Simulation of the Heavens: Starting from the Age of Desolation

Chapter 123 The End of the Gate of Blood and Fire
In the starry sky of the divine realm.

Zhou Yu sat cross-legged on a star, and from him, invisible waves emanated outwards, spreading to trillions of miles away.

Within Zhou Yu's body, a vast power gradually condensed and took shape.

Boom!

A colossal phantom of a strange beast appeared in this starry sky of the divine realm, emanating an incredibly astonishing aura.

"Roar!"

The roar of the strange beast shook the universe.

"What's the noise?"

Many rulers, though separated by great distances, still sensed this movement.

"It is the Lord of Flames."

Soon, Bloodblade God Emperor and the others found out who was the source of this commotion.

"This seems to be a breakthrough in another cultivation system. With such a big commotion, he must have broken through to the Dominator level." Blood Blade God Emperor and other Dominators understood. They all suspected that Zhou Yu was the reincarnation of a Dominator from another universe. Now that he had broken through in another cultivation system, it seemed to completely prove this point.

Otherwise, even if one has the opportunity to embark on the path of the second cultivation system, reaching the Dominator level will not be so easy.

Soon, the phantom of the strange beast disappeared, and Zhou Yu opened his eyes.

At this moment, his aura was much stronger than before, and his physical body had a faint sense of illusion. With a casual movement, Zhou Yu felt as if he were merging into the void.

“The ‘Void Escape’ technique has reached the Dominator level,” Zhou Yu thought to himself.

In fact, the greatest significance of this inheritance reaching the Dominator level for him was that it made his physical body and soul even stronger.

As for his core ability, "Void Travel," because Zhou Yu's ancient cultivation talent is extremely extraordinary, he was able to travel through the entire universe in an instant when he was in the Opening Realm. Except for a few forbidden areas that he could not enter, he could travel freely to other places.

Upon reaching the Dominator level, Zhou Yu understood that if he used his full power to "traverse the void," he could reach outside the universe in an instant, or even arrive at a place quite far away from this universe.

Ancient cultivators' talents are different from the system of rules and mysteries; they cannot be controlled so precisely. If they are not activated at full power, it's fine. But if they are activated at full power, Zhou Yu can only roughly predict where he will arrive.

The problem is that his physical body is not strong enough at the moment, and he cannot withstand the power of the void outside the universe.

Beings at the Overlord level who can survive in the void are either naturally born void creatures or some exceptionally powerful Overlords.

At this moment, Bloodblade God Emperor also contacted Zhou Yu.

"Zhou Yu, have you made a breakthrough?" Bloodblade God Emperor inquired, "Do you have a way to deal with the Mother Ancestor Sect's stronghold?"

Previously, the four of them had separated to go back and figure out how to deal with the Mother Ancestor Cult's stronghold. However, they did not expect Zhou Yu to make a breakthrough so quickly, which is why Blood Blade God Emperor came to inquire.

“This breakthrough has further improved my ability to teleport,” Zhou Yu said. “I can take you all directly into the Mother Ancestor Cult’s lair formation.”

"What? Directly enter the magic array?"

Bloodblade God Emperor was slightly startled. The array of the Mother Ancestor Cult's lair, if not comparable to his Bloodblade God Court, was definitely not weak. Even his Dominator-level Shadow Path could not sneak in.

How was Zhou Yu able to bring several of them, the Sovereigns, in?

In fact, Zhou Yu was confident that he could do it before, but he was in no hurry to speak up. Now that he has broken through in "Void Escape", it is even less difficult for him.

“According to what you said, there are a total of three sect leader-level experts there. If we can quickly eliminate the sect leader who is good at manipulating magic arrays, it will be easy to break through this lair.” Blood Blade God Emperor realized this.

"indeed so."

Zhou Yu said, "However, before we take action, I plan to go to the island in the middle of the lake first."

"An island in the middle of the lake?" Bloodblade God Emperor was slightly taken aback, then he smiled and said:
"It is rare for a Sovereign to go on an adventure to the island in the middle of the lake for the first time. Among the Sovereigns, the latest ones to go were all Venerables."

"However, the owner of the island in the middle of the lake is quite generous. If you go there now, you'll likely reap considerable rewards."

"Haha, let's hope so."

Zhou Yu smiled and said nothing more.

"While you're away at the island in the middle of the lake, I'll discuss things with Yuan Chu and the others again, and prepare some more methods," Bloodblade God Emperor added.

“Okay.” Zhou Yu readily agreed.

. . .

Zhou Yu returned to the Flamefire World, put down most of the treasures he had obtained from the Six Paths Heavenly Wheel, and then used a void teleportation to arrive at the edge of the Pantheon's territory.

Here, a massive, silvery-white water sphere, spanning 189 trillion miles, floats.

