289: Strange Events in Tianyuan

Time passed like flowing water, gone in an instant.

"Thirteen years have passed. Reaching the Upper God Realm at the age of 166 is quite good."

After thirteen peaceful years, Lin Chen successfully reached the Upper God Realm. The cultivation of the Karma Divine Kingdom also proceeded step by step without any issues.

As the saying goes, calm waters do not make skilled sailors.

A peaceful Universe cannot nurture an excellent civilization.

Disasters and tribulations are the true colors of the Universe.

Following the localized war between the Underworld Race and the Demon Race, a new storm descended upon This Universe, shattering the peace and bringing waves of turmoil.

The eternal Heavenly Abyss began to show abnormalities.

The Heavenly Abyss, a cosmic rift spanning the north and south of the Universe, physically blocked communication between the eastern and western sides of the Universe.

Foundation Level experts once explored the bottom of the Heavenly Abyss and never returned. Cosmic wonders like the Gods Graveyard were also nurtured above the Heavenly Abyss.

Only the great universe consciousness might know how the mysterious Heavenly Abyss appeared and what lies within it.

Even the great universe consciousness might not understand the Heavenly Abyss that well, nor comprehend what is being nurtured beneath it or what dangers exist.

The commotion caused by the Heavenly Abyss was immense. Living beings within billions of light-years nearby suffered, and countless creatures began to flee, yet only God Rank beings could barely escape.

The Heavenly Abyss began to grow without any warning.

The already wide east-west rift split further. The powerful energy erupting during this process squeezed cosmic space and destroyed everything in the path of the rift's expansion.

Surging energy swept through the starry skies of the eastern and western Universes, destroying the planets and all living beings within them.

The growth of the Heavenly Abyss was holistic.

The entire Heavenly Abyss rift grew in north-south length and east-west width, appearing as if it would tear the entire Universe apart, splitting it completely in two.

At this time, all Foundation Level experts in the Universe responded to the call of the great universe consciousness, heading to the Heavenly Abyss to cooperate with the great universe consciousness in suppressing its expansion.

If the Heavenly Abyss were allowed to continue expanding, it truly might tear the Universe apart, splitting it into two.

The Heavenly Abyss was originally contained within the cosmic barrier, much like a rift inside a glass ball. Although the rift was very long and wide, almost dividing the glass ball in half.

However, because there were no issues with the surface of the glass ball, it remained intact. The substances inside the glass ball would not come into contact with those outside, and the things emerging from the rift would not burst out.

Now, the Heavenly Abyss had begun to expand.

It was as if the rift inside the glass ball began to split further; if not stopped, the final result would be the glass ball splitting in two.

That wasn't even the worst part. The most critical issue was that the things potentially suppressed within the Heavenly Abyss and the unknowns nurtured there would escape because the Universe's constraints were gone.

When that happened, the entire Universe would inevitably shatter, and its status would plummet.

And 99.9% of the creatures living in the Universe would be destroyed; only a few powerful experts and the tribes under them would be able to survive.

Lin Chen, situated in the Enlightenment Hall of the Ancestral Court Great World, also sensed something. He took out the heavenly calculation compass and used Causality Power to manifest the scene of the Heavenly Abyss to understand what was happening.

"Wait, isn't the Heavenly Abyss supposed to be just cosmic background lore? Why is it coming out to cause trouble now?"

Lin Chen watched the expanding boundaries of the Heavenly Abyss. Cosmic space was being squeezed and shattered, and the Void Realm was manifesting. However, the manifestation of the Void Realm couldn't keep up with the expansion speed of the Heavenly Abyss's boundaries, and it too was being crushed.

It seemed as if the Heavenly Abyss was growing on the Void Realm. It had previously been integrated with the Universe only because the Universe used its own space to bond with the Void Realm where the Heavenly Abyss's boundaries were located.

Now that the Heavenly Abyss was growing, both the Void Realm and the Universe were targets for destruction.

In This Universe, the seven super great races had a total of over two hundred Foundation Level experts, and there were also over thirty rogue Foundation Level experts.

Nearly three hundred Foundation Level experts responded to the call of the great universe consciousness, departing immediately from their respective locations and rushing at full speed to reach the site of the Heavenly Abyss's expansion.

"Lin Chen, don't go. Stay with the race. If we and the great universe consciousness fail to stop the expansion of the Heavenly Abyss, you must immediately initiate the Human Race Spark Project."

"At that time, leave immediately with the sparks. As long as you are here, our Human Race will not perish. Other humans will naturally be led in retreat by the gods within the race. Don't feel burdened; when it comes to the race, survival comes first."

