When Li Tianming was ready to set out, he asked the Tomb Keeper about the "Little Chaos Dock" again.
The Tomb Keeper looked at him with a kindly smile. "The two projections on your sword both know the direction. Just follow it. To you, Little Chaos Dock is very, very far from the Real World Dock. Even in the Guan Zizai Realm, it is not close. You must be mentally prepared."
That surprised Li Tianming somewhat.
Frowning, he said, "But my parents said Little Chaos Dock was very close?"
He thought back on it.
At first, he had thought Little Chaos Dock was within the Chaos Divine Emperor Universe.
But later, he discovered that it was not.
Then he had thought it was close to the Chaos Divine Emperor Universe, but now he discovered that was not the case either?
The Tomb Keeper explained, "Whether a distance is far depends on whose eyes are judging it. To you, this distance is not close. The place we are in now is called the Hundred Wastelands Cosmic Dock. Within this Hundred Wastelands Cosmic Dock live countless 'universe clans,' whose bodies are heavens and earth."
"Every member of the universe clans is a Primordial Controller. You, too, can be considered an initial Primordial Controller... In the Real World Dock, everyone is a universe unto themselves, capable of transforming into a universe. The only difference is their size. Yet these individual universes contend against one another, and the dangers are boundless. You must take care."
After hearing this, Li Tianming nodded.
He asked again, "Didn't they say the Guan Zizai Realm had stopped all warfare?"
The Tomb Keeper smiled. "The growth of any individual universe is built upon plunder. The ideal of Guan Zizai is beautiful, but reality is not so simple. Once you