Ninth class citizen

Chapter 412 Beyond the Universe
Nan Rong was overjoyed that Tian Li would agree so readily: "Just say that I injured my body while developing the equipment and can no longer go out to see people."

"Okay." Tian Li agreed readily as always.

"Then I'll be going now." She waved and led the white jade gate out.

"Wait a minute." Tianli stopped her. "I'll go back with you."

"How can that be? The Federation can do without me, but it cannot do without His Majesty the President!" Nan Rong declared righteously. "Besides, if we all leave, who will oversee the Star Alliance's progress?"

"It's alright." With a flick of Tian Li's finger, a point of golden light entered Nan Rong's brow.

"Cloning... Cloning Technique!" Nan Rong exclaimed in surprise as she looked at the platinum-gold celestial book that suddenly appeared in her spiritual sea.

This was one of the high-level books on the top floor of the library. It was swept by the purplish-red light band flying above the mental sea and immediately melted like the other two heavenly books. The golden characters inside were directly engraved into Nan Rong's mind.

She blinked, and another version of herself appeared beside her.

Nan Rong winked at her back, her smile mischievous.

"Go in peace, my main body. Leave this to me," she said.

The clone possesses 30% of the original's abilities, can think and act independently, and can inform the original of any major events that occur at any time.

It is indeed a very practical spell.

Tian Li also left behind a clone, while he himself took Nan Rong back to the cosmic inheritance space.

Nan Rong's previous excitement vanished instantly. Being so close to him made her almost unable to control her body; she even had the shameful thought of giving up and indulging in pleasure.

Realizing this, she was so frustrated that she didn't notice that she was in a place she had never been before.

They were walking in a void, where golden lotuses bloomed wherever they landed, carrying them forward.

"I promised you." Tian Li looked at her intently, "I would tell you the whole truth."

"Don't we have to wait another five years, which is one year here?" Nan Rong asked doubtfully.

"No need. The Wheel of Heaven and Earth can directly predict the outcome of dimensional evolution and reflect it in advance."

As they spoke, the clouds and sea suddenly changed, and the two were now standing on a high platform.

A huge sphere was slowly rotating in front of them.

The sphere resembles a sycamore fruit magnified countless times, with countless strip-shaped fibrous seeds densely clustered on the outer ring.

From the surface of the sphere, only the needle-like protrusions of the seed on the outermost side are visible.

They were densely packed together, with most of the protrusions being green, interspersed with three to three tenths of orange and yellow, and a very small number of purple and black.

Nan Rong immediately guessed upon seeing it: "This is the Wheel of Myriad Realms? What it is showing is our universe?"

“That’s right.” Tian Li affirmed: “The green planes have not yet begun to evolve; the yellow ones are in progress and have made some progress; the orange ones have already evolved successfully, including those planes where the preliminary work has been completed and they will achieve formal evolution within a hundred years.”

“Look.” He casually pointed and magnified a tiny protrusion countless times: “This is the Qian 9999 plane, and it has begun to turn orange-yellow.”

“You once told me that this plane is extremely important,” Nan Rong asked, “but from my observation, it’s no different from any other plane.” “How could that be?” Tian Li shook his head, casually casting a spell. Golden, high-level runes flashed by, and Nan Rong discovered he could understand their meaning: acceleration and passing.

The rotation speed of the Qiankun Wanjie Wheel increased, and in just a few breaths, the proportion of the green plane on the sphere had been greatly reduced, from more than 70% to less than 50%.

Correspondingly, the number of yellow and orange planes has increased significantly, exceeding half. The number of purple planes has also increased considerably, exceeding five percent, while the number of black planes has decreased.

"This is the result of the evolution of the entire universe ten thousand years from now." A barely perceptible smile appeared in Tian Li's eyes: "The evolution of key planes will cause countless surrounding planes to spontaneously generate chain reactions."

As he spoke, he gripped Nan Rong's hand slightly tighter, as if forcibly suppressing the excitement in his heart.

“But normally, the impact shouldn’t be this great,” he said. “When we combine, the intermingling of celestial secrets and destiny is the deeper root cause of this result.”

Nan Rong's gaze fell on those purple and black planes, but before she could speak, Tian Li's explanation had already arrived.

"Black represents a plane that descended into chaos after failing to evolve. Purple, on the other hand, represents a plane that underwent a second evolution based on its initial evolution."

Nan Rong nodded, then shook her head: "What I really want to know is not the result, but the reason."

“I understand.” Tian Li sighed. “But I must remind you of the price of knowing the truth: it’s more cruel than you imagine, and those with weak wills may be crushed. Knowing this, do you still insist on listening?”

Nan Rong: Instead of being discouraged, I'm even more curious about what to do?
"Yes," she said firmly.

Tian Li nodded and said seriously, "I once told you that because of some accidents, the Lucky Golden Carp had disappeared when you returned—do you remember?"

“Of course, I’m not so old that I’ve forgotten things, uncle,” Nan Rong said bluntly.

Tian Li was not offended: "That accident happened when I was two hundred thousand years old."

"I was born within the core space of the universe. Due to my innate spiritual body, I was accepted into the most prestigious sect on this continent, the Yantian Sect, at a young age, and received teachings and resources far beyond what others could imagine. I did not disappoint my teachers and elders, and within ten thousand years I had become the undisputed number one among the younger generation. At the age of thirty thousand, I had already advanced to the rank of a Great Power."

"When I reached the age of 50,000, I succeeded as the head of the Yantian Sect and became the number one expert recognized in the Nine Directions Continent. In the following 150,000 years, I devoted myself to cultivation without any interest in worldly affairs, and my strength has long surpassed all the predecessors recorded in ancient books, making me the number one person in history."

Upon hearing this, Nan Rong couldn't help but slightly purse her lips: "Dean, you can go and tell the students about your past achievements. I guarantee they will give you the enthusiastic response you want."

“I have no intention of showing off, but because they are part of the truth.” Tian Li said with some regret, “It was because I was proud of my strength back then that I did something unprecedented, but I never expected to discover a great secret about the universe.”

"But thinking about it again, perhaps the fact that I was able to accomplish that was also related to the trace of Heavenly Secret Purple Qi that I possess."

"What big secret?" Nan Rong asked, extremely curious. "Stop keeping me in suspense and tell me!"

Tian Li shook his head: "I can't say for sure, you'll have to come and see for yourself."

The next second, Nan Rong's mind was shaken violently, and her consciousness somehow entered Tian Li's past memories.

Her perspective was focused on Tian Li, who had just turned two hundred thousand years old.

She watched him reach a point where his cultivation could not be improved, and thus, unwilling to be left behind, she tore apart heaven and earth with her own hands.

She heard him mutter to himself, suppressing the joy in his eyes: "So, there really is a divine realm beyond the universe!"

She watched as he announced the matter to the world, and then, amidst countless people seeing him off, he ascended into the sky and entered the rift.

However, the Divine Realm does not welcome outsiders, so Tian Li could only shed his physical body and enter it in the form of a soul.