Chapter 611: Great Ascension
Ace said to the gathered Legendary Immortal Wizards:
“Now convene all the Mythical Wizards. I want to hold an expanded meeting of the Supreme Council to brief and analyze the situation we are currently facing to the formal and alternate members of the Supreme Council.
“His Excellency Bayen will be responsible for notifying all members. We will meet tomorrow at nine o’clock in the Great Magic Auditorium.”
Bayen nodded. As Ace’s most comfortable deputy to use, Bayen was thoroughly familiar with handling these matters.
The next day at nine o’clock, in the Great Magic Auditorium, tens of thousands of Mythical Wizards and fifty-one Legendary Immortal Wizards had already gathered together.
The ahoge on Ace’s head twitched slightly, the Law of Comprehension activated, and His pupils contracted slightly.
“Among the Mythical Wizards present, at least four hundred have reached the limit state of Mythical and can advance to Legendary Immortal at any time. These guys have been suppressing their strength; I must tempt them to advance as soon as possible.”
With a stir in His heart, Ace looked around at everyone, opened His mouth, and said: “Everyone, our High Tower Wizards have completely withdrawn from the Kaya World as a faction. Thirty billion people, thirteen thousand Mythical Wizards, fifty-one Legendary Immortal Wizards, and the crystallization of all the magical technology we have developed. An artificial sub-plane is even our Astral Plane ark.
“We will head in the direction of the Wizard Multiverse. You heard right, the Wizard Multiverse.
“The Wizard World Cluster has already transformed into the Wizard Multiverse. Like Kaya, it has a Prime Material Plane, and an outer side of the world composed of the Sea of Illusion and Reality.
“Moreover, the Wizard Multiverse has already ascended to the Level 3 layer of the Astral Plane, becoming a newborn Level 3 world.
“We will bring our thirty billion magical population and top-tier magical knowledge and technology to build our new home.
“The Kaya World has now entered an era of treacherous and unpredictable waves. It’s not just the collision and merger of two worlds, or the possible war between the Kaya Gods and the Elven Gods. More importantly, if we stay there, it’s very likely the two sides will unite to eliminate us first.
“Do not harbor any illusions. We do not have Level 6 existences and are unable to withstand a single blow before the Titan Main Gods.
“I have experienced the strength of a pseudo-status Level 6 level. Even with more Sovereigns, they are merely sturdier bugs. That is a true crushing suppression from a dimensional level. We can all ascend dimensions briefly, but Level 6 existences, They are always in the fourth dimension!”
The entire hall was in an uproar. Except for Ace, their impression of the Titan Main Gods was limited to them being powerful, but exactly how powerful, the wizards had never been able to quantify.
Only Ace, this former sub-landlord of the Kaya Prime Material Plane, had briefly experienced a similar state.
Ace waited for everyone’s discussion to quiet down, pressed His hands down in the air, and said: “Quiet, quiet. Wizards, Level 5 to Level 6 is a true transition of life level. It’s even hard to say whether Level 6 can be defined as life.
“Or perhaps a transition of existential form is more appropriate. Level 6 existences are true four-dimensional existences; They can exist permanently on the four-dimensional level. The Titan Main Gods we see in three dimensions are actually just the projections of Their four-dimensional states in the three-dimensional state!
“For example, we are three-dimensional creatures. If there are creatures on the two-dimensional level, they can never resist us.
“If some extremely powerful individuals among them could briefly ascend dimensions and become three-dimensional bodies, they might be able to touch us, but they probably couldn’t even defeat an ordinary person.”
Seeing the wizards deep in thought and somewhat confused, Ace continued: “I will give you a live demonstration using an imperfect example. You all know I once created a dream world called ‘Fantasia.’ Now I will reproduce Fantasia.”
Following the rhythm of Ace’s mana, dream-like mists swirled. A cloud-like, five-colored dream emerged, rapidly condensing into a palm-sized, misty, translucent orb.
“This is a dream possessing mana. We can evolve an illusory world within the dream, and this illusory world naturally contains illusory—or rather, dream—lifeforms!”
Ace tossed the orb. The misty, five-colored orb floated in mid-air, projecting a colorful cloud, upon which the changes of the dream within the orb appeared. The world was opened up, time accelerated under Ace’s control, and soon the entire world became rich and colorful, with intelligent creatures also beginning to evolve.
