Chapter 18 The Fifth Realm

Time flowed by. It took Xu Jingming 59 years to suppress and sort out the memory contamination. During this process, the fifth realm of *Bafang Tu*, the 'Great Joy Realm', was unknowingly completed.

"I succeeded."

Inside the beast hide space, Xu Jingming sat cross-legged in the starry sky. Completely resolving the contamination, he felt an unprecedented sense of etherealness and peace.

"The process of resolving the contamination was also a process of refining the mind." Xu Jingming sighed, "Although the abyss contamination is terrifying, according to the Tower Master, once one reaches the 'Great Freedom Realm,' there's no need to worry about abyss contamination anymore."

The slight memory contamination he had was perfectly resolved with the mental state of the Great Joy Realm.

If the contamination were deeper, it wouldn't be so easy to resolve.

Countless high-dimensional lifeforms fear the abyss contamination, naturally because it is terrifying enough.

"The Great Joy Realm is already so difficult. The subsequent three realms are even more difficult than the last. I wonder when I'll be able to reach the 'Great Freedom Realm.'" Xu Jingming looked at the original *Bafang Tu* book in front of him.

"The sixth realm of *Bafang Tu* is the Realm of Life and Death! Even creatures with extremely low intelligence possess the instinct to survive. Even Eternal Realm high-dimensional lifeforms, even Third Realm high-dimensional lifeforms... will leave behind some marks, hoping to be resurrected, obviously possessing a desire to survive," Xu Jingming thought. "Weak lives may despair and not want to live anymore. But high-dimensional lifeforms are very clear that as long as you're alive, anything is possible."

As long as you're alive, you can change everything!

What happened in the past can be altered!

Bringing past deceased life back to life, living out a new history, and allowing the new history to continue to the present, to the future.

"In these 59 years, the human race has changed so much." Xu Jingming also had an incarnation in his hometown. The human race was about to undergo a great migration, and naturally, there was a great upheaval within the race.

...

Hometown universe, human territory.

A tourist planet.

Xu Jingming and his wife, Li Miaomiao, were strolling down the street. A huge light screen on the side of the street was broadcasting propaganda for the 'race migration.'

"Our universe is about to come to an end," a host on the light screen was saying. "Therefore, the entire human race of our universe will undergo a great migration to a distant new universe."

"Although the environment of the new universe is very similar to our home universe, there will still be differences."

"According to survival test data, first-level planetary lifeforms have an average mortality rate of 19.1% in the new universe. Second-level planetary lifeforms have a mortality rate of 10.3%. Third-level planetary lifeforms have a mortality rate of 0.5%. All lifeforms above fourth-level planetary lifeforms can survive with 100% certainty and fully adapt to the new universe environment."

"For the race migration plan, all planetary lifeforms above the third level will be migrated to the new universe."

"First and second-level planetary lifeforms can voluntarily choose whether to migrate or not."

"Humans who choose to stay in their home universe will be prohibited from having children and will live out their lives peacefully in their home until they die of old age."

"When all the planetary lifeforms in the home universe have died of old age, only those who have broken through to become cosmic lifeforms will survive. This batch of cosmic lifeforms... will also be completely migrated to the new universe."

"From then on, there will be no more humans in the home universe."

The host was narrating the migration policy, but the countless people on the tourist planet didn't care, because the race migration plan had been publicized thousands of times. From the initial shock, panic, and chaos, people gradually became accustomed to it, and life returned to normal.

"Son, your mom and I are at the fourth and third levels of planetary life. You have to work hard to practice the gene evolution method! There are only about twenty years left until the final migration. You must work hard in these twenty years so that our family can go to the new universe together." A couple sent a teenager to a martial arts hall.

"Yes." The teenager nodded solemnly and looked at his mother. "Mom, reaching the fourth level of planetary life is the only way to be 100% safe. You have to work hard too."

"Let's work hard together," the mother said with a clenched fist and a smile.

The father urged, "Hurry up and see your teacher. From now on, you'll come here on your own every day. You have to train in the virtual world, and you still have to train in the real world."

The teenager nodded, turned, and entered the martial arts hall.

Not far away on the street, Xu Jingming and Li Miaomiao saw this scene.

"Since the announcement of the race migration plan, the enthusiasm for the 'gene evolution method' in the entire universe's human race has greatly increased," Li Miaomiao said. "A large number of martial arts halls and evolution schools have opened, more than ten times the number before the migration plan was announced."

"Everyone still wants to reach the fourth level of planetary life so they can safely go to the new universe," Xu Jingming said.

"Has the distribution of territories in the new universe been decided?" Li Miaomiao asked. "The younger generations in the family are very concerned."

Xu Jingming shook his head and smiled. "In the new universe, the human race will have a full 51 universe domains. Moreover, when I chatted with the Dean and the others, we had already decided to give the 'Blue Star Civilization' a universe domain."

"A complete universe domain?" Li Miaomiao's eyes lit up.

"Yes, the human race will become four advanced civilizations from the original three," Xu Jingming said. "If Senior Brother Chi Meng can break through to the Eternal Realm, he will also be able to get a universe domain."

The new universe had enough territory, but in order to ensure sufficient competition within the race, even though Xu Jingming and the others were Eternal Realm high-dimensional lifeforms, they were limited to one universe domain each.

Li Miaomiao nodded slightly, feeling quite excited.

