In the Mysterious Study Room, Rosen effortlessly deduced several types of Primordial Sacred Laws.
Top-tier Primordial Sacred Laws were difficult to create, but these laws, which required no involvement of laws and simply stacked energy, were far easier to deduce.
However, their destructive power was extremely weak—so weak, in fact, that they probably couldn't even interfere with the Chaos Holy Gods.
Thus, he had to find a way to strengthen them. The best way to do so was through the use of Primordial Sacred Artifacts.
Although he had forgotten what exactly was outside the universe, he still understood what kind of requirements were necessary. Just based on these conditions, he could deduce that beyond the universe, it was likely impossible to use laws—or perhaps there were no laws at all. The power of laws, once separated from the Root Micro-Universe and the domain of the Creator, was essentially useless.
Therefore, he needed to forge at least three Primordial Sacred Artifacts: one for attack, one for defense, and one for acceleration—not a single one could be omitted.
Moreover, all three Primordial Sacred Artifacts had to be dominated purely by energy.
The attack artifact needed to enhance and compress pure energy-based attacks. The defense artifact needed to withstand pure energy attacks. And the acceleration artifact had to be mounted on the Doomsday Ark, to maximize its cruising speed.
Crafting Eternal Sacred Artifacts was relatively easy, but when it came to Primordial ones—he simply lacked the materials.
The few Primordial Sacred Artifacts in Rosen's possession had all been gradually upgraded through sheer luck and opportunity.
Creating a finished Primordial Sacred Artifact—even if it only enhanced pure energy—was beyond his current resources. And even if he had the materials, he lacked the refining skill to make them. So, he could only take a step back: if he couldn't meet the quality threshold, he would have to make up for it with quantity.
In his palm, the Miracle Star Sea appeared. Rosen began breaking down and merging various Eternal-grade extraordinary materials, then elevating them.
After improving the quality of the materials, he continued the cycle of decomposition and reconstitution.
During reconstitution, various law runes naturally fused into the materials. These law runes allowed the intangible forces of law to integrate into the materials, enhancing their extraordinary properties. To maximize the enhancement effect, he even converted his Root Source Seeds into corresponding laws and merged them into the materials.
The final enhanced extraordinary materials, while not surpassing the Eternal level, had at least reached its limit.
Only then did Rosen use the Miracle Star Sea as a furnace, laws as his hammer, and the Holy Radiance of the Mind as his flame. Through the Myriad-Transformations Sacred Law, he transformed into the Holy Serpent of Flame and used the brilliance of his mind to melt down various materials. Relying on the Flame-Burning Sequence, he began refining Eternal Sacred Artifacts.
With his current power, crafting Eternal Sacred Artifacts was no challenge at all.
But no matter how he refined them, he remained dissatisfied—because the Eternal Sacred Artifacts he produced couldn't meet his needs.
The reason was simple: long-range attacks composed purely of energy amounted to nothing more than energy beams or energy projectiles.
The problem wasn't in launching the energy attacks—it was in hitting the target.
Although Rosen had forgotten what lay beyond the universe, he was certain that competing for the new universe had something to do with speed.
He was intimately familiar with the Doomsday Ark's top speed—and yet even that wasn't fast enough.
In such circumstances, whether it was energy beams or energy projectiles, chances were the target would move so fast—at Primordial-level velocity—that the attack would be left behind before it even had a chance to hit. When your target moves faster than your bullet, no matter how many bullets you fire, they're just a joke.
Rosen had also considered increasing the speed of energy-based attacks—but how fast could pure energy truly go?
So these Eternal Sacred Artifacts, even if completed, would never achieve the effect he desired.
Originally, the plan behind creating such Eternal Sacred Artifacts was to enhance the Primordial Sacred Laws based on energy attacks.
Even a slight boost would have helped—but in the end, they couldn't enhance them at all.
Because Eternal Sacred Artifacts simply couldn't strengthen Primordial Sacred Laws that were built around Immortal Will as their core.
So, the idea of using quantity to compensate for quality had failed. Still, Rosen had no regrets—how would one know something didn't work if they didn't try? While this path proved fruitless, he had at least gained experience in crafting energy amplification-type extraordinary artifacts. As long as he could acquire the right materials, the difficulty of creating upgraded versions of Primordial Sacred Artifacts would be greatly reduced.
So the key was still materials. Rosen needed to obtain resources capable of being refined into Primordial Sacred Artifacts.
He set his sights on the Sinful Lifeforms. All Sinful Lifeforms were created from the combination of Immortal Will and Primordial Power, plus the reincarnated avatars of Eternal Lifeforms. The Immortal Will and Primordial Power they carried had the necessary conditions to produce Primordial-grade resources.
Killing the Old Fisherman wouldn't be worth it, since he was essentially one of Rosen's own Eternal Avatars.
But the Particle Holy Gods—those could be considered valid targets. He could wipe them all out, then refine their bodies into extraordinary Primordial materials to forge new Primordial Sacred Artifacts.
Directly manufacturing finished products definitely wouldn't be enough, but creating a prototype that could upgrade and complete itself was no problem.
