At the core of the colossal magma vortex, a blood-red pyramid the size of a dust particle was being sucked in, spinning wildly as it was devoured deeper into the vortex.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
The deeper it went, the more terrifying the vortex’s suction became.
“Bang! Bang! Bang!” Luo Feng and the golden-horned beast stood inside the control chamber, feeling the entire Blood-red Pyramid (Star Tower) spinning uncontrollably.
“This is truly terrifying.”
“This definitely rivals that Winged Space, that endless storm of blades,” Luo Feng thought. It was only within the Winged Space’s blade storm that the Star Tower had spun uncontrollably. Now, where they were heading was no longer within his control; they were entirely at the mercy of this suction force.
Accelerating!
Accelerating!
Three hundred times the speed of light! Five hundred times! One thousand times! Two thousand times! Five thousand times!
At the heart of the magma vortex, the immense power had already caused the laws of nature to retreat, transforming the wildly spinning blood-red pyramid into a dazzling crimson beam of light.
“Boom! Boom! Boom!” Inside the tower, Luo Feng felt as if the Star Tower were being struck by countless massive hammers.
“Just as Jiéfànzi had said, the vortex’s core is the most terrifying place within the entire magma sea. Even peak-class palace treasures would be torn apart… Only those possessing supreme palace-class treasures can safely pass through this channel.” Luo Feng sighed inwardly. He considered himself lucky since although supreme treasures were rare, he did possess a few.
However, supreme treasures were categorized differently. The Five-colored Radiance Lake of the Ancestral God Sect, the protective treasure of the Void True Demon God, and the axe treasure of the Creator Giant Axe—none of these were palace-class supreme treasures.
Thus, although there might be many supreme treasures accumulated across three kalpas and two holy lands, when categorized into attack, domain, protective, palace, and others, each category had very few.
“I wonder how Wu Hun and the others are doing. Did they die?” Luo Feng mused. “They also charged into the magma sea, chasing a sliver of survival. If they managed to survive this, they must have had the luck of stepping on dog shit.”
…
The Forbidden Hall, carrying Wu Hunzhu and Jiujianzhu, did not undergo the endless acceleration from the vortex’s core and encountered significant resistance within the magma sea itself, so its speed was relatively slow.
“Be careful.”
“Jiujian, you take this side, I’ll handle that side.”
“Yes.”
Both Wu Hunzhu and Jiujianzhu deployed their peak domain-class treasures, yet the endless magma outside was terrifying. Even peak domain-class treasures could only penetrate a very limited range. They were working together desperately.
“How much longer until we reach the Flame Water Lake?” Jiujianzhu couldn’t help but ask.
“Reach the Flame Water Lake? We’re moving at an average of several dozen times the speed of light. We still have a long way to go before we cross the magma sea! We’ve barely passed less than a ten-thousandth of the journey,” Wu Hunzhu’s eyes burned with madness.
“Less than a ten-thousandth?” Jiujianzhu was nearly overwhelmed with despair.
Just in this short while, it had already shaken his heart.
The rumors were indeed true—it was a place of death! If he were alone, he probably would have perished during just this short stretch.
“Keep pushing!” Wu Hunzhu glared at him fiercely. “As long as I’m here, what are you panicking about?”
“Yes, yes, Master Wu Hun, I don’t have a clone body, this is my only original form. You must hold on. I know you can do it,” Jiujianzhu pleaded anxiously.
“Of course I’m giving my all. Do you think I’d risk losing my Eternal God Armor or all my accumulations over countless eons?” Wu Hunzhu gave him a cold glance.
“Yes, yes,” Jiujianzhu nodded quickly, exerting himself to deploy his peak domain-class treasure, the Blade Kernel Realm, to assist. However, psychologically, one had a clone while the other did not—naturally, their situations were entirely different. Moreover, Jiujianzhu felt powerless facing those dangers.
This sense of helplessness and despair, combined with the constant threat of death, nearly drove Jiujianzhu mad.
“Hmph!” On the other hand, Wu Hunzhu was completely immersed in the battle, simultaneously controlling both the Forbidden Hall and his Waterwave Prison, occasionally unleashing secret techniques through the Waterwave Prison. Over nearly three kalpas, he had created countless secret techniques and arts, deploying them one after another in response to the various life-threatening situations, desperately fighting for that slim chance of survival.
As for Jiujianzhu? He was merely an auxiliary.
…
Whoosh!
At the heart of the magma sea’s whirlpool, the blood-red pyramid accelerated with increasing velocity, reaching an almost unimaginable speed. That dazzling, dreamlike crimson light beam kept accelerating, already exceeding 100,000 times the speed of light. This sensation of being unrestrained by the laws of physics drove Luo Feng to the brink of madness.
At the 5th minute and 33rd second after entering the magma sea.
“Boom!!!”
That stream of crimson light, accelerated to its peak, instantly shot out of the endless magma sea, traversing through space, and plunged headlong into an infinite expanse of icy water…
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
Crashing into that endless sea at speeds exceeding 100,000 times the speed of light, where each droplet was heavier than a neutron star, the sheer impact force alone was enough to shatter even a top-tier palace-class treasure. Fortunately, the blood-red pyramid was the Star Tower, which endured this terrifying impact.
