Chapter 21: Conditions and Treasures

Vast Origin Diagram World.

Entering the extraterritorial region from the Vast Origin Realm is actually entering the vast cosmic space.

In cosmic space, there exist many celestial bodies: life worlds, ordinary stars, yin stars, yang stars, primordial chaos, and so on.

Among them, the most special is the life world; life worlds nurture countless lives.

Any life world does not allow any foreign life to enter.

It protects the native beings; many powerful beings, even if they attack using karma, will be greatly weakened upon entering a life world.

However, life worlds also have low, medium, and high tiers.

In a world, the more powerful beings born, the deeper the world's foundation becomes, even undergoing a qualitative leap.

Like the Vast Origin Realm and the Demon Clan World, they are medium-tier worlds.

However, even as medium-tier worlds, the foundation gap is huge; although the Demon Clan World historically lacked figures like the Vast Origin Ancestor, it births enough second-tier powerful beings, making its foundation extremely deep; its territory alone is ten times larger than the Vast Origin Realm.

In this situation, regarding the ability to nurture powerful beings, the Demon Clan World is far stronger than the Vast Origin Realm.

Thus, when the two worlds contact in the river of spacetime, the demon clan can easily dispatch countless demons to invade the Vast Origin Realm; even if ten demon clan strong beings exchange for one human clan strong being, they profit.

As for celestial bodies outside life worlds, the yang star is extremely hot, the yin star is sufficiently inclusive, the primordial chaos is unfathomable, and ordinary stars are diverse; some can also nurture life.

Generally, the vast cosmic space containing hundreds of millions of yang stars, yin stars, and countless life worlds is called a galaxy; for example, the Vast Origin Realm and the Demon Clan World are in the 'Three Bays Galaxy'.

And a large number of 'galaxies' are collectively called a 'galaxy domain'; in the endless river of spacetime, the galaxy domain is basically the largest spacetime unit.

Various information and knowledge, Zhou Yu naturally remembered after leaving the Vast Origin Realm; this is the benefit of his hometown having once produced a Seven Tribulations Expert; much secret knowledge is inaccessible to beings born of low-tier life worlds.

"However, I still don't know where I am." Zhou Yu looked ahead; this is a mountain valley, with many sword marks carved into the stone walls of the valley.

Each sword mark appears to expound a sword technique, but actually contains profound spatial principles.

A few years ago, after leaving the Vast Origin Realm and exiling himself, he finally came here; he discovered these sword marks, initially paying no attention.

But Zhou Yu, after all, created the Space Lineage Extreme Art; he also gained insights into space from two other worlds, and quickly realized its profundities.

Feeling some joy, Zhou Yu did not rush to leave, but instead began to contemplate here.

This contemplation lasted several years.

"Indeed, progress is faster in the extraterritorial region."

Zhou Yu sighed; in the Vast Origin Realm over two hundred years, his Space Lineage Art only progressed from early to mid Cave Heaven Realm; now after several years of contemplation, his art has reached perfected Cave Heaven Realm.

Naturally, his rapid progress is also because his talent and comprehension are higher than in the simulation, and the marvels from the two other worlds can serve as reference, so his advancement is naturally swift.

"However, breaking through from Cave Heaven Realm to Heaven and Earth Realm is not that simple; the sword techniques here are profound enough for future contemplation." Zhou Yu thought, then intended to turn and leave.

However, just as he moved, a hidden spatial disturbance suddenly erupted deep in the valley.

That disturbance was so clear that Zhou Yu perceived it distinctly.

"What?"

Zhou Yu blinked; after discovering this sword technique, he had already thoroughly scanned the surrounding environment and found nothing, always guessing that the sword marks here were casually left by some powerful being.

Now it seems there might still be some secret.

"You deliberately caused a disturbance seeing I was leaving? This must be someone manipulating." This thought flashed through Zhou Yu's mind.

"Regardless, let's go take a look."

With a thought, Zhou Yu instantly projected a somewhat dark and deep primordial spirit avatar from his body.

If we say, the Zhou Yu in the simulation could only be considered as just entering the Primordial Spirit Seventh Layer; but now he possesses memories from two other worlds, his spiritual will is much stronger, and his primordial spirit is also strong within the Seventh Layer.

As a Primordial Spirit Seventh Layer existence, Zhou Yu's avatar in the extraterritorial region and his avatar in the Vast Origin Realm can each at any time split into seven great primordial spirit avatars, as long as the total number of simultaneously existing avatars does not exceed nine.

Swish!

Zhou Yu took a step, and his primordial spirit avatar arrived at the place where the spatial disturbance appeared.

"Young man, come in." An aged voice suddenly sounded; seeing the rock wall, a pitch-black hole suddenly appeared there.