When the Heart of the Universe was clearing out the Sinful Lifeforms in the Origin Sea of the universe, he could seize the opportunity to grab more Primordial extraordinary materials and then directly fuse them into the Primordial Sacred Artifact prototype. That way, during the transitional period between the old and new universes, he could obtain the Primordial Sacred Artifact he desired.
Rosen had already realized that the competition for the new universe might not rely on combat power.
At least in the initial stages, combat strength wasn't the decisive factor.
Besides, he had obtained one thousand units of Immortal Will, giving him the power to completely overwhelm Sinful Lifeforms. Under such circumstances, the only value the Particle Holy Gods held for him was their voting rights in the universe's decision.
So it was enough to keep a few controlling the Universe Source Seeds; the rest could all be killed and turned into extraordinary materials.
Faced with these puppets completely controlled by the Immortal Source Seeds, Rosen gave the order, and they immediately committed suicide.
Of course, the so-called suicide meant completely erasing the memories contained within the Immortal Will. A totally blank Immortal Will fused into the body would convert part of the body into Primordial extraordinary materials, and thanks to the transformation ability of Immortal Will, the generated extraordinary materials could even be autonomously configured.
Rosen resumed making extraordinary artifacts. Soon, the Primordial extraordinary materials became the core of the Primordial Sacred Artifact.
Without hesitation, he then fused this core into the Doomsday Ark.
The Doomsday Ark could temporarily upgrade to a Primordial Sacred Artifact thanks to the Miracle Star Sea's enhancement.
But if the Doomsday Ark itself was upgraded into a Primordial Sacred Artifact, then after merging with the Miracle Star Sea, it would inevitably become even more powerful.
The core alone was definitely not enough. Primordial Sacred Artifacts weren't composed entirely of Primordial extraordinary materials from inside out. After all, the larger the Primordial Sacred Artifact, the more extraordinary materials it consumed. If every part of a Primordial Sacred Artifact—from inside to outside—were made of Primordial extraordinary materials, Primordial Sacred Temples and such Primordial extraordinary constructions would never be born.
So as long as the core was composed of Primordial extraordinary materials, the outer shell could be made of Eternal extraordinary materials—and that was already sufficient.
Rosen dismantled the entire Flame-Burning Star Palace and fused all the dismantled Eternal extraordinary materials into the Doomsday Ark.
Still feeling it wasn't enough, he began modifying the Doomsday Ark.
After the modification was complete, the Doomsday Ark would have a three-stage transformation similar to the Dragon God's Wrath.
This upgrade and modification took a thousand years. Only then was the initial modification of the Doomsday Ark completed.
[Doomsday Ark: Miracle Sequence]
[Level: Primordial Sacred Artifact (10%)]
[Miracle Attributes: Doomsday Ark possesses the three forms of Doomsday Ark, Doomsday Armament, and Flame-Burning Golden Crow]
[Miracle Traits: Immortal Energy Cannon, Space-Time Engine, Doomsday Fortress, and Miracle Module]
The current Doomsday Ark was only 10% complete toward becoming a true Primordial Sacred Artifact.
The core part still needed to fuse with more Primordial extraordinary materials to truly become a Primordial Sacred Artifact. Actually, it didn't require this much Primordial extraordinary material, but his demands were too high, and in the end, the resources needed to fully evolve the Doomsday Ark exceeded the budget.
Fortunately, although the evolution was incomplete, the basic prototype and framework had successfully been born.
The Doomsday Ark's normal state was its ship form, which balanced speed, defense, and attack most evenly.
The Flame-Burning Golden Crow form sacrificed attack and defense to pursue extreme speed.
Finally, the Doomsday Armament form allowed the Doomsday Ark to become a weaponized armor protecting Rosen comprehensively, maximizing damage and defense. These three forms of the Doomsday Ark could meet all his needs.
The Immortal Energy Cannon miracle trait could significantly boost pure energy damage.
The Space-Time Engine could drastically increase speed, and the Doomsday Fortress could maximize defense.
The most core Miracle Module formed from the Doomsday Ark's original miracle traits could convert other miracle treasures of the Miracle Sequence and various extraordinary artifacts into Miracle Modules, integrating them into the Doomsday Ark.
Rosen continued refining the Doomsday Ark, determined to make it flawless.
This polishing took several hundred more years, and the countdown toward the agreed six thousand years had already begun.
The Chaos Holy God and the Dimension Holy God—wherever they had been hiding—now appeared simultaneously with no attempt at concealment.
The Chaos Holy God released an Eternal Mantis. Using the core of the original Primordial Puppet, it reshaped a new Primordial Puppet and even transformed it into a mount. This was very likely the Chaos Holy God's vehicle for competing for the new universe.
The Dimension Holy God had no mount but grew countless wings on its back.
Each pair of wings belonged to a different dimension, and the number of wings was impossible to calculate. Wherever the Dimension Holy God had dimensions behind it, there were wings. Clearly, it chose not a vehicle but a wing-type extraordinary artifact to enhance speed.
Rosen hesitated briefly, then deployed the Doomsday Ark, standing on the deck with all Eternal Lifeforms.
At this point, there was no longer any meaning in hiding anything.