In the center of this giant water sphere lies an island, known as the Lake Island.

Zhou Yu didn't linger. After observing briefly, he stepped into the large water sphere.

The suppression of rules within the island in the middle of the lake is equally terrifying, but both the Dominator-level Time-Space Dao and Zhou Yu's Void Travel talent allow him to travel at high speed within the island.

In particular, the ability to travel through the void allows Zhou Yu to instantly reach various islands in the middle of the lake.

However, since the Sword Master was already at the Chaos Realm level when he left the island in the middle of the lake, Zhou Yu dared not venture into the deepest part of the island.

Although Zhou Yu had returned most of his treasures to the Flame World, this clone still carried a considerable number of treasures, including a true divine artifact sword that was perfectly suited to him. Losing it would be a heartbreaking loss.

"There are four important places on the island in the middle of the lake, in descending order of importance: Sword Realm, Eternal Divine Palace, Gate of Blood and Fire, and Cave of Destruction," Zhou Yu pondered.

He didn't consider destroying the cave, as it was completely useless to him at this moment.

The Eternal Divine Palace is the place where one is most likely to obtain unexpected opportunities, because it was specially prepared for the ruler, and only the ruler can enter it.

Bloodfire Cave is the most stable place to obtain treasures. The Sword Master set a rule that the further you venture into Bloodfire Cave, the more precious treasures you can obtain.

This is a place that purely tests your strength; what you get depends entirely on your own abilities.

This is why Bloodblade God Emperor said that Zhou Yu would likely reap great rewards if he entered at this time; there's no reason why a Sovereign wouldn't be able to reach a very far place when he ventures into the Gate of Bloodfire.

As for the Sword Realm Blood Blade God Emperor telling Zhou Yu that he had been there once, but died within a few breaths, it was clear that even a Dominator would find it difficult to enter.

"Let's go to the Gate of Blood and Fire first."

With that thought, Zhou Yu teleported through the void and arrived near the Gate of Blood and Fire.

The Gate of Blood and Fire is located inside a mountain. From a distance, it looks like a huge blood-red disc with countless blood-red patterns and some sword and knife marks on it.

In front of the giant disc, there are also more than a hundred ice sculptures standing.

When Zhou Yu landed in front of the Gate of Blood and Fire, the ice sculptures cracked and split open.

The "statues" among them have also come to life. In fact, they were all real living beings, but later they transformed into special life forms here. As long as the island in the lake is not destroyed, they will never die.

"An unfamiliar ruler?"

At this moment, each of the ice sculptures was slightly surprised to see Zhou Yu appear here.

In a cosmic era, the rulers are always a limited number, so it is truly astonishing that an unfamiliar ruler has come here.

"Does this ruler intend to break through the Gate of Blood and Fire?" asked the leading female statue.

"Yes." Zhou Yu nodded, then asked, "Do we still need to screen them?"

The Gate of Blood and Fire is not open to just anyone. Ordinary people must defeat the ice sculptures here to prove themselves. "The selection process is for the weak. When a ruler arrives, there is naturally no need for selection," the statue smiled.

Even in the cosmic era when the Demon Ancestor and the Sword Master were born, the number of rulers was limited, only a few dozen in total.

In addition, these people do not have the strength to fight against the Overlord.

Therefore, when the ruler arrives, he can naturally enter the Gate of Blood and Fire directly.

Rumble!
The massive gate of blood and fire cracked open, then slowly opened to both sides.

Behind the Gate of Blood and Fire are eighteen passages filled with an aura of unparalleled terror, bloodshed, and slaughter. Each challenger can choose one of these eighteen passages.

Zhou Yu used his "precognitive talent" to foresee the future and found that there was not much difference. So he did not hesitate and stepped into the middle passage.

The passage was surrounded by pitch-black void, with streaks of blood-red patterns appearing in the void, nurturing various powers.

As soon as Zhou Yu appeared in the passage, energy immediately condensed within it, forming endless black flames.

However, although the black flames were terrifying, it was only the beginning. Zhou Yu simply stood there and withstood the attack with his bare body without any problems.

"The spacetime suppression is formidable, even with my mastery of spacetime techniques."

Zhou Yu attempted time travel, but only traveled about 10,000 miles in an instant, which is very little for someone of his level.

"Let's go first."

Without much thought, Zhou Yu flew directly along the passage.

As Zhou Yu advanced, terrifying flames, a rain of swords carrying endless killing intent, and special life forms—all sorts of dangers followed one after another.

However, Zhou Yu ignored the numerous dangers he faced a million miles away and simply endured them.

After traveling a million miles, Zhou Yu began to use the abilities of the Space-Time Path to dodge. It must be said that the Space-Time Path's ability to protect itself is indeed impressive. From a million miles to ten million miles, Zhou Yu did not feel much pressure.

