The fragment of the Cosmic Boat was very close to the massive wind vortex. Even the scattered gusts of wind striking against it made the fragment, already flying at several times the speed of light, filled with endless roaring winds. The winds were like countless blades, fierce enough to shatter neutron stars, wildly slashing against Luo Feng’s body, against his hair, eyelids, and pupils…
Yet to Luo Feng, it felt like a gentle breeze brushing against his face.
“Luo Feng!” A figure appeared in the distance, then walked closer.
“Senior apprentice-uncle,” Luo Feng looked at Icepeak Sovereign in surprise. “How come you’re also here on the Cosmic Boat?”
Back during the battle with Yuanao Sovereign, he and Icepeak Sovereign had teamed up to seize the Qianshi Diagram, sharing experiences of fighting enemies together. Moreover, he had helped Icepeak Sovereign before… and considering their senior apprentice-uncle and junior apprentice-nephew relationship, it was widely rumored throughout the human race that the cold and aloof Icepeak Sovereign was actually quite close to Luo Feng.
“Why can’t I come here?” Icepeak Sovereign said.
“No, I mean, isn’t our human race mainly focused on the Qingfeng Realm within the Cosmic Sea?” Luo Feng replied. “So I thought you would be there in Qingfeng Realm.”
“Initially, yes, we were mainly focused on Qingfeng Realm,” Icepeak Sovereign explained. “But recently, you contributed a very detailed and extensive Cosmic Boat map. The first time exploring a new map usually brings greater rewards, so naturally many strong humans are drawn here. Besides… Axe Creator, having obtained an ultimate treasure, also wants to come to the Cosmic Boat. He is currently leaving Qingfeng Realm, and given his speed, he should arrive at the Cosmic Boat in about a hundred or so years.”
“Axe Creator isn’t continuing exploration in Qingfeng Realm?” Luo Feng asked in surprise while flying alongside Icepeak Sovereign.
“He might continue in the future.”
Icepeak Sovereign explained, “Previously, during the battle with Yuanao Sovereign, in the deeper regions of the fragment map we obtained, Axe Creator didn’t truly reach the end. He was quite lucky—he accidentally discovered a special place within the inner domain… and perhaps other events also occurred. In any case, Axe Creator eventually obtained an ultimate treasure.”
“He obtained it within the inner domain?” Luo Feng asked, surprised.
Ultimate treasures are usually found in core regions, rarely appearing in inner domains.
Of course, it’s not impossible for them to appear in inner domains. If even the ‘White Wings’ could appear inside a mountain cave near the edge of a water domain, then anything is possible.
“Yes, within the inner domain,” Icepeak Sovereign said. “So he exited quickly. Now our human race’s main focus is on the Cosmic Boat. As for the unexplored areas of Qingfeng Realm… we’ll probably delay them.”
Luo Feng understood.
The map area he contributed was much larger. After all, the fragments obtained during the battle with Yuanao Sovereign were only a few pieces out of dozens of the Qianshi Diagram, describing fragmented areas without a complete route from the outer domain to the core region.
…
Shortly after.
At a scarred location on the Cosmic Boat fragment, a massive canyon by human standards housed a white-domed temple.
“Exploring the mapped regions of the Cosmic Boat naturally means exploring the inner domain. So our human race’s top warriors will keep arriving,” Icepeak Sovereign walked toward the white temple. “Right now, three have already arrived: me, Void Gold Sovereign, and Zhenna Sovereign from other races within our Hong Alliance. With you, that makes four.”
“Zhenna Sovereign?” Luo Feng asked in surprise.
“Hong Alliance is a coalition, so we also made a simplified version of the map you contributed—approximately 20-30% of the original—for them,” Icepeak Sovereign explained. “But remember, aliens are still aliens. Even within an alliance, we cannot fully disclose all secrets to them. These secrets were obtained by our human race at great cost. Non-humans lack true loyalty. Many of them secretly trade information with other forces.”
Luo Feng nodded.
These alien races, dependent on humans for survival, would naturally prefer to sell information for benefits when tempted by other forces. Without leaving evidence, it’s impossible to investigate. Even some dependent alien races have left the Hong Alliance to join other coalitions under certain circumstances—there have been historical precedents. If even a human expert like the Flame Emperor could leave the human race, then it’s even more plausible for aliens to leave the Hong Alliance.
Luo Feng and Icepeak Sovereign communicated via divine power transmissions, but the experts inside the temple couldn’t hear them.
“Luo Feng, Icepeak.”
“Milky Way Lord, Icepeak Sovereign.”
Two figures appeared at the temple entrance, welcoming Luo Feng and Icepeak Sovereign.
“Void Gold Sovereign, Zhenna Sovereign,” Luo Feng greeted them.
…
Icepeak Sovereign, Void Gold Sovereign, and others weren’t rushing into the Cosmic Boat but waiting for other human experts to arrive. Naturally, Luo Feng also didn’t want to act hastily and silently waited. Day by day, one human expert after another arrived, such as Penggong Sovereign and Huangjian Sovereign—pillar experts of the human race.
One day.
Outside the temple, at the top of the canyon, Luo Feng and Void Gold Sovereign stood at the cliffside, letting the howling winds blow.
“You have something to say to me alone?” Void Gold Sovereign’s eyebrows drooped, his aura steady like a mountain.
“Void Gold Sovereign,” Luo Feng said, “Back then, our three brothers from Earth went out into the universe—Hong was the eldest brother, and I was the third. I believe you already know this. Later, the eldest brother became your disciple. Initially, I could still contact him, but afterward, he never appeared again. It’s been a long time since I’ve been able to reach him. I wonder what’s happened to him now?”
