BOOM!!!
The boundless, vast universe vibrated and surged.
Before Seraphine's Wrath and Hatred clone, the Karmic Hindrance of All Beings, the ancient, abandoned Heaven, a thousand light-years in diameter, began to divide like biological cells. One became a hundred, a hundred became ten thousand, and ten thousand became exactly ten million.
In just one second, ten million ancient, abandoned Heavens, each a thousand light-years across and resembling ancient, gargantuan coffins filled with infinite silence and desolation, appeared within the dark firmament surrounding the Karmic Hindrance of All Beings.
With this, Seraphine could search for and locate exactly one hundred trillion parallel space-times.
But was she planning to use the hundred trillion Matter Seas within those space-times as the "fuel" for her ascension?
Still not enough!
Even a hundred trillion Matter Seas fell far short of what she required.
Seraphine didn't aim to become a common 6D lifeform composed of high-dimensional matter, energy, and information like the String race.
She intended to fundamentally transcend the String race's status as 6D spatial lifeforms.
Based on her meticulous calculations, the number of Matter Seas required was far beyond a hundred trillion; it reached an unimaginable realm.
Under her will, the ten million ancient Heavens acted like giant fireflies flickering with dim, grey light. They drifted and merged, assembling into ten flat, circular structures, each a million light-years in diameter, shaped like giant disks.
Then, these ten massive disk-shaped structures began to spin and link together. With a series of monumental "thuds" loud enough to shatter the framework of the Milky Way, they connected to form an even more gargantuan, hollow, ring-shaped toroidal structure, suspended within the boundless void before the Karmic Hindrance of All Beings.
"Commence connection."
At Seraphine's command, this [Multi-Mortal Realm - Giant Ecological Hybrid System], constructed from ten million ancient Heavens, vibrated with a low HUMMM as it began searching for and connecting to the operational processes of a hundred trillion parallel universes.
HUMMM... HUMMM... HUMMM...
Time ticked away.
Ten, a hundred, a thousand, ten thousand, a million, a hundred million...
In just a few minutes, the colossal multi-ecological hybrid system had successfully locked onto and fully connected to exactly one hundred trillion Solar Systems existing within their respective material universes.
Thus, the space-time coordinates of those hundred trillion parallel universes fell instantly into Seraphine's grasp.
At that exact moment, Seraphine's true body in the material universe tore open exactly one hundred trillion Real Number Channels within the surrounding vast space.
SWISH! SWISH! SWISH! SWISH!
Because so many Real Number Channels were opened simultaneously and in such close proximity, the delicate space-time structure at the root of the boundless void was inevitably impacted, causing the vast firmament to blur and turn chaotic.
Seraphine didn't care.
She resonated the Root Divinity deep within her Immordial Primordial Soul. Using the Candlelight in the Mirror technique, she instantly divided her consciousness into exactly one hundred trillion spiritual projections.
These dense projections, numbering in the hundreds of trillions, appeared like birds taking flight, soaring rapidly in every direction. After tracing faint trajectories through the misty void, they dove into the respective Real Number Channels.
Thus, within the hundred trillion parallel universes outside Seraphine's own space-time, her hundred trillion spiritual projections appeared at the exact same moment.
These projections flew out from gray vortexes and scanned their surroundings, be it bustling city streets, planetary cores, the stomachs of giant beasts, active battlefields, solar surfaces, dark cavernous pits, hazy nebulae, wormhole edges, or brilliant galaxies. Without a moment's delay, supported by her true body across infinite space-time, they forcibly manipulated and vibrated the fundamental rules of their respective 3D universes.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
Amidst the apocalyptic, world-shaking tides of space-time, each of Seraphine's spiritual projections within those hundred trillion parallel universes manifested a 4D Hypercube structure. Each possessed super-high energy levels, four coordinate axes, twenty-four faces, sixteen vertices, and thirty-two edges, each edge spanning a hundred million light-years.
These 4D Hyperspace entities, which normally couldn't endure within a 3D environment, were forcibly stabilized and sustained by Seraphine's interference.