After traveling tens of millions of miles, he began to feel some pressure.

In fact, being able to travel tens of millions of miles is already at the level of a master of the normal rules and mysteries system; many masters would stop here.

However, Zhou Yu not only has an extremely strong ability to protect himself, but his strength is also obviously stronger than that of ordinary rulers. When he was at the Venerable level, he created his own unique skills and also cultivated the ancient cultivation system, making his physical body and soul even stronger. Therefore, he is naturally not comparable to ordinary rulers.

At this moment, Zhou Yu charged forward all the way to a place thirty million miles away.

"We can't hold on much longer."

Zhou Yu looked ahead and "foresaw" that a terrifying crimson sword light would erupt from the void ahead. The crimson sword light was extremely absurd; even in the passage with its incredibly terrifying spatial and temporal suppression, it could cover hundreds of thousands of miles of void, and its power was enough to instantly annihilate his physical body.

Of course, this wouldn't kill Zhou Yu, but it was enough to injure him. Normally, this would be his limit.

If he went any further, he could die at any moment.

If you die, your attempt to complete the challenge will be in vain, and you will also lose some treasures.

"Try traversing the void."

Zhou Yu thought to himself.

He understood, of course, that this passage couldn't stop him from traversing the void.

What's so great about this suppression? At least a Dominator can travel through time and space.

In the Seven Star Sea Sacred Realm, even ordinary Void Gods cannot traverse it.

However, Zhou Yu could still travel through the Seven Star Sea Sacred Realm by relying on "Void Travel". After inheriting the "Void Escape" technique and cultivating to the Sovereign level, he could travel 100,000 li in one trip. That was 100,000 li in the Seven Star Sea Sacred Realm. It would take a Sovereign several days to fly that far in the Seven Star Sea Sacred Realm.

Zhou Yu hadn't used this move before because he wasn't sure if pushing to the end this way would count, so he pushed to his limit first before deciding to use Void Travel.

Zhou Yu continued flying forward, and just as he had predicted, the terrifying sword light erupted.

Swish!
Zhou Yu also instantly "traveled through the void".

In an instant, Zhou Yu vanished from his spot and arrived a hundred million miles away.

The moment Zhou Yu appeared, the crisis erupted here.

At that moment, the void shattered completely, unleashing an incredibly terrifying attack. If even a trace of Zhou Yu were to be affected, his clone would perish completely.

"shuttle!"

Zhou Yu's heart was also extremely heavy, and he instantly traversed through the void once again.

Swish!
Before the energy could reach Zhou Yu, he forcibly teleported away and disappeared from the spot.

Swish!Swish!Swish!
Zhou Yu traveled through the tunnels three times in a row.

Suddenly, he found himself in an empty void. Just as Zhou Yu was gathering his power to travel through the void again, he discovered that there was no more crisis erupting here.

"Is it over?"

Zhou Yu observed his surroundings and soon discovered a piece of land.

Whoosh!
Zhou Yu flew over and landed on that piece of land.

At the moment Zhou Yu landed, power also gathered in front of him.

Wow!
A figure dressed in blood-red robes appeared there, looking at Zhou Yu with a hint of surprise on his face.

"To get here, one generally needs to be a Void God," the figure in blood-red robes said, looking at Zhou Yu.

"You, a ruler, actually managed to get here?"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Yu understood.

The attack that erupted from behind that passage was terrifying; it was indeed beyond what a ruler could withstand.

"I only made it here because I have a special cultivation system that makes me good at traversing the void. I can't withstand those dangers either," Zhou Yu said.

"You're more than just skilled; I've seen Void Gods born in other cosmic eras, and none of them could traverse the void as quickly as you," the figure in crimson robes remarked. He continued:
"However, the rules set by the master did not say that we had to withstand many dangers. As long as we can get here, it is considered a success."

After all, the fact that a ruler can traverse the void with such power, surpassing even the Void Gods, is itself a remarkable skill.

The Gate of Blood and Fire selects only the most powerful cultivators, and in the eyes of the figure in the blood-red robe, Zhou Yu was incredibly extraordinary.

Upon hearing this, Zhou Yu was overjoyed.

"Did I pass?" Zhou Yu asked again.

"Of course it counts."

The figure in the blood-red robe nodded and said, "Come with me. Now that you've made it this far, you can naturally claim the final treasure."

As he spoke, the figure in the blood-red robe headed deeper into the land. Seeing this, Zhou Yu naturally followed quickly, his heart filled with anticipation.

After all, only Void Gods can usually enter this place, which means that the treasures he can obtain should be at the level of Void Gods, which is indeed quite extraordinary.

P.S.: That's all.

(End of this chapter)