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Looking at Professor Confucius before him, Zhang Zhi hesitated, unsure whether to tell him about his past experiences with the great calamity and his speculations about the unknown.

Professor Confucius frowned deeply, muttering to himself, "No, no, something must be wrong."

Then, he paused for a moment, let out a long breath, and said, "I understand!"

"I understand!"

"I understand why the multiverse did this!"

"So that's it."

Seeing the probing look in Zhang Zhi's eyes, Professor Confucius slowly said, "The reason why the multiverse did this is very likely because the mastermind behind it is very skilled in mental power and soul-related methods!"

"The reason why the multiverse does this is actually to filter out some usable existences first."

"Because any being in the multiverse who breaks through to a higher realm than the God Realm will inevitably face the mastermind behind it all!"

"However, the mental power of the mastermind behind the scenes is extremely powerful. Only those beings who can survive the mental pollution brought down by the great calamity of the multiverse have the ability to fight against the mental power of the mastermind behind the scenes!"

"I even suspect that the mental power techniques used by the mastermind behind this may be similar to those of mind flayers, which enslave other intelligent beings and are able to control them."

"That's why the great calamities that descend from the multiverse are so difficult."

"The reason for this is that after surviving the great calamity, we will have to face an incomparably powerful force capable of destroying the underworld, which is suspected to be above the level of the main world."

"It's not a big deal if you're not strong enough to be sent to the slaughter, but if the mastermind behind the scenes can control others through mental power manipulation, all cultivators with weak mental resistance might end up being controlled by the mastermind and becoming one of them."

"That would be tantamount to aiding the enemy."

"That's why the great calamity encountered above the level of the main god in the multiverse is so difficult."

"That's why there's currently no existence that can break through the selection process of the multiverse."

"After all, this standard was set up based on the mastermind behind the destruction of the underworld, with the aim of finding out those who have the strength to fight against the mastermind."

"For the multiverse, if intelligent beings who have advanced to the level of Gods cannot fight against the mastermind behind the scenes, it would be better not to advance at all. Therefore, all those beings who tried to advance to the level of Gods perished in that great calamity."

"Furthermore, the mastermind behind this was able to destroy the Underworld, which was suspected to have broken through the level of the main world. Their true power may be more than one level higher than that of the main god."

"This is almost equivalent to the existence of a God-level being, who needs to withstand the test of a tribulation that is at least one level higher than their own, or even two major levels higher."

"No wonder, for so many eras, there has never been a being above the God Realm."

At this moment, Professor Confucius suddenly realized something. After letting out a long sigh, he turned to Zhang Zhi and said, "Your Qi Refining path seems to have been created to cope with this standard set by the multiverse!"

"Your Qi Refining path already allows you to fight across realms. If you further cultivate the Profound Pure Qi Technique and comprehend the One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones and the Three Heads and Six Arms Divine Power, there might actually be a slight possibility that you could fight across two realms!"

"If, by then, two or three cultivators on the Qi Refining path could break through to a realm above the main world, they might actually be able to solve our current predicament!"

Upon hearing this, Zhang Zhi shook his head: "Teacher, you are really too kind to me. How could I possibly be able to deduce the Qi Refiner's Path and the Profound Pure Qi Technique to the level of the Main God Realm?"

"I believe that the path of becoming the Lord of the World is the cultivation path most capable of resolving our current predicament!"

"After all, putting everything else aside, if four or five world lords who possess a main world break through to the main god realm together, just by summoning main god realm relatives, that would be enough to give the mastermind behind the scenes a headache."

"Moreover, our World Lord Path is currently a cultivation path at the level of the Main World."

"This is much easier than pushing my Qi Refiner path to the level of a God."

Professor Confucius shook his head and said, "The standards for a great calamity will not be lowered just because your numbers have increased."

"I think we need to revise our previous plan to advance to the level of a main god in a short period of time."

"It is not appropriate to attempt to break through to the God Realm before we have figured out the mastermind behind the destruction of the Underworld."

After hearing what Professor Confucius said, Zhang Zhi silently nodded in agreement.

Indeed, if the Great Calamity were truly measured by the mastermind behind the destruction of the Underworld, humanity would have no chance of surviving it.

Therefore, postponing the previous plans is the wisest decision.

At this moment, Professor Confucius suddenly spoke up and asked, "Little fellow, the fact that you can obtain information about the underworld from the consciousness of the multiverse means that you have truly gained the favor of the consciousness of the multiverse."

"So, has the consciousness of the multiverse instilled any relevant information in you?"

After hearing Professor Confucius's question, Zhang Zhi shook his head and said, "No."

After a pause, he explained, "This is probably because my cultivation level is too low."

"If your speculation is true, then this must be the most important secret in the entire multiverse."

"I am not capable of dealing with such a situation right now, so it's normal that I don't know."

When Professor Confucius heard Zhang Zhi say this, he thought it made sense.

With Zhang Zhi's current cultivation level, he simply doesn't have the ability to participate in such matters, and the consciousness of the multiverse would definitely not tell him such secrets.

If he hadn't fortuitously integrated the Gates of Hell card into his little world, thus opening the Underworld, the secrets related to the Underworld wouldn't be something he could access at his current stage.

With a sigh, Professor Confucius looked at Zhang Zhi and suddenly asked, "Do you think my previous speculations are valid?"

After a moment's hesitation, Zhang Zhi said, "I think your speculations are very likely to be true."

"I think your speculations about the great catastrophe are correct."

"The difficulty of breaking through to the God Realm should definitely not be this high."

"After all, the multiverse definitely wants the intelligent beings within its own universe to be as powerful as possible. The more powerful the beings within the multiverse are, the more powerful it will become." "Generally speaking, the test is actually to preserve the good and eliminate the bad, or to remove those who are hated by heaven and man and are harmful to the multiverse itself."

