Don't Mess with That Dragon-Chapter 729 - 115: Potential Crisis (Third Update)

In the endless dark void, the chaos abyss where one cannot see their fingers is a regular sight here.

This is a land of deathly silence, of empty darkness.

Interminable, boundaries unseen.

Countless billions of years ago, this endless chaos and darkness already existed here, and even in the Golden Era, when Divine Fires were lit high above the starry sky, no Divine was able to explore even a billionth of this dark chaos's full view.

Time here has lost its meaning.

This is the endless deep space beyond the world. 𝕗𝗿𝕖𝐞𝐰𝗲𝕓𝐧𝕠𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝐨𝚖

No space, no time, no matter, all that can be seen is an expanse of nothingness save for darkness and chaos.

According to some obscure records within the Vatican,

the Divine Kingdoms of the Divines lie in the crevices of this endless darkness.

This void of dark chaos is so vast that even in the prosperous era of the Golden Age, unless two Divines knew each other's coordinates, the chance of meeting is akin to two ants in the ocean meeting each other.

At this moment,

in an unknown boundless dark place, a light flashed and disappeared in an instant.

Austin's form floated in the space within the Gate of Truth, his enormous leathery wings spreading slowly, and the void rippling with visible undulations. His deep blue scales shimmered with a dreamlike mysterious radiance, like golden iridescence.

Such immense power radiated from Austin, that the patterns between his scales were filled with deep, unfathomable Laws and Secrets.

Just a single scale, if placed outside, would be an invaluable treasure.

However,

Even with one foot already stepping into the Epic Level, and actual combat power surpassing even the Epic Level.

But now,

facing the door hailed as the greatest masterpiece of the Arcane Council, Austin's lantern-like pupils were deeply concentrated.

"What's going on here?!"

In this Gate of Truth space, the void before him reflected flickering and ephemeral afterimages, like projections from an unknown direction.

A flicker and they vanished.

Like fleeting glimpses.

Among these flashing fragments of light curtain,

there were fragmented continents floating in the void, a fantastical Otherworld crowded with blooming flora, and scenes of chaos with the sky stained blood red by war.

As long as he calmed his mind,

Austin clearly sensed as though the Gate of Truth had formed an unknown connection with some Plane worlds, but a closer investigation revealed nothing as if it was all just an illusion.

This deeply furrowed Austin's brow.

Ever since that day when the Gate of Truth devoured the Thorny Crown, such changes began to occur.

Back then, it wasn't very noticeable; Austin assumed that after the Gate of Truth partially repaired itself, a portion of its power was restored. He had plans of his own in the Main World and didn't intend to use the Gate of Truth to travel.

However,

as time passed,

the dense Power of Faith from the Thorny Crown, upon being broken down and absorbed by the Gate of Truth, dissipated like a rootless waterweed.

Subsequently, this Power of Faith was inexplicably absorbed bit by bit by the fractured Gate of Truth, causing an unknown change in the void.

This resulted in such a scene.

Although it didn't affect Austin's cultivation and his usual spiritual presence in the Blue Dragon Kingdom, this change still furrowed his brows deeply.

"These... could they be remnants of the already shattered Multi-universe System?"

Despite being unable to capture those fleeting light curtain images,

vaguely,

Austin had a feeling,

as if,

those worlds within the passing light curtains were continuously approaching.

Approaching the Seta Continent!

"No, or rather it's the remnants of that devastating battle during Ragnarok that destroyed everything and shattered the Multi-universe!"

The remnants of the Multi-universe, destroyed in that ancient war, the dispersed continents of the Seta Great World,

seem to be inexplicably converging towards the Seta Continent!

"Is this a reaction from the Gate of Truth being partially restored, or due to the newfound abilities from absorbing the Power of Faith?"

Austin found it challenging to provide a definitive answer to this question.

But that's not the most important thing,

the ultimate issue is,

if his feeling is not wrong, and those remnants once destroyed and wandering in the endless dark and chaotic depths are indeed converging for some reason.

Then,

in the not-so-distant future, the entire world of Seta Continent may face a terrible catastrophe!

...

"Seta Great World, parallel Planes, Multi-universe, Crystal Wall System..."

From the first crossing, Austin already vaguely sensed that the worlds he traversed using the Gate of Truth were not within the Crystal Wall System of the Seta Continent.

Through many experiments and the history of the Seta Great World's Multi-universe System's rise, Austin understood this point more clearly.

In the history of the Seta Continent,

those incomprehensible existences of the Golden Era utilized the power of timelines to derive countless parallel Planes, but these parallel Planes all subsisted by relying on the Seta Great World.

Like a tree,

the Seta Great World is the trunk, while the many parallel Planes are its branches.

In the later Bronze Era, the Arcane Council created the supreme crystal of the Arcane System, the Gate of Truth, allowing easy space-time travel into parallel Planes.

Like Austin, traveling across worlds.

But while the same methods were used, the results were not the same.

The parallel Planes of the Seta Great World, although completely different from the Main World in historical progress, life, and Extraordinary Power, share the same basic laws.

In the Seta Great World, one can cultivate Fighting Qi and Magic, and in any parallel Plane, Fighting Qi Magic can also be cultivated.

But Austin's crossings were different,

he had already tried,

in the Martial Hero World, the World of Spiritual Awakening, and the fantasy Immortal Cultivation Worlds he had crossed, not only couldn't one cultivate Magic Fighting Qi, even their Martial Arts Systems were hard to assimilate, requiring one to create a similar path based on the local world's Power System as a reference.

This,

is truly extraordinary.

The only explanation is,

that the Seta Great World and the Martial Hero World, World of Spiritual Awakening, and fantasy Immortal Cultivation Worlds Austin traversed are independent, foundationally different Crystal Wall Systems!