Ace granted various enlightenments and guidance to the intelligent creatures, guiding them step by step to attempt to increase their power and jump out of the dream.
But this was almost completely impossible; without the injection of external power, it was difficult to jump out of the dream.
“Our high-dimensional rifts are actually the key to our ability to ascend dimensions. Or rather, the state of our world is a state tending towards destruction. High dimensions are slowly collapsing, and high-dimensional energy is also injecting into lower dimensions, which is why we can ascend dimensions.
“As for the ultimate destruction of the Astral Plane, let’s not discuss that for now; that is too long in the future. Let’s solve what’s in front of our eyes first.
“Mythical Wizards and existences below are like the creatures in the dream, forever locked in three dimensions. Even if you achieve longevity in three dimensions, in the eyes of true four-dimensional state existences, you are just bugs.
“As for Level 5, it is the process of leaping from three dimensions to four dimensions, which is why it catches the eyes of the Titan Main Gods, but it is still not a stable four-dimensional existence that can permanently reside in the fourth dimension.
“In other words, the difference in dimension dictates that we have no chance of winning against Level 6 existences.”
Ace casually pinched, and this five-colored translucent orb was annihilated, ceasing to exist.
“Just like this dream phantom orb I casually created, all existences within it completely return to zero at this moment. Although there are many differences, the principle is the same. The suppression of the three-dimensional state by the four-dimensional state is absolute, crushing.
“We shouldn’t place ourselves in such a situation. Moreover, Kaya’s danger doesn’t only come from current Level 6 existences, but also bizarre changes we cannot explain.
“Faced with such changes, our best option is a complete evacuation to preserve the power of wizards.
“Our Wizard World Cluster has already advanced to a Level 3 world, and under the efforts of many wizards who stayed behind, has evolved into a multiverse. This is our golden opportunity and our safe haven. What we should do next is to develop desperately in the Wizard Multiverse and achieve ascension for the entire world!”
Ace’s voice was sonorous. The over ten thousand wizards present also applauded with restraint. They all understood that Ace’s judgment was correct. Facing a four-dimensional state with a three-dimensional state, there was no other path but to flee.
After the applause, multiple wizards raised their hands. Ace randomly selected one. That Mythical Wizard stood up and asked: “Lord Ace, I am a newly advanced Mythical Wizard. I agree very much with Your viewpoint, but I want to know, can we still use the Ascension Door to briefly experience the fourth dimension?”
Ace smiled and said: “Of course you can. The reason I risked sneaking into Kaya—besides taking away our 30 billion magical population—was to take away the numerous unique treasures in my sub-plane.
“In the Wizard Multiverse, we will not only have Ascension Doors, but also a Magic Sanctuary, and a Magic Net.
“We will rebuild floating cities, establish more artificial demi-planes and artificial sub-planes.
“But right now, we face a severe threat. Our compatriots who stayed behind in the Wizard Multiverse have fought a seventy-thousand-year asymmetrical war with a Level 3 world named the True Name World.
“This war is still continuing. The True Name World has locked onto the position of the Wizard Multiverse, and the war has already descended. The enemy is very powerful. But unlike Kaya, even the strongest enemy is no more than a Sovereign; we have a chance to win!”
Since there were many who wanted to speak and discuss, Ace ultimately decided to divide the people into a hundred groups. They discussed in groups and ultimately unified their thoughts: put all their effort into defeating the invading enemy, and concentrate time and energy to develop the Wizard Multiverse.
After this, Ace announced the great plan to map the space-time curvature of the fourth dimension. This was different from mapping the interior of a single world. Mapping the entire Level 3 Astral Plane layer was too massive; more Legendary Immortal Wizards had to invest in this project.
Looking from afar in the void of the Astral Plane, the artificial sub-plane Mobile Fortress and Ace’s sub-plane orbited each other like a binary star system. The gravity of the two mutually captured each other, intertwining as they charged in the direction of the Wizard Multiverse, vanishing from time to time, and abruptly appearing from time to time.
Under the pressure of the external threat and the temptation of Ace’s curvature mapping reward plan, the over four hundred wizards at the limit of Mythical all advanced to Ninth Ring Legendary Immortal Wizards. The only difference was that They did not create their own sub-planes.
“You cannot create sub-planes during this dimensional ascension, because you lack the necessary anchor point. The world is the anchor point. It requires a period of time. After we arrive at the Wizard Multiverse, you will construct your own sub-planes there.”
