As the exchange event concluded, Ding Yun's forces gained over a hundred Lower Gods, finally alleviating their previous scarcity of only three Saint Lower Gods. Jin Xinxin's situation was much the same.
After all, the deities he had previously gathered had perished in the great war against the Wizard Civilization.
However, in Ding Yun and the others' view, this was merely the beginning. There was no need to become complacent, nor was there any reason to feel powerful. Thus, they continued to advance according to the original plan.
Time was the least valuable commodity to deities.
One hundred years later, the four major spiral arms in the peripheral regions of the Silver Light Galaxy were essentially conquered.
They became the faith zones of the Sun God or the Moon God.
One hundred and fifty years later, the higher-ranked civilizations in the central region of the Silver Light Galaxy were all successfully proselytized under the diligent efforts of the three Saint Higher Gods, over a hundred Middle Gods, and thousands of Lower Gods, along with countless Rank 8 and 9 Sun Warriors and Moon Warriors.
The Silver Light Galaxy was completely taken.
Ding Yun specially prepared to hold a celebration for this event, but before the banquet, she pulled Jin Xinxin aside for a private meeting to discuss future plans, which would facilitate further instructions after the celebration.
...
Within the core origin of the Sun God Kingdom.
"Xinxin, you should be able to break through to High God at any moment now, right? Tell me, yes or no!"
With only a thousand years in total to spend, and looking at the current pace, Ding Yun was a little worried whether they could conquer even a tenth of the universe after a thousand years, or rather, over eight hundred years from now. The universe was simply too vast.
Therefore, Ding Yun had to change her plan.
Compared to the universes in the central region of the Wizard Sea, the peripheral universes were much larger.
Yes, that was indeed the case.
It was so counterintuitive.
In the Cosmic Sea, universes closer to the center had smaller areas and more condensed energy. The core region's universal origin might be over a hundred times that of Ding Yun's original universe, but its area was less than a thousandth.
This was because the energy condensation in the central region universes could be tens of thousands, or even millions, of times greater than in the peripheral universes.
How to describe it? It was like the difference between the immortal realm and the mortal realm. Life born in a central region universe had a physical quality of Rank 4 or 5, or even 7 or 8, at birth. With a little cultivation, they could reach the level of deities. In contrast, in the peripheral universe, Ding Yun had to expend considerable Solar Origin to painstakingly help her believers slowly advance to Lower Gods, Middle Gods, and even Higher Gods. That was the gap!
The result of this disparity was that although peripheral universes were located at the edge, their internal area far exceeded that of central region universes. Coupled with an inferior origin, the energy naturally became even more diluted. Forget that they were currently at the trough of the energy tide; even at its peak, it would be difficult for many cultivators to be born naturally.
This was also why few people chose peripheral universes. They were too troublesome and energy-consuming. It was possible that a thousand years wouldn't be enough to traverse the entire universe, let alone acquire over half the universe's faith to break through to Creation God. Rather than seeking safety here, it was better to take risks and finish quickly.
The advantage was that Ding Yun's mission was mainly to break through to Creation God herself and then imprint her own mark into the corresponding Cosmic Sea laws. She did not need to lead the entire universe in inter-universal warfare.
Therefore, a weaker strength would not significantly impact the mission. Otherwise, choosing a peripheral universe would truly be courting death and failure.
To become a Creation God, one needed to be comparable to a Universe Lord. Even if the universal origin was weaker, only 1% of another universe's origin, it would not affect the Creation God status.
After all, a Creation God born in even the weakest universe was still a Creation God, qualified to imprint their mark on the laws of the Cosmic Sea. What Ding Yun needed to complete her mission was this qualification; her overall power was irrelevant.
"I can break through at any moment, so what? Do you need me to break through immediately? I feel like time is a bit tight. Do you have any other plans, sister?
Otherwise, at this pace.
It will be difficult for us to complete the mission..."
Jin Xinxin was not stupid. With a little calculation of time and the size of the universe, he could conclude that time was insufficient, so he was slightly anxious at the moment.
The plan they had agreed upon was for him to fully assist Ding Yun in becoming a Creation God first. After Ding Yun succeeded, most of the faith would be transferred to him to help him break through as well.
Although this universe was remote and weak, as long as Ding Yun succeeded and then self-destructed, returning her physical origin and the like to this universe, the universal origin could still support the birth of another Creation God.
But if even Ding Yun could not successfully break through.
Then he would have even less hope.
"Yes, I have other plans. My plan is for both of us to break through to High God simultaneously, and then use the Yin and Yang energies to create more life, enlighten beings, and have those beings we create and enlighten, like our descendants, help us proselytize as much as possible.
This way, the speed should increase significantly."
Indeed, this was Ding Yun's plan. Currently, or rather, for them, the difficulty was not the danger posed by advanced civilizations, but the immense size of the universe and the insufficient manpower for proselytization.
Or rather...
Insufficient manpower qualified to proselytize for them.
When facing Level 1 and Level 2 civilizations, ordinary people with low cultivation levels could be useful, but when facing civilizations of Level 3 and above, at least a single Lower God was needed to provide support for even rudimentary proselytization.
The Silver Light Galaxy was a peripheral area within this remote universe. There were many higher-ranked civilizations in other galaxies. They barely had enough manpower to conquer Level 1 and Level 2 civilizations, but they were truly short of manpower for conquering Level 3 and above civilizations.
The energy within this remote universe was too scarce, making it difficult to cultivate deities of a higher level.
Or rather, it was difficult for those deities to rely on themselves.
To break through by absorbing the energy of heaven and earth.
This undoubtedly severely limited the growth in the number of major deities. If this were a central universe, a single planet could produce over a dozen or twenty Higher Gods.
Unlike them, they only managed to cultivate three Higher Gods and about a hundred Middle Gods after scouring an entire galaxy.
Therefore, the most important task at hand was undoubtedly to find ways to create more beings with higher life levels and cultivation, who would obey their commands.
To help them conquer Level 3 and above civilizations.
Ordinary mortals could not be relied upon.
Thus, they could only pin their hopes on breaking through to High God, and then using Tai Yin and Tai Yang energies to create life.
To create a batch of high-quality beings.