The Golden-Horned Giant Beast was thrown into that spatial vortex… while the towering mountain giant ‘Lord Forger’ stood silently in the void, watching the vortex leading to the desolate realm. Lord Forger was a mountain range millions of kilometers tall, with countless massive glass-like arms extending from the mountains. At a glance, there were over a hundred colossal arms.
Moreover, there was a giant eye embedded on the mountain cliff.
“Golden-Horned Giant Beast, if you end up trapped in the desolate realm for eons, don’t blame me,” Lord Forger gazed at the spatial vortex. “Everything is arranged by Master Zuo Shanke.”
“Poor fellow.”
Lord Forger sighed softly.
He would absolutely obey every order from Zuo Shanke.
In truth, with his formidable strength, his mastery in artifact forging, and his colossal divine mountain-like body spanning millions of kilometers, he truly had no reason to fear even the mightiest beings in the universe! Firstly, his immense power, enormous divine form, and the treasured palace known as the “Forger Star” enabled him to endure prolonged confrontations with the universe’s strongest entities. Secondly, he had numerous allies, including several of the universe’s most powerful beings who maintained excellent relations with him. He was frequently invited by various races, such as humans and the Demon Race, to craft treasures for them.
Therefore, if any other strongest being dared to directly command him, he would have utterly ignored them.
But Zuo Shanke was different…
Lord Forger held absolute reverence for Zuo Shanke!
Back then, he loved forging weapons and was extremely talented in that aspect. In the earliest stages of the universe’s formation, when life was still scarce, Lord Forger had already become a ‘Cosmic Sovereign.’ While forging, he was once observed by Zuo Shanke, which enraged him. After all, how could the techniques of forging powerful treasures be seen and learned by other powerful beings?
He was furious, but helpless—Zuo Shanke was already a Cosmic Overlord at that time, and merely controlling the surrounding cosmos rendered Lord Forger unable to move.
Then—
Zuo Shanke evaluated Lord Forger’s strengths in forging, pointed out his weaknesses, and even advised on how to improve and enhance his skills. This immediately astounded Lord Forger. Thus, during that era, the lonely Zuo Shanke resided on Lord Forger’s planet. At that time, Forger Star had not yet gained any reputation and had not been transformed into a flying palace-type treasure.
Zuo Shanke occasionally gave some guidance…
Which caused Lord Forger’s skills to soar rapidly, even making tremendous progress in his comprehension of the laws of existence, eventually achieving a breakthrough and advancing to the level of a Cosmic Overlord! His weapon-forging abilities also reached an extraordinary level.
“Your skills have already reached a high level; my guidance is no longer useful. From now on, you must rely on your own insights,” one day Zuo Shanke simply left.
From beginning to end, Zuo Shanke never said he would accept him as a disciple.
He didn’t pass down any secret cultivation techniques or give him treasures. His help… was merely residing on that planet for a relatively long time and offering some guidance in weapon forging.
Yet Lord Forger always addressed him as ‘Master Zuo,’ and in his heart, he had long regarded Zuo Shanke as his teacher! He had even tried several times to formally become his disciple… but Zuo Shanke never agreed. Naturally, Lord Forger carried out every task assigned by Zuo Shanke meticulously, without any delay.
“Poor fellow, but you are also a lucky little one,” Lord Forger sighed. “Master Zuo has set up this trial for you, perhaps considering you as a disciple.”
“But Master Zuo’s standards are extremely high. If you can’t get out by yourself, you’ll be trapped in the desolate realm forever.”
Lord Forger sighed inwardly.
Hua!
Then the massive figure vanished from the void, returning to Forger Star.
Just moments later—
“Master has returned.”
“Master has returned.”
“Hurry and prepare yourselves. Soon, Master will test you, and those who pass the final trial will be able to become his disciples.” At the foot of Forger Mountain, over five hundred Cosmic Sovereigns and Immortals from various races, who had been kneeling all along and possessed talent in weapon forging, gazed joyfully toward the distance, listening to the announcement from the three disciples of Lord Forger descending from the sky.
Meanwhile, the Cosmic Sovereigns from various races within the buildings quickly emerged.
“Hurry, Lord Forger is about to appear.”
“Hurry.”
“The opportunity to have Lord Forger forge treasures for us is finally here!” A flurry of movement as over a thousand Cosmic Sovereigns gathered.
“Yan Luo, the Lord Forger is about to appear. Yan Luo, Yan Luo.” The cocoon-like venerable one searched through Luo Feng’s residence but couldn’t find him, sighing in bewilderment.
…
Inside the floating spacecraft within the Yin Fa Secret Realm, the Earthling Origin sat quietly, with a newly reformed Dark Sea Avatar appearing beside him (previously, when the Golden-Horned Giant Beast resisted Lord Forger’s grasp, the Dark Sea Avatar had depleted all its divine power to replenish the Golden-Horned Giant Beast’s divine body, necessitating its reformation).
“Where exactly is it?”
“My Golden-Horned Giant Beast split-body, where exactly is it? I can connect with its consciousness, yet I can’t sense its location at all.” Luo Feng felt shocked, as this had never happened before. Even on the Origin Planet, both split-bodies could sense each other’s positions.
“Where has the Golden-Horned Giant Beast split-body gone?”
“Desolate Realm, where in the universe is that?” Luo Feng grew more puzzled.
Even at his current level, Luo Feng still felt the universe was difficult to fully comprehend, always revealing some mysterious places.
…
The scene shifted.
