Martial Peak Novel Cosmology revision (2025 edition) - Part 2 - Star Fields

[RavenSupreme]

Part 1 Cultivation Stars cosmology here
Part 1 upgrade calculation here

Martial Peak Novel Cosmology Entry 2: Star Fields and Ancestral Domain (Inconsistencies, potential Scalings involving Star Fields and Conclusions at the end)

From the last entry we learned that Every cultivation star is located within a Star Field. So in this entry the focus will be placed on these Star Fields, their trivia and their structure in the story.

Starting with some basic trivia to showcase their real-life equivalence to our own outer space.

There is no sound in space

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The two of them did not restrain themselves and quickly began breaking apart one asteroid after another. A strange fact about the Starry Sky was that there was no way to produce sound, so all communication had to be done via Divine Sense transmission. Therefore, even though they were wantonly destroying these asteroids, not a single noise was actually made.

Millions of stars are visible

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The next moment, what appeared before Zhang Ao’s eyes was the vast Starry Sky, with millions of points of light from distant twinkling stars in the background and a terrifying destructive energy brushing against his flesh. All of this was a familiar experience to Yang Kai.

Different parts of a Star Field can be polar opposite with an innumerable number of cultivating stars having been come into existence

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In front of Yang Kai, a new piece of this vast Star Field entered his view.

The sector of the Star Field was filled with countless beautiful shining stars that seemed to exude a rich aura. It was as if he had arrived at a different side of the Star Field, this one filled with warmth and life while the previous one contained nothing but dark silence, the two diametrically opposite one another.

Innumerable large and small stars had been born in this Star Field since ancient times, each of them in motion, forming a myriad of patterns as they seemingly rotated around some central point.

Black holes can form at the center of entire systems within the Star Field (They also can disappear again)

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This piece of information greatly stunned Yang Kai. This incredibly beautiful stretch of the Starry Sky, where Yang Kai had even seriously thought about entering retreat to cultivate, was one of the Star Fields most dangerous restricted areas, the Chaotic Abyss!

The massive, beautiful stars in this region not only exuded massive amounts of energy, they also created a twisted and chaotic domain that confused one’s senses, causing cultivators to easily become lost. Worse off, it was extremely difficult to leave this chaotic field, causing many who inadvertently entered to become trapped inside forever.

At the very centre of Chaotic Abyss though, there was a massive black hole that seemed to be capable of swallowing everything around it.

The Saint King-class High-Rank Starship, with everyone still on board it, was actually being drawn towards this black hole which now seemed like the giant maw of a great ominous beast ready to swallow them whole.

In front of this horrifying display of force, whether it was the Transcendents, Saints, or even Saint Kings, all of them realized in this moment their own insignificance.

Before this black hole, no one could guarantee they could survive.

The Star Field sizes are boundless, endless, infinite

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The Star Shuttle’s blue hue flashed through the endless Starry Sky, its thin protective shield tightly covering Yang Kai and blocking out the destructive power of the Starry Sky.

Facing the temptation of the Immortal Tree. Kong Fa simply could not resist! He could only hope that his luck was good enough to fish in troubled waters while the masters fought amongst themselves.

Just as the Martial Dao was boundless, so too was the Star Field.

The chase continued through the Star Field for the next five months.

Yang Kai was always in the lead, teasing and taunting Zi Long’s group, a calm and relaxed look on his face. His condition had long ago been restored to its peak, so it would be quite easy for him to get rid of Zi Long’s entanglement.

The Starry Sky was vast and endless.

Amidst the cold, dark, Star Field, Yang Kai’s Star Shuttle soared forward.

Amidst the endless expanse of the Starry Sky, the only light came from the distant twinkling stars.

Yang Kai had been wandering through the Star Field now for six months.

In the endless Star Field, the pitch-black Starship sped along. Its speed was seemingly slow, but it was actually as quick as lightning, travelling several hundred kilometres in a flash

Looking out towards the endless Starry Sky, Yang Kai grit his teeth secretly and desperately pushed his Saint Qi and Shi, trying to get rid of the invisible shackles binding him, but to his shock, he was still completely incapable of moving.

