In the thatched hut of the Primordial Land, Dongbo Xueying, clad in purple robes, opened his eyes. For the past billion years, he had been in deep seclusion here. Glancing around, he found every corner of the hut intimately familiar after such prolonged cultivation. With a faint smile and a shake of his head, he murmured, “It’s time to leave.”
Rising to his feet, he walked to the door and pushed open the wooden panel. Outside, he saw the white-haired elder sitting cross-legged, a sight that stirred quiet reflection in Dongbo Xueying. This elder had guarded the door for as long as he had been in cultivation.
“Senior,” Dongbo Xueying called out.
“Dongbo Xueying, why have you emerged?” the elder asked, surprised.
“I intend to undertake the test for the Sovereign rank,” Dongbo Xueying replied. Before leaving this universe, he would face one final trial. If he succeeded, perhaps the gifts left behind by Ancestor Tianyu for his descendants might hold pleasant surprises—maybe even something to aid his wife and children.
The elder’s eyes widened. “You wish to attempt the Sovereign-rank trial now? Dongbo Xueying, I must warn you—the test in the Primordial Land has the Sovereign rank as its final and most difficult stage. Passing it would make you a true core Golden-Robed Disciple of the Voidsky Palace, entitled to their utmost resources. But the trial’s difficulty is correspondingly extreme. In the Sevenstar Sea Sacred Realm, the number of Golden-Robed Disciples is fixed at only ten! In every great battle, numerous Purple-Robed Disciples challenge for those spots. Only the ten strongest remain as core Golden-Robed Disciples, each capable of slaying Void Gods while still at the Sovereign rank!”
“Oh?” Dongbo Xueying was startled.
A Sovereign killing a Void God?
The leap from True God to Void God was a vast chasm. Though Dongbo Xueying held himself in high regard and even cultivated the Voidwalker lineage—a system with immense early-stage advantages—he only dared to hope he might rival a newly ascended Void God. The thought of a Sovereign slaying one was beyond his expectations.
“The Voidsky Palace has countless ordinary Sovereigns, over a hundred Purple-Robed Disciples, but only ten fixed Golden-Robed spots. No matter how monstrous a Sovereign emerges, only the ten strongest retain the title,” the elder explained. “Since you were born within this universe, passing the Primordial Land’s trial would grant you temporary Golden-Robed privileges. But once you reach the Sevenstar Sea Sacred Realm, you must participate in the internal challenge held every billion years. If you fall outside the top ten, you’ll be demoted to Purple-Robed status.”
Dongbo Xueying nodded slightly.
“Additionally, since this isn’t the Voidsky Palace, even if you become a Golden-Robed Disciple here, the benefits you receive will only be a fraction of what’s available there,” the elder continued. “Of course, once you arrive in the Sevenstar Sea Sacred Realm, you’ll gain access to the full privileges.”
“First, cultivation resources in this universe are inferior to those in the Sevenstar Sea. Second, the rewards here are comparatively weaker. Thus, the trial’s difficulty is also lower. There, disciples compete against each other, but here in the Primordial Land, you face a fixed opponent. Slay it, and you become a Golden-Robed Disciple.”
“Slay it? Who is ‘it’?” Dongbo Xueying asked.
“A Void God—a relatively weak one,” the elder said. “The Golden-Robed Disciples of the Sevenstar Sea can slay standard Void Gods. This one is far weaker, making the task much easier.”
“Still, it remains a Void God. I advise you to cultivate further. Your time in training is still too brief,” the elder urged.
Dongbo Xueying now felt uncertain. Slay a weaker Void God? And the difficulty was already reduced?
The Voidsky Palace’s Golden-Robed Disciples seemed far stronger than that ‘Bone Qian Luo,’ one of the so-called Holy Sons under the Bone Ancestor, who was clearly inferior. The most dazzling experts of the Rules and Mysteries lineage were indeed terrifying.
“I still wish to try,” Dongbo Xueying said.
“Try? You only have one chance. Fail, and you’ll be expelled,” the elder warned again.
“No more words,” Dongbo Xueying shook his head.
Whether he succeeded or failed, after this battle, he would leave this universe.
Seeing his resolve, the elder sighed. “Very well. I’ll take you there. You truly are overconfident.”
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Guided by the elder, Dongbo Xueying entered a vast space filled with black earth.
“This is a weaker Void God puppet forged by the Ancestor,” the elder explained. “It’s crafted to perfectly mimic a real Void God. Once slain, it regenerates after three days. Your task is simply to kill it. It’s a creature native to the Chaos Void called the ‘Hundred-Headed Roar.’ You may never have heard of it, but be cautious. Don’t fall in the opening moments. I do hope to witness the birth of a new Golden-Robed Disciple.”
Dongbo Xueying’s mind stirred. The Hundred-Headed Roar? The Voidwalker’s legacy contained records of it.
“Then I’ll release it,” the elder said, his tone noticeably warmer now.
The black earth trembled as a colossal figure began to emerge. Born in the Chaos Void, its size was naturally immense. Countless multicolored tentacles writhed, each stretching endlessly. At its center loomed massive heads, each adorned with a single horn, a single eye, and a gaping maw.
“ROAR—!”
A hundred heads bellowed in unison, shattering the surrounding void. Shockwaves rippled outward, sweeping over Dongbo Xueying.
The creature loved to roar, but the resulting vibrations posed little threat—though they might slay weaker Sovereigns. For Dongbo Xueying, who had elevated the Walker’s Secret Treasury to the twentieth layer, they were negligible. He knew the true power of the Hundred-Headed Roar had yet to surface.
After its roar, the creature seemed satisfied. All its eyes locked onto Dongbo Xueying, unleashing an invisible mental assault. Yet, armed with the complete *Walker’s Secret Treasury* legacy in his soul and the cultivation of *The Scripture of Divine Radiance*, Dongbo Xueying ignored the psychic barrage.
The gaze-based mental attack was merely a natural byproduct of its higher lifeform—a Void God’s passive aura, not its true weapon.
“BOOM—!”
The space plunged into darkness as the Hundred-Headed Roar’s maws gaped wide, spewing black mist.
Darkness and fog merged instantly.
“According to the Voidwalker’s intelligence, I should bait it into expending more venom to weaken it, improving my odds. But first, let’s test if I can slay it outright.” Dongbo Xueying burned with battle intent. If the Voidsky Palace’s Golden-Robed Disciples could achieve such feats, so could he!
*Hum.*
The purple-robed Dongbo Xueying remained standing—now merely an avatar. His true body had already slipped into the Voidworld and executed a Voidwalk, teleporting directly before the Hundred-Headed Roar’s central head.
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