Swallowed Star: The Original Secret Realm

Chapter 250 The Human Race a Million Years Later

One of the three thousand-dimensional cosmic seas, the Black Tower Cosmic Sea.

After several days of travel, Zhang Yi arrived at the first and only forbidden zone of this cosmic sea, outside the black tower that was a hundred million light-years tall.

Gazing into the distance at that towering, endless black tower.

It stands there, as if it has existed since time immemorial.

The information about the Black Tower that Dorso had told me came to mind.

The Black Tower has stood in this cosmic sea since countless ages ago. No one, not even the strongest of the three great cycles of this era, knows exactly when or how it appeared.

After all, there are no holy sites in this Black Tower Cosmic Sea, and the longest lifespan one can obtain is less than three reincarnations.

Whoosh! The star clone, mimicking the shape of 'Dorso', quickly approached the black tower.

According to Dörse's description, the Black Tower has eight gates.

To be on the safe side, Zhang Yi took a detour and chose a relatively secluded gate. There was no life outside the gate at this time. Looking up at the towering and endless gate, he felt that the entire tower was filled with an endless sense of oppression, a feeling even stronger than that of the Inclined Peak Realm and the Cosmic Ship.

Stepping into the tower, he arrived at the first floor. Gazing at the endless dark space with glimmers of light in the distance, the information about the Black Tower provided by Dorso involuntarily surfaced in his mind.

Each level of the Black Tower is a world unto itself, and each level is where supreme treasures are born. The higher the level, the higher the quality of the supreme treasures that are born.

As for how many levels the Black Tower actually has, no faction knows.

All that is known is that the strongest force, the Xiang Clan, has a top expert, the First Xiang Master, whose strength is at the ninth level and who has reached the sixth level of the Black Tower.

In the Black Tower, no matter which gate you enter through, you will appear directly on the first floor, and the location of each powerful individual on the first floor is random.

"The First Phase Lord's strength is only at the ninth level, yet he is hailed as the strongest being in this Black Tower Universe Sea," Zhang Yi thought to himself.

With the current strength of his Star Avatar, even without burning his divine power, the power he unleashes will be at least no weaker than that of the First Prime Minister.

Reaching the sixth floor shouldn't be a problem.

Time passed, and Zhang Yi flew through the dark space of the first level, searching for the stairs leading to the second level.

This dark space was vast and boundless. As he ventured deeper, mountains, rivers, lakes, swamps, and other features gradually appeared, all floating in mid-air.

suddenly.

A majestic mountain appeared in the distance, and Zhang Yi quickly flew towards it, landing on the mountain a moment later.

At this moment, a powerful aura of a supreme treasure appeared on the mountainside.

Soon, a crystal-clear green bead floated in mid-air. Zhang Yi appeared next to the green bead in a flash and held it in his hand.

A message arrived: this is a high-level soul-type treasure.

"The probability of finding a treasure here is much higher than in the Tilted Peak Universe Sea," he couldn't help but remark.

During his time in the first level of the Black Tower world, including this one, he has acquired a total of three treasures. The other two are only high-level treasures of the weapon category, which is still quite impressive.

In the Qingfeng Realm, treasures of this caliber would generally only appear in the inner regions.

The inner realm of the Peak Realm is far more dangerous than the first level of this Black Tower.

The danger level of the first level of this Black Tower is comparable to that of the outer waters of the Peak Realm. Generally, anyone with the strength of a third-order Universe Lord can enter and explore it.

However, to enter the second layer of the world, one needs at least the strength of the fifth rank.

As time went by, Zhang Yi would encounter treasures appearing in his search for the second level of the staircase, and he would also take them into his possession.

Of course, there were also a few times when they encountered powerful figures from the Black Tower Cosmic Sea. These powerful figures were generally weak, with the strongest of them barely possessing the strength of a top-tier fifth-order expert.

Faced with Zhang Yi, who was impersonating 'Duo Suo', they naturally wanted to compete for him, but the result was obvious: 'Duo Suo' killed them all with a single casual move.

Finally, after months of searching, Zhang Yi found the staircase behind a giant lake in the dark void. The staircase was dark black, spiraling upwards, and extended all the way to the deepest part of the void above.

He darted to the beginning of the stairs and stepped directly up.

A surge of willpower swept over them, growing stronger with each step.

However, this mental shock was like a gentle breeze to him, and after a short while, he pressed down on the steps and reached the top.

There was a pitch-black gate here, and outside the gate was a platform of not much size. On the platform were several figures, who were the universe lords of the Black Tower Cosmic Sea.