It was as if the surrounding space had been frozen solid.

It was a huge azure sphere that looked like a giant eye in this boundless Star Field. It radiated a mesmerizing glow and was encircled by a layer of faint aura mist.

Yang Kai sat on the peak of a barren mountain on a certain Dead Star in the endless Star Field.

The Star Emperor Tokens began to hum even more noticeably as they seemed to draw in a kind of mystical energy from the infinite Star Field, and energy that caused the nine tokens to radiate a brilliant light.

Next some more exotic information in regards to Star Fields which have no real-life equivalence but are important for their place in the cosmology of the Novel




All Star Fields originate from the Ancestral Domain and their number is innumerable

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The Ancestral Domain is the ancestral land of all Star Fields!” He Yun Xiang wouldn’t let go of this chance to leave a good impression on Yang Kai, so she started explaining it to him before Lu Huai Shuang could, “There are countless Planes in this boundless universe, as well as innumerable Star Fields. However, have you ever wondered how these Star Fields were born?”

He Yun Xiang smiled and waved her hand, upon which the World Energy in front of her surged and turned into a washbasin-sized orb. She pointed at this World Energy Orb and uttered, “This is the Ancestral Domain, where the Heavens and Earth were born!”

He Yun Xiang waved her hand again, upon which some streams of World Energy separated from the orb and stretched out. While using her technique, she explained, “No one knows what happened when the universe was born, but in the early days of the Heavens and Earth, a certain Plane was formed, a Star Field.” As she waved her hand, those streams of World Energy formed into fist-sized orbs and hovered around the first orb.

Then, she moved her hand again, after which more and more World Energy orbs appeared. In just a short moment, countless World Energy orbs floated in the air. They came in different sizes and levels of brightness. Their proximity with the first World Energy Orb varied too.

Some World Energy orbs would burst, but at the same time, more World Energy orbs would be born. However, none of these World Energy Orbs was comparable to the first one.

Star fields are countless and not interconnected but all link to the Ancestral Domain

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He Yun Xiang went on to explain, “Although the countless Star Fields are not interconnected, they’re all somewhat related to the Ancestral Domain.

However, judging from what happened earlier, he could see that the entrances to the Ancestral Domain were fixed.

That seemed to be a fixed passageway that connected the Ancestral Domain and the Star Fields, which gave those people a chance to keep watch in that place.

The Ancestral Domain was supposedly connected to all Star Fields. Many Masters had discussed before the feasibility of using the Ancestral Domain as a terminal to head to other Star Fields.

The Ancestral Domain is a higher realm than the Star Fields but not as high as the Star Boundary

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The view around them was quickly flowing past them as Yang Kai and He Yun Xiang took in the Ancestral Domain’s magnificence while riding her artifact.

The World Energy here was indeed more abundant than any place in the Star Field, but it still wasn’t comparable to the Star Boundary. There was a large difference between the two. Moreover, Yang Kai could feel that the World Principles here weren’t as perfect as those of the Star Boundary.

In other words, Dao Source Realm was probably the limit in the Ancestral Domain while it was practically impossible for anyone to reach the Emperor Realm here.

The average cultivators in the Ancestral Domain might not be aware of it, but the top cultivators would be able to gain access to this kind of secretive information.

The Star Boundary was almost a legendary place. It was rumoured that it was a broader place with even more abundant World Energy. The environment there was more advanced, and there was a higher Martial Dao to be pursued.

Star fields have their own barrier made out of their own World Principle / Law

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“You should know that this Star Field is not the only Star Field that exists. There is a powerful barrier that separates individual Star Fields from one another, formed by the Star Field’s Principles themselves.

Yang Yan laughed lightly, “Do you think it is such a simple thing to break through the barriers of a Star Field? Principles are the laws that govern the world, and those laws are supreme. Even the top ten masters from the place I come from do not dare infringe upon those Principles at will. To break through those Principles and reach this place, one must pay an enormous price!”

These Principle Laws are similar but different from one another

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Although both Grand Desolation Star Field and Heng Luo Star Field were Star Fields with roughly the same World Principles, they still had their differences.

