"Although the Great Will of the Tree and Sea is extrely stingy and the gains are completely disproportionate to the returns, in reality, I haven’t lost anything," Noah said with a smirk.
Overall, he had definitely profited.
He had obtained a small portion of authority as the third pole of the Tree and Sea—a fragnt that carried super single-universe level power.
The gap between single-universe level and super single-universe level was massive. A single burst of super single-universe power could shatter multiple layered universes in one strike. Whether those layers numbered in the single digits, double digits, or even triple digits—well, that remained to be seen.
The scope of this authority still needed to be tested in practice. Words alone couldn’t describe it.
"Even if the returns don’t match the investnt, this was practically a free bonus."
The Tree and Sea Great World couldn’t constrain the Teyvat Universe—he could detach at any ti.
To put it taphorically, his status in the Tree and Sea now was like that of a grand duke under a monarch—nominally subordinate, but essentially independent.
But since he was already here, there was no reason to leave.
Now that he held this identity, it was only natural to seize everything the Tree and Sea had to offer. Once he fully mastered the Dinsional Realm, he would extend his reach to the Imaginary Tree and Sea of Quanta as well.
To ultimately gain full control over the Tree and Sea Multiverse—and fuse the Three Poles into a true multiversal entity.
By then, every god under his command would be a super-deity wielding laws, ranging from super single-universe to weak multiversal level.
Even in the endless dinsions, super single-universe beings were exceedingly rare. Entire infinite worlds might not contain even one.
In just the span of a few seconds, Noah had sketched out an ambitious series of plans in his mind, his smile gradually turning wicked.
If soone had seen him at that mont, they would’ve sworn he wore the sa sinister smile as a final boss in a story—enough to frighten entire civilizations.
A voice echoed beside his ear, snapping him out of it.
[Ding! Begin the next stage of annexation and fusion?]
Noah responded, "What do you think? Get on with it."
This ti, he didn’t even need the system’s prompt. He proactively opened all of his supre authority to the system.
[Ding! Annexation comncing.]
With the system’s announcent, a power beyond Noah’s comprehension began to move.
He could only guess this force was at least multiversal in level—he hadn’t even reached single-universe level yet, so he had no way to comprehend it.
Within the Sea of Quanta—
Two universes, one large and one small, overlapped like phantoms—one sphere nested within the other.
The larger sphere was the Disboard Universe, the smaller nestled at its center was the Teyvat Universe.
Crack crack crack...
The sound of shattering Truth resounded within the Disboard Universe. The three Truth Rings encircling it began to break—shattering again and again.
They turned into countless rays of light and rged into the Truth Ring of the inner Teyvat Universe.
The Teyvat Universe’s Truth Ring rapidly increased in mass. The resonance from their fusion generated invisible shockwaves, triggering quantum tsunamis.
Amidst the violent churning of the quantum tsunami, innurable bubble worlds shattered, while countless new ones were born.
The quantum tsunami surged up to the base of the Imaginary Tree and even splashed against its trunk.
The storm provoked a response from the Imaginary Tree. Countless rays of law descended from its canopy, resisting the tsunami.
Noah watched this awe-inspiring scene from a unique vantage.
The Imaginary Tree—also known as the Tree of Existence—was the root of the Tree and Sea Great World, the very foundation of existence.
How vast was it, truly? All conventional asurents failed here.
Its roots continuously absorbed energy from the Sea of Quanta, nourishing the canopy that bore countless branches and worlds.
Those worlds ranged from small universes and planes to great universes, infinite ti-spaces, and beyond—flat realms, spherical heavens...
World formats were truly limitless.
And closest to the Teyvat Universe was a great universe.
This great universe ranked among the foremost even on the Imaginary Tree.
Noah saw a constant flow of "Principles" derived from the Imaginary Tree continuously pouring into that great universe.
Just one glance was enough for him to recognize what those principles were:
The Principle of Order, the Principle of Permanence, the Principle of Preservation, the Principle of Harmony, the Principle of Elation, the Principle of Rembrance, the Principle of Nihility...
