Chapter 461: Source of the Void

"Who exactly becomes the master of the Star Tower?" the Lord of Desolate Inspection asked.

"It should be a strong one of our Human Race," Xiao Yu said with a smile. "The reason I say so is that the Seventh Battlefield now fully belongs to our Human Race's territory, and no Alien Tribe can easily enter without being detected by the Virtual Universe System."

"Could there be a situation where an Alien Tribe has already completed recognition, but previously lacked the strength to relocate such a Strongest Supreme Treasure? After all, the consumption of a Strongest Supreme Treasure is huge, and ordinary Universe Venerables cannot meet its cost," Lord of Peng Gong asked with a bright laugh.

"Indeed. How can you be certain it's definitely the Human Race?" the Lord of Desolate Inspection pressed.

"Divine plans cannot be revealed. If you want to know, you can go fetch the Reverse Time-Space yourself; once you learn who placed it there, you'll understand," Xiao Yu continued.

The disappearance of the Star Tower naturally drew the Human Race's attention; not only the Human Race, but also the Mechanical Race, Demon Race, and the Insect Race Alliance discovered the matter at once.

Although the three races can no longer go directly to the original Seventh Battlefield, they each possess a Strongest of the Universe, whose words command reality, and they can sense the spatial disturbance generated when the Star Tower vanished.

"Alright, reclaiming the Star Tower requires a fate," the Giant Axe Founder said. "Regardless of who obtains it—whether Human Race, Mechanical Race, or even the Insect Race Alliance or other Alien Tribes—it is their fate. Many super-strong beings tried long ago, but none could retrieve it."

"Now that the Star Tower has suddenly vanished, it indicates that the one who will retrieve it is either a newly risen super-strong being or a lucky, not-too-strong existence," the Giant Axe Founder continued.

"But whoever retrieves the Star Tower will inevitably have to use it," the Giant Axe Founder said. "As long as we persistently investigate, the truth will surface one day."

As long as it is used, it will be exposed—undoubtedly.

"As long as it is not owned by our Human Race, we can seize it," the Lord of Darkness added.

The Giant Axe Founder ordered, "Using my Hongmeng Alliance resources, begin a thorough search for information; we must determine whose hands the Star Tower has fallen into!"

"Understood."

The Lords of the Universe obeyed and acted.

Not only the Hongmeng Alliance began probing the Star Tower's whereabouts, but major super powers and top forces within the Primordial Universe also descended to rigorously investigate the matter.

The Star Tower is an extremely precious Strongest Supreme Treasure, and even the humans who now possess many Strongest Supreme Treasures cannot ignore it.

……

Time drifted, and in the blink of an eye a hundred years passed.

Xiao Yu trekked through this void land for a hundred years, and finally reached the coordinate location.

Ahead, there was only a shapeless treasure the size of a speck of dust.

Its shape kept changing—one moment a sphere, the next a triangular prism, then quickly into an irregular form.

Like water, it was formless; like air, it was colorless.

Xiao Yu's divine power permeated it, yet could not detect any presence, as if it itself did not exist.

It was as if it were the void itself.

No law's fluctuation could approach it, or rather, any fluctuation that neared it would become nothing.

"System, analyze the treasure ahead," Xiao Yu thought.

【100 billion Wish Gold Coins have been deducted!】

【Void Source, a Void Source accidentally generated in the Void Domain of Origin Continent, is a natural condensation of Void Power, possessing endless Void Power, capable of turning infinite space-time into void, and serves as the core material for forging a Teleportation Channel.】

【Wish has been fulfilled.】

"This truly is an Ultimate Treasure. If all laws exist, then void is the true nothingness; existence and void oppose each other yet also depend on each other, indispensable," Xiao Yu thought.

However, the interdependence of existence and void is only Xiao Yu's speculation, not genuine enlightenment.

"System, capture the Void Source," Xiao Yu said; having been unable to seize the Void Source by any means, he could only rely on the system's power.

【10,000,000,000,000,000 Wish Gold Coins have been deducted!】

Invisible forces sprang into existence, immediately permeating the Cold Cliff Fortress, enveloping the Void Source, and then forming a sphere radiating an aura of energy.

Instantly, the surrounding void space seemed to become a rootless source, with patches of void being filled by cosmic space.

That energy‑aura‑radiating sphere also appeared in Xiao Yu's hand.

As the void vanished, light, space, time and all other laws reappeared within this slice of cosmic space.

Xiao Yu also discovered that the Cold Cliff Fortress indeed manifested inside a massive palace.

The palace featured a gigantic dome, its height about 100 billion kilometers, and the palace's length and width each roughly 60 billion kilometers.

On one side of the palace, both the walls and the massive stone pillars were covered with Secret Patterns, matching the style of the Secret Patterns Xiao Yu saw on that unknown island and also the style on the Black Patterned Stone Pillar.

One side of the palace housed a row of enormous, treasure‑rack‑like structures, divided into cubic spaces, each about one hundred thousand kilometers in length, width, and height.

Each cubic space was shrouded by a layer of Water Curtain.

Through the Water Curtain one could see countless treasures inside—some war hammers, some battle knives, some armors, some palaces, some starships, some compasses, and various Ultimate Treasures.

Every Ultimate Treasure was densely covered with Secret Patterns.

These Secret Patterns were all just like those etched on the Black Patterned Stone Pillar.

They shared the same style.

"This must be the Cosmic Vessel strongmen's armory!" Xiao Yu thought, gazing at the endless treasures, each at least of Strongest Supreme Treasure caliber—claiming not to be greedy would be false.

However, Xiao Yu understood that the Primordial Universe would not permit so many Strongest Supreme Treasures to appear within the Cosmic Sea.

"Let's try!" Xiao Yu instantly materialized outside the Cold Cliff Fortress, one hand grasping the Void Source, the other reaching toward the Water Curtain.

Boom!

Xiao Yu's left hand was directly rebounded; no matter how hard he pushed, he could not penetrate.

That endless Ultimate Treasure was not only out of reach, but even divine power could not permeate it.

"What a pity, the endless Ultimate Treasure of this treasure vault," Xiao Yu muttered regretfully, feeling a bit reluctant.

"Fortunately I still obtained this Void Source; it is precisely the Ultimate Treasure most suited to me," Xiao Yu said, looking at the Void Source in his right hand, instantly no longer feeling regret.

With a shift of thought, the Cold Cliff Fortress reappeared, a flash of flowing light passed, and Xiao Yu found himself inside the fortress.

"Ten‑thousandfold Space‑Time Acceleration!" Xiao Yu thought, and the flow of time inside the Cold Cliff Fortress instantly surged ten thousand times.

Having comprehended the Secret Patterns on the Black Patterned Stone Pillar for tens of billions of years, Xiao Yu's control over time flow became even more adept, and his divine power consumption dropped to three‑tenths of the original.

Then, with a shift of thought, Xiao Yu entered the Inheritance Space, bringing the Void Source with him.

"Good kid, not bad! You actually got something good!" a gentle voice of an azure dragon sounded.

Xiao Yu instantly felt delighted and said, "Meng Lao, you've woken up!"

"Hmph! I woke up long ago; after you used Space-Time Acceleration so many times, I've been asleep for tens of thousands of eras. Could I still not wake up?" Meng Lao snorted coldly.

Xiao Yu suddenly broke out in cold sweat, feeling embarrassed, not knowing what to say. (End of chapter)