In the chaotic currents of the Cosmic Sea, a warship was advancing through the void. Inside the warship was none other than Juehe Divine Sovereign, one of the Eight Great Sovereigns of the Cosmic Sea. In another region of space, a nine-storied pagoda was also moving forward. Both were heading to the same destination—the small universe of the Rampant Demon Sovereign.
At the same time, many powerful beings in the Cosmic Sea were also rushing toward that location.
“Juehe Divine Sovereign (Galactic Lord) (Divine Eye Sovereign) (Nine-Headed Demon Sovereign)…” At the same moment, the Rampant Demon Sovereign transmitted a message to numerous divine sovereigns across the Cosmic Sea, “Just now, my small universe’s fundamental essence was no longer being consumed. I personally took my supreme treasure palace to investigate and found that the Boundary Beast is gone! It has vanished!”
The message spread.
All the divine sovereigns rushing to the scene, and many others who had not yet arrived, were shocked.
“Rampant Demon Sovereign, you say it vanished? It had only been consuming for such a short time—just a single day (a day, a common time unit used by Earth’s lineage, translated into the Cosmic Sea’s universal language as an equivalent Earth time unit). How could it disappear so soon?” Juehe Divine Sovereign was greatly alarmed. It usually took about eight days to consume a small universe’s fundamental essence. How much could be consumed in just one day?
“Rampant!” The Nine-Headed Demon Sovereign urgently transmitted, “It vanished after only one day of consumption? Could it be that some divine sovereign fought against it?”
“No! No powerful being fought against it,” the Rampant Demon Sovereign replied.
“It vanished without any attack, after only one day of consuming the small universe’s essence?” Divine Eye Sovereign also grew anxious.
“Yes, it just vanished directly,” the Rampant Demon Sovereign confirmed.
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Inside the nine-storied pagoda.
Luo Feng, who had a faint smile on his face moments ago, immediately changed expression upon receiving the news.
“This time… we’re in big trouble,” Luo Feng said slowly.
Beside him, Hong and Huoqiong also wore solemn expressions.
No one was foolish. All could see the danger hidden in the Boundary Beast’s actions.
“It only consumed the small universe’s essence for a single day before vanishing, and no powerful being attacked it. This means it voluntarily disappeared,” Hong said gravely. “If it’s because of some special reason, such as a call from its nest, then it’s understandable for it to leave urgently. But if there’s no other factor, its departure indicates it has become more cautious and vigilant.”
Luo Feng softly added, “Right. If it consumes one small universe for a day, then another for a day, then how can we possibly catch up in such a short time? We won’t be able to surround and trap it at all. Killing it will be even harder.”
Huoqiong quickly said, “If it consumes one small universe for a day, then another, and another, being consumed seven or eight times… we might be doomed.”
“This is even more terrifying than watching it continuously consume one small universe,” Hong also looked grim.
“Don’t panic yet.”
Luo Feng furrowed his brows. “Let’s wait and see what its next move is. Observing its next action will tell us whether it did this due to a special reason temporarily, or if it truly intends to keep doing this long-term.”
“Hmm.” Both Huoqiong and Hong nodded.
The Star Tower then stopped and hovered in the chaotic currents of space.
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All the divine sovereigns in the Cosmic Sea understood what this meant. Everyone was anxious. They all hoped and prayed that this was just due to some special circumstances.
Time passed.
One day, two days… one month, two months…
The Boundary Beast did not reappear.
“The Boundary Beast hasn’t shown up!”
“Last time when it consumed the small universe of Huochong Divine Sovereign, it had already consumed half of it. It could have easily consumed more. But this time, it only consumed for a day… and has been gone for so long. Perhaps it had some important business to attend to.”
“Last time it only consumed for a day and disappeared. Perhaps it really had something urgent to do.”
All the divine sovereigns hoped for this last possibility.
The Nine-Headed Demon Sovereign, Luo Feng, Juehe Divine Sovereign, Haizhu Sovereign, and others all shared this hope. After all, facing the Boundary Beast with its many abilities, they also hoped for more divine sovereigns to unite together in response.
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Half a year had passed since the Boundary Beast consumed the fundamental essence of Rampant Demon Sovereign’s small universe.
In the void of chaotic space.
“Whoosh!”
“That felt so good,” the Boundary Beast happily flicked its tail. “The portion of the fundamental essence from Rampant Demon Sovereign’s small universe that I consumed earlier has already been completely transformed into my power! My strength has grown again… Hahaha, I’m just so clever. Back in the nest, how difficult it was to kill and consume another Boundary Beast—it took a very, very long time to eat one. And there was even Beidi there! But here… these small universes are just sitting there, completely defenseless, allowing me to devour them freely. My strength will keep growing, faster than even Beidi and the others.”
“When I return, I will surely become the final king.”
“After that, I’ll destroy all small universes, then consume the Primordial Universe itself. Hahaha…”
The Boundary Beast was filled with pride.
“Time for the next one. Who should I choose?” the Boundary Beast pondered. “I’ll temporarily avoid the strongest ones. Next, I’ll go for Tong Divine Sovereign.”
Whoosh!
In an instant, the Boundary Beast vanished from this chaotic space. It took more than a day to teleport across space, but compared to the divine sovereigns of the Cosmic Sea, it was much faster. Within just over a day, it had traveled from a distant region far away from the small universes to the void outside Tong Divine Sovereign’s small universe.
“The fundamental essence of a small universe,” the Boundary Beast gazed at the distant outline. “The most delicious food, and it can also strengthen my power.”
