232: Chapter 232 Astral Realm, Realm of Gods

[At 800 million years old, the world entered its second stage.]

[On this day, the entire Ancient God Continent suddenly shook violently, as if some long-dormant colossus was awakening.]

[The earth cracked and mountains toppled; this sudden change plunged all living beings into panic.]

[The gods also appeared one after another, attempting to discover the source of the Ancient God Continent's abnormal movement.]

[At this moment, an invisible ripple emanated from the depths of the world, containing a Rule power that transcended understanding.]

[Every creature touched by this ripple, whether a weak being or a powerful god, instantly lost consciousness and fell into a deep sleep.]

[The entire Ancient God Continent seemed to have its pause button pressed; everything stood still.]

[However, perhaps because your strength exceeded the other gods by a major level, you did not fall into a slumber.]

[You clearly felt that this ripple was not malicious, but rather the world undergoing a profound transformation.]

[Standing in the Void Realm, you witnessed this earth-shaking change.]

[Before your shocked eyes, the central region of the Ancient God Continent suddenly burst forth with light more dazzling than ten million suns.]

[Accompanied by a roar loud enough to tear through time and space, seventy percent of the continent's territory turned into countless brilliant fragments.]

[This explosion was not destruction, but a singular decomposition and reorganization.]

[These fragments did not scatter randomly but followed a profound trajectory, weaving into magnificent stellar orbits within the void.]

[They rotated and expanded, finally constructing a massive spherical space that enveloped two-thirds of the Primordial World.]

[From the outside, this space looked like a glass sphere containing countless points of light, which flickered within like stars and contained complete Laws.]

[Seeing this singular space, a term naturally surfaced in your mind—the Astral Realm!]

[It was as if this name inherently belonged to it, a gift from providence.]

[Next, you discovered those points of light began to rapidly evolve into different worlds; some expanded into massive continents similar to the Ancient God Continent,]

[some evolved into cosmic starry skies, and some evolved into miniature Astral Realms with countless planes.]

[Every world operated according to unique Rules, yet they all maintained subtle connections with one another.]

["Since there is an Astral Realm, can the worlds within it be called Material Planes?"]

[As the worlds evolved, you felt the Astral Realm rapidly growing stronger; its energy level soon surpassed that of the complete Ancient God Continent, and this enhancement continued.]

[As for the remaining thirty percent of the Ancient God Continent, it floated in the void outside the Astral Realm under an invisible force.]

[You formally named the void outside the Astral Realm the Void World.]

[This portion of the continent also seemed to continuously strengthen along with the elevation of the Astral Realm.]

[Although its scale did not increase, its status continued to rise, as if to maintain a certain balance with the Astral Realm.]

[To your surprise, as this part of the continent evolved and strengthened, it gradually became unsuitable for ordinary creatures to survive in.]

[Every grain of sand and stone on the continent's surface began to emit a divine glow, mountains turned into translucent divine crystals, and rivers transformed into liquid rivers of Law.]

[Once an ordinary lifeform arrived here, they would be crushed by the intense divine aura.]

[You decided to rename this thirty percent of the Ancient God Continent the Myriad Gods Realm.]

[At this time, all gods including yourself, as well as the descendants of gods and even divine creations, were all transferred here.]

[Meanwhile, the myriad races were transferred into the Astral Realm, currently located within those newly evolved Material Planes.]

[Furthermore, you noticed that some Material Planes in the Astral Realm were nurturing unique lifeforms.]

[These lifeforms would follow the entirely new world environments, completely different from the beings of the Ancient God Continent era.]

[After the Ancient God Continent split into two, you felt that aside from the control range of the Authority of Light, you no longer had the same sense of control over the Astral Realm as you did over the Ancient God Continent.]

[Logically, you held control over the Ancient God Continent, and since the Astral Realm evolved from a part of it, you should have some degree of control over the Astral Realm.]

[But now, all your original control over the Ancient God Continent had transferred to the Myriad Gods Realm formed by that thirty percent.]

[Or rather, not just you—the control of all gods had transferred into the Myriad Gods Realm.]

[The combined continental control held by your group of over ten thousand gods truly only accounted for thirty percent of the Ancient God Continent.]

[Among this, you possessed ten percent, while the gods of the same status as you—Creation, Destruction, and the others—combined for five percent.]

[The remaining Rule Gods collectively held five percent, and the final ten percent was scattered among those ten thousand-plus Law Gods.]

[As for the remaining seventy percent, it had always been held by the Ancient God Continent's Will, which was now the Astral Realm's Will.]

[Although the Ancient God Continent was rapidly strengthening after splitting into the Astral Realm and the Myriad Gods Realm,]

[and the power you could mobilize with your share of control was also rapidly increasing,]

[the current situation made you feel as though you gods had somehow been pushed out of the center of power.]

[Fortunately, after your Breakthrough, you didn't care much for the control over the Ancient God Continent anymore.]

[Besides, your portion of control hadn't disappeared or been diluted; it had even become more 'valuable.' It was just a so-called transfer of 'equity.']

[At the very least, you could now mobilize one-third of the Myriad Gods Realm's power. Once this change concluded, this power would definitely exceed the total power of the former Ancient God Continent.]

[At 1 billion years old, the dust finally settled on this transformation.]

[The current Astral Realm had already evolved into countless vast Material Planes.]

[The myriad races of the former Ancient God Continent were now thriving throughout the Astral Realm.]

[They were scattered across the Astral Realm like stars, and after a period of adaptation, they began creating new civilizations and epochs in some Material Planes.]

[The Myriad Gods Realm completed its ultimate transformation, turning into a pure world of gods where divine radiance shone eternally and Laws intertwined; only gods could exist here long-term.]

[The gods who had fallen into slumber gradually woke up. This earth-shaking Astral Realm transformation brought an unprecedentedly massive boost to all gods, including yourself.]

[Particularly for the five gods: the God of Creation, the God of Destruction, the God of Chronology, the God of Cosmos, and the God of Fate.]

[At this time, they had all transformed into Rule-forms and begun a true metamorphosis.]

[Once they awoke, they would likely reach the same level as you.]