Noah couldn’t help but mutter, "That great universe... could it be Honkai: Star Rail?"
Buzz—
A blinding light burst from the center of the Teyvat Universe, drawing Noah’s gaze back.
He saw a golden pillar of light piercing vertically through the center of the two overlapping universes.
The Star Grail and the Heart of Teyvat had begun to fuse. The rules, matter, concepts, and space of both universes began rging.
The edge of the Teyvat Universe started to expand infinitely.
From Noah’s perspective, the portion where the smaller sphere was enveloped by the larger one had begun rging and assimilation.
At the expanding boundary of the Teyvat Universe, countless materials were forming—small galaxies, large galaxies were erging one after another.
The rate of appearance was astonishing. Light speed? Superluminal? Such units were utterly insignificant here.
In just a few fleeting monts, the infinitely expanding Teyvat Universe had already manifested a large-scale cosmic structure.
It was a colossal formation composed of countless galaxies orbiting the cosmic core.
The expansion hadn’t stopped. The newly forming cosmic core, born of the fusion, released an imasurable stream of universal energy that further accelerated the expansion of the Teyvat Universe.
This power would continue until it was fully depleted—only then would the Teyvat Universe stabilize at the scale of a standard single-universe.
Yet before Noah could examine the ever-expanding Teyvat Universe in detail, his attention was drawn back to the Tree and Sea.
A power he could not comprehend had descended into the infinitely expanding Teyvat Universe.
More precisely, it descended upon the Dinsional Gap that expanded alongside the Teyvat Universe.
Beyond the Dinsional Authority under his control, the characteristics of the Dinsional Gap were now expanding at a pace of one single-universe scale per second.
Noah had only just shifted his gaze, and the Dinsional Gap had already taken up a portion of the Tree and Sea Great World.
The Sea of Quanta had been pushed out of an unquantifiable region by the expanding Dinsional Gap.
"Such a majestic will... such incomprehensible power. The Great Will of the Tree and Sea has begun to exert its full might..."
Rumble rumble rumble—
At this mont, the entire Tree and Sea Great World was undergoing a cataclysm not seen in untold trillions of years.
Both the Imaginary Tree and the Sea of Quanta were pouring the very aning of existence and infinite supre Truths into the Tree and Sea.
The laws and incomprehensible forces operating the Tree and Sea were reshaping the fabric of order and the form of existence itself.
It was no less than repeated acts of genesis.
Utterly overturning the current systems and recreating an entirely new structure.
Noah couldn’t understand it—but he was deeply shaken.
Even though he could now clearly feel the infinitely expanding power within himself—able to destroy a single-universe with a re gesture—
In the face of this magnitude of force, he was still like an ignorant infant.
Even though he had co to realize that every small step beyond the cosmic level was like the sum of all previous realms, he still couldn’t fully grasp it.
But now, he could feel it—his heart humbled just slightly toward this weak-multiverse Tree and Sea Great World.
"So this is the power of the multiverse... and this is just a weak multiverse, not even a true multiverse..."
Though terd multiversal, a weak multiverse wasn’t the real deal.
To compare: a weak multiverse was like a Primary God who had grasped the Supre Mystery. It bore the mark of transcendence, but compared to a true Supre God, it was as insignificant as a speck of dust.
The Tree and Sea Great World had reached the final step of the weak multiverse—it was a hair’s breadth from becoming a true multiverse. But alas, it had exhausted its potential.
It was just like Zhongli, one step away from becoming a Supre God.
Noah stopped daydreaming and focused intently on the transformation occurring between the Tree and Sea Great World and the Teyvat Universe.
Such multiversal-level intervention was an event even trillions of eons might not bring.
Noah stood in the Sea of Quanta, five glowing halos floating behind him.
Gold, silver, white, red, and multicolored.
Each halo’s mass was increasing exponentially.
These were the Truth Rings—the highest authorities of the Teyvat Universe, representing its very foundation.
