Chapter 2296

This world is incredibly vast—though I arrived in my physical body, it feels as if my soul has entered a virtual universe; the land I see resembles the Myriad Heavens Battlefield, stretching endlessly to the horizon.

Upon arriving in this world, Xiao Feng's first action was to extend his Divine Sense to make contact with his external avatar.

As he had anticipated, all his avatars had fallen silent and could not be reached.

The avatars from the Nine Provinces World, those near the starry skies of Blue Star, and those dispatched to major planets across the galaxy had all entered a dormant state.

"Myriad Heavens World..."

Xiao Feng attempted to log into the virtual world.

This time, it went smoothly—the virtual universe is omnipresent, and even in this unequal dimension of the Wu Liang Continent, he could still go online.

Moreover, with the game coming online, through the virtual universe he could reverse-connect to the real world, and the dormant avatars now had extremely faint traces of connection.

He could awaken his avatars to perform simple tasks.

But it required his full concentration and mental focus—equivalent to transferring his entire willpower over—leaving his physical body in a halted state, unable to maintain vigilance over his surroundings.

"Fortunately, as long as I can make contact, that's enough. This way, even without the chance to take leave, I can occasionally mobilize my avatar to visit Ruoruo and Ranran." Xiao Feng silently breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.

Having only been a father for a few years, if he were prevented from seeing his children for a hundred years, he would surely go mad.

Xiao Feng logging into the game drew the attention of Jiang Ning and the others.

Originally, they hadn't played 《Myriad Heavens》 much lately, their levels stuck at 1500 with nothing to do upon logging in each day.

But now, to stay in touch with Xiao Feng, they had picked up the game again.

"Husband, have you arrived? How is it over there?" In the garden of the Xiao Tian Ting, the women surrounded Xiao Feng.

Xiao Feng replied: "I've just entered the Wu Liang Continent and am still unclear about the exact situation. I'll share any developments with you—no need to worry too much."

"You must be careful. I heard Xiao Yan say that the Wu Liang Continent is extremely dangerous, and the survival rate for those who enter might be less than 10%." Su Lingyu furrowed her brows.

Xiao Feng reassured: "Don't worry—I am, after all, the Controller, and my strength remains. I have the ability to handle danger. By the way, Yunyan, Old Zhang, and the others are now with me, as is Zichen. We've currently formed a 16-person team."

Xiao Feng reassured: "Don't worry, after all I'm the controller, my strength is still here, I have the ability to deal with danger. By the way, Yunyan Old Zhang and the others are now with me too, and Zichen is also, we've currently formed a 16-person team."

Maintaining both his physical body and game character's actions and conversation posed no difficulty for him and caused no interference whatsoever.

As long as he didn't activate the avatars within the clan territories, his physical body would feel no pressure.

While chatting with the women, he had also already taken a general look around the surroundings with Zhang Fan and the others.

"This place is huge—it feels even vaster than the Myriad Heavens Battlefield."

Zhuo Yijian leapt into the air, hovered above to observe for a while, then landed back among the crowd.

Han Zichen said: "My master once told me that the Wu Liang Continent is an incomparably vast primordial world, with a continental side length exceeding four light-years, and tens of thousands of habitable life planets in the high skies. In terms of domain scale, it ranks second only to the Yu Hai Great World of the Water Civilization."

"Four light-years... such a massive celestial body didn't collapse into a black hole?" Li Li couldn't help but retort.

Yunyan added: "It's not that large anymore—about a quarter of the land has vanished into thin air. Because hundreds of thousands of years ago, a great war occurred, and at that time the Lord of the Universe used an extremely terrifying weapon, instantly compressing and destroying the dimensions of a vast expanse of heaven and earth, causing the originally nearly round Wu Liang Continent to become a 'cookie bitten with a huge chunk taken out' in shape."

Upon hearing this, Xiao Feng remarked in surprise: "It seems your masters have told you quite a lot about the Wu Liang Continent, huh?"

"Right, hasn't anyone told you, Dao Brother?" Xue Ningzhen said matter-of-factly.