"Even with the distance and the weakening of the life world and the Vast Origin Ancestor's Heaven and Earth Hall, ordinary karma attacks cannot affect me."

Zhou Yu thought, and his primordial spirit avatar also stepped into the cave.

Soon Zhou Yu felt he had reached the end; ahead, an oil lamp appeared at some unknown time, lit itself, and then a semi-transparent human figure appeared there.

The figure resembled an elderly human clan member, extremely emaciated, with greenish eyes, giving Zhou Yu a weird feeling.

"My name is Dong Youmo; have you heard of this name?" The elder stared at Zhou Yu and asked.

"Not to hide it from senior, I unintentionally fell into a space turbulence and ended up here; I don't even know where this is, let alone know anything about the vicinity." Zhou Yu shook his head.

"I don't care where you come from."

The elder said: "I can see that you previously displayed the Extreme Art outside; in less than three years, your Extreme Art advanced from mid Cave Heaven Realm to perfected Cave Heaven Realm, a pace that even surprises me."

"Also thanks to that sword technique on the stone wall; is that technique left by you, senior?" Zhou Yu asked.

"Naturally, I left it." The elder said:

"Back then I wanted to fully comprehend spatial principles; that sword technique was created by me during my contemplation, but unfortunately it only reached the power of Five Tribulations Realm."

Hearing this, Zhou Yu's heart startled; this old man is indeed not simple.

"Tribulation Realm is the stage after Emperor; it can roughly be divided into Physical Tribulation Realm and Spirit Tribulation Realm, each level stronger than the last, with gaps widening further ahead."

"Reaching Five Tribulations Realm generally suffices to dominate a galaxy; the power matches that of a Five Tribulations Realm rule sword technique, yet this old man still feels it a pity—could he be a Six Tribulations Realm expert?"

"Six Tribulations Realm power is already extremely exaggerated; a Physical Six Tribulations Realm expert's body can easily span a hundred million miles while maintaining peak strength; the stars in space are basically their toys, and a breath can obliterate a yang star."

"You have no doubts; it seems your background is not simple, and you know quite a bit about Tribulation Realm." The elder nodded approvingly.

"A person of extraordinary origin can avoid much trouble."

"Our clan's ancestors indeed left some information." Zhou Yu then asked: "Could senior be a Six Tribulations Realm expert?"

"In my lifetime, I was indeed a Six Tribulations Realm." The elder said lightly:

"Enough small talk; during my life I accumulated many treasures, besides some left in my hometown, the rest are placed in three locations; this place is one of them; I can give you these treasures, but you must agree to one condition."

"Senior, please speak."

"Wait until you reach the Six Tribulations Realm, you must kill enough Heaven‑Swallowing Devil Cloud Flood Dragons; if they are Six Tribulations Realm, killing one suffices; if Five Tribulations Realm, you need to kill ten; if Four Tribulations Realm, thirty Venerable‑level ones, ten thousand." the old man said, word by word.

Zhou Yu heard the words, his heart grew heavy; this expert named Dong Youmo truly possesses a heavy killing intent.

"I've heard of the Heaven‑Swallowing Devil Cloud Flood Dragon; among special lifeforms it's considered quite powerful—basically each generation produces several Five Tribulations Realm experts, occasionally a Six Tribulations Realm one appears, but they're not to be provoked." Zhou Yu said: "Isn't the senior's demand too high?"

"The demand is high, but do you know the treasures I left behind? Just the extraterritorial origin crystals amount to thirty thousand pieces? Adding other treasures, it probably totals a hundred thousand pieces of extraterritorial origin crystals." the old man said lightly.

"You're merely a Venerable; I originally wouldn't have considered you at all, but I see you cultivate the Ultimate Absolute Art and progress quickly enough, so I'm giving you this chance."

"A hundred thousand pieces?"

Zhou Yu secretly gasped; this is truly an unimaginable wealth—most Five Tribulations Realm cultivators would find it hard to accumulate so much wealth in a lifetime.

"What's more, my condition is simply that you act when you reach the Six Tribulations Realm; do you think you can definitely become Six Tribulations Realm?" the old man sneered.

"Reaching Five Tribulations Realm might not be too difficult, but Six Tribulations Realm will absolutely not be smooth sailing."

Generally, if one creates their own Ultimate Absolute Art and achieves perfection in the Heaven‑Earth Realm, their strength can easily rival the Five Tribulations Realm; then undergoing the tribulation to reach Five Tribulations Realm is indeed not difficult.

But reaching Six Tribulations Realm is much harder; many geniuses who created their own Ultimate Absolute Art never cross this step even until death.

"May I ask, senior, why do you harbor such hatred toward the Heaven‑Swallowing Devil Cloud Flood Dragon?" Zhou Yu asked.

