Chapter 360: Qingfeng Realm

"Three cosmic eras and two great holy lands—that's the forces in the boundless Cosmic Sea. Of course each cosmic era is not united, just as our Third Cosmic Era is divided into the Nine Great Super Powers, the Twelve Great Top‑tier Powers, and so on. The First and Second Cosmic Eras likewise split into dozens of factions, so the boundless Cosmic Sea is truly chaotic; any non‑allied force may suddenly attack you," the Chaos City Lord continued.

Of the three cosmic eras, the First Cosmic Era has the greatest number of True God strongmen, the Second follows, and the Third has the fewest.

However, waiting for the end of the third cycle will still take a long time—tens of trillions of epochs. The number of strong ones in the Third Cosmic Era will continue to increase.

And the number of Lords of the Universe in the first two cosmic eras has ceased to grow; having left the Primordial Universe, those Universe Venerables can almost never ascend to become Lords of the Universe, unless a True God's minor universe advances to become a Holy Land universe.

"This is the recorded information of the strong ones from the Primordial Universe, the Second Cosmic Era before the Great Cataclysm, the First Cosmic Era, and the two great holy lands," the Chaos City Lord flipped his hand and produced a transparent Crystal Sphere that shimmered with threads of golden light. "The information recorded in the Crystal Sphere has been collected by the Human Race over countless ages; some of it already involves highly classified data. After you have read it, destroy it."

Xiao Yu took the Crystal Sphere, and divine power seeped in; countless pieces of information surged into his mind, becoming data that Xiao Yu already understood.

As soon as he finished reading, the divine power within the Crystal Sphere erupted, and the sphere turned to ash.

The entire Primordial Universe possesses a dozen or so Strongest of the Universe, and nearly a thousand Lords of the Universe. Thus, the Primordial Universe remains the weakest of the three cosmic eras. Yet even the weakest faction is still stronger than any Holy Land faction.

The two great holy lands combined can rival the Primordial Universe's power. Moreover, the strong ones within the holy lands are the most united, something the three cosmic eras cannot match.

High‑frequency, uninterrupted Instant Teleport, occasionally aided by natural wormholes.

On the third day after Xiao Yu entered the Cosmic Sea.

"Ahead lies the dangerous zone 'Purple Flame Island,'" the Chaos City Lord pointed into the distance. "Although Purple Flame Island is far less formidable than the Three Great Absolute Lands, it still poses a falling danger to some top overlords who venture in. Even I, before possessing the Top‑tier Palace Treasure, must explore cautiously; if one brazenly teleports recklessly within Purple Flame Island, there is still a risk of falling."

Xiao Yu nodded.

The Cosmic Sea map he had given himself earlier indeed described many dangerous places, and Purple Flame Island was a fairly ordinary one.

The map marked three thousand dangerous sites; as time passes, humanity discovers even more dangerous places.

How these dangerous sites formed is unknown to humanity, though there are some conjectures.

Perhaps they are natural evolutions of the Cosmic Sea, or perhaps after a strong one's minor universe collapses completely, some of its treasures continuously evolve within the Cosmic Sea.

Perhaps they are remnants left by ancient civilizations.

In the blink of an eye, five days have passed since Xiao Yu arrived in the Cosmic Sea.

"Look, that is one of the Three Great Absolute Lands, 'Qingfeng Realm,'" the Chaos City Lord pointed into the distance through the Top‑tier Palace Treasure.

Xiao Yu looked and saw a towering mountain in the distance, its summit abruptly broken off at mid‑slope, as if a being of infinite might had sliced the mountain with a single stroke, causing the peak to fall onto the hillside.

On the smooth main mountain a boundless colossal waterfall poured down, striking the lower hillside; the water spread around, submerging the fallen summit by about half.

Simultaneously, countless fragments of stone circled the peak, constantly flying around.

"This Qingfeng Realm is really huge? I wonder how it formed," Xiao Yu exclaimed.

