Your Talent is Mine

TL: Etude

Ye Tian’s true body, still at the Universal God level, couldn’t refine the Desolate Tower on its own. Only his second true self could undertake this task.

Because Ye Tian’s second true self controlled the Desolate Realm, and the Desolate Tower was connected to this realm, refining the tower was much easier than expected.

In just half a year’s time, Ye Tian successfully refined this pinnacle supreme treasure—the Desolate Tower.

After refining the Desolate Tower, Ye Tian fully controlled it and became its master.

In an instant, Ye Tian entered the Desolate Tower.

The Desolate Tower lacked a spirit but operated according to its own rules.

As the tower’s master, Ye Tian could understand everything within it.

Soon, Ye Tian reached a space deep within the Desolate Tower.

“This is the Desolate Ancient Hall at the tower’s deepest part. Even the Desolate Supreme and other Innate Deities never entered here. I might be the first living being to enter since the Innate Desolate Race,” Ye Tian thought.

The Desolate Ancient Hall contained numerous rare texts, recording many secrets and some innate techniques of the Desolate Race.

Ye Tian wasn’t very interested in the innate techniques of the Desolate Race, as they were designed for Innate Deities and weren’t very useful for other races.

What intrigued Ye Tian were the texts recording various secrets. Those were what piqued his interest.

After all, the Desolate Realm also emerged from chaos, so there might be records of chaos secrets within these texts.

Immediately, Ye Tian began to browse through these texts one by one.

The materials of these texts were unique, almost eternal, and combined with the special nature of this space, the texts were well-preserved.

Soon, Ye Tian found a text that fascinated him.

“Innate Chaos Lifeforms!”

From this text, Ye Tian learned about a type of lifeform within chaos, known as Innate Chaos Lifeforms. These beings were born from chaos itself, came in many types, and possessed immense power. They could also produce offspring, becoming an innate race with significant potential within chaos.

“Each Innate Chaos Lifeform is much stronger than the Supreme beings in the universe, equivalent to the realm of transcendents. Unfortunately, universe lifeforms can’t possess such powerful bloodlines. It’s extremely difficult for universe lifeforms to transcend!” Ye Tian sighed.

After reading for a while, he stopped focusing on the Innate Chaos Lifeforms, as the content wasn’t particularly useful to him and served only to expand his knowledge.

Ye Tian then continued to peruse the remaining texts.

Finally, a text that greatly intrigued Ye Tian appeared.

“Universe!”

This text introduced the universe.

In theory, Ye Tian had a good understanding of the universe, but it was only a basic one.

The strong within chaos undoubtedly knew about the universe. Although they couldn’t enter its interior, they surely conducted extensive research on it. Some chaotic forces even put great effort into studying the universe.

Thus, Ye Tian wanted to uncover secrets about the universe that he didn’t know, like the Great Cosmic Cataclysm and more.

“I hope this text can reveal the secrets to me!” Ye Tian hoped.

He continued to read, absorbing every bit of content.

Time passed slowly, and several hours quickly went by.

At this point, Ye Tian closed the text and took a deep breath.

“So, the universe is so marvelous. I knew too little about it!” Ye Tian muttered.

From the texts, he learned that although the universe would repeatedly undergo great cosmic cataclysms, it was not eternally indestructible. The period of a single cosmic cataclysm was defined as one cosmic era, and a universe could endure a maximum of ten thousand cosmic eras.

Once it reached ten thousand cosmic eras, the universe would completely collapse and dissipate into chaos.

The universe had a lifespan of ten thousand cosmic eras, and currently, this universe was only in its thirteenth cosmic era. It could be considered very young, a newborn universe.

“The universe has a lifespan of ten thousand eras, with every twelve cosmic eras constituting a cosmic cycle. The thirteenth cosmic era marks the beginning of a new cycle, during which the universe is at its weakest state.

In the thirteenth cosmic era, the universe’s origin would shield many rules to protect itself.

No wonder it’s difficult to cultivate the physical body and soul in this universe; it turns out they are being suppressed.” Ye Tian realized.

The text also discussed the cosmic cataclysms, explaining that any living being in the universe wanting to escape these cataclysms had to transcend the universe and enter chaos, becoming a transcendent.

This was the only chance for beings in the universe.

If one didn’t want to transcend by leaving the universe, the only other option was for a great power in chaos to forcibly extract that person’s soul from the universe’s origin at a significant cost, something even the most powerful beings often couldn’t afford.

“The text also mentioned methods of transcendence, similar to what Heavenly Monarch Yun Tan had said, but it added a third method.

Heavenly Monarch Yun Tan only knew of two methods of transcendence, but this text mentioned a third.”

Ye Tian was shocked by the third method of transcendence described in the text.

“Dual Universe Transcendence Method!”

This was a shortcut method, utilizing the collision of two universes to create a rare dual-universe state.

However, both colliding universes had to be extremely weak, with their origins suppressed. Otherwise, if two universes collided without these conditions, their origins would devour each other, leading to utter chaos and even bringing about a cosmic cataclysm.

Only when the origins of both universes were suppressed could the collision avoid triggering a cosmic cataclysm.

Once two universes were in a dual-universe state, a connection point would form.

At this point, a top-tier Supreme could break out of their universe and enter another, comprehending the rules of the other universe, greatly increasing their chances of transcending.

Additionally, they could gather some destiny from the other universe, combine it with the destiny from their own universe, and take advantage of the suppressed origins to break through the rules in one go, becoming a transcendent.

If this situation occurred, the chances of becoming a transcendent were many times higher than in any other scenario.

However, creating a dual-universe state was nearly impossible without the help of a chaotic force. Otherwise, how could two universes collide within the chaos?

Moreover, suppressing the universe’s origin required cooperation from the forces within the universe.

“How could the forces within the universe cooperate with chaotic forces? This seems highly unlikely…”

Ye Tian was about to dismiss the idea when he suddenly recalled the forces from the twelve cosmic eras.

“Could it be…?” Ye Tian’s pupils contracted sharply.

“Could the Supremes from the twelve cosmic eras have reincarnated into this new era with the help of a certain force or powerful individual from chaos? Otherwise, how could they have created the method of reincarnation to avoid the cosmic cataclysm?

It seems very likely that the forces from the twelve cosmic eras were involved in the dual-universe method.” Ye Tian murmured.

Additionally, there was another possibility with the dual-universe method: the creation of a higher-level universe.

The text mentioned that there were a few rare high-level universes within chaos, seemingly formed by the fusion of two universes, though the success rate was very low.

If the dual-universe fusion failed, both universes would be completely annihilated. Unless one transcended and left before the fusion ended, everyone would perish.

“If the forces from the twelve cosmic eras are indeed implementing the dual-universe method, then the stakes are incredibly high.

They are risking everything! But it makes sense—they can’t avoid the cosmic cataclysm any longer. This is their last chance, and they must be willing to take the risk!” Ye Tian thought to himself.

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