Time flew by quickly. In the blink of an eye, half a year passed. After multiple relatively immature short-distance curvature jumps, Ace and the other wizards finally arrived at the Wizard Multiverse. On the other side, the True Name World invasion advance army led by the Angel of Holy Light was also gradually closing in.
“Big news, big news! Compatriots from the Kaya World have descended upon the Wizard World!”
“Absolute power! Over five hundred Legendary Immortal Wizards, over ten thousand Mythical Wizards, a magical population of 30 billion, and great magical technology at least thirty thousand years ahead of our Wizard Multiverse!”
“Thirty thousand years is too exaggerated. On what basis do you think it’s thirty thousand years?”
“Do you think I’m just shooting my mouth off? This is based on solid comparative basic data. Let me show you the holographic data chart. The development curve of our seventy thousand years of magical technology is a parabola like this.
“If there’s no external push, the rate of our magical development will maintain a nearly uniform model. But our compatriots from Kaya are different. Their development is almost highly explosive, like a chain reaction.
“You might not quite understand. It’s a very high-speed microscopic reaction. Through this reaction, massive energy erupts in an extremely short time. The compatriots from Kaya are exactly like this.
“What they did in two hundred years is equivalent to our thirty thousand years!”
“How could this be? The gap is too huge!”
“This is the gap caused by top-tier power. When we were in the lower layer of the Astral Plane, we could never have a wizard achieve Legendary Immortal status, and thus couldn’t observe the world with a four-dimensional state.
“And every Legendary Immortal Wizard themselves is a top-tier driving source of magical technology. It is precisely because they can ascend dimensions that they can observe more, and development can be so fast.”
“In short, we shouldn’t have to fear the invasion of the True Name World. Over five hundred Legendary Immortal Wizards—what a great power this is!”
The explosive news spread within the Wizard Multiverse. Thirty billion magical population, ten thousand Mythical Wizards, the descent of over five hundred Legendary Immortal Wizards made this world, which was near despair, enter an ecstasy of welcoming vitality after despair.
People scrambled to celebrate. The Mobile Fortress and Ace’s Dream Realm sub-plane entered the outer side of the Wizard World. The Great Source of Dreams boiled and cheered, as if finding its closest kin.
Ace brought all the Legendary Immortal Wizards, over five hundred people gathered together, and held a plenary meeting in the Starlight Hall of the Central High Tower in the Celestial Realm.
“According to ray observations, the True Name World should have sent at least thirty-four enemies with strength equivalent to True Gods, because we observed thirty-four bizarre sub-planes.
“However, they are just ordinary sub-planes, not Sovereign-level sub-planes.
“To prevent the other party from hiding their strength, we still need to heighten our vigilance. Bayen will lead forty Legendary Immortal Wizards as the first echelon of engagement, trying to eliminate the enemy outside the world as much as possible.
“The other Legendary Immortal Wizards will serve as the reserve army. Once an accident occurs, attack immediately.
“As the general reserve, I will attack last. As long as the opponent is not a Level 6 powerhouse descending, I have the confidence to repel Them or even plunge Them into a long slumber.”
After some discussion, Ace summarized for the group of Legendary Immortal Wizards.
“We have three current tasks. First, all Legendary Immortal Wizards who lost or have not yet created sub-planes will ascend dimensions and create their own sub-planes; I will provide all the energy. Second, upgrade and fix the Magic Net; I will be responsible for this matter. Third, urgently defend against the invading enemy; we will all be responsible for this.
“Please, everyone, go to my sub-plane. I will provide you with enough Divine Power Essence!”
After speaking, Ace waved His hand, and a teleportation door appeared in front of every Legendary Immortal Wizard. On the other side was the galactic universe with two million stars.
They walked in one after another. Even after seeing it many times, they would still be shocked by this beautiful scenery.
Bayen drifted near Betty and said in a low voice:
“Every time I come here, I feel Lord Ace has simply unimaginable imagination. Take the galactic universe we are in as an example. Lord Ace’s construction actually doesn’t adhere at all to the several worlds we’ve seen. Even Kaya, which is the closest, has an extremely unique earth core.
“But here with Lord Ace, the earth core does not exist. Stars, rocky planets, gas giants, habitable zones, etc., form a stellar system. And stars come in a wide variety: black dwarfs, brown dwarfs, red dwarfs, yellow dwarfs, white dwarfs, red giants, blue giants, red supergiants.