Seizing the original transcendent materials formed after the death of the evil beings meant it was impossible to conceal his strength.
So there was no need for pretense, because what came next would be a contest of accumulation and raw power.
Trying to preserve strength in hopes of being the fisherman who reaps the spoils or launching a sneak attack was no longer feasible when everyone was on guard.
Rosen wasn't surprised by the puppet mounts or wings of the Chaos Holy God and Dimension Holy God, but his Doomsday Ark still caused them to show a slight hint of surprise.
They hadn't expected the Heaven and Earth Holy God to realize that the competition for the new universe would rely on absolute speed.
"I want the transcendent materials left behind by the evil beings after they die."
Rosen's undying will transmitted across time and space to the Holy Gods.
"You're being really greedy," the Chaos Holy God said with a frown.
"I already know that seizing the new universe requires speed..." Rosen warned in a tone that brooked no argument. "Without speed, it's impossible to compete for the new universe. So I must strengthen my ship into a primordial sacred artifact. If my ship cannot become a primordial sacred artifact, that means I have no chance of contending for the new universe.
If you deny me that chance, then I'll have no choice but to sabotage the birth of the new universe."
The faces of the Chaos Holy God and the Dimension Holy God both darkened, but they also knew full well that if they were in the Heaven and Earth Holy God's position, they would've done the same.
If I'm weak, then I deserve more. If you don't give it to me, I'll flip the table and no one gets to eat.
The barefooted don't fear those in shoes—against such a shameless tactic, they had no way to retaliate.
So in the face of the Heaven and Earth Holy God's threat, they said nothing and gave no refusal.
Rosen knew his threat would succeed, but he also knew that this move would provoke deep resentment.
When the real battle for the new universe began, the Chaos and Dimension Holy Gods would definitely try to eliminate him first.
As the Fourteenth Star Ring collapsed, all evil beings instinctively feared the Sea of Cosmic Origin, but they also instinctively wanted to destroy it. So they hesitated on the edge of the Sea, caught between advancing and retreating.
"If you want to take it all, then you're responsible for driving the evil beings into the Sea of Cosmic Origin," the Chaos Holy God said, retreating away from the Sea.
Since the Heaven and Earth Holy God had threatened to monopolize all the transcendent materials left behind by the evil beings, they had no reason to contribute any effort. This was also a good opportunity to see just how much the Heaven and Earth Holy God had grown over the past 16,000 years—and how much of a threat he could become.
Rosen crossed time and space in an instant, stepping from the Doomsday Ark's deck into the area the Chaos Holy God had vacated.
Then the MoonshadeHoly God also tore through space-time, bringing the Eternal Lives of the Moonlight Spectacle and the Sacred Temple into the region the Dimension Holy God had left.
On the deck of the Doomsday Ark, the Bell of Mercy began to ring, playing the Symphony of Natural Compassion.
If the Symphony of Natural Joy was salvation for evil beings, then the Symphony of Natural Compassion was torment. The evil beings that had been lingering ahead, hesitant to move, were suddenly driven toward the Sea of Cosmic Origin under the stimulus of the music.
At the same time, the MoonshadeHoly God led all Eternal Lives to drive the evil beings in her direction.
Even without the Heaven-Searing Star Palace, driving away a third of the evil beings was not a difficult task.
Finally, Rosen looked at the evil beings in his own direction. He cast the Miracle Star Sea to trap all of them, then flew toward the Sea of Cosmic Origin.
In truth, he had already embedded the Undying Seed into the memories of the evil beings. He could have easily manipulated them to walk into the Sea on their own. But he still wanted to hide the Undying Seed as a trump card, unwilling to let the Chaos and Dimension Holy Gods see through his hand.
As the evil beings entered the Sea of Cosmic Origin one after another, the long-dormant Heart of the Universe was finally stirred and awakened completely.
The entire Sea of Cosmic Origin came to life. One by one, primordial-grade origin behemoths manifested from nothing, and in an overwhelming display of dominance, tore apart all the evil beings within minutes. Taking the opportunity, the Miracle Star Sea swept away all the corpses.
Only the Heart of the Universe remained in the Sea of Cosmic Origin, instinctively beginning to reshape the cosmic starry sky and repair the universe.
But just then, the dozens of Primordial Sacred Laws that had merged into the Sea of Cosmic Origin released the energy they had accumulated over countless years in an instant. All of them locked onto the Heart of the Universe—essentially dozens of primordial beings striking it at once.
No matter how powerful the Heart of the Universe was, it was instantly torn apart by the combined assault of those Sacred Laws.
The devastating power that destroyed the Heart of the Universe sent shockwaves beyond the Sea of Cosmic Origin, sweeping across the entire universe.
Rosen returned to the Doomsday Ark and activated the Miracle Trait Doomsday Fortress with all his might, maximizing the Ark's defensive barrier. But the shockwaves of destruction seemed endless, growing more powerful with each wave until they could no longer be withstood.
The Doomsday Ark had no choice but to retreat while fending off the damage, until at last, with nowhere left to retreat, it was forced to breach the cosmic barrier.
(End of Chapter)