Star Fields are a lower plane and the source of all cultivators

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“Star Fields are the foundation of cultivators, so the destruction of any Star Field is a matter of great significance. At that time, the top ten masters realized the seriousness of this problem, so they joined forces to create rules which prevented other masters from abusing this practice.

Yang Yan explained, “The Star Boundary and Star Fields are inseparable, and they’re closely connected. Take a tree as an example. The countless Lower Star Fields are like a tree’s roots, and the Star Boundary is like the tree crown. Cultivators like us are the fruits on this tree. Fruits will only grow when the roots absorb nutrients from the ground.

Star Fields can be connected to a higher realm like they are to their own Origin Domain Ancestral Domain or be closed by the higher realms inhabitants

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Once there were many Star Masters, but some twenty thousand years ago, after Heaven Devouring Great Emperor destroyed many Star Fields, the channels connecting the Star Boundary and the various Star Fields were sealed, and the Masters from the Star Boundary could no longer easily travel to the Lower Star Fields to refine Star Sources.

Zhu Qing answered, “It’s indeed difficult. You should know that since the Heaven Devouring Great Emperor destroyed many Lower Star Fields, all the channels between the Star Boundary and those Star Fields were sealed, making it all but impossible to travel between Star Fields and the Star Boundary.”

In the past, the Star Boundary was connected to essentially all Lower Star Fields. Not only could the people from below go up once they reached a certain cultivation realm, but the Masters from the Star Boundary could also go down using some methods.

After the war in the Shattered Star Sea, the Great Emperors gathered together and had a serious discussion. All of them realized that they had to put a stop to these heinous acts. The Lower Star Fields were the roots for the tree, and if they allowed these wolves to do whatever they pleased, the tree would eventually die. Hence, the Great Emperors joined forces and built a barrier around the Star Boundary. Since then, those from the Star Boundary were unable to descend to the Star Fields to commit any crimes. Because of this, the Great Emperors also founded an organisation called Star Court to monitor the situation in the Lower Star Fields. That was also how the positions of Star Field Guardians came about.

Just like Cultivation Stars from the previous entry have Star Masters, Star Fields have too with the same (and some additional) benefits

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With a smile, Wu Kuang replied, “You’ll have to make use of the Star Field Source.”

“Star Field Source?” Yang Kai arched his brow as an idea flashed across his mind. It seemed important, but he couldn’t catch it.

“There’s a Star Source in every Star, so naturally, there’s also a Star Field Source in every Star Field.

“In addition, if you can refine this Star Field Source, it means that the entire Star Field has recognized your existence. Then, you can become the owner of that Star Field and control the destinies of everything in it with just a thought!”

“You could say so, but the owner of a Star Field has an even higher authority.” Wu Kuang suddenly lifted his head and changed the topic, “However, it is not simple to refine a Star Field Source. This King had destroyed countless Star Fields in the past and only found several Star Field Sources, but this King has never succeeded in refining them.”

Star Fields will regenerate as long as their Source is not destroyed

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Wu Kuang continued, “No matter how badly the entire Star Field is damaged, as long as the Star Field Source still exists, the Star Field will eventually be restored, but if the Star Field Source is destroyed, the Star Field is done for.

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Inconsistencies

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While the size of the Star Fields has been said to be boundless, endless and infinite, a critical lore moment contradicts these depictions.

When Yang Kai becomes a Star Field Master he tracks the process in a numerical way and using percentages, which should be impossible in an infinite universe

The Star Field was truly too vast. He had spent two years only to refine an area that did not even make up 1/20th of the entire Star Field. In other words, it would take him at least 40 to 50 years to completely refine the entire Star Field at the previous speed.

Day after day passed by, followed by year after year… Yang Kai had navigated his way through the Star Field, forgetting about the passage of time. His mind entirely immersed in the refining process.

The Star Chart inside his Knowledge Sea had been 90% illuminated by now, and there was only a little bit left. Over the years, he had more or less traversed the entire Star Field. Even the most remote and distant places had not been overlooked.