A universe domain, what a vast area that was. Her husband spoke of it so calmly and casually.

Actually, in Xu Jingming's view...

The size of the territory depended on the strength of the human high-dimensional lifeforms!

"There are many voices within our Xu family regarding this migration," Li Miaomiao couldn't help but say.

"What voices?" Xu Jingming looked at his wife.

"The younger generations of the Xu family feel that their ancestor has made so many contributions and obtained so many resources, that the Xu family should establish a civilization of their own!" Li Miaomiao said.

"Grasping for more after getting what they wanted," Xu Jingming gently shook his head. "Greed is infinite and can never be satisfied. Today, they want to establish a civilization; tomorrow, they want to swallow the Blue Star Civilization. The day after tomorrow, they'll want more resources from the entire human race. According to the Dean and the others' experience, being too indulgent with the family will only lead to its rapid corruption."

Li Miaomiao nodded slightly. "Yes, after more than ten thousand years, the family has become too large, and the corruption is indeed serious."

The Xu family was originally sparsely populated, but after generations of reproduction, the family population had reached the scale of 'billions' over ten thousand years.

That was the magic of time.

Over a long period of time, it was normal for a family to reproduce and occupy multiple star systems.

"It's impossible to establish a civilization separately. It would be good enough for the Xu family to manage the family well." Xu Jingming frowned and said, "What I need is a powerful family, a powerful Blue Star Civilization."

"There must also be healthy competition within the Blue Star Civilization. It must never be like the other three advanced civilizations, where the royal family has too much power and is too corrupt," Xu Jingming said.

With him around, no one could bully the Xu family.

What Xu Jingming had to do was... restrain the Xu family! Otherwise, the Xu family's thousands of tentacles would wantonly infiltrate every aspect.

Li Miaomiao smiled. "I understand what you mean."

"Let's take a good look at this beautiful home universe," Xu Jingming said. "After the race migration, all of this will become memories."

"It's truly reluctant," Li Miaomiao said, looking at the dreamy purple clouds in the sky.

...

Time passed year by year, and it was now the last year of the race migration.

"Please make your choice as soon as possible, whether to migrate voluntarily or stay in your home. Those who do not choose within the deadline will be regarded as voluntarily migrating," a voice echoed in the sky above the city.

"Countdown: three days. Please choose as soon as possible."

"Countdown: two days."

"Countdown: 22 hours and 59 minutes."

Countless planets in the entire universe's human race were being mobilized.

"Dad."

Some children looked at their fathers with reluctance.

"I've already decided that I have no talent for the evolution method at all. I'm still only a first-level planetary lifeform. If I go to the new universe, the mortality rate is nearly 20%. I won't go," the father said with a smile. "Many people on our home planet have chosen to stay at home. We were born here, we'll grow old here, and we'll be buried here, accompanying this universe to its end. That's pretty good."

"Dad, I can't bear to leave you," the daughter said, hugging her father.

The father's eyes also turned red.

He couldn't bear to leave either.

From the moment his children were born, he, as a single father, had devoted himself to nurturing them. His children were very promising, and they had both reached the fourth level of planetary life, which was also what the father was most proud of.

"Dad, we have to go to the assembly point. In three hours, we have to board the race mother ship," the son said, his eyes turning red. "Is there anything else you need us to do? Do you have enough money?"

"Enough, enough. I'm old, what do I need so much money for?" the father said with a smile. "Go, go. I've worried about you two for my whole life. It's time for me to enjoy life."

"Dad, we're leaving."

The children hugged their father together and then left with tears of reluctance.

The old father watched this scene and shouted, "Go to the new universe and live your own lives well."

"Yes."

After boarding the airship, the airship quickly ascended. The children looked through the glass at their father, who was still standing there. This was the last time they would see their father.

On this day...

Separations were happening everywhere throughout the entire universe's human race.

Many humans would rather choose to stay in their home universe and live peacefully until they died of old age. Although childbearing was prohibited in the home universe, the mortality rate for first and second-level planetary lifeforms was too high in the new universe.

And in the vast starry sky.

Huge spaceships, like countless small shrimps, flew together into the super-giant race mother ship.

"Captain, all the migrants from the surrounding twelve star systems, totaling more than 5.3 trillion, have entered the mother ship," a smart system in the command center reported respectfully on the light screen.

The captain nodded slightly, looking at the starry sky, his heart surging.

...

The Dean, Island Master, Tower Master, Xu Jingming, and Chi Meng stood in the starry sky, observing the great migration of the entire human territory.

Each race mother ship could accommodate the migrants from about ten star systems. Countless race mother ships were parked in different areas of space at this moment.

"More than 80% of the first and second-level planetary lifeforms chose to stay in their home universe," Chi Meng said.

"Staying in their home universe is safer for them," the Dean nodded calmly. "And as long as they break through to become cosmic lifeforms, we will still migrate them all in a few hundred years."

The number of these first and second-level planetary lifeforms that could break through to become cosmic lifeforms was relatively limited.

There was no need for small universes; they could be migrated using a spacetime cage.

"According to the voluntary migration choices, the final population going to the new universe accounts for 33.6% of the total human population," the Island Master of Time and Space said.

"Planetary lifeforms, first and second-level ones, are the majority after all," the Dean said. "All the race mother ships are ready. Let's begin."

(End of this chapter)