful beings exist simultaneously in a macroscopic possibility. They tacitly agree not to disturb each other and complete the feat of ascending to godhood almost at the same time, raising the level of the entire macroscopic possibility to the level of great gods.

Such macro-level possibilities, because the few great gods who were born only restrained and feared each other, were able to preserve more vitality and potential.

In order to overwhelm other rivals, they even went so far as to indirectly influence or invest in other beings who might become gods in the future, helping them ascend to the status of great gods, gradually creating a situation where multiple pantheons were in conflict with each other.

Including the former "True Void Sea", most macro-level possibilities will basically follow the second possibility in their development.

As for the third type, it is somewhat similar to the first type, except that the strongest one has been replaced by a special case where the person is a great god throughout their life.

These exceptional cases, where beings are born as great deities, are basically "tools" of the Heavenly Dao, which is ruthless, emotionless, selfless, and without bias or humanity.

Their sole purpose is probably to balance the various levels of the Void Sea, allowing the entire Void Sea to continue stably and eternally.

Such great gods are often at the pinnacle of divinity from the moment of their birth, and there is even a very small chance that they can enter the realm of gods above gods.