"Dorso, I didn't expect your willpower to have improved so much; you've managed to get this far."

"This guy, whose mind is full of knives, has a will that is close to the limit of the Lord of the Universe. That's really rare."

These people all spoke up when they saw 'Dorso' arrive, but Zhang Yi ignored them completely. He couldn't speak the language of the Dark Universe Sea, so he simply ignored them.

He walked toward the black figure standing outside the gate. This black figure was the gatekeeper of the second floor. If he could defeat him, he could enter the second floor.

Whoosh! As Zhang Yi approached, the black figure opened its long-closed eyes, and without saying a word, two huge battle axes appeared in its hands, slashing towards the approaching Zhang Yi.

This axe strike was incredibly powerful, possessing at least the strength of a fifth-tier cultivator.

Several cosmic lords in the distance had already begun to gloat.

"That guy, Duosuo, ignores us when we greet him. With his top-level fourth-level strength, he could easily perish under this axe. He has no hope of entering the second level."

"They thought that once their willpower improved, they could enter the second level."

Before the group could finish speaking, the black figure, along with two giant axes, was thrown backward.

'Dorso' simply pushed open the door, entered, and disappeared.

"This"

"Entering the second level was that easy?"

In the second layer of the world, Zhang Yi looked around and found it to be not much different from the first layer.

This time, he also rushed towards the staircase passage in the middle of the second layer of the world at top speed.

Time passed, and through layer upon layer of worlds, he made no stop and headed straight for the central passage.

At the top of the sixth step, a red figure stood in front of the door.

Zhang Yi appeared here.

"Is this the entrance to the seventh floor?"

He looked at the towering, endless gate before him, which exuded an extremely powerful sense of majesty.

Lost in thought, the red figure moved. A great battle erupted. This red figure was very powerful; according to Zhang Yi's judgment, it could probably unleash the strength of a top-tier ninth-order cultivator. No wonder the First Prime Minister couldn't even reach the seventh level.

Even with his top-tier ninth-order strength, he needed to burn his divine power to defeat the red figure and enter.

A moment later, Zhang Yi pushed open the door and entered the seventh level of the world.

In the vast expanse of space and time, above the boundless plaza, a star avatar flew out from a massive spatial vortex.

Recalling what happened in the seventh level of the Black Tower.

Zhang Yi himself and his star clone exchanged a glance and revealed a helpless smile.

The moment the Star Avatar entered the Seventh World, he was kicked out of the Black Tower.

At the same time, a grand voice resounded directly in the depths of his mind:

“Non-Black Tower Cosmic Sea creatures are forbidden from stepping onto the seventh floor.”

Unexpectedly, this black tower actually possessed basic consciousness, so the Star Avatar had no choice but to return first.

He always felt that the Black Tower contained the great secret of that cosmic sea, but unfortunately, he was now powerless against that overwhelming force.

"Perhaps, once I comprehend the origin of time and space and obtain the inheritance of the Time Traveler, I can try again and maybe directly enter the seventh level, or even a higher level," Zhang Yi thought expectantly.

"Next, which one should we go to? Let's choose the Bloodline Universe Sea."

Thinking of this, the star clone flew towards the spatial vortex of the corresponding bloodline universe sea once again and disappeared into the sky above the plaza.

Zhang Yi's true form landed on the plaza, came to Lan Jia's side, bid him farewell, and then returned to the Dark Yong Domain outside the core of the Qingfeng Realm through the Qingfeng Space Vortex.

Looking back at the enormous, dark abyss, he headed directly towards the outside of the Peak Realm.

This time, the reason he left the world of time and space first was because his true self did so.

First, exploring those three thousand cosmic seas, even if only a portion of them were selected for entry, would take a very long time. It would be sufficient for the Star Avatar to carry the Nether Sea Avatar.

Secondly, Master Peng Gong has broken through to the level of True God, and the human race is preparing to celebrate.

Inside the control room of the Flowing Light Ship, Zhang Yi sat on the sofa, his consciousness connected to the virtual universe through the endless dark sea of ​​the divine kingdom.

In the virtual universe, within the exclusive plane of the Chaos City Lord, in the magnificent main hall, the Chaos City Lord sat high on the throne, his brows slightly furrowed.

During the million years that Zhang Yi was in seclusion, the Lord of Chaos City was also distracted, handling some miscellaneous matters for Zhang Yi. Fortunately, he had handled these matters before, so it didn't take too much time.

"I've given up my position as the top leader of this virtual universe company for nothing. I'm the one who's really putting in the work, while my disciple is having a great time being a hands-off manager," the Chaos City Lord thought to himself.