Passing through the massive spatial vortex, the Golden-Horned Giant Beast emerged into a new starry expanse, gazing blankly around.
“Where… is this?”
The Golden-Horned Giant Beast looked afar.
A dazzling starry sky stretched out, with distant stars and planets, even spotting a red giant star… With the Golden-Horned Giant Beast’s vision, it could see the endless sea of stars, seemingly an ordinary and common starry sky. Yet the Golden-Horned Giant Beast split-body understood—this place was anything but ordinary!
He could not sense any spatial fluctuations! Nor could he sense his divine kingdom! Nor could he sense the Virtual Universe!
“How is this possible?”
“Where are the spatial fluctuations?” The Golden-Horned Giant Beast roared, hovering in the starry sky, looking around. “There’s no spatial lock, so why have the spatial fluctuations vanished?”
This endless starry expanse seemed inherently devoid of any spatial fluctuations, as if completely severed from the original universe.
“I cannot sense the Virtual Universe!”
“I cannot sense my divine kingdom.”
“When I was on the Origin Planet, I couldn’t connect to the Virtual Universe either. This is the second place in the universe that has cut off my connection to the Virtual Universe.” The Golden-Horned Giant Beast surveyed his surroundings, fully aware of the Virtual Universe’s capabilities. A place capable of severing the Virtual Universe’s connection was definitely not an ordinary location.
Previously, he only knew of the Origin Planet!
“Where is the spatial vortex?” The Golden-Horned Giant Beast looked around, having arrived here through the spatial vortex, which then disappeared afterward.
“How could it disappear?”
“Could it be—”
“Could the enormous spatial vortex near Forger Star randomly transport to different locations?” Luo Feng was deeply perplexed. Back in the Ancestral God Secret Region, he had once encountered randomly appearing spatial vortices that transported him to a core area, where his Mosha Clan avatar eventually underwent evolution.
…
The Mosha Clan Luo Feng appeared in midair, while the Golden-Horned Giant Beast split-body remained hidden within the world ring.
“What secret does this desolate realm hold? I don’t sense any danger here,” Luo Feng observed carefully. However, since he couldn’t sense his divine kingdom, he couldn’t use divine kingdom teleportation, so his injuries couldn’t be healed at all.
“What exactly is Master Zuo’s scheme for me?” Luo Feng thought inwardly.
Luo Feng wasn’t foolish!
When he tried to steal the fourth metal plate, he hadn’t suspected any connection between Lord Forger and Zuo Shanke. But when his Golden-Horned Giant Beast split-body obtained it and was about to escape… Lord Forger appeared, which was normal. But what wasn’t normal was that he merely lightly punished Luo Feng, didn’t retrieve the black metal plate, and even didn’t take away his treasures, instead throwing him into the vortex leading to the desolate realm!
“A weak alien race.”
“Daring to steal.”
“And this alien managed to survive coming out of the black gourd, definitely possessing powerful treasure armor. Knowing this… why didn’t Lord Forger take even one treasure from me? Is he that merciful? If he were merciful, he could have killed me outright. There are many ways to punish me, so why specifically throw me into this desolate realm?”
“As a supreme being, they would fight fiercely over top-tier treasures on the Origin Planet, yet he ignored the valuable treasures right under his nose.”
“If there’s nothing behind it, do they really think I’m an idiot?”
Luo Feng thought to himself.
“It must be arranged by Master Zuo.” Luo Feng felt gratitude toward Zuo Shanke but kept pondering his intentions. Normally, Zuo Shanke never paid attention to him, yet he had made him obtain the three black metal plates at the stages of ‘Domain Lord,’ ‘Immortal,’ and ‘Sovereign,’ clearly three trials.
“The last time I went to Venerable Qingkou and Venerable Zikou… I ended up being imprisoned in the Ice Prison. If it hadn’t been for the intervention of the Tianlang Overlord along the way, I likely would have had to endure it for a long time—slaying countless powerful beings within the Ice Prison before finally breaking free.” Luo Feng thought to himself.
“Was that Master Zuo’s intention last time?”
Luo Feng was merely guessing, since Zuo Shanke’s arrangements were quite casual. Even if Luo Feng had left prematurely due to ‘Tianlang Overlord’ and ‘Chaos City Lord,’ Zuo Shanke wouldn’t have intervened.
“What about this time?”
“What is the purpose this time? Last time, without Tianlang Overlord and Chaos City Lord, I would have been trapped there for a very long time.” Luo Feng gazed at the endless starry sky. “In this mysterious desolate realm, I can’t sense my divine kingdom, the Virtual Universe, or even determine the cosmic coordinates! I can’t even call for help! My divine body’s damage can’t be replenished by the Endless Abyss Sea…”
“If I fail, I’ll lose my Jia Armor, the Jiuxiao River, and the Shi Wu Wings.” Luo Feng thought inwardly.
“I can’t think about too much.”
“Whatever scheme Master Zuo has set up, he is cultivating me, and I also rely on him to rapidly improve my strength. No matter what—strength is the foundation!” Luo Feng stopped thinking further. Swoosh! He immediately transformed into a streak of light, rapidly flying forward, his speed continuously increasing until he quickly reached the speed of light.
“Hmm?” Luo Feng’s eyes widened.
“Light speed!”
“I’ve already reached light speed! No, I’m already surpassing light speed! Then why haven’t I entered the dark universe?” The streaking Luo Feng was completely bewildered. “What kind of place is this? Is this even the original universe? Could it be another universe similar to the Primordial Universe?”
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