According to the description on the Cosmic Sea map he obtained, the main mountain of Qingfeng Realm stands about 98.02 million light‑years tall, with the truncated summit's maximum diameter of 12.26 million light‑years.

The Qingfeng Realm is so tall that even those seemingly smaller stones are measured in light‑years.

"The entire Qingfeng Realm is divided into three domains. The outer part of the mountain is called the Outer Domain, where danger is lower, though some weaker Lords of the Universe can still fall," the Chaos City Lord said. "The interior of the mountain is the Inner Domain, where danger is extreme; even I could fall with a single slip. And the core of the mountain, even the Strongest of the Universe may fall."

"Hmm." Xiao Yu gave a slight nod; he was fairly clear about Qingfeng Realm's dangers.

Deep within Qingfeng Realm lie World Beasts, and the cycle's entry point is also in Qingfeng Realm, underscoring its uniqueness.

One might say that Qingfeng Realm itself was birthed by the Supreme Law.

"Let's go; we're still far from it, and it will take a while," the Chaos City Lord said with a smile.

In a moment, Xiao Yu and the Chaos City Lord entered the Outer Domain of Qingfeng Realm.

The Chaos Temple appeared on a celestial mountain stone about 8.2 light‑years in maximum diameter, and they found that those stones, which had previously traveled at several times the speed of light, were now stationary relative to it.

"Giant Axe Founder, now within Qingfeng Realm," the Chaos City Lord said. "Thus the strong ones of our Human Race in the Cosmic Sea are mainly here in Qingfeng Realm; of course the Lords of the Universe from other Hongmeng Alliance races also gather here."

The Hongmeng Alliance centers on the human race and currently has only Giant Axe as a True God, so naturally everything converges here.

If the entire Cosmic Sea is likened to a primordial world, then the Hongmeng Alliance is a tribe, and Giant Axe is the strongest chief within the tribe; naturally, wherever the chief resides, the tribe's members dwell.

Immediately the Chaos City Lord retracted the Chaos Temple, and the two made a short‑range Instant Teleport to a canyon whose depth exceeds a million kilometers, where a temple stood deep within.

Outside the temple, two figures were casually conversing when they suddenly saw Xiao Yu and the Chaos City Lord.

"Creator Lord, Hun Dun."

"The Creator Lord has also arrived."

Xiao Yu had previously, through the Virtual Universe, seen these two Lords of the Universe inside Hongmeng City.

"Creator Lord."

"Hun Dun."

"Creator Lord, welcome to Qingfeng Realm."

Three more figures emerged from within the temple, each coming to greet him; they all first greeted Xiao Yu, clearly indicating that Xiao Yu's status now exceeds that of the Chaos City Lord.

This is all due to strength and battle records.

"Lord of Peng Gong, Lord of Dark Extinction, Lord of Flint, Lord of Lang An, Lord of Silent Marquis, please welcome them here," Xiao Yu said with a smile.

"This is your first entry into the Cosmic Sea; we shall welcome you," the Lord of Peng Gong said, stroking his great beard. "Other Lords of the Universe, having delved into Qingfeng Realm's waters or its Inner Domain, must fly past numerous dangerous sites to emerge, which may take hundreds of years or even several epochs."

Upon hearing this, the five Lords of the Universe who came to greet him learned that only the Lord of Peng Gong had reached the Fifth Tier, while the Lords of Dark Extinction, Flint, Lang An, and Silent Marquis were all at the Third‑Tier Lord of the Universe level.

They usually roam the Outer Domain, which allows them to return quickly for the greeting.

Xiao Yu nodded.

Inside the temple.

Seven Lords of the Universe sat around the Round Table, each taking a seat.

"Creator Lord, upon his first entry into the Cosmic Sea, as per custom," the Chaos City Lord gestured, and a cup of wine materialized beside each of the seven.

"Creator Lord, may your Ultimate Treasure be endless and your life eternal!" the Chaos City Lord said with a smile to his disciple.

Happy June 1st!!!

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