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The Western Continent possessed neither the Potion system nor Beyonder characteristics; it held only the Sefirot sealed by the Celestial Worthy.
To obtain supernatural powers, one had to practice Dao and then, much like the believers of Outer Deities, kneel and pray for "Bestowals." The object of these prayers was the Celestial Worthy, a process also known as "Receiving the Talisman."
The Celestial Worthy's motive was transparent: he wanted the entire Western Continent to believe in him, serving as his anchor to help maintain his fading consciousness. Furthermore, because the Western Continent lacked Beyonder characteristics, no True Gods could ever arise. Without reaching the level of a True God, no one could merge with a Sefirah or break his seal.
However, the Celestial Worthy had failed to anticipate one thing: the overwhelming power of these Sefirot brought immense disasters to the Western Continent. Consequently, generations of cultivators had to use their own lives to "fill" the Sefirot, imbuing the primal power with their own mental imprints. By forcibly adding humanity to the Sefirot, they prevented them from endangering the world.
As time passed, through the sacrifices of countless generations, the Western Continent finally managed to grasp a sliver of the Sefirot's power and gradually cast off their faith in the Celestial Worthy. This was likely one of the reasons why the Celestial Worthy's revival plan had never reached completion. Without anchors, his consciousness weakened, and Sefirah Castle naturally failed to execute his plans perfectly, leading to constant errors.
George took the Sefirot from the Western Continent, dispersed all the looming disasters, and resurrected the high-minded cultivators who had sacrificed themselves. In passing, he also eliminated the malevolent gods like the Primordial One, Tudor, and the Hidden Sage, reclaiming all Uniquenesses and Sequence 1 characteristics—except for those held by the Evernight Goddess, Roselle, and the Earth Mother.
With the seal on the Western Continent lifted, it could now communicate with the other two continents, and its inhabitants could gain power through Potions.
Meanwhile, George began to focus entirely on integrating this world into his Multiverse. Since he already possessed nearly every Uniqueness, Sequence 1 characteristic, and Sefirah in this world, the process of devouring and merging did not take long.
In just one month, this massive world of mysteries became one of the worlds within his Multiverse.
Currently, each of his avatars possessed thirty-one worlds, but these thirty-one worlds could exert the power of sixty worlds. Thus, his comprehensive strength was now approximately at the level of a sixty-world Multiverse-tier entity. In the grand scheme of Multiverse-tier beings, this undoubtedly placed him in the upper-middle tier.
If all his avatars were to merge at this moment, his strength would instantly skyrocket to a six-hundred-and-sixty-world Multiverse-tier. Of course, this was the current limit for his rapid power growth.
Moving forward, since he no longer had the avatar divine technique provided by Ancestor Hongjun, he could no longer gain sixty worlds of power simply by creating another avatar. From here on, he would have to rely on slow cultivation and the manual creation and development of new worlds.
However, since the power synchronization effect was still active, every time he developed a new world, every avatar would gain a new world. This was equivalent to gaining eleven worlds after merging—a rate of efficiency eleven times higher than a standard Multiverse-tier being.
Similarly, when he eventually released a large number of minor clones into the Chaos to search for his other avatars, any world devoured by a single avatar would share its power with the others, resulting in a net gain of eleven worlds for the collective.
Looking at it this way, without absolute certainty, it was best not to rush the final merger even after locating every avatar. As long as they remained separate, every bit of growth for one was multiplied by eleven for the whole.
Furthermore, if his strength exploded too suddenly after a premature merger, his main body's power would skyrocket accordingly. If he couldn't break the seal in one fell swoop, and the Living Tribunal noticed this sudden surge in strength, who knew what kind of trouble might follow?
It was better for each avatar to push their strength to the absolute limit. He needed to ensure that upon merging, he could break through to the Megaverse-tier in one go, reaching the same level as the Living Tribunal. He would only merge once he was certain the synchronized power would allow his main body to shatter its bonds.
"Right, I haven't fulfilled my promise to Klein yet."
Entering his Multiverse, George located the Mystery World where Klein and the others resided. He stepped into the River of Time and directly plucked out a specific timeline, setting it aside.
This timeline was none other than the "Modern Day" timeline that Klein and the others remembered.
A different timeline and a different world are two distinct concepts. Take Marvel, for instance: when Captain America used the time machine, he traveled to different timelines, but not different worlds—they were still within their own universe. Later, Doctor Strange traveled to various parallel universes, which were different worlds.
In different timelines, only the time is different; everything else remains the same. Parallel universes, however, might share the same people and worldviews but have significant variations in many areas. Different worlds are entirely different in their overall makeup.
Normally, a Multiverse-tier Creator starts by branching off different timelines from an original world, slowly evolving them into parallel universes. They then increase the number of these parallel universes to boost their strength. Only when they are sufficiently powerful do they increase the difficulty by creating entirely different styles of worlds.
The more diverse the worlds and the more varied the laws, the more the Creator's strength is enhanced. George currently held a massive advantage in this regard. Because of his avatars, eleven of his thirty-one worlds were completely different worlds with distinct laws, while the rest were corresponding parallel universes.
The timeline he had just isolated would, over time, evolve into a new parallel world. However, the Mystery World was quite powerful; evolving it would take more time and effort than other universes. Conversely, once it did evolve, the boost to his strength would be significantly greater.
"Maybe I can do it this way!"
After plucking the timeline, George had a sudden inspiration.
Originally, he intended to send Klein directly back to that isolated modern timeline. That would count as Klein going home, and the promise would be fulfilled. George could then slowly evolve that timeline into an independent parallel world on his own.
But he had just thought of a way to accelerate the evolution of that parallel world: he could grant Klein the ability to hop between the two worlds, allowing him to travel back and forth between the two timelines.
This way, Klein would inevitably cause massive ripples in the modern timeline, forcing it to evolve into a distinct new reality much faster.
And it didn't have to be just Klein. He could select the Evernight Goddess, Roselle, the souls within Sefirah Castle, or certain Beyonders of the Fifth Epoch and gift them "World-Hopping" cheats. He would let them help him evolve the world at a much faster pace.
(End of Chapter)