Chapter 594: Tier 12 Dimensional Array
Thirty Thousand Years Later…
After unremitting efforts and countless hands laboring to build the Tier 12 Dimensional Array, it was finally completed.
As the array activated, the void began to hum, its energy wrapping and molding until it encapsulated the Source of Knowledge along with the Etherium Realm.
From the outside, it appeared as if the entire dimension had vanished into the void.
Feeling the solidified void space protecting his territory, Maximus finally experienced a rare sense of peace.
Testing the array's defensive limits, he launched an attack amplified a millionfold.
The result? The barrier didn't even react.
Increasing the attack to ten millionfold, the array remained unshaken.
Finally, unleashing a strike magnified to one hundred millionfold, the void barrier trembled slightly, sending faint ripples through the surrounding void.
"Impressive,"
At a one hundred million origin explosion, his power was already comparable to that of the peak of the Absolute Realm.
The fact that the barrier withstood such an onslaught without significant reaction proved its worth of the work and effort put into it.
Observing the barrier's reaction, Maximus estimated how long it could endure under sustained assault.
"At least ten thousand years," he calculated.
Even with continuous attacks from a peak-level Absolute, breaking through the barrier would take ten thousand years.
And this was without the additional support of strands of causality.
Currently, the array functioned solely on pure origin energy.
To test its true limits, Maximus activated the array's Ultimate Mode, linking it to his system's supply of causality points.
Repeating his one-hundred-millionfold attack, he found it now caused no ripples.
"More..."
Pushing his power to two hundred millionfold, five hundred millionfold, seven hundred millionfold... until he reached one billionfold.
Even at this level, the void barrier remained unmoved.
"This is...!"
Maximus stared at the array in shock as his core of origin throbbed from the strain of such an attack.
"An invincible defense?"
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A billionfold amplification of his power placed him on par with an Overlord.
Yet, even this was insufficient to disturb the barrier.
Unfortunately, Maximus could no longer increase his power to test the true limits of the array.
A billionfold origin explosion was already his absolute limit.
If not for the supreme law of origin bolstering his core, he wouldn't even reach such a number.
The last time he unleashed such power, it left him incapacitated for centuries, delaying the Dimensional War.
Fortunately, he now possessed the Primordial Will, a miraculous force that accelerated the healing of his core of origin.
With its aid, his recovery would take only a few years, restoring him to perfect condition.
The only drawback was the difficulty of generating Primordial Will.
The Tier 9 Amalgamations of Will could be produced automatically as long as one was conscious and had unwavering belief.
On the other hand, the Divine Will could be generated as long as one has a strong will and faith.
The Primordial Will was an entirely different matter.
The Primordial Will could only emerge from the extreme—the extreme will to survive, thrive, and evolve.
Without such an intense mindset, no amount of Amalgamations of Will or Divine Will could transform into this higher form.
Unfortunately, the Etherium Realm was like a paradise, making it nearly impossible for the majority to go to extreme.
As long as they followed the predetermined path laid out for them, they could reach the peak and even ascend to become Tier 9 Apex Sovereigns, enjoying the luxury of immortality.
In such an environment, striving for extremes was seen as madness only a lunatic would do.
If not for the Chaos Continent's unique environment, opposite to the nature of the Etherium Realm, Maximus might have been forced to wage another war to unify the Etherium Realm's will and compel its inhabitants to take life more seriously.
After recovering from the billionfold Origin Explosion, Maximus checked the strands of causality consumed by the array.
"Huh? Hundreds of trillions?!"
In mere minutes of activating the array's ultimate form, hundreds of trillions of causality points had drained from his system.
Calculating the consumption rate, Maximus found his excitement over the Void Barrier's invincibility quickly waning.
This Tier 12 Dimensional Array was a beast devouring monster.
Just to maintain its Ultimate Mode, the array required trillions of strands of causality every day.
When under attack, the consumption rate would even skyrocket, depending on the strength of the assault.
Attacks ranging from 1-100 millionfold were negligible, consuming only a few million to billions of strands.
However, his last strike—comparable to an Overlord's power—had cost hundreds of trillions of causality.
Just one attack had consumed the causality points of what he could save in a thousand years.
"Sigh~ As long as it can protect me,"
Suppressing the ache in his heart, Maximus shifted his focus to the array's advantages.
Its defense had virtually no limits.
As long as he had sufficient strands of causality, the Void Barrier could become even stronger than the barrier of the Aeon Plane itself.
With this assurance, Maximus felt secure.
Even if an Overlord launched an assault, he would have time to react.
Furthermore, he was not entirely helpless.
With additional Ether Devices, Maximus could potentially maintain the Ultimate Mode indefinitely.
If the Dark Disaster were to descend, the Etherium Realm would remain an untouchable paradise.
Unfortunately, the Aeon Plane was the source of his unlimited energy.
If it were destroyed, the invincible barrier he had worked would be for nothing.
"I wonder if anything will change when my physique reaches rank 13…"
[Physique: Dimensional Source (Rank 12: 1.97 quadrillion / 100 quintillion)]
At the current rate, he absorbs causality points; it would take another two epochs—or two billion years—for his physique to reach Rank 13.
Maximus no longer relied on corrupted causality points.
Instead, he mainly used the pure strands of causality the Ether Refiner refined.
Unfortunately, his body had limits.
He could only absorb 150 million causality points per day before reaching saturation.
At this pace, upgrading his physique to Tier 13 would be a long and grueling process.
As for enhancing the quality of his physique from Origin Grade to Plane Grade, it seemed his system had yet to reach the necessary capability.
Having tested the Dimensional Array's limits, Maximus felt prepared to face his enemies…