While this is just a single instance compared to all the times the Star Fields have been described another way, the lore ramifications are vast and too profound for it to be ignored. As such this incident should be used as reference point to disprove infinite Star Field sizes.

Potential Scalings involving Star Fields

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Great Emperors can destroy Star Fields themselves and when they battle each other break the Laws of the universe and create new dimensions

Lan Xun further explained, “Back then, that Sir could not be restrained in the Star Boundary as no one could match him, so he acted unscrupulously. He even broke through the World Barrier and travelled to the Lower Star Fields. Wherever he passed, Star Fields were destroyed and Stars were shattered while all the Star Sources of those Cultivation Stars were devoured by him.

[In the battle back then, many Great Emperors had besieged Heaven Devouring Great Emperor. Could that battle have taken place in this Star Field?] Yang Kai suddenly had such a thought. If this wasn’t the case, why else would there be shattered Cultivation Stars in this Shattered Star Sea!?

Xiao Yu Yang chuckled, “Naturally. This is only the story the average cultivator knows of, while those of us here understand the real truth of this matter. However, during that battle, it is true that worlds collapsed, and the order of Heaven and Earth was shattered, leading to the creation of the Shattered Star Sea, a broken, but Self-Contained World.

If they ignored this, the next unlucky person might be themselves, so they formed an alliance and declared war against Heaven Devouring Great Emperor. Their battle shattered the sky and split worlds, causing the universe to shatter, resulting in the creation of this Shattered Star Sea!”

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Especially potent Great Emperors can achieve higher dimensionality towards lower realms, refining entire Star Fields into board games or one-tier higher realms into Gardens without its inhabitants realising what is happening

Presently, there was a board with a number of black and white stones on it in front of the old man called Wu Kuang. The strange aura wafting from the board was so intense that anyone who happened to see it would be shaken to the core.

After taking just one look at the board, Mei Jiu’er turned ashen and she thought that this old man must be too bored, which was why he decided to play the board game on his own. Moreover, it had even somehow turned into such an intense competition that the board itself was giving off an overwhelming aura.

“What do you think?” Yang Kai bent over and landed a slap on the board, which caused the black and white stones to be messed up.

Wu Kuang gazed at the board with a frown and sighed, “I was about to win. Why couldn’t you just talk it out with me instead of messing up my stones?” He sighed.

Before he could speak further, Yang Kai directly turned the board over. At that instant, all the stones were hoisted into the air upon impact.

Wu Kuang said with a smile, “Did you know how many people you’re about to kill by doing that?”

In fact, Yang Kai didn’t need him to say something so obvious as he immediately realised that something was off after he flipped the board over. With his expression changed drastically, he pushed his Demon Qi hard and extended both hands, after which an innumerable number of phantom hands appeared in the gazebo. After all the phantom hands returned to Yang Kai, he could be seen carrying a large number of stones in his arms, and it appeared that he was still reeling from the shock.

It was then Yang Kai snorted and took a seat across from Wu Kuang before he carefully put the stones back on the board. He didn’t intend to put them back in their original spots. Thus, he just arranged them properly.

Then, he checked on those stones, and upon making sure that they were fine, he let out a long sigh.

Mei Jiu’er didn’t understand why Yang Kai cared so much about these stones, so out of curiosity, she sent her Divine Sense towards the board and instantly fell into a dazed state as she was rooted to the spot. It was as though her Soul had been sucked out of her, and she had become a living corpse.

All of a sudden, a gentle force engulfed her, which caused her to come to her senses. Her pretty face had turned pale as she said in shock, “Senior, the board and the stones…”

Rather than a board, what was before her was an entire Star Field, and the stones were also not what they seemed to be as they were clearly whole Stars.

This amiable-looking old man with the demeanour of an immortal was battling against himself using the Star Field as a board and the Stars as pieces.

It was then she understood what the old man actually meant. All the stones were real Stars, and trillions of people lived on these Stars. By flipping the board over, Yang Kai had practically turned this Star Field upside down. If the stones really fell to the ground, countless lives would have been lost.