Before the Human Race Foundation Level experts departed, they transferred all authority over the Human Race's sparks to Lin Chen.

Should a situation arise where the Heavenly Abyss cannot be stopped, Lin Chen was not to have any qualms and should immediately initiate the Human Race Spark Project, taking the first and most important batch of sparks away.

Lin Chen also knew the matter was of great importance and could only pray that the expansion of the Heavenly Abyss would be stopped, so the situation wouldn't come to a retreat.

"Old Man, if things become impossible, just run back, and we'll all retreat together."

"You don't need to tell us; we understand."

Old Man Anpingshan led the Human Race Foundation Level experts to the site of the Heavenly Abyss's expansion, attempting to save the Universe.

"Sigh, what a mess. It hasn't even been that long, how could it come to a point where the Universe is on the brink of destruction!"

Lin Chen didn't understand. Not long ago, he had made a deal with the great universe consciousness, which was then full of ambition and planning for transcendence.

Now, not long after, the great universe consciousness could barely protect itself. If the Heavenly Abyss couldn't be contained, the great universe consciousness would be reset. Forget transcendence; it would be lucky just to maintain its current strength.

If the Universe were split in two, the great universe consciousness would inevitably suffer heavy damage, and the Foundation Level experts whose Souls were anchored to it would also be severely affected.

This was why the Foundation Level experts in the Universe chose to support immediately rather than run away.

Six months later, nearly three hundred Foundation Level experts were in place, distributed on the eastern and western sides of the Heavenly Abyss, waiting for the great universe consciousness's arrangements.

The Heavenly Abyss had already expanded by a billion light-years, its eastern and western ends extending beyond the cosmic barrier. A massive amount of the Void Realm was pouring into the Universe through the shattered cosmic barrier.

If this continued, the shattering of the Universe would be an inevitable outcome.

At this moment, the Incarnation of the great universe consciousness appeared.

It carried the power of the entire Universe, temporarily curbing the expansion of the Heavenly Abyss and suppressing it in place, preventing further expansion.

"Everyone, use the power of laws to annihilate the energy accumulated during the Heavenly Abyss's expansion and interrupt its further growth."

As the great universe consciousness finished speaking, nearly three hundred Foundation Level experts attacked with all their might. Powerful law energy poured into the boundaries of the Heavenly Abyss, grinding away the power accumulated during its expansion.

With all Foundation Level experts acting, the powerful law energy annihilated everything. The power of the Heavenly Abyss was ground down, and the strength the great universe consciousness needed to suppress it gradually decreased.

Once a critical point was reached, the great universe consciousness could push back the Heavenly Abyss and suppress it once more.

The Heavenly Abyss and the great universe consciousness were like two masters competing in Internal Energy. Now, they had begun their duel, and the great universe consciousness had helpers who could offset the Heavenly Abyss's Internal Energy, winning a power advantage for the great universe consciousness.

However, the Heavenly Abyss could not be so easily suppressed and pushed back.

From within the Heavenly Abyss, wave after wave of power surged out continuously. Even under the attrition from the great universe consciousness and numerous Foundation Level experts, the boundary of the Heavenly Abyss did not retreat a single step; instead, it showed a trend of breaking through the suppression and continuing to expand.

Watching this scene, Lin Chen didn't know how he could help.

The energy levels of both sides were too high. Even if Lin Chen were to Breakthrough to the Foundation Level on the spot, he wouldn't be able to influence much. At most, he would add a slight advantage for the great universe consciousness, being able to annihilate more of the Heavenly Abyss's power.

In a disaster of this cosmic destruction scale, individual strength could not influence anything before reaching the level of transcendence; at most, it could only delay the time of the disaster's eruption.

"With the power I possess, is there anything I can do to affect the Heavenly Abyss?"

Lin Chen thought about it and finally realized he had no such ability.

The Heavenly Abyss and the great Universe should be equal existences.

The power of the Heavenly Abyss belongs to world power and carries the characteristics of the Heavenly Abyss—evil and twisted. It can only be annihilated by powerful law energy, and only the great universe consciousness, gathering the strength of the Universe, can confront it.

In This Universe, perhaps only the source of malice has the scale to confront the Heavenly Abyss's power and could assist the great universe consciousness.

However, it would be lucky if the source of malice didn't come out to cause trouble, let alone help the great universe consciousness against the power of the Heavenly Abyss.

Other power sources don't even have formed consciousness origins and are useless. Furthermore, their power has already been mobilized by the great universe consciousness to fight against the Heavenly Abyss with all their might.

This sudden disaster of the Heavenly Abyss truly seemed unsolvable.