In the super universe, Rosen's departure meant the destiny network and the karma within it also vanished. The Reincarnation Will, which had instinctively approached due to sensing homologous karma, once again felt the threat from the Heart of the Universe. The Reincarnation Will instinctively turned to flee, but the Nightfall Sovereign and the others would absolutely not let go of such a golden opportunity.
Of course, they also suspected Rosen had tampered with the Heart of the Universe, so the Dark Sun Sovereign personally dispatched a clone to inspect it. No signs of tampering were found. Even if there were still concerns, a more meticulous inspection was impossible. How detailed would be enough? What if Rosen truly hadn't tampered with anything? If they couldn't find anything and assumed it wasn't inspected carefully enough, then no matter how many times they checked, they'd never be at ease. Moreover, the Heart of the Universe was so massive, and the seal within it had been in place for so many years; ordinary methods couldn't possibly affect it. A grain of dust, no matter how much it stirred, could not shake a sea of stars. So, if nothing was detectable on the surface, they had to stop there and attend to the main business. Even if Rosen had indeed performed undetectable tampering, they could always remain vigilant and on guard afterward.
The immediate priority was still sealing the Reincarnation Will. Only by completely destroying the Reincarnation Will's shell could they see hope for transcending reincarnation. The Reincarnation Will was once again cornered in the void, unable to escape. The Dark Sun Sovereign's clone maneuvered the Heart of the Universe closer and closer to the battlefield. Finally, when the Heart of the Universe made contact with the Reincarnation Will, the Heart of the Universe, now with a gaping fissure, swallowed the Reincarnation Will like a bottomless abyss.
The Reincarnation Will felt a nearly fatal threat, instantly shifting from its original balance of offense and defense to a full-scale counterattack. Its instincts completely disregarded defense, attempting to break out of the Epoch Sovereigns' encirclement by trading injuries. However, the seven Epoch Sovereigns, along with thousands of Reincarnation Lifeforms, jointly unleashed Spacetime Reincarnation, forcing the Reincarnation Will towards the abyss-like mouth of the Heart of the Universe. The Nightfall Sovereign and others stood at the forefront, their Reincarnation Sacred Bodies destroyed by the Reincarnation Will, yet they fought relentlessly, pushing forward, never retreating.
The Reincarnation Will was completely devoured by the Heart of the Universe, and the abyss-like mouth closed, sealing the Reincarnation Will inside. The Nightfall Sovereign and the others didn't even have time to heal their injuries. They jointly sent the Heart of the Universe back to the Cosmic Source Sea. Then, without any rest, they swiftly annihilated all life in the super universe and injected all of the super universe's cosmic death qi into the Heart of the Universe.
In the past, sealing the Reincarnation Will with the Cosmic Source Sea was like "boiling a frog in warm water"—they didn't want the Reincarnation Will to be stimulated and awaken. Once the Reincarnation Will at its peak awoke, neither the super universe nor the Heart of the Universe could contain it. But now, it was different. After 160 billion years of "boiling the frog in warm water," the Reincarnation Will itself was already very weak. And the strength of the Reincarnation Will was closely related to the Great Reincarnation Realm. The Reincarnation Will was strongest after the Great Reincarnation Realm restarted and weakest on the eve of its destruction. Since the Great Reincarnation Realm was the Reincarnation Will's body, how could it not be weak when its body was dying?
Now, the extremely weakened Reincarnation Will could no longer break free from the Heart of the Universe's seal by its own power. It could only endure the endless torrent of cosmic death qi within the Heart of the Universe until it completely perished. The Reincarnation Will, of course, would not simply wait for death. It desperately attacked the Heart of the Universe, completely disregarding its weakness and injuries. The Nightfall Sovereign and the others also did not relax in the slightest, doing their utmost to strengthen the Heart of the Universe's seal.
The two sides thus reached a stalemate. Barring any surprises, the Reincarnation Will would not survive until the Great Reincarnation Realm's destruction and restart. When life is in despair, it will grasp at any straw. A drowning person, even if they lose their mind, will instinctively grasp at any hope of survival around them, as long as they are not unconscious. The Reincarnation Will was the same. Even if its self-consciousness had performed a "cicada-shedding escape," leaving only its shell, its shell still instinctively tried to save itself. And at this very moment, the Indestructible Source Seed, hidden deep within the Heart of the Universe, seized the opportunity to appear.
The Heart of the Super Universe was enormous, while the Indestructible Source Seed was minuscule. After all, it was just a seed. If it grew into a towering tree, it couldn't possibly be hidden from the Dark Sun Sovereign. But for a mere seed, if Rosen couldn't hide it so it wasn't easily discovered, then he had mastered Spacetime Reincarnation for nothing. Although the Indestructible Source Seed was tiny, it contained cosmic vitality. The Reincarnation Will was constantly being eroded by cosmic death qi, and at this point, even though it sensed a threat from the Indestructible Source Seed, compared to a fatal threat, the desperate Reincarnation Will unhesitatingly absorbed the Indestructible Source Seed into its body, seizing this sliver of hope.