Viewed from a distance, these Hyperspace entities appeared as massive clusters of super-space-time vortexes, composed of countless points, lines, and faces manifesting in bizarre angles and proportions that blanketed the vast void.
Their abrupt emergence caused the surrounding planets, star systems, galaxies, and even colossal galaxy groups to be savagely shredded and vaporized into elementary particles and infinite radiant heat, vanishing without a trace.
Immediately after, the hundred trillion spiritual projections flickered and vanished into the interiors of these infinite 4D Hyperspace entities. They leisurely navigated the quadrillions of surging, hundred-quintillion-degree high-energy 4D pure energy torrents, coming to a steady, seated position at the silent center.
An instant later, under the influence of Seraphine's true body and the Authority of Change, the hundred trillion projections across all space-times were upgraded on the spot into Perfected Ungrateful Sons.
Then, under the remote manipulation of the Authority of Change, these Perfected Ungrateful Sons underwent a process similar to the ancient Heaven: one became two, two became four, four became eight, until each single projection had rapidly multiplied into 999 Perfected Ungrateful Sons.
As these Perfected Ungrateful Sons underwent "cell division," 3D pocket universes, each a sphere 100,000 light-years in diameter, rapidly expanded and manifested, centered on each Ungrateful Son.
HUMMM... HUMMM... HUMMM...
In the span of a few breaths, 999 crystal-like spherical 3D pocket universes, each as large as the Milky Way and centered on a Perfected Ungrateful Son, were "born."
SWOOSH!
Under Seraphine's control, these pocket universes, resembling oversized glass orbs, danced and flickered like living things. They rapidly self-assembled into massive, lattice-carved 4D tesseracts that constantly underwent high-frequency rotation, inversion, twisting, and overlapping.
Indeed, these hundred trillion continuously circulating tesseracts across the parallel universes were the Brilliant Cores.
The even larger 4D spatial structures surrounding and enveloping these Brilliant Cores were artificial non-continuous 4D Hyperspaces, designed to maintain their stability and satisfy their constant, massive high-energy demands.
Seraphine's purpose for such a complex operation was to utilize the mature technology within these hundred trillion Brilliant Cores, specifically their ability to locate Earth Civilizations across multiple Matter Seas, to search for and anchor the tens of octillions of Matter Seas within the current space-time, fully obtaining their space-time coordinates.
With this, she would suddenly possess duodecillions of vast Matter Seas to use as "fuel" for her ascension.
So... was this enough?
Still not enough. Not nearly enough.
Within each of the hundred trillion parallel space-times, 999 calm voices spoke in unison:
"Authority of Change! Taking this artificial non-continuous 4D Hyperspace entity, the internal Brilliant Core, and the 999 Perfected Ungrateful Sons within, turn one into ten thousand, ten thousand into a hundred million, a hundred million into a trillion!"
BOOM!!!!
In an instant, it was as if the Big Bang had occurred once more.
The hundred trillion artificial non-continuous 4D Hyperspace structures across the hundred trillion parallel universes, along with the massive Brilliant Cores and the 999 Perfected Ungrateful Sons within, suddenly erupted in a comprehensive expansion.
In just one second, each artificial 4D Hyperspace entity within every space-time surged a trillion-fold from its previous supercluster scale. Accompanied by the tragic destruction of tens of trillions of galaxies and countless civilizations, they transformed into colossal, multi-artificial 4D Hyperspace hybrid structures, each thousands of times larger than the observable universe.
If an intelligent being were to "look" at these 4D hybrids from an extreme distance through an ultra-super-luminal observation device, they would have only one feeling:
An unimaginable, monumental magnificence! A colossus beyond comprehension!
With this, Seraphine's preparatory work for the entire dimensional ascension process was finally complete.
Seraphine intended to use the hundred septillion Brilliant Cores, each capable of rapidly searching for and precisely locating the space-time coordinates of ten octillion Matter Seas, scattered across the hundred trillion parallel 3D Great Boundaries to anchor exactly one septendecillion Matter Seas. These septendecillion Matter Seas would serve as the "fuel" for the entire [Probability Theory - Reality Strong Selector] array, propelling her to the 6D realm.
