Your Talent is Mine

TL: Etude

"Time-Space Vibration Technique has been cultivated to the limit!"

Over the course of millions of years, Ye Tian had rarely focused on cultivating the Time-Space Vibration Technique, but even so, he had managed to cultivate it to its limit. The power of the technique at this level was indeed formidable, significantly enhancing Ye Tian's strength.

However, during these millions of years, Ye Tian's greatest improvement lay in his cultivation.

At this moment, he had already fused 70% of his physical body and True Spirit, making him more than three times stronger than when he had first stepped into the Half-Step True Spirit Realm.

In addition:

Ye Tian had also cultivated his Blood River True Body, the God Annihilator Technique, and Divine Might—three of his original divine abilities—to their perfected realms. Unfortunately, these three original divine abilities were not exceptionally powerful, only slightly stronger than the Time-Space Vibration Technique.

Besides this, Ye Tian's embryonic Dao had also grown much stronger.

His embryonic Dao stretched 70,000 meters in length and nearly 30,000 meters in width. This level of an embryonic Dao was far more terrifying than an average fully-formed Dao.

After all, many True Monarchs remained trapped in the True Spirit Realm for a lifetime, unable to cultivate their embryonic Dao to a perfected length of 100,000 meters.

Some even reached 999 meters and remained stuck, unable to break through that final one-meter barrier.

"I mustn't rush. Original divine abilities can be slowly created and improved. There's no need to hastily forge powerful new ones. Right now, the most important thing is to complete the fusion of my True Spirit and physical body, and quickly enter the True Spirit Realm. Only then can I continue to enhance my cultivation and strengthen my essence, qi, and spirit!" Ye Tian thought to himself.

He was different from others.

While others had to focus on improving the three aspects of essence, qi, and spirit individually, he had already unified them. Now, improving one aspect would cause the other two to rapidly advance as well—this was one of the benefits of unifying essence, qi, and spirit.

On this day:

Countless living beings across the Grand Universe noticed that the chaos yuan qi within the universe was rapidly increasing. Many originally ordinary places were suddenly transformed into prime cultivation grounds.

Numerous top-tier cultivation treasures were being born one after another, and countless treasures were quickly maturing. Even rare realm treasures began to appear one after another.

This phenomenon attracted the attention of many great powers.

Ye Tian also received transmissions from three sides: the Human Race, the Void Sky Hall, and True Monarch Sundragon.

Thus, Ye Tian left seclusion.

At the Void Sky Hall's conference hall:

Ye Tian, True Monarch Tun Yue, True Monarch Peng Yu, True Monarch Darklight, and several other True Monarchs had all gathered.

Among those present, Ye Tian's status was undoubtedly the highest, and his strength was the greatest, but the one in charge was still True Monarch Tun Yue. Since Ye Tian had spent many years in seclusion, rarely managing the affairs of Void Sky Hall, he preferred not to intervene.

Seeing that most of the attendees had arrived, True Monarch Tun Yue spoke, "Everyone, you should have all received the news by now. The Grand Universe is evolving at an extraordinary speed, hundreds of times faster than before.

Initially, our prediction was that the Grand Universe would take at least another ten billion years to advance to the quasi-Dao Realm level.

The quasi-Dao Realm is second only to the Dao Realm. Though it cannot accommodate True Ancestors, it can house Half-Step True Ancestors.

At the current rate of evolution, it's likely that within another 100,000 years, the quasi-Dao Realm will form.

By then, the third wave of arrivals will probably come!"

"The third wave? So soon!" The True Monarchs were utterly shocked.

Many among them hadn't been in the Grand Universe for long and had originally thought they could still seize plenty of treasures. However, with the third wave of arrivals on the horizon, the competition pressure would become overwhelming.

It was easy to imagine that the third wave would consist entirely of True Monarchs—perhaps even those who could fight against, or had even killed, True Ancestors above their realm.

In front of such invincible True Monarchs, they were nothing more than ants.

Competing with those kinds of True Monarchs for opportunities seemed laughable. According to their initial plans, if they could peacefully cultivate for another ten billion years, they could definitely reach the pinnacle of the True Spirit Realm as True Monarchs. Some might even have a slim chance of stepping into the Half-Step True Ancestor stage.

And if they were fortunate enough to obtain great opportunities within the Grand Universe, they wouldn't fear the third wave of arrivals at all. They might even have a chance to compete for the position of Dao Ancestor in the future! But now, the rapid evolution of the Grand Universe was highly disadvantageous to them.

"Why is this happening? It doesn't seem normal! From what I've read in ancient records, the evolution of a Dao Realm usually follows a standard process. It shouldn't be progressing like this!" True Monarch Peng Yu expressed his doubts.

"I don't know either!" True Monarch Tun Yue shook his head before continuing, "Perhaps the Dao Ancestors know the reason, but they wouldn't easily disclose such information to us unless we go and ask them!"

But who would dare to ask a Dao Ancestor? Without a monumental issue, they wouldn't even dream of disturbing a Dao Ancestor. Normally, they would only contact the True Ancestors of the Void Sky Lineage, who would then relay the message to the Dao Ancestors.

The only person qualified to contact the Dao Ancestors directly was Ye Tian.

However, no one urged Ye Tian. After all, in due time, the secret behind the phenomenon would eventually spread, so there was no rush to uncover it immediately.

"Everyone, once the quasi-Dao Realm forms, all the major powers will take action, solidifying their territories. They can even prepare to build true nations. Once a true nation is established, it will be much harder for other powers to invade us. Moreover, the true nation will continuously gather destiny, eventually forming a Chaos True Dragon of Destiny." True Monarch Tun Yue explained.

"But we still don't have the core of the true nation!" One of the True Monarchs remarked.

"When the third wave of people arrives, the core of the true nation will naturally appear. We just need to make preparations now. Additionally, we can annex weaker forces and expand our territory as much as possible. The larger our true nation, the greater the benefits for us!" True Monarch Tun Yue advised.

Everyone nodded, even Ye Tian agreed.

Had he not joined the Void Sky Hall, he might not have understood the significance of a true nation. To obtain a Dao Ancestor slot, one had to build a true nation.

Building a true nation required the true nation's core, but the core was incredibly valuable—equivalent to the worth of a Dao Artifact. No major power would dare carry the core early on, fearing it might be stolen, which would result in catastrophic losses.

The true nation's core could gather destiny, and the higher-ups of the true nation would be shrouded in destiny, akin to the Children of Fate in a Dao Realm. This would increase their chances of obtaining a spot on the Ancestral Stele.

Because of this, it was exceedingly difficult for True Ancestors outside of major powers to secure a Dao Ancestor slot.

In contrast, some top-tier major powers had multiple Dao Ancestors, while individual cultivators struggled to even comprehend the secrets involved.

Of course, it wasn't entirely impossible for a rogue cultivator to become a Dao Ancestor. If their strength was sufficient, they could defeat an entire major power, seize the true nation's core, and build their own true nation. From there, they could compete for a Dao Ancestor slot and ascend to become a Dao Ancestor.

However, the odds were slim. Most geniuses who attempted this path perished.

In the days that followed, top-tier powers across the universe began to eliminate nearby smaller forces. Any force without a Dao Ancestor was invaded, resulting in countless True Monarchs falling.

Meanwhile, the Void Sky Hall's territory expanded rapidly, growing several times larger in just a thousand years.

Even the Dark God Society, which had always operated from the shadows, stepped into the light and swiftly conquered many forces, occupying a vast amount of territory as well.