Whoosh! A figure appeared in the main hall.

The Lord of Chaos City noticed something and raised his head. Of all the human race, only three people could appear here directly without his permission.

"Teacher," Zhang Yi said with a smile, casually taking the seat below the Chaos City Lord.

"So it was you, kid." The Chaos City Lord deliberately put on a stern face and said somewhat angrily, "You've been missing for a million years, not even connecting to the virtual universe. You've been having a good time."

"Haha, teacher, I was just too engrossed in it and completely lost track of time," Zhang Yi said a little embarrassed.

A million years ago, he took over the responsibility of being the first ruler of the virtual universe, and before he entered the space-time world, he was quite dutiful in his duties.

However, having received such a great fortune from the Time Traveler in the Time and Space Realm, he naturally devoted all his clones to comprehending the insights gained from merging consciousness with the origin of the primordial universe, and was naturally unwilling to be distracted by other matters.

The Lord of Chaos City took on this responsibility again, since he had already broken through to the True God realm. In terms of cultivation, he only needed to digest his insights into the evolution of chaos and continue to create eighth-order and ninth-order secret techniques.

Looking at Zhang Yi's appearance, the Lord of Chaos City smiled slightly, "How was your training this time?"

Zhang Yi grinned: "Not bad."

The Lord of Chaos City nodded slightly, but did not ask any further questions. Instead, he began to talk about some major events in the Cosmic Sea over the past million years.

Zhang Yi listened attentively.

First, there is the human race. Under the guidance of the ancient civilization, the probability of immortal gods breaking through to the level of cosmic venerables has greatly increased. In particular, those who are high-level kings, limit kings, and invincible kings have already comprehended the three major branches of the laws of time or space, and are only missing the final step of fusion.

This final bottleneck has been overcome in detail through the ancient civilization's heritage. In addition, Zhang Yi took out some treasures from the Wu Kingdom's heritage to aid in the breakthrough. As a result, more and more immortal gods have broken through to the level of Universe Venerable within the entire human race.

The speed at which a Cosmic Venerable breaks through to become a Cosmic Lord is similar.

Currently, there are 52 cosmic rulers among the human race, an increase of 32 in one million years.

These Venerables who broke through to the level of Universe Lord within a million years are basically Universe Overlords or Top Universe Overlords. Only one High-Level Universe Venerable broke through to the level of Universe Lord through a series of reversals.

As for the Lord of the Universe breaking through to the level of True God, only Peng Gong, who just broke through, is a True God.

Of course, this is because it has been a short time. With the talents of the 18 universe lords of the human race, breaking through to the level of true god is naturally not a problem.

However, Zhang Yi also knew that although this growth rate would continue for a long time, it would eventually slow down.

The current high growth rate is equivalent to allowing the strong individuals accumulated over the long years to fully mature through inheritance and guidance. In the future, there will never be such a speed.

As for the other races in the original universe.

Now, the Ancestral God Cult and the Starry Sky Beast Alliance have completely sided with the human race and are not far from publicly joining the Hong Alliance.

After discussions, the highest levels of the human race granted these two major powers a very brief inheritance. This inheritance only contained the experience of the universe lord breaking through to the true god level, but it did not include how a true god cultivates to the limit of the true god level.

After all, a few more True Gods pose no danger to the human race, but a group of powerful beings with the strength of 'Primordial Ancestors' would be terrifying.

As for those powerful but idle groups, they seized the opportunity and actively joined the human race.

Similarly, faced with the growing strength of the human race, especially after Luo Feng obtained the inheritance of the Duan Donghe lineage, other races were extremely envious.

Groups like the Ancestral God Cult and the Starry Sky Beast Alliance joined voluntarily, while some races that disliked or hated humans joined the 'Six Great Alliances' that opposed the human camp.

To date, more than 80% of the universe's rulers in the original universe are in these two factions.

There are over 400 universe masters in the human camp.

There are more than 600 universe masters among the six major alliances.

As for why the six major alliances have more universe masters than the human faction, the main reason is...

After discussions between Giant Axe and the Lord of Chaos City, it was found that powerful clans that wanted to join were not simply those who came to surrender, and therefore were all accepted.

Those powerful races that occupy relatively core territories of the original universe and have been close to the top races such as the Machine Race and the Demon Race are not accepted.

The reason for doing this is that humans will definitely expand their territory in the future. If these groups join the human camp, how can they expand?
After the human races rejected them, these races also saw through humanity's ambitions and, in order to protect themselves, had no choice but to join the six major alliances.

(End of this chapter)