Upon hearing this, the old man fell silent for a moment, then said: "The Heaven‑Swallowing Devil Cloud Flood Dragon likes to devour; back when I left my homeland with my wife to wander the world, we were still weak when we encountered one of these dragons. My wife, to protect me, was swallowed whole by that dragon. From that moment on, I swore to make the Heaven‑Swallowing Devil Cloud Flood Dragon pay the price! Even if I die, I still have many arrangements in place, and I will not let the dragon have an easy time."

"I see." Zhou Yu sighed; the old man's aura seemed somewhat gloomy, unexpected that he was also a deeply affectionate person.

"What if, at present, the Heaven‑Swallowing Devil Cloud Flood Dragon clan cannot gather the numbers you mentioned?" Zhou Yu asked.

"Then you only need to kill all the Heaven‑Swallowing Devil Cloud Flood Dragons you know of." the old man said lightly.

"What if the Heaven‑Swallowing Devil Cloud Flood Dragon gives rise to a Seven Tribulations Realm or even Eight Tribulations Realm expert?"

"Why do you have so many questions?" the old man grew somewhat impatient.

"If I agree to the senior's request, I will incur a great karmic debt; if I fail to fulfill it later, I'll be in dire straits, so I naturally must be cautious." Zhou Yu answered seriously.

Below the Tribulation Realm, one need not worry too much about karma, but once in the Tribulation Realm, if a major karmic debt remains unresolved during the tribulation, the failure rate will skyrocket manifold.

"Just because of the Heaven‑Swallowing Devil Cloud Flood Dragon, does it deserve to give birth to Seven‑ or Eight‑Tribulation Realm mighty beings?" the old man sneered: "If that were truly the case, then what difference would it make if I gave my treasures to you for free?"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Yu carefully considered it in his heart, confirmed there was nothing missing, and then agreed to the old man's request.

"Kid, what's your name?" the old man asked, looking at Zhou Yu.

"Qian Yu."

"Good, remember your promise." the old man said no more; the oil lamp before him flickered, then went dark, and with a whoosh vanished from that spot.

At the same time, a bracelet‑shaped treasure appeared before Zhou Yu.

After picking up the bracelet, Zhou Yu immediately understood it was a spatial treasure; it indeed stored a vast amount of extraterritorial origin crystals and other items.

Soon, Zhou Yu's primordial spirit avatar left that cave, handing the bracelet containing vast treasures to his main body.

"Although I have incurred a great karmic debt, the Heaven‑Swallowing Devil Cloud Flood Dragon is by no means benevolent; in the future, dealing with them will both accumulate primordial energy and settle the karmic debt—truly a two‑for‑one gain." Zhou Yu stroked the bracelet, nodding inwardly.

Since the karmic debt has already been incurred, further rumination is useless; better to first become stronger.

Thinking thus, Zhou Yu merely moved his mind, and instantly a fist‑sized block‑shaped crystal appeared in his hand.

"Is this extraterritorial origin crystal? This single piece of extraterritorial origin crystal provides an amount of energy that can be called vast; exchanged for treasures, it could even fetch an Emperor‑Sovereign‑level weapon."

Zhou Yu curiously examined it for a moment, then quickly sat cross‑legged.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

A huge amount of energy surged out from the extraterritorial origin crystal, wildly rushing into Zhou Yu's body.

The stronger one is, the more energy is required.

Like Zhou Yu, although his "Ultimate Absolute Art" has reached perfection in the Cave Heaven Realm, he himself is still at the early stage of the Venerable Realm, because relying on his own absorption of extraterritorial energy is far too slow; normally reaching Venerable Realm perfection could take several hundred to a thousand years.

Even a normal Venerable, merely absorbing energy normally could exhaust their lifespan—showing that this world's lifespan indeed has a serious problem.

Of course, relying on extraterritorial origin crystals makes it much faster.

At this moment, as a large amount of energy poured into Zhou Yu's body, his true essence underwent rapid transformation.

For cultivation at the Venerable Realm and above, after his breakthrough Zhou Yu has already stepped out of the normal true essence system of the Cangyuan Realm.

"Within the dantian, the true essence core is still formed with the 'Ultimate Absolute Art' as its core; the true essence core produces incomparably pure true essence, which then replaces heaven‑earth energy to temper the flesh, naturally making the body stronger." Zhou Yu pondered.

Actually, no matter what cultivation system, the differences become smaller the further one progresses; the key is still mastery of the rules.

The transformation lasted a full month before finally reaching its peak.

"It's more than ten times stronger than before." Zhou Yu's face showed a confident smile; this avatar of his is nearly on par with a normally perfected Emperor‑Sovereign.

"First, leave this place."

Zhou Yu didn't think much; he swiftly rose and, with an instant teleport, left that nameless star.

(End of chapter)