Gold: Kabbalah. Silver: Ouroboros. White: Alpha. Red: Dream. Multicolored: Anthroposophy.
Anthroposophy encompassed not just human history, but the unified will of all life in the universe. It included planets, planes, world consciousness—every life will.
Alaya was precisely the will of all life, a domain entrusted to Phanes.
"Interaction... has begun!"
Noah gazed up at the transformation of the Tree and Sea Great World. He could perceive less than one ten-millionth of its full change.
Centered around the Dinsional Gap encasing the Teyvat Universe, the surrounding Sea of Quanta was being devoured and transford into sothing akin to the Gap’s properties.
It was the Dinsional Gap, yet not. A diluted, degraded substance with dinsional attributes.
It seed the Great Will of the Tree and Sea could not reproduce the Dinsional Gap one-to-one—only a subpar imitation.
Still, it was astonishing. Even he could only control the existing Dinsional Gap—he couldn’t create it.
To replenish the Dinsional Gap, he had to rely on the system to open hyperdinsional gates and inject it from beyond.
Rumble rumble rumble—
The clash of Truths had begun.
Centered on the Teyvat Universe, the Dinsional Realm expanded without limit. Within just a few observed monts, Noah could no longer sense the Sea of Quanta.
"System, can you generate a complete macroscopic view of the current Tree and Sea Great World?"
[Ding! Calculating.]
[Ding! Calculation complete.]
In the next mont, Noah’s perspective was lifted by the system, taking him directly to the apex of the Imaginary Tree, where countless worlds and universes grew from its canopy.
Looking down, the roots below had split into two distinctly colored forces, flowing without boundary.
Noah couldn’t help but mutter, "A Taiji diagram?"
At this mont, the Sea of Quanta and the Dinsional Realm had ford a Taiji-like structure, swirling around the base of the Imaginary Tree.
The Teyvat Universe was positioned right at the Taiji’s yin-yang focal point—like a brilliant North Star, standing out prominently in the Dinsional Realm.
And thus, the cycle of the Three Poles had begun.
The base of the Imaginary Tree subrged into the Dinsional Realm. Dinsional attributes and supre energy were constantly absorbed, violet veins extending up the trunk.
From the canopy of the Imaginary Tree, infinite worlds gave birth to unwanted energy and discarded elents.
These fell into the Sea of Quanta, which absorbed and broke them down, transforming the waste into a continuous creation of bubble worlds.
anwhile, the Dinsional Realm relentlessly pursued the Sea of Quanta, trying to assimilate it. The Sea of Quanta’s energy was broken down dinsionally and used to expand the realm.
The Imaginary Tree dropped unwanted world matter.
The Sea of Quanta absorbed it, expanded, and tried to evade the Dinsional Realm’s devouring.
The Dinsional Realm kept consuming the Sea of Quanta, replenishing the nutrients drawn up by the Imaginary Tree.
The Three Poles ford a stable, cyclical system.
"So that’s how it works..."
Just a few glimpses were enough to make Noah feel like his mind was about to explode. He still couldn’t peer into the full Tree and Sea without consequence. Each glance struck his consciousness with an overwhelming flood of principles and cognitive rules.
This wasn’t the Great Will’s hostility—he was simply too weak. Just a few seconds of viewing the whole picture left him unable to endure it.
He hadn’t been viewing just a corner—but the whole of it. Naturally, the full impact struck him.
The system’s power receded, and Noah’s perspective returned to his body.
Yet standing within the Dinsional Realm, a faint laughter reached his ears.
The sound was jubilant, exuberant—yet also mocking.
It ca from the canopy of the Imaginary Tree.
By the ti it reached him, it was almost inaudible. If not for the 1% Dinsional Realm authority granted to him, he wouldn’t have heard it at all.
Though faint, the laughter was crystal clear.
And that clear, wild laughter drew the attention of countless spectators amid the violent changes occurring in the Tree and Sea.
"Ahahahahahahahahahaha—"
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