“This is like a testing ground for General Relativity. Lord Ace has almost experimented with the theoretical possibilities of all kinds of stars.
“As for the earth core, which is incredibly important in Kaya, here it’s just the habitable zone of a stellar system, easily resolved.”
Betty smiled and said softly: “Haven’t you noticed that the universe here actually conforms to the Second Law of Thermodynamics as well? It’s just that this is not an isolated system, but an open system. Stop studying Lord Ace’s galactic universe. I have an idea for a Legendary Immortal magic and need your help.”
Bayen stroked his long beard and asked in a low voice: “What Legendary Immortal magic?”
A hint of cold light revealed itself in Betty’s eyes. She said slowly and firmly: “A Legendary Immortal application of the Heat Death theory!”
As if a cold wind blew past, Bayen couldn’t help but shiver involuntarily.
Bayen and the others had been to Ace’s galactic universe many times and were no strangers to everything here. But to many newly advanced immortal Legends, this place was full of charm.
This wasn’t the newly advanced Immortal Legends’ first time here, but in the past, They didn’t have the existential level of a Immortal Legend, so They couldn’t comprehend the profound mysteries in Ace’s galactic universe. Now, They felt as if They had discovered a treasure trove. There was too much contained here.
“It’s truly beautiful here. Lord Ace’s galactic universe seems to hide countless profound meanings of knowledge.”
A Legendary Wizard couldn’t help but sigh in admiration.
Hearing this, the corners of Ace’s mouth curled up. In fact, this galactic universe of His was exactly a mapping of His impression of the universe from His past life, theoretically optimized according to the currently deduced theory of General Relativity.
This was not just a simple three-dimensional universe, but also contained a simulation of the unevenness of four-dimensional space-time. It was itself like a testing ground, testing the various possibilities of General Relativity.
Legendary Immortal Wizards, especially newly advanced, as long as they were still within the framework of General Relativity, could gain inspiration here.
“Your Excellencies, if you are willing, each of you can come visit my galactic universe in November every year going forward, and jointly discuss with my two True God-level projections, letting the sparks of our thoughts collide to create a more beautiful future.
“Now, please come to my side, and let me bestow upon you enough Divine Power Essence to construct minimum four-dimensional ‘micro-particles’ in four-dimensional space.”
Over five hundred Legendary Immortal Wizards, except for Lucilu and others who already possessed sub-planes, all the wizards who had lost or not yet created their sub-planes surrounded Ace, like a ring.
Ace’s gaze was gentle. The stars in the galactic universe behind Him suddenly pulsed rhythmically. In those few milliseconds, it seemed to dim for a moment.
If one observed carefully, they would discover that over five hundred stars had died a natural death. It was just that they were too insignificant among the over two million stars and widely distributed, so they hardly caught everyone’s attention.
Over five hundred clusters of Divine Power Essence, more than enough to construct sub-planes, appeared abruptly one by one, hovering above the heads of the Legendary Immortal Wizards.
Ace smiled and said: “Your Excellencies, please absorb the Divine Power Essence into your mental imagery worlds. I will open the High-Dimensional Door. Please follow my rhythm, and let us ascend dimensions together.”
After speaking, a ball of light rose behind Ace. Over five hundred silver Magic Net threads entwined the crowd. They began to resonate rhythmically. Vortex-like High-Dimensional Doors emerged above their heads. The crowd slowly merged into them and disappeared.
In four-dimensional space-time, the unusual feeling of dimensional ascension stirred the hearts of the Legendary Immortal Wizards. This was the feeling of evolution, dimensional evolution, it’s just that it wasn’t complete yet.
Bayen felt that cluster of unmarked Divine Power Essence in his mental imagery world. Such dense and pure energy would take at least a hundred years of his own bitter effort in high-dimensional meditation to condense.
“Lord Ace’s power has truly reached an unimaginable level. Perhaps He is truly infinitely close to the limit of Level 5. The distance to Level 6 is perhaps truly only short of mapping the dynamic curvature of the four-dimensional ‘ocean’.”
He had created a sub-plane—that is, a four-dimensional micro-particle—before, so he was thoroughly familiar with it this time. The micro-particle from Kaya had already dissipated. Bayen anchored it on the four-dimensional state of the Wizard World in front of him.
(Chapter finished)
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