“Let’s begin.”
The Boundary Beast extended its long tongue, like that of a frog, licking its massive mouth. Then, black mist began to spread around it. Twisting rays of light stretched directly into the void, spanning untold light-years, penetrating into the space. Then… it began consuming!
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At this moment, Tong Divine Sovereign was sitting inside a palace at the top of a sacred tree. This sacred tree was the tallest and oldest in his small universe. When he constructed his small universe, he built it centered around this sacred tree.
“Not good!”
Tong Divine Sovereign suddenly opened his eyes, his colorful face showing alarm. “The Boundary Beast has come!”
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The Boundary Beast has returned!
Half a year after it vanished following the consumption of Rampant Demon Sovereign’s small universe essence for just one day, it reappeared!
This sent shockwaves throughout the entire Cosmic Sea.
“Tong Divine Sovereign, keep a close watch. Watch carefully how long the Boundary Beast consumes the essence this time!” Divine Eye Sovereign was the first to send a message.
“You take your supreme treasure palace and go directly there to observe it,” Luo Feng also transmitted.
One powerful being after another sent messages.
But Tong Divine Sovereign was panicking, urgently transmitting messages to the divine sovereigns, “When will you all arrive? I’m no match for the Boundary Beast!” He had once ventured into the Boundary Beast’s nest with Hong before, and had been severely injured then, still not fully recovered now. How could he dare to confront the Boundary Beast? Of course, he was willing to go and investigate from within his supreme treasure palace.
He knew clearly that as long as he didn’t leave the palace, he would be safe.
“Don’t worry, we’re on our way,” Luo Feng transmitted.
“Galaxy will definitely go. Haizhu Sovereign, who is near you, will also go,” Divine Eye Sovereign transmitted.
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With support from other powerful beings, Tong Divine Sovereign immediately boarded a gray warship and flew out of his small universe, heading toward the Boundary Beast’s location.
Moments later.
“Boundary Beast!” Tong Divine Sovereign immediately spotted the distant creature. Although the Boundary Beast had a tall golden body and humanoid form, Tong Divine Sovereign knew… even a Cosmic Overlord could easily change its appearance. This terrifying lifeform born from the void, the Boundary Beast, could naturally change its form effortlessly.
“Boundary Beast, get out of my territory!” Tong Divine Sovereign, hiding inside the warship, activated his domain-type supreme treasure, attacking the Boundary Beast through his domain while shouting furiously.
But the domain attack was like a mere tickle to the Boundary Beast, who paid no attention at all.
“Hmph.”
The Boundary Beast glanced disdainfully at Tong Divine Sovereign in the distance and sneered, “Foolish and cowardly Tong Divine Sovereign, you can only hide inside your ship and want me to leave? If you dare to come out, I can easily kill you.”
“You…”
Tong Divine Sovereign was furious, but the Boundary Beast spoke the truth—he dared not go out.
“Detestable Boundary Beast, get out!” Tong Divine Sovereign burned his divine power, activating his domain-type supreme treasure. He condensed the domain’s might into a massive colorful ribbon, remotely controlling it to unleash secret techniques, attacking the Boundary Beast again and again.
However, using a domain as a weapon was even weaker than ordinary attack-type supreme treasures.
And he lacked any mechanical-flow treasures to amplify his power!
Moreover, Tong Divine Sovereign specialized in illusions and soul attacks. He knew the Boundary Beast was truly the master of soul attacks, so he chose to attack with his domain… but no matter how hard he tried, without mechanical-flow treasures to amplify his power and not using his specialty, the might of his attacks was extremely weak… the Boundary Beast truly felt it was just a gentle breeze brushing past.
“How weak, how weak,” the Boundary Beast sneered, not even affected enough to interrupt its consumption of the small universe.
One day later.
“Keep hiding inside your warship. Eventually, I will devour your entire small universe,” the Boundary Beast laughed arrogantly, then instantly vanished through teleportation.
Tong Divine Sovereign’s face turned extremely grim. “The Boundary Beast… it left!”
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“Just one day of consumption again!” Luo Feng’s face darkened.
“The disaster has come,” Hong shook his head.
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All the powerful beings in the Cosmic Sea learned of this news, filled with anger and helplessness.
The Boundary Beast had once again vanished after consuming Tong Divine Sovereign’s small universe essence for just one day.
Half a year later, the Boundary Beast reappeared again, consuming the small universe essence of Luo Zhen Divine Sovereign for one day, then vanishing again.
Half a year later, it reappeared once more…
Each time it appeared, it would consume the fundamental essence of a divine sovereign’s small universe for exactly one day. It always reappeared after half a year. Why always half a year? There were three possibilities: first, its consumption ability required a cooldown period after each use; second, it needed time to ‘digest’; third, it was simply its personal preference.
Eleven years later.
“The Boundary Beast always appears outside the small universes of weaker divine sovereigns!” Luo Feng angrily transmitted a message. “I’ve said this before… back then, Haolei Star Sovereign, Zhengjia King, and Qiuyan Ancestor were likely on the Boundary Beast’s side. Haolei Star Sovereign is dead, but Zhengjia King and Qiuyan Ancestor are still alive. They know the Cosmic Sea very well.”
“You all can afford to be passive, staying within your own small universes. But me? I control two regions, both near two small universes. Why has the Boundary Beast never come to my area? Could Zhengjia King and Qiuyan Ancestor have learned of my location as well?”
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