Its speed rapidly decreased, plummeting under the resistance and the powerful suppression of the operational laws. Ten thousand times the speed of light! One thousand times! One hundred times…
Moreover, transitioning from the searing heat of the magma sea—hot enough to instantly incinerate a Universe Master’s divine body—to the freezing cold of the water, which could freeze a Universe Master’s divine body into oblivion, the abrupt temperature shift would have been devastating. Fortunately, it was the Star Tower that withstood all of this.
“Boom!”
At the 1st minute and 58th second after entering the icy waters, the blood-red pyramid, now maintaining a speed of a hundred times the speed of light, burst forth from the water with a loud noise. Immediately afterward, its speed dropped sharply, and it began to descend slowly from the air, hovering motionless at an altitude of about hundreds of millions of kilometers above the endless lake below.
A human figure flew out from the dust-sized blood-red pyramid, rapidly expanding in size until it reached ten meters tall.
“Phew, although the map described this path as safe, who knows if things have changed over so many reincarnations,” Luo Feng surveyed the boundless lake below, a faint smile playing on his lips. “Well, everything went smoothly. I’ve arrived at another treacherous place—the Flame Water Lake.”
Actually, his daredevil approach was partly because of Jiéfànzi’s map description.
Secondly, it was his confidence in the Star Tower. With it in hand, at least survival was assured. Even if some unexpected situations arose… it was worth it for the chance to exact brutal revenge against Wu Hunzhu and his group.
“Hmph, Wu Hunzhu.”
Luo Feng gazed down at the boundless Flame Water Lake below. “Your speed is probably limited to just a few dozen times the speed of light. Crossing this magma sea alone would likely take you days—days spent facing one life-threatening danger after another… I hope you survive. It would be quite satisfying to settle the score with you.” A fierce retaliation against Wu Hunzhu would indeed be exhilarating, especially since he was a figure on par with his own mentor. Among the universe’s most powerful beings, only those wielding supreme treasures could surpass Wu Hunzhu.
“Flame Water Lake.” Luo Feng then stopped thinking about Wu Hunzhu and began contemplating his new path.
From the God-Slaying Ravine, across the Sea of Magma, to the Flame Water Lake.
This meant his route would change slightly, requiring him to detour around three dangerous places.
“Well, at least these detours are less extreme than the God Annihilation Gorge.” Luo Feng surveyed the endless Flame Water Lake around him. The entire lake’s water bubbled and foamed, with green flames dancing on its surface, resembling alcohol burning with flames back in the Earth era.
Flame Water Lake—named for the flames surrounding its surface.
“Flame Water Lake…” Numerous records surfaced in Luo Feng’s mind.
The Flame Water Lake was also deemed a perilous location, yet its level of danger paled in comparison to the God-Slaying Ravine.
Although it had nearly a hundred dangers, for well-prepared Lords of the Universe, they were merely minor inconveniences. The only truly formidable threat was the so-called Frozen Lake Thunder Fire. After a certain period, boundless Frozen Lake Thunder Fire would abruptly descend from the sky above the Flame Water Lake.
The Frozen Lake Thunder Fire appeared as green flames, containing thunder within.
Yet the cold was utterly extreme, so intense that even the mightiest beings in the universe dared not face it head-on. A single strike from the Frozen Lake Thunder Fire could shatter even the most formidable flying palaces—such was its bone-chilling terror. Descending from the heavens, the Frozen Lake Thunder Fire cascaded downward until it met the boundless Flame Water Lake, instantly sealing the entire expanse in unyielding ice.
However, for the Lord of the Universe venturing through, the Frozen Lake Thunder Fire wasn’t actually very dangerous.
First, it moved too slowly! Traveling at merely dozens of times the speed of light, the Cosmic Lords could spot it from a distance and evade it effortlessly.
Secondly, aside from areas near the lake’s surface, many other parts of the Flame Water Lake space allowed teleportation.
Therefore, when one spotted the Frozen Lake Thunder Fire from afar, they could simply teleport away. Even without teleportation, escaping by sheer speed alone was possible. Some supreme experts, as long as they remained within their peak palace-class treasures, could even traverse the Frozen Lake Thunder Fire unscathed, as it posed no threat to such artifacts.
Therefore—
Overall, among the countless perilous regions within the vast Universe Boat, the Flame Water Lake was indeed considered only moderately dangerous. Its significance primarily stemmed from its proximity to the Godslayer Gorge—a place where powerful treasures frequently emerged. Consequently, the Flame Water Lake also benefited to some extent, with treasures occasionally surfacing from its depths. As a result, the likelihood of treasures appearing in the Flame Water Lake was disproportionately high relative to its level of danger.
With relatively low danger but a higher probability of treasures appearing,
Therefore, according to Jiéfànzi’s records, powerful factions often stationed forces in the Flame Water Lake region, waiting like hunters for treasures to appear.
…
Swish!
Above the Flame Water Lake, where spatial fluctuations allowed teleportation, a figure appeared out of nowhere.
“I was ordered to patrol this area, and I just sensed a fluctuation. Could it be that a treasure has emerged?” A giant with four faces and sixteen arms materialized. His four faces displayed different expressions—some fierce, some smiling, some sinister…
He scanned his surroundings.
The vision of a super powerhouse was exceptionally far-reaching, and soon he spotted a distant figure below.
“There it is! Hmm? Seems like a humanoid form…” The alien powerhouse instantly transformed into a streak of light and flew toward it.
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