“You mean Hong?” Void Gold Sovereign rarely showed a slight smile. “He truly is your elder brother, a genius indeed. Initially, his progress wasn’t particularly fast, but he’s unique. Usually, experts’ progress slows down over time, but he was different. He started with average cultivation speed but kept breaking through continuously later on.”
The Flame Sovereign was Void Gold Sovereign’s disciple.
How fast did the Flame Sovereign cultivate?
Compared to him, Hong initially cultivated extremely slowly.
“When he first joined my disciples, aside from being skilled in willpower and illusions, he was quite ordinary in other aspects,” Void Gold Sovereign said. “Among the disciples I accepted, he was the weakest. However, later on, he eventually caught up to the average progress level of my many disciples. Tens of thousands of years ago, he went to the Star Domain Prison for training. Later, he broke through to immortality within the Star Domain Prison and achieved King-level strength, known as the Illusion King… then was directly taught by Axe Creator, entering Axe Creator’s universe for cultivation. That’s all I know. You can ask Axe Creator for more details.”
“In Axe Creator’s universe?” Luo Feng nodded. “No wonder I couldn’t get in touch with him.”
The human race has two small universes: the Origin Universe and Axe Creator’s universe.
The Ancestor’s incredible secret technique, ‘Virtual Universe,’ can cover the entire Primordial Universe! However, it cannot penetrate into the Cosmic Sea… so it cannot reach other small universes. As for the Origin Universe, it’s an exception because it belongs to the Ancestor, so it can also be covered.
Therefore, the Virtual Universe covers the ‘Primordial Universe’ plus the ‘Origin Universe.’ Since Hong is in Axe Creator’s universe, naturally, he cannot be contacted.
“But you can’t compare with him,” Void Gold Sovereign looked at Luo Feng. “In such a short time, you’ve already entered the ranks of the Cosmic Sovereigns…”
Luo Feng smiled.
“But you’re not quite suited for coming to the Cosmic Boat,” Void Gold Sovereign said. “Previously, when you adventured in the outer domain of Qingfeng Realm, even Chaos City Lord wouldn’t go deep into the inner domain of Qingfeng Realm. If you encountered danger, he would rush to save you. But this time is different. This is a newly obtained map, and many experts will go deep into the inner domain to explore… If you encountered danger in the outer domain, they might not even have time to save you.”
“It’s okay,” Luo Feng replied.
“I know you have those wings that control space and time,” Void Gold Sovereign shook his head. “But if you encountered enemies with peak domain-type treasures that could break your move, then you’d really be in danger! Although you have the ability to create clones, if your clone is killed and your wing treasure and other treasures are seized… that would be a huge loss. I won’t say much more. Your treasures are ultimately your own. I have no right to interfere with your risks.”
Swish!
Void Gold Sovereign flew downward, while Luo Feng stood at the cliffside overlooking below, feeling somewhat speechless.
…
After waiting for nearly a month on the Cosmic Boat fragment, sixteen Cosmic Sovereigns from the Hong Alliance gathered here, finally deciding to set out.
Some would explore the outer domain.
Some would enter the inner domain.
“The inner domain is dangerous! Even if I’m not careless, I could perish.” A group of strong experts from the Hong Alliance flew out of the temple, while Chaos City Lord gave Luo Feng some final instructions. “Those daring to enter the inner domain usually have at least Icepeak and Void Gold’s level. Unless they have extremely powerful life-preserving abilities. You mustn’t recklessly enter.”
Luo Feng was speechless. He needed to go to the Tower of Will to hone his willpower. He hadn’t even mentioned that he would eventually head to the Blue Token Chamber area—which was already at the edge of the core domain. If he dared to say he wanted to go there, Chaos City Lord would probably be furious.
“Chaos, Luo Feng isn’t stupid,” Void Gold Sovereign said beside him. “He occasionally meets danger even in the outer domain. In the inner domain, not to mention alien experts, the many naturally occurring dangers alone are beyond his ability to survive. Going there would be suicide. He wouldn’t be so reckless.”
Chaos City Lord slightly frowned: “He is my disciple.”
Void Gold Sovereign’s drooping eyebrows slightly trembled, and he showed a slight smile: “He is a member of our human race, and I’m only acting in his best interest.”
“Let’s go!” Penggong Sovereign said.
Swish! Swish! Swish!
One by one, they quickly teleported away. Before Chaos City Lord left, he gave Luo Feng a concerned glance before teleporting away. Void Gold Sovereign, with an odd smile, looked at Luo Feng and said, “Don’t cause any trouble. Your teacher and I won’t be able to help you in time if you get into trouble in the inner domain.” Then he also teleported away.
…
Everyone left, leaving only those preparing to explore the outer domain. Some wanted to call Luo Feng to explore together.
“No, I’ll go alone.”
Luo Feng immediately teleported away.
After several teleportations, it took about twenty minutes before he finally reached the massive, damaged surface of the Cosmic Boat. According to the map left by Jiefan Zi and the original human race map, there were hundreds of possible routes into the inner domain. Naturally, the human experts had dispersed, while Luo Feng’s destination was the ‘Tower of Will,’ so he chose a relatively close and slightly less dangerous route.
“According to the plan, there are a total of 892 extremely dangerous areas along this route.”
“Some safer areas can be traversed via teleportation, but the extremely dangerous zones must be navigated by flying slowly. It will probably take me 500 to 600 years to reach the Tower of Will.”
“Advance!”
With a swoosh, Luo Feng flew directly toward a massive, dark, and deep damaged entrance entangled with thick vines. The entrance was a huge crack, about 280,000 light-years long and up to 92 light-years wide in the widest parts. Giant vines climbed around it, and countless ice crystals covered the edges of the crack.
Whoosh, Luo Feng had already plunged into the dark, icy depths of the massive crack…
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