"Very well."
Seated deep within that small Matter Sea, Seraphine looked at the colossal apparatus around her, now fully assembled, blanketing the space for hundreds of trillions of light-years. Her voice was cold. "Begin 'weaving the web'."
The so-called web-weaving involved treating the countless Sentience Realm Hallways as spider silk.
Seraphine intended to use these infinite strands of "silk" to wrap around those septendecillion Matter Seas, layer by layer, and then "consume" them until nothing remained.
As she uttered the command, the hundred septillion Brilliant Cores scattered across the hundred trillion parallel space-times erupted into operation.
They began searching at extreme speed, precisely anchoring each of the septendecillion Matter Seas.
HUMMM... HUMMM... HUMMM...
Because the number of Matter Seas that required locating was astronomical, this process took nearly ten minutes to complete.
It could only be said that the Dimensional Artist's "programming" skills were still lacking, as the search and positioning functions of the Brilliant Cores had not been optimized to perfection.
However, this was already sufficient for Seraphine's ascension plan; less would be inadequate, but more was unnecessary. Thus, she refrained from deliberately optimizing the Brilliant Cores' functions.
As long as the program could run normally, being a bit slow didn't matter. It was best not to mess with it if it worked, a choice beneficial to everyone.
Having locked onto the septendecillion Matter Seas across the hundred trillion parallel space-times, Seraphine once again opened Real Number Channels on a grand scale, exactly a septendecillion of them.
BOOM!!!
Opening such a dense cluster of Real Number Channels at the exact same moment exerted a catastrophic "pressure" on the surrounding 3D space. Instantly, countless space-time chaotic currents erupted throughout the hundreds of millions of light-years of void around her.
Had Seraphine not anticipated this and programmed "pre-calculations" into the [Strong Selector], ensuring the nearest internal chamber walls were at least a billion light-years away, the entire apparatus would have suffered immense damage, delaying this critical ascension.
SWISH! SWISH! SWISH! SWISH!
Infinite spiritual projections shot out from Seraphine's body, flying without pause into the dense swarm of septendecillion Real Number Channels surrounding her.
In a short span of time, within the septendecillion Matter Seas scattered across the hundred trillion parallel universes, a faint, radiant projection appeared simultaneously.
The moment they appeared, they dominantly bridged the gap between reality and illusion, merging the material universe and the Realm of Phantasm into a single entity.
Then, the Sentience Realm Hallways, composed of infinite space-time gems, Phantom Crystals, and various other materials, used these projections as starting points. Moving at speeds countless times faster than light, they radiated outward in a 3D pattern, thundering into every corner of space.
"This is too slow," Seraphine's true body murmured leisurely. "I need to speed things up even more."
"Authority of Change! Maintaining the stability of the external environment, boost the travel speed of all Sentience Realm Hallways to a Singularity-like surge."
HUMMM!
At Seraphine's command, the infinite Sentience Realm Hallways tearing through the hundred trillion parallel universes instantly accelerated by an infinite factor. They were like countless maddened dragons, howling and charging toward every galaxy within the septendecillion Matter Seas.
However, because the current locations of the galaxies within each Matter Sea were too chaotic and the number of coordinates was too vast.
Even after boosting the hallways' speed to the terrifying levels of the Big Bang, Seraphine still spent nearly a full day and night until the "web-weaving" was successful, capturing every galaxy within the septendecillion Matter Seas in one fell swoop.
HUMMM!
At this exact moment, the [Infinite Attributes] system activated once more, commencing the attribute doubling.
Seraphine timely utilized the Authority of Change to deeply influence the process once again.
HUMMM... HUMMM... HUMMM!
Trembling, vibrating.
The attribute values on the interface flickered violently before instantly transforming:
[Host: Seraphine]
[Physical Strength: 180 Million Matter Seas]
[Soul: 180 Million Matter Seas]
Compared to the previous thousand-fold increase, this time it surged by five thousand times.
