Chapter 456: Ice Star Domain

"We mainly want to get to the bottom of this; if it isn't because you obtained some treasure that caused the time flow here to slow, perhaps the Black Patterned Pillar Space would undergo a major change, and we who have lived in the Black Patterned Pillar for years would have to take precautions in advance," Star Lord Bei Chu continued.

"It has nothing to do with me; I was just going to ask you all—did any of you take a crucial treasure?" Xiao Yu smiled, his eyes looking down at the assembled Lords of the Universe and Strongest Beings, "For example you Xue Lan, also you Heng Xing, or perhaps you Bei Chu."

"Don't try to change the subject. Among us, you're the closest to the Black Patterned Pillar; if anyone is suspect, it's you who could have done it," Ancestor Xue Lan snorted coldly.

All the hundreds of Lords of the Universe in the space were stunned by Xiao Yu's size. They had seen higher Divine Bodies before, but Xiao Yu could expand his Divine Body from over 90,000 km to 1,000,000,000 km, an increase of ten thousand times.

The volume increased by ten trillion times, meaning the divine power contained in his Divine Body is now ten trillion times what it was before.

At such a distance, filling that divine power would take endless ages for them; even exhausting all their resources wouldn't be enough.

"Xue Lan, don't be so absolute," Purple Sky Demon God said, still cross‑legged on Area 11 Black Vein Pillar, telepathically.

He had just seen Xiao Yu's Divine Body towering at a billion kilometers and was completely shocked; after all, he had personally witnessed Xiao Yu's battles.

At the same time, a legend came to mind, a piece of information he had seen in the ruins of an ancient civilization.

"Then it seems Xiao Yu is trying to take the divine‑power route to break through and become the Strongest of the Universe," Purple Sky Demon God thought silently.

"Even if I took that treasure, so what?" Xiao Yu sneered, admitting it outright.

"I… I…" Ancestor Xue Lan didn't finish; it wasn't that he couldn't, but that he dared not, for he thought of the already extinct Divine Eye Clan.

"So we can be at ease, as long as the space itself isn't the problem," Star Lord Bei Chu said with a smile.

"Since nothing's wrong, let's all disperse," Xiao Yu snorted coldly, then flew back into Cold Cliff Fortress and rode it toward the distance.

The nearby Lords of the Universe, seeing no spectacle, each left one by one, scattering.

"That Ancestor Xue Lan doesn't seem as cruel as the old legends suggest?" a blue‑robed Lord of the Universe asked his companion.

"Lord Xue Feng, the cruelty of Ancestor Xue Lan depends on the target; after all, he's the Creator Lord, the ruthless one who annihilated the entire Divine Eye Clan. Ancestor Xue Lan can't compare to him," the black‑robed Lord of the Universe said while flying, telepathically.

The two of them flew while telepathically communicating.

Unbeknownst to them, their telepathic link had already been eavesdropped on by the narrow‑sighted Ancestor Xue Lan.

"Hum, two juniors from the Primordial Universe dare to…" Ancestor Xue Lan snorted coldly.

She was already seething with pent‑up frustration, and just then two people ran into the muzzle.

"Die!" Ancestor Xue Lan let out a sudden scream, then flew toward the two fleeing Lords of the Universe; the Cosmic Operation Law retreated, and Ancestor Xue Lan's speed broke ten thousand times the speed of light.

She quickly caught up with the two who were slandering Ancestor Xue Lan.

From afar, within the towering ice mountain fortress, Xiao Yu turned his head, saw that they were not Lords of the Universe from the Hongmeng Alliance, and thus did not interfere further.

Before leaving, he telepathically told Purple Sky Demon God: "Purple Sky, please watch over my two Hongmeng Alliance Lords of the Universe."

"Don't worry." Purple Sky Demon God, who almost joined the Hongmeng Alliance, naturally wouldn't let them be bullied, especially with Xiao Yu's involvement.

"Ancestor Xue Lan, what are you doing? We haven't approached near you." Lord Xue Feng demanded firmly, believing his telepathic messages wouldn't reach Ancestor Xue Lan's ears.

Unbeknownst, their telepathic exchange had already been heard clearly by these Strongest Beings.

"What for? Of course to kill you." Ancestor Xue Lan, still angry, said nothing more and directly launched an attack.

Immediately, countless blood‑red vines surged hundreds of billions of kilometers, suddenly enveloping the two.

Countless blood‑red vines, either whipping or thrusting like spears, each strike a secret‑technique attack, each reaching the power of a Seven‑Tier Secret Technique.

"You want to kill us? I refuse, I am not willing!"

The two roared, their divine power ignited, exploding; their armor expanded hundreds of kilometers, then merged into a fire‑beast deity, endless flames burning onto the nearby vines.

This fire‑beast deity enveloped the two entirely, protecting them.

"Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!"

Countless vines continuously struck the flaming fire‑beast deity, ignoring the flames clinging to the vines.

The fire‑beast deity, shaken violently by the endless vine strikes, roared.

"Ya Lian, it seems Ancestor Xue Lan won't let us go, let's self‑destruct quickly!" Lord Xue Feng solemnly said.

Both of them were doomed to fall.

Nevertheless, they dared to enter this Cosmic Vessel Domain because they possessed duplicates, which gave them the courage.

Even if they self‑destruct, they can later regenerate duplicates, losing only some Ultimate Treasures, which is better than being invaded by Ancestor Xue Lan's soul.

"Boom!"

The fire‑beast deity lasted only a moment before exploding, scattering countless fragments.

"Boom!" "Boom!"

Two explosions caused countless smaller vines to be blasted by the endless divine power; each branch snapped then instantly sprouted new ones.

"Hum! You were quick to self‑destruct!" Ancestor Xue Lan snorted, as countless vines fluttered, gathering the treasures left by the two Lords of the Universe's self‑destruct and placing them into the World Ring.

Afterwards, Ancestor Xue Lan flew toward the Giant Stone on Area 9 Black Vein Pillar.

From afar, many newly arrived Lords of the Universe finally witnessed Ancestor Xue Lan's evil and cruelty, and they headed straight for the Area 2 Black Vein Pillar where Star Lord Bei Chu was located.

Some also flew toward Area 11 Black Vein Pillar, among them the Lord of the Swallow‑Eagle, who had already received a telepathic message from Creator Lord Xiao Yu.

Leaving the Black Patterned Pillar area, Xiao Yu rode Cold Cliff Fortress toward the core area, with the Domain leading the way, scouting dangerous lands.

If Instant Teleport was possible, he used it; otherwise Cold Cliff Fortress flew at ten thousand times the speed of light.

He passed through more than 3,000 dangerous sites, most of which could cause a Lord of the Universe to fall, and even 63 sites posed a fall risk to the Strongest Being.

"Beyond this Ice Star Domain lies the Feng Lei Liu Sha region," Xiao Yu said, looking at the coordinates, and was immediately stunned by the scene before him.

In front of him was a world of ice and water: endless ice above and endless deep‑blue currents below.

Within the ice realm, countless stars were frozen, even the eternally hot stars were covered by endless ice.

Yet those stars still emitted light, like a lamp magnified countless times. (End of Chapter)