Swallowing the Stars: Primordial Heavenly Dragon

Chapter 81 Northwest Continent

The Dream Demon Ancestor called out, trying to pull back the Hunye Venerable from another time and space.

The Venerable Hunye in another dimension sensed this call and, following his instincts, stepped out from that dimension.

As soon as it emerged, the spacetime power unleashed by the Dream Demon Ancestor was immediately withdrawn, and spacetime returned to the present at an even faster pace.

"Am I dead and resurrected?" The Hunye Venerable was still a little confused. Soon, the punishment of the primordial universe descended. A mighty force was about to befall the Hunye Venerable, but it was blocked by the Dream Demon Ancestor with his body, and he withstood the punishment of this time reversal.

After the punishment ended, the memories belonging to the Venerable Hunye returned to their original state.

"Greetings, Ancestor of Dream Demons." Venerable Hunye hurriedly bowed in greeting.

"Tell me, who killed you?" The Dream Demon Ancestor was completely unaffected by the punishment from the primordial universe.

The campaign against the Hunye tribe only began in the last few thousand years. If we can find out who killed the Hunye Venerable, we can find one end of the whole knot.

Perhaps by following this clue, we can find out who is behind all of this.

"I don't know either. The opponent was too strong, far stronger than me. I couldn't even see what the opponent was doing," Venerable Hunye recalled.

"That powerful figure consumed a lot of my divine power in just a few moves. If I had gone all out, I would probably have been killed instantly. It seems that the other party intended to enslave me. If I hadn't reacted quickly and self-destructed, I might already be someone else's servant."

Recalling that scene, Venerable Hunye was still shocked; he had never provoked such an opponent before.

"Judging from this, the opponent must be a universe master without a doubt. If it were a top overlord, there would be no way to force a universe overlord to self-destruct in just a few moves," Dream Demon Ancestor pondered.

Without further information, it is impossible to deduce which cosmic ruler this is based solely on this information.

The human race is the most likely candidate, after all, the Human Fishing King was just assassinated, and then the Hunye Venerable was killed by the Lord of the Universe.

Then the Hunye Clan was targeted again. What a coincidence! In just over a thousand years, the clan's venerable figures all perished.

Even if it were truly an internal power struggle within the Demon Clan Alliance, it would be impossible to find and kill all the Universe Venerables of the entire clan in just a thousand years.

Unless the other side has an extremely large intelligence network.

"Based on this analysis, it seems more reasonable to assume that humans did it," the Lord of Sirius guessed.

"It doesn't hold up to scrutiny at all," Dream Demon Ancestor retorted.

"Humanity wouldn't send a universe master to retaliate for merely assassinating a human elite; universe masters aren't that cheap," the Dream Demon Ancestor said calmly.

"Demon Ancestor, that human is definitely not as simple as just an elite. That fellow has the combat power of a top-tier universe overlord even though he just broke through to the Universe Venerable realm," the Lord of the Heavenly Wolf warned.

It is now increasingly convinced that humans were behind it.

Since the Golden Dragon Venerable possesses the potential to become a top-tier cosmic overlord, it's not surprising that humanity reacted strongly.

"A top-tier cosmic overlord? Wasn't it said that he was at the limit of becoming a king 7000 years ago?" The Dream Demon Ancestor found it hard to understand.

He reached the pinnacle of kingship 7000 years ago, became invincible 4000 years ago, and is now a top-tier cosmic overlord.

What kind of progress is this? Does this mean that in a few thousand or tens of thousands of years, humanity will become the masters of the universe?

"Kill him! We must kill him!" the Dream Demon Ancestor exclaimed in shock and anger. The fact that the Hunye Clan had been wiped out was no longer important. Regardless of whether humans had done it before, it was now clear that humans had done it.

"Demon Ancestor, that human was able to invite the Lord of Chaos City to help... It's not that I'm afraid of Chaos, it's just that as fellow rulers of the universe, I find it difficult to kill a top-tier universe overlord under his command," the Lord of Sirius explained.

"I understand. Humanity is beyond the control of the universe's ruler. I'll think of a solution. Your task should remain with Yan Yong, the disciple of the giant axe. He has been dormant for many years; we don't know what level he has reached now."

"Don't worry, Demon Ancestor. Our spies planted within the human race have already gained some in-depth knowledge of the situation. I believe we will soon obtain information about that human, and then we will find a way to kill him, just like Coty, the disciple of the Chaos City Lord."

"Sirius, you have been in charge of my demon race's intelligence system for countless eons. I trust you to get things done."

The Dream Demon Ancestor nodded, acknowledging the Sirius Lord's contribution.

……

As they continued their journey, the avatar of the universe did not encounter any other treasures.

"I wonder what's so strange about this secret realm." Yan Yong's true form sat at a small table in the world ring, with his mother, Linglong, gently peeling a delicious spiritual fruit and then feeding it to his mouth.

"Master, you will eventually discover the secrets of this hidden realm." Linglong, just like her name, was quick-witted and insightful.

"Even the Lord of the Universe has explored this secret realm for countless years without discovering its secrets. Why is the Master in such a hurry?"

"That's right. Even if we don't find it this time, we can always come back next time. I have many clones and plenty of time."

After calming himself down, Yan Yong changed the objective of this mission from discovering the secrets of the secret realm to exploring for treasures and, incidentally, uncovering the secrets.

"Xiaoye, can you roughly estimate our location?"

Without the aid of a virtual universe, and because this secret realm is vastly different each time it opens, it is impossible to obtain an accurate map through the explorations of predecessors.