It reached the equivalent mass of 180 million Verdant Ancient Matter Seas.
With such power, she could physically drag tens of quadrillions of observable universes and swing them around with reckless abandon.
Yet, for Seraphine, who already possessed half the information on the String race's hierarchy, this level of power was still inadequate.
"Too weak, far too weak. Who is this pittance of power for? Who would want it? No one would even pick it up if it were lying in the street."
Seraphine shook her head. "It won't be enough until it can double by seventeen or eighteen Googols."
Since the topic of the observable universe has come up, there is much to say.
During the "web-weaving" of the infinite Sentience Realm Hallways, Seraphine gradually mapped out the concrete mass and dimensions of the infinite Matter Seas.
Generally, within the Static 3D Great Boundary, the scale of a Matter Sea cannot grow indefinitely; it has an ultimate limit.
That limit is a diameter of about a hundred quintillion light-years.
Compared to this gargantuan figure, the Verdant Ancient Matter Sea where Seraphine originated and grew seemed a bit small.
No, not just "a bit" small; it was smaller by a factor of tens of quintillions.
Yet, the total mass of the Verdant Ancient Matter Sea was already equivalent to over a hundred million observable universes.
Therefore, the largest possible Matter Sea would be a colossal hegemon equivalent to tens or hundreds of septillions of observable universes gathered together.
Among the septendecillion Matter Seas, there were small ones equivalent to merely tens of thousands of observable universes; medium ones like the Verdant Ancient, equivalent to over a hundred million observable universes; large ones equivalent to tens of quadrillions; and super-sized ones equivalent to hundreds of septillions of observable universes.
After tallying all the data and averaging it across the total count, Seraphine arrived at an interesting average value.
The average mass of those septendecillion Matter Seas was exactly equal to a hundred trillion observable universes.
Therefore, the "fuel" consumed by Seraphine's ascension plan was exactly 10^68 observable universes.
A newborn of the String race possesses high-dimensional pure energy equivalent to only an octillion observable universes.
But for Seraphine, a 5D lifeform, to open the 6D gate, she required the equivalent energy of 100 duodecillion String race newborns.
This illustrated just how arduous and difficult dimensional ascension truly was.
However, this was only natural.
The memory fragments clearly recorded that the String race consisted only of coordinated 6D lifeforms composed of high-dimensional energy, matter, and information.
Compared to the 6D spatial lifeform Seraphine aimed to become, the difference was as vast as the heavens and the earth.
Seraphine had a powerful premonition, or rather, her Transcendental Perception provided a forecast:
Once she became a 6D spatial lifeform, the rigid, stagnant state she experienced as a 4D or 5D lifeform would vanish.
She would be like a true, vast universe, expanding continuously and without interruption.
Whether in volume or strength, she would grow and swell eternally, as if injected with a Singularity-like "stimulant."
At that point, even the [Infinite Attributes] system might be utterly eclipsed by this growth rate, becoming an optional, minor ornament.
Even the String race's innate talent, [Jormungandr's Loop], would be firmly trampled beneath her feet.
"Spent a whole day, but the 'web-weaving' is finally successful."
Seraphine manipulated her formless Boundless Hegemony Domain, slowly blanketing the entire Probability Integration Array, which spanned tens of quadrillions of light-years. Then, in the vast void outside the array, she opened septendecillion Real Number Channels. She connected the infinite hallways, originating from the "webbing" of the septendecillion Matter Seas, to every "energy supply" terminal located throughout the array apparatus.
Having completed these tasks, she leisurely looked up, her trans-dimensional pupils flickering. Her gaze seemed to cross infinite space-time, "looking" from afar at the massive Matter Seas, now completely "entwined and bound" by the infinite hallways.
"Since everything is prepared, then..."
Seraphine spoke calmly. "Let it all 'burn out'."
HUMMM——
Deep within the gargantuan Probability Integration Array, the Deep Blood, which had already swelled to a size of a hundred million light-years due to the Authority of Change, suddenly trembled violently. It expanded, erupting with a terrifying yet mystical power that instantly permeated and pierced through the entire array apparatus.
Abruptly, the septendecillion massive Matter Seas across the hundred trillion parallel space-times fell into a sudden, inexplicable silence.
Aside from the infinite Sentience Realm Hallways shimmering with divine light, everything within those Matter Seas, the countless galaxy groups, stars, planets, civilizations, the strong and the weak, primitive organisms, bacteria, cells, atoms, particles, and even dreams, visions, ambitions, beauty, sorrow, mediocrity, and miracles, every single thing, every single entity, instantly froze.
It was as if everything had tragically lost its essence.
In the next instant...
BOOM!!!!
The septendecillion vast Matter Seas, located across infinite space-time from Seraphine's true body, containing countless galaxies with a total mass of 2,000×10^124 tons, acted like infinite clusters of illusory bubbles. They suddenly "exploded" into the vast Dark Ocean, triggering space-time waves tens of millions of times larger than the observable universe, before instantly flickering out.
They vanished completely from the river of history.
At the same time, the terrifyingly abundant "fuel" generated from the tragic annihilation of countless worlds surged through infinite Real Number Channels, crossing endless parallel space-times to pour into the [Probability Theory - Reality Strong Selector] array.
And so...
HUMMM——
This colossal "machine," spanning tens of quadrillions of light-years, vibrated violently, sending out massive space-time ripples capable of shredding a hundred million Laniakea Superclusters.
Inside the gargantuan engine, Seraphine calmly initiated the next stage: "Entering the refueling phase."
HUMMM——
Accompanied by continuous tremors, the violent, surging "fuel", a substance that defied description as mere energy, matter, or information, flowed through long structural "conduits" into millions of dimensional "fuel tanks" surrounding the massive Deep Blood. It awaited the final command to drench the blood-pearl's surface and knock upon the gates of the Essential Realm.
But Seraphine was in no hurry.
She leisurely activated her trio of abilities, Eye of True Revelation, Chaos Calculation, and Transcendental Perception, to perform her trillionth exhaustive simulation and deduction on the Deep Blood, which was deeply linked to the Great Eyes.
The result remained consistent:
[Completely safe. No hidden dangers.]
This was Seraphine's style: maintaining absolute vigilance and caution until the very end.
"Very well."
Seraphine continued to pilot the array, stabilizing the vast "fuel" currents surrounding the Deep Blood as she waited.
She was waiting for the exact moment when the probability fluctuation reached its peak.
By perfectly grasping the optimal window, which lasted only one ten-thousandth of a second, the efficiency of the "fuel" would surpass the normal state by a hundred quintillion, or even a hundred septillion, times.
So, Seraphine began her tedious, boring wait with immense patience.
One hour, five hours, ten hours...
A full day passed.
HUMMM——
The [Infinite Attributes] system activated once more. Seraphine, still waiting, deeply influenced it again.
After the fluctuations, the interface displayed:
[Host: Seraphine]
[Physical Strength: 1.8 Trillion Matter Seas]
[Soul: 1.8 Trillion Matter Seas]
Compared to the last time, the multiplier had increased to exactly ten thousand-fold.
Yet, this couldn't draw a shred of Seraphine's attention. She was entirely focused on the "optimal moment."
Time flew by; another day passed.
HUMMM——
The system activated again. After her interference, the stats became:
[Host: Seraphine]
[Physical Strength: 45 Quadrillion Matter Seas]
[Soul: 45 Quadrillion Matter Seas]
Compared to yesterday, the surge was over twenty-five thousand-fold.
Seraphine had a sudden premonition.
It was highly likely that after this dimensional ascension, her influence over the system would deepen significantly.
At that point, the attribute multipliers might become even more violent and exaggerated.
After a brief moment of reflection, she returned to her state of waiting.
Another day quietly slipped away.
The system's attribute doubling arrived as scheduled. After deep interference, the stats became:
[Host: Seraphine]
[Physical Strength: 1.8 Sextillion Matter Seas]
[Soul: 1.8 Sextillion Matter Seas]
This time, the multiplier was even higher, reaching forty thousand-fold.
"The perfect moment!"
Seraphine's Eye of Transcendence erupted with divine light.
She instantly piloted the array, pouring the vast "fuel" she had held in reserve for three days onto the surface of the Deep Blood.
In a heartbeat, the Deep Blood, hundreds of millions of light-years in size, exploded.
It pulverized the illusory mists composed of space-time, matter, energy, information, logic, and causality. It transformed into a formless, colorless, intangible, surging stream that shot directly toward the essence beyond all phenomena, the Far Shore.
SWOOSH——
It was as if time had ceased to exist, or perhaps the concept of time simply didn't apply. That mystical, inexplicable surge crossed the boundless "obstruction" between phenomenon and essence, touching that "Gate."
CLANG!!!!
In that instant, Seraphine caught a blurry, hazy glimpse of the entrance to the Essential Realm, magnificent and lofty beyond all things, opening!
Suddenly, Seraphine felt as though she had lost all form and sensation. Yet, her Transcendental Perception allowed her to "see"...
An infinitely divine and magnificent "Power" cascaded down like a waterfall. It bridged the gap and descended into the void left by the consumed Deep Blood, saturating and piercing through every part of the colossal "machine."
WHOOSH——
Seraphine's senses returned to material reality.
She discovered to her shock that the infinite array that had surrounded her was gone. In its place was a distant, boundless, and empty void.
Within this dim, illusory, and boundless firmament, infinite clouds drifted and surged. They defied description in terms of size or shape; they weren't energy, matter, or information, yet they pulsed with terrifying probability fluctuations. Only through Transcendental Perception could she see these dense clouds.
Beneath these clouds, the infinite River of Time rushed and flowed.
"Materialized probability?!"
Seraphine, herself currently in an illusory state, was stunned. "To think abstract concepts like 'probability' could manifest as physical entities?!"
As she marveled at the sight, the infinite clouds of materialized probability from every direction acted like metal filings drawn to a massive magnet. They rushed toward Seraphine, enveloping and merging with her layer by layer.
In that instant, Seraphine inexplicably saw the infinite random events that could occur to her in the next second.
These events were bizarre and varied, each with a probability of occurring that tended toward infinitesimal:
One possible event was a vacuum decay occurring within a single sub-dimensional cell of her Five-Dimensional True Form;
Another was a long arm suddenly sprouting from the back of her head;
One saw fifteen hundred King Strings suddenly descending before her;
Another involved ten thousand massive black holes manifesting from the vacuum and forming the word "BEAUTY" before her eyes;
One even saw the long-dead Gluttony King, Tu, abruptly resurrected, looking utterly bewildered;
There was even an event where a female AI refrigerator the size of the observable universe appeared and confessed her undying love to Seraphine;
Amidst this infinite forest of impossible random events, there existed one, the event where Seraphine suddenly became a 6D spatial lifeform.
Without a second's hesitation, she selected that nearly impossible event.
HUMMM——
In a heartbeat, the infinite clouds of materialized probability poured frantically into that single random event.
Its probability of occurring was catapulted from near-infinitesimal toward infinity at extreme speed.
SWOOSH——
After a flicker so brief it was practically non-existent, the infinite clouds of probability were utterly consumed.
The probability of Seraphine becoming a 6D spatial lifeform had been elevated until it tended toward infinity.
At that same instant, the boundless firmament and the River of Time vanished.
Seraphine inexplicably returned to the material universe.
"I..."
She slowly raised her gargantuan palm and murmured to herself, "Success?"
HUMMM!!!
In a flash, every one of Seraphine's 3D, 4D, and 5D dimensional cells vibrated violently, beginning a mystical evolution that defied description.
Indeed, simply because Seraphine had raised her right hand and spoken a sentence.
At this moment, as naturally as one plus one equals two, Seraphine began to ascend without any further reason.
Ascending to... 6D.