Xiao Feng's old face darkened: "I don't have a master..."

He only had a master in the game world, but what Luo Luo Na Er taught him had long fallen behind his current circumstances.

In the real world, what Xiao Feng learned came from the Primordial True King and the Lord of the Universe—two great powers—but neither had personally appeared to declare themselves his master, so it amounted to still having no master.

"Then, does that mean we're weaker, but that weakness also has its advantages?" Zhang Fan laughed loudly.

"Yeah, a husband-and-wife duo training together, adventuring side by side—surely that's better than me." Xiao Feng spoke with a tone of envy.

The Third War God previously said that if Yunyan reached the intermediate form of transcendent life within ten years, he would take her as his personal disciple—and she has indeed already achieved that, so it's easy to imagine everything has gone smoothly.

"Yeah, husband and wife team apprenticing together, training and adventuring together, much stronger than me." Xiao Feng spoke in an envious tone.

Han Zichen cleared her throat, glanced at Xiao Feng with a cutting look, as if saying: "Are we two not counted as a husband-and-wife pair?"

Xiao Feng smiled: "But I'm not lacking either—aside from not cultivating together, everything else is the same." He then pulled Han Zichen closer, forming a contrast with Zhang Fan and Yunyan.

"Tsk tsk, those who made multiple preparations are just different." Li Li teased, his gaze unintentionally sweeping past Xue Ningzhen and Yu Cixue beside him.

Xiao Feng smiled: "But I'm not lacking either, aside from not cultivating together, everything else is the same." He then pulled Han Zichen over, forming a contrast with Zhang Fan and Yunyan.

"Tsk tsk, those who made multiple preparations are just different." Li Li teased, his gaze unintentionally glancing at Xue Ningzhen and Yu Cixue beside him.

He quickly changed the subject: "Let's not talk about this for now—we can slowly discuss these twenty-plus years of experience later. For now, the urgent task is to figure out our exact location, so we don't end up in danger and not even know which way to run."

Chatting can happen anytime, but this trial carries real life-or-death risk—if we're careless and die, that's truly it, with no chance of resurrection.

"Fellow Daoist Xiao Feng, you're the strongest—we'll follow your command." Xu DanYang said.

"Yes, according to Mie Tu Zunzhe, our birthplace should be far more dangerous than other teams', so we must be cautious. Xiao Feng is strong, has the widest sensory range, and should devise our survival strategy—this would make things more secure." Jiang Peng expressed agreement.

Xiao Feng didn't stand on ceremony with them, nodding: "I'll constantly monitor the surroundings and warn you immediately if danger arises. But this is a trial—we can't let only me temper ourselves. When opponents aren't extremely strong, I'll hold back as much as possible to give you chances to grow in combat."

The gap between the Controller and Transcendents cannot be measured in mere distance—if the combat power of a newly entered Transcendent is 1 point, then the intermediate Transcendent form is roughly 5–10 points, and the advanced form requires 50–100 points.

Xiao Feng didn't stand on ceremony with them, nodding: "I'll always monitor the surroundings, warn you immediately if there's danger. But this is a trial, I can't let only myself be tempered; when the opponent isn't extremely strong, I'll hold back as much as possible to give you guys combat growth opportunities."

"What realm are you all currently in? What are your main abilities?" he asked the group.

Actually, a single sweep of his Divine Sense could analyze that.

But these people followed different masters in different places, so letting them speak for themselves would allow mutual understanding of their foundations and make things clearer.

Han Zichen spoke first, saying: "My master is the Nine Heavens Xuan...",

But these people followed different masters in different places, so letting them speak for themselves would allow them to know each other's backgrounds clearly and be more explicit.

Han Zichen spoke first, saying: "My master is the Nine Heavens Profound

Maiden, who taught me the Twelve Chapters of Combat Classics and Six Volumes of Military Strategy; Chiyou Old Ancestor also taught me the real-world version of the Devil Emperor Fist and the Demon Body War Physique. However, my current strength is insufficient—I only have the Superior Medium Form and cannot yet employ many of these ultimate techniques.