Yang Kai bowed his head and pointed at the board, “What is this?”

Wu Kuang looked away as he was meticulously probing Yang Kai’s body. Without even thinking, he replied, “Blood Sun Star Field.”

Even though Yang Kai already had a speculation, he still gasped when Wu Kuang admitted it, “You’ve refined a Star Field into such a thing?”

He didn’t know where Blood Sun Star Field was, nor had he heard of it before, but apparently, just like Heng Luo Star Field, it was also a Lower Star Field; however, it had become a board game that was right in front of him now.

Wu Kuang replied with a grin, “What’s so strange about it? There are many more in the sky.”

Yang Kai looked up as his pupils contracted because nebulas of different sizes were hovering in the sky above him. Some of them were as small as a dustpan while the bigger ones were the size of a basin. There was some distance between them as they were not compatible. If Wu Kuang hadn’t pointed it out, Yang Kai would’ve just thought that these nebulas looked a little odd even if he happened to see them. Upon closer look now though, he realised that every nebula was a separate Star Field.

Staring fixedly at them, Yang Kai could see that the Cultivation Stars were as small as dust, on which billions of people lived.

However, just like the stones on the board, these people were not aware of the situation they were in as they went about their daily lives.

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Or the Star Fields higher Realm into a garden

“Aren’t you supposed to be in the Ancestral Domain? Why are you here? Where’s this place?” Yang Kai wasn’t willing to dwell on the topic of Demon Qi, he just wanted to find out what Wu Kuang was doing.

“We are in the Ancestral Domain,” Wu Kuang replied.

“Nonsense!” Yang Kai rebuked. It wasn’t like he hadn’t been to the Ancestral Domain, so he knew what the place looked like; however, after giving it a thought, he realised that, since this old fart was able to refine Star Fields into boards and nebulas, it wasn’t so unthinkable that he could turn the Ancestral Domain into a garden.

Conclusion

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While they depict the lowest hierarchy in the wider cosmology, Star Fields are their own self contained universes and essential for the survival of the higher realms (ref: Root/Crown/Tree analogy above).

They originate from a higher plane called "Ancestral Domain" and each Star Field is naturally connected to it.

In Theory, Star Fields are also connected to the highest realm, although its inhabitants can artificially close that connection.

Due to that Star Fields are called "Lower Plane" or "Lower World".

Star Fields are not connected to each other and a barrier prevents incursions. Each Star Field works under a similar but in the end different Principle / Law, setting them further apart as unique entities.

Despite being labeled as infinite or similar, a key-event disproves Star Fields being infinite, making them finite Universes.

Characters with a high enough cultivation can destroy Star Fields themselves. When these characters battle, they not only destroy the Star Field but shatter the universe completely so that it, erases its laws and create new dimensions.

Characters with high enough cultivation can achieve higher dimensionality towards the Star Fields

 

[BreezeHM]

I disagree with a few things here.

Star Fields are not Universal in size, they're referred to as planes within the Universe. There's also when Wu Kuang went around the Lower Plane and refined all the Star Fields into one, which made it comparable to the Star Boundary.

Wu Kuang and FTGE are the only Great Emperors that scale to Star Fields. Considering how Wu Kuang was able to 1v9 the other Great Emperors, with the addition of the Dragon Clan Elders and still manage to kill 4 Great Emperors. Pretty clear they shouldn't scale him.

Higher-Dimensional Great Emperors

They don't actually see the Star Field as fiction, it's just what Wu Kuang refined it into. It's not meant to show any superiority at least in my opinion.

 

[RavenSupreme]

I disagree with a few things here.

Star Fields are not Universal in size, they're referred to as planes within the Universe. There's also when Wu Kuang went around the Lower Plane and refined all the Star Fields into one, which made it comparable to the Star Boundary.

Wu Kuang and FTGE are the only Great Emperors that scale to Star Fields. Considering how Wu Kuang was able to 1v9 the other Great Emperors, with the addition of the Dragon Clan Elders and still manage to kill 4 Great Emperors. Pretty clear they shouldn't scale him.