"But the trials faced by gods of that rank now far exceed this scope, so there must be something wrong with this."

"Therefore, it is very likely that there is an incredibly powerful mastermind behind our multiverse."

"This mastermind not only destroyed the Six Paths of Reincarnation, but also did not want the birth of a God-level being or anything above the level of the Main World within our multiverse."

"However, I have a question about the mastermind behind this."

"So that's why He did it?"

"What is the purpose of this?"

What benefit can He gain from this?

"Is it to dominate the entire multiverse?"

"But we have never heard of such a race existing in the multiverse."

"If his goal is to dominate the entire multiverse and become the eternal protagonist of the multiverse, then his traces must be everywhere in the multiverse."

"However, in reality, there is no trace of any activity above the level of a main god within the multiverse."

"So the mastermind behind this is definitely not trying to dominate the multiverse."

"If it's not for the purpose of dominating the entire multiverse, then His practice of suppressing other races within the multiverse as much as possible is highly suspicious."

After hearing Zhang Zhi's words, Professor Confucius's eyes flashed with a hint of seriousness: "Indeed, the motives of this mastermind are highly suspicious!"

"No matter how you look at it, I feel that the actions of this mastermind are part of a big conspiracy."

"But the problem is, the mastermind behind this has been doing this for countless eons, and so far, nothing too bad has happened. So what exactly is their purpose in doing this?"

Upon hearing this, Zhang Zhi also felt a sense of doubt. Indeed, if the mastermind behind this had any conspiracy, it would have been exposed long ago after all these years.

Or rather, the mastermind behind it all must have already achieved their goal.

However, nothing particularly noteworthy has happened in the multiverse over the years, so the mastermind behind it all may not be plotting anything.

However, if the mastermind behind this has no ulterior motive, then it feels too strange.

Just then, a flash of inspiration struck Zhang Zhi, and a thought slowly emerged in his mind: What if the mastermind behind this is not a being from this multiverse?
In his previous life, he had read Liu Cixin's "The Three-Body Problem" on the science fiction world platform. He was deeply impressed by the methods and purposes of the Trisolarans in blocking Earth's technology.

Why did the Trisolarans blockade Earth's technology?

The purpose was to ensure that when the Trisolarans arrived, they would still maintain an overwhelming technological advantage over Earthlings and be able to successfully rule the Earth!
Therefore, if the mastermind behind this is from another multiverse, and their goal is to occupy or even devour the multiverse they inhabit, then all of this makes sense.

The mastermind behind this must have discovered the existence of their own multiverse a very, very long time ago.

Logically, they should have summoned reinforcements silently, but at that time, the Underworld had already broken through to a level above the main world.

Moreover, due to the unique nature of the Netherworld pathway, geniuses and cultivation resources from across the multiverse will inevitably converge on the Netherworld.

The underworld at that time must have developed at a very rapid pace.

After realizing this situation, the mastermind behind it all felt that by the time reinforcements arrived, they might not be able to defeat the Underworld. Therefore, they had no choice but to destroy the Underworld and the related Six Paths of Reincarnation.

However, during that great battle, although that person destroyed the underworld, they must have also suffered great losses; otherwise, the reinforcements from the mastermind behind the scenes might have arrived long ago.

Ok?
No, this shouldn't be the case!
So many eras have passed, even if the multiverse where the mastermind resides is far away from my own multiverse, reinforcements should have surely arrived by now.

Therefore, the mastermind behind the scenes and the underworld pathway are very likely to suffer mutual destruction.

Hmm, no, it should be called a Pyrrhic victory!
After destroying the underworld, the mastermind behind it may have only been able to set up some hidden forces before falling into a coma or falling into a deep sleep, and has not woken up for many years.

Because they couldn't provide the coordinates, the mastermind's reinforcements were unable to locate the multiverse.

The contingency plan that person devised was actually to sever the path to the realm of the Supreme God within the multiverse and suppress the development of the multiverse.

In particular, the Underworld Path is so powerful that if it were to develop again, even if reinforcements arrived in its own multiverse, it would be impossible to conquer it.

The reason why the mastermind behind the scenes did not eliminate the existence of the main god realm in the multiverse is probably because there were quite a few main god realm beings in the multiverse and the main world at that time, and He no longer had the ability to eliminate them one by one.

One of them is very likely the multiverse from which He came, and it is very likely that there are beings above the level of a supreme god.

He believed that the reinforcements were powerful enough to suppress beings at the God Realm, so he thought that as long as they could block our path to the God Realm and beyond, they would be able to crush us in the future.

Thinking of this, Zhang Zhi let out a long sigh. In that case, the reinforcements of the mastermind behind the scenes must have been searching for the multiverse in which he resided.

Perhaps at any moment, several alien races from outside the multiverse will invade the multiverse.

Perhaps, this is why I am in this multiverse?

Zhang Zhi looked up at Professor Confucius in front of him, hesitated for a while, and then said, "Teacher, I have a preliminary conjecture. Would you like to listen to it and see if it's reliable?"

Professor Confucius, who had been pondering something, looked down after hearing Zhang Zhi's words and said, "Tell me about it."

After organizing his thoughts, Zhang Zhi slowly began to recount his belief that the mastermind behind the scenes was another multiverse, along with other relevant information.

When Professor Confucius heard Zhang Zhi say that He believed the mastermind behind it all came from another multiverse, he subconsciously raised an eyebrow, as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he did not interrupt Zhang Zhi.

After noticing Professor Confucius's hesitant expression, Zhang Zhicai suddenly realized that others might find the idea of ​​originating from beyond the multiverse difficult to accept at first glance. (End of Chapter)