They can only rely on their own detection instruments and artificial intelligence to explore and draw maps while simultaneously estimating their approximate location.

"Master, we are currently located in the northwest region of the entire secret realm."

Xiaoye projected a virtual continent in front of Yan Yong.

The terrain in the areas marked in green is clear and distinct, and some iconic mountains and rivers are even marked with numbers.

These are all places Yan Yong has already visited.

The areas marked in gray are places that the detector had explored, but Yan Yong did not visit. These areas are marked more often than the green areas.

Areas marked with a question mark (?) indicate areas suspected of being dangerous and requiring detours. Areas marked with numbers and letters indicate locations that have been detected by the detector and are free of anomalies; these locations can be used to record the positions.

The red area represents the unknown.

"Let's head towards the center of the continent."

Having wandered around the northwest region for quite some time without finding anything unusual, Yan Yong decided to explore the central region of the mainland.

From the outside, the Divine Plains Secret Realm appears to be just an ordinary secret realm spanning a dozen light-years, but in reality, it holds a vast and complex interior.

The Divine Origin Continent inside this Divine Origin Secret Realm was once carefully measured by a curious and powerful individual who wanted to explore the entire secret realm. Unfortunately, even before the secret realm's opening time ended, this powerful individual was unable to complete the exploration.

The fact that it took an entire epoch to travel at sub-light speed demonstrates the vastness of this secret realm. According to this powerful figure, the interior of the Divine Origin Secret Realm is a supercontinent with a length and width exceeding seven thousand light-years.

After all, he actually flew a straight route from south to north once, but it's hard to draw any conclusions about the specifics; he only flew one of the routes.

The avatar of Zhouheng began to change course, carefully driving the palace's treasures towards the central location calculated by Xiaoye.

The detector continuously scanned the surrounding space, discovering areas that appeared to be dangerous, and the cosmic clone would detour around them from a distance.

However, some dangerous areas are difficult for detectors to find.

Rumble~

As soon as the palace of the avatar of the universe stepped onto a mountain range, the mountain range transformed into a giant abyss, generating a tremendous suction force.

At the same time, as the mouth opened wide, the surrounding space was sealed off, making it impossible to sense spatial fluctuations and teleport instantly.

Yan Yong, who was hiding in the World Ring, immediately appeared and used the Great Mighty Heavenly Dragon to raise his combat power to the top overlord level. Only after he slashed down with his halberd did the giant mouth retreat and give up on devouring Yan Yong.

"If it were an ordinary high-level cosmic venerable, this bite wouldn't even be enough to fill a tooth gap." Yan Yong broke out in a cold sweat.

"Master, we are almost at the central region." Not long after leaving the mountain range, Xiaoye informed us that we were close to the target area.

"No, Master, the situation ahead is not as expected," Xiaoye's panicked voice came.

This is Xiaoye's first time venturing into a secret realm like the One-Way Street, which is inaccessible by virtual universes. For thousands of years, Yan Yong's adventures have been successful thanks to the virtual universe system. Now, as he ventures into the One-Way Street alone for the first time, it is time to truly test Xiaoye's abilities.

"Xiao Ye, don't panic. Send over the information detected by the detector and analyze it carefully." Yan Yong's calm voice rang out gently. His powerful strength allowed him to calmly face any crisis.

"Master, according to the information recorded in the virtual universe and the information from the areas we have explored, the entire Divine Plains Secret Realm has always been a complete and vast continent."

"Although the terrain will be different each time it is opened, the Divine Plains Secret Realm is composed of a whole continent and it is impossible for it to change."

"What lies ahead of us now is an endless spatial turbulence."

"The diameter of the spatial turbulence is unpredictable, as if the Northwest Continent we just came from is just an island floating on this 'ocean' of spatial turbulence."

The avatar of Zhou Heng continued forward and soon arrived at the ocean of spatial turbulence that Xiao Ye had mentioned.

"this……"

The massive spatial turbulence blocked the way. Even though Yan Yong already possessed the strength of a Universe Venerable and could move through the spatial turbulence without being harmed, who knew what unexpected situations might arise in this unknown region?

Yan Yong decided not to rashly venture into dangerous territory. Even if the central continent could not be explored, they could bypass it and explore other regions.

The avatar of Zhou Heng changed course again. This time, he wanted to travel south along this turbulent ocean of space to the southwest region.

……

"Master, there is also spatial turbulence ahead. This spatial turbulence connects to the spatial turbulence that previously blocked the flow from the northwest to the center."

"What? Even the route to the southwest has been blocked."

Yan Yong continued to change lanes, a vague premonition in his heart, but he needed more information to confirm it.

Soon, Zhou Heng's clone arrived at the other side of the Northwest Continent, which leads to the Northeast Continent. However, it was once again blocked by spatial turbulence.

He had almost finished exploring the Northwest Continent and encountered many treasures along the way.

However, he only targeted treasures that were about to be born along the way, and he gave up on those treasures that looked like they needed a long time to develop.

Even so, during his three thousand years of wandering the Northwest Continent, he obtained a powerful treasure of the flying palace type: the Nine Origins Pagoda.

Chapter two.

Should we take Luo Feng as our disciple? If we do, what about Wu Shi Yu Yi? Giving him the wings would seem like adding fuel to the fire. If we don't take him as our disciple, the Chaos City Lord will give him the wings. We have our own treasures; there's no need to take what's in the original story.

(End of this chapter)