Higher-Dimensional Great Emperors

They don't actually see the Star Field as fiction, it's just what Wu Kuang refined it into. It's not meant to show any superiority at least in my opinion.

They are both described as endless, infinite, boundless and as universe themselves. While they are not an ever expanding infinite Universe, they still are their own self contained universe.

Wu Kuang merging the Star Fields into one does not contradict the size and status of the Star Fields before they have been merged into a Great World. It just makes the Great World itself becoming more comprehensive and indicates what Great Worlds contain.

Higher Dimensionality in my knowledge does not need to mean one sees other as fiction, although I can be wrong.

 

[BreezeHM]

They are both described as endless, infinite, boundless and as universe themselves. While they are not an ever expanding infinite Universe, they still are their own self contained universe.

Wu Kuang merging the Star Fields into one does not contradict the size and status of the Star Fields before they have been merged into a Great World. It just makes the Great World itself becoming more comprehensive and indicates what Great Worlds contain.

I mean I guess? It does also meet two of the criteria for it to be considered a Universe. I reread the scan and realized that it was the Ancestral Domain that was being referred to as the boundless Universe. Star Fields vary in size so I'm neutral that the Star Fields themselves are Universes, but I'd be fine with the Ancestral Domain.

Higher Dimensionality in my knowledge does not need to mean one sees other as fiction, although I can be wrong.

Higher Dimensionality doesn't mean you have to see the other as fiction. However, Wu Kuang refining the Star Fields into a Chess Board would be an example of R > F. It's not being used in an analogy sense to show the superiority over dimensions, but that Wu Kuang actually views the lower Starfields as something insubstantial relative to himself. There was a Site Wide CRT that made this transcendence 1-A, and there's plenty of Anti-Feats for 1-A.

 

[RavenSupreme]

I mean I guess? It does also meet two of the criteria for it to be considered a Universe. I reread the scan and realized that it was the Ancestral Domain that was being referred to as the boundless Universe. Star Fields vary in size so I'm neutral that the Star Fields themselves are Universes, but I'd be fine with the Ancestral Domain.

Higher Dimensionality doesn't mean you have to see the other as fiction. However, Wu Kuang refining the Star Fields into a Chess Board would be an example of R > F. It's not being used in an analogy sense to show the superiority over dimensions, but that Wu Kuang actually views the lower Starfields as something insubstantial relative to himself. There was a Site Wide CRT that made this transcendence 1-A, and there's plenty of Anti-Feats for 1-A.

Thank you. Yes, there are more passages, which further indicate that each individual Star Field are their own universes as well.

Heng Luo Star Field could be regarded as a complete world, and since it could act as a medium to execute the Heaven Devouring Battle Law from and engulf another complete world, it was only natural that the Sealed World Bead could do something similar. After all, the Sealed World Bead was also a complete world. Fundamentally speaking, it was not much different from Heng Luo Star Field aside from being vastly smaller.

Or

The power of one world could only be countered by the power of another world. Wu Heng had condensed the power of more than ten million kilometres of the Starry Sky in that one attack, which was incredibly terrifying, but the Small Sealed World was now a complete world of its own. The World Principles and the World Energy within the Small Sealed World were no worse than those of the Star Field’s, possibly even higher in terms of quality. The only difference was that the Small Sealed World was much smaller than the Star Field.

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In the end, they are irrelevant in the grand scheme of things, however their makeup is important to scale Great Worlds, as they are the points of reference for some major important feats later on and them containing other universes inside of them changes how we judge the feats.

As for the higher dimensionality, the idea was not to scale it to a specific Tiering, much less such an absurd high one at this point in the story. The Universes inside of a Great World are not infinite in nature and neither are the number of universes infinite, it was just a novelty to explore for future events and feats which showcase potential higher dimensionality as this was the first true case where it could be argued for. The inhabitants of the Star Field did not just not know what was happening to them, they were completely unable to act even if they did, as the source of it was happening to them from outside their home universe, which was confirmed to have its own rules and laws. If that indicates a specific tier, fine, if not, also fine. It is, like with many things in these parts of the story, more meant as a foundation for future feats.