Chapter 216: Encounter

In the Qingfeng Realm Inner Domain, Zhou Yang is flying at a speed close to a hundredfold Light speed (the cosmic rules of the Qingfeng Realm have changed, and the maximum speed attainable by flight can now exceed Light speed).

"This route has already been explored by many Universe Masters of our human race, making it one of the relatively safe routes."

In the Qingfeng Realm, the main mountain peak is lofty and mysterious, with numerous caves leading outward.

Supreme Treasures often drift through those passages into the Water Domain… generally many strong cultivators dare not crawl against the caves into the mountain interior, as it is too dangerous.

Zhou Yang is both skilled and bold, and with the New Universe as his greatest trump card, he dares to delve deeper along the passages.

"I wonder what treasures I might harvest in the Inner Domain."

A faint thread of anticipation lingered in Zhou Yang's heart.

The Qingfeng Realm, as one of the Three Great Forbidden Lands of the Universe Sea, is also the site of Reincarnation, harboring endless opportunities and mysteries.

Here not only lie countless Top-tier Supreme Treasures, Peak Supreme Treasures, and Supreme Strongest Treasures, but also hide innumerable opportunities left by solitary Universe Strongest who ventured into Reincarnation during the Reincarnation Era.

Of course, things like Supreme Strongest Treasures and the opportunities left by those Universe Strongest are mostly found in the Core Land, rarely appearing in the Inner Domain.

Nevertheless, though scarce, they are not nonexistent.

As in the original work, the founder of the Great Axe was fortunate enough to obtain a Supreme Strongest Treasure—Divine Axe—within the Qingfeng Realm Inner Domain.

Zhou Yang does not really expect such luck; for him, acquiring some Top-tier Supreme Treasures or Peak Supreme Treasure‑level items would already be satisfactory.

"According to my calculations, although the route I chose is safe, there are nearly 764 extremely perilous danger zones along the way."

"Some relatively safe spots can be traversed via Teleportation, but the extremely dangerous zones require slow flight; I fear reaching the final destination will take about four to five hundred years."

Zhou Yang's destination is a vast Lava Sea region within the Inner Domain, located deep inside; the probability of treasures appearing there is higher, and many strong cultivators are active, making it an excellent training ground for him.

"Keep moving forward!"

Zhou Yang advances along a Black Passage, occasionally encountering forks; he follows the map's guidance to choose the safer passage.

The Black Passage is scorching, even the fabric of space‑time is subtly affected, rendering techniques like Teleportation unusable.

However, Zhou Yang is empowered by New Universe Power; although heavily limited, he can barely perform short‑range Teleportation.

He periodically employs the Jianhe Luo's Sword Light Domain to scout, and after confirming safety he Teleports forward, his travel speed being considerably faster than that of ordinary Universe Masters.

At this moment, in a passage dozens of light‑years away from Zhou Yang, two factions of strong cultivators are relentlessly pursuing each other.

"Boom—boom—boom~~~"

A golden sea and a green Light Curtain, two immensely powerful domain forces surge and collide, and at the cores of the golden sea and the green Light Curtain each a massive Supreme Treasure palace flies rapidly.

"Lord of Lei Xing, stop!"

"Hand over that Space Treasure!"

"Lei Xing, stop being obstinate; offending my Purple Moon Holy Land means that even if you obtain that Space Token, you won't have a chance to claim the treasure!"

Voices echo repeatedly from the palace behind.

"Threatening me?"

Inside the forward palace shaped like a Black Pyramid, a figure clad in blood‑red battle armor with four arms and a face streaked with crimson markings—Universe Master—twists his mouth in a hint of disdain.

"Hahaha, you Purple Moon Holy Land scum, don't force me; in this Reincarnation Era, without special opportunities my Wushen Clan has no hope of transcendence. If you truly push me to the limit, beware—I'll take this Space Token and storm straight into an absolute domain!"

He completely ignores the threat behind him, focusing only on activating the palace's Supreme Treasure to flee.

In the Supreme Treasure space of the Green Palace behind, two bald‑headed Universe Masters wear angry expressions.

"That Lord of Lei Xing is truly detestable!" one man in red battle armor, its surface patterned with black flames, shouted angrily, "Boldly claiming the Great Limit is near, you're so insane you don't even regard my Purple Moon Holy Land!"

"Normal."

His companion, cloaked in black war armor with a slightly icy aura, chuckled softly, "Hmph, just a pitiful soul facing the Great Limit; even a Five-stage Top-tier will fall after this Reincarnation Era—how could one not be perverse and arrogant?"

"Follow him; I've already contacted Junyang Lord to block at the Inner Domain border. Junyang Lord holds a Peak Domain-Type Supreme Treasure, so Lei Xing can't escape!"

Both sides chase and flee, their routes coincidentally opposite to Zhou Yang's direction, and the distance between them steadily closes.

Within the Black Passage, Zhou Yang advances while wielding the Jianhe Luo Domain to sweep and probe for possible dangers.

Suddenly, a strong energy fluctuation subtly emanates from ahead.

"Hm?"

Zhou Yang involuntarily looks up.

"Boom—boom—boom~~~"

As waves of roaring surf sound rise, a golden expanse soon churns into Zhou Yang's view.

Within that golden sea, a massive Black Pyramid continuously rises and sinks.

The Black Passage's widest point spans only a few hundred million kilometers in diameter, and Zhou Yang's Jianhe Luo Domain already blankets the entire passage.

And the Universe Master's speed is astonishing; in an instant, the Lord of Lei Xing's golden sea domain collided with Zhou Yang's Jianhe Luo Domain.

"Get out of the way!"

Lord of Lei Xing, thinking Zhou Yang was a helper sent by the Purple Moon Holy Land to block him, was startled and immediately summoned the full force of his Supreme Treasure domain to strike.

"Boom—boom—boom~~~"

Massive waves surge in the golden sea, repeatedly battering the Jianhe Luo Domain.

The Black Pyramid itself transforms into a streak of light, hurtling toward Zhou Yang with ferocity!

Zhou Yang, hurrying along his route, was suddenly enraged by the opponent's unprovoked aggression—"Boom—boom—boom~~~"

Scales on the Reincarnation Divine Armor flash one by one, secret runes ignite swiftly, and endless Chaos Airflow begins to swirl and gather within his palm.

"Roll!"

Zhou Yang snorts coldly and sweeps his palm forward!

"Bang!"

The dark‑golden palm, shrouded in endless Chaos Airflow, collides heavily with the Black Pyramid; a tremendously powerful shockwave erupts from the pyramid, forcing Zhou Yang to step back several paces.

The Black Pyramid trembles and is flung backward a great distance.

That brief delay allows the Green Palace behind to immediately give chase.

"Haha, friends ahead, thank you for lending a hand!"

A voice came from afar within the Green Palace: "Friend, I am the Lord of Yunfu of the Purple Moon Holy Land. Please help stop the Lord of Lei Xing; afterwards I will reward you with a top-tier supreme treasure."

(End of chapter)