Chapter 434: Map

These carved secret patterns are of all kinds; they not only combine the virtual and the real, but also involve laws such as the Fusion Principle, the Fundamental Law, and even some Primordial Chaos Principles.

A long while.

"Done," the golden figure showed a faint smile on its face.

Then it tossed into the air a spherical crystal as tiny as a particle, its surface engraved with the most intricate secret patterns.

In an instant, within the endless flame a massive exotic beast Illusory Shadow emerged, exuding a profound aura; the endless flame was repelled away from the shadow's position, and the nearby Ultimate Treasures suddenly grew large, flew toward the shadow, then merged together as the Endless Secret Patterns circulated, forming a single whole.

Thus a statue of an exotic beast radiating golden light was formed, lifelike as if it had come to life.

The golden figure extended a hand, and the exotic beast statue instantly shrank, flew back into its hand, and landed on the suddenly appearing compass.

At this moment, each of the nine secret pattern positions around the compass's edge held an exotic beast statue.

"Ha ha, finally it's completely restored, the True God Realm," the golden figure sighed, ordering, "I'll test the power of this True God Realm; you all continue."

"Alright," the purple figure and the blood-colored figure both replied.

Immediately, the golden Xiao Yu instantly teleported to a spot above the World Tree, his divine power permeating the compass and imprinting his own seal within it.

Even after the restoration, the True God Realm remains a Strongest Supreme Treasure; recognizing a master requires a will of Strongest Being level, but that requirement is trivial for Xiao Yu, a piece of cake.

After recognizing the master, his divine power vaporized throughout his body, and the compass instantly radiated endless nine‑colored light, expanding in an instant to a diameter of three thousand light‑years; this spacetime was suffused with nine‑colored light, the surrounding spacetime warped, as if an isolated space had formed.

"It can create a battleground like an arena, isolating it from others' interference," Xiao Yu thought aloud, and he also sensed a slight difference: within this True God Realm he could set certain rules, such as directional space lock, time lock, and so on.

He could also forbid the use of certain individual laws, for example nullifying the Law of Gold; even a Strong Being elevated to Lord of the Universe through the Gold‑void Fusion Principle would have a portion of its secret technique invalidated, reducing its strength to virtually nothing.

Additionally, he could set it to a deathmatch mode or a sparring mode.

In deathmatch mode, entry may be by two or many; the True God Realm automatically divides multiple participants into two sides, and only after one side's entire members have fallen will the Realm release an exit, allowing those inside to leave.

The other mode, sparring, ensures that regardless of how fierce the fight, neither side will fall on the spot, and they may concede; only when one side wins does an exit appear.

All these functions were added by Xiao Yu during the restoration, because the original True God Realm had been severely damaged, allowing him to embed so many features while repairing it.

"This is the True God Realm, the proper usage," Xiao Yu thought.

……

Beside the Cosmic Vessel, still continuously observing the cultivating Xiao Yu and aware of everything within the Divine Kingdom, it sighed, "After this Cosmic Vessel obtains those eight treasures, we must return to the Primordial Universe and bring back the True God Realm."

"This Cosmic Vessel is truly mysterious; when time permits, I'll study it in detail," Xiao Yu thought, unable to comprehend more for the moment; the information just obtained was enough for him to contemplate for a while.

Xiao Yu continuously instant‑teleported closer, eventually reaching the outer fragment zone of the Cosmic Vessel, where even the smallest fragments spanned a hundred billion kilometers, and the larger ones stretched hundreds of light‑years.

He instantly teleported onto a fragment of the Cosmic Vessel; this fragment's maximum diameter was 3.6 light‑years, its surface covered with purple secret patterns, while everything else was black.

The entire fragment exuded a pressure comparable to that of a Strongest Being, and Xiao Yu sensed a faint connection between the fragment and the distant Cosmic Vessel.

Thus, even after endless eons, these fragments continue to orbit the Cosmic Vessel.

"I wonder whether this Cosmic Vessel can be repaired," Xiao Yu thought with an inexplicable hope; if the Cosmic Vessel were restored, perhaps traversing reincarnation cycles would become easier.

The suffering of reincarnation is evident even from the secret technique Xiao Yu devised.

"I'll first go see the Human Race's gathering place on the Cosmic Vessel," Xiao Yu thought, and immediately began instant‑teleporting through the void.

A moment later, Xiao Yu appeared on a high‑speed flying fragment of the Cosmic Vessel; a scar on the fragment formed a massive canyon, where humans had erected a white temple.

This is the Human Race's gathering place on the Cosmic Vessel.

Humans have established a gathering site in the outer realms of the Cosmic Vessel, Qingfeng Realm, and Heavy Flow Mountain—the three Great Absolute Lands—to allow strong humans to rest when their bodies and minds are weary from exploration.

However, for now the temple contains only Xiao Yu; the humans—or rather all the Hongmeng Alliance's strong ones—are all exploring the Qingfeng Realm.

Xiao Yu rushed here; the Hongmeng Alliance had already received word that strong individuals were preparing to come, but humans have not yet obtained more maps, whether exploring the Cosmic Vessel or the Qingfeng Realm makes little difference.

In the Qingfeng Realm, the Great Axe provides escort; honestly, Xiao Yu cannot attend to it within the Cosmic Vessel, as he is now single‑mindedly seeking those eight treasures.

"System, acquire the detailed map of the entire Cosmic Vessel," Xiao Yu whispered to himself.

【100 quadrillion Wish Gold Coins have been deducted!】

Lines of invisible energy instantly materialized out of thin air, then surged into the Cosmic Vessel.

After a long while, those streams of invisible energy returned, flowing into Xiao Yu's consciousness, and then formed a virtual image.

Immediately, important locations, as if a map, materialized in Xiao Yu's mind. Dangerous spots were also marked, such as the Mie Shen Jian spanning nearly ten thousand light‑years, the Black Sea region, and so on.

Often, important places are also dangerous, though the degree varies; some locations rarely pose danger even to the Lord of the Universe, while others cause massive falls even for Strongest Beings.

Within the virtual image, the entire Cosmic Vessel appeared vivid and lifelike.

Xiao Yu even saw, within the virtual image, a location resembling a control room, shrouded by layers of extremely dangerous zones.

【Wish fulfilled!】

When Xiao Yu shifted his thought, the eight treasure coordinates in his consciousness merged with the Cosmic Vessel, and he instantly discovered that one treasure lay within the Mie Shen Jian—also the closest to him.

The farthest coordinate, however, was already very close to the control room, the core area of the Cosmic Vessel, riddled with countless hazardous zones.

Xiao Yu hasn't yet considered handing the complete Cosmic Vessel map to the Human Race, though giving a portion is possible.

Nevertheless, he still needs to travel around before he can, otherwise he couldn't explain how these maps were obtained—there's no physical evidence nor any materials collected by the Virtual Universe System; they couldn't have been fabricated from nothing, right? (End of chapter)