Once the Indestructible Source Seed entered the Reincarnation Will's body, it immediately began to parasitize the Reincarnation Will's shell, taking root and sprouting. If the Reincarnation Will resisted, the Indestructible Source Seed would immediately contract its cosmic vitality. Conversely, if the Reincarnation Will cooperated with the Indestructible Source Seed's parasitism, the Indestructible Source Seed would release more cosmic vitality. As long ages passed, the Reincarnation Will's Reincarnation Sacred Body began to be parasitized bit by bit.
In the Great Reincarnation Realm, Reincarnation Lifeforms exist in two forms: their true form and their human form. The human form is humanoid, while their true forms vary widely.
The Reincarnation Will's true body, strictly speaking, is the entire Great Reincarnation Realm. The shell trapped in the super universe is, strictly speaking, merely a clone of the Reincarnation Will. Because the Great Reincarnation Realm is too powerful, even though the Reincarnation Will is equivalent to the soul and self-consciousness born from the Great Reincarnation Realm, the Reincarnation Will cannot completely control this body. The Reincarnation Will forcefully controlling the Great Reincarnation Realm is like an ordinary person wearing planet-sized clothes. Forget freely moving the body; even shaking it slightly is extremely difficult. Even so, the Reincarnation Will can normally overwhelm the two major factions.
If the Reincarnation Will lacked intelligence and couldn't fully control its Great Reincarnation Realm body, that would be one thing. But as an intelligent life, the Reincarnation Will was naturally unwilling to be bound by the Great Reincarnation Realm into a near-vegetative state. So, hundreds of Epoch Cycles ago, the Reincarnation Will had already used the power of the Great Reincarnation Realm to nurture a body for itself. If even universes can nurture Reincarnation Lifeforms, how much more so a life directly nurtured by the Great Reincarnation Realm? Although it hasn't transcended reincarnation, this clone of the Reincarnation Will is undoubtedly a half-step transcendence.
This clone of the Reincarnation Will, from its very birth, has always presented itself in its human form. As for what its true form looks like, no one knows to this day. Even when this clone shell was pushed to the brink by the two major factions in the super universe, it never displayed a true form beyond its human form. However, as the Indestructible Source Seed took root and continuously parasitized it, Rosen was the first to learn the Reincarnation Will's true form.
From its appearance, the Reincarnation Will resembles a constantly wriggling brain. But upon closer inspection, one would find that this wriggling brain is not composed of cells but of pure Reincarnation Source Essence. Therefore, the Reincarnation Will's true form is actually very suitable for integration into the Destiny Computer, and it might even allow the Destiny Computer to transcend reincarnation.
Rosen also discovered that this clone shell of the Reincarnation Will was entangled with terrifying karma. If the karma he accumulated from destroying all cosmic remnants was considered 'one,' and the karma the Reincarnation Will transferred to him via the chip formed from Reincarnation Source Essence was at least ten times that, then the karma entangled within this clone shell was at least a thousand times stronger.
Although Rosen had long suspected that there would definitely be karmic entanglement within this Reincarnation Will shell, he never imagined it would be a thousand times stronger. After absorbing such powerful karma, could one truly still live? If the Nightfall Sovereign and the others knew that the karma entwined within the Reincarnation Will's shell was so strong, they probably wouldn't dare to trap and kill the Reincarnation Will even if it meant their own demise, because karma of this magnitude would be enough to kill the two major factions thousands of times over.
The more Rosen thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong. The karma entwined within the Reincarnation Will's shell was too exaggerated. The destruction of countless universes leading to the destruction of the Great Reincarnation Realm only generated one instance of karma. The Reincarnation Will has existed for hundreds of Epoch Cycles; logically, it should only be entangled with, at most, a few hundred instances of karma. Now, it's entangled with at least a thousand instances. Where did the extra few hundred instances of karma come from? Could there be other ways to incur karma with the Great Reincarnation Realm besides destroying universes and the Great Reincarnation Realm itself?
Rosen thought of the ten instances of karma on him; wasn't he transferred ten instances of karma by the Reincarnation Will? If the Reincarnation Will could transfer karma to him, could other entities transfer karma to the Reincarnation Will? If karma is viewed as debt, and this debt can be transferred once, it can certainly be transferred twice.
Rosen pondered for a long time, then, from across the super universe, he began to manipulate the Indestructible Source Seed to further parasitize. Being entangled with one instance of karma is a dead end; being entangled with ten is also a dead end. So, being entangled with a thousand instances makes no difference. The worst outcome is simply death. He owes so much karma; would the Great Reincarnation Realm truly let him die and his debts vanish?
Rosen was beginning to suspect that the two major factions might have been mere pawns of the Reincarnation Will all along. He even suspected that the Reincarnation Will might have other identities. As the Indestructible Source Seed continuously took root in the Reincarnation Will's true form, which resembled a wriggling brain, Rosen gradually understood why the Reincarnation Will's true form was this way. This is because a creature's brain is the carrier of memories, and memories are key to expanding self-consciousness.
The Reincarnation Will cannot control its main body, the Great Reincarnation Realm, but that doesn't mean it doesn't want to. To control it, it needs to expand its self-consciousness. Nothing is more suitable for the Reincarnation Will to expand its self-consciousness than creating a half-step transcendent reincarnation brain. However, this is still not enough; every time an Epoch Cycle restarts, everything returns to its origin.
Rosen was now absolutely certain: the creator of the Indestructible Will extraordinary system was the Reincarnation Will. The Epoch Sovereign who mysteriously vanished, the Indestructible Sovereign, was, without a doubt, the same entity as the Reincarnation Will.
When the Reincarnation Will created a clone, it chose to nurture a pure brain. This true form is extremely unsuitable for combat; it's only suited for storing memories and expanding self-consciousness to the greatest extent. In such a situation, the Reincarnation Will obviously wouldn't allow itself to do something useless. Without the Indestructible Will extraordinary system, the growth of the Reincarnation Will's self-consciousness from the previous Epoch Cycle couldn't be carried over to the next. But with the Indestructible Will system, the self-consciousness strengthened by this brain-like true form could follow the indestructible memories into a new Epoch Cycle. Thus, accumulating over successive Epoch Cycles, the Reincarnation Will's self-consciousness would grow stronger and stronger.
Therefore, the thousands of instances of karma entangled with the Reincarnation Will might not have been transferred to it by others. Instead, the Reincarnation Will's existence might not be just a few hundred Epoch Cycles, but at least a thousand. If this were truly the case, the two major factions would simply be puppets and playthings of the Reincarnation Will. If the two major factions were merely playthings, then what was the point of his existence as a scapegoat chosen by the Reincarnation Will to transfer karma? For hundreds of Epoch Cycles, did the Reincarnation Will only now master the means of transferring karma?
Rosen knew too little about the Reincarnation Will. From beginning to end, the Reincarnation Will had never had any direct contact with him. If the Reincarnation Will had other plans besides karma transfer, he would hardly be able to notice. Rosen realized that he absolutely had to proactively understand the Reincarnation Will, and the best way to understand it was through the seven Epoch Sovereigns. As long as they knew that there were thousands of instances of world-destroying karma within the Reincarnation Will's shell, they wouldn't dare to continue interacting with this shell, not even if it meant their demise. Without direct conflict of interest, and facing the Reincarnation Will as a common threat, there might be an opportunity for communication and cooperation.
Outside the super universe, Rosen sent his Yinglong clone into the super Heart of the Universe through Karma Reincarnation. Then, he deliberately left the Reincarnation Will's shell and appeared within the Heart of the Universe's seal. The seven Epoch Sovereigns, who controlled the seal, immediately discovered the Yinglong clone that had voluntarily appeared. They effortlessly transferred the Yinglong clone out of the Heart of the Universe's seal and then surrounded him, preparing to capture him alive.
Rosen didn't give them a chance to act. He directly displayed the karma entangled on his body. The Indestructible Source Seed had already taken root and parasitized for several millennia, and dozens of the thousands of instances of karma had already been transferred. Now, all of them were concentrated within the Yinglong clone, and because it was very close to the Reincarnation Will's shell, it could even use the karma on its body to induce the remaining karma within the shell. Dozens of real, undeniable instances of world-destroying karma, plus the aura of thousands of instances of world-destroying karma.
The Nightfall Sovereign and the other six looked at each other, never having imagined that Rosen could carry such terrifying karma. Forget capturing Rosen alive; at such close proximity, they felt an unprecedented suffocation.
"How can there be such strong karma..." the Nightfall Sovereign said, trembling with despair. The other Epoch Sovereigns were no better off. They suddenly realized that they simply didn't understand the Reincarnation Will.
Moments later, they were in the Civilization Sovereign's Civilization Sanctuary. This was a special architectural Reincarnation Holy Item, the only architectural Reincarnation Holy Item in the entire Great Reincarnation Realm. Moreover, it was the only known Reincarnation Holy Item that could integrate into indestructible memories and be passed down to the next Epoch Cycle. The Civilization Sanctuary recorded the glorious civilizations of countless universes and civilizations over hundreds of Epoch Cycles. Even the other Epoch Sovereigns didn't know that the Civilization Sovereign possessed such a Reincarnation Holy Item.
However, now, the Civilization Sovereign had voluntarily brought out the Civilization Sanctuary. This was because the Civilization Sovereign could no longer afford to hide his capabilities. He had lost his sense of security, and only the Civilization Sanctuary could provide him with enough. As long as he was inside the Civilization Sanctuary, the Civilization Sovereign believed that the Reincarnation Will would find it difficult to infiltrate.
Deep within the Sanctuary, with a thought, the Civilization Sovereign conjured a round table capable of seating eight. After Rosen and the seven Epoch Sovereigns sat down, they all did their utmost to recall everything they knew about the Reincarnation Will. Facing the Reincarnation Will, which was both extremely familiar and utterly alien, exchanging information and insights might be their only chance to truly understand the Reincarnation Will's true nature. Regardless of what the Reincarnation Will had been planning for hundreds of Epoch Cycles, they would not sit idly by and let themselves be manipulated.