Of course, that "another self" was ultimately just talk.

The clone was gradually turning into something else, drifting further and further away from Li Qing; it only still carried Li Qing's subordinate brand, so the Light Ancient God couldn't stir up any real storm.

At this moment, all beings looked up.

They discovered that within the Sun, a Sun Tree was already swaying its golden branches, with nine Divine Birds dancing among them.

Those Divine Birds were incomparably huge, vaguely clashing with certain Deities.

"Unbelievable, Divine Birds have appeared inside the Sun!"

"Those Divine Birds wield the Power of Chaos, and the Three Thousand Great Path are all manifesting!"

"We were born in the best possible era, with constant upheavals in the Cosmos, bearing witness as the Saints of the primordial Cosmos attain enlightenment one after another."

Gradually, a legend began to spread throughout the All Heavens and Myriads of Realms; the miraculous scenes within the Sun set all the Major Sects and Holy Lands of the heavens abuzz with discussion.

In that unknown high-dimensional mirror layer, the Golden Crows soared, myriad Great Paths unfolding, displaying all kinds of unbelievable Three Thousand Divine Power.

After all, as the Material God, who holds the Three Thousand Great Path, all sorts of Divine Techniques naturally came at his fingertips.

"I observed the Sun for thirty-seven days and actually comprehended something—while watching the Golden Crow's true body in battle, I actually grasped a Great Sun Heaven-Burning Technique!" In the desert of a small world, a voice suddenly erupted, its aura shaking the surrounding heavens.

Many young prodigies and powerhouses watched that blazing Sun day and night, comprehending quite a few earth-shattering Divine Techniques from it.

"So the Sun has turned into this kind of appearance."

Inside the Moon Palace, Aurora stood above the Milky Way, gazing toward the Celestial Vault. "It seems the Light Ancient God has obtained Material Authority as well and is also growing."

"This is bad. The Light Ancient God still has a thief's heart—he wants to preach to the heavens!" At this time, the visiting Sylvie couldn't help but speak.

What kind of person was the Light Ancient God?

The very first flash-photography enthusiast.

This current Sun of his was flickering like crazy; it was likely he was broadcasting encrypted coded text to the remnant Celestial Human fugitives hiding in the Lower Realm.

"That flickering is probably him communicating with his hidden subordinates in the Lower Realm, and using the means of preaching to build a good reputation and rope in a batch of young-era geniuses."

"He might even be distributing the incomplete Three Thousand Taoist Technique, then handing the patched-up Dharma Methods to those remnants via encoded flashes."

"Once those young geniuses cultivate his Dharma Methods, they'll no longer be able to act freely in the future and will have to throw in with those monsters lurking in the dark."

After a round of discussion, they all felt the Light Ancient God had a vicious heart.

"What should we do then?" At this moment, Sylvie said, "Should we ask His Majesty to shut down this Sun?"

"We mustn't." Sylph said, "If the Sun is shut down and the Cosmos falls into darkness, it'll be very hard to find such a colossal, explosively radiant light source again."

"So we just let him secretly grow his power base?" Sylvie said.

Sylph suddenly had an idea. "I can ask His Majesty. Since he made a Sun, we might as well make a Moon and preach the Three Thousand Great Path too."

So Sylvie and Sylph transmitted their thoughts to Nokron.

Very soon, Nokron sent back a strategy:

"If the other side wants to spread the Dao, we might as well make use of it. After all, the Sun is also helping us usher in a glorious era and cultivate more Ancient Gods. Besides, this Cosmos should indeed have two major forces contending with each other."

"Let your hearts be a bit broader; there's no need to block his petty moves. The other side isn't worth worrying about."

It wasn't that Li Qing looked down on the other side.

Now that the four great Deities had all returned to their seats, even this "Li Qing" self of his had no way of overturning the board.

If the other side really did overturn it...

Atabia hadn't detected that in the Future Universe; if that happened, Atabia ought to do a handstand and diarrhea!

Hearing His Majesty's reply, the few women all let out a breath of relief. "Then we'll use the Moon to counter him; doesn't he have a Sun Tree up there? Our Moon will also have a tree, so we won't be weaker than him."

"But our Moon's Moon Tree has to be chopped. We'll keep chopping the tree just to disgust him on purpose."

Sylph's words left the two women beside her in speechless silence.

This was a direct slap in the face.

Whenever one mentioned a tree, the world would inevitably think of that most vast Ancient Tree of the Cosmos that used the Ancient Tree Calendar as its calendar.

But now, you make a "tree-chopping" act to oppose the Sun—this was deliberately getting under someone's skin.

In the Solar Calendar year 7381, at the Galactic Center, a Laurel Tree was born in the Moon Palace, and there was a Divine Being who chopped it.

On this day, everyone witnessed the Sun and Moon shining together.

On this day, many prodigies comprehended the Heaven and Earth Dao from within the Sun and Moon, displaying earth-shattering Cultivation.

From this point on.

The Moon God and the Sun God, the two great Material Gods, each preached their Three Thousand doctrines, causing the Human Path of the All Heavens and Myriads of Realms to flourish; countless people observed the Sun and Moon, seeking fated Dharma.

There was also the Space God elevating dimensions to promote their communication, sending the entire Cosmos into an unimaginably eternal golden age, with heroes rising in droves and a hundred flowers blooming.

...

In the Cosmos Solar Calendar year 7403.

The Netherworld Goddess Elis secretly discussed matters with the Emperor.

"The Material God's Three Thousand Great Path have strengthened his own Authority and benefited all living beings; his believers are everywhere."

Elis said to the Emperor, "If we do not reinforce our own prestige, and our core control over the Cosmos, and the dependence the living have on us, I fear the days ahead won't be easy."

The Emperor nodded.

The Time Ancient God naturally did not compete in the "present world," but the other three of them all lived in the present, so they naturally had to compete some.

They could not allow the Material God to stand out alone.

"Let's work together." Elis said.

"Space and Life—how do we work together?" The Emperor was curious.

"Help me deliver parcels."

Elis was ambitious, her eyes shining as she said, "I want to expand the Reincarnation business! Right now everyone has to rush over to Reincarnation on their own, and the customers' travel speed is way too slow. In our service industry, we stress door-to-door pickup! Delivery straight to your door!"

The Emperor: "..."

Elis wanted to expand employment in Reincarnation.

Using the Emperor's conveyor belts, she would ship living beings by the truckload into Reincarnation for rebirth, and ship them out of Reincarnation into their next life.

This was called Yellow Springs Express!

And she still wanted to recruit a batch of couriers: ghostly messengers.

This batch of delivery guys would be spread all across the space-tunnel network, working nonstop to load, sort, and deliver parcels, packing up one life after another, in and out of Reincarnation, realizing a continuous cycle of life and rebirth!

Furthermore, Elis wanted to expand her business lines!

As long as a Ninth Layer Ancient God who had exited Reincarnation paid up, she could even deliver them free of charge straight into their mother's womb!

This way, those Ancient Gods who had just taken off their Godheads wouldn't have to fear someone blocking the door to Reincarnation!

They'd be delivered straight to some random world in the All Heavens and Myriads of Realms!

Of course, delivery into the mother's womb came with a seal on past-life memories; if you wanted to be born with your full memories intact, that was another price tier.

Elis did the math thoroughly and felt it was pretty good.

She wanted all kinds of paid services—what, you think you can get stronger without spending any money?

She wanted to kill her dad!

She wanted to carry out "robbing the rich to help the poor" and beat to death those oligarchs who would gradually grow up in the Future Universe!

Over the long term, resources would ultimately flow into the hands of Holy Lands and Major Sect forces; their piles would only get higher and higher, until 99% of the social resources were held by 1% of the people.

They were the new evil fathers.

And as the Life Ancient God, how was she to stop this?

Use Reincarnation to strip-mine those rich folks, circulate the funds, and send them back to those weak, ordinary lives.

After all, without anyone doing wealth redistribution, the system simply wouldn't work.

"If you want to do it, you can." The Emperor thought it over and felt it was beneficial to him as well.

After all, his main business was Cosmos logistics—who could turn down a major client?

So on this day, not only the Sun and Moon were the hot topic of the age in the Cosmos.

Elis, too, began to complete the Great Path for the Cosmos and started fighting for the number one trending search.

"I am the Netherworld Goddess Elis."

"I shall perfect Reincarnation, benefiting the All Heavens and Myriads of Realms, and remove all high threshold restrictions."

On this day, the Celestial Path Reincarnation of the Cosmos was completely perfected; it no longer served only the strong but served all living beings under heaven.

Reincarnation